Disclaimer: I want to find the guy who really thinks I own warrior cats and punch him in the face. Of corse I don't! If I did, why would I be here? I mean, really. Come on now. Let's be real.

Prologue

A pale silver she-cat laid in the nursery, tears staining her muzzle. She nudged the six kits that where suckling at her belly, having no idea what the future had for them. She sighed quietly, licking the smallest one on the head.

The smallest one looked like her- Long fur with silver fur, though the eye color of this newborn kit was unknown as of now. The queen nudged her small kit closer, only to be kicked in the nose by one of the other five kits.

"STORMCLOUD!" A loud, booming voice called, echoing off the walls of the den, making the queen jump in her nest, startled. She shuddered, and then slowly stood, pushing her kits away.

"I'll be back, little ones." She promised, and then ducked her head, sliding out of the nursery. The sun shone down on the clearing, making the ground hot under her paws. She cringed, and then looked up at the cat who had called her.

"Y- Yes, Bonestar?" She stuttered, her head lowered and her eyes fixed on the ground. She shook with fear as she waited for the larger, dark brown stripped tom to answer. A moment of silence passed between them, making the she-cat, Stormcloud, wait for the scolding for something that she most likely could not control.

The tom glared down at her with piercing grey eyes. His expression looked dead. Litteratly. He growled lowly and then nodded once. The she-cat looked up, some how knowing that he had nodded, and looked at him while he shook his head disapprovingly.

"Are my kits strong and healthy?" He asked, narrowing his eyes. He lifted a paw, as if he was going to 'slap' her if she didn't give him the answer he was looking for. His long, overgrown claws came out of their hiding, and then sinking back into his paws. She looked at the long, white knife-sharp weapons with her emerald green eyes and then quickly looked away, afraid.

"Bo- Bonestar, they are newborns. I can't tell if they are strong or not. Just because the- they belong to you does not mean they can be as strong as one of your warriors," She pointed out, closing her eyes tight, waiting for his claws to meet her face.

Bonestar huffed and then looked behind her, eyeing the nursery. "I'll test them when they're a moon old. If they don't live, then they aren't fit to by in Bladeclan." He hissed, and then turned and walked away.

Stormcloud blinked her eyes open, her vision blurry from having them shut so tight, and watched him. She sighed, and then padded back to the nursery. She pushed through, careful not to step on any of the other queens.

The nursery was always packed. Bonestar said that he wanted many warriors, so that he could rule the forest... He hissed at the name of ThunderClan, one of the clans in the legends that he had been told many moons ago- When he was just a kit. When the clan was not ruled by him. When BladeClan was nothing. The ThunderClan in the stories had made a mistake by exiling Tigerclaw. All of the clans had made a mistake by running Brokenstar out of the forest...

Stormcloud shook her head, sighing. She, for one, did not agree with Bonestar's thoughts. She slowly sat down, and nudged all her kits back to her belly. The silver, smallest one squirmed away, not liking being so close to all of her siblings.

"Squirrelkit..." Stormcloud said, grabbing her daughter and putting her by her belly, but away from the others. The kit squealed, and then latched onto her mother, suckling again.

Chapter One: The Deadly Truth

Squirrelkit looked up at her leader, and father, as he said the words of an apprentice ceremony. Her eyes sparkled when he finally said her name, after he had finished with her siblings.

"Squirrelkit, please come forward." Bonestar mewed, his voice loud and proud. Her mother had said it was a miracle that she was still alive, being the runt of the litter. She had scars along her front paws from fighting with her siblings, before they some how... Just... Disappeared when she awoke in the morning. She had always wondered where they had gone. Stormcloud's eyes would be blood-shot the morning that one of Squirrelkit's siblings had disappeared.

The young kit's thoughts where pushed away when her father shoved her harshly with a paw, bringing her back to reality. "From this moment on, until you have _earned_ your warrior name, you will be known as Squirrelpaw." He said, almost growling the word 'earned'. The brown, stripped tom stuck out his chest and looked down at all the other clan members, his piercing grey eyes narrowed.

