A/N: Yay! Time for FeatherClan update, the chapter starts right before the battle happened then continues on from there. So yeah, oh and the first Dark Forest scene comes in ;). And also, not taking character. Period. But later I will be setting up polls on my profile for warrior names and stuff like that. And as you can see, I've turned this into a series. Book 1 will use the characters from the CaC and Book 2 will use the surviving ones, ect… Oh! And also, make sure to read the A/N at the bottom.

ZoeM: Thanks! I try hard with names :p I'm trying to update every other day so ya…

Veni: Ah I see.

Chapter 3

Harekit bounced after her feathered friend Chico, a sparrow. Chico knew how to speak cat, and he was her only friend so…

"This way!" He cawed and flapped his small brown and black wings and started flying toward the other side of the sun dappled camp. The brown and white kit laughed and chased after him.

She stumbled a few times and fell a lot, and everyone laughed at her. Harekit was the laughing stock of FeatherClan, while her sister, Starkit, was the gift from StarClan. Ever since the prophecy that her abusive mother told her about, everyone believes that Starkit is the chosen one from FeatherClan.

"I have to go to my nest to get to sleep," Chico told her after they ran around a bit more, the moon rising, "See y' in the morning."

"Bye," She meowed in a melancholy voice. Harekit watched as her only friend flew away. She sighed and dragged her paws toward the dreaded nursery. As pushed her way through the tree leaves and down into the dip covered by the wide tree.

There Starkit sat, Mudclaw no where in sight. She smiled sweetly, "Welcome my dearest sister, Harekit. Mother is talking with Talonstar right now about my apprenticeship," She stepped forward slowly and gracefully, her light silver grey tabby fur shiny and sleek, her large yellow-green eyes sparked with mischeif, "And I want to practice my fighting skills before that time comes." Starkit smiled viciously and jumped at Harekit, before she could run, Starkit's sharp claws met her fur and skin. Harekit opened her mouth to cry out but Starkit slapped her tail in it and slashed her forehead.

Starkit's ear twitched and quickly jumped off of Harekit as Mudclaw stepped out of the tree leaves. She looked at Starkit and covered her in licks, the pretty silver tabby purred and laughed. When the brown she-cat looked at Harekit she looked at her in disgust, "Harekit, you need to stop falling into the den." She growled and shoved Harekit with her muzzle all the way across the den. "I don't want Starkit getting blood all over her beautiful fur!"

Suddenly a yowl sounded from the clearing, the patrol must have returned, and they scented something. Something bad. Mudclaw snorted, "I'll be right back." And with that she brushed her tail over Starkit and left.

"Come on Harekit, let us see what's going on," She said and bared her teeth. Harekit hesitated, but her sister threateningly stepped forward to shove her out, so she followed her sister slowly. She poked her dusty brown head out and watched the conversation with her sister's hind paw on top of her tail, claws pricking at her skin.

"We found," Warblerquill panted, his black fur bristling, "We found-"

"Spit it out already!" Talonstar growled.

"We found bird blood," Lilyfern, a silver she-cat meowed quickly, the black stripes on her back bristled, but barely.

Talonstar gave sharp hiss, "I will investigate. Darkpool, Lightningtail!" He called his deputy and strongest warrior, "We're going with Lilyfern, Warblerquill, Embereyes, and Reedfeather." He leaned in and whispered to tell them what was happening. The anger flared in the two tom's eyes.

"Hey!" Mudclaw growled, "I should be going too!"

Talonstar glared at her, "You have kits to take care of."

"Starkit can take care of herself."

The brown tom eyed her in curiosity then let out a sigh in defeat, "Fine." He mumbled and signaled to leave. As Mudclaw's tail tip disappeared, Harekit felt Starkit bite her tail and pull her into the nursery.

"What?" Harekit hissed in defense.

"We're going to that battle," Starkit growled in return, "This way, it's a secret exit I made, and you will keep your mouth shut about this." And with that she bit Harekit's tail tip again, this time causing it to bleed. She shoved her unstable sister down and rolled her in the dirt, "I need to cover your scent." She explained in an ungracious way. Harekit stood up and Starkit shoved her against the rock she used to cover the entrance. "Go," She ordered sternly.

Harekit was shoved along by Starkit, who occasionally scratched her at times. Soon they reached an area that smelled of blood, and the air filled with yowls, snarls, growls, and hisses. "This way," Starkit hissed and skillfully climbed a near tree, her nimble limbs like a squirrel.

