The Water Trilogy

Prologue

Moonlight streamed through the branches and hit the forest floor. Plants glowed light silver as the beam of light hit their leaves. The dusty ground looked as if the glowing juice of the heavens was spilled upon it. Everything was peaceful...or so it seemed.

An eerie wailing echoed through the forest and seemed to ripple the moonlight. The wailing came from a golden she-cat with white paws and chest.

The old queen was giving birth. She wailed again. Blood streamed on the leaf-mold, a never-ending flow of red.

A silver she-cat calmed the golden queen. "Goldenheart, it's going to be all right. Stop that wailing at once. You've been through this many times before."

Goldenheart stopped wailing and seemed to calm herself. She strained and concentrated. She continued to progress.

"That's right Goldenheart! You're doing fine." The old silver she-cat meowed encouragingly.

Once the kit was out, Goldenheart sighed. "That's it, Silverstorm. There's no more."

Silverstorm gingerly started to lick the kit. "I'll do it. I can she you're exhausted," Silverstorm rasped quietly.

With Goldenheart silent, and Silverstorm licking the kit, the silence seemed to put Goldenheart at rest. She almost instantly fell asleep.

When Silverstorm was done licking the kit, she realized Goldenheart was asleep. Even though Silverstorm had washed most of the gunk off, the tiny kit, that was a she-cat, and very light silver with white paws and chest, was still dirty with grime.

She decided it would not come off with a tongue, so she searched for some water to clean it off in.

She spotted a pool of water, dark, but the only pool she could find. Silverstorm trotted confidently with the kit in her jaws.

Then she tripped on a tree root. She hit the ground, the force of it sending the silver kit flying out of her mouth. The tiny bundle squealed as she sailed through the air.

Silverstorm watched helplessly as it landed in the exact middle of the dark pool with a splash. Suddenly, a strong wind rustled the trees and let a strand of moonlight onto the pool. The pool was still dark, but the kit glowed white.

Silverstorm gasped. A message from SkyClan! Yes, she was sure of it now.

She had been a medicine cat for many long moons. She knew what this omen meant.

This kit now shall be named Splashkit.