Remember Me

by Always Fire

A rogue leader chooses the most pathetic of kits to be his fearsome heir, hoping to make her a formidable killer, his secret weapon. Meanwhile, there lies a cat, a far more promising fighter, who realizes that now, he cannot be the leader's second. And worst of all, these two cats can't stand each other.

1. Prologue and Allegiances

A/N: Hello, friends! Welcome to Remember Me.

This is my first fanfic and I promise I'll do my best. It's probably going to be a little longer than average, so please, stick with me throughout. I hope you're all comfortable; it's gonna be a long journey. But we'll make it to the end, don't worry.

Here we go... Remember Me!

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PROLOGUE

A moonless midnight saw a silhouetted shape make its way through a dense forest, moving quickly and silently. The rain had begun to fall, blocking out any distinctive scent of the dark figure, and the soft grass underpaw swayed gently as the icy wind rushed around. It was evident from the quickening rain and the howling breeze that a storm would arrive soon. Clouds were blocking out the stars, creating a dangerous atmosphere around the dark night air.

A single star, hovering low in the sky, cast its silvery light upon the shadowy figure. It was a cat, tabby fur dark and sleek from the rain, that stepped through the trees, parting the grass with its pawsteps. His head was high, and his dark amber eyes betrayed triumph as they shone clearly in the night. This was a large cat, a tom, who seemed like someone who could tear a smaller cat apart with a single claw.

He held something between his yellowed teeth, which continued to drip rainwater. A piece of prey; perhaps, a squirrel. The broad-shouldered tom's tail flicked casually as he finally emerged into open ground, leaving the forest behind him. Upon nearing a set of Twoleg homes, some of which smelled rather stale, the tom pricked his ears and bunched his muscles before springing deftly onto the Twoleg fence, and over it.

It had been a long night.

The small creature in the tom's jaws swayed from side to side as the tom bounded through a complex series of turns through the Twolegplace before padding out onto open grass, once more. The muscular cat paused only to lick his sore pads and shake out his brown tabby fur before continuing on his way. He was almost there, and the familiar scent of his territory swarmed his senses.

Narrowing his eyes, the tom crouched for a heartbeat, only to spring forward and continue on as fast as possible for his exhausted limbs. His eyelids were drooping, but he knew better than to show his current weakness on his homeground. He would have his tail off for acting weak.

The rain thickened, and the night grew chilled. The large tom fluffed out his fur and shook the rain from it before walking onto the camp in his territory, where he and all the others rested. He breathed in deeply, through his nose, letting the familiar cat scent flood his nostrils. The forest cats had smelled completely different. Foreign. It was unusual, and the tabby tom hated it. He preferred the familiar scent of his home, here, in his own territory.

No, he couldn't collapse in his nest just yet.

Exhaling softly, the tom made his way through a certain tangle of ferns before stopping outside the opening of a small den created by two leaning rocks and backed by mud and sticks. "Darkness?" the tom called, his voice slightly muffled by the scrap that he held in his jaws.

A voice came in reply from the depths of the den. "Xenon? You may enter."

The large, muscular tom, known as Xenon, padded through the den opening and under the rocky cover. A slightly smaller, lithe cat stood before him, with sleek, jet-black fur and piercing green eyes. Xenon lowered his head in greeting, then lifted his eyes again to meet Darkness's.

Xenon dropped the scrap to the ground, where it landed with a dull thud and a soft moan. "Look. I brought you what you wanted." His forepaw kicked the small, wet scrap of fur toward Darkness. "Now, you will give me time to rest enough before I can do anything else." Xenon flicked his tail and turned, but before he could take a step, he stopped short to see Darkness standing in front of him, blocking his exit.

Pain exploded between his ears, on top of his head, and Xenon dizzily shook his head. He felt blood trickling down between his eyes, from the wound. "I don't take orders from you, guard," Darkness stated smugly. "I am your leader. I can do anything I want, and you cannot question me. Understood?" Xenon was still for a few moments, until he felt claws rake his cheek. "Understood?" Darkness repeated, and Xenon nodded meekly, feeling the sting of the wounds inflicted by his leader.

Darkness coughed drily and padded back to his nest, pausing only to sniff the small scrap that Xenon had left for him. "Do anything you want with it," Xenon growled, "I don't care." He took a step back, toward the den opening, then stopped again. "Er... is there anything else you need, leader?"

Darkness smiled, showing his sharp teeth. He stood again, and stepped toward Xenon. "As a matter of fact, yes."

Before Xenon had time to blink, Darkness had hurled himself at him, and had thrown him onto the den floor. Darkness pinned him flat on his back, pressing a teasing paw to Xenon's throat. "I don't take kindly to cats who insult me more than once," Darkness growled. "And now, I plan to take a long time in return." He flicked his paw, creating a small but deep tear in Xenon's throat - not enough to kill, but still brutally painful.

Darkness tore his claws slowly across Xenon's face, ignoring the strangled scream that escaped Xenon's throat. As he grabbed Xenon's paw in his jaws and jerked violently, he heard Xenon's breath coming in short, panicked gasps.

"End this," Xenon muttered. "Please."

"You've forgotten already," Darkness sneered. "I don't take orders from you." His claws pricked Xenon's ribs for a heartbeat before they moved to Xenon's exposed underbelly. Within moments, Darkness tore open Xenon's stomach, and the dying tom's screams rang all through the night. With no hesitation, Darkness tore his teeth through Xenon's throat, as the last of Xenon's breaths came to an end.

With a long sigh, Darkness took Xenon's body and dragged it to the side. He would get rid of it later.

