Across the clearing, eyes that glowed yellow under the light of the moon flashed. Soundlessly, a small band of cats slunk into the pines of unfamiliar territory. The shadows turned every pelt dark, but the pine needles of the forest floor didn't provide as much cover as they were used to.

"Redstar?" questioned a smaller she-cat, "Are you sure about this?"

"You're not turning back now, are you Littleshadow?" replied a large tom with a slight authoritative growl, "This land is rightfully ours. It is bound time we claimed it."

"...It's SkyClan's land..." she replied, looking around at the pines where the forgotten clan used to leap to catch their mainly avian prey, "We have no right to be here."

"SkyClan," hissed a green-eyed tabby tom from behind her, "Is gone. This land belongs to ThunderClan now!"

"Quiet, Nettleclaw," came a warning hiss from a gray she-cat, Seedpelt.

"Why should I be? We're alone," he retorted, flicking his tail.

"So sure of that, are you?" came a hiss from across the clearing. It was echoed by many low growls and muted caterwauls.

Redstar growled, stepping into the light of the moon. His amber eyes flashed with anger as his claws slid from dark ginger paws, "Swiftstar, what are you doing here?"

"The same thing you're doing, Redstar," said the older black and white tom, beginning to circle with the larger ginger, "My clan is the largest clan in the forest! We have a title to the land we need!"

"Mouse-dung eating fur-brain!" Yowled Nettleclaw, "You don't have any claim on this land! Your warriors aren't trained to hunt in the forest!"

"We could learn," growled Swiftstar, "And don't speak to me in such a disrespectful tone, Warrior! You talk like you are any more prepared to hunt in the pines!"

"You're an old fool," growled Redstar, then yowled behind him, "ThunderClan, to me!" This command brought his warriors to his side, all of then bristling against the leaf-fall chill and growling and hissing insults at the other side, claws at the ready for a fight to the death.

Then the command came.

"WindClan! Attack!"

"Sylvester! Wake UP!" mewed a she-cat, pouncing on a gray tabby that was mewling in his sleep.

"Gah!" The tabby started awake, Sylvester looked at the she-cat and started to shiver at the horror of his vision, "Cats. They were about to fight. Th-they charged each other... in the woods... they were right outside our door! In the pines!" He cried, bolting outside. And he heard the strangest sound in the world.

Silence. Nothing was happening. There were no battle cries and no shrieks of pain, just an eerie silence, as if the night had seen the vision, too.

"Sylv, there aren't any cats fighting out there," said the mottled gray she-cat, "But wouldn't it be amazing if there were?" She said wistfully.

"It wouldn't be amazing," said Sylvester in disgust, "Grace, it would be horrible! They were fighting about something extremely important!" He exclaimed, emphasizing everything, stressing the importance of his "dream".

"Sylvester, calm down," said Grace, flicking her tail over her brother's shoulder, "It was just a nightmare."

Sylvester sighed, "Maybe you're right..." he mewed to her, but after she walked off, he looked up at the moon, "But it felt so real..."

=(^-^)=

FALLING IN THE BLACK

Allegiances:

#ThunderClan#

Leader: Redstar- muscular dark ginger tom with amber eyes

Deputy: Seedpelt- gray she-cat with darker flecks and green eyes

Medicine Cat: Krestelwing- dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Apprentice: Ashpaw

Warriors: (Toms and She-cats without kits)

Brindletail- tawny she-cat with a white splash on her muzzle and amber eyes

Apprentice: Gorsepaw

Nettleclaw- gray tabby tom with dark gray stripes and bright green eyes

Littleshadow- small lanky black she-cat with amber eyes

Apprentice: Spottedpaw

Nightfang- black tom with a white fang sticking out of his broken jaw, green eyes

Echoleap- tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with long legs and amber eyes

Cherryfoot- ginger she-cat with white forepaws and chest, amber eyes

Apprentice: Featherpaw

Thrushwhisper- calm light brown tom with green eyes

Hollyslash- ginger and white she-cat with oddly long claws

Apprentice: Yellowpaw

Squirrelpelt- gray tom with a white underside and a fluffy tail, blue eyes

Addertail- brown tabby tom with green eyes

Goldstrike- golden furred tom with long claws

Apprentices: (Cats under Six Moons in training to become warriors)

Spottedpaw- light brown tabby she-cat with long, fluffy fur and amber eyes

Gorsepaw- dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Ashpaw- gray tabby tom with fine points and blue eyes; Medicine Cat Apprentice

Featherpaw- slim mottled gray and white she-cat with blue eyes

Yellowpaw- light ginger tom with yellow eyes and a white muzzle

Queens: (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)

Birdflight- light brown tabby she-cat with long, fluffy fur and amber eyes

Cloverpetal- fluffy gray she-cat with white paws and green eyes; Mother of Nightfang's kits: Pepperkit (gray tom with black flecks and green eyes) and Mistkit (fluffy gray she-cat with tabby points and blue eyes)

Hazelheart- silver tabby she-cat with green eyes; expecting Redstar's kits

Elders: (retired warriors)

Bluegaze- deaf white she-cat with bright blue eyes

Cloudwhisker- gray and white tom with blue eyes and long whiskers

=Shadowclan=

Leader:Dawnstar- graceful creamy brown she-cat with brilliant green eyes

Deputy: Spiderstrike- brown and gold tabby with amber eyes and long limbs

Medicine cat: Darkpoppy- dark gray tabby she-cat with green eyes

Apprentice: Briarpaw

Warriors:

