Disclaimer- Warriors belongs to Erin Hunter
This is the revival of Rouge Fire from my old account, Loki-BlackWolf.
Full Summary- Fire alone can save our Clan was the prophecy given by StarClan to ThunderClan. The fire described in the prophecy was not Rusty the Kittypet, but another flame colored cat; a former rouge, who was been known in another life as Russetfur. Can she fulfill the prophecy like Rusty did in that other life? And will Rusty ever find his way into the Clans in this life?
Russetfur's personality is different in this story than the books. Her personality in the books developed because she spent her life as rouge until ShadowClan recruited her, in this story that did not happen. EDIT 11/7/15 - And please note that I started writing this in 2010 (says 2012 because revival of old story), which is long before Yellowfang's Secret came out.
EDIT 11/7/15 - Hmm, an update? Whatever am I doing editing a chapter for a story I haven't touched in three years? Anyways, I didn't edit too much, just fixed a couple mistakes and changed some sentences to make it sound better.
Chapter One: Rouge Spark
A ginger colored cat walked next to a wooden Twoleg fence, staring into the forest with green eyes as thoughts consumed the young cat's mind. The forest she was staring at belong to Clan cats, which had been only stories told to the ginger she-cat by her parents not too long ago.
Her parents; the thought of the cats alone made the fur on her shoulders rise. Those parents, who should even be called parents, had abandoned her two moons ago; when she was just starting to learn how to hunt. Her rogue parents had often told her stories of gigantic Clan cats; cats that should be feared by all cats, for they killed every outsider that crossed into their territory.
The ginger she-cat had only half believed those stories too, until a few sunrises ago.
Hunger had brought the young feline to the river in an attempt to fish; a very stupid idea that she found out the hard way. She had fallen into the river while trying to catch a fish; the cold current of the river trying to drown her as she fought against it. Suddenly, teeth sank into her scruff and dragged her to the river's shore. The rogue she-cat had turned to face her rescuer to find a large, sleek blue-gray tom. After catching her breath and shaking her fur dry, she questioned the gray tom, wanting to know who saved her. The tom said that he was a Clan cat, which highly made the she-cat highly curious. What the tom had just done went against all the stories her parents had told her. With her interest spiked, she questioned him about his Clan.
The she-cat learned a lot in the short time she had with her rescuer. He told her about the Clans and their Warrior Code, before stating that he had to return back to his Clan's camp. Her mind still reeled over one particular part of that code; Clan cats were to protect any and all kits, Clan-born, their Clan or not, or not Clan-born.
So absorbed in those thoughts, the rogue was caught off guard when a voice called out to her.
"Rusty!"
Her ears swiveled around towards the sound of the young and cheerful voice. The green-eyed cat turned and glanced at the top of the fence. There, she found a young-younger than herself- light brown tabby she-cat with a white chest and paws. The rogue's green eyes were drawn to the collar around the tabby's neck, indicating that she was a kittypet.
"Excuse me?" she mewed, confusion clear in her voice. She didn't know this kittypet, nor did she know a 'Rusty' for that matter.
"Oh!" the kittypet exclaimed, surprised that it wasn't the cat she thought it was. "I mistook you for my brother, Rusty. You look very similar to him."
That explained it; the kittypet must have mistaken the rogue for another ginger cat. Slightly interested in this little cat that was bold enough to call out to any ginger cat, she leapt onto the top of the fence and settled down next to the tabby. "Really?" she inquired.
"Yes, you really do," the tabby she-cat meowed, pale green eyes shinning. "Same ginger pelt and green eyes as him, but now that I can see you up close, you're slightly different. Your pelt is darker, and your eyes are lighter than his." She paused for a moment and then seemed to remember something. "Oh, how rude of me! My name's Princess."
The green-eyed rogue she-cat nodded, she didn't find Princess rude at all. Most rogues she had met, when they do meet, never introduce themselves, let alone hold a conversation.
"My name is Russet," she replied, thinking it couldn't hurt to tell the kittypet her name.
"That's an odd name," Princess said with a small purr.
"Well, so is yours!" hissed Russet, the fur on her shoulders bristling. How dare this kittypet make fun of her!
"I'm sorry! It was a joke," the kittypet explained while Russet blinked in slight confusion, the fur on shoulders starting to lay flat again. "You do know what a joke is, don't you?"
The rogue she-cat didn't respond, but instead asked one of her own. "Do you know anything about Clan cats?" It couldn't hurt to ask, right?
Princess looked confused for a moment, before a flicker of recognition flashed in her pale green eyes. "You mean those wild cats that live in the forest? Well, I haven't seen them yet, but some of the cats in the neighboring gardens have," the tabby kittypet said. "I think it's a barbaric way of living; always fighting for land and food; definitely not for me; no thank you!"
Apparently, it did hurt to ask. For some reason, Russet wanted to yowl at Princess and defend the Clans and their warrior code. Before she could, she remembered that the kittypet had never met a Clan cat before and had no idea about the Warrior Code. Also, Russet had only met one Clan cat herself, not a whole Clan. Both she-cats had no right to judge if they were barbaric or not. "Oh well, I have to go now," Russet finally meowed awkwardly and leapt off the fence, landing on the forest side of the wooden structure.
"Bye, Russet! It was fun talking to you!" the little kittypet meowed loudly before jumping down from the fence and disappearing into her Twoleg's garden.
Russet sighed and continued on her way. At least she had gotten away before Princess asked about her Twolegs; it almost made the ginger she-cat laugh; her and Twolegs! An impossible pairing, since she already had seen the Twolegs' bad side when it came to cats and had no interest in seeing their good side.
The scent of mouse nearby caught the ginger rogue's attention, reminding her of how hungry she really was. Carefully, she stalked forward, towards the mouth- watering scent.
She failed to catch another scent though, the owner of this scent was creeping closer and closer to Russet until it was too late. The creature sprang out of the bushes, landing directly in front of the ginger rogue and almost on top of her.
"Kittypet! What are you doing on ThunderClan territory?" the creature, a pale tabby tom-cat, hissed in Russet's face as she reeled back.
Green eyes widened, she had been caught again in Clan territory! 'Wait! Did that cat just call me a kittypet?' "Kittypet? I'm a rogue, dung-face!" Russet hissed back, ginger fur bristling and making her appear twice her size.
"Don't you lie to me, kittypet! I saw you talking with that other kittypet not that long ago," the pale tabby tom hissed.
He had a point, rogues normally don't talk to kittypets; they just didn't. "I'm NOT a Kittypet!" Russet yowled and lunched her small body at the larger, fully-grown tom.
The two cats tussled evenly for a few heartbeats until size and experience turned to the tom's favor. Russet was pinned down on the ground, the tom's teeth biting down hard on her shoulder and narrowly missing her throat. Yowling as blood flowed from her shoulder, she still refused to give up. Russet managed to twist around enough to latch her teeth into a part of the tom, his leg, as her claws slashed at any part of the warrior she could.
The moment blood started to flood into her mouth, a caterwaul loud enough for the two battling cats to hear over their screeches sounded. The voice behind it sounded commanding, yet calm at the same time as it yelled a single word.
"STOP!"
Who was the gray tom that saved Russet? Who is the ThunderClan tabby that Russet attacked? And who caterwauled?
The answer to the gray tom will be revealed in some chapters, the tabby tom and the cat who yelled 'stop' will be revealed in the next chapter.
