Hi. This is Spiritwind welcoming you to her story Winter Moon. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: This is an original story based off the ideas of Erin Hunter(s).

Prologue

A full moon made the forest silver, pouring its light into the clearing. Dark figures and glowing eyes glared across the glade. Nothing stirred. Not even the smallest leaf. You could hear a mouse squeak. The figures began to move in. Suddenly, a wolf howled and a cat's angry yowl could be heard. The figures flung themselves at each other. The forest was soon alive with yowls, yips, claws, and teeth. Fur and blood was flying everywhere.

One wolf was tackled and wrestled to the ground by five of the strongest cats in the forest. The cats were many, but the wolves were large and strong. The wolf snarled menacingly at the cats and, one by one, tore them off. He stood up and saw one of the she-wolves get knocked to the ground. She yipped helplessly. The male wolf howled and ran to her side.

"Stay still, Cloud!" he barked. He pulled off the cats and let them to go yowling with fear back into their part of the woods.

"Be careful," he growled. Then he darted off to help another wolf that was being attacked.

In the middle of all this, on the edge of the woods, a girl watched helplessly as her house burned to the ground - with her family in it. She was an orphan now, and had no other family. She was alone in the world. No house, no friends, no family, no pets. The only thing she had were the woods.

A/N: I want to know what everyone thinks. I know, the prologue is bad, but it gets better later. I have more capters, but I will not send them out until someone responds. Pleeeeaaaasssse respond! I will love you forever! By the way, my friend Moonstar and I will be writing two other stories. Check them out too please!