Meet Nightkit, a young kit growing up in MeadowClan, the largest clan in SkyValley. Nightkit struggles with her two older friends, Wolfkit and Firekit becoming apprentices, leaving her alone in the nursery with her identical tabby sisters, Birchkit and Peachkit. As if her jet black fur and green eyes didn't separate them enough, Nightkit's closest friends are both boys, making her sisters even more jealous. But Nightkit's life is about to change...
'I'm dreaming again,' Nightkit looked up at the star filled sky. "They look like cat's eyes, glaring down at me," she whispered to herself, shuttering at the thought. She looked around at the trees surrounding her.
She was standing in a small clearing, its borders dotted with shrubs and unfurling ferns. Large oak and pine trees, their green leaves shining in the moonlight, covered the sky except for the clearing. A deep blue sky peeked through the trees; silvery white stars glittered in the sky.
'It's so beautiful here.' Nightkit flinched as an icy wind blew through the forest, chilling her to the bone.
'It looks like greenleaf but feels like leafbare!' Nightkit thought, fluffing up her smoky black coat, still nursery thin and downy. 'I'm going to freeze to death at four moons old!' she thought as another chilly wind buffeted her from the other side.
A twig snapped to her side making her jump. "Who's there?" she called nervously. She pricked her ears as a sweet scent swirled around her. A shadowy figure moved through the trees.
Nightkit tensed ready to run even though she knew she couldn't escape. The figure walked out of the shadows.
'A she cat! It's a she cat!' Nightkit stared in awe, relived that their was no danger.
The she cat had bright blue eyes, like the sky in greenleaf, and a flame colored pelt streaked with black, as were her paws and tail. She was thin and graceful like a butterfly, and seemed to shine like the stars. "She's pretty…" Nightkit muttered then felt her fur grow hot as the cat giggled, realizing she had said it out loud.
"I won't hurt you little one." Her voice was as soft as velvet. Nightkit stood up, shaking slightly. The she cat must have sensed her discomfort, and padded to Nightkit's side, softly brushing her pelt against Nightkit's.
Nightkit looked at the she cat, realizing she looked familiar. "You look just like Firekit, but your fur has more black and your eyes are like Wolfkit's." The cat giggled again, sounding like a kit. "That's because I'm their mother."
Nightkit's jaw dropped. "Mother! But…but why are you in my dreams instead of Firekit's or Wolfkit's?" The she cat's eyes grew serious. "Well…SpiritClan sent me to you, not them." Nightkit's tail drooped. "So…you're…dead?" she asked sadly, afraid of the answer. The she cat nodded, her eyes clouded with sorrow. "I came to you with a message from SpiritClan."
Nightkit laughed despite the tension. "Me? But I'm only a kit! What can I do?" The she cat stood and gazed up at Silverpelt, then looked at Nightkit. "Do you notice the strange weather?" she asked, her blue gaze burning like into Nightkit's like icy needles.
Nightkit shivered, remembering the cold, and nodded. "You will soon realize that your gifts will save many lives, and clans that are not clans."
Nightkit stared, confused. "What do you mean?" The she cat shook her head. "Now is not the time, I must give you SpiritClan's message. Are you ready?" Nightkit nodded, still confused about this cat's mysterious words.
The she cat closed her eyes, and sat so still she would have disappeared in the trees if it weren't for her fiery pelt. After what seemed like moons, the she cat spoke, her voice lower than normal. "The storm will come to shake the clans, two names will be given after one is lost." She opened her eyes and Nightkit let out a startled gasp. The she cat's blue eyes were filled with the shine of Silverpelt. Nightkit felt she would fall in and be lost in those icy depths.
"I must leave you now." The she cat's words broke into Nightkit's thoughts. The kit shook herself, still dazed from the whole experience. "Wait! Don't go!" she called as the she cat walked into the brush.
She turned, whiskers twitching. "What's your name?" Nightkit called breathlessly. The she cat smiled. "Wolffire," she said then disappeared into the bushes.
A/N Rate and Review please! I can work to better improve my writing, and I love getting suggestions!