Leafpool lie curled up in her den, wide awake and staring out a hole in the ceiling to look at StarClan sparkling at her from above. Her eyes wandered across the den to see Jaypaw, her blind apprentice, lying in his corner of the den. His striped back turned to her, his middle rose and fell slowly as he breathed, deep in sleep. Leafpool kneaded her claws nervously into the moss. For some reason she couldn't name, she felt uneasy and tense. She had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

She sighed and rose from her bed of moss. She stretched her jaws wide open in a huge yawn, stretching out her limbs in the process. She eyed Jaypaw to make sure he was still in a deep sleep, and padded on her dainty white paws through the lichens of the medicine cat den out into camp. Berrynose, who had taken to guard the entrance to camp, was dozing on his job, snoring lightly and twitching in his sleep periodically. The cream-colored tom made no motion of recognition as Leafpool padded past him into the bramble tunnel.

Leafpool shook her pelt of the prickly bramble thorns before continuing into the forest that ThunderClan's territory held. No prey rustled in the undergrowth, the only sound that was made was her muffled pawsteps in the grass and her steady breathing. StarClan still shone in the sky, as bright as ever, and Leafpool felt power surge through her, and she unconsciously began galloping further on, suddenly eager to reach the shore of the lake.

She skidded to a halt when her paws began to sink into the damp sand of the lake shore. She looked up to Silverpelt anxiously, desperate for a sign. ThunderClan was on a harsh road, and they had already lost some of their best warriors from their own frailty, some even disappearing abruptly without any signs. It wasn't leaf-bare, but prey was scarcer than it had been in the previous season of leaf-fall. Their Clan was half-starved, and becoming weaker with every passing day. Firestar was trying his hardest, but ThunderClan wasn't getting any better. And to make matters worse, StarClan hadn't told her or Jaypaw anything. Even when they visited the Moonpool, StarClan didn't have any words to share with the modern-day medicine cats.

"Oh, StarClan," Leafpool murmured, sorrow seeping into her tone, "there is something you aren't telling us. If there was ever a time we needed help, now would be it. Why won't you speak?" The stars made no response. Partly, of course, because they couldn't talk… not directly like this, anyways.

Leafpool sighed in defeat and turned around to trod back to camp, tail drooping and paws dragging in the sopping wet sand. Though she felt exhausted, she couldn't find any good reason for sleeping if StarClan wasn't going to send her any dreams.

But, as if on cue, a pinprick of light obscured part of her vision. She stopped walking, and immediately her vision faltered and became engrossed in blinding white light. Her mind flooded over with a vision, and she became aware that she couldn't move anything and that her body was completely numb.

The light faded into pitch black. But only briefly before it whipped into a vision of some sort. There in front of her was the forest, seeming to sparkle with the radiant daylight, and she mewed jubilantly at the sight. She picked up her paws and began to dash into it, but the moment was crushed as dark forms began to seep into the forest, obscuring the sunhigh light. The forest instantaneously turned dark and dismal, much to her dismay. One of these mysterious dark forms abruptly stopped its marching and leapt toward her in a flurry of black weight. Leafpool tried to breathe in, but she realized that she couldn't, and her heart pounded deep inside her chest. She abruptly felt a sucking sensation at her chest, and she could no longer feel her heart beating. Everything went blank.

But then, the blankness whipped back into the vision. The forest, still dark with the forms, reappeared in her revived vision. But this time, an upright figure, which Leafpool immediately recognized as a Twoleg, came tearing through the hoard, wielding a huge stick of some sort and swinging it at the crowd. The forms of which the Twoleg had hit with its stick went flying, fading into a cloud of darkness. The watery gray sunlight cast its glare on the stick, and it glittered jubilantly. It was an unnatural color of silvery gray, and it shone brightly as Leafpool looked into it. The place of which the Twoleg held it was a bright yellow, and it didn't shine as brightly, but it still gave off a glow.

A gentle, soft mewing filled her ears. Leafpool immediately recognized the voice as Spottedleaf, the pretty tortoiseshell she-cat that had joined StarClan back when Firestar had first joined ThunderClan. "The Keyblade. A powerful weapon that has the ability to obliterate darkness in a single strike," Spottedleaf's disconnected voice mewed in nothing more than a whisper. So that's what it was— a Keyblade.

"The Key to the Stars," Spottedleaf continued in Leafpool's ear, "is coming. Coming to destroy the cloud of darkness that is creeping upon the Clans. Leafpool, you must protect it. If anything were to happen to it, the Clans could be in mortal danger. Protect the Key to the Stars, the Key to the Door of Light."

And with that, the vision ended. Leafpool's eyes snapped open, and she breathed heavily. She sheathed her claws when she realized they had been locked into the ground this whole time. She picked up her trembling paws and padded back to camp, her mind reeling. The prophecy was confusing, but StarClan hadn't shared anything with her for moons, so she had to heed the warning.

The Key to the Stars… it was coming, and she had to protect it. If she didn't, the Clans would all be in mortal danger. She breathed in slowly and released it in an aggravated sigh. She wouldn't ignore a message from StarClan, it seemed unorthodox to do so. She would protect this Key to the Stars, even if it cost her her own precious life. If anything, she wouldn't let the Clans crumble into the dusts of time, to forever be forgotten in the memory of cats.

She subsided into the moss in her den, and almost instantly fell into a much-needed slumber.

"The Key… to the Stars…" Leafpool mumbled one last time before dozing off into dreams. StarClan continued the shine above Leafpool, glittering in the early obsidian greenleaf sky.

Well, obviously this is the first chapter to my new fanfic, The Key to the Stars. In case you haven't noticed yet, it's a KH-Warriors crossover... of which I've always wanted to do. :) I'm still a little surprised there hasn't been a KH-Warriors crossover already, but still...

ANYWAYS. I think this came out pretty awesome. I think writing for Leafpool is pretty interesting, because she's one unique little medicine cat. Besides, she has a pretty powerful connection with StarClan, adn that just makes it MORE fun to write. I think the ending is a little suckish... I kept failing at trying to find a dramtic sentence to end the chapter with, but my brain went poot just when I needed it. :S Stupid little peanut-sized brain. -smacks head, to which echos inside skull- O.;

Anywyas, I'm working on the second chapter as we speak, so don't worry, I'll be a-updatin' ASAP! 8D I'll still try and work on One Stormy Night as well, but I currently have NO ideas for the next chapter. -smacks head again, echos inside skull again-

Enjoy! And if you reveiw, you not only get my praise, but a FREE TOASTER OVEN!!! 8DDDD Mmm... toasty. |3

~UltraVioletSpectrum (aka Mo)