A/N

Uh holy snap I can't believe I'm doing this? This is happening? Hell yeah.

Prologue

Shrieks and hisses filled the cool night air of the RiverClan camp as ThunderClan charged through the barrier, tramping over the reeds.

The claws of a grey-black tom with a short tail met the face of a rugged grey she-cat. She yowled and snapped her jaws to bit his tail, but her jaws met nothing but the air, his tail too short. He raked his claws down her shoulder, only to get tackled down by a dark ginger tom. They rolled around on the ground, snarling and claws at each other, until a black and white tom pulled the dark ginger tom off his clanmate.

"Fish-breath!" a white tom with jet black paws snarled in the face of a grey tom with brown features. The RiverClan tom pinned him to the ground, rolled over, and flung him into the thorn bushes.

A dusky brown tom crept into the nursery with malice in his eyes, glancing backwards nervously. Claws suddenly met the soft flesh of his face and he reeled back.

A sandy ginger queen with darker stripes stood over five meek kits, her eyes slitted and lips peeled back into a snarl. "I won't give up without a fight," she growled lowly.

The ThunderClan intruder smirked ever so slightly, his eyes shadowed dangerously. He slammed a forepaw harshly down on the queen's head, holding her down by the back of her neck and reaching for the kits.

The queen let out a yowl. "No!" She screamed. She bit down on his tail and he let out a cry of pain as she yanked him back and off of her.

"Not my kits, you scum!" She flung herself at him, battering his sides ferociously. The tomcat flinched back, but overpowered her quickly and crushed her beneath him as he fell on top of her.

As the ThunderClan tom got up, the queen did not. He took a second to gloat with a triumphant laugh to himself. He snatched up three kits, a black she-kit, a light grey tabby she-kit, and a brown mottled tabby tom kit.

The dusky tom quickly began to flee, but powerful teeth bit down into his flank. He screeched in pain, and the three kits fell from his jaws to meet the two that he had not taken.

The queen pulled her fangs out and cannoned into him, raking his muzzle with sharp claws. The ThunderClan tom dug his claws into her soft underbelly and threw her off. Her face twisted in pain as she landed with a sickening thud on the ground.

This time, the tom lingered over choosing which kits to take. He swiftly chose the two toms- the mottled one from before, and now a blue-grey tabby tom kit. He shook himself and picked up the black she-kit.

The RiverClan queen hissed and yowled after him desperately, her tears staining the ground as the two remaining she-kits cried into the night. She let out a caterwaul, wailing and wailing and preying a clanmate could hear her.

She heard the distant cry of Eaglestar- the ThunderClan leader- cry out, "ThunderClan, retreat!"

As ThunderClan disappeared into darkness, a black tom with a ginger blaze and white paws burst into the nursery. "Are you alright?" He asked quickly upon seeing her wounded on the ground.

She didn't have any time to answer, as he looked down at the two kits and then back to her. "Our kits?" His voice was weak.

The queen hung her, wincing as she stood. "That fleabag stole our kits and left Palefeather's behind!" She collapsed with a heavy breath onto the ground and patted dry bedding moss into her open wound to stop the bleeding. She sniffed and squeezed her eyes shut as tears flowed down her cheeks.

Her mate helped her up and she leaned on his shoulder for support. She looked out up at the stars as he carried her towards the medicine den.

"May StarClan light their paths…" she faced the black tom.

"I'm sorry… I've failed you, and them." She turned her gaze back to the sky, eyes wet. "Stay safe, my daughter. You were always the weakest, may your brothers protect you…"

She trailed off, her voice soft with pain and choked with tears, but strong with love.

A/N

Ok so there's probably not gonna be a lot of changes, but this will be much cleaner than the original story. My best friend SuperBailey will be beta-ing for me in future chapters!

EDIT: lmao there's gonna be a lot of changes so buckle the HECK up