Hey there. Well just gonna warn you that this will contain some 'out there' material. I combined Greek Mythology, Warriors, and ideas from various other books. Keep note the this is all about cats and more will be explained as you read. Hope you enjoy the first book of my new series and please give constructive critism! :)

Main Characters

Earth- God of EarthClan, possesses power of forestry and earth-like disasters

Air- Goddess of AirClan, possesses power of air and wind-storms

Fire- God of FireClan, Possesses power of heat and flames

Water- Goddess of WaterClan, possesses power of water and swimming

Star- Goddess of the SkyClan, supreme ruler of all clans, possesses all powers

SkyClan

Goddess: Star

Whisperer- Teller of the SkyClan (Wisdom)

Rock- Teller of the SkyClan (Knowledge)

Destiny- Teller of the SkyClan (Fate/Future)

Hope- Teller of the SkyClan (Power)

Desire- Teller of the SkyClan (Love)

FireClan

God: Fire

Tigerstar (FireSky)- Leader of FireClan (tom)

Barkbeak- Deputy of FireClan (tom)

Spottedheart- Medicine Cat of FireClan

Spiderwhip- Warrior; Apprentice- Molepaw (tom)

Sandstripe- Warrior; Apprentice- Glowpaw (she~cat)

Clawface- Warrior; Apprentice- Lightpaw (tom)

Molepaw- Apprentice; Mentor- Spiderwhip (tom)

Glowpaw- Apprentice; Mentor- Sandstripe (she~cat)

Lightpaw- Apprentice; Mentor- Clawface (she~cat)

Shimmerfur- Queen; Mate- FireSky (she~cat)

Featherdust- Chief Elder of FireClan

AirClan

Goddess: Air

AirSky- Leader of AirClan (she~cat)

Birdsong- Deputy of AirClan (she~cat)

Sunpelt- Medicine Cat of AirClan (tom)

Specklespot- Warrior; Apprentice- None (tom)

Gingerpelt- Warrior; Apprentice- None (tom)

Cherryclaw- Warrior; Apprentice- None (she~cat)

Sharptooth- Warrior; Apprentice- None (tom)

White-ear- Queen; Mate- Unknown (she~cat)

Amberear- Chief Elder of AirClan

WaterClan

God: Water

WaterSky- Leader of WaterClan (tom)

Cloudeye- Deputy of WaterClan (tom)

Waspheart- Medicine Cat of WaterClan (tom)

Lightiningstrike- Warrior; Apprentice- None (she~cat)

Whiskerpelt- Warrior; Apprentice- None (she~cat)

Mousescar- Warrior; Apprentice- None (tom)

Daisystem- Queen; Mate- Lightiningstrike (she~cat)

Starbird- Chief Elder of WaterClan

EarthClan

God: Earth

EarthSky- Leader of EarthClan (tom)

Jaggedpath- Deputy of EarthClan (tom)

Leafswirl- Medicine Cat of EarthClan (she~cat)

Molestripe- Warrior; Apprentice- Lionpaw (tom)

Lionpaw- Apprentice; Mentor- Molestripe (tom)

Pollenfur- Queen; Mate- EarthSky (she~cat)

Blossomeye- Queen; Mate- Unknown (she~cat)

Petalkit- Kit; Mother- Blossomeye (she~cat)

Toadkit- Kit; Mother- Blossomeye (tom)

Stonekit- Kit; Mother- Blossomeye (tom)

Onetail- Chief Elder of EarthClan

The Council of Elders

Featherdust- Elder of FireClan

Amberear- Elder of AirClan

Starbird- Elder of WaterClan

Onetail- Elder of EarthClan

Book 1

A New Life

Chapter 1

Just one more step, you can do this Tigerstar... I finally collapse of exhaustion. My pawpads are tired, sore, and blistered. My once thick and heavy coat of fur now hangs from my bony structure in clumps. Days without a proper meal has weakened us all. It's been moons, season, it even feels like lifetimes since the battle against the clans. We have been banished for forever. We're at the point where we do not want revenge, we do not want power, we simply want life. We want to keep our young safe and happy. But we aren't use to this. Ever since our exile from the clans we have been experiencing more feelings of our past life. We are the living dead.

