This is my first REAL fanfiction! I have written a crack pairing story before, but I wanted to try out a real story.
This story takes place about a year after Sunrise. But the prologue is 9 months, or moons, after Sunrise. Oh, and I would like to thank Wildshadow24! She began a book similar to mine before I begun to make this story, and I asked her if I could continue with the names and other things that I had, and she generously approved. Hope your reading this Wildshadow24!
Ok, so on with the story. Here is the prologue. And don't forget, review!
"What do you mean, rogues?" A ginger tom hissed. The moon was high in the sky, and cats gathered in a clearing surrounded by stones.
"Just that." Replied a golden brown tabby. "They're heading this way." Said the tom, panic dancing in his green eyes. "A group, they'll be here in a matter of heartbeats!"
Rain began to fall, pattering to the ground. In just second, it was pounding on the ground in a full out rainstorm. The rain washed the ground and plastered the cat's fur to their skin.
"And you led them here, Thornclaw." Thunder split the sky as a she-cat stood on the high-ledge. Her ginger fur blew in the wind, soaking wet. The cats all gasped and turned to Thornclaw.
"Is it true?" Yelled out a white and ginger she-cat, but Thornclaw ignored her. "Nothing gets past you, Squirrelflight." He spat and then rogues filled the clearing. The ThunderClan cats disappeared in a wave of mottled fur. Thornclaw climbed up the high ledge and leaped, tearing at Squirrelflight. Cats writhed on the ground, clawing at each other.
Inside the nursery, queens tried desperately to calm the kits. A gray tabby she-cat and a cream colored she-cat lashed at any intruders, but couldn't fend the rogues off. Finally, two tabbies joined them in the fight.
Two kits, a tortoiseshell and a black she-kit slipped away from their mother. "Let's help defend the nursery." whispered the black kit. They were only three moons and didn't stand a chance against rogues.
"Good idea!" replied the tortoiseshell. They snuck around the fighting cats at the entrance and leaped to the side of the nursery, where they ran headfirst into a ginger she-cat who smelled of crow food. The cat just laughed at the pair, swiping at the tortoiseshell.
"Hey, stay away from my sister!" The black kit struck the she-cat in the muzzle, leaving deep red claw marks from her cheek to the edge of her nose. The other cat just grinned and said "You'll make the perfect rogue." She picked up the black she-kit and began racing toward the entrance.
"Pantherkit!" the tortoiseshell screeched, running after the she-cat, trying to get her sister back in a failing attempt.
"Dapplekit!" was the only response before Pantherkit disappeared out to the territory in the ginger she-cats jaws.
A loud yowling was heard. On the high-ledge Squirrelflight was back up against the ledge, rock tumbling off the cliff face. Thornclaw was advancing toward her. "You'll pay for everything."
"Thornclaw, settle down." came a voice from a golden brown tabby, trying to reach the crazed ThunderClanner.
"Shut up, Brackenfur." Thornclaw snarled.
Suddenly Thornclaw leaped toward Squirrelflight, sending them both off the edge. Loud yowls sounded from the fighting cats below, especially screams from Thornclaw and Squirrelflight.
Most cats continued to battle the rogues as Squirrelflight and Thornclaw free falled. Thornclaw had Squirrelflight pinned in mid-air, and she struggled to flip them over, to no avail. Squirrelflight landed on the ground, Thornclaws body weight making the impact worse. As if there was any life left in the ginger she-cat, Thornclaw raked his claws across her neck, tearing open her throat.
Squirrelflight went limp. "Squirrelflight!" Many yowled. A ginger tom leaped at Thornclaw, but a gray tom bowled him over and delivered a killing bite.
"Firestar!" yowled a gray tom, racing over to his leader.
"We can't save him, Jayfeather." A light brown tabby came to the tom's side, resting her tail on his shoulder. "He's gone."
Jayfeather shuffled away from her, rejecting the comfort. "But it's his last life, Leafpool." He stated.
Leafpool nodded solemnly and looked at her convulsing father, dying before her eyes, and there was nothing she could do about it.
Suddenly, a kitten's cry made Leafpool prick her ears. She whirled around to see a tabby leap toward Dapplekit. "Help!" screeched the kit. Leafpool leaped, covering DappleKit with her body. The tabby rogue bit in Leafpool's spine, hard enough to snap it. Leafpool went limp.
That sad day, many died. Lives ended, but also, new beginnings started.
Sorry for the rushed deaths, but it is mostly supposed to be focusing on Dapplekit, the main character, and Pantherkit, her sister, separation. And, they were supposed to be long and drawn. Or this chapter would be huge.
Anyway, review! I'll get the allegiances up as soon as I can, but I don't have them with me right now.
Oh, and I haven't said this enough, review, please!