"I will mentor Squirrelpaw and teach her to be the best warrior she can be," He vowed, ignoring the quiet gasps that echoed through the clearing. Squirrelpaw's ears pricked as she heard her father's words, her own grey eyes gleaming with delight.

She reached up and toughed her nose to her father's, and then scurried off to sit with the other apprentices. Some have her the evil eye, and some just stared. She ignored them all, sitting up straight and proud.

She glanced at her two siblings, Ravenpaw and Lillypaw, and smiled. Her shiny white fangs shone when the sun's light hit them. She had sharp teeth like her mother, and long claws like her father.

_Mother!_ She thought, and then stood, stretching her neck out to see if her mother was watching them. A frown appeared on her face when she did not see Stormcloud sitting in the group.

The more the thought about it, the more she began to worry. It had been days since she had last seen the silver she-cat. She hadn't thought much of it. Until now. She had assumed that her mom was just out hunting or training or something like that all the time. But would she miss her own kit's apprentice ceremony?

Squirrelpaw's mouth practically dropped when just faintly remembered a night when Bonestar came padding into camp with blood streaking his muzzle and coating his paws. That afternoon had been the last time she had seen Stormcloud.

Ravenpaw nudged her with his nose and then looked at his sister. "You okay?" He whispered. Squirrelpaw hesitated, and then shook her head slowly.

"No. I'm not." Squirrelpaw answered after scanning the clearing one more time, and then looking at the black tom. Lillypaw pricked her ears, looking at her two siblings. She tilted her head to the side, and then glanced at Ravenpaw, waiting for him to ask the question that was waiting to be asked.

Ravenpaw rolled his eyes. _Squirrelpaw is so weird,_ He muttered to Lillypaw, who just shrugged and gave a little nod. He sighed and then looked back at his other sister. "Why are you not alright, Squirrelpaw?" He asked, thinking the answer will be something ridiculuous.

Squirrelpaw gulped, staring at the ground. Her face was blank and she was motionless- Not even her chest rose and fell as she took a breath, showing she was holding it. The two other apprentices glanced at each other and then looked back at Squirrelpaw, waiting silently.

Suddenly, she jolted upward, gasping. "Dad... H- He killed... Mom." She managed, before falling over onto her side.

Squirrelpaw woke up again in a moss nest, her siblings hovering over her. Lillypaw gasped, jumping when she saw Squirrelpaw's grey eyes looking up at her. She shook out her dark grey fur and looked at Ravenpaw, who was now sitting down and staring at the wall of the den they where in.

"W- Where are we?" Squirrelpaw croaked, surprised that her voice was barely working. She took a deep breath, and then cringed. It felt like it had been days since she had had a drink of water. Ravenpaw blinked, his eyes flickering to her.

"Somewhere," He answered, grinding his teeth. Lillypaw rolled her eyes, her whiskers twitching. She looked back at Squirrelpaw and then back at Ravenpaw, and then at Squirrelpaw, and so on.

Squirrelpaw grumbled, and then sat up. "Really. Where the darkforest are we?" She cursed, irritated. Ravenpaw sighed, and then looked at his ground. He stayed silent, leaving it to Lillypaw to explain.

"We ran away," Lillypaw said, eyeing her sister carefully. Squirrelpaw simply blinked, confused. "Well... After you said that Bonestar had killed Stormcloud... We decided that we couldn't stay there... W- We think he killed the other three, too." She mewed quietly, refusing to say her deceased siblings.

Squirrelpaw nodded once, her expression blank. It was no surprise that he had killed them... She shook her head, looking away. _To thing..._ She began, _I use to look up to him. I wanted to be like him._ She cringed, biting down on her tongue. How could she be so oblivious? She should have known that's what had happen as soon as Bonestar had come into camp, red-handed.

