DISCLAIMER: I do not own Warriors. Erin Hunter does.
Starlight glimmered on a trickling stream that flowed down a steep slope to the enormous lake. A blue-gray shape slipped out of the bushes and set off to locate the stream's source. The shape was the RiverClan deputy Mistyfoot on her way to the moonpool for her elderly leader gave up the last of her nine lives last night. Elderly herself, she knew that she would not have much glory in her reign, but the warrior code bound her to her duty. At last Mistyfoot reached the silvery pool. She licked up a drop of the sacred water and allowed the soft wave of sleep to engulf her. Mistyfoot opened her eyes and found herself at the clearing on the island. She noticed there were flashes of frost in the bushes. Mistyfoot blinked and saw StarClan stalking towards her, forming a circle around her. She was overjoyed to see some familiar faces including Shadepelt and Heavystep, Mudfur, Whiteclaw, Ivytail, Loudbelly, Firestar, Graystripe, Tallstar, and Blackstar. All of a sudden a strange voice spoke
"Welcome Mistyfoot, are you ready to receive your name and nine lives?"
"Yes, I'm ready." replied Mistyfoot. A huge tabby with a crooked jaw stood up and padded up to her. Mistyfoot recognized Crookedstar, the leader before Leopardstar, who bent down and touched his muzzle to hers.
"With this life I give you courage. Use it well in defense of your clan." He meowed. As the life coursed through Mistyfoot, memories of vicious battles and hunts flashed by while the energy set her foot on end. Crookedstar took his place in the ranks of StarClan while a similar looking cat approached her. Mistyfoot sighed as her brother Stonefur approached and said
"With this life I give you justice. Use it well as you judge the actions of others." A pang of anguish shocked her to the core, increasing its pain before giving a final powerful burst that almost made Mistyfoot yelp. The pain turned to pride as she felt what Stonefur felt on the day he died. The next cat was a mirror image of Mistyfoot, for the cat was her mother, Bluestar. Bluestar's eyes met hers as she stooped down to softly mew to her
"With this life I give you loyalty to what you know to be right. Use it well to guide your clan in times of trouble." A ferocious pain took over Mistyfoot that made her feel like she was grieving. She then realized it was her loss of her relationship with Oakheart. She wondered if he was here too as the pain ebbed. Surely enough, Oakheart rose and met Mistyfoot's muzzle with his and roared
"With this life I give you tireless energy. Use it well to carry out the duties of a leader." Mistyfoot suddenly felt as if she was swimming across the lake and back. When she reached the other bank, she was back at the clearing and Oakheart was taking his place, glowing with pride. Mistyfoot nearly jumped for joy as Graypool approached her. She had been her foster mother after Bluestar gave her up. Graypool approached her and whispered
"With this life I give you protection. Use it well to care for your clan as a mother cares for her kits." Roars of fury coursed through Mistyfoot, who watched terrified shadows race by her. She then recognized the same desire that she felt when her kits were born. Graypool gazed at her and said "I always knew you would figure it out someday, I just hoped it would never happen like that and I am sorry. Mistyfoot realized she was remembering when she gave her secret to Tigerstar out of her fragmented mind.
Mistyfoot whispered "No…no...no" as Feathertail, her apprentice, approached her and touched her nose to Mistyfoot's.
"With this life I give you mentoring." she began. "Use it well to train the young cats of your clan." Mistyfoot expected pain, but instead she felt a warm glow, which she realized must be love. Feathertail had fallen in love with Crowfeather, her death tore them apart. Perplexion crossed Mistyfoot as the next cat approached her. He was a kit, a mirror image of Oakheart who reached up to touch Mistyfoot and mewed
"With this life I give you compassion. Use it well for the elders of your clan, the sick, and all those weaker than yourself." Mistyfoot saw herself as a kit in the nursery. There she saw herself and Stonefur and this kit. She realized this was her long lost brother, Brackenkit! She sobbed as she licked his ear and murmured
"I missed you so much!" to her brother, but the kit turned away and another familiar cat took his place. This cat was a mirror image of Feathertail, but she was also Mistyfoot's apprentice as well. She was Feathertail's mother, Silverstream. She touched her muzzle and meowed
"With this life I give you love. Use it well for all the cats in your care, especially for your kits." A greenleaf warmth spread through her as Silverstream's eyes clouded with grief. Silverstream took her place between Feathertail and her father, Crookedstar as the last cat stepped out.
"Welcome Mistyfoot, my loyal deputy, I knew your loyalty would bring you here." said Leopardstar as she touched her head and roared "With this life I give you nobility and certainty and faith. Use it well as you lead your clan in the ways of StarClan and the warrior code." The strength of LionClan pulsed through Mistyfoot as a leopard roared through her body, draining all her energy. Just as she thought she would rip to pieces, the pain ended and the cats of StarClan rose to their paws. "I hail you by your new name, Mistystar." Leopardstar boomed. "Your old life is no more. You have now recieved the nine lives of a leader, and StarClan grants to you the guardianship of RiverClan. Defend it well; care for young and old; honor your ancestors and the warrior code; live each life with pride and dignity."
"Mistystar! Mistystar!" called out StarClan. Mistystar sank into the rich chanting when all of a sudden the chanting stopped and a dark cloud rose over them, casting a shadow over the clearing. A wolf howled as a hawk with moonlight talons swooped down and destroyed the cloud while a great voice boomed
"There will be two, not of your own, who will create the two who will defeat an old enemy and save the clan." Mistystar looked on in horror as the vision faded away and she found herself at the moonpool, lying in exhaustion. Mistystar stood up and headed back to camp. She had a prophecy to fulfill.
Sorry for the long prolouge but it was awesome! ch. 1 is coming soon!