Prologue
A ginger she-cat padded through a dark forest bathed in a light that did not come from the stars or the moon. As she emerged into a clearing, she realized that she was not alone. She could hear pawsteps on the soft forest floor, and she saw two cats slinking in the shadows.
"Who are you?" she called to the cats, but they did not seem to hear her. "Who are you?" she repeated.
The cats did not turn to look at her or acknowledge her, they just padded around her, getting faster and faster until she could not see them and
there was only a blur of tortoiseshell and yellow. Then they suddenly stopped and the tortoiseshell came toward her.
"Do not be afraid young one. For there is hope where you would not expect it. A squirrel scared of thunder, a stream that turns into a river, a rabbit in the shadows, and a tiger in the wind, will save the tribes and discover new things. Some good, some bad." She mewed softly.
"Wait! What do you mean? Who are you?" the she-cat called as the tortoiseshell she-cat and the yellow tom started to fade away. "Come back!" she called.
Squirrel was jerked awake by her sister Petal that shared the same den as her. Their tribe customs were like that. Siblings shared the same den after they became trainees. If a cat became a healer trainee, then they slept in the healer's den. When a cat found a mate, they slept in the same den as them. The kits stayed in the same den until they became trainees. Then it started again.
They all had only one part to their names, except for the kits. They had –kit at the end of their names. When they became a trainee, the –kit came off and their name stayed the same. It was the same for all the tribes. There was Thundertribe, Rivertribe, Shadowtribe, and Windtribe. Oh, and of course, their ancestors, Moontribe. Their full name was Tribe of Rising Moon.
Thundertribe lived in hollow trees and Shadowtribe lived in, well basically the shadows. No one except for the Shadowtribe cats themselves knew where they lived and only knew where their territory was. Rivertribe lived very close to the river and Windtribe lived on the moorland.
Squirrel and Petal's sister Cloud had lived with them before but now she lived with her mate Raven. Raven was a Hunter and Cloud would return to being a Fighter once her kits became trainees. Squirrel and Petal were both Doubles. That meant that they did both hunting and fighting. This was the way she had lived all her life.
A/N: This chapter was just the prologue and to give you an idea of how the tribe works.