Violetpaw sat outside her den watching the kits play. Specklekit, and Pinkkit wrestled, a blur of black and white fur, as they tumbled around the clearing. Their sisters Silverkit, and Flutterkit stayed close to their mother, not wanting to participate for Flutterkit was unbearably shy, and her sister Silverkit felt incredibly helpless, her milky, white, unseeing eyes holding her back. Clearkit was chasing a butterfly fluttering its delicate baby blue wings as it flew only a few tail lengths from the ground. Violetpaw saw the small dark gray tom hook it in his claws and bounce over proudly showing the older she-cat his catch.
"Look what I caught Violetpaw." He meowed proudly showing her the injured butterfly. There was a large tear in its tiny delicate wing. He set it down on the ground and the butterfly flapped its wings helplessly, trying to fly, but could not get off the ground for more than a second. Violetpaw scooped the creature up in her paws. "Come on little guy, fly away, you can do it." She whispered encouragingly, smiling sweetly as she spoke. Right before her eyes the tear in the butterfly's wing slowly mended itself and it flew off.
Violetpaw's fur bristled and she stepped back shocked. What just happened? Clearkit stood staring at her his blue eyes wide. "Did I just do that?" She whispered. Clearkit nodded slowly.
Violetpaw didn't tell anyone what happened that day. She knew they wouldn't believe her, they'd think that she was lying or crazy, she even thought she was crazy. That night a silver tabby she-cat visited her in her dreams. "Hello Violetpaw." She purred. "Who are you?" Violetpaw asked shocked. She was sure that she had never seen this cat before, but she seemed strangely familiar in a way that she couldn't explain. "I am Echostar." She replied. "The first leader of EchoClan. Violetpaw had heard stories of Echostar. She had started EchoClan, formed it out of a band of rogues and kittypets, and taught them the warrior code. "I have a prophecy for you." Echostar meowed. "But I'm just an apprentice prophecies are for medicine cats and leaders. You must have made a mistake." Violetpaw replied her blue eyes wide with shock as she stood there staring at Echostar disbelievingly.
Echostar purred, her green eyes full of amusement. "I assure you I have not make a mistake. It will all make sense in time. Here is the prophecy. The darkness will be torn apart by a rose's thorns, letting the silver moon shine once more, reveling the clear violet skies." "But I don't understand." Violetpaw called out but Echostar was already gone.
Violetpaw woke up in her nest with a start, breathing rapidly. Snakepaw yawned, slowly blinking open his eyes next to her. "Be quiet Violetpaw." He mumbled tiredly his words slurring together. "Yeah." Spiderpaw yawned. "I bet they can hear you all the way in AspenClan. "Sorry." She mumbled.
Screechpaw was the next to blink open her eyes. "All I can hear is you two complaining. Just shut up and go to sleep." She snapped at her brothers. Snowpaw woke up next. "What's going on?" She mewed tired and confused. "Violetpaw woke us up." Spiderpaw complained. "Well you were the one that woke me up." Screechpaw argued. Violetpaw watched as her sister Palepaw rolled over and pulled moss over her ears trying to block out their arguing. She glanced over to Owlpaw who snored loudly oblivious to his bickering litter mates. "How is he still asleep." Violetpaw whispered to Snowpaw. Her sister shrugged. "Beats me."
Heavy pawsteps sounded outside the den and Nettleleap poked his large tabby head in. "What's going on in here?" he hissed. "They woke me up." Screechpaw flicked her tail towards her brothers. "We'll Violetpaw woke us up." Snakepaw complained. "I don't care who woke who up just go to bed all of you." "Yes dad." Spiderpaw, Snakepaw, and Screechpaw mewed ashamed. "Finally some peace and quiet." Snowpaw meowed yawning loudly as she curled back up to sleep resting her white tail tip over her bright pink nose.
Violetpaw tried to fall asleep again but her mind was racing with thoughts. Why would Echostar trust me with a prophecy? What does it mean? What is the darkness? Did I heal that butterfly? What if I'm part of the prophecy? How will I be able to save the clans?