Sky Fall - Prologue
CONTAINS OCs.
Summary
SkyClan is divided.
Vinestar, the new leader, seems like an emotionless tyrant. He has exiled
all daylight-warriors and has threatened them with death if they dare return. He has also demanded the absolute loyalty of all of his Clan-mates, no matter what their rank. He has many supporters within the Clan that agree with his demands, and his methods of receiving loyalty, but there are those who resent it.
Lightpaw is caught up in the middle of this divide. She hates the way
Vinestar treats her Clan-mates, but all of her family is loyal to him and encourage her to do the same. When she learns of a group of cats that plans to leave SkyClan to start their own Clan away from his dictatorship, she must make a decision. Does she stay with her family-the thing she always held nearest and dearest to her heart? Or, does she risk her life and their love for her freedom?
This is going to be around thirty or so chapters, and I intend to make it a human story one day. I appreciate constructive criticism, but dislike bashing. I hope you guys enjoy.
Oh, and if you see [i] [/i] in the text, just ignore them. They were needed for formatting on a different site where this story was posted. I look for them when I post these, but I miss a few. Just overlook them. They don't mean anything and I know there are a lot in there.
I don't own Warriors.
Allegiances
SkyClan
Leader:
Vinestar – a large, broad-shouldered dark brown tabby tom with bright, emerald-green eyes
Deputy:
Icemask – a large, long-furred white tomcat with blue eyes and a scar along his shoulder
Medicine Cat:
Emberspots –a dark ginger tom with brighter, fiery red splotches and brown eyes
Warriors:
Fernwhisker – a slim, light brown tabby she-cat with white 'socks' and yellow eyes
Bramblepelt – a light brown tabby tom-cat with messy fur, white front paws, and yellow eyes
Apprentice; Runningpaw
Nightfur – a short-furred black tom with a star-shaped mark on his shoulder and icy blue eyes
Haretail – a light, dusty-brown tom with amber eyes and one white paw
Sunblaze – a bright ginger, almost golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes and lighter underbelly fur
Reedfoot – a dark, slim black tom with green eyes
Brightsky – a white she cat with gray spots
Apprentice; Lightpaw
Flamestone – a dark brown tom with orange eyes
Ottertail – a furry brown she-cat with a sandy tail and blue eyes
Fawntail – a light brown she-cat with white flecks
Apprentice; Cavepaw
Dryclaw – a brown tom with amber eyes
Petalsplash – a small, lithe, brown she-cat with a white face
Paleface – a cream-colored tom with green eyes
Apprentice; Creekpaw
Gravelfoot – a gray and black tom with orange eyes
Oatwhisker – a brown tabby tom with green eyes
Apprentice; Smokepaw
Slatenose – a light gray tom with gray eyes
Rockfall – a white-and-brown tom with green eyes
Raccoontail – a dark gray tabby tom with black stripes and amber eyes
Badgerstep – a large black and white she-cat with badger-like markings
Rabbitdash – a lanky, gray-brown tom with pale green eyes
Rosethorn – a beautiful, fluffy cream she-cat with a ginger tint to her pelt and dark amber eyes
Apprentices:
Lightpaw – white she-cat with ginger and golden patches as well as bright green eyes
Smokepaw – smoky gray tomcat with blue eyes
Runningpaw – light brown tabby tom with darker stripes
Cavepaw– dark brown tabby tom with blue eyes
Creekpaw– cream-and-brown tortoiseshell she-cat
Queens:
Minteyes – a black-and-brown tortoiseshell she-cat with mint-green eyes; mother of Flamestone's kits: Cloudkit (flecked gray tom), Rainkit (sold, dark gray tom), and Stormkit (black she-cat with green eyes)
Sleekfur – a sleek, white she-cat with blue eyes; mother of Rockfall's kits
Marbleleaf – a white she-cat with mottled gray patches; mother of Dryclaw's kits
Elders:
Willowflight – a light gray she-cat white splashes blue eyes
Dashleg – a fast, thin, white tom
Plumwillow – a dark gray she-cat
Shrubleaf– a short, stocky gray tom
Cats Outside the Clan
Moon – a fluffy, pale, silvery-white she-cat with large, pale yellow eyes
Sparrow – a pretty, dark brown tabby she-cat with orange eyes
Copy – a ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes
Mousy – a dark gray-and-white tortoiseshell she-cat
Tree – a white tom with brown patches
Dark – black tomcat with lighter patches
October – large, fluffy white tom with orange eyes
Melony (Mel) - white kittypet with dusted gray paws, tail tip, and muzzle with wide, bright blue eyes
Cascade - a light gray she cat with deep green eyes. She has one white sock on her left front foot, and her left ear-tip is white. She has a scar on her side from a previous battle, but other than that her fur is usually soft and silky, especially for a rogue's.
