Hey all! Since I can no longer work on Mousestar's Choice until I find my flashdrive, I'm puttin' this up...been in my head for a while and I'm excited to get it started~. Enjoy!

ALLEGIANCES

RiverClan

Leader: Shellstar – gray speckled tom with blue eyes

Deputy: Minnowleap – sleek gray she-cat with one white ear

Medicine Cat: Breezefall – black tom with green eyes

APPRENTICE, Fishpaw

Warriors: Hazelfoot – brown-and-ginger she-cat

APPRENTICE, Hawkpaw

Dovefeather – small silver she-cat with amber eyes

Lightsplash – tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

APPRENTICE, Falconpaw

Slatenose – very dark gray tabby tom

Troutfur – blue-gray tom with blue eyes

Daisybelly – yellow-and-white she-cat

Cloudheart – white tom with gray eyes

Pikepelt – dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes and spiky fur

Apprentices: Hawkpaw – brown she-cat

Fishpaw – gray-and-white mottled tom

Falconpaw – russet tom with gold-tinged fur

Queens: Olivecloud – tortoiseshell she-cat

Quickfoot – brown tabby she-cat with green eyes

Elders: Molecloud – pale brown tom with amber eyes

Softpounce – small white she-cat with blue eyes

Hsss.

Flashes of fur through the thick green trees startled a deadly creature. The sun was high, warming the creature's back. The forest was abundant in foliage, creating a neat place for it to hide. Unseen and unheard, it looked upwards, unmoving only for its eyes.

Hss.

Another one. The creature arched its back and let out a low rumbling growl. Whatever this bright furry thing was, moving from tree to tree, it was not silent. It was not hidden. Unlike the creature. The blurs of fur were so close to it, in fact, it could have struck there and then. But it chose to wait. Patience was the best virtue of this creature. It had not eaten for four months. Waiting another four months was perfectly fine.

Hssss. The creature peered above the bush it was cowering under—no, not cowering, it concluded—stealthily stalking. It did not cower like prey. This creature was definitely not prey. It could see better now, not having to squint in order to make out the flashes from the gaps in the bush.

The sun was so calming, the creature fought the urge to curl up and sleep. It had been sleeping for a long, long time. Instead, it squinted again. This furry thing it was after was approaching again.

At the first sight of it, the creature tensed. Hsssssss. The furry animal halted mid-step, ears pricked. Shrugging, it went on its way. Muscles bunched and haunches bent, it leaped around a maple tree and circled it once, then started weaving in and out of a row of oaks.

The creature was infuriated at first. How dare that—that thing intrude in my territory. Mine! And I have done nothing to it. Nothing. Yet it does things to me. How so very rude. And then it slithered down from the top of the bush and continued to watch the furry blurs once more through the gaps in the bush, endlessly frolicking around the huge trees. Playing. Something that the creature had not done. Not once in its life did it have fun whilst… playing.

Playing seemed a waste of time. The creature was told that fun was something you do that makes you happy, like running or swimming. Killing, replied the creature, is my fun. And eating what I've killed. It snorted loudly, proud of the fact that it knew more than this furry animal.

The furry animal, meanwhile, was completely unaware of the creature lurking just near it. It was unaware of the relentless warnings to stay bright white fur and orange splotches made easy prey. But in the warm summer sun, the soft ground, and thick leaves, it could not resist to play around the trees. Trees made it so very happy, and so it continued to climb and leap around them.

The creature was frustrated. Not impatient. Should it attack this tiny animal? Or wait until it comes closer and closer? Closer, it decided, was better. The longer it waited, the larger the furry animal would get. The larger the animal got, the fatter and meatier it got. The fatter it became, the more excited the creature became.

Hsssssssss!

Whatcha guys think? I tried a new type of prologue to make it seem interesting... Chapter 1 uploaded tomorrow!

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