Chapter One

I snatched up an apple and stuffed it into my mouth as I rushed into the bloody school. I'm so late for school by two hours! I just got to slip in. If my teachers saw that this was my sixth tardy this month I'd go into detention again. Maybe even suspension!

I quickly dashed behind the middle school and entered through there. The halls were empty at the moment. I glanced at the clock. Third hour class will let out in five minutes. So I dashed to my locker nearby; 244. I put in the code as fast as I can and finished up my apple. I tossed the core into a trash-can nearby. I rummaged through my bag for math homework. Bloody fractions and mixed numbers and even more decimals. Bleh. I'm sure I got half the problems wrong.

I quickly glanced at my mirror on the side of my locker and forced a smile. I was okay, I guess. My long brown hair was always tied into a low, clumsy ponytail and a long strand of my bangs were curled and laid off to the side of my face. I had green eyes that resembled a cat's eyes almost. My lips a soft baby pink and I had long gangly legs and arms. Not exactly the prettiest girl in the school's records.

My jet black binder with a red and blue stripe on it was on the top shelf of my locker. I yanked it off and opened it to my math folder then quickly stuffed my homework in there. I glanced around and made sure there were no teachers nearby. Nope. None.

I exhaled a sigh and slammed my locker shut after taking out my math book. I sat on the wooden bench and waiting for the last minute to pass. I then noticed a sparkle out of the corner of my eye. I looked up and screamed when I saw a blue-grey cat sitting on top of the lockers. It's blue eyes were narrowed and her shoulders were hunched over while it's tail swished around agitatedly.

"Hello, Twoleg." She hissed.

The cat just spoke. What. The. Hell.

"I suppose you can see me, judging your shocked look, correct?"

I slowly nodded and gulped.

"I am Bluestar." She meowed while her fur glittered with starlight, "and isn't your name, Autumn? What does that mean? A twoleg leaf-fall?"

"I suppose so..." I answered awkwardly shrugging, "and yes, my name is Autumn. Why do you need me?"

"Nothing." She said. "Just be aware that, falling, tumbling through the blood will arise a cat, yet not cat, that will set things right."

I blinked in suprise. This crazy cat was speaking pure poetry. Then again, I guess I'm the one who's crazy for imagining her in the first place. And why is she talking about cats and why to me? I tilted my head and gripped my binder. "A new life? What does this even mean?"

"A lot." Then the cat faded and the bell rang. Kids poured out of the classrooms and I quickly rushed into my math class with Mrs. Johnson. She turned to face me in suprise.

"Autumn? You're usually late."

"It's nothing. I just happened to be faster today I suppose."

She shrugged and sat at her desk. "Did you get your homework done for a change? It would... improve your grade."

"Yes." I hissed. "It's done." Why was she pestering me like a cat to a bird?

She left me alone from then on. The classes all blurred together and the day dragged on so slowly. I couldn't get my mind off that cat. Even in art class, I drew an anime blue-grey she-cat with deep watery blue eyes with a lovely sleek figure. My friend leaned over and asked why I was drawing a blue cat. I blushed and turned the page over. I didn't want to confess I saw a blue cat. They'd think I'm crazy.

After school when I started to walk home, I noticed that there were more traffic than usual and more people are... doing rather rude gestures at each other.

I approached the stop light and all the cars stopped. The very heartbeat they all paused, I started jogging across the road. Unfortunatly, one of them must've been drunk and he kept driving. I turned around to face him and his eyes had a crazy look to them. The bright red truck hit me. Pain seared through my head a moment later and I screamed and fell to the ground. My hands kept me up and blood poured from my head like a waterfall and pooled all around me. Someone must've called 911 becuase I heard the loud siren of an ambulence. I pressed my hand against my head and I removed it to see blood covering it.

I looked ahead weakly and -suprise, suprise- I saw the blue cat again. Her eyes glittered in the light and she somewhat smiled. Then she purred warmly, "StarClan welcomes you, Autumn."

I then slipped away and let myself fall to the ground.