A/N: Hello everybody. Sorry I haven't updated in forever. On top of studying for midterms, projects, me catching the flu, and track I have been extremely stressed out. Writing this chapter was like therapy to me. Writing is so calming and it really makes the stress go away. Alright I'm going on and on and on, lol! So as always enjoy and please review! I would really like some feedback!

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Chapter 9: The Myths and Legends of the Glorious Clan of SkyClan

(Flamekit's POV)

Flamekit sat at the entrance of the nursery, his eyes wide with curiosity, as he watched the rain fall from the sky. He had always wondered why rain fell from the sky. Where did it come from? Did StarClan make it?

Flamekit shivered when he thought of StarClan. It had been almost a full moon since he, Rockkit, and Lavakit overheard the discussion between Bounceleaf, Shadowfang, Gingerheart, and Firestar. Firestar had never disclosed the message Bounceleaf had received from StarClan. The Clan soon dismissed the fact that there was a sign from Starclan, and after about half a moon it was if nothing ever happened. But Flamekit knew what happened, and he could not get the thought out of his head.

"Hey mouse brain! Snap out of it!"

Flamekit turned around to face an annoyed Heatherkit, her whiskers twitching as she mewed, "I've been talking to you for ages and have you answered once? Nope!"

Flamekit sighed, "Well what exactly what do you want, Heatherkit?"

Heatherkit had been the most annoying cat in the Clan since the whole accidental adventure incident. She was always yapping about this and that and she would practically be useless when doing the chores around the Clan.

"Come on, we need to go to the elders den now so we can clean stuff. Rockkit and Lavakit are already there!"

Flamekit cocked his head to the side, "We?"

"Shut up."

Restraining a laugh, Flamekit hesitantly poked a paw outside the nursery. He let out a squeal when rain drops fell on top of it.

"It's just rain Flamekit," Heatherkit mewed, padding over to the entrance of the nursery. "It's not going to eat you or anything."

The gray she-cat stepped outside and instantly ran back inside, soaked to the bone by the rain.

Flamekit rolled his eyes and without another moment of hesitation rushed out into the rain with a grumbling Heatherkit right behind him.

"Hey it took you long enough!" Rockkit growled as a very wet Heatherkit and Flamekit strolled into the elder's den.

"Well we had to deal with the rain," Heatherkit replied as she shook her fur, causing the kits and the elders their own personal rain storm.

"Now young'in do that some place else!" Milkfur complained.

Flamekit walked around Milkfur and to a small storage cleft in a rock. He reached his paw inside and retrieved a pawful of mouse bile from inside.

"Okay everybody, who has ticks?" Flamekit mewed, his nose twitching at the smell of the mouse bile.

Bounceleaf had decided to move some mouse bile into the elder's den a couple moons back so that he would not have that many cats coming in all the time. Flamekit always thought Bounceleaf was a tiny bit strange. He was rather secluded and was always either out taking walks in the forest or organizing herbs. Flamekit wondered if that whole sign from StarClan incident was really real, or if Bounceleaf mistook leaves falling for a sign.

"Oh yes, I do!" Coalfeet lifted his head, his eyes bright. "These stupid ticks keep on getting into my fur."

"Well maybe it's because you go into the forest too much," Milkfur suggested gently.

"Now you don't go telling me what to do Milkfur!" Coalfeet growled irritably.

"Can y'all stop arguing? You two's bickering gives me a reason to want to go to StarClan!"

Flamekit peered over Coalfeet to see Leafpelt, the oldest cat in the Clan, laying down in her nest, tail flicking in impatience. Leafpelt was the former deputy of the Clan before even Gingerheart became deputy. The deputy before Gingerheart did not last long. Apparently he had died of green cough.

"Hand me some mouse bile, Flamekit!" Rockkit mewed. "I wanna get done with this early."

After a few minutes the kits had gotten themselves situated with the mouse bile and they were taking care of the elder's ticks.

"Now do you remember that big battle against ThornClan?" Milkfur asked Coalfeet.

Lavakit's ears perked up, "Great battle?"

Coalfeet nodded eagerly, "Oh yes we were apprentices then, Milkfur."

"Oh yes, that was my first battle as a warrior," Leafpelt remarked, her eyes twinkling.

Curiosity pricked Flamekit's pelt as he rubbed mouse bile into Coalfeet's tail, "How old are you Leafpelt?"

Leafpelt purred in amusement, "Way older than you could guess. My mother's mother's mother was a kit when FireClan was formed."

Heatherkit looked up, "Wait, when FireClan was formed? I thought FireClan had been here forever."

Coalfeet shook his head, "No, FireClan is actually a very young Clan."

Flamekit exchanged a glance with Rockkit. They had never heard this story before.

"Well how was FireClan formed?" Rockkit asked.

"Well, my mother told me a story about a great Clan known as SkyClan," Leafpelt replied.

Heatherkit's eyes widened, "SkyClan? There was a Clan before FireClan and ThornClan?"

"Yes, actually many many many moons ago there were five Clans all living in one forest?"

Lavakit's jaw dropped, "Five Clans? Woah!"

"What happened to the other five Clans?" Flamekit asked.

"Well, the other four Clans drove SkyClan out of their forest because there wasn't enough room."

"That isn't fair!" Heatherkit huffed.

