A/N: Alright, big update! Yippee! Make sure to tell me if you notice any continuity errors.
Chapter One
Smokepaw stepped onto the ledge and felt it give beneath him.
He plummeted down, and his only thought was, No, no, no, I'm not ready to join StarClan yet! Please, no...
He hit the bottom and felt something break with a long snap. A rising wave of black plummeted over Smokepaw and everything went dark.
Some time later, Smokepaw awoke. The dark gray tom shook out his fur and went to stand, only to feel a sharp pain in his leg. He whimpered as he realized it was broken and rolled onto his side. An eagle soared above him, and he realized he'd be crow-food soon if he didn't get out of here.
He wriggled onto his side and squirmed towards a cave entrance.
Smokepaw barely had made it into the cave before the eagle swooped down at him. Talons bit deep into his skin, and he cried out and felt blood gush from the wound. The eagle soared up again, its shadow blotting out the sun, and Smokepaw prepared for the impact.
It never came, and Smokepaw looked up in relief to see the eagle soaring away.
I'm alive! Thank you, StarClan!
He twisted his head to see his gray fur matted and soaked with blood. He began to lick the blood away. I wish I had a cobweb or something to stop the bleeding, but I don't even know where I am! I could already be in StarClan for all I know.
Smokepaw curled in an exhausted ball and fell asleep.
"Smokepaw..."
"Huh? What?"
"Smokepaw. You're alive."
Smokepaw opened his eyes to see a forested landscape. "Am I dead? Is this StarClan?"
"No, you aren't dead, young warrior." The voice came from behind him, and Smokepaw turned to see a gray cat with darker flecks of gray all over his pelt.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Rainfur. I'm a warrior of the lost Clan of SkyClan."
"SkyClan!" blurted Smokepaw. "But there were only ever four Clans!"
"No," Rainfur shook his head. "Once there were five, but SkyClan was driven out when the Twolegs expanded the Twolegplace on the side of the forest and choked their territory in Twoleg nests."
"So an entire other Clan lived here too?" Smokepaw tried to picture the entire Twolegplace he'd once seen in ThunderClan's territory missing, and couldn't.
"Yes. It is your destiny to find them."
"But what about the four Clans? ShadowClan is my home!"
"You are dead to them." Rainfur meowed quietly. "It is their destiny to never see you again."
Smokepaw sighed and bent his head. "But why?"
Rainfur opened his mouth to answer when a wave of pain crashed over Smokepaw and his world was smothered in black.
"Hey, you there! Yeah, you. Wake up!"
Smokepaw heard voices.
"Is he dead?"
"No, I don't think so..." A paw prodded Smokepaw's side. "He looks close, though. Wake up!"
Smokepaw opened his eyes to see a stockily built gray tom looking down at him. Besides him were a brown she-cat and another gray tabby tom.
"Uhh... Where am I?"
The she-cat gasped. "Crag, look at his leg!"
The gray tom turned to look at the she-cat. "I'm not blind, Brook. I think it's broken."
The gray tabby spoke up. "We should take him back to Stoneteller. He'll know what to do about this!"
The gray tom looked at him. "Perhaps you're right, Stormfur. Can you walk on that leg?"
Smokepaw tried to talk but coughed on the rocky dust. He shook his head.
"I don't think he can." Stormfur meowed. "We should probably carry him. No cat should be left alone on the mountains."
Crag picked Smokepaw up in his teeth and led the other two cats through the mountains. Smokepaw saw rock rushing by and closed his eyes.
A/N: So Smokepaw's been rescued by the Tribe of Rushing Water! Yay!
Please remember to review and post ideas for some more stories. Once I'm done Smokepaw's story I'm planning on publishing a trollfic I wrote a few years back about SkyClan's daylight-warriors.
I want at least 3 reviews from different people before I post another chapter. Reviews please!