Hi everyone!

This chapter has Featherkit's, the Dark Forest and Dawnkit's point of view. This chapter is a bit boring, but I felt the need to introduce the kits and elders. Since kits don't see warriors a lot, there will be no warriors featured in this chapter.

Review for virtual cookies! Sorry if this chapter is rubbish. List of ThunderClan cats at the end of the chapter! Enjoy if you can, and if you hated it, review and tell me what I'm doing wrong so I can improve! If you loved it, review and tell me what I'm doing right so I can make it even better!

The Dark Forest POV might not make a lot of sense until we get further into the story... I just needed a way to introduce Darkheart and her ways in her rein of the Dark Forest.

Hope you enjoy the second chapter of my story!

Featherkit crouched in a small bush near the elders den in ThunderClan camp. She tasted the air carefully, alert for predators that may come around. She detected another cat, an enemy warrior. Featherkit lashed her tail as the scent became stronger, and adrenaline pumped through her veins. She saw the cat, a dark ginger tabby like herself, and tiny claws sprang out of her white paws. The figure moved toward her. Featherkit prepared to pounce. Closer... She marked her path, planning her attack. Even closer... When the figure was less than a fox-length away from her, she pounced, momentarily flying like a bird, before hitting the cat in front of her in the air. Featherkit pushed with all her strength. So did the other cat. Then... "Oof!" Featherkit hit the ground with a thud. A silver and white tabby tom giggled from another bush. As the "Enemy warrior" stood up, the tom laughed even harder at her sister. Featherkit relaxed the muscles she didn't know she was tensing and laughed along. Featherkit's sister grunted.

"Don't laugh, Moonkit!" she, Dawnkit, grumbled. Featherkit took this chance to pounce on her sister and delivered the "Death Blow". Dawnkit squealed. Featherkit puffed out her chest proudly. "I, Featherstar, leader of ThunderClan, declare this land OURS!" She yowled victoriously. Dawnkit struggled against her.

"Okay, okay, you win, ThunderClan!" Dawnkit rolled her eyes as she admitted defeat. "The abandoned twolegplace is yours once again." Moonkit cheered. Rainkit pouted. Petalkit just stared.

"Can I be ThunderClan leader now, Featherkit?" Petalkit whined. Featherkit coughed. Petalkit rolled her eyes. "FeatherSTAR, can I be leader of ThunderClan now?" Featherkit growled playfully, "You'll have to beat I, the ferocious Featherstar, in a battle first!" She puffed out her chest and sat down. "Tell me when you are ready to be defeated!"

Petalkit mewed, "I'm ready when you are, O mighty one!" She strutted off to the nursery without waiting for a reply. Featherkit yawned widely. "I'm bored now. Dawnkit, Moonkit, Rainkit, do you want to get some fresh-kill?" She suggested. Rainkit nodded and licked his lips, then padded off in pursuit of the fresh-kill pile. Moonkit shrugged and followed.

"Come on then, Featherkit, how 'bout we go get some too?" Dawnkit meowed. Featherkit purred. She knew she could always rely on Dawnkit to keep her company, even when her older denmates decided she was too young to play with them. "Sure," Featherkit replied, "I could eat a fox!" Dawnkit scoffed as she and Featherkit ran off to the fresh-kill pile.

Darkheart unsheathed her claws as her Dark Forest warriors forced a smoky grey she-cat into the clearing she stood in. She narrowed her eyes. "What have we here, but a traitor to the group she lives in?" she drawled. The she-cat spat, "I am only being loyal to my ancestors, fox-heart."

"By sneaking into StarClan territory and telling them all our secrets and plans? How mouse-brained can you get?" Darkheart hissed back. She turned to a group of her warriors. "Destroy her," She ordered them, "a disloyal cat is worth nothing. If we are to carry out what we are planning, there is no room for stupid cats that may ruin everything." She glared at the she-cat. The group of warriors snarled and charged forward. Fear struck the she-cats eyes as the warriors ripped her flesh, and in a few heartbeats she faded completely.

