Prologue
A golden spotted she-cat appeared along with a flame colored tom, on the outskirts of StarClan territory. The golden spotted she-cat voiced, "Firestar, we already had the Three. Surely it's over!" the she-cat looked desperately at the flame-colored tom. "The Dark Forest should have lost most of the cats with leadership qualities!" "I thought so too Leopardstar. But I'm afraid it's not...there are some with leadership inside." Firestar murmured. Leopardstar stared at him, expression clouded with confusion and fear. "Who are the new thr-" Leopardstar started but was cut off by Firestar's calm mew. "New six." The golden RiverClan leader was startled. "Six! That can't be! RiverClan doesn't have that many cats that are kin!" Firestar sighed. "That's the problem. We must find out who they are. But...But they'll find out eventually by themselves." Leopardstar flashed Firestar a stern look. "Have you got bees in your brain! We're StarClan! We're suppose to guide and support them!" she snapped. Firestar stayed calm and shook his head "Some things even StarClan can't help...we still can only watch them from the stars." Leopardstar just sighed, "I would do anything to help RiverClan." she murmured. "And the six." Firestar added. "I hope they won't have to go through as much struggle, but unfortunately, they will have more." Leopardstar looked at her paws. "When will this end?" Firestar stared down at her. "It may never end. Not all cats are raised properly, and some can't cope. We can only give guidance from what we see. We can't all give them the love." Leopardstar knew those words were true. "Goodbye then Firestar." Firestar nodded. "I hope to see you again." and the two cats parted.
Chapter 1
The light shined into the nursery, as a beautiful sliver-blue queen looked at her kits. "They're lovely! They'll be loyal to RiverClan, I can feel it." a blue she-cat purred. "Of course they will Bluepool." Sliverleaf stared admiringly at the two bundles of fur. As Moonheart peeked into the nursery, the blue-gray one opened her eyes, which were blue, like mist. "Oh! Sliverleaf! Mistykit just-" Moonheart said. "I see." Sliverleaf murmured.
Mistykit looked up at them, strong wonder sparkling in her eyes. "Why won't anyone come in? Icekit and Bramblekit said that everyone came in when they opened their eyes?" The queens exchanged a look that Mistykit didn't understand. Sliverleaf opened her mouth to reply, but then the other ginger and pure white kit slowly opened her eyes, a magnificent blue like drops of dew. A larger cat whispered, "Sliverleaf!" It was Sliverleaf's oldest kit, but was it Willowkit? Or was it Wispykit? Mistykit thought. "Spottedkit has opened her eyes." My twin sister? "Um, she's my sister right?" Mistykit voiced. Sliverleaf nodded gently. Spottedkit jumped excitedly. "Yay!" after shaking my paw, she asked, "So, if this is our family, we should have a father right? So who's he?" Mistykit also wanted to know. "Yeah, who is he?" The queens once again exchanged a look that Mistykit didn't understand. Moonheart padded up to them and shooed them away with her nose. "Go play with the others." They all scrambled off, except for Willowkit. "Who is our father?" Sliverleaf shot her kit with a look. "You will learn later." Looking confused, Willowkit finally ran off.
Spottedkit caught the moss ball Mistykit, Icekit, and Bramblekit were playing with and exclaimed, "I'm hungry! Let's go!" in a cheery voice. "Sure." Mistykit could only get that word in before Spottedkit dashed off in joy. Will this sister of mine ever stop being so energetic? Mistykit held that thought for a while until she finally ran off herself towards Sliverleaf. Looking behind, she saw Icekit and Bramblekit playing with the ball themselves. Guess they aren't hungry... As soon as she set off, she smashed into Spottedkit. "Hey! Wh-" she shouted. "Shush!" Spottedkit whispered. "They're talking about our father. Or was." Spottedkit added as the queens finished the conversation of whatever. "What's wrong with our father anyways?" Mistykit muttered. Spottedkit gazed at her. "Is that why-" Mistykit pulled her tail over her sister's mouth. A soft rustle came from the bushes they were in. They tensed until a familiar gray ear poked out. "Hi!" Willowkit exclaimed. "Sorry for that-" Willowkit was cut off by Sorrelpaw's confused stare, that also came from a hole in the bush, this time on Spottedkit's side of the thorn bush. "What are you crazy kits talking about? This bush was shaking, and you guys were trying to whisper." Spottedkit looked at her. "Where did you come from? Both of you guys." Willowkit answered, "I was just following you two." Sorrelpaw also answered the question a bit more softly. "I was coming back from eating a mouse with Sagepaw. But seriously, what are you doing?" Her emerald eyes hardened.
Now this is just great! "Nothing Sorrelpaw, we were just talking about how anxious we want to become apprentices! Isn't it great?" Mistykit stammered. Sagepaw came up from behind her, and shocked her to StarClan. "It's great alright, except for things we call "apprentice chores"" They all started laughing, except for Mistykit, who was still frozen. Great StarClan, give me a warning next time Spottedkit! she thought crossly. A faint running sound came into Mistykit's ears. Turning, she saw Cloverpaw run into camp as if badgers were chasing her, eyes wide like owls. Mistykit wondered why. Was she playing a game of tag? But a game of tag wouldn't make a cat so scared?
Mistykit watched as Cloverpaw went towards Lionstorm, apparently the deputy according to Dustkit, and panted, "Nightclaw...went..." she took a few sharp breaths, "ShadowClan..." Mistykit was surprised. Nightclaw was pretty otter-brained if he chose to cross over to ShadowClan territory. Cloverpaw didn't need to finish, since Nightclaw limped in, leaning on Ivybramble and Mallowheart. Nightclaw's black pelt was ruffled and his hind leg had a large gash. His face was pale, and amber eyes dull. Nettlepelt followed behind, helping him with the leg, wrapping it with a few cobwebs, but it wasn't enough to stop the bleeding. He turned to Mintpaw and yowled, "Get Leafspots or Briarstar!" Mintpaw nodded swiftly and charged into the medicine den first. Mistykit blinked a few times before she let the situation sink in. "Why do I have such great timing?" she muttered. "Now I get to see a bloody leg on my first day out." Spottedkit smiled. "Yep. Perfect timing." Mistykit leaned over and whispered, "Let's follow Mintpaw to Briarstar's den!" Spottedkit gave her a tap that meant 'yay!'. She comes up with these things.
As they walked towards a small bush where they could hide, they squeezed in. Mistykit looked up after pawing out an incredibly prickly thorn off of her pelt. What she saw was dazzling. It had a hole in the top of the den, and at the bottom was a very small creek. Inside sparkled with the sun's embrace, and in the middle was a huge oak, hidden by the cliffs. I take back what I said about this being the worst day out. It's amazing! Mistykit felt like she should keep an eye out for Mintpaw, but then decided that she wouldn't try to find them anyways. Mistykit looked sideways at her twin, and saw the sky-colored eyes shine with excitement. As she wondered if she had that look, Mintpaw suddenly looked into their bush with annoyance. "What are you two doing?" Jumping back, Mistykit tried to make her eyes round and innocent. "We're looking at the leader's den." It wasn't wrong or right, so Mistykit figured she should say that. Mintpaw scoffed, "You still shouldn't be here. Go to-" "Mintpaw! Help me with Nightclaw's leg!" Leafspots exclaimed. Mintpaw sighed and ran off. Spottedkit jumped and said, "At least we're safe!" Then, Mintpaw ran back, and yelled, "Go back, please!" Her please sounded genuine, so Spottedkit slowly turned and ran back towards the nursery. Mistykit followed behind, and as her paws touched grass again instead of stone, she sent a last glance behind. What was so wrong about looking into the leader's den? It wasn't like the leader would suddenly die. Why does it seem like RiverClan is so mean to us?