Prologue

Leopardfoot padded silently into twolegplace with her ears laid back in uneasiness, she sniffed the air and perked up " Pinestar i'm here " Leopardfoot mewed. She purred as Pinestar appeared, Leopardfoot rubbed her muzzle against his " what brings you here my love?" Pinestar questioned. Leopardheart shifted her paws before gazing at him with happiness " after our daughters died I... I felt like I couldn't go on until I visited you again, and now i'm having our kits " Pinestar looked shocked but then leaned his head down to his mates plump belly " I will make sure you will become great cats that Starclan will guide " Pinestar whispered and then laid his head on top of Leopardfoot's.

Chapter One

Rosekit mewed loudly 'why can't I see anything... I hear everyone else around me talking...' she let out a sigh. Rosekit woke up gazing at her mothers black pelt ' wait I can see now!' Rosekit looked at her brother and sisters "Nightkit, Sagekit, Echokit, and Hawkkit wake up!" she mewed excitedly. Rosekit's siblings got up slowly , " what is it Rose... wait you opened your eyes finally! " Hawkkit mewed " what color are they? " Rosekit questioned, Echokit fixed Rosekit with an intense blue gaze " they are a very piercing yellow " Echokit mewed in awe. Nightkit sprang into Echokit with an excited squeal, all of a sudden a tabby with amber eyes walked in with a questionable glare " who are you? " Rosekit mewed boldly while unsheathing her long hooked claws. The tabby looked down at her unsheathed claws " nice claws there like mine " the tabby showed the dark red tabby his curved claws, " my name is Tigerpaw i'm your older brother " Tigerpaw meowed.

Rosekit looked up at him in amazement " are you going to be a warrior soon? " Tigerpaw shook his head in agreement " you will be a great warrior! " Tigerpaw's eyes shone " thank you, if you want maybe sometime I can sho..." , " TIGERPAW COME ON! WE DONT HAVE ALL DAY! " Tigerpaw let out a long sigh " well I got to go Rosekit, see you soon! " Tigerpaw mewed quickly before running to his mentor. Rosekit sighed along with Hawkkit and shook Leopardheart awake " mother I opened my eyes, do you think they look cool? " Rosekit meowed excitedly, Leopardheart nodded happily before licking Hawkkit's dusty fur. Rosekit looked around bored and saw a different litter of kits on the other side of the clearing, padding over she noticed two toms sitting together " hi i'm Rosekit what are your names? " the tom with the gray and amber eyes looked at Rosekit " i'm Graykit " , " and i'm Darkkit " answered the dark tabby. Rosekit purred " do you want to play? i'm going to be the leader of Thunderclan! Graykit will be the leader of Riverclan, and Darkkit can be the leader of Shadowclan! " Rosekit puffed out her chest and strode confidently out of the nursery.

Rosekit looked around in awe as did Darkkit and Graykit , Rosekit looked up at the high rock and sprang forward as she climbed to the top she looked down at Darkkit and Graykit. " stay out of Thunderclan trespassers! " Dustkkit struggled to get on to highrock but rose his head when he did " I am no trespasser I am the leader of Shadowclan, Duskstar and I will be the one to end you! " Graykit got up quickly and growled " I will end both of you if you don't stop barking at eachother like a pack of foxes! ". They all wrestled around until a shadow loomed over them , " what are you doing up here? " three eyes looked up at the glare of the real Thunderclan leader. " we are really sorry Sunstar we were just being leaders and I thought it would be cool if I could stand on the highrock like a real leader! " Rosekit mewed challengedly, Sunstar chuckled softly at the young she cats lashing tail. Stepping forward he led the young kits back to the nursery " once you are six moons old you can explore more " Sunstar meowed before heading toward his den.