Chapter 1: Mission Impossible
"Tribe of Burning Flames! Assemble!" a young tom's booming voice echoed around the cave. His dark pelt was barely visible under the shadows that the cave provided.
Cats from all around the cave obediently got up from their nests and hurried over to their leaders.
"Have you gotten a sign yet?" a nervous white and brown queen asked.
The leader, Forestfire, leapt up onto his ledge and looked down on his tribe.
"Yes, and I know who we are sending," he replied.
"Sending?"
The cats murmured to each other for a moment before Forestfire silenced them.
"We have been given a prophecy, and it must be fulfilled."
"Who are we sending?" a black tom asked.
"Stargazer," his gaze swept across the crowd of cats.
Hesitantly, a gray she-cat stepped forward to the front of the crowd. Her green eyes gleamed as the moonlight shone down on her pelt from the ceiling of the cave.
"Yes?" she replied, her voice quiet, but loud enough for the silent crowd of cats to hear.
"You are going," he ordered.
"Where am I heading?" she asked.
"You are going to Sky Clan. I have gotten a sign from their medicine cat pleading for help," he said. "They might have been trying to contact our fellow tribe, the Tribe of Rushing Water, but if you meet someone on the way, keep going."
"Sky Clan, she murmured. "Isn't that a lost Clan?"
"Yes."
"How am I supposed to get there?" she asked, doubting her amazing abilities. She was very strong, she could run fast, pin any cat down…she could do almost anything, and she still had very little confidence in her self.
"Your senses are enhanced, Gazer of the Stars, I hope you haven't forgotten," he noted. "Don't let your blindness get to you. Let our ancestors guide you there."
She nodded and took a deep breath. "When do I leave?"
"Tonight, if possible," he grunted, as he leapt from the ledge and landed beside her.
"Tonight," she sighed. Well, starting over again wouldn't be as bad the second time. She will have to leave everything again, but she'll gain many things later when she gets to the Clan.
"You're prepared to leave?" he asked as they waited at the mouth of the cave.
"I'm as prepared as I'll ever be," she replied.
"Alright, send us a sign when you get there," he advised.
"I'll do my best. Thank you for everything, though. I've really enjoyed being with the tribe," she bowed her head to the tom.
"We've enjoyed your company," he responded, licking her forehead. "Now, go forth Gazer of the Stars, and fulfill the prophecy."
Stargazer patted out until the moonlight shone on her pelt, the cold light chilling her to the bone.
She had memorized every boulder, every stone, every pathway…but still, she didn't think it was enough.
She leapt from where she was standing and landed lightly on a boulder farther down.
"Don't forget," Forestfire's voice rang in her ears as she leapt away.
She'll be alright, definitely. Now that she was going, nothing could stop her.