Ravenpaw nudged his sister's shoulder, sighing. "We have to move. I think he's got our trail." Squirrelpaw's ears pricked, listening to her brother. She gasped, and then stood up quickly.

"Then what are we waiting for? Go!" She ordered, almost screeching. Her heartbeat was going way to fast. She didn't like the feeling, but knew it would keep her going if she had to run.

Lillypaw and Ravenpaw both approached their sister hesitantly, gulping down their fears. They where young, no more then 5 moons, and already they were about to run for their lives.

Squirrelpaw took a breath and then stepped outside of the den, her litter mates flanking her. She glanced at them once more, and then darted away. They gasped as her sudden speed, and then followed, quickly gaining on her.

They ran until their little paws could run no longer. They weaved through the trees together, their little paws hitting the ground for no more then a second at a time, until it hurt too much to move. Squirrelpaw, acting like the leader of their group, had ordered them to stop when Lillypaw had a thorn wedged into the pads under her paws.

"Let me look at it," The silver she-cat urged. Lillypaw shook her head, refusing. Squirrelpaw sighed and then looked to Ravenpaw, who just simply shrugged and took a bite of the vole he had caught when they had stopped.

Squirrelpaw nudged her sister's shoulder with her nose. "Come on. I promise I wont hurt you," She pleaded, looking at Lillypaw's deep blue eyes. The grey she-cat muttered something under her breath and then lifted her paw above the ground and twisted it so that Squirrelpaw could see the thorn. Squirrelpaw sighed and then bent her neck down to the level of the paw and grabbed hold of the thorn in her teeth and gently tugged, pulling it out while Lillypaw screeched.

"You told me it wouldn't hurt! Liar!" She hissed, her paw hitting Squirrelpaw in the face. Squirrelpaw rolled her eyes, the scratches on her muzzle barely hurting. Lillypaw licked her paw once, and then stormed away.

Ravenpaw raised an eyebrow, watching Lillypaw blow up on her sister, and then looked at Squirrelpaw, a smirk upon his face. "Whatever," She spat to him and turned around, padding over to a tree and curling up under it. She sighed, closing her eyes and drifting into a light sleep.

Lillypaw paced the forest floor, muttering to herself. _Stupid Squirrelpaw,_ She hissed. _She doesn't even care that her own sister is mad at her..._ Her claws dug into the ground, keeping her from taking her anger out on one of the innocent trees before her.

Her piercing green eyes flickered her right, hearing the crunching of fallen leaves under someones, or somethings, paws. She swallowed, and then dropped into a crouch, listening for any signs of danger.

A low growl that came from who knows where sent a shiver down her back. She bit her lip and peered over some tall grass that was hiding her. Her eyes grew wide, the black part almost taking over, as she saw something that she would never have expected.

After a moment of hesitation, she shot up and darted back to where her siblings had made camp. "We gotta run. Like... Now." She panted between breaths, her eyes still wide.

Ravenpaw stood, eyeing her carefully. "Why? What happened?" He asked cautiously, taking a step toward her. His black paws hit the ground silently, and then froze when she shook her head quickly, racing towards Squirrelpaw.

She skidded to a stop and nudged the silver she-cat. "Squirrelpaw? Wake up. We gotta go." She mewed harshly into her ear. Squirrelpaw moaned and then blinked her eyes open. Her eyes widen when she saw Lillypaw's expression.

Squirrelpaw looked over Lillypaw's shoulder, and then gasped, jumping up when she saw the familiar brown stripped tom with stone-cold grey eyes coming toward them. "RUN!" She screeched, but was to late.

Bonestar leaped at Ravenpaw, who just so happened to be the closest to him, and pinned the black tom to the ground, snarling in his face. Ravenpaw squirmed, trying to get out of his father's grasp. The brown cat growled. "Stop trying, Ravenpaw." He hissed. "You can't get away."

