A bunch of Author's Notes:

Hello guys! Nightstripe here. So, I'm not 100% sure WHY we did it, but us Cats of the New Dawn are deciding to restart our new story, The New Dawn. So yeah. There's gonna be a lot better writing, better plot, and that stuff. Also, less perspectives, so smoother plot.

Seeing us post this fills you with determination. *Ahem* Eaglestorm here, I kind of had to do that. Like Night said, there re going to be a lot of differences in the characters, the plot, and pretty much everything in between, disregarding the kitchen sink. I'm not telling you much, but if you read on you'll find out what we've done pretty soon.

Okay, so, like, hi. Moonstar has returned for another story! Yaay! Basically, we restarted New Dawn, and now, there's only going to be three POVs! Yaaay! Easier writing! No Sparkbutt! Anyway, if you are reading Eaglestorm's Heat of the Blaze, that kinda won't fit with this story at all, making it a sequel to a forever unfinished semi-failure. So, regard this as happening in an alternate dimension or something. We still have the basic plot the same, but the rest is very different. Gus is named after my cat, and Moonpaw is my other cat! (Moonpie) Well, time to venture on to the dark depths of the allegiances, and Eaglestorm's Prologue. *Gasp*

Allegiances

Sunclan

Leader: Barkstar (Dark brown and black tom)

Deputy: Willowwing (Tan and white calico she-cat)

Medicine cat: Littleleaf (Small ginger and brown tom)

Warriors:

Moonwatcher (White and brown tom with strangely white eyes)

Bramblespot (Small russet colored she-cat with brown spots)

Apprentice, Thistlepaw

BuzzardShade (Short furred tom with black pelt and yellow chest)

Snowsplash (Long furred white she-cat with blueish-gray splash on her side)

Thrushflight (Pale and dark brown tortoiseshell tom with a winglike pattern on his pelt)

Sageflower (A large she-cat with dark green eyes and a white and gray pelt)

Seedfeather (Light gray tom with small brown spots and a black forehead)

Dewflower (Black tom with light gray front paws and piercing blue eyes)

Cherryheart (Reddish she-cat with brown ear tips) Apprentice, Birchpaw

Charredpelt (Ash gray tom with darker tabby stripes)

Graypelt (Dark gray tom with white head and legs) Apprentice, Icepaw

Molenose (Dark brown tom with very round black nose)

Perchfoot (White she-cat with smushed in face and brown feet)

Lilydapple (White she-cat with gray dapples and pink eyes)

Pinefrost (Dark brownish-green tom)

Blackstripe (Black and gray striped tom)

Elders:

Cloudwisp (Grumpy long haired tom with wispy white fur)

Spottedtail (Pretty gray she-cat with black spots on her tail)

Darkfur (The oldest elder with an incredibly dark black pelt and green eyes)

Apprentices:

Icepaw (short haired White she-cat with blue eyes and a gray tail tip)

Thistlepaw (Gray tom with spiky fur and black ears)

Birchpaw (Long haired small tan colored tom)

Queens:

Hollowleap (Ginger queen with white tail and chest fur)

Flowerlight (Tortoiseshell queen with Brown paws)

Squirrelfur (Tan queen with black face, chest, and paws)

Kits:

Harekit (Long eared white she-kit)

Scorchkit (Ginger and black tom)

Featherkit (Gray short haired she-kit)

Robinkit (Black tabby tom)

Ravenkit (Dark and light gray tabby tom with yellow eyes)

Darkclan:

Leader: Shadowstar (Large short-haired gray and white tom)

Deputy: Snakeheart (Long-haired orange and white tom)

Medicine cat: Toadeye (Older tabby tom with brown pelt)

Warriors:

Blizzardpelt (Fierce white tom)

Apprentice, Riverpaw

Spiderstep (Dark brown striped she-cat)

Ravenflight (Mainly black calico tom)

Apprentice, Quickpaw

Mosseyes (Newly made warrior white and black tom)

Timberfur (Brown and white tom)

Briarstem (Hostile calico she-cat)

Ashshade (Dark gray she-cat)

Ryefur (Golden yellow tom)

Loudheart (White and black spotted tom)

Smokestem (Gray she-cat with black winding stripes)

Wildpatch (Brown tom splattered with gray spots)

Echotalon (Dark orange tom)

