chapter 1
"Mother," I whimpered. "Don't throw me out."
"Rain, you know the rules." My mother growled. Although she tried to sound harsh, her green eyes were filled with sadness. I was the only survivor out of her four kits. "Get out."
I decided to go find my father. When I was little, my mother took me to his den at times. He's the leader. His name is Scourge. I would have to use my tracking skills, which wasn't easy in the stinky Twolegplace, but I could always try.
I found my way to the Twoleg park where I met my father. I found his scent. It was fading, but it was his scent. Trusting my nose, I ran through a maze of Thunderpaths, Twoleg nests, and piles of Twoleg rubbish, until I found one of those huge green boxes that Twolegs contain their rubbish in. Under there, was Scourge's den.
"Father?" I asked tentatively, peering into the shadows. No one answered. "Father?" I asked again, louder this time. "Scourge?"
"He won't be here," a voice growled behind me. I spun around to face a large black and white tom.
"Greetings, Bone," I mewed, dipping my head respectively to the second in command.
"Who are you?" Bone asked, more aggressively this time.
"I am Rain," I answered.
"Scourge's daughter?" The large tom's amber eyes lit up immediately, and he sounded friendlier.
"Yes…"
"How many moons are you? You don't look old enough to be out here on your own." He sounded concerned.
"I'm twelve moons old," I meowed, trying my best to sound older and more mature. I could feel myself blush with embarrassment.
"Rain, is that you?" a black tom stepped out from the shadows in the Twoleg rubbish piles. "Father!" I squealed, relieved, then I quickly scolded myself for sounding like a kit.
"Are you twelve moons yet?" Scourge sounded suspicious.
"Yes," I mewed. "Mother told me to find a place to live, but I wanted to come find you first."
Scourge beckoned to me with his tail. I trotted to his side obediently; I knew what Scourge was capable of doing. He leaped to the top of the Twoleg rubbish box. Scourge leaped up some piles of Twoleg rubbish on top of the rubbish box, and onto a wall. I followed him.
Wow! I had never seen the Twolegplace like this before! It's so big, and there are so many cats! I couldn't believe that it was my father who ruled over all these cats, and… they're all scared of him. "One day," Scourge meowed to me, his ice blue gaze filled with pride. "One day, you will rule over these cats. You will be the leader of BloodClan!"
The thought of being as powerful as my father was tempting; to have all those cats out there fear and follow me seemed like the best thing I could ever want. Scourge chose me to be his successor. Not Bone, but me, tiny little Rain, because I am his daughter. Because I have what it takes to command the feline population in the Twolegplace!