"How did you learn to climb like that?" Harekit hissed quietly, sure, they were FeatherClan cats, born to climb. And in these times, if you are not able to climb a tree like FeatherClan…Well let's say things are not pretty. Just like what she's heard about the other Clans, in NightClan if you love the sun and light, SunClan if you worship the moon and shadows, and FrostClan if you give birth to kits with short fur. In these days, there is no space for impurity in the Clans.

"There's a huge tree in the middle of the nursery, use it some time," Starkit snarled and continued climbing to a high branch. Harekit followed, slower then her sister though. Her dusty brown and white pelt defiantly hid her well as she hauled herself onto the same branch as her older littermate. "FrostClan!" Starkit hissed, "They're attacking our clan!"

"We can't do anything about it," Harekit whispered in the wind. Starkit rolled her eyes.

"There's Mudclaw!" Starkit cheered as she saw her mother take on a grey and white tabby tom, his blue eyes flaring with anger. Mudclaw's large yellow-green eyes had an equally big fire burning, though she seemed to be loosing. Suddenly, Starkit turned toward Harekit, who was caught up in watching the fight, and shoved her.

Harekit let out a surprised gasp and fell from under her wobbly legs toward a bramble bush below. She let out a hiss as she tried to untangle herself from the spiky vines, but before she was able to, Starkit was already down on the ground and viciously pulling her out of the bush.

"Ouch!" She hissed as Starkit plopped her on the ground, spikes covering her pelt, one thorn was suck in her pad. Harekit carefully took the thorn out of her paw, since it wasn't deep in there it was easily slid out. When she looked up, she saw Starkit, a rock that was about the size of an acorn, but very dense looking. Something was strange though, next to her was a faint figure, it looked like a tom, his fur was blue ticked and white, shadows clinging to his fur, but what scared her was his eyes. Unlike the rest of his body, they weren't transparent. The pools of blue were clear, as if he was actually there. She was hypnotized by them…Until he and Starkit hurled the rock toward her head. And with that, she was knocked unconscious. The last thing she heard was laughing, and she felt tugging before she completely blacked out.

Harekit then woke up, surrounded by the unfamiliar stone walls of a cave, and the strong tangy scent of herbs. A stone grey tom with a silver tail and blue eyes, and a dust coloured she-cat, faint golden tabby markings around her emerald green eyes and forepaws were with her. She could scent Chico somewhere then realized it was morning, he must have found her unconscious and gotten someone, at least, that was her thought…

Starkit's POV

Starkit scratched Harekit a few times, not enough to kill her before a patrol finds, before walking away from FrostClan's territory. Thanks to her Dark Forest mentor, Rivereyes, she was able to knock her unconscious. With a satisfied smirk, she cleaned her stained fur and headed back to FeatherClan camp.

Before she passed the battle area, she took a peek in and looked at her Clanmates, loosing. "Pathetic," She said plainly before continuing. Once she reached her secret doorway to the nursery, she pushed the rock back in place after she squeezed in, and settled down in her nest to 'sleep'.

Starkit opened her large yellow-green eyes to the comforting chills around her, the shadows that engulfed the trees around her, the rushing waves of the bloody waterfall, pure bliss. A purr sounded behind her, "There's my beautiful apprentice." She let a meow of laughter as she turned around to see Rivereyes. Suddenly, she jumped at him with a snarl, but he easily dodged her. With claws stretched, he nicked her muzzle, a drop of blood shed from it.

Starkit might be small, but the look on her face made her look three times her size, like a full grown warrior. She dashed in a circle around him twice, causing him to loose track of her, and she dashed up the tree in a silver blur. Her eyes glimmered in amusement as she watched him frantically look for her, and once Rivereyes turned his back, she stroke. Landing on his back, she clawed at his skin, tearing it away using her hind claws as her front claws dug into his shoulders. Her fangs were on his scruff, causing a secure grip on him as he tried to shake her off, blood flying everywhere.

Finally, he rolled over onto his back, crushing her. Starkit released him and muffled laughter was heard as Rivereyes rolled off of her. "That's enough training for now," He purred, "Very well done. Lay down, I'll tell you more about living in the Dark Forest.