Apprentice: Runningpaw

Elders:

Clawstripe (Dark brown tom with black jagged stripes)

Firetail (Ginger tailed white she-cat)

Queens:

Amberdrop (Light brown long haired she-cat with black paws)

Ivycloud (Mossy colored she-cat)

Mallowtail (Silver tabby she-cat)

Apprentices:

Riverpaw (Dark gray tom)

Quickpaw (Light brown tom)

Runningpaw (Light yellow and white she-cat)

Kits

Frogkit (Light gray tom)

Shrewkit (Brown tabby tom)

Honeykit (Golden and yellow striped she-cat)

Barkkit (Dark brown tabby tom)

Stoneclan

Leader: Gravelstar (Gray tom with black spots)

Deputy: Foxtail (Bushy tailed pale ginger she-cat)

Medicine cats:

Mintleaf (She-cat with spiked up tail and white pelt)

Apprentice, Swallowpaw

Ashnose (Black she-cat)

Apprentice, Reedpaw

Warriors:

Whitesky (Large white she-cat with blue eyes)

Stonestream (Grayish blue tom)

Thrushfeather (Light gray and white tom with brown eyes)

Ripplefur (Wispy furred brown she-cat with white paws)

Heatherpelt (Ginger she-cat with white chest)

Embertalon (Long clawed orangish-brown tom)

Apprentice, Dewpaw

Briarshade (Tan she-cat with orange bushy tail)

Mapleleaf (Black and white tom with weirdly short tail)

Speckleface (Brown she-cat with black spots on head)

Apprentice, Grasspaw

Daisysplash (Black she-cat with gray splotches and ginger paws)

Clovertuft (Almost green gray furred tom)

Volepelt (Gray and brown furred tom)

Lionpelt (Golden furred tom)

Elders

Copperheart (White chested brown she-cat with matted fur)

Eagleshine (Brown fur with white muzzle)

Jaypelt (Grey chested tom with short fur)

Apprentices

Dewpaw (Gray tom with brown paws)

Grasspaw (Long furred tan colored she-cat)

Swallowpaw (White tabby tom)

Reedpaw (brown tom with bushy tail and long whiskers)

Queens

Shadespot (Pitch black spotted white she-cat)

Poppyspring (White and gray she-cat)

Gladeshine (Shiny silver tom)

Kits

Larkkit (Reddish tom)

Splashkit (Bluish-gray she-kit)

Crowkit (Gray and black tom)

Beetlekit (Brown and gray tom)

Smokekit (Light gray she-kit with white chest)

Amberkit (Dark golden furred tom)

Mistclan:

Leader: Froststar (White she-cat with blue eyes)

Deputy: Sandfur (Tan and brown she-cat)

Apprentice, Gorsepaw

Medicine cat: Ferntail (Small white and brown spotted she-cat)

Warriors:

Mossfoot (Black-furred tom, with one brown paw)

Brightcloud (gray and black she-cat)

Brackentail (Dark brown speckled tom)

Stonetooth (Dark gray tom with white stripes)

Apprentice, Windpaw

Owlfeather (Light and dark Gray speckled tom)

Stormface (White tabby tom, with a white and grey striped face)

Rosethorn (Brownish-green she-cat)

Shinewing (Pretty white she-cat with blue eyes)

Breezeheart (light gray and brown she-cat)

Apprentice, Streampaw

Weaseltooth (Gruff brown tabby tom)

Heronflight (Bluish-gray tom)

Duskpelt (Very dark gray tom, with streaks of orange on his pelt)

Snowflight (White she-cat)

Apprentices:

Gorsepaw (Light-brown tabby she-cat)

Streampaw (Silver-furred she-cat)

Windpaw (White and black striped she-cat)

Elders:

Thrushtail (Gray tabby tom with a brown tail)

Grayfrost (Gray and brown striped she-cat)

Hazelshade (Golden-brown she-cat)

Queens:

Echowhisper (Fluffy, brown-furred she-cat)

Snowfoot (Black-furred she-cat with white feet)

Blossomflight (Tan fluffy she-cat)

Kits:

Lightningkit (Golden-furred tabby tom.)

