Haza! After many, many days of inactivity, I gift you a new story! This first chapter isn't very good, I warn you, but please, please, please, please, PLEASE review! I want two reviews before I continue. It's an awesome story, I promise, so review if you want me to continue! If you don't... Well... Review anyways. Here's the chapter!

A strong wind swept over the alleyways of the city. Tension filled the air as many cats prepared for battle. An eerie silence surrounded them.

A light brown tabby crouched behind a garbage can, a silver she-cat behind her.

"Are you sure we should go through with this?" the silver cat said in a hushed voice. "We've never won a battle with Sable before."

"I know what I'm doing, Lily. Have you seen how many cats he's brought with him? There's no way we're going to lose tonight."

"I'm still not sure about this, Rachel..."

"Quiet!" Rachel ordered, swiping her tail across Lily's mussel to silence her. "They're getting ready to attack!"

Across the alleyway, cats were slipping out of their hiding places and creeping across the hard concrete.

"Get ready. Maddy, Nyla, Oreo, I want you to stay behind with your mentors. You too, Zach. The rest of you, prepare for battle..."

Suddenly, the cats across from them sprang from where they sat, claws unsheathed and ready to rip off their opponents fur.

"Now!" Rachel cried, and in heartbeats, the alleyway was filled with the sound of fighting cats.

The light brown leader braced herself for an attack. A white tom leaped on her shoulders, his claws digging into her shoulders. She easily flung him off and, whipping around, scored her claws down his face. The tom growled in anger and knocked her down with his hind paws before racing off to attack another opponent.

Rachel leaped to her paws. She almost lost her balance, but regained it and looked around for another cat in Sable's gang.

Two silver tabbies, identical to one another, raced towards her in perfect unison. She bared her teeth at them and let out a low growl. The two split up and ran past, their claws raking her sides as they went. She raced towards the tom, ignoring the pain. He dodged her attempt to bite into his leg while the she-cat rammed into her side, knocking her over.

She got up, panting heavily. Again, she ran at the tom, but at the last moment, she turned away and aimed towards his sister. The silver tabby was ready, though. She moved out of the way to reveal the brick wall behind her. Rachel tried to slow her down, but her attempts weren't enough. She crashed into the wal and fell to the ground.

Even in her daze, she could hear the siblings snickering at her. Blinded by rage, she jumped to her paws and raced at them, running as fast as the wind itself. As the three collided, the two siblings were knocked over but the leader wasn't. She scored her claws down their pelts until each of them ran off, tails between their legs.

The pale tabby looked around the battlefield. If Sable wasn't defeated soon, he would end up with the victory. Then, she spotted a flash of the handsome tom's black fur. Rachel raced forward, ready to rip her claws dow his pelt.

As she neared him, she sprang and landed squarly on his shoulders.

"Ah, Rachel, how very nice to see you," he said, attempting to shake her off.

"Shut it, Sable," the pale tabby hissed in his ear. Her grip was loosening, but she was determined to stay on. "What are you doing on my territory?"

"It won't be yours for long, my dear. From here on out, it will just be more of my hunting ground!"

"Worthless fox-dung!" she spat, tightening her grip on him. "Take your cats and leave! I never want to see your face on my land again!"

"I'll come here when I want!" the black tom growled. He shifted his weight, and together, they rolled over, leaving him on top of her. "Give up while your ahead-there's no use in fighting back."

"I'll never give up!" Rachel hissed, trying to drag herself out from under him. She couldn't, of course, and collapsed to the ground.

"Give up?"

"Never!"

He whipped around and dug his claws into her shoulders, pinning her down. "Then die!" He bared his teeth and began to attack, aiming for her neck.

"Stop!" she screamed. "Fine! You win!"

He stepped off of her and flicked his tail as a signal for his cats to gather around him. The pale tabby stared wide eyed at the scene before her. The bodies of the cats that were in her gang were scattered across the ground, bloody and covered in wounds. Lily was racing across the clearing, trying to treat the wounded, but it was no use.

"See what happens when you challenge me? You die. And we'll keep coming, chipping away more and more of your land, until the entire twoleg place is ours!"

The cats around him cheered his name loudly.

"Good-bye, my dear. I'm sure that we will meet again soon." He flicked his tail tip underneath her chin before calling, "Come! Let's head back to the camp!"

Suddenly, more cats swarmed out of the shadows. An extra patrol in case Sable's gang wouldn't be able to handle her patrol? No. Sable was to confident in his abilities to have extra cats wait in case of an emergency. So why were they there...?

Rachel turned and shared a glance with Icy, her second in command. By the look on his face, she could tell he was think the same think.

"That camp!" she cried. "They attacked the camp!" Without waiting to see if her cats were following, she raced in the direction where they kept their camp. All of the kits, queens, elders... they'd all been left on their own.

This was all her fault! If she had only foreseen what her rival was planning...


Scarlet light filtered through the ruins of Rachel's camp. The remains of half eaten prey was scattered across the clearing, the materials they'd been using to make dens lay in ruins and dead bodies covered the ground.

"Oh no..." Rachel whispered in a hoarse voice. Lily ran up beside her, panting. Icy followed close behind, his trainee, Maddy, gasping for air beside him.

"I told you," murmured the silver tabby she-cat. "With Sable taking our land, it won't be long until we're all dead..."

"No!" she spat, glaring daggers at the healer. "Sable will never defeat us! We will prevail!"

Icy's eyes were glassy. "There's no hope, Rachel..." he said, his words barely audible. "We should give up now..."

"Never!" More cats were showing up behind the four. "Who else thinks we can win this war?"

Each cat stared at her with sad eyes. She realized that hardly any of the cats she'd brought with her were here now. They were alone on the battlefield, died or slowly dieing.

Then, Lily's fur began to prickle and her eyes looked distant.

"Lily? Lily, are you okay?" Icy meowed, staring at her. But the tabby didn't say anything.

"Lily!"

Suddenly, she began gasping for air and her legs collapsed underneath her.

"Lily?" Maddy gasped, racing over and poking her in the side. "What's wrong?"

"I-it was a sign!" she wheezed. "A sign from strange cats... They had stars in their fur..."

"What did they say?"

"They said... Those who's heart is a dark as the night will save us..."

"What is that supposed to mean?" asked a small tom from the back of the group. Many other voices echoed his words.

"Well?" the pale tabby pressed.

"I don't know, Rachel. I really don't know..."

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