Darkness turned to the small scrap Xenon had left for him and picked it up in his jaws. Padding out of his den, he let the cool night rain pelt his face before he padded into the nursery, where the expectant and nursing queens stayed. Silently, he left the scrap at the side of one of the queens.

Only time could tell what a dark future lie ahead.

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ALLEGIANCES

The Fragments (Rogue Group):

LEADER: Darkness - jet-black tom with piercing green eyes

SECOND-IN-COMMAND: Starless - dark gray she-cat with blue eyes

HEALER: Nox - black she-cat with a white splotch on her forehead and amber eyes

GUARDS: (assigned to guard the leader)

Maple - russet-furred tom with blue eyes

Scorch - dark gray tom

FIGHTERS: (cats who are capable of fighting for themselves)

Moon - white she-cat with blue eyes

Blaze - golden-brown tom with amber eyes

Heather - pale gray she-cat with green eyes

Scar - vicious dark brown tabby tom with dark amber eyes

Ripple - silver tom with black markings around his eyes

QUEENS: (she-cats who are either expecting or nursing kits)

Holly - black she-cat with green eyes

Amber - light brown tabby she-cat with distinctive amber eyes (kits: Scarlett (dark red she-cat with green eyes) and Lion (golden tom with amber eyes))

APPRENTICES: (young cats who are learning to be fighters)

Ash - handsome light gray tabby tom with clear blue eyes

Honey - light brown dappled she-cat with blue eyes

ThunderClan:

LEADER: Hazelstar - light brown she-cat with green eyes

DEPUTY: Birchclaw - silver-gray tom with blue eyes

MEDICINE CAT: Sootflower - dark gray she-cat with blue eyes

WARRIORS:

Longstripe - black tom with a white stripe down his back

Moondapple - pretty light gray dappled she-cat

Briarthorn - dark red she-cat (apprentice: Lightpaw)

Mapleclaw - golden-brown tom with amber eyes

Foxshade - russet-colored tom with green eyes

Snowfang - pure white tom with blue eyes (apprentice: Bluepaw)

QUEENS:

Morningshine - silver-white she-cat with dark flecks around her muzzle (kits: Tinykit (small gray she-cat with clear blue eyes and distinctive white paws) and Lionkit (golden brown tom with amber eyes))

APPRENTICES:

Bluepaw - blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes

Lightpaw - light gray she-cat with blue eyes

ELDERS:

Sparrowfang -dark gray tom with green eyes

Rosewhisker - dark brown mottled she-cat with green eyes

ShadowClan:

LEADER: Pinestar - russet-colored tom with green eyes

DEPUTY: Cloudstripe - gray-white patchy tom with blue eyes

MEDICINE CAT: Shadeflower - dark gray she-cat (apprentice: Echopaw)

WARRIORS:

Whitewhisker - white she-cat with green eyes

Stormfang - dark gray tom with small white patches

Grayshadow - light gray tom with dark tabby stripes around his middle

Cedarleaf - gray she-cat with blue eyes

Rowanheart - red-brown tom with amber eyes (apprentice: Smokepaw)

Ravensong - black she-cat with blue eyes

QUEENS:

Nightwish - black she-cat with white flecks and green eyes

Sunfoot - gray she-cat with one black paw (kits: Foxkit (russet-colored tom with blue eyes) and Ivykit (light gray tabby she-cat))

APPRENTICES:

Smokepaw - dark gray tom with blue eyes

Echopaw - jet-black she-cat with blue eyes

ELDERS:

Adderclaw - dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

RiverClan:

LEADER: Silverstar - silver tabby tom with blue eyes

DEPUTY: Reedflower - dark red she-cat

MEDICINE CAT: Hollyshine - black she-cat with green eyes

WARRIORS:

Ripplefoot - gray tom with blue eyes

Oakfern - tawny-colored tom with amber eyes (apprentice: Streampaw)

Emberclaw - light gray tom with green eyes

Featherbreeze - silvery she-cat with a long, plumy tail and blue eyes (apprentice: Frostpaw)

Mistwater - blue-gray she-cat with green eyes

Splashfire - light gray tabby tom (apprentice: Skypaw)

QUEENS:

Mossygaze -gray she-cat with distinctive green eyes (kits: Icekit (pure white tom with blue eyes) and Hawkkit (dark brown mottled tabby tom with amber eyes)

Pebbleshine - patchy gray she-cat with blue eyes

APPRENTICES:

Streampaw -silver gray tabby she-cat

Frostpaw - pure white tom with blue eyes

Skypaw - light gray she-cat with green eyes

ELDERS:

Willowclaw - gray tabby she-cat

WindClan:

LEADER: Swallowstar - mottled dark red she-cat with green eyes

DEPUTY: Breezeshine - dark gray she-cat with blue eyes

MEDICINE CAT: Leafbreeze - light gray she-cat with green eyes (apprentice: Swiftpaw)

WARRIORS:

Quickstep -dark gray tom with green eyes

Rabbitspring - light brown tabby tom

Heatherstorm - light brown dappled she-cat with amber eyes (apprentice: Cloudpaw)

Darkfoot - dark brown tabby tom with white forepaws

Ambereyes - dark red she-cat with amber eyes

QUEENS:

Dapplefur - pretty dappled white and brown she-cat

APPRENTICES:

Swiftpaw -small black tom with blue eyes

Cloudpaw - white she-cat with a silver tail-tip

ELDERS:

Deerspring - gray-brown tom with long legs and amber eyes

Larkmoon - dark gray she-cat with blue eyes

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A/N: And there you have it. The prologue and allegiances of Remember Me! I'll try to write up and post the next chapter as soon as possible! Until then, stand by me! Please leave a review as you go :)

See ya later!

- Always Fire