I do not own Warriors.

Prologue

Cats with stars in their pelts watched the gleaming silver pool with clouded eyes. They must do something that they would always regret. By taking the life of one of the kits that would be born on this day, they would begin the journey of her brother who would grow up to be one of WindClan's greatest warriors.

"In two different worlds, they will walk the same path," mewed Mothflight. "The stars have told me this. We are making the right decision."

Windstar, the first leader of her Clan, looked to the medicine cat with shadowed eyes. "A life will be lost. A heart shattered. Is this really what we are supposed to do?"

Mothflight bowed her head. "For the greater good."

Gorsestar padded up next to his mate. "Will this sacrifice be worth it in the end?"

"It's not a sacrifice," Mothflight began to protest, but her voice dropped. "It is what must be done."

There was a pause, a momentous one. This decision was of grave importance. A life was on the line. A future was at stake.

"It is these kits' destiny," Mothflight meowed.

The StarClan cats looked at each other. This argument, about whether or not they should let such a newborn kit into StarClan when it could live out a life in the Clan, had been the topic of discussion for over two moons now, ever since Mothflight had received a vision from the stars. Every time the topic was brought into discussion, the cats had pushed it away, not wishing to dwell on such dark matters, but now they were out of time. The kits were due any moment now.

Windstar rose to her paws. The cats in the clearing, surrounding the pool which allowed them to gaze down below into the world of the Clans, grew silent. They watched her with wide, glowing eyes and bated breath. The next words from Windstar's mouth were the hardest to get out.

"You say that in two different worlds, they will walk the same path," the faded leader quoted. "Let's hope that this prophecy is correct, and that we are not taking a life that should be lived."

"Never doubt a prophecy," Mothflight reminded her gently.

"We would never take a life without reason," Gorsestar added.

Another pause are at the silence. Windstar spoke again at last, making the final decision. "Do it," she mewed. "Do it so that destiny will be met. But if it turns out we were wrong..." She paused, bowing her head. "I'll never forgive myself."

The other StarClan cats looked at each other at this statement. A beat of silence followed, and then they began murmuring to each other, making worried comments and assuring themselves that this choice was the right one.

Gorsestar hopped to his paws and was the first cat from the meeting clearing. The other cats soon followed, leaving Windstar and Mothflight alone.

Windstar was on her paws. She gave the pool a last, sad look before turning to go. She stopped just as she was almost out of the clearing. She looked to Mothflight. "You'll tell the kit why we made this choice," she asked, but it was more of a statement, a demand.

"Of course." Mothflight dipped her head in acknowledgment.

Windstar finished, "I've made many bad choices while I was alive, and just as many in StarClan. I don't wish to add another."

"Nobody does," mewed Mothflight, and then realized she was alone in the clearing. Windstar had padded away, swiftly and quietly like the cats in her Clan.

Mothflight turned to the silver pool, watching the WindClan queens in their nursery. Tomorrow, the first step in one of the unborn kit's life would be set into the action. The other would lead a different life, in StarClan, and never grow up in the place of her birth.

The stars had foretold it, and Mothflight could do nothing but listen and obey.

She watched the expecting queen purr in amusement at the two kits tussling on the nursery floor, and her heart felt heavy.

"I'm so sorry," she whispered, wondering if the queen would still be happy after tomorrow. "I'm sorry for you, Palebird. And I'm sorry about your kits."

Author's Note: My first warrior's fan fiction! I'm super excited! Again, I don't own Warriors! Thanks for reading. Chapter two will hopefully be out shortly.

Note: I edited this chapter, but if you see any mistakes I missed, please let me know!