Chapter 1: The Journey Begins

Hey! How are you, my lovely reviewers? Hope your having a better holiday than I am! Thanks for the reviews! This is a short chapter, and I will update all of my stories soon, but not now. Visit my profile soon! I love profile visits! Kewix just visited my profile and she likes the fact that I mentioned her in it. I can't mention everyone in it, but I might mention authors who have written my favorite stories or who have made it to my favorite author list, which is hard to get on to! On with the chapter!!!

Nightpaw's POV

I woke with sunlight streaming into my eyes, so I had to shut them and open them slowly. The fire was gone with the forest-nothing was left, not even a tree stump burnt to a crisp. Grey and white ash lay on the ground like snow; only it wasn't packed tightly to the ground. I looked around; no one had come. I got up and began to groom my smoke stained fur, even if it was originally black. Moonpaw stirred beside me and looked up at me with sad blue eyes.

"Have you lost someone dear to you, too?" She asked me in a soft whisper. I turned away and headed toward what was the Shadowclan camp.

"Where are you going?" Moonpaw asked me curiously.

"I'm going to see my clan, or what's left of it." She ran up beside me and we walked together through the ash. It was a chilly dawn, but it would warm up soon, the sun was already up. We reached the Thunderpath, but there were no monsters.

"Maybe they hate fire just as much as we do." Moonpaw suggested before padding gracefully across the Thunderpath. I dashed after her quickly, half expecting a monster to come storming down the Thunderpath and take my life that very second. There was no prey sent or trees, only ash. We reached the Shadowclan camp after awhile of wondering through ash. It was hardly recognizable with all the ash that covered it. Moonpaw's ears pricked and she ran off to the Medicine Cat den, a den between a large rock and the High Boulder where the leader's den was. I saw a couple cats under the ash and was going to uncover them, but my paws padded after Moonpaw.

"Fernpaw, are you ok?" that was Moonpaw's voice.

"Moonpaw, is my brother alive? Is he with you?" a soft, raspy voice said quietly. I rushed into the den.

"Fernpaw! Your alive!" I shouted. My sister, Fernpaw, was the medicine cat apprentice. I was so glad she had survived. What would I do with out her?

"Starclan sent me a prophecy, Nightpaw. That's why I'm still alive," she whispered before going into a fit of hacking and coughing. Blood sputtered out of her mouth and stained some of the ash red grey.

"Fernpaw, are you ok? You are going to live, right?" I began t panic.

"There is nothing you can do, Nightpaw. I have also gotten this prophecy from Starclan." Moonpaw said sadly.

"Six will fight, four will continue, two will find the rest. Rebuilding once, then falling. Rebuilding twice, then staying. Reunited you will be with many others you shall find. One will come and kill three, then try to take what was rebuilt. Six will fight, reunited, and four will rule what holds lost." Fernpaw coughed again.

"I'll see you sooner than you think," Fernpaw turned to Moonpaw, "You were a good friend to me, please be a good friend to my brother too..." He eyes closed and her breathing slowed then stopped. A single tear rolled down my cheek. I felt terrible, yet somewhere inside me, I was relieved that she wouldn't have to suffer anymore. Moonpaw and me buried her in the center of the clearing, then hunted around for other cats and buried them around her. We finished at sunhigh.

"Do you want to go to your clan?" I asked Moonpaw.

"No, that's ok. I don't need to go there." Confused, I lead the way back to Highstones. Sunpaw and Daypaw were sharing a rabbit while Softkit and Loudkit were playing on the rocks.

"We just came back from our clans and decided to hunt on the way. We got you a magpie to share. The kits have already eaten." Sunpaw said, licking his lips.

"Okay!" Moonpaw grabbed the magpie and sat down beside Daypaw and began eating. I sat down new to her and ate too. When we had finished our meal, it was just a little past sunhigh and we filled in Sunpaw and Daypaw on what had happened.

"So shall we go then? We'd best head off right now if we want to find a place to sleep by Moonhigh." Daypaw said and gathered the kits together.

"Let's go, then." Softkit said as she bounced around Moonpaw's paws.

We then headed out past Highstones, to the world of unknown.

Cheesy ending sentence, I know. Did you like it??? Was it good? What do you think the prophecy means? Try to guess, and you'll get a cat in my story. If your to lazy to scroll back up, the prophecy is: "Six will fight, four will continue, two will find the rest. Rebuilding once, then falling. Rebuilding twice, then staying. Reunited you will be with many others you shall find. One will come and kill three, then try to take what was rebuilt. Six will fight, reunited, and four will rule what holds lost." Have fun guessing! I'll give you a small hint: the main six don't die when 'One will come and kill three' ok? One does die though, but later. Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!!!

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Feathersong