SABER- Prologue

A faded starry cat with a golden pelt, amber eyes, and black spots padded softly through a moonlit forest, with three starry kits behind her.

"Tell us a story, Spottedheart!" a tiny orange-and-black tabby mewed.

"Yes," a larger, golden-furred one agreed.

"Can you tell us the one about the saber-cats?" The only she-cat, golden-brown with splotchy black spots, gazed up pleadingly at Spottedheart.

The adult nodded and sat down. "In an era before the three current Clans, a whole different kind of cat ruled the wild."

"What kind, Spottedheart?" the little she-kit asked, though she already knew full well what the answer was.

"A huge cat, even bigger than LionClan cats, with fangs longer than your whole body," the she-cat explained.

The tabby shivered. "How did they get those fangs?"

Spottedheart wrapped her tail around her paws and sat down.

"It all started with a cat called Saber…"