Hello, I have created this story over the span of several months. It does create a bit of time to create some of the chapters, as I am trying to add as much detail as possible and make this book written as well as some of the Warrior novels.

Please be sure to let me know what you think! The best way for my writing to improve is by seeing how others like this story.

I do apologize in advance for any grammatical errors and will do my best to prevent such silly errors! Mistakes do happen.

Windclan:

Leader: Dovestar- silver long furred she cat

Deputy: Scorchfall – red tom with green eyes

Medicine cat: Rosewhisper- mottled she-cat

Warriors:

Lightningstripe –dark gray tom with yellow stripe down back

(mentor to Badgerpaw)

Cherrydapple – black she-cat with white specks

Heathertail – light brown she-cat

Berryfur – spotted gray and brown medium furred tom

Deernose – white long furred she-cat with a brown nose

Shrewfur – golden tabby tom

Stormgaze – gray striped tom with striking blue eyes

Queens:

Hazelcloud- golden she-cat with hazel eyes

(mother of Foxkit)

Dawnpetal – small white she-cat with orange patches

Elders:

Ratwhisker- scarred brown tom

Prologue:

Darkness stretched over a small clearing. The only signs of life in the surrounding forest were the occasional yowls of fighting that split through the air. A sleek black she-cat stepped into the clearing and calmly sat on top of a largely sized boulder in the center of the grass. She curled her tail in front of her paws and looked around expectantly.

"Why do we need to bother ourselves with a meeting?" A brown tom grumbled, appearing into view. His tail tip twitched with impatience. "We have better things to do."

"I'll tell you when if the other ones arrive, Hawkswipe." The she-cat snorted. "They certainly are taking their time."

"What better things do we have to do? And better yet, why does time matter when we have so much of it?" A new shrill voice called out to them. A frond at the edge of the clearing moved as three more bodies entered the clearing. The light gray-she cat with white paws who spoke gazed challengingly at the she-cat on top of the rock with her tail flickering with annoyance.

"Feisty as ever I see, Blizzardstep. But you should learn to hold your tongue until I tell you what I've summoned you all for." The she-cat calmly replied, her green eyes held the gaze of her challenger.

"What did you summon us for?" A black tom which held his position to the left of Blizzardstep meowed cocking his head to the side.

"That's the same thing I asked, Adderwind." Hawkswipe mumbled, flexing his claws into the soft dirt underneath him. "But apparently we need to wait on every single cat who decides to take their time." The black she-cat ignored their comments and gazed at the mottled she-cat on the other side of Blizzardstep who was just watching the scene unfold silently.

"Larkcry, where is Sootstripe? I'm getting tired of waiting." The black she-cat asked innocently, but the mischievous glint in her eyes gave away her intention to test her limits. Larkcry bristled and anger flashed in her blue eyes at the mention of the cat.

"He's not my mate anymore. I don't care what happens to that piece of fox-dung!" Larkcry snarled, lashing her tail.

"You used to." The smooth voice gave away the last cat, a gray striped tom who appeared to have been spying from underneath a patch of brambles. He gave a smug look to Larkcry, who was swiveling her head in anger, to both him and the black she-cat, as if she wasn't quite sure on who she was more furious at.

"You took your time Sootstripe. I'm not sure if you are even worthy of being here." The she-cat growled from where she was perched on the rock.

"I've been here the whole time, I was seeing who you would invite for this special meeting." Sootstripe emphasized the last two words with a mocking tone as he joined the group of other cats near the rock. The black cat narrowed her eyes at her companions.

"Well it's good I can actually start." The she-cat meowed irritably, her ears twitching. "I called you all here for a reason. I'm sure you all can remember the miserable attempt the Dark Forest made last time it tried to take over the Clans. When Tigerstar attempted to train the Clan cats to attack their own Clans."

"Of course. We all remember. That fool thought he had the loyalty to all of his cats when he only had a meager amount of living warriors actually fight with him." Adderwind commented distastefully, scratching his ear. "He certainly weakened this whole forest."

"Well, we're going to take over the Clans. However, we need to be careful about how we go about it. We can't let Starclan intervene, nor have the puny mouse-hearts who lead the Clans realizing. This can only be done by finding those who have the right potential." The she-cat paused and looked around at the cats below her, who just listened with thoughtful expressions. "The Clans have finally stopped telling their kits about us, we just need to build the loyalty while they are young and train them. From there, it will be easy for them to gain power. We will not have to launch an attack, we will have the Clan cats destroy themselves." She finished speaking and waited for the comments to rise.

"What's in it for us? Why would we even want to waste our time with the living?" Larkcry asked, her voice wavering.

"The destruction of the Clans will bring the destruction of StarClan and the rise of the Dark Forest. We can shape our cats into doing exactly what we would want and bring revenge to those who oppose us. What could be better than that?" The she-cat answered, already knowing the answer. "In fact, I already have found a kit who has the perfect potential."

"What about the rest of us? When do we get to train?" Hawkswipe stood up, his face seemed thoughtful at the idea of having an apprentice.

"In time, Hawkswipe. All of you will get your first apprentices within a few seasons. We need to just be careful, and not careless like Tigerstar was. Now, get prepared. We will finally be able to emerge from this darkness." With the final comment, the black she-cat rose to her paws and began to pad away from the others.

"You need to be careful." Sootstripe stood and after a moment of hesitation, yowled after her. "Don't ruin this for the rest of us!" The she-cat stopped, for only a moment, and let out a silky purr over her shoulder.

"I am Moonwhisker, I can do anything." Then Moonwhisker whirled around and padded back into the darkness of the forest.