Prologue, four seasons ago-
Song- eyeless- Slipknot ((warning: cussing)) (basically just the beginning instrumental.)
**warnings: a little blood.
I'm sorry it's short ; - ;
The bright moon shone down on the cats mulling around the clearing, their expressions expectant and happy as they chatted. The youngest cats, apprentices, looked especially excited.
The clearing was surrounded by dark trees, casting shadows that were long and twisted under the light of the moon. The eerie sound of owls and crickets could be heard.
Two leaders, one who looked around their last moon and a slightly youger one, stood in the center, conversing quietly.
The youngest, and smallest, spoke up with great annoyance. "Birchstar, when will they get here?"
The older one, Birchstar, looked doubtful. "Thornstar, calm. They'll be here soon."
Thornstar just growled and faced the group of younger cats. They were staring at a small hill by the treeline, and she faced it herself.
A averaged sized grey tom emerged from over the hill, his sweeping yellow gaze landing on the youngest cats. As the rest of his Clan flowed around him like a stream. Their pelts waving and claws flashing as they surrounded the other cats. Their eyed glittered with excitement.
The dark gray tom raised his muzzle to the sky. "Our Clan is growing bigger and older, and we need more hunters to provide for us! Your apprentices will battle, and we will take the winner as our own."
Thornstar stepped forward, her silver eyes challenging. "Ashstar, call off your cats. Neither DuskClan nor HillClan will agree to this nonsense!"
Ashstars tail whisked through the night air. "I thought you'd say that Thornstar."
Out of the shadows, three large cats leaped. Two toms leaped forward and held Thornstar down. Before most cats even knew what was happening, the third cat, a rusty orange female, had sliced her claws across the young leaders throat, and Thornstar convulsed as blood flowed freely from her neck.
Several cats leaped forward to attack the leaders murders, but Ashstar flicked his tail again and they all hit the ground with the weight of his warriors.
Ashstar smiled at the gaping faces and the few braver cats that had tried to attack him.
"You see, my cats are ready for this. Thornstar's lucky that she didn't waste all of her lives. She still has a few left. Though, my warriors aren't afraid to kill her over and over again.
" You see, you don't have to agree with our ways. But you will cooperate." He grinned. "I'll be back in a moon to collect the winning apprentice."
And as he turned, and his warriors followed him, HillClan and DuskClan's eyes glittered with horror of what had happened, and fear of what was to come.