"Heatherkit let Leafpelt tell the story," Flamekit murmured.

"Okay, where was I Coalfeet?" Leafpelt asked, scratching her ear with her right hind leg.

"The four Clans drove SkyClan," Coalfeet replied,"hey not so rough on the tail, Flamekit!"

"Sorry," Flamekit apologized bashfully.

"Oh right!" Leafpelt remarked. "Okay so SkyClan had to leave the forest and the journeyed to this big gorge. But they were not alone."

"Oooo spooky!" Lavakit mewed, and he opened his mouth to say more, but he was hushed by the rest of the kits.

"In a nearby farm, lived a huge colony of rats."

Heatherkit let out a shriek and huddled by Milkfur, "I hate rats."

"You've never even seen a rat," Flamekit scoffed.

Heatherkit shot him a glare and continued on with Milkfur's ticks.

"Anyways, so SkyClan waged war on the rats, and they lost. It was a real tragedy. Many cats died. So SkyClan split up," Leafpelt continued.

"And then formed FireClan and ThornClan?" Rockkit asked.

Leafpelt purred, "Don't get ahead of yourself Rockkit. There's still more to go."

"So many many moons later, two cats arrived at the now abandoned gorge. Their names were Firestar and Sandstorm. They had come from a Clan called, umm it was called," Leafpelt paused. "What was it called Coalfeet?"

Coalfeet shrugged, "Oh StarClan I forget."

Leafpelt shrugged it off, "Oh whatever. Anyways, together those two cats found former SkyClan cats, fought off the rats, and SkyClan was put back together."

Rockkit poked his head out from behind Coalfeet, "But if it was put back together, how did it break apart?"

"If you stop pestering me than you might find out," Leafpelt grumbled.

The kits fell silent and Leafpelt continued on, "The leader, her name was Leafstar, was very softhearted. She had begun to offer cats with not a lick of SkyClan blood into the Clan. The deputy, Sharpclaw, was not happy about this. The two had always had a strained relationship because you see, Sharpclaw wanted to be leader. But Firestar made Leafstar leader, instead of him."

"So Sharpclaw gathered a group of cats loyal to him alone, and rebelled against Leafstar. The two forces clashed, and eventually Leafstar and Sharpclaw met in battle. Leafstar was a peaceful cat and pleaded with him to stop the violence. Sharpclaw would not give in so Leafstar fled the battle with her group of cats"

Flamekit shook his head. How could a cat be so cruel to attack cats that he had once shared tongues with? He looked back up at Leafpelt intently, wanting to hear the ending of the story.

"Leafstar returned to the broken Clan the following day, and presented Sharpclaw with a deal. The deal was that he could have half of the Clan and she had the other. They would lead these Clans and live like the cats in that far away forest did. Sharpclaw agreed, and together, the two groups moved away from the previous territory and found a piece of territory for each of the new Clans. They found a new place to talk to StarClan and they found a new place to gather at the full moon. And that, my dear kits is how FireClan and ThornClan were created?"

"Who was the cat who led FireClan?" Flamekit asked, even though he already knew the answer.

"Sharpclaw," Milkfur replied. "He was not an evil cat, just an ambitious one."

Flamekit nodded his head, but he still did not really like Sharpclaw. The cat seemed dangerous.

"Hey the rain stopped!" Lavakit remarked and skipped away from Leafpelt.

"Let's go play!" Rockkit mewed.

"But we aren't done yet," Flamekit pointed out. He did not want to get in trouble with Shadowfang. He shuddered at the thought of Shadowfang's wrath.

Leafpelt blinked warmly at the kits, "Oh we'll be fine. You know the Clan treats us like we can't fend for ourselves. I'm sure we can take care of the rest of the task, my friends."

Milkfur nodded in agreement and Coalfeet just responded with a grumble.

"Thank you for the story Leafpelt!" Heatherkit called and ran out of the elder's den. Rockkit and Lavakit followed close behind. But Flamekit lingered. He had one more question.

"Leafpelt?"

The old she-cat blinked at Flamekit, "Yes?"

"Why have we never heard that story before?"

Leafpelt stretched and padded over to Flamekit, "Well Flamekit, some cats have ambition. It can either be used for good or bad. There are some cats, particularly in this Clan who would long to lead."

Flamekit tipped his head to the side in confusion as Leafpelt walked passed him. The old she-cat turned around and mewed, "We wouldn't want the past to repeat itself, would we?"

Flamekit stood at the front of the nursery. Cats who longed to lead? What did Leafpelt mean? A cold shiver ran down his spine. Whatever happened next, Flamekit had a feeling it was not going to be good.

A/N: This chapter was written for the purpose of kind of a background info chapter for those of you who were kind of confused. What I made happen to SkyClan is somewhat based off of events from SkyClan's Destiny, but not at all from what happened during the SkyClan manga series—by the time those had come out I had stopped reading Warriors. What Leafpelt said at the end won't really come into play until the third book—for those of you who are not aware, I plan to make this a six book series. Anyways, since the school year is pretty much back into full swing I will not have much time to update. So I will be updating once a week, and my update day will be Saturday (at the moment, it might change). If I am having a slow week I might be able to post twice, but that is highly doubtful. Thanks again to I am Sky daughter of Zeus for reviewing and Swiftshadow2000 for reviewing. As always, have an amazing day and please review!