SeaClan

Chapter 1

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here for a Clan meeting!" Cloudstar yowled.

There was no use naming the tree the SkyClan leader perched on, because by dawn the Clan would have moved on. Moons had passed since they fled the forest and SkyClan had not yet found a home.

Eyes glinted out of the darkness as the ragged, scrawny cats crept out of the shadows around their leader. Their eyes showed desperation, but one black tom sat with his chin lifted high.

"Yes, Floodpelt?" Cloudstar meowed politely. "What would you like to say?"

A few warriors cast the tom admiring glances, while others narrowed their eyes. Floodpelt's thick, luxurious black pelt was tinged blue even under the pale light of Silverpelt, his whiskers were so long they permanently drooped, and his plumy tail swept through the air as he stood.

He had the experience and maturity of a senior warrior already, Cloudstar mused. All his Clan had been forced to grow up too fast when the Twolegs invaded and destroyed everything they'd once called home.

"I have been having dreams, Cloudstar," Floodpelt meowed slowly. "Every time I close my eyes, my head is filled with a soft crashing sound. Similar to the sound of RiverClan's territory when there are flash floods, but... different."

"Do not mention RiverClan - or any of the four forest Clans," Buzzardtail the deputy hissed from beside Cloudstar. "They abandoned us!"

Floodpelt dipped his head. His eyes were like blue pools when he announced, "I wish to leave SkyClan, find the place in my dreams, and start a new Clan."

Yowls rose into the air.

"No! We can't!" Mousefang, one of Cloudstar's loyal warriors, spat.

"Yes! I have been having these dreams, too. I want to come with you, Floodpelt," a grey tabby meowed.

"How dare you suggest such a thing?" Buzzardtail growled while Cloudstar stared in shock. "We are SkyClan! That is who we are. If we lose that, then we are nothing."

"SkyClan is over," Floodpelt mewed, "and nothing but darkness and destruction will await us if we travel along this path. I believe forging a new Clan is the answer. I want to find the whispering waves in my dream, and I want to forge myself a new life."

"Traitor!" someone yowled.

"No, he is not a traitor," the medicine cat apprentice mewed, stepping away from the security of her mentor, Fawnstep.

"What are you doing, Shellfur?" Fawnstep's eyes flew wide.

The dappled grey she-cat had always been brash and bold, especially for a medicine cat. "I, too, have had these dreams. And I know that almost half of SkyClan has had them. I believe we have to leave - those of us with the dreams, I mean. StarClan is nudging us away from the rest of you for a reason, I think. We must do this."

"Cloudstar, what do you think? We can't let them!" Nightfur protested.

Cloudstar met Floodpelt's steady gaze and suddenly realised just how confident - and perhaps a little arrogant - the warrior was. Most would not dare to go against his leader. "I believe that if they do not want to stay, we should not force them," he meowed heavily.

Caterwauls of protest broke the silence that followed.

"We are a broken Clan with no home!" Cloudstar meowed loudly. "What is the point of forcing them to stay? We have no camp, no borders to protect. Maybe this is for the best."

Floodpelt dipped his head. "Thank you, Cloudstar." In that moment, as a shaft of starlight made his glossy black fur glow, he looked like the leader Cloudstar had once been. Glorious. Floodpelt lifted his tail. "New Clan warriors, to me!"

The SkyClan cats gaped as warriors bounded to Floodpelt's side. Shellfur was among them.

Buzzardtail spat.

"Buzzardtail, let them go," Cloudstar murmured.

"Let's go," Floodpelt mewed to the cats around him. "Let's find out what StarClan has in store for us."

The Clan had split. A sixth Clan was about to emerge.

A/N: I'm so excited about this new story! I want it to have multiple POV's, and each chapter will also include the name of a cat. Next up is Floodpelt!

Fun fact: I came up with the idea for SeaClan while on holiday years ago, and their territory is going to be based off a real beach! (I'm not sure what the beach was called though, sadly.) Don't worry, some of the boring stuff will be skipped, so next chapter you'll get to see the beginning of SeaClan...!

Please review if you like!