Darkheart purred. "Good job, my loyal warriors. Do such a good job as this when the time comes, and we will once again be the most powerful clan!" More Warriors poured into the clearing. Darkheart leapt up onto a blood-stained boulder and addressed the whole of the Dark Forest.

"Warriors of the Dark Forest, thanks to every one of you, we are rising once again." Her gaze swept over every cat in the clearing before she continued. "It is time to take things a step further, though. I invite you to each take one living cat from any clan, and take it as your apprentice to train during every night."

The Dark Forest cats yowled their approval and began to chat excitedly to their neighbors. Darkheart hissed loudly and the chatter came to a stop swiftly.

"Tonight, as soon as your chosen cat falls asleep, you must walk in their dreams. You must tell them that you can train them to become better members of their clans. Mind what you say, and mind which cat you choose. If a cat is old and wise enough, they will refuse." Darkheart growled, "But do not, under any circumstances, threaten them! I know of some cats who would report such happenings straight to their leaders."

The Dark Forest cats nodded and began to mutter to their neighbors once again. This time, Darkheart did not stop them, but instead leapt off the bloodboulder and stalked off.

Featherkit finished her robin and turned to Dawnkit. She looked up from her mouse.

"Finished already, Featherkit?" She mewed after swallowing her mouthful of mouse. Featherkit mewed, "Yeah. I'm going off to see the elders, alright?" Dawnkit nodded. "I'll meet you there when I'm done." she said. So Featherkit padded off to the elder's den.

Halfpelt met her there. "Hello, Featherkit, here for a story?" Featherkit nodded timidly. Truth be told, Halfpelt still scared her a little, even though she was four moons old. Halfpelt laughed. "Come in then, little one!"

Featherkit snuck past Halfpelt shyly. His stench wafted up her nostrils. It smelt like he hadn't groomed himself in moons! Most likely because he hasn't, she thought to herself as she entered the den and Rosedrop came into view. Rosedrop was far more pleasant to be around than Halfpelt, partly because she smelt of herbs instead of crowfood. Rosedrop used to be ThunderClan's medicine cat, according to her mother, until her apprentice Ravenpelt got her full medicine cat name. She then retired to be an elder a few moons before Dawnkit and Featherkit were born.

"Hello, Featherkit, do you want to hear a story?" Rosedrop's voice woke her from her thoughts. Featherkit nodded. "Yes Rosedrop, do you know any that you haven't told us?" She asked. Rosedrop looked thoughtful for a second.

"Have I told you the story about the Dark Forest cats?" Rosedrop asked. Featherkit's eyes widened. "No, you've never told us that one, Rosedrop." She replied. Rosedrop nodded and began to tell the story.

"Once, a long, long time ago, before any cat living today was born..." She meowed.

"No, Rosedrop, don't you tell my kit that story!" Squirrelstripe, Featherkit's mother, was standing in the entrance, eyes wide with horror. Halfpelt nodded. "She probably right, you know," He rasped, "I remember telling that story to Squirrelstripe when she was almost a warrior, and even then it scared her out of her wits."

Rosedrop sighed. "Another time then, eh, Featherkit?" She suggested. Dawnkit padded into the elder's den at that moment.

"Whats all the fuss about?" She asked innocently. Squirrelstripe ushered both Dawnkit and Featherkit out of the den. "Nothing you need to worry about, Dawnkit." She replied firmly.

Squirrelstripe chewed on her piece of fresh-kill contently. "I think it's time two naughty kits got to sleep!' She teased, nudging Featherkit into her nest. She squeaked a protest, but curled up all the same. Dawnkit padded to her nest beside her and sat down. As she rested her head on her paws, her eyes suddenly felt droopy. She yawned. "Night, Featherkit." No reply came. Dawnkit sighed and let sleep wash over her.