Brutus - a slim grey and white tom; kittypet with very dark amber eyes and long, sharp claws
Prologue
"From this moment on, you are not allowed to return to this territory," the dark brown tabby tom meowed. He stood on a large pile of rocks, looking out over his camp. Six cats were gathered in front of the pile, their eyes wide with shock, and their pelts rippling in fear. They had no idea what was happening, or what they had done that had been so wrong to warrant this punishment.
Their existence was wrong.
"But Vinestar, please," a ginger tabby she-cat meowed, willing the tom to understand. "We have done nothing wrong! We are loyal to SkyClan. Please understand this."
"Loyal?" the SkyClan leader sneered. "You aren't loyal. If you were loyal, you would give up your posh, easy lives with your Twolegs and pledge your lives to us! You do not deserve warrior names. Now leave this territory before I make my warriors escort you out!"
The six cats hung their heads and climbed the steep path that led out of the gorge in a solemn silence. The Clan cats watched them go, some with wide, stunned eyes, and others with approving nods. "I'm glad they're gone," a small, lithe, brown she-cat commented, giving her paw a quick lick. She lay outside the nursery, watching the spectacle with bored eyes.
"It was bound to happen one day," a black-and-brown tortoiseshell she-cat agreed. "Did those daylight-warriors really think that they could stay here forever? They can't live with a paw in each world."
Another queen nodded. "Indeed."
Nearby, a fluffy cream she-cat gazed at them with horror. "How can you all say that? Those cats were our Clan-mates? Practically our kin!" she hissed, her pelt bristling in disbelief. How could her Clan-mates say such things?
"Don't get your fur in a bunch, Rosepaw," the brown queen mewed lazily. "It'll be harder for you younger cats because you grew up with them here. It was foolish to have them here in the first place! What if we were attacked in the middle of the night? Then what? How would they defend us? They couldn't!"
"Stop it, Petalsplash," a ginger tom hissed at her, baring his fangs. "They were our friends! Vinestar shouldn't just exile them! They have a right to decide whether or not they want to stay for good, and he didn't even offer them that!"
The tortoiseshell she-cat stiffened. "What do you mean, Flamestone?" she asked. "Don't you think that they would have requested to become full members if they really wanted it?"
The tom narrowed his eyes. "I don't recall Vinestar ever asking them. Do you, Minteyes?"
Minteyes narrowed her eyes and looked away. "No, but if they had the common sense—"
"Oh stop it!" her mate growled. He gave her a fierce glare before looking away. "I thought I knew you, Minteyes. I thought we had the same morals… apparently not."
Before she could stop him, the tom turned and sprinted toward the warriors' den. "See what you two have done?" Rosepaw growled, lashing her tail. Shooting the queens a glare of her own, she stalked off to the warriors' den to check on her friend.
Petalsplash rested her tail on Minteyes' flank. "Don't worry about it; he'll come around. I don't understand why everyone is getting upset over this! It was going to happen eventually and we all knew it."
"It isn't just about the daylight-warriors, Petalsplash," a black tom mewed. He padded over, having overheard the quarrel between Flamestone and Minteyes. "It is about the way Vinestar handled it. Don't you think he should have given them a chance to leave their homes? I mean seriously! Just because he is Clan leader doesn't mean that he has the right to just throw cats out of the Clan!"
"Yes he does," Petalsplash replied, her pelt beginning to bristle. "It states in the warrior code that the leader's word is law!"
The black tom shook his head, realizing that it wasn't worth his time to argue with them. He couldn't change their opinions. As the black tom padded away, the queens began to talk about other trivial things, mainly new relationships forming between the warriors. Every now and then, someone would mutter something about the daylight-warriors and everyone would mutter something degrading about them.
Two kits watched them from the shadows of the nursery, listening careful to every word they said, their brains absorbing their words like sponges. A smoky black tom seemed to be agreeing with everything the queens said, and even muttered an insult of his own under his breath. His white-furred sister looked at him, appalled. While he had agreed with their mother and the other queens about the daylight-warriors and how they were handled, the she-kit couldn't help but agree with the other warriors who had disagreed.
"They are our Clan-mates, Smokekit," she hissed at her brother. She flexed her tiny claws, kneading the soft dirty of the nursery floor. "I just… don't get how you can be so mean to them."
Smokekit shot her a glare. "They're just a bunch of kittypets, Lightkit! And if those cats who think they should have stayed really want them to come back, they should go join them!"
Lightkit's eyes widened in shock at his words; she couldn't believe her ears! She had no idea how her Clan-mates could say such things. Her mother, Petalsplash, suddenly rose from her place outside the nursery and padded inside. Smokekit rushed over to her and began to ask for milk while Lightkit hung back. Petalsplash laid in her nest before looking to her daughter. "Are you feeling alright, Lightkit? Should I get Emberspots? Are you ill?"
The tiny kit shook her head before padding over to her mother to suckle. She shook her head, trying to forget about the daylight-warriors. This is my family, she thought, inhaling her mother's sweet, milky scent. I will be loyal to them, no matter what.
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