Prologue
Lightningstar padded into his medicine cat's den, moonlight bathing it and giving it a bright shine. "Runningfoot, are you awake?" The dark blue tom meowed. "Well, now I am." His medicine cat replied in a drowsy tone. She got up and looked at him, "Well what's wrong?" The black and white cat questioned. "Well… I was given a prophecy and I want to know if you are thinking what I am when I heard it."
She finally seemed awake when she heard the words. "What did the cat say?" She curiously asked. Lightningstar looked at her and meowed, "'Only will the kin of the brightest fire will be bright enough to light up the darkness.'" Runningfoot looked at her leader and meowed, "Do you think it can be-""-Brightflame's kits? Maybe." He interrupted, worry in his eyes. "The important thing is, what darkness, will the clans have to face a challenge soon?" He seemed to ask no cat. His medicine cat looked worried; she knew as much as this 'darkness' as he did. "Maybe a war…" She murmured. Her leader looked at her, fear in his eyes, "All we can do is train our savior under the best… I'm going to have to mentor him, then, maybe he will save us as the prophecy tells." He concluded