August 27, 2016: Hey guys! It's OO! If you clicked on this, hello! If not, how are you seeing this?

If you are a returner, I've edited the story quite a bit. Fixed mistakes, made parts better, stuff like that!

And I completely rewrote it.

Oops.

I wasn't planning too, it just happened! I swear!

Also, this is what was originally the prologue AND the first chapter. Yeah.

But I hope you can enjoy anyways! ~ OO

A small white she-cat crouched on the forest floor. She looked around suspiciously, and recoiled slightly as a silver she cat emerged from the shadows.

"Silvertail, you startled me!" The white she-cat exclaimed.

Silvertail was silent as she sat down, before beginning to speak. "Littlestar, you came."

Littlestar nodded slowly. "Of course. But, I am wondering, why have you called me?"

Silvertail tilted her head. "There is a prophecy."

The other she-cat frowned, finally sitting. "And this prophecy is?"

Silvertail watched Littlestar for a moment, before responding. "On a calm pool dark waves ripple across the surface, bringing to light the life underneath." She paused, before adding, "This is all I can tell you for now."

"What?" Littlestar gasped, eyes blazing in shock.

"Choose your actions well," Silvertail murmured as she started to fade, still sitting

"Wait!" Littlestar leaped forward, but Silvertail only faded faster.

"Good luck!" The silver she-cat said, before completely disappearing.

The forest started fading too, and darkness started to engulf Littlestar rapidly. She choked out a cry of terror as she was swallowed by the blackness.

"Ripplepaw!" Pause. "Ripplepaw!"

Ripplepaw glared at the ground in front of her. Troutpaw. Back at it again with the annoying attempts to try to impress her.

She turned around, and glared at him. "What is it?" She asked, forcing herself to be nice.

"Watch me!" he shouted. He jumped up in the air, doing an amazing backflip, landing perfectly on his feet. "What do you think?" He asked with a smirk. "I've been practising for a while now."

Ripplepaw's patience was short that day, and it showed. "'A while' is the key phrase," she growled.

Troutpaw smirked. "And the key phrase of a while for me is 'Also known as a day'.

Ripplepaw sighed. "I could probably do better on the first try."

"Wanna prove it?"

Her ears drooped. "No."

He smiled at her. "Oh well, I was actually hoping I'd get to see your amazing flip!" The sarcasm in his voice was evident. "Tell me when you're ready."

Ripplepaw's tail dragged as she went over to her friend Sparrowpaw to eat.b

Ripplepaw was walking back to the apprentices' den after a trip to the dirtplace. It was dark, but she suddenly noticed a strange scent. Shadowclan scent mixed with something else.

"Attack!" The cry peirced through the night, and Ripplepaw sprinted to the safety of the apprentices' den.

Others were waking up, and they stumbled out of their dens. Ripplepaw only then deemed it safe to go outside.

Suddenly, she understood the other strange scent.

Rogues.

Everywhere.

Ripplepaw felt a weight on her back and she panicked for a moment before remembering how she'd trained. She flipped of the cat and hissed, before identifying the cat as a Shadowclan cat named Batpaw.

His bluish-black pelt shone in the moonlight and he was accompanied by his sister Firepaw. They leapt on to her, burying her beneath them. She shrieked in pain.

And then, the cats were knocked off her by a snarling Whisperpaw. He reared up and slashed at Firepaw's belly.

"Thank you," Ripplepaw breathed, thankful that he had come, though she was now speaking to thin air.

"Left you now, huh?" Batpaw growled. Oh. Right.

Ripplepaw's eyes widened as he reared up, about to pounce on her.

A streak of ginger was all she saw as her mother, Podheart knocked him down. She snarled, biting into his leg, causing him to cry out in pain.

Ripplepaw almost forgot that she still had to fight as she watched her mother participate in a real, actual battle until Firepaw came flying towards her. She yowled as she was knocked down, but used that to her advantage as she scratched Firepaw's already injured stomach with her hind legs.

Firepaw jumped off of Ripplepaw, but bit her ear as she did so, tearing the Riverclan apprentice's ear. Ripplepaw screeched, and blood ran down the side of her face.

A pain-filled screech filled the air, and the rogues fighting stopped. All the others quickly caught on and slowed down, too.

Whisperpaw had a rogue pinned under him, biting down on his neck. The rogue was limp.

The rogues were shifting uncomfortably, seeing that cat dead, and most ran. The last few did too after realizing they were all alone now.

Ripplepaw looked around and saw three limp bodies. They belonged to Whiteblaze and Torntail. The third one belonged to Littlestar. 'No!' Ripplepaw thought, gasping. 'NO'

Their deputy walked forward, head lowered at the sight of the limp bodies. She stopped, and suddenly turned around to face the Shadowclan deputy, tail whipping and eyes ablaze. "Why did you bring rogues into our clan? They kill, they destroy. Do you not know that?"

Ashstar raised her chin. "I admit, it was foolish. I am saddened that lives were lost, but I will not apologize for attacking your clan. You have been trespassing."

Littlestar stood up, to the relief of everyone. She lashed her tail weakly. "I repeat once more, we have not. Now leave."

Ashstar narrowed her eyes, before indicating with a nod of her head for her clan to leave. Firepaw and Batpaw bounded up from nearby and glared at her before they followed their leader out of the camp.

So that's the first chapter! Warning, the first few chapters after this may be a bit rough, as I may not have edited them by the time you read this!