Author's Note- This is Chapter One of my story. Story dedicated to Starlight Warrior 1092. :D Please enjoy, and sorry about the delay and I apoligize, in advance, for the delay before the next chapter. :D

Disclaimer- I DON NOT own Warriors. Erin Hunter is the author and owns all rights.

It was a cold, empty night. A beautiful gray she-cat sat at a cliff's edge. Her eyes were dull as she stared into the falling snow. It's been three sunrises, the she-cat thought. Standing up she yowled a loud, wordless yowl. Several long heatbeats passed before a chorus of three wordless yowls feintly reached the gray she-cat. Their alive, and returning, she thought, Good.

A rustle of leaves behind her interrupted the cat's thoughts.

"Dovestar", a soft voice called.

"Cherrywish", the gray she-cat, Dovestar, replied, turning to her reddish friend, "Let the clan rejoice, our apperentices are alive and will return by sunrise. Their warrior names are ready and waiting."

"Y-You weren't yowling for them", Cherrywish murrmered, shuffling her paws uncomfortablly.

"What do you mean?", Dovestar demanded, straightening her pose to one of respect and power, "My clanmates return is my first consern."

"You were yowling for him. Wondering if tonight would be the night he returned", Cherrywish mewed, irritably straightening her pose to match Dovestar's, "You forget that as medicine cat I recive as much power and respect as you do."

Dovestar's powerful pose vanished as she turned back to the cliff and the snow.

"I-I've had a message from StarClan", Cherrywish mewed, trying to cheer up her leader.

"Well", Dovestar's mew was hollow and dull, "Do our warrior ancestors have a way to pull us out of our dark times?"

"Th-They said this prophacy will unravel itself quickly", Cherrywish half-purred, "The prophacy was 'BrairClan's future is shadowed, a single star will light your path.'"

"A star... A star?...Wh-What star?...If StarClan cannot, or will not send this star how...?", Dovestar trailed off.

A battle yowl rang out from the forest below.

"Ravenfur's patrol! They must've run into trouble!", Cherrywish exclaimed, jumping to her paws, "I must get Shellpaw! There might be injuries!"

"Cherrywish raced inro the forest, leaving her leader alone. A star?, Dovestar thought, Where can I find a star?

"The battle...", a soothing voice whispered, "A star shines brightest in the darkest times..."

"Shinestar!", Dovestar exclaimed, looking around for the former leader. She was alone on the cliff edge, but Shinestar's voice was still there.

"The battle...", Shinestar's voice faded off.

Another battle yowl sounded and Dovestar suddenly understood. That battle.

Dovestar turned and pelted off into the forest. The world seemed to pass slowly and Dovestar was about to give up, when the sounds of battle finally reached her. A fallen oak tree blocked the cats from Dovestar's view. She was running from downwind.

When Dovestar jumped onto the fallen oak log the battle scene unfolded. Cherrywish and a cream tom were crouched over some herbs at the edge of the trees. A black tom wtih white paws stood hissing in the grass, a large claw mark on his flank. A smaller tan and white she-cat with red and black flecks, stood next to him, struggling to stand. A gray tom with black patches raced toward some large rocks and pounced, ready to slice the enemy.

Suddenly a flash of ginger fur jumped up to meet the tom cat, head butting him before they could be clawed. The gray and black tom hit the ground hard, before getting up and hissing his hate.

A flash of brown fur shot out from the bushes, hit the black and white toms hind paws, then retreated to the bushes again.

"Enough!", Dovestar yowled above the battle.

All cats froze. At once Cherrywish raced up to the black and white tom. She began applying cobwebs to all of his wounds. Blood seeped through and Cherrywish called to her apperentice:

"Shellpaw, I need more cobwebs!"

The cream tom grabbed a wod of cobwebs and ran to his mentor. As Cherrywish began placing new cobwebs onto the tom, the sky darkened. The medicine cat stiffened, eyes flicking from her clanmates to the rocks that consealed the enemy. The sun peeked out of behind the clouds for a moment, then disappeared. A squirrel was heard running through the trees.

"Cherrywish, how's Ravenfur?", Dovestar mewed, jumping down to her medicine cat.

"He'll be fine, but I'm worried about Spottedpaw, she can't stand well", Cherrywish replied as she nuzzed the speckled apperentice to her feet.

dovestar turned to the rocks where the enemy was. She didn't see the ginger pelt that attacked her warriors. looking back at the bushes, she didn't see the brown attacker either.

"Show yourself! Only cowards attack and run!", Dovestar called toward the rocks.

"Of course, but I'm no coward. My partner and I could easily have defeated your 'warriors', if you hadn't interrupted. Don't worry about the small one, we don't aim to kill", a voice mewed calmly from on top of the rocks.

Dovestar peered up to see a young, apperentice aged, ginger she-cat sitting on the highest rock. Her ambery eyes glared down at the warriors, her calm voice mocking:

"We were simply passing through. Your 'warriors' here, decided that they could stop us. Maybe you should teach them some common sense", the she-cat mewed.

The warrior's pelts bristled with frustration. The gray and black tom's eyes glistened with anger, his claws sliding in his own blood. The black and white tom glanced up at the she-cat, but turned back to his apperentice without a word.

"A star shines brightest in the darkest times, a single star will light your path, the battle"

Shinestar's words echoed in Dovestar's ears. A star, the battle, darkest times, the battle. Dovestar shook her head then looked the attacker in the eyes, and asked:

"What is your name?"

The warriors looked at their leader, confused. When they noticed that she was serious, they turned to the ginger cat. The cat sat straighter, and a small furry brown weasel head appeared on her shoulder. Several heartbeats passed, before:

"My name is Starlight."

-Author's Note- Well, do you like it? I won't get the next chapter for a while, but please read it when I do! Please review! Thanks!