This has been bouncing 'round my head for ages. It's been sitting in Word for months. But now, I edited it, titled it, and plotted it.
I present to you my newest story.Prologue "There will be four to save us!"
A small dell was glowing with the light of stars. Three cats were inside, the shimmering light glowing, entwined in their fur.
One of them raised her head, and her words were clear and loud.
"There is a prophecy."
Then, taking her eyes to the other two cats, she said, softer, but fast worded:
She yowled out.
"The quest is begun! May they save us all."
ALLEGIANCES
ThunderClan
Leader: Tanglestar—tortoiseshell tom with amber eyes and thick fur
Deputy: Thornpelt—black tom with spiky fur
Medicine Cat: Dappledpelt—beautiful russet and white spotted she cat
Warriors:
Nightpool- pitch black she cat with short fur and pale, ice blue eyes
Snakefang—dark black tabby tom with glimmering green eyes
Alderfur—pale brown tom
Acornclaw—dark cream and brown tabby tom
Rainfrost—silvery blue she cat with white belly and blue eyes
Branchtail—scatterbrained brown tom with amber eyes
Eaglefeather—black, white, and brown tom with yellow eyes
Stormyheart—dark gray she cat with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Quickpaw—tri colored tom with blackish coloured eyes
Cougarpaw—pale yellow tom with black markings
Wildpaw—dark and pale ginger dappled she cat
Maplepaw—tortoiseshell and white she cat with gold eyes
Birchpaw—pale white/gray tom with black stripes
Queens:
Amberfur—pale ginger she cat with amber eyes, expecting Snakefang's kits
Duskpelt—calico she cat with bushy black tail, expecting Thornpelt's kits
Elders:
Ashpelt—dappled grey and black she cat
Forestheart—brown tom with warm green eyes
RiverClan
Leader: Flowerstar
Deputy: Rockstream
Medicine Cat: Cleargaze—pale white she cat with grey eyes
Warriors:
Duskfur—speckled ginger tom with warm brown stripes and amber eyes
Strikeclaw—black and brown rom
Fishleap—silver and black tom
Brookheart—silver and brown she cat
Streamsong—white and black she cat
Splashfur—dark grey and black tom
Silverstripe—white she cat with dark silver stripes
Elders:
Logpelt—dark brown tom
WindClan
Leader: Sparrowstar
Deputy: Lightfoot
Medicine Cat: Sleekpelt—thick furred black tom
Warriors:
Larkflight—tabby and white she cat with golden eyes
Bubbleheart—translucent white tom with pink eyes and large ears
Swirlstorm- colorless tom
Twigtail- brown tom
Tanglebrush—brown and cream tom
Dogheart—dark black and brown tom
Badgerclaw—black and white tom
Hareleap—long legged white she cat
ShadowClan
Leader: Darkstar
Deputy: Waterfang
Medicine Cat: Flywing
Warriors:
Cloudyfur—dark grey tom with black belly and white tufts
Blazeclaw—very bright ginger tom
Flickerpelt—black she cat with large white spots on her pelt
Chillfrost—cream coloured tom
Rowanbreeze—dark red she cat
Queens:
Puddlefur—blue she cat
Elders:
Marshfoot—dark tom with green eyes
Stardust, my mother has always told me, was what we are made of. It's a circle, dear, she had said, we begin with stars, and we end as stars.
Little kitten me had not understood this. But now I think I do.
I'm Nightpool. Warrior. Warrior of ThunderClan.
I'm the eldest warrior of my Clan. I still have plenty of fight, though. My life will be given in service to my Clan.
At least, that's what I thought.
I'll start when it all began…
"Tanglestar, Tanglestar!"
I lay by the nettle patch, grooming my fur. A half eaten mouse laid in front of me as I drowsed in the warm sun.
Our medicine cat burst of her den, her eyes wide. She yelled for our leader Tanglestar again, her tone higher pitched with urgency.
Our massive, thick furred leader emerged from his den, looking slightly annoyed. "What is it, Dappledpelt?"
Her eyes were going to pop out of her head, I thought in alarm. What could make her so scared?
She took a shallow breath, and announced with cool, calm certainty:
"Disaster and death are coming for us all. We will be engulfed in darkness."
Tanglestar scraped his paw in the dust. "Speak, Dappledpelt! What do you mean? What has StarClan shown you?"
Her eyes darted to me briefly.
I blinked.
She looked back at Tanglestar, and said in that calm voice: "I was gathering herbs in the dream. But then a sour scent hit me. I looked back, and it there was a massive wave of pure, pitch black, swallowing up the entire forest. It was bigger than anything. And in it, I heard the screams of cats dying in the darkness. And the smell of blood."
She shivered, and went on. "But the darkness stopped suddenly, just before it touched me. The smell of blood was replaced with smell of… something, something light and hopeful. The darkness turned into a dazzling light. I had to look away."
Again her eyes darted to me.
"A voice came from the darkness. It said, 'Disaster is coming. But you will not be without a guide. Then, it spoke a prophecy. "As disaster falls and the doom will call, there will be four: one of the storm, one shadow-borne, the swift river blood, and the windy hood. One of the darkest pool in the night, secrets to be seen, another of the shadowed rowan tree, swaying in the breeze: Thirdly, the warrior of dusk, the day's and night's last light, and last there is the swift wind lark, calling in its flight."She took a deep breath.
"It means; there is something coming to kill all the Clans. And our only hope is to send four warriors- one of each Clan- to stop it."
Tanglestar was staring at her with fear darkening his eyes. "Who?"
She raised her eyes to the sun and said softly,
"Nightpool will go to save us from death."
R&R, and next chap will be longer, I swear, but this was a prologue. :)