Twelve thousand moons ago

by Flashstripes

prologue

life since it's creation by the ancients has always started off small, but as time passes it grows into something miraculous. Magic and other mysterious forces are at work in world, the past, present and future are intertwined with each other where one life can change the destiny of others. There are many forms of life in the world but when they are born they all share the same desire to live. You can't control the world, you can only influence it, then comes the time of death and death comes to all living thing at different times, and so the cycle of life and death are eternal you cannot stop it you can only rise to meet it.

"your doing fine Fasha, just a little more" the jet black mystic cat known as Umbrahn meowed encouragingly, Fasha was a long haired brown tortoiseshell she cat with bright green eyes that glowed like a field of grass during the time when the hot session sun touched the ground on the horizon, who was also the mate of Hyperion the Elder who was the leader of her tribe.

Her tribe was known as the Kenivi which was a tribe of ten thousand cats, with camps set allover their territory in the valley of the sun. the valley of the sun was amazing in size stretching almost as far as the eye can see, and at the center was the lake known as the the heart of the sun, with large patches of woods all across their territory, and to the east of the lake is the cliff with jagged rocks sticking out like the branches of a tree, and high up was the top of the cliff that overlooked the valley.

The great river that came from the west ended with a connection to the lake and was it's lifeline, to the far north was the mountains with their everlasting snow cap peaks.

In their huge Territory Fasha was one cat out of thousands and out of the thousands of toms that where apart of her tribe Fasha had fallen in love with the leader, at first she thought she was crazy, 'there's no reason for him to love me, I have no one special in my family, while he has come from a long history of great leaders and warriors' she told herself this every time she was close to him, but everyday she wished she had the courage to tell him the feelings she had for him.

But then one day she was out hunting with a hunting patrol which consisted of Hyperion the Elder, razor, claw and herself. When they split up to find prey Fasha was able to find a good sized squirrel busily nibbling on a acorn completely oblivious to the danger that was close by.

She crouched down keeping herself very low to the ground as she edged slowly forward moving throw the grass like a shadow, when she was only a few paw steps away from the unfortunate creature she pounced, landing directly on top of the squirrel she then pinned it down with her right front paw and gave it a swift bite to the neck, it cried out helplessly for one last time before going completely limp under her graceful paw.

She had picked the squirrel up when she heard his meow right behind her "well done, that was a great catch," Fasha almost jumped out her fur, dropping the squirrel she turned and her heart began to race, in front of her was Hyperion the Elder, he sat there in a calm manner staring at her making her more nervous every second.

She tried to give him her gratitude but all that came out was "what are you doing here?" she asked with a tiny meow that almost like a kit, Hyperion twirled his tail around his front legs, "i just wanted to see you Fasha" he meowed. her heart beat even faster than before "why would he want to see me?" she thought to herself.

She kept thinking of reasons why he wanted to see her and as if he could read her mind he spoke again sounding almost nervous " the reason why is because I've seen the way you look when you and I are close, and I just wanted to say that...i love you and I would like you to be my mate," Fasha's heart nearly stopped in shock and for a few moments she could not speak.

Hyperion lowered his head, "i understand if you don't want to, I just wanted you to know" he murmured almost to himself, Fasha then padded up to him and touched his nose with her's, then she began to lick his cheek and he began to purr "of course I will, I have always loved you but I never thought you loved me because me and my family where not special" she meowed.

Hyperion sat face to face with her, his eyes staring directly into her's with affection, "Fasha I would never judge you or any other cat on their background or heritage," Fasha stared at him lovingly and moved to sit side by side with him pressing her side to his and he intertwined his tail with her's and whispered "i love you," "i love you to" she purred back.

All those memories flooded threw her mind as she was birthing, she had just given birth to one kit which was a tom with brown tortoiseshell fur just like her's, Umbrahn then gave the little bundle of fur to his apprentice Ignis to lick, and with one last spasm she gave birth to her second and final kit which was a she cat and she was beautiful, she had a pale silver like fur that was the color of the bright midnight moon.

After Umbrahn and Ignis had finished checking the two kits to make sure they where healthy they set them next to Fasha where they blindly looked for their mother's milk and began to suckle. Umbrahn sent Ignis to tell Hyperion the Elder that his kits have been born and after Ignis left the nursery he turned to Fasha "congratulation, they're healthy kits they will be fine" he meowed, "thank you Umbrahn" she meowed tiredly back.

Just then Hyperion entered the nursery and went over to Fasha to look at his kits, "they are beautiful" he meowed in awe. Fasha tiredly lifted her head to give Hyperion a lick on the cheek, Hyperion returned the lick, "what should we name them?" she murmured with her eyes half open almost slipping off into a peaceful sleep "you should rest first" he meowed.

Fasha shook her head her eyes where now fully open "no, it's good luck to name them before the night is over" she meowed. Hyperion nodded his understanding and looked at the kits for a few moments, then it came to him "how about we name them after two of the ancients, I'm named after the ancient of light" he meowed puffing his chest out in pride, "that sounds like a great idea" she meowed with joy.

Hyperion looked at the tortoiseshell tom for a moment thinking of a name for him "we should name him Sol after the ancient of the sun" he meowed, "that is a good name" she purred.

Fasha then turned to her other kit, "and we can name her Luna after The ancient of the moon" she meowed licking the silver kit on top of her head.

After hearing the two names Umbrahn came over to them his jet black fur almost blending into the darkness giving him the appearance of a shadow "Sol and Luna will be great additions to our tribe and i can tell that both of them have a great destiny and are blessed by the ancients" as he said this Ignis came over to sit next to his mentor, his flame colored fur almost glowing in the dark and gave his congratulations to Fasha and Hyperion and then stared at the two kits sleeping huddle next to their mother, "Sol and Luna welcome to our tribe."

[Author's note: Hyperion is the titan of light in Greek mythology and the father of Helios and Selene the sun god and moon goddess, sol and Luna are the roman sun god and moon goddess and are the roman equivalent to Helios and Selene. Umbrahn is umbran with a h in it and umbran means shadow in Latin and ignis means fire in Latin and names are very special to mystic cats. So I hope you liked it and I would like to hear your thoughts on this story in the form of a review please. Any question you might have about the story will most likely be answered in the next chapter, thank you for reading.]