The cats battled on the full moon, blood flew everywhere and splattered on the fivetrees that stood up. claws unsheathed and storms erupted. fur spattered everywhere.
but then, tired from the battle, the survivors slept in the full moon...
When they woke, they saw the spirits of their fallen ancestors. not torn and bloodied, but glowing like fallen stars.
"Rise" said a ginger cat. "and speak like warriors. you will settle down into this forest, and rule the forest, the plains , the swamp, and the river."
"what is this" called a wiry brown she-cat, Wind, "why should we rule together? just let Wind rule the forest. I can run fast, swift as the wind. Wind should rule the forest!"
a cat with leopard spots stepped up, "What is your skill to mine, when i can catch fish in the deepest and hardest spots, and can swim easily," he said, "I, River, shall rule"
"No," said a black she-cat "who needs to swim or eat fish? i am Shadow, and i can hide from you in the shadows and have the sharpest claws to match. It is i who shall rule!"The biggest cat stepped up, "I am Thunder! I can stalk prey though the thickest-"
His speech was stopped short when a gigantic cat who had crimson-red fur.
"I am Fire."
Fire took over the whole forest. Thunder and River and all cats like them swore allegiance. Windcats hesitated for a bit, but after they had a chose of swaring allegiance or getting crushed, the swore too. But shadow resisted, and finally she was killed, but not before she left kits in the world. Today all Shadow-like cats are scorned, and called Shadows.
Fire made Fireclan, and cats everywhere were treated badly in the dictatorship. so, unless you were a Thundercat, (who was among Fire's favorite) you gave your prey to Thundercats first, who had lost their hunting ability, because they were too lazy to practice, and the skill vanished over time. cats by the river came next, then swift Windcats. Finally, Shadows (Shadowcats) were left with the scraps.
The leaders of Fireclan was usually the kin of the last, but sometimes the blood-thirsiest Thundercat, or, rarely, Rivers.
Thunders, Rivers, Winds, and Shadows, all hunt in usually one area, their hunting spots. The cats could sleep anywhere they chose, though. Cats brought their prey to the prey-heap near the 'Fire Lord' who ruled over the clans.
that is the history of the Fireclan.