A/N: What's up, everyone? I'm back again with the second book in the Rising Smoke trilogy, Fallen Darkness. I know a lot of you have been waiting for this, so I let it go for a while to build up the hype.
Also, in case you haven't noticed, all of my other fics will be on hiatus (not discontinued) until this is finished. I really want to concentrate on this fic because I don't want any continuity errors.
ALLEGIANCES
SMOKEFROST'S GROUP
Leader: Smokefrost- gray tom
Deputy: Triffid- tortoiseshell she-cat
Medicine cat: Talon- slim black tom
Warriors:
Mick-dark brown tabby tom
Apprentice, Specklepaw- dappled brown she-cat
Charlie- dark brown tabby tom
Apprentice, Foxpaw- ginger tom
Fiery- ginger tom
Kiara- spotted golden she-cat
Wolfheart- dark ginger she-cat with black stripe down spine
Gray- dark gray tabby tom
Russet- ginger tabby she-cat
Pool- light gray she-cat
Burn- gray-and-ginger she-cat
Queens:
Cloud that Drifts at Dusk- pale gray she-cat, mother to Smokefrost's kits, Lionkit (golden brown tabby she-cat) and Ivykit (dark gray tom)
OURANOS'S GROUP
Leader: Ouranos- pale gray tom
Guards:
Wheeler-pale tabby tom
Nightmare- black tom
Leo- golden brown she-cat
Blackthorn- dark gray tom
Scorch-dark gray tom
Fighters:
Elijah- dark brown tom
Van- light gray she-cat
Ebony- black she-cat
Blair- dark ginger she-cat
Flash- white tom
Queens:
Jen- light brown tabby she-cat, expecting Ouranos's kits
CATS OUTSIDE THE GROUPS:
Sans- black-and-white tom
Papyrus- ginger-and-white tom
Ragnarok- white tom
Chalice- dark gray she-cat
Fern- light brown she-cat
A/N: And here's the prologue just because I don't feel like posting it as a separate document.
Lightning lashed through the trees of the somber forest. The black tom glared at the mud gathering around his paws in disgust. Yet this was necessary for him to be able to come back.
They seek to test me, perhaps. No matter. I shall prevail. The thought of what would happen if he managed to get through this filled him with determination.
"Master?" asked the dark brown tabby besides him. "I-i-if I die in this world-"
"Shut up. I'm not in the mood for your whining, Charlie." He turned from his servant in disgust. "I expect you to be of assistance, not a whining piece of pigeon droppings."
Charlie cringed again. "But, Master Scourge-"
"I told you to keep your mouth shut?" Scourge turned on the tom. "I can slit your stomach open right now if I so desire." His eyes burned madly. "There's nobody here to punish me, because I'm already dead."
"But not for much longer, right, Master?" Charlie asked timidly.
Instead of turning on Charlie and killing him, Scourge's eyes suddenly sparkled with a new light. "We're here!" He bounded forwards, Charlie right behind him, forgetting his earlier rage.
At the end of the forest, it suddenly melded into two forests on either side. One sparkled with bright light, the other was even more pallid and gloomy than the one he stood in. At the point where all three forests intersected, a grayish mist hovered.
"The intersection of the Dark Forest, the 'StarClan' of rogues and loners," Scourge's lip curled as he used the term contemptuously, "and the Somber Forest. The place where, if one so desires, I can reenter the living world."
"But there's the risks, you remember that." protested Charlie.
"I am well aware of the risks!" Scourge rounded on Charlie. "If I didn't know you weren't just fulfilling your duties, I'd kill you on the spot!"
"Yes, Master."
"I will enter the Divide." Scourge snarled, glaring at Charlie. "Awaken!" he commanded, and Charlie slowly melted away into nothing.
Eyes burning crazily, Scourge stepped forwards into the mist to find a body to inhabit. For a moment he felt claws tearing at his insides, and then everything began to fade as he was set loose from the Somber Forest.
A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed the prologue. I'll be back out with the next chapter tomorrow if everything goes well.