Prologue
Four cats were sitting on the edge of a pool, there fur sparkling with stars. After a few moments, one cat spoke. He was a flame-colored tom with emerald green eyes.
" Thunderclan owes its apologies, we should never have fought", the tom said, bowing his head to show his apology.
" Riverclan is sorry to", said a spotted golden she-cat. " We had nothing to fight for".
The next cat to speak was a brown tom.
" I apologize for Windclan's actions", the brown tom said.
Immediately after the brown tom said that, the ginger tom's eyes glazed with sadness. He and Onestar had been allies for a long time. But when the Great Battle came, all the clans were turned against each other.
" I am sorry Firestar", Onestar said. " I fought your clan for nothing and you ended up dead.
" It is alright Onestar, I did the same", Firestar said, his eyes full of sorrow.
The next cat to speak was a huge white tom with jet-black paws.
" Shadowclan is sorry to", he said. " If we hadn't wanted more territory the clans would still exist".
" No one can ever fix the mistake that should never have been made", Leopardstar, the spotted golden she-cat said.
" You are wrong", a voice said.
Firestar jerked up. He knew exactly whose voice that was. Then a beautiful blue-gray she-cat walked out of the forest and stood on the rocks.
" Bluestar?" Firestar asked.
" Yes", she said gently. " You are wrong, the Greta Battle was a mistake that never should have been made", Bluestar said with sorrow in her voice, " But there will be four that will right the mistakes that were made wrong", she said with a voice that told the cats it was a prophecy.
" But no cat could change what happened in the Great Battle", Onestar said.
" Yes, but not one cat, fourcats will relive your mistake and have a chance to change what happened", Bluestar said gently.
" Relive our mistake?" Blackstar, the whit tom with black paws, yowled in disbelief.
" Do you mean that the cats will bring the clans back together?" Firestar asked.
" You see", Bluestar said, " When the clans separated, they never forgot the warrior code", Bluestar said softly. " But some don't fallow it anymore".
A picture of a dark ginger she-cat appered in the pool.
" Russetfur?" Blackstar said in disbelief.
" Yes Blackstar, she does not fallow the warrior code anymore", said Bluestar sadly. " But the four chosen cats will need to remind the others that the warrior code is something worth living for".
" Do you expect the cats to go back to the right clans?" asked Leopardstar.
" They will", said Bluestar calmly.
" And if they fail?" Blackstar asked..
Bluestar sighed. " If the four cats fail, there will never be clans again".