Disclaimer: I do not own any of the cats from the real Warriors series
A flame-colored cat bounded across the clearing, narrowly avoiding the thundering current of the waterfall. He leapt up onto a great rock as other starry cats began appearing out from the underbrush.
"StarClan, thank you for joining me here today! We must discuss the matters at hand!" he yowled. A small grey she-cat nervously picked her way through the growing crowd until she stood before him.
"We can't see the clans through the pool anymore, even on this night of the gathering being held down around the lake. Something must be terribly wrong!" she fretted.
"It's okay, Cinderpelt," the cat on the rock mewed. "There's no need to panic." A blue-grey she-cat standing nearby bounded up onto the rock to stand by his side.
"We both know that is not true, Firestar." She murmured. "There are troubling times beside the lake, as well as in the stars." Firestar nodded in agreement.
"I know, it's just-" His words were cut off as the water in the pool that the cats were gathered around began to churn and bubble. The liquid turned dark and dim. The air turned harsh and cold, and the breeze became a wild wind as it blew across the clearing. The cats felt it whip around their paws and drag them closer to the ominous pool. Cinderpelt shrieked.
"It's impossible to fight it!" she wailed. "There's no way out!" Firestar replied, but his words were drowned out as the current sucked them all into darkness.