Stonedust- gray tom with blue eyes

Hawkeyes- brown tabby tom with piercing green eyes

Oakclaw- dark brown sleek tom with yellow eyes

Apprentice: Duskpaw

Crowgaze- jet black, long-furred she-cat with dark gray eyes

Smokestorm- gray long-furred tom with amber eyes

Raindrop- small pale-gray and white she-cat with icy-blue eyes and a black tail-tip

Redstreak- dark ginger tom with green eyes

Apprentice: Wolfpaw

Falconstrike- dark reddish-brown tabby tom with a black stripe down his back and gold eyes with flecks of orange in them

Blossomwhisker- pale cream she-cat with blue eyes

Patchfoot- white tom with a black forepaw, leaf green eyes

Apprentice: Blackpaw

Skypool- long furred light gray and white she-cat with blue eyes

Apprentices:

Duskpaw- cream she-cat with fawn points and green eyes

Briarpaw- dark brown she-cat with tabby points and blue eyes; Medicine Cat Apprentice

Wolfpaw- bulky longhaired gray tom with amber eyes

Blackpaw- black she-cat with violet eyes

Queens:

Owlmask- silver she-cat with a white "mask" around blue eyes; Expecting Hawkeyes's kits

Sorrelpelt- creamy she-cat with amber eyes; Mother of Falconstrike's kit: Rowankit(dark reddish-brown tom with amber eyes)

Elders:

Darkflame- dark gray tom with a white tail tip and one white forepaw, gold eyes

~Riverclan~

Leader: Birchstar- light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Deputy: Brackenfoot- golden brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Apprentice: Pebblepaw

Medicine Cat: Honeystream- mostly brown she-cat with some golden splotches and green eyes

Warriors:

Leafstep- white she-cat with speckled brown paws and green eyes

Goldenwing- fluffy golden-brown she-sat with amber eyes

Browntail- brown tabby tom with a white underbelly and paws, blue eyes

Lightningflame- ginger tom with a white chest, the chest has a protruding, jagged patch of ginger on it, green-gold eyes

Frostfoot- dark gray she-cat with lightly white tinged paws

Blackstorm- jet-black tom with a white blaze on his forehead and green eyes

Apprentice: Palepaw

Twilightfur- black she-cat with white spots and dark blue eyes

Silverstripe- silver tabby she-cat with white paws, underbelly, chest, and blaze on forehead, blue eyes

Apprentice: Otterpaw

Snowear- a fluffy white she-cat with blue eyes, deaf

Snakebelly-black tom with slightly darker stripes and a pure white underbelly, green eyes

Wildwater- tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with ginger ears, black forepaws, and blue eyes

Apprentices:

Pebblepaw- spotted gray and white she-cat with green eyes

Palepaw- pale ginger she-cat with a white chest, underbelly, muzzle, tail-tip, and paws, large blue eyes

Otterpaw- sleek brown tom with long whiskers, green eyes

Queens:

Fawnflower- brown tabby she-cat with white paws, chest, and underbelly with big green eyes like a fawn; Mother of Lightningflame's kits: Tigerkit (brown tabby tom with a slender build and gold-green eyes) and Redkit (slender dark ginger tom with green eyes)

Specklepath- light brown speckled she-cat with amber eyes; Expecting Blackstorm's kits

Doveflight- light gray tabby she-cat with white and darker gray flecks, green eyes; expecting kits

Elders:

Brokenleap- black tom with green eyes

Meadowsight- light brown tom with grass-green eyes

-Windclan-

Leader: Swiftstar- old dark gray-black tom with green eyes and a long tail

Deputy: Flamefang- muscular bright ginger tom with amber eyes

Medicine cat: Larkwing- Silver and Black tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Warriors:

Orangewhisker- bright orange tabby tom with a white chest, underbelly, tail-tip, paws, and blaze on forehead, dark blue eyes

Apprentice: Berrypaw

Mudstreak- small dark brown tom with white streaks all over his pelt , green eyes

Iceclaw- pure white tom with orange-amber eyes; Mates with Tinybreeze

Ferndapple- mottled pale-gray she-cat with darker flecks and bright blue eyes, long feathery tail

Apprentice: Blazepaw

Tinybreeze- small brown she-cat with cream splashes and amber eyes; Mates with Iceclaw

Apprentice: Tallpaw

Foxfoot- ginger tom with amber eyes

Ravenwing- black long-furred she-cat with smoky green eyes

Apprentice: Nimblepaw

Dustfeather- light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes

Whiteflower- white she-cat with gold amber eyes

Sandstripe- dusty ginger she-cat with a dark ginger stripe running down her back, amber eyes

Apprentice: Harepaw

Apprentices:

Berrypaw- bright ginger she-cat with yellow eyes, white paws, white chest, white belly

Blazepaw- dark ginger and white she-cat with green eyes

Tallpaw- tall black and white tom with blue eyes

Nimblepaw- lithe brown she-cat with green eyes

Harepaw- small gray tom with a white underbelly and rather large green eyes

Queens:

Grayfang- dark gray she-cat with a fang hanging out of her mouth, green eyes; Mother of Mudstreak's kits; Soaringkit (gold and brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes), Runningkit (lithe brown tom with a long tail and green eyes), and Leopardkit (gray she-cat with darker spots)

Elders:

Bramblepelt- spiked brown tom with amber eyes

Breezeheart- black she-cat with blind green eyes, nearly deaf