"When you're training in the Dark Forest, you automatically come to the Dark Forest when you… 'die'. But then, the thing is that you don't really die when you come here, you have the ability that a regular cat has, as long as you're in some sort of relationship with a cat that's alive, just like an apprenticeship, just like between you and me. Another awesome thing about being here, is you create a bond with cats from other Clans, if you do that in the 'Real world', and StarClan, you'll probably be killed. And in the Dark Forest," He leaned in and whispered, "You're young forever."

Starkit purred, she liked that idea. "Why does everyone say tis so bad here?" She asked curiously.

Raineyes shrugged, "I dunno, I guess they don't like that idea of having friends from other Clans and never aging, unlike in StarClan, when they get old, like super old, they fade away into star dust, and that's one less star in the sky." He purred, "Let's practice swimming then we'll head over to the others, get your wounds healed before you leave." He led her over to the river of scarlet water, tinted with blood. She gracefully walked in and started paddling against the current, grunting in effort. Swimming, never her favorite. Especially from her long fur, it wasn't fun having thick fur and swimming.

Her mentor soon was next to her, helping her with her form and giving her tips. "Keep you're neck stretched, keep your back's form, it makes the water slide right over it," He told her gently, "You aren't moving your legs high enough, try like this." He demonstrated.

After a while of swimming, they got out and shook off their pelts, "I'll race you to the clearing." Starkit challenged him.

"You're on," He purred and started dashing, his figure was very aerodynamic, air flew right over his sleek pelt. Starkit caught up to him easily, once the clearing came into sight they slowed down. Casually, they walked into a clearing filled with a few cats, Starkit walked over to a brown mackerel tabby she-cat with tortoiseshell markings and olive coloured eyes, "Can you heal my wounds, Opalpelt?" She asked politely. Opalpelt was the Dark Forest's main medicine cat, her skills were amazing. She's a sharp tongue though, and can really kick but. She nodded with a smile and create a mixture of herbs, licking them onto her small scratched.

"You should be healed before you leave, herbs in the Dark Forest work much faster," Opalpelt explained.

"Thanks!" Starkit waved her tail and walked back over to Rivereyes.

"Frostdapple is getting here soon with Jasmine," Rivereyes explained, "Why don't you go talk to Nightpaw?"

Starkit shrugged and walked over to the indigo she-cat, "Hey Nightpaw."

She turned around, her hazel and green eyes surveying quickly, "Oh, hi Starkit. Your apprenticeship in FeatherClan is only in one and a half moons, you better stand up to what you've been taught."

Starkit smirked, "Mudclaw is making sure that Talonstar or Darkpool is my mentor."

"Impressive," Nightpaw purred. Her ear twitched and her eyes opened wide, "I have to go! Something really important just happened!" She started running off, "Tell me Frostdapple's news tomorrow!"

Starkit let a devious smile escape her Important event hm? She thought to herself, making a note to figure it out and use it against NightClan.

At that moment, a muscular white tom with dappled grey on his pelt, his amazing blue-silver eyes sparkled in the shadows. Behind him, a skin golden tabby she-cat with soft amber eyes stepped out. She looked so gentle, but everyone knew that Jasmine was one of the most selfish cats you could ever meet, and she could kill like more then half of the cats here. Frostdapple quickly jumped up onto the Thorn pile, a pile of sticks with many thorns sticking out of the side, and only Frostdapple can jump the required height to get up there. He was sort of their leader so it made sense.

He let up a honey smooth sort of howl into the air, everyone joined in on the beautiful chorus. Frostdapple then waved his white and grey tail for silence, once it was given, he spoke, "New recruits, we need more recruits. I will be visiting those who I see the strength in on half-moon. Also, all of you have the ability to bring someone who has enough potential to join us here, try it sometime. Now, you're all dismissed. Apprentices shall be returning to the 'Real world' now."

With a last wave of his tail and a leap down, Frostdapple took Jasmine back to training and Starkit opened her eyes to hear chaos in the Clan.

With that, she smiled.

A/N: I actually forgot what I was going to put here so…I'll just say I'm setting up a poll on Shadowclaw's kits' names. Uh…Oh yes, I'll be PMing people about training in the DF for some time/ all time so yeah…and I've started my three day weekend but Saturday is busy. Gah, if I remember what I was going to say I will edit…OH also, I meant to ask a while ago, if you participated in the create-a-cat please review if your character/s can die or not, and things like that like "Blahblah can/will die near the end of the story in a battle to help save their Clan." And stuff like that.

Please review! It helps me type…

~Swiftfur