First, I want to apologize for the delay in chapters. I was having technical difficulties with my files.
This is going to be a lengthy A.N, so be prepared. There seems to be some confusion about this story that I want to have cleared up.
This story and its sequel, Robinstar's Revenge and Hopekit's Destiny, were originally created by MonoMelon. She doesn't write fanfiction anymore and has given me free rein over her stories. This, and its sequel, had a lot of potential, so I wanted to complete them. I am solely re-writing Robinstar's Revenge because I wanted to see it completed. When it comes time to write Hopekit's Destiny, I will happily do so since I'm not a fan of this story.
Second, I'm not writing this for nothing. I had my warrior's stories planned out for months, a long time before I decided to re-write this. So, I changed things around to make them canon in my warrior's universe.
Finally, this story is not my priority. I will be working on this, but my other story, PMD EOS, will always come first. That means it will take time for me to upload new chapters.
Now, I have to say this before it becomes a major problem. There is a handful of people telling me, not you RedTailFox, I can't name a cat this and that because of Traditional naming. If you don't know what that is, I'll explain it to you. (I'm sorry that I even have to do this.)
Traditional naming is something that was made in a role-play group that somewhat follows the main series, the prophecy begins, arc. Meaning only names that a cat can know, Fire, Blue, Leaf, Tiger, and Sun are a few examples of names that are okay, while, Green, Wren, Dog, and Skull aren't okay. This means cats like Greeneyes and Skullwhisper are not okay for me to use in the eyes of TN. Even though this in itself is a contradiction. They also have to make sense. A cat named Hawkfrost of Mistberry are not allowed, you'd have to have the same dull names ending with claw, tooth, and pelt. People can use this, I don't care, but the problem is that fans think this is canon, even though it doesn't exist in the books
Why can a cat know colors, red, blue, yellow, grey, black, silver, and gold, but they can't know green and brown? How is it possible that a cat knows sweet when they can't taste sweet? How do they know the words bone and tooth but skull is off the table? And how is it possible for them to know lion, tiger, and leopard when it's literally impossible for them to know what those are, not only to mention they don't know what a mountain lion is.
Again, if you use TN in your stories, that's fine. I have no problem with it, but stop going around on other people's stories and policing them on names they can and can't use.
If this continues to be a problem I'll just stop writing this story. I'm not going to deal with a bunch of kids telling me that I have to write something a certain way according to something that's not even canon.
Riverclan
Leader Fallenstar- a long-haired orange she-cat with a white muzzle, with a bushy tail that leads into white. She has yellow eyes and her right ear is permanently tilted to the side
Deputy- Lizardstrike- a dark grey she-cat with yellow eyes
Medicine cat- Darkcloud- a black-furred tom with amber eyes
Warriors
Sunfur- a long-haired she-cat with golden fur
Redwillow- a reddish brown tom with a black-tipped tail Gravelpaw- a darl-grey tom with green eyes
Skullwhisper- a sleek she-cat with long black fur with a tuft of white fur on her chest
Swantail- a fluffy white she-cat with long claws, a black-tipped tail, and a large scar under her right eye apprentice Lionpaw
Cloudeye- a brown tabby tom with one blind eye
Sagefur- a yellow she-cat with green eyes apprentice Stonepaw
Rainsplash- a light-grey she-cat with blue eyes
Nightfur- a black tom whos tail lost half his tail
Ambergaze- a golden tom with green eyes, and his right ear is torn apprentice Leopardpaw
Fishwhisker- a light grey tabby with blue eyes apprentice Lichenpaw- A light grey tabby with green eyes
Frostfern- a short-haired she-cat with white fur and blue eyes
Shadowfeather- a black furred she-cat with a white muzzle and underbelly apprentice Robinpaw
Minnowclaw- a pale tabby with yellow eyes
Brackenpelt- a golden brown tom with clumpy fur
Apprentices
Leopardpaw- a handsome Bengal tom with brown eyes
Stonepaw- a light grey tom with a grey paw
Lichenpaw- A light grey tabby with green eyes
Lionpaw- a fluffy golden tom
Gravelpaw- a darl-grey tom with green eyes
Robinpaw- a blueish-grey she-cat with short fur
Queens
Speckledfur- mother of Nightfur's kits: Sandkit- a pale ginger tom, Turtlekit- a tortoiseshell she-kit, Whitekit- a black tom with white paws and muzzle, and Maplekit- a large she-cat with black fur dappled with orange fur. She has a white muzzle and underbelly with yellow eyes.
Skullwhisper- a sleek she-cat with long black fur with a tuft of white fur on her chest
Elders
Reedfeather- an orange tabby with curled ears
Voletooth- a small brown tom with yellow eyes
It was silent after she said that. When she looked up at us she had regret written in her eyes, but I didn't care what she felt. It might seem cruel to be acting like this, but she should have told us from the start. I wanted her to tell us, but then again I also didn't. "I... I assume you know who he is," she meowed.
