Hey all you fans! If anyone's still reading this, here's the next chapter! I was going to have it posted yesterday, but it was getting late and I wasn't sure if anyone would be awake to read it. So I decided on today after school instead. Is that okay? I hope it is.

I do not own Warriors. And... chapters... I don't know if I can get them out quickly or slowly, sometimes it just depends on the day... sometimes I can't write, and last night I was writing one of my on-going stories for the first time in weeks. And it just happened to be this story. So yay.

"Driftkit, come on," Splashkit called to the younger kit. Driftkit, eyes bright, chased after the other tomcat. Splashkit was only less than a moon older than him, but Driftkit was almost as big as the other kit.

"I'm coming!" Driftkit yowled, barreling after the older tomcat. The ginger tomcat with the black paws didn't want to give up, and lose the race. He wanted to prove that even a major emotional setback didn't cause him to be any less of a warrior than any other kit. Driftkit hated losing, and hated looking weak in front of other cats. He missed his mother, yes, but he really wanted to be the best he could be. He actually dreamed of being leader one day. Most kits did for a while, but Driftkit wasn't about to give up on that goal.

Splashkit slowed down to a stop and Driftkit shot past him. Splashkit laughed. "Driftkit, the finish line is back here! What, can't you see it? Or are you blind? A blind kit to go with a mute one!"

Driftkit growled. "I'm not blind! And it's not my fault that Cloudkit won't talk! That's her problem. It doesn't affect me in any way, other than I'm being made fun of for her choice!" Driftkit's tail lashed back and forth. Cloudkit always made her littermates look bad. All because she refused to talk! If he refused to talk, no one would talk him seriously! And yet she gets all of the care because she doesn't talk. Someone needed to make her talk sometime...

"So, want to go get some fresh kill?" Splashkit asked, flicking his tail over to the prey pile. Driftkit nodded. "You know, Driftkit. Not everyone looks down on you because your sister isn't smart enough to talk. It's her problem. If she wants to talk sometime, the leader will act like StarClan's blessing us! Now come on- I'm starving!"

"Yeah, sure," Driftkit laughed. He loved hanging around with Splashkit. He couldn't see why Sunkit was always so negative about him hanging out with the older kit. Probably because Sunkit didn't like that Splashkit thought it was weird that Cloudkit couldn't talk. Or, well, didn't talk. Everyone knew she could, but she just never did. Not after their mother died. And Driftkit hated seeing her getting all of the special treatment for her death.

"Hey Greenkit," Driftkit meowed quietly, turning away from her gaze as the two toms padded over to the pile of prey. Greenkit looked over at Driftkit and stuck her nose up in the air, padding away. Driftkit blushed and looked over at Splashkit, who started laughing.

"What?" Driftkit asked loudly, his face turning red while his claws dug into the ground.

"You like my sister?" Splashkit laughed. Driftkit growled at the tomcat, leaping at him and tackling him to the ground. The two rolled around on the ground, trying to pin one another down, until Splashkit finally threw Driftkit away from him with a mighty kick.

"So?" Driftkit growled, licking at his fur and smirking at his friend. "I like whatever she cats I want to! And Greenkit's just so..."

"She annoys me," Splashkit meowed, shrugging. "I just hope that you don't spend too much time padding after her. She seems to like Sunkit, to me."

"She can't," Driftkit growled, clawing at the ground. "If she likes Sunkit... I'll have to show her that I'm better! I can beat Sunkit at anything! Why can't she notice me?" Driftkit turned to Splashkit and smirked. "Could you help me win your sister over?"

"Maybe," Splashkit meowed, grinning. "But it will cost you."

"Cost me what?" Driftkit asked. Splashkit was just grinning. Driftkit didn't like the look on his face, but he really wanted to win over Greenkit. He would do whatever it took to get that she cat.

"You're going to help me make Cloudkit speak," Splashkit meowed. "First, we'll try putting a thorn in her nest. Then we'll continue if that doesn't work." Before Driftkit could say anything, Splashkit meowed quickly, "We're not going to hurt her! We're just going to get her to make some sort of sound- a squeal, a peep, something."

Driftkit thought for a while. He didn't want to hurt his sister, and he wouldn't... but... he was really getting bothered by her. She had to stay silent all of the time and make everyone care more about her than any of the other kits.

"I'm in," Driftkit meowed.

Splashkit grinned. "Good, I thought you'd be. Soon, we'll be apprentices, and we won't have any queens watching over us, so if we can't get her to make any noise by the time we become apprentices, then we'll be all clear to try while we're apprentices!"

"Uh, yeah," Driftkit meowed, avoiding eye contact with the other tomcat. Is this right? Should I really be so jealous that she's getting all of the attention when I'm not getting enough? Driftkit only had to think for a moment. Yes.

Mallowfoot watched the kits. His apprentice, the newly named Skunktail, was sorting the herbs near the back of the den. But Mallowfoot couldn't concentrate right now. Not after what he had heard the night before.

"Mallowfoot." Mallowfoot opened his eyes and saw a starry cat walking over towards him. He instantly recognized the pale ginger StarClan cat. Meltdawn!

"Meltdawn," Mallowfoot meowed. "Why are you here? Is... Is something wrong?"

The pale ginger she cat looked at him, sorrow shining in her eyes. "Mallowfoot, dark times are coming. The peace of the clans isn't going to stay for long. I have a prophecy for you."

"A prophecy?" Mallowfoot whispered, shuddering. Prophecies only meant bad things. No good ever came from a prophecy. Not in a long time...

"Listen carefully," Meltdawn meowed. Her eyes glowed like the stars, and the scenery changed. Mallowfoot found himself alone, except for the presence of Meltdawn. He could still feel as if she was there.

"Where are you?" Mallowfoot asked. "Where am I?"

"Light rises with the sun..." Mallowfoot watched as the sun appeared in the sky, rising and banishing the darkness.

"As darkness is banished to the night..." The scene changed again. The sun sank into the ground, and the moon rose, bringing the darkness back to the world.

"Ashes to ashes and dust fades to dust... those who seem to stray do not deserve trust..." The sun went up, then down again as the moon rose, then sunk again. Again and again, the cycle continued.

"Though trust can be found in many forms..." The last thing that Mallowfoot saw was instead of the sun, a giant ball of fire swept out across the ground, banishing the darkness instead of the sun.

Mallowfoot watched his clan, trying to get the prophecy out of his head. Meltdawn's words were ominous, and he didn't want to wait for the prophecy to come true. Not knowing what the prophecy meant, Mallowfoot didn't know what to look for.

"Why can't StarClan tell us exactly what they see? It would make life so much easier..." Mallowfoot sighed, licking at his fur. "I can only pray that the clan will make it through..."

So, now there's a prophecy too! And it just happens that I know most of the things that are going to happen, but I'm still filling in the cracks. Um, well, now you've got a chapter from Driftkit (and Mallowfoot!). Except the chapters in no order (as of character's POV), and expect in one of the next few chapters to be from someone else's point of view that isn't one of the litter... or Mallowfoot...

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