Songkit (White and brown striped she-cat)

Swiftkit (Small, reddish-brown she-cat)

Tansykit (Brown she-cat with a orange splash on her chest)

Maplekit (Dark brown furred tabby tom)

Shrewkit (Brown and white furred tom)

Russetkit (Reddish-orange calico she-cat)

Cats Outside Clans:

Phinneas (long-haired tom with mainly black pelt and white spots, white boots, and green eyes)

Flame (Short haired russet tom, with white tail, paws, and ear tips)

Gus (Friendly short-haired, gray and white striped tom with blue eyes)

Prologue

Flame shivered as the cold wind pierced his short fur. He stood in the mouth of an enormous cave, staring at what seemed like infinite darkness. The cave sat in the wall of a large cliff, and there was a path of dark stone leading into it from the moor. There was an electricity in the air, as if something were to happen at any moment.

Something tensed beside him, and he turned to see a familiar shape on each side, both looking ready to pounce. The cats he was with resembled two of his friends, but they were well-muscled, and sleek. Gazing at his own pelt, he realized the same difference from their normal, scrawny look.

What's going on here? Flame wondered.

One looked at him with the fire of battle in their eyes. "Are you ready?"

Not knowing how to answer, he said what first came to mind. "I was born ready."

His friend nodded, and turned back to the cave.

Still unsure of what was going on, Flame looked at his other companion, who stared straight ahead, not letting anything distract him from his goal.

Whatever is happening here, it must be important, Flame decided. Although he didn't know what he was waiting for, he looked intently into the blackness, preparing for whatever was going to meet them.

An earsplitting roar pierced the night sky. Flame leaped back in surprise, and realized that his two allies held their ground. Flame heard incredibly powerful sounding pawsteps echoing from deep in the cave.

One of the cats met the roar with a caterwaul of their own, and Flame's vision went black.

He opened his eyes once more to see a dark, misty clearing. Trees grew like a wall around him, preventing anyone from entrance or exit.

Flame retched when he saw what was around him. There were the bodies on dead cats littering the floor of the clearing. Blood flowed from various claw wounds, and seemed to be seeping towards him. Backing away, Flame realized he had nowhere to run.

More terrifying roars sounded from around him, seeming to come from every direction. Flame crouched, shivering. What had happened here? Just when the sea of red was about to reach his quivering feet, his eyes shot open, and this time, he was awake.

Something shifted on his left. "Eh, what is it?"

Flame sighed. He was lying in his messy nest in the corner of a poorly-made den , nest to his two friends, Phinneas and Gus. All three of them were rogues that had taken refuge within a loose community of cats living in the twolegplace. They had a camp, in which there were dens for sleeping, and shelter for when it rained, although the cats normally hunted for themselves rather than sharing.

"Flame, stop being stupid and flipping out while you're asleep," Phinneas grunted, rolling away from him and Gus.

"Sorry," Flame replied. "I had the craziest dream just now." He pulled his paw off of Gus' face, wondering how the tom had slept through his antics.

Phinneas sat up and licked his white paw. "There's never enough room in this dump."

"You only call it a dump because you've never lived anywhere else," Flame pointed out. "Twoleg dens are dumps if you ask me."

Gus rolled onto his side and stretched, seemingly awake from the racket Flame and Phinneas had been making. "I kind of liked my twoleg den. It was nice and cozy."

"More like nice and smelly!" Flame snorted. He got up and circled around to stretch his legs. "We'd better find something to eat."

"You could say that again!" Phinneas meowed, belly growling loudly.

Gus laughed. "You'd think he hadn't eaten for a moon!"

"I know, right?" Flame agreed. He padded out of the den and looked up. The sun was barely rising over the many twoleg buildings that stood around them. The camp was located far away from the thunderpaths, where twolegs brought their trash. They had never been bothered by the twolegs, so they had never needed to move it.

Small, makeshift dens dotted the area. Some cats were milling around, but they never strayed too close to one-another, as if there was a disease going around.

"You ready to get going, or are you just going to stand there until sunhigh?" Phinneas joked.

"Yeah, you know what they say, the early cat gets the prey!" Gus added.

"They don't say that," Flame told him.

"I say that."

"Whatever.

"Who's 'they,' anyways?"

"Who cares?"

For most of Flame's life, he had lived with cats that mostly fended for themselves, and he didn't see that changing any time soon. What else could he do? He followed his friends through the alleys with this in mind.

This is my life.