Dawnkit was in a wide clearing with tall clovers growing in patches all over the forest floor. She looked up and saw a little moth, flitting from side to side in the air, teasing her. She crouched in her best hunting stance, eyes on her prey, tail lashing. She sprung up into the air, but the moth flew higher. "Fox-dung!" she growled.

"Fox-dung indeed, young Dawnkit," came an unfamiliar voice from behind her. Dawnkit turned around slowly. She saw nothing but shadow for a heartbeat, but then a black figure stepped out. The she-cat was huge, at least twice her mother's size.

"Who are you?" Dawnkit intended to meow, but it came out a whimper. The strange she-cat purred.

"I am Darkheart," she said, "Leader of the dark forest.

Did you like it? I hope so! Here is a list of ThunderClan cats as promised!

Leader: Skystar: white tom with sky-blue eyes

Apprentice, Frostpaw

Deputy: Redwing: Dark Ginger tabby she-cat with yellow eyes

Medicine cat: Ravenpelt: Mottled black she-cat with a white tail-tip and amber eyes

Warriors: Sharpfang: a brown tabby tom with green eyes

Apprentice, Foxpaw

Mudfeather: A fluffy brown she-cat with a white chest, one white ear, green eyes

Bluefrost: a blue-gray she-cat with one darker gray paw and amber eyes

Goldenheart: A gold tom with long claws

Amberstorm: A black she-cat with amber eyes

Owleye: a white tom with wide green eyes

Apprentice, Patchpaw

Blackear: A white tom with black ears

Mousefoot: A tawny she-cat with wide green eyes

Dustyfur: An old light gray tom with one torn ear and blue eyes

Apprentice, Nutpaw

Birdfeather: A fluffy gold she-cat with white paws and leaf green eyes

Apprentice, Tansypaw

Whitefoot: A tortoiseshell tom with white paws and yellow eyes

Darkbird: A fluffy black tom with blue eyes

Tawnypatch: A fluffy tortoiseshell and white she-cat with blue eyes

Apprentices: Foxpaw: a dark ginger she-cat with a bushy tail and green eyes

Patchpaw: a tortoiseshell and white tom with amber eyes

Frostpaw: A silver tabby tom with one white paw and blue eyes

Tansypaw: A golden and white tabby she-cat with mismatching eyes

Nutpaw: A tortoiseshell she-cat with yellow eyes, former kittypet

Silverpaw: A silver tabby she-cat with white paws and green eyes

Queens: Squirrelstripe: a dark ginger and white tabby with blue eyes. Mate: Darkbird Kits: Featherkit, and Dawnkit

Silverstripe: A silver tabby with a dark gray tail-tip and amber eyes. Mate: Skystar. Kits: Moonkit, Rainkit and Petalkit

Reedfeather: A blue-grey cat with amber eyes. Mate: Blackear Kits: expecting

Kits: Featherkit: A fluffy dark ginger tabby she-cat with white paws and blue eyes

Dawnkit: A dark ginger tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Moonkit: A silver and white tabby tom with green eyes

Rainkit: A silver tabby tom with amber eyes

Petalkit: A white she-cat with silver spots all over her pelt, amber eyes

Elders: Halfpelt: An old brown tabby tom with clumps of fur falling out, blue eyes

Rosedrop: A pretty golden tabby she-cat with green eyes

Hopefully next chapter I can post a list of Dark Forest cats. They're VERY important in this story. I need name and appearance ideas for the Dark Forest cats! If you can PM me with an OC I can use as a Dark Forest cat, that would be REALLY useful! Come on, you know you want to! Here's a form to fill out for an OC.

Name:

Gender:

Appearance:

Other:

So yeah, if you have time to do this, PLEASE do! I will accept any OCs that you send in.

Thank you to my reviewers for last chapter! I'm really glad you like it! Any suggestions? I ask you again to PLEASE review!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed!