I'm sure you've all seen this and are flipping out right now, so allow me to say:
I have returned from my super, duper long hiatus. I hope you all didn't miss me too bad!
Ah, yes. It feels odd to be back, really XD.
Well anyways, I'm so happy to be back! I've missed you guys :D I hope you're all doing okay and that my absence hasn't made you forget who I am XD.
Yarrow Bush is literally dead for ideas right now, so I've decided to post this one for enjoyment.
Regards,
Author xx
This story is based off of my fictional Clans - AirClan, NorthClan, SouthClan, EastClan, and WestClan. They used to be the Clans I had as a role-play, but it's since been dead for about three years now...
Without further ado, here we go!
ALLEGIANCES - SKYCLAN
LEADER: Birdstar - cream and brown tom, amber eyes
DEPUTY: Larkbeak - gray tabby tom with long muzzle, green eyes
MEDICINE CAT: Grassclaw - brown tabby she-cat, yellow eyes
WARRIORS: Vinetwist - brown tabby tom, green eyes
Frecklespot - white she-cat with dark gray blotches on tail, yellow eyes
APPRENTICE, APPLEPAW
Yellowfrost - golden tom, amber eyes
Pollendust - gray tabby she-cat, blue eyes
Duststreak - dark brown tom, amber eyes
Froststorm - white tom, blue eyes
Coaldust - black she-cat with white paws and muzzle, yellow eyes
Airstep - cream she-cat with dark tabby stripes on paws, light blue eyes
APPRENTICES: Applepaw - mottled brown she-cat, blue eyes
QUEENS: Nightbird - black she-cat, blue eyes (expecting Yellowfrost's kits)
Sharpwind - brown she-cat, yellow eyes (expecting Duststreak's kits)
ELDERS: Redspark - reddish-tabby she-cat, blue eyes
Windstep - white tom with gray paws, yellow eyes
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THUNDERCLAN
LEADER: Hickorystar - black tom with white muzzle, yellow eyes
DEPUTY: Northclaw - dark brown tom, green eyes
MEDICINE CAT: Tornwing - gray tabby tom with a torn ear, amber eyes
APPRENTICE - THORNPAW
WARRIORS: Heatstep - pale ginger tom with dark ginger paws, amber eyes
Lapshore - blue-gray she-cat, blue eyes
APPRENTICE - THISTLEPAW
Tallstem - long-legged pale brown tom, yellow eyes
Gorsewing - pale gray she-cat, yellow eyes
Pinestep - mottled brown she-cat, green eyes
Redstripe - white tom with dark red stripe down back, amber eyes
Flightbird - brown-and-white she-cat, blue eyes
APPRENTICES: Thornpaw - pale golden she-cat, blue eyes
Thistlepaw - spike-furred gray-and-white tom, green eyes
QUEENS: Quietflame - gray she-cat, yellow eyes (mother to Tallstem's kit: Littlekit - brown she-cat, blue eyes)
Frostwind - white she-cat, green eyes (expecting Heatstep's kits)
ELDERS: Shatterstep - brown tabby tom with white paws, green eyes
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RIVERCLAN
LEADER: Duckstar - golden-and-white tom, amber eyes
DEPUTY: Pebbleskip - dark gray tom, green eyes
APPRENTICE - SPLASHPAW
MEDICINE CAT: Rushingwater - mottled brown she-cat, yellow eyes
WARRIORS: Streampool - pale gray she-cat, green eyes
Timberfall - dark brown tom, yellow eyes
Fogstep - pale brown tabby she-cat with white paws, amber eyes
Sharkclaw - large dark gray tom, yellow eyes
APPRENTICE - SANDPAW
Minnowsplash - blue-gray she-cat, green eyes
Lampreylight - pale gray tom, amber eyes
APPRENTICES: Splashpaw - mottled gray tom, yellow eyes
Sandpaw - golden brown tom with white chest and paws, blue eyes
QUEENS: Southbreeze - blue-gray she-cat with white paws and ring on tail, amber eyes (mother of Sharkclaw's kits: Otterkit - brown tabby she-cat, amber eyes; Curlewkit - blue-gray tom, blue eyes; and Podkit - pale gray she-cat with white rings around eyes, amber eyes)
Reedrush - brown tabby she-cat, blue eyes (expecting Timberfall's kits)
ELDERS: Featherdust - pale gray she-cat, yellow eyes
Mudstreak - brown tabby tom, amber eyes
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WINDCLAN
LEADER: Moorstar - brown tabby she-cat, yellow eyes
DEPUTY: Roseflower - rose-colored she-cat, blue eyes
MEDICINE CAT: Duskfall - black tom, green eyes
APPRENTICE - HUSKPAW
WARRIORS: Birdflight - brown-and-white tom, amber eyes
Nightstep - black-and-white she-cat, blue eyes
Whiteblossom - pure white she-cat, yellow eyes
Eastwind - golden brown tom, green eyes
Rabbitleap - brown tabby tom, amber eyes
APPRENTICE - TABBYPAW
Longwhisker - gray-and-white she-cat with long whiskers, blue eyes
Desertbreeze - golden she-cat with white muzzle, yellow eyes
APPRENTICES: Huskpaw - white tom with golden patches, amber eyes
Tabbypaw - white she-cat with thick black stripes, blue eyes
