A/U: Wow, I didn't expect to get two reviews already. Well, thanks WildCroconaw and Nightkill for reviewing! This one is going to be difficult to write...Mostly because little is known about the original leaders of the Clans. But I wanted to write about the old days, back when there wasn't a twinkle in One-Eye's eye.

BRINDLESTAR

MATE: Unknown

MOTHER: Unknown

FATHER: Unknown

KITS: Unknown

GRANDKITS: Unknown

GREAT-GRANDKITS: Unknown

DESCRIPTION: Dappled tortoiseshell with bright amber eyes*

RANK: Leader

CURRENT STATUS: StarClan

She didn't know what her mother meant by 'future of the Clans'. She wasn't even sure if she was supposed to eavesdrop.

Brindlekit wriggled out of her nest as she thought of the previous night. Her mother, Mossflower, had told her that the future of ShadowClan would rest on her paws. She knew that it was a huge responsibility. When she saw the Clan deputy, she thought of what it would be like leading the Clan.

The dappled tortoiseshell poked her head out of the nursery as the sun rose.

Soon she and her siblings would be apprentices. Watching older apprentices had sent a feeling of longing through Brindlekit for the past couple of moons.

One day that will be me leaving for the sunhigh patrol, she thought as Oakpaw and Duskpaw left with their mentors.

"Brindlekit, what are you doing up so early?" The tiny kit blinked when she heard a voice calling from the hollowed-out tree stump.

It was Hollystar, leader of ShadowClan. The gray-blue she-cat was watching Brindlekit from her den. Her sky-blue eyes gleamed like the sun as she gazed at the kit. Brindlekit shivered at the state. She wasn't used to feeling the stares of every cat.

"I couldn't sleep," Brindlekit admitted through parted jaws.

Her dreams had been rattled with the whispers of cats. She wasn't sure what they meant, but she had a feeling that they were important. One day she might be able to figure out what they meant.

"Leafbare has been hard on us all," Hollystar murmured after she joined Brindlekit by the nursery. "But one day, our Clan will grow strong."

"Hollystar!" The ShadowClan leader lifted her head at the cry of alarm. "The border patrol was attacked by a group of ThunderClan warriors," a big tabby tom panted after he reached his leader.

Hollystar's eyes narrowed with fury as she saw the blood that now stained his pelt. Brindlekit shivered from the scent of it. She knew that one day she would defend her borders like the warrior. One day that blood would be her own.

"Take out as many cats as you feel necessary," Hollystar told him.

The tabby gave her a stiff nod before limping towards the warriors' den.

Brindlekit watched as they headed off into battle. ShadowClan will win, she thought to herself. ShadowClan always won the battles. At least that was how her mother had described it. She silently prayed to StarClan that they would allow the patrol to return without severe wounds.

. . .

Night had fallen by the time the reinforcements returned. Brindlekit stared at the scene before her in dismay.

A trail of blood was left by the cats that had come back. Two of them carried the body of a dark brown tom, whose pelt was stained with the marks of claws. Brindlekit grimaced at the sight. ThunderClan had done this! She unsheathed her tiny claws at the thought. She would never forgive them for what they did to her Clanmates!

"We lost," meowed a snowy white tom with gray ears. "Those cowards had RiverClan to back them up."

Hollystar stared at them in shock. Her deputy, Redstripe, also looked dismayed. He shook his head and began to mutter something under his breath as the patrol explained what had happened. Apparently it had been a fight over prey. One that the ThunderClan cats started.

I won't let them get away with this, Brindlekit thought as the medicine cat began to work with the injured warriors. They murdered my Clanmate, and they will pay.

A/U: Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. Brindlestar was a little hard to write about, but I'm sure that if you've read Code of the Clans you'll know who she is. Anyways, the people who review this will get a Brindlestar plushie!