Warriors: The New Clans

Book 1: The Meeting

By: Florence pinky-poo

Prologue

In a moonlit pool, a fire-colored cat laid lifeless, blood gushing from his neck. Outside the pool, many cats crowded around.

A tortoiseshell she-cat emerged from the crowd and mewed, "This isn't his last life, is it Bluestar?"

A blue-gray she cat lifted her head. "No. this is only his fourth. He won't join StarClan this time Spottedleaf."

Spottedleaf dipped her head to Bluestar. "Anyways, what do you have to tell me?"

"Not what I have to tell you…………" Bluestar started.

"But what WE have to tell you" came a new voice.

Spottedleaf turned her head to look at who the voice was, but she already knew. That voice was none other than Loinheart, her father. His golden fur was brighter than Spottedleaf had ever seen before. All StarClan cats' pelts glistened more brilliantly than what it looked like in life.

Spottedleaf's heart rose as she easily recognized her father. "Father! Oh how I've missed you!"

Loinheart let a loud purr escape him. "I've missed you too. You seem to get prettier every time you come to the moonpool."

Spottedleaf felt her skin grow hot with embarrassment. "You're just saying that." She mewed.

Loinheart shook his head. "No, you're just so beautiful. Redtail is lucky to have you as a mate."

Spottedleaf felt great pain hit her heart. "Oh well, Redtail is……..he-he's d-dead. He died of a deathberry poisoning. Actually, quite recently. Some careless apprentice caught a squirrel that just ate a deathberry. Redtail ate it, and, and he died. I did everything in my power to save him but, I guess you wanted him up here."

Loinheart solemnly shook his head. "No, my daughter. The apprentice meant to kill a squirrel that just ate a deathberry."

Spottedleaf's jaw dropped. "You mean you know who caught that poisoned squirrel?"

A misty red cat outline appeared in front of her. Details and more details were added until Spottedleaf recognized the cat as Redtail.

Redtail stepped to his mate. "I do." He answered.

"Who?" Spottedleaf couldn't help herself from asking.

"It was none other than my apprentice." Redtail meowed quietly, not looking Spottedleaf in the eye.

"Are you trying to tell me that Eaglepaw killed his own father and mentor?!" Spottedleaf snarled. "Why can't StarClan just give Redtail another life like you did before to him and to me!"

Bluestar snarled. "we only gave you and Redtail another life because it was taken by a bloodthirsty cat. We're not trying to make you hate your son; we're only trying to make you understand that he's dangerous." The wise she-cat mewed.

Lionheart nodded in agreement. "Just calm down, and this might make sense." He meowed.

Spottedleaf let her breathes slow down to the regular way she breathed. "I always did have doubts about him. No doubt as big as this. I guess I just couldn't accept the fact that he was this dangerous." She muttered.

Lionheart looked away. "It's okay. Anyway, he is very dangerous. Because of him, all medicine cat kits will be banned from the clans."

Spottedleaf gasped. "What do you mean? And more importantly, what'll he do?"

"All will be revealed to you when the time is right." Bluetsar mewed. "But trouble is coming. All loyalty to the clans will be questioned because of medicine cats' kits. Your kits, Leafpool's kits and a forgotten medicine cat's kits. One will betray all others and new Clans shall rise from the sun."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Spottedleaf pleaded.

"We cannot tell you." Lionheart sadly meowed. "We must leave you now."

Spottedleaf shook her head vigorously. "No! Please don't leave me! Tell me what you mean!" she wailed.

But Bluestar was already fading from her sight. "Remember. Remember these prophesy. " She reminded.

Lionheart was the next to start fading.

Spottedleaf wailed once again. "Don't go father! Please!"

"I cannot control the time limit of dreams daughter." Loinheart mewed as he slowly faded from sight.

"Goodbye my love." Redtail murmured. "Now wake up. Wake up at the moonpool."

Spottedleaf opened her eyes and saw her apprentice, Leafpool awake from her dream.

"Come Leafpool. We must get back to camp as soon as possible." Spottedleaf ordered.

Leafpool dipped her head. "Yes Spottedleaf."

As Spottedleaf and Leafpool left the moonpool, the thoughts of her dream entered her head. Then Spottedleaf remembered the prophesy. It echoed in her mind every step she took .One will betray all others and new Clans shall rise from the sun.