Winter's Perspective:
Winter moves forward through the thick brush, that seemed to claw at her pelt. She had been traveling for days with little breaks to try and reach the place of her dreams. The warrior games. A place to show your stuff and compete to be the champion of the Warrior Clan. It had always been her dream to participate in the games, and gain the notice of the leader's daughter, LightningBird. She had always heard tales of the leader-to-be. The feline had heard her share of stories about the beautiful, ferocious, and hard to approach Deputy. No one dared to disrespect out of fear that she would attack them. No one cared enough about LightningBird to get close to her. Yet, Winter was confident that she could win the games and eventually win the heart of the powerful she-cat.
Winter heaves herself over the last rock and lets out a yowl of triumph as she sees the tree of games. A large tree with 10 twisting branches spreading out over the entire forest. In the center is a huge area that could fit dozens of cats. She let a victorious grin cross her jaws. "I refuse to lose." She mews, her eyes sparkling. For many a moon, she had been trained to fight. Many in her village considered her starclan warrior sent back to the mortal realm, which winter didn't understand. She had never heard of this starclan before and didn't care enough to spend time learning about. She had asked Bark about it once before but he just started rambling about how uninformed she was, and how her parents should have taught her. Then he shut up, due to the look on her face. The young she-cat doesn't have any parents to teach her. All she had were the tales of the elders that took her into the village when she was all alone. They were the ones that had taught her how to survive in this cruel world.
Winter stands atop of the rock, the cold wind mussing up her pelt, as she looks triumphantly, after all of her walking and her travelling she had managed to make it to a place, her whole village had always wanted to go here, and she was making it a reality. Once she entered the competition, the Warrior Clan would be forced to bring her entire village to the Tree of Games. Winter jumps in glee, landing with grace on the ground below her. "Well it's time to go." Unbeknownst to her a pair of bright eyes watched her from the forest with curiosity.
LightningBird's perspective:
LightningBird rolls her eyes in irritation, her dad was making preparations for the Warrior Games, which he absolutely refused to let her join. He adamantly told her over and over, "this is no game for a pureblood like you, let the commoners fight it out amongst themselves." LightningBird absolutely hated the way that her father thought of his people, but she couldn't go against his will, in fear that LionFang would become to new leader. She despised LionFang even more than her father, because of his cruel ways and power hungry attitude.
LightningBird growls lowly to herself as she sniffs the air, the new scents of different lands greeted her nose. "A few from… Shadeclan, I can smell the must, another few from waterclan, the sea breeze scent they carry is quite nice." She pauses for a minute in her mumbling, letting the scents come to her, she could make out the smells of: Shadeclan, waterclan, stormclan, sandclan, Fangedclan, Wingedclan, Fallenclan, a few loners, and others from various villages. However, there was one scent that stuck out to her. She couldn't place it no matter how much she tried. LightningBird yanks her head back, gaining the attention to her father's guard. "What is it?" BearTide questions, his ears perked up as he looks at the fearsome she-cat.
"Who all do we invite to participate in the Warrior Games?" She asks BearTide, her eyes burning with an unknown light.
"Well, we invite… Shadeclan, waterclan, stormclan, sandclan, Fangedclan, Wingedclan, Fallenclan, Yewclan, RoseClan, and the loners to the east." He thinks for a moment, "We also invite the Picric Village, Lavender Village, Village of Sun, Village of moon, and Of course The Village of The Falling Star."
"The Village of the Falling Star?" LightningBird questions.
"Oh that's right." BearTide says with an amused chuckle, "They never accept our invite due to the distance between us, but the Village of the Falling Star is a village way to the North, it is very secluded. However, there is a tale there, that during the Light Ringed moon, a star falls down to their village bringing great prosperity to their land."
LightningBird looks at him in awe, "Have you met anyone from the Village of the Falling Star?" He nods and smiles at the she-cat. "They were beautiful cats, untouched by drought and famine, yet living everyday as if in wait for it. They smelled much like the moon stone, which I found quite odd." He muses. LightningBird's eyes widen, "Then… I think they chose to take us up on our invitation to the games." He looks at her confused, but she just motions to the outside. BearTide smells the air, and she watches as his eyes widen, "I never thought I'd see the day…" He mutters quietly to himself.
LightningBird turns to BearTide, with a curious look in her eyes and he sighs, turning his body away from her and walking to the entrance, and blocking it with his large frame. BearTide had been assigned from RavenStar's command to watch over LightningBird when she was a kit, and to this day they had been together and have grown extremely close over the many moons. This wasn't the first time that BearTide had let the young, fearsome she-cat go into the forest to check out the felines that would come to participate in the games. She grins and pounces out the small hole she had dug as an apprenticeship under BearTide.
She runs forward, her pelt whishing in the wind, her feet taking her forward. The she-cat thought cheekily of how she had been given the name lightning. Her ability: Quick Step. She had gotten the name Lightning due to the fact that she looked like a yellow blur. LightningBird sighs as she begins to follow the scent that she had found so intriguing. Her body moves forward slowly, her nose following the trail of the scent. Soon she makes it to the underneath of the Jutting Edge, and her eyes widen in surprise. Up above her, a triumphant she-cat stands on Jutting edge.
The she-cat was the most beautiful feline she had ever laid eyes upon. She was beautiful, with silky white fur, silver streaks intertwined in its thickness. Every little movement made her coat shimmer exquisitely, and her eyes, oh her eyes were the most beautiful sky blue. LightningBird just could not believe her eyes, the feline before her was so delightful, she almost thought that it was all in her imagination. Suddenly however, the she-cat jumped from the Jutting Edge, sending LightningBird into a panic. Cats rarely ever survived a fall from the Jutting Edge, not even pure blood warriors, the only ones that survived were the ones with abilities that would help them on such a fall. However, the exquisite she-cat simply landed gracefully on her feet, not even the scent of magic hovering in the air.
Then the feline just turned her head and headed off in the direction of the Tree of Games, as if she had not just landed a fall from the highest peak in all of Fetry.
(A/N: Since this is just the first chapter, I'll explain a bit to you guys.
There are several clans:
Shadeclan, waterclan, stormclan, sandclan, Fangedclan, Wingedclan, Fallenclan, Yewclan, RoseClan, ""Starclan"", Eclipseclan, Risingclan, and of course Warriorclan.
See the thing with this story is that Warriorclan is a clan made up of the most highly respected and strongest of the cats, every cat wants a chance to get in. However, they have to prove themselves by fighting one another in a game called the Warrior's Games. Whoever manages to defeat all the trials and get passed all the other competition gets to join Warriorclan. Only certain clans and felines are chosen to go though, and that is all decided by the Warrior's council.
Another thing I should probably explain is that, all those that were born in Warriorclan, Eclipseclan, and Risingclan are said to have unnatural abilities, that is one of the reasons the council doesn't allow for the other two clans to participate in the games. As for the villages, it's basically a group that stick together like a clan, but are not officially considered a clan. Most villages are kept hidden while others like the ones invited are actually a mystery to most of the clans.
If there is anything else you would like me to explain, ask them as a comment and I will either reply or add it in the next chapter! Bye Bye~)