Those where his last words before his sharp, white teeth sunk into the black apprentice's exposed neck. He twisted his dead, and then Ravenpaw's eyes rolled back, showing only ghostly white spaces where the pupils should be.

Squirrelpaw and Lillypaw watched in horror, to scared to move, as their brother was murdered. Bonestar stepped off of his limp son, and whipped his head around to them with a blood-coated muzzle and a grim smile on his lips. "Who's next?" He chuckled darkly.

Lillypaw snapped out of her trance and took a step forward, hissing and glaring at her father. "You evil piece of fox-dung," She snarled, flinging herself at Bonestar. Her claws dug into his shoulder, causing his front legs to buckle.

He snarled and grabbed hold of his daughter. His teeth dug into her scruff, and with one swing of his massive head, he threw her across the clearing. She moaned, and then fell silent. Squirrelpaw gasped, and then darted toward Lillypaw, screaming her name, but then skidded to a stop when her father had gotten there first, and then placed a paw over her throat. Lillypaw coughed up blood as his blade-sharp claws dug into her throat, and then made a choking, gargling sound.

Bonestar smiled evilly as grey she-cat fell limp, blood oozing from her beck. Squirrelpaw stared, tears blurring her sight. "Y- You monster..." She managed, looking at her bloody sister. Bonestar huffed, looking at her.

"You know, your mother said the same thing." He said, his tone grim and hollow. "When I killing her, that is. She wouldn't _dare_ so say that when she had a chance of living." He shook his head, looking away. "She kept threatening to leave, and take you three with her. 'One day, I'll be gone. And you'll have no one.' She'd say..." He snorted, clawing at the ground.

Squirrelpaw blinked, staring at him. "And do think... I use to look up to you..." She choked out, ashamed of herself. She thought back to the day she was made an apprentice... Her eyes gleaming with delight as she heard the monster's words. The memory made her cringe.

Bonestar whipped his head around and glared down at her. She froze, tension now filling the air. A crooked smile spread across his face, and then with one sudden movement, he was pinning her to the ground, his teeth hovering above her neck. "Any last words, Squirrelpaw?" He hissed, his eyes looking into hers.

Squirrelpaw laid there, pinned against the ground, with her eyes narrowed. She lifted her head and snapped at his nose, leaving a bleeding gash. He winced, and then grabbed one of her ears. He pulled her out from under him and threw her into a near by rock, her head hitting harshly on the cold stone.

"I was wrong. You deserve a slow, painful death." He growled, trudging over to the silver she-cat's body. She whined, blood trickling down her head and onto her shoulder. She tried to grasp the ground and pull herself up, but failed. He rolled his eyes, now hovering above her again, and then lowered his head, his jaws stretched open.

Squirrelpaw's eyes clenched shut, waiting for her death to come. She moaned as she felt her father's teeth sink into her chest and his claws dig into her belly. He pulled his head up, yanking out a chunk of her flesh, while his paw kept her firmly on the ground,

Pain flushed through her like a flowing river. She winced, but didn't try to pull away, knowing that it would only make it worse. Her eyes stayed shut, but no matter how much she wanted to pass out, she remained conscious for all the pain and hisses from her father.

Bonestar finally stepped away, his paws and muzzle covered in scarlet red liquid. He smiled at the bloody body of Squirrelpaw, and then padded away, as if nothing had ever happen.

Squirrelpaw laid there in a pool of her own blood, motionless. Her chest, or what was left of it, heaved up once more before she laid limp in the small clearing with her siblings, who had not been moved from the spots where they had been murdered.

Heh heh... Well... I guess you can't really get what's going on in the story because you don't know the beginning... But... I wrote this for the people I RP with on Foopets(Google it if you must know). So yeah... Don't complain that you don't know what's going on.

Now, if you do like my story, and don't care that you don't know the background information, then feel free to review! Much appreciated. I also have most of chapter two done, so I'll post that when I have Chapter three started.