Prologue
"Don't be afraid."
But how possibly could he have not been afraid? Everywhere around the chaos was raging as if the world was coming to an end. Panicked cats were yowling and running for their lives as everything they every knew was meeting destruction.
The white tom with big, jet-black paws fixed his powerful gaze on him. The amber eyes were burning with fire. "I won't let you die," he said and somehow the fear become bearable. It was as if in the middle of raging storm a tiny patch of peace appeared.
But it didn't last long. Without a warning Blackstar looked away and left his companion. The cat wanted to go after his leader but something grabbed the scruff of his neck and began to drag him in the other direction.
"I won't let you die… die… die…" it echoed as the ground slowly began to disappear underneath his dark grey paws. The cat's claws scratched against a stone. Russetfur was trying to reach him but all he saw was Blackstar, glancing from a distance, not even making a step towards him.
"…die… die… die…"
"Father!" the dark grey cat tried to call when he finally lost his grip.
He was going down…
…down…
…down.
Littlecloud woke up with a terrified yowl. It took him a while to realise it wasn't him who was falling. He sighed heavily.
Before making his way out, the medicine cat once more looked around his cave as if he tried to make sure he was far away from the deadly cliff. When he finally went outside, he turned his gaze towards the sky.
"StarClan… Smokepaw…" Littlecloud whispered. "What are you trying to tell me?"
But there were no stars shining that night.