Prologue: An Elemental
The wisp of a wind whirled through the small cave; only slightly stirring the starry forms crouched at the water's edge, their eyes on one cat. The dark gray she-cat was staring into the moonlit pool.
A bracken-colored tom weaved his way through the throng of cats, stopping beside the she-cat. His mew was hoarse. "Grayfur, what do you see?"
She glanced at him, hollow-eyed. "There is great danger coming to MountainClan and DesertClan both, Darkfur."
Darkfur nodded, than he beckoned to Grayfur. "Tell us all what you have seen in the pool."
Grayfur's eyes widened, slowly she meowed, "An elemental. An elemental is coming."
There were several hisses and gasps from the assembled StarClan cats.
One of the newer StarClan cats, a tom named Tigerstrike, padded up, asking softly, "What's an elemental?"
Grayfur muttered gravely, "An elemental is a cat that holds power over the elements: fire, earth, wind, water, shadow, and lightning."
Tigerstrike's eyes narrowed; he gasped, "Can there be such a creature in the world?!"
Darkfur nodded.
Grayfur looked back at the pool again; she whispered, "Beware the Day of Black Sun and the Night of No Moon."
"What?" inquired another cat, whose name was Silvertail. "What does it mean?"
Grayfur intoned quietly, "The destruction of MountainClan and DesertClan."
More gasps and cries of shock rose from the starry cats.
"But…" Grayfur said sharply, and they all quieted.
"The elemental…will save us." Grayfur murmured, starlight shining in her eyes, her form shimmering. She faded away, her gray eyes lingering on the starlit pool.
The other StarClan cats vanished as well, leaving only a single cat. She padded over to the pool. She whispered, her voice as light as the wind, "Ravenkit…I always knew you were special…" she smiled at the image of her kit forming on the moonlit water. "I will always be with you," she murmured softly, then disappeared into the mist…