QUEENS: Thickpelt - long-furred brown tabby she-cat, amber eyes (expecting Rabbitleap's kits)
Twistleaf - gray she-cat, yellow eyes (mother of Birdflight's kit: Frisk-kit - gray-and-white tom, blue eyes)
ELDERS: Blackwing - black she-cat, amber eyes
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SHADOWCLAN
LEADER: Snowstar - pure white tom, amber eyes
APPRENTICE - BEARPAW
DEPUTY: Nightowl - black she-cat, green eyes
MEDICINE CAT: Shadowfern - dark gray she-cat, blue eyes
WARRIORS: Darkflower - dark brown she-cat, yellow eyes
APPRENTICE - RAGGEDPAW
Tawnyfur - mottled brown-and-white tom, amber eyes
Stripetail - pale gray she-cat with dark striped tail, amber eyes
Beetlefang - black-and-white tom, yellow eyes
Aspenclaw - dark gray tom, blue eyes
Mountainfall - small pale brown tom with black paws, green eyes
Westflame - dark gray she-cat, green eyes
APPRENTICES: Bearpaw - large brown tom with black ears, amber eyes
Raggedpaw - shaggy-furred gray she-cat, yellow eyes
QUEENS: Darkbird - dark brown tabby she-cat, blue eyes (expecting Snowstar's kits)
ELDERS: Hickorystem - pale gray-and-brown she-cat, amber eyes
Clawnose - ragged gray tom, green eyes
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PROLOGUE
The moon was a blur against the darkened sky. It shone down on the forest below, flowing out to touch the shoreline, the pine trees, the riverbed at the far side of the lake, and the moor that ran on one side of the lush forest.
"Is it time?" asked a battle-scarred dark gray she-cat. Her flattened muzzle was furrowed into a frown as she looked to her companions that sat before and around her - a white tom, a brown tabby tom, a cream-and-brown she-cat, two blue-gray she-cats, and a flame-pelted tom.
One of the blue-gray she-cat's nodded solemnly. "It's time, Yellowfang," she meowed, leaning forward so that she could rest her tail on the fading she-cat's shoulders. "I am sorry, but this is the only way."
"There has to be another way!" the brown tabby tom protested loudly. "Surely there's a different resolution, Bluestar!"
"We can't change the fate of the Clans, Onestar," the other blue-gray she-cat said meekly. "It's just a matter of time now..."
"You know as well as I do, Mistystar, that this cannot happen," Onestar objected bluntly. "The Clans have lived on this lake for seasons - what good would it be to make them leave?"
"Apparently it is the duty of us as ancestors," muttered the white tom, scuffing one of his six-toed black paws on the starry ground.
"We inform the Clans of when a persistent problem arises," Yellowfang told the black-pawed tom discreetly. "You know that better than any cat, Blackstar." she looked around the circle of cats, meeting each of their gazes. "We all know that well enough..."
"Then this is it?" asked the cream-and-brown she-cat worriedly. The flame-colored tom rested his tail on her shoulders and nodded, to which the she-cat bellowed, "My beloved SkyClan... What will become of them?"
"SkyClan shall not be harmed drastically, Leafstar," Bluestar comforted the newest StarClan member. "In fact, it is wise if your Clan meets up with ours somewhere in the middle, where the living can become acquainted with one another."
"Firestar," Onestar meowed, turning towards the flame-colored cat who hadn't spoken all that time. "I hope you are happy, sending our Clans to their dooms."
Firestar rose to his paws, his green eyes flashing. Down below them all, a blast of lightning raged from the sky, flashing the world just as Firestar's eyes had. "It is not my own doing, Onestar," he chided lightly, his tail furrowing behind him, "It was the compromising of all of us. Don't blame such a callous thing on myself, because I am not sitting here to dawdle in your self-concieted ways."
"Our Clans are in peril whether they stay or leave," Mistystar soothed the two bristling toms. "It is best that they leave, where they can find a new home - for the benefit of all of them."
Firestar sat back, but Onestar remained standing; however, his pelt was beginning to flatten.
Bluestar looked around the circle, and together she and Yellowfang asked, "For the good of the Clans?"
The other four cats nodded, their eyes flashing in wisdom and heartache. "For the good of the Clans."
Down in the living world, the storms of defeat raged on...
So this is my new/old story. I hope you all review and enjoy it!
The first two chapters are already finished from when I first got into writing this back forever ago - I'll post one per day, hopefully.
Regards,
Author xx