"I have a guess," I said. Only I don't know if it is him. It could be any ShadowClan cat, but what about Rockstar and those two other cats at the border? She never said we met him, so even at the gathering, he might not have been there.
She gave a sigh of sorrow. "When I first got pregnant with you kits...your father wanted me to join his clan."
"But you obviously didn't," Lichenpaw meowed. "That couldn't have sat well with him at all." The others nodded in agreement. I gave a single nod, for she was right, whoever our father is would have been mad. Mom nodded her head.
"You're right," she meowed. "I told him I was loyal to Riverclan even though we had broken the warrior code." While she did break the code I would be lying if I said I wasn't proud of her. She chose her clan over him, after all. "While that made him angry with me...he was happy I was a loyal cat, but then he grew depressed." She bent her head down in shame. "He knew he wasn't going to be able to raise our kits, not alone in ShadowClan, so once you were born I was lucky enough to get a chance to sneak you out."
"So then we did get to meet him," Gravelpaw stated. I...was shocked. From the way she described him in her stories made us think we never met him. "Then why don't we remember him!" I gave him a blank look, then placed my tail on his shoulder.
"We were too young to remember him," I meowed. I turned back to Skullwhisper, who still hadn't looked back at us. "That means it would have been a day at least after we were born" She nodded, her tail twitching every not and again.
"It was so easy that first time... He was glad he got to meet you kits at least once. He even named Gravelkit and Stonekit." She paused, closing her eyes tightly. "The last time I ever met with your father was when we made the deal," she meowed. Skullwhisper looked up at us, but I couldn't tell what she was feeling. "He said Riverclan has been crossing the border, and I didn't lie about it. How could I? I loved him. ...A few of the younger warriors were crossing the borders then lying to Fallenstar about it, so your father told me something...chilling. He said that ShadowClan was going to attack RiverClan without mercy, and he wanted to warn me about it."
"Even after you chose RiverClan over him?" Lionpaw asked. "But why?"
"Because he loved her you mouse-brain!" Lichenpaw hissed. She huffed, then licked her chest a few times in embarrassment.
"He did, but I had to do something. He offered us a place in ShadowClan again, but I refused. There was no way I could betray my clanmates, so I... I made a deal with him." A deal?
"What kind of deal?" Gravelpaw asked. I felt my fur start to rise with anger. Just what kind of deal is this?
"H-He told me that he always wanted a mate and kits, and I knew I was taking it away from him," she sobbed. "No one was interested in him in ShadowClan, he was like an outsider. He was such a good mate..." She closed her eyes again. "He wanted so desperately to have a mate and kits he could be proud of, so I told him if he didn't attack Riverclan I... I-I would give him his chance."
"You don't mean..." Suddenly, I knew what Skullwhisper had done. A feeling consisted of both shock and betrayal washed over me, it could have only been obvious! She gave us away, didn't she? Abandoned by two mothers... Why is this happening? I felt my ears droop, and I backed away slightly.
"I said if he didn't send ShadowClan to attack...th-then he could have three of you," She wailed.
"Th-three of us?" Lichenpaw stammered, her eyes glistening with shock. "Why three of us?"
"It's Rockstar, isn't it?" She looked up at me in shock.
"H-how could you-"
"I went hunting this morning, by the ShadowClan border. I was going to tell you earlier, but three cats approached me. The big grey one called himself Rockstar, and he gave me a mouse as an offering. I thought that was strange, and he was giving me strange looks at the gathering." I still don't understand how he knew I was his kit though.
"Is she... Is she right?" Stonepaw asked.
Skullwhisper could only nod, she was probably too shocked to do anything else.
"You were going to make us choose between who stays and goes!" I hiss. I said this loudly, and I knew Speckledfur and her kits could hear us. "Didn't you think about how we felt, or how we will feel once we were in separate clans, or how about when we have to go into battle with one another?!" With every word I said it looked like I was breaking her. "Tell me this, what would happen if we don't agree to this?" I asked even though I knew the answer. In my anger, I could feel tears running down my face.
"He will take ShadowClan and attack without mercy," she said. My tail was lashing wildly while I hissed in anger. I wasn't going to talk to her again, so I turned around and walked to the apprentice's den.
"Don't you love us anymore?" I glanced at Lionpaw as he said this. He looked so...so broken; I have ever seen him so sad before.
"I-"
"Don't bother with her guys," I spat. "As much as I hate her, we will have to decide on who stays and who goes." At first, no one followed me. "We can't allow RiverClan to suffer because of us." I then heard the footsteps of them come along with me, