Author's Note
Hi guys! This is my second fic! As you know, this takes place in the Tribe. The story takes place many years after the Clans have moved to the Lake and the Tribe has forgotten mostly forgotten about the Clans. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this!
Where the Water Flows: Prologue
A tall, lean, sleek brown and white tom sat in a small cavern with a hole in the ceiling. Moonlight shone through the small hole in the ceiling. A silver lighted pool lay still directly under the hole in the dark cave. Jagged stones on the floor and ceiling of the cave reflected the moon's silver light. The silver disk in the sky was at its highest point.
The tall tom watched his surroundings with such precision that it was like he was waiting for a predator to jump out and attack him. Yet, nothing interrupted the serene silence. The tom yawned; as tired as he was, he could not sleep at all. He was awaiting for news from his ancestors that brightened the sky of the dark night. They haven't spoken to me in moons; probably not since I first became Stoneteller, he thought.
His ancestors had remained eerily quiet for three seasons. The last time that they had told him a prophecy was a moon after he became the new Stoneteller, which was also three seasons ago. Did they not trust him? He knew something had to be coming. The rogues had not given them trouble for a season or so, but Stoneteller knew that they would be back for more soon enough. Tribe of Endless Hunting, I know something's coming. Just tell me please! He growled.
It was his duty to take care of the Tribe. He needed to know what could possibly happen to his Tribe. The tom flicked his feathery, white tail up side to side. His long, tangled whiskers and dark gray-and-pink dappled nose twitched in frustration. A cool, gentle breeze flowed into the cave from the hole. Stoneteller shivered as the warmth in the cavern completely evaporated.
Some mighty power shook the earth beneath his paws. A huge pointed stone from the roof of the silver cave fell into the tiny pool. It broke into three fragments. Before he could think about the unusual event, an earsplitting yowl echoed into the cave, "Stoneteller! Dark is kitting!"
After a long difficult kitting, Dark Water of Flowing River was the mother to three daughters. The biggest kit was a silver and black tabby who was named Echo Traveling Through Valley. The next kit was a long haired mottled gray tabby named Rain Flowing Into Creek. The smallest kit was a pale brown tabby who was named Ivy That Grows on Bark. All of the kits would become prey-hunters.
"I wish Falcon was still alive. He would have loved the kits," the drowsy new mother mewed longingly.
Stoneteller knew of the she-cat's pain because Falcon was his own brother. He and Falcon were so close, but he had been killed by a hawk because he was protecting a to-be. He fell off the ledge, taking the hawk with him.
He looked down at the small kits. The kits all had his brother's resemblance in them. All of the kits had white paws like his brother. Rain and Ivy shared their long coats in common with each other and their father. Ivy looked like a little copy of his brother, but she was a lighter shade of brown.
"Don't fall to sleep yet; I'm going to get you some borage." he mewed gently.
The sleepy dark gray tabby queen nodded. He hurried into his herb storage and got the borage. He silently ran back to the nursery's cave. He gave her the borage. the queen lapped up the leaves quickly because she knew of their bitter taste.
"Sleep well," he told the nursing queen as he left the nursery to go to his own nest.
He sat down in his mossy nest and sighed. There were three fragments of rock... and three kits were born that same night. His ancestors was telling him something finally! Yet, he did not know what it was. He drifted off into a silent sleep.
Allegiance of The Tribe of Rushing Water
Healer: Teller of Pointed Stones(Stoneteller)- tall, lean, brown and white tom with messy fur and pale amber eyes
Cave-Guards
Fire That Burns Down Pine(Fire)- large dark reddish brown tabby with dark green eyes
Talon of Angry Hawk(Talon)- massive, broad shouldered, muscular, black tom with dark yellow eyes
Cloud Drifting in Bright Sky(Cloud)- lean gray and white she cat with dark blue eyes
Howl of Lone Wolf(Howl)- ragged furred, muscular, broad shouldered, mottled dark gray tom with pale yellow eyes
Blue Sky Before Storm(Blue)- long legged, muscular, long haired, dark blue-gray tom with white paws and pale icy blue eyes
Minnow Swimming Up Rushing Brook(Minnow)- small dark gray she cat with silver streaks and amber eyes
Flight of Golden Falcon(Flight)- tall, broad shouldered, slender, sleek dark golden brown tabby she cat with pale green eyes
Prey-Hunters
Stone Where Eagle Sits(Stone)- small, long haired, silver gray tom with pale amber eyes
Raven That Calls at Dusk(Raven)- long legged, slender, sleek black tom with a splash of white on his chest and dark green eyes
Cedar Pushed by Strong Gales(Cedar)- brown tabby tom with a short tail and pale green eyes
Echo Traveling Through Valley(Echo)- slender, sleek, silver and black tabby she cat with white paws and dark green eyes
Ivy That Grows on Bark(Ivy)- small, slender, long haired, sleek pale brown tabby she cat with a white chest, white paws, and dark green eyes
Rain Flowing Into Creek(Rain)- slender, long haired, sleek, dappled, mottled gray tabby she cat with white paws, white patches, and dark blue eyes
To-bes
Petal of Tiny Flower(Petal)- undersized pale gray almost white she cat with pale green eyes(prey-hunter)
Star Falling in Black Sky(Star)- black she cat with white specks and pale blue eyes(cave-guard)
Bright Sun Shining During Noon(Bright)- broad shouldered, ragged furred, golden tabby tom with amber eyes(cave-guard)
Swoop When Eagle Dives(Swoop)- tall dark ginger tom with dark green eyes(cave-guard)
Oak Where Swallow Sings(Oak)- long legged, sleek dark brown tom with pale creamy brown patches and yellow eyes(prey-hunter)
Queens
Dark Water of Flowing River(Dark)- slender, dark gray tabby she cat with dark green eyes; a former cave-guard; mother of Blue's kits: Pool, Sky, and Gray
Moss That Clings to Pebble(Moss)- tortoiseshell and white she cat with icy blue eyes; former prey-hunter; expecting Cedar's kits
Elders
White Snow Falling at Night(White)- small pure white she cat with dark gray eats and icy blue eyes; former prey hunter
Otter Splashing in Rippling Pool(Otter)- dusky brown tom with amber eyes; former cave-guard
Kits
Pool Shadowed by Rocks(Pool)- lean, long legged, dark blue-gray tom with dark green eyes
Sky as Sun Sets(Sky)- dark blue-gray she cat with green eyes
Gray Clouds That Bring Storms(Gray)- blue-gray she cat with white specks and green eyes