"Tigerstar? We need to rest. There's food and nourishment flourishing here." I stare at the creature for what seems like many, many heartbeats. Its Shimmerfur. I give a blank, hopeless nod and a weak flick of my tail to signal for everyone to stop. There is a small hill of rocks that I manage to scramble upon. I took a deep breath, which only led to a bout of coughing, and then spoke in my harsh and raspy voice,

"My fellow warriors, we must rest. I need a patrol to go hunting. All Queens, kits and she~cats are to be fed first. I need another patrol that can take shifts on guarding. More announcements will come." I eyed the crowed of starving cats and sighed. "I know the question that you all have. We need to settle somewhere for good. I will have news regarding the decision by sunhigh tomorrow. Meanwhile I need all elders to meet with me right now. That is all." I could easily tell that every last cat out there was dying. They were loosing the will to live. And honestly how could I blame them? What will do we have to live by? StarClan has abandoned us, we have all learned our lesson that power and ambition must be controlled..We are loners. Nobody, nothing, wants us.

"It's the best way to go! What else can we do?" The elders exclaimed with certainty. I took a deep breath and raised my head, "There has to be something else we can do. We cannot just tell everyone to scram! We can't leave them to become loners, rouges, and kittypets! We cannot leave to to die! We must keep the warrior memory alive! Don"t you see?" The elders did not understand, There had to be another way.

"Then what do you propose we do?" One of the elders, Featherdust, tiredly said. I looked him straight in the eye and saw so many things. Sadness. Anger. Wisdom. But not hope. I took another deep breath but found nothing to say in return. Sensing my discomfort he nodded. "We will give you until tomorrow at sunhigh, right before the meeting. And Tigerstar, please consider this option." And with that he signaled for the other elders to follow him away.

Lost in his train of thought, he didn't notice Shimmerfur padding up beside him. "Tigerstar, eat. There's plenty other fresh kill for the others and most of the queens and apprentices have already eaten." She spoke soothingly, nudging a plump vole torwards me. I nodded my graditude and gave a slight smile of pleasure as I bit into the flesh of the juicy, moist creature. Shimmerfur gave a slight giggle at the sight. "Thank you, Shimmerfur, I owe you for everything you've done.'' I commented. She immediantly shooke her head and replied, "No Tigerstar, you know good and well that it is I who owes you." And with that she trottd off. I do wish she would forget about my small act of kindness. It was really nothing.

You see, once we were defeated in the battle against the Clans, we were banished. But instead of returning to the Dark Forest, we were somehow transported to another place. When we broke through the barrier of the Dark Forest, it vanished. Forever. When we were transported we arrived at a barren strip of land just outside the clan boundaries. We were all so confused...before when you lived in the Dark Forest, you never again experienced hunger, cold, weakness. You only felt anger and hollowness. Now we feel everything again. It's as if we were recarinated back to life. We all were having such a hard time adapting to these changes, and especially the elder members of the Dark Forest. Once you entered the Dark Forest, all of those memories of hunting vanished, in a way. We had to reteach ourselves how to hunt and survive. To make matters worse, this was in leaf-bare and we were all starving. More lives through this journey were lost than in the battle. It was truly an awful experience. Anyway, Shimmerfur had been pregnant before she was killed and recruited to the Dark Forest. While he was there, her kits somehow stayed in her, but she never gave birth. Once we were released from the Dark Forest it was like her birth cycle had picked back up. She gave birth after a mere two and a half moons. Still being leaf-bare, she was weak and her kits were hungry. While we were traveling we encountered a snowstorm. Shimmerfur's kits were only days old and not old enough to travel. I helped her carry two of the five young kittens. Only minuetes had passed, but the snowstorm was picking up heavily. That when we realized we only had four of the five kits with us. I rushed back immediantly to find a small lump of fur buried uner the snow. She was shivering and there was only a faint rise and fall of her delicate chest. I warmed her back up by vigorously lickng her fur the wrong way. After that Shimmerfur hasn't let me forget how truly grateful she is and continuously insists on paying back the debt.

My eyes have long grown weary from the days journey. I swallow the last morsel of my vole and curl up in a gentle ball. I know that StarClan isn't there for us anymore, so there is no one to hear my thoughts, but out of habit and proceed anyway. StarClan, I beg of you, please help these cats. We have done wrong and we accept that. Please find us, forgive us, accept us. We need your help. I need to lead these cats to a better life. Please StarClan. I will do anything. I took a deep breath and finally close my eyelids and let sleep overcome me as my heart beats rythmically.

My body jolts unexpecdedly as I awaken in a strange place. The lighting is rather dim but my eyes soon adjust. The area is sandy and rocky and open. In the center there is a glowing...stone, maybe? I'm precautiously about to take a few steps towards it when suddenly someone speaks,

"Greetings, Tigerstar, we have been waiting for you."