A dark figure stalked around silently in the shadows. It hesitated, before walking over to the middle of a small clearing, where there was an even smaller pool. Now out of the darkness, one could see that the figure was in fact a cat whose pelt was a shade of gray almost as dark as the shadows of the forest he was in.
The cat looked around cautiously, as if not wanting to be seen, before staring into the pool. The pool didn't seem that extraordinary from far away, but if one looked closely enough, they would see the cats in the living world. Staring at the pool, the cat grinned. There was a steadily rippling image of a young black she-cat. The she-cat looked naive, a perfect victim for the watching cat. Very well, he thought. Without taking one more look, he turned towards the shadowy forest and crept back into the darkness.
The night was dark. Winds that threatened to chill a cat to their bones howled through the forest like hungry wolves seeking a meal. The wind whipped the uncountable amount of miniscule snowflakes around the air, blocking out the moon and the stars -the only sources of light- from view. The cats of the forest were huddled in their soft moss nests, shivering even in sleep. Amidst all this, a blurry figure, which was persumably a gray tabby tom trudged exhaustingly through the thick snow. Gasping for air, he stepped into the nursery, and glanced at the corner. A she-cat was lying there, almost completely hidden by the shadows.
"Stonestep," the she-cat greeted weakly, "You really didn't need to come at this time of night, during a blizzard like this."
"Are your kits okay, Ravenflight?" Stonestep asked, with a hint of concerned in his voice. He stared at Ravenflight's tiny kits, who were huddled beside their mother, shivering for warmth. They still hadn't opened their eyes, even though they were already a few days old, because they had contacted a deadly form of greencough, and Stonestep hadn't thought the little bundles of fur would survive a day. But they did, although they were still weak and unable to move around.
Ravenflight nodded, "They're perfectly fine. Their greencough is gone now," she said, though she sounded like she wanted to convince herself as much as convincing the medicine cat.
"Are you sure?" Stonestep asked skeptically, checking the kits' breathing. The breathing were still shallow and short, but they had improved from the last time he had checked. "What have you named them?" Ravenflight hadn't named them earlier, being too busy being worried about them.
"Nightkit and Emberkit," Ravenflight responded.
ThunderClan
Leader: Morningstar- golden she-cat with amber eyes
Deputy: Flamestripe- ginger tabby tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Stonestep- gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Apprentice, Petalpaw
Warriors:
Mothfur- dappled brown she-cat with amber eyes
Mosswhisker- gray tom with blue eyes
Leafdawn- brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Ashfeather- smoky gray she-cat with blue eyes
Snowclaw- white tom with amber eyes
Apprentice, Darkpaw
Dewspots- gray tom with darker flecks and green eyes
Apprentice, Spottedpaw
Gingerheart- ginger tom with green eyes
Whitemist- white she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice, Brackenpaw
Owlflight- brown and gray tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice, Foxpaw
Sparrowtail- brown and white tabby tom with amber eyes
Fawndapple- brown she-cat with white spots and underbelly and amber eyes
Apprentice, Birchpaw
Grasspelt- brown tabby tom with green eyes
Maplewhisker- golden-brown she-cat with green eyes
Graystorm- dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Apprentices
Spottedpaw- tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with green eyes
Petalpaw- tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with green eyes
Brackenpaw- russet tom with amber eyes
Birchpaw- gray tabby tom with amber eyes
Darkpaw- dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Foxpaw- ginger she-cat with amber eyes
Queens
Dovefeather- very pale gray she-cat with blue eyes (mother of Honeykit, a golden she-kit with amber eyes, and Smokekit, a gray tom with blue eyes)
Ravenflight- black she-cat with amber eyes (mother of Nightkit, a black she-kit with green eyes, and Emberkit, a dark ginger she-kit with green eyes)
Dappleheart- tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Elders
Ivyleaf- gray she-cat with green eyes
Smalltail- light brown tabby tom with blue eyes and a short tail
Rosepelt- dark cream she-cat with amber eyes
ShadowClan
Leader: Owlstar- mottled brown she-cat with amber eyes
Deputy: Duskpelt- ginger tom with green eyes
Medicine Cat: Paledusk- pale gray she-cat with amber eyes
WindClan
Leader: Whitestar- white she-cat with amber eyes
Deputy: Stormheart- gray tom with green eyes
Medicine Cat: Dawnfeather- light golden she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice, Breezepaw (gray and white she-cat with amber eyes)
RiverClan
Leader: Reedstar- brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Deputy: Ripplecreek- silver she-cat with blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Mosspelt- tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with green eyes
A/N: This is the prologue and allegiances! Please review. I would like to hear your suggestions, because this is my first non-collab fanfiction
Update 10/2/14: I have updated the prologue, so it isn't super short anymore.