Chapter 1:

Willowkit's eyes flickered open. Bright sunlight blinded her momentarily. It took five seconds for her eyes to adjust to the light. She looked around her den, it was huge! A whimper escaped from her mouth before she could stop it, how small she must look compared to the rest of the world! Alerted by the mew, her mother, Spiritclaw looked at her in awe. At first Willowkit thought she had something caught in her fur but she soon realised her mother wasn't looking at her fur but into her eyes!

She stared right back at her mother this time noticing that she had black fur. A small yawn startled Willowkit and caused her to tumble out of her nest and into a pile of leaves. Giggling, she started to roll around. By the expression on her mother's face, she could tell this wasn't a smart thing to do, so rushed back to their nest.

Yet again she heard a yawn, it was louder this time. Investigating, Willowkit went to the other side of the nest, her little pink nose touching the ground. Suddenly her nose hit something, she looked up to see another kitten! They both squeaked and jumped backwards in surprise. Willowkit looked up to see her mother chuckling, "Willowkit meet Dawnkit, Dawnkit meet Willowkit."

"Who is she mother?" They both asked simultaneously.

"Your littermates."

Willowkit asked timidly, "I have a sister?"

Spiritclaw nodded.

Both of the sisters jumped over to each other, Willowkit was so happy, she had a sister! On closer examination Dawnkit looked like a replica of their mother. The same black fur and amber eyes, they even had the same white patch on their tail tips. But if both my mother and sister have black fur, why am I silver?

Spiritclaw noticed the confusion in Willowkit's eyes, "You have your father's silver pelt and sky blue eyes."

I am like my father! I bet he is the strongest and most loyal warrior ever! She puffed out her chest proudly, I know I will be the best warrior someday just you wait and see.

Dawnkit looked at her, confused, "Why is your tummy so big, are you turning into a monster?"

"I will show you who is a monster, grrr."

Squeaking her sister ran out of the den her tail streaming behind her, "You can catch me!"

Willowkit raced after her.

Their mother called out to them before they left, "Don't be gone too long and don't disturb the older cats!"

Looking at each other mischievously they replied, "We won't!"

Willowkit had to do a retake of her surroundings, she had thought their den was big.

"Hey Willowkit let's see if we can find the warriors den."

Willowkit was about to disagree when she had a crazy idea, maybe she could find her father! He would be so glad to see them!

"Wait for me!"

Willowkit came to an abrupt halt. Her littermate had stopped outside a den, the entrance was built of two leaning logs. The den was smaller than theirs but still big enough to hold at least four cats. Dawnkit started to pad into the den but stopped when she realised that Willowkit wasn't following her, "What's wrong too scared?"

"I am not!" She mewed.

"Well then let's go."

She took her first paw-step towards the den, this isn't so bad, she thought.

As the two kits got further into the cave they realised it was very dark, almost pitched black.

Without warning two eyes glowed in the darkness. Both of the sisters squealed out.

Someone started laughing hysterically.

"Oh Snakestripe you are very cruel sometimes." A voice said from behind a fallen log.

"It is just a game Honeycloud the elders did it to me when I was there age." This time it was an old croaking voice that spoke.

Dawnkit and Willowkit were both still petrified. Who were these cats?

A small tortoiseshell stepped out from behind the log, she must be the one they called Honeycloud. "But does that mean you can do it to them? I remember you shaking when Littlewing did the exact same thing to you."

"Humph if I remember correctly you were the one who scampered out of the den like you were being chased by a badger!"

"You are ever so good at lying Snakestripe."

The croaking voice spoke again, "Me lie? Never!"

The she-cat was about to reply but obviously thought better of it, so instead she turned to the trembling kits, "Don't be frightened little ones my littermate was just joking around."

Willowkit sat up straight, she wasn't scared! She was brave just like a warrior! Her sister was also doing the same thing, "We are not scared!"

Smirking the she-cat said, "Brave young kits would you like to hear a story?"

Willowkit nodded vigorously she loved to hear stories! Her mother had told them loads when she was feeding them, ones about warriors and even the other clans! Although Willowkit couldn't remember their names she remembered that one of them was known for being able to swim!

"Well kits my story is about a huge battle with foxes!"

Although she didn't know what 'foxes' where she could tell from the way the elder spat the word out, that they weren't very pleasant creatures.

"It all happened here in our camp, a huge mass of foxes came stamping into our camp, their teeth were bared and their claws were sharp they were here to kill."

Her sister gasped. She definitely didn't want to see a fox ever!

"Our warriors fought hard but were no match for the huge foxes we needed the help of our warrior ancestors if we were ever going to defeat them."

Willowkit didn't know who these 'warrior ancestors' were but they sounded awfully strong.

"It was that night that our ancestors helped us, the battle was still raging on and we were sure that we'd lose until Leafberry our previous medicine cat was given a message!"

Medicine Cat? There were so many things that she didn't know about, was this 'medicine cat' a warrior ancestor too?

"She told us to that we needed help from our greatest enemy, dogs."

Dogs! Willowkit didn't know much but she definitely knew that these 'dogs' were definitely not the clan cats friends. Their mother had told them that numerous cats had died at the jaws of these dogs.

"Amazingly a kit who discovered the meaning of the message! She knew that dogs could save us because they were not only our enemy but the fox's enemy too."

A kit!? How could a kit unravel a secret message that was impossible!

"Ah yes kits I know what you're thinking, how could a kit know the meaning of this message? Well the answer is she was destined to become a medicine cat and this was Starclan's way of showing the clan that she was to be the new medicine cat and the way to solve this terrible battle!"

But another thing was still bugging Willowkit, "How could all of this have happened whilst the battle was raging on?"

"That is a wise question little one but the answer is simple, even foxes must sleep."

Dawnkit chimed in, "That's when our warriors attacked and led the foxes to the dogs isn't it?"

"Yes that is right, our warriors attacked fiercely during the night and created a trail right to the dogs and that is why we don't find foxes on our territory because that one battle left a scar on all foxes alike."

Willowkit looked up at the old she-cat, "Were you in the battle?"

The elder purred, "I was, even grumpy old Snakestripe over there fought too."

"No way!" Dawnkit mewed, "He fought in a battle?"

"Of course! Every warrior has at least fought in one battle, in fact the reason we became warriors is because of that battle."

Both littermates gasped, even the word 'warrior' made their pelts tingle.

"Anyway enough of the past, your mother must be worried sick you must get back to her now."

"Ok" They said.

Willowkit ran back to their den, happy to see that their mother was waiting for them. She grabbed them by the scruff and carried them back to the nest.

"Mother, we learnt all about loads of things today and we even met a new friend, her name is Honeycloud."

"That's nice my sweet-hearts you can tell me all about it at sun-high but for now you must go to sleep, I will let you meet your father tomorrow."

Willowkit couldn't wait! She soon fell into a deep sleep, her mind filled with foxes and brave warriors.