Hello everyone! I am here with the second book of my Bright Horror trilogy, Sunny Darkness. As always, keep reading and keep reviewing!

Prologue

A storm howled through out the night, and rain pounded into the trees and splattered up, soaking the forest floor. Lightning streaked across the sky, shedding the land with less than a second of blinding white light. Thunder crashed down from the heavens, shaking the forest with its mighty tremors.

A large black tom broke from the trees to a dark clearing, teeth bared. Mud was caked along his pelt as he skidded to a halt. An angry growl shook his lips as he stared through the rain to the clearing. Inspecting every inch, his fur began to lay flat, seeing that no one was out. Satisfied he trudged through the mud to a large opening at the side of a hill that overlooked the clearing. Slipping inside, the storm grew quieter as he fixed his attention to the cave stretched out before him.

Eyes narrowed, he padded along the rim of the cave, paws leaving behind prints of water. It was cold in the cave, and his imbrued fur did not help with keeping warm. He shook out his pelt, spraying water against the pointed stalagmites. At long last he wound his way to an empty nest.

A tuft of black fur stuck out on a piece of bracken. The tom plucked at it with his claw, and emitted a long, vile snarl. With a grunt he lay down in the nest, snapping shut his apathetic amber eyes.

For what felt like moons, nothing happened, and he did not dare open his eyes again, that would break the long awaited connection, and he would have to sit through the same thing again. He would have to wait for awakening to come to him.

The black tom did not lose his patience, no matter how long he was designated to wait in empty, grotesque darkness for the time the world held.

At long last, faint light danced at the edge of his sight. He opened his eyes, and took in the view. His jaw dropped in disgust and surprise. A bare forest floor stretched out beyond him, disappearing within a murky, grayish-brown fog that hung low to his laws. Leafless trees stood so tall, they vanished from sight, before the peaks were sighted. A turbid, thick black river ran beside him, and bubbled with a venomous stench.

"I have been waiting for you."

The black tom whipped around to see a pair of slitted, threatening yellow eyes, clouded and dark through the fog. "Blackstorm, indeed I have."

"Aye," Blackstorm growled. His eyes flew from corner to corner. "What have I told you, the Place of No Stars does exist. I no longer want to hear you speaking bad of it down in the forest. Am I understood?"

The black tom snorted. "Whatever you say, sir. But what did you expect me think? When a cat dies, their life is over, how can they possibly live on? It all seemed quite ridiculous to me."

"Ah," said Blackstorm, "But now you have proof. Forget this, why have you come, exactly?"

"For what ever reason you summoned me," replied the tom, neck fur bristling.

"What do you think?" snarled Blackstorm. "I am dead now, and the Place of No Stars is far from the Clans. That pathetic StarClan keeps up tight barriars; I will not always be able to mentor you. But as long as you have come at our strongest point, the time of a destructive thunderstorm, I suppose I can give you information. I have asked you to meet me, obviously, because you need to take down ShadowClan, and most specifically, Radiantmask."

The tom's mind flashed to when a lean, black and white she-cat had fallen from a tree to her death, after taking Blackstorm's life as well. He scowled in confusion. "But sir, Radiantmask is dead, how do you expect me to harm her when she is safely within the ranks of StarClan?"

Blackstorm's lips curled. "We harm what she still cares of most, and what would she be able to do when she is useless to the living, as she is not? When we take her loved ones, we take her Clan, and when ShadowClan is done for, nothing can stand in our way."

The tom smiled. "And I will lead them?"

"Yes," replied Blackstorm. "I see no one better. Your life was of loss and madness; you are driven to do the worst. As much work as it takes, I will watch you from here, and when the darkness is strong enough, we will rule the forest!"

A horrific laugh shook the Dark Forest as Blackstorm vowed his revenge. His sounds of joy abruptly turned to a rasping hack.

"Work fast, we are getting weaker," he croaked between coughs. "I trust you Midnight, make me proud, and lead the darkness to its fate."

Allegiances

ShadowClan

Leader: Smokestar- dark gray tom with gray eyes

Deputy: Pouncefoot- brown and white tom with amber eyes

Medicine Cat: None

Warriors:

Cloudwind- light gray she-cat

Curvefang- tawny tom with a crooked tooth

Soottail- pale gray and black tom

Furledwhisker- ginger tom with blue eyes

Queens:

Scarletfur- bright ginger she-cat with green eyes (mother to Smokestar's kits: Mousekit- light gray she-cat, Stormkit- dark gray tom, Tigerkit- ginger tabby tom)

Elders:

Rainfur- gray tom

ThunderClan

Leader- Cherrystar- cream she-cat

Deputy- Bkackfire- black tom with unusal golden spots

WindClan

Leader- Ivystar- yellowish she-cat with white paws

Deputy- brown tabby tom

RiverClan

Leader: Fishstar- silver tom

Deputy: Ravenheart- black tom

Cats Outside of Clans

Sunny- pale brown and white she-cat with green eyes

Midnight- black tom

Fawn- brown and golden she-cat

Jaws- gray tabby tom

Yay! This story is getting started! I just want all of you to know that there is going to be a resemblence between the main character and Firestar, so I don't want to hear complaining in the future. Thank you to everyone and review!

~Destiny