Chapter one.
Prologue
Moonlight washed over the hillside, casting heavy shadows across the shapes of cats at the waters lake rippled gently as if sensing the tenseness in the air.
' How could this happen?" hissed a brown tabby. " There has always been three clans in the cove. Always! ""We can not control the events of the world, mudstar. We can only guide the cats through with prophecies and omens." Meowed a lean, snowy white she-cat.
" But snowpelt, how can anything survive this? Its…its worse than Bloodclan!" Came a rough, weak voice. Mudstar whipped around. " Bluepaw! I thought I told you that you weren't allowed in this meeting! " He hissed.
Snowpelt's whiskers twitched with amusement. " Oh come on, mudstar. Let him stay. He's heard enough already. " Mudstar turned away with a distasteful grunt, while bluepaw shot a grateful glance to snowpelt.
The shadows multiplied as more cats padded out of the mist. " It is time for the choosing. " A pale grey Tom murmured." The three cats nodded, padding softly towards the surface of the lake. As the throng gathered round, a magnificent silver tabby stepped forward. " I am Silverstar, and I make a choice for the right of Shoreclan. May the cats of Starclan hear and approve my choice." He dipped his head towards the glimmering surface, and a small, pale blue cat appeared. Gasps filtered round. " But… He's just an apprentice! " The crowd murmured. Silverstar whipped round. " But a good, loyal cat. Dare you argue against that? " He hissed. Slowly approving meows sounded across the sandy edge.
Satisfied, he stepped back, a black, small she-cat stepping forward to take his place. " I am blackstar, and I make my choice in honor of nightclan. " She meowed roughly, before dipping her head and stepping back. Another cat appeared in the water, a snowy white she-cat with dazzling blue eyes. She vanished into the cool blue waters, and a bright orange cat stepped forward. " I am sunstar, and I make my choice in honor of Blazeclan. " He meowed, before shocked meows and gasps were heard. A Dappled she-cat leapt forward. " But their just Kits! " She spat. Sunstar growled. " Their not Just kits! These are the kits of your sister, Spottedtail. They are kits of starlight! These young cats have been chosen for great things. Just being in this prophecy is the beginning!" He hissed.
" These kits are the the new firestar and Bluestar!" Gasping, spottedtail backed off, tail down. " Very well, sunstar. " She mewed. " But what does Firestar have to stay about it? " She hissed. The great orange leader emerged from the shadows, padding to sunstar. "I see the approval. " He meowed. " These kits have, and will go a long way. " He glanced at the two kits, sighing.
" But with what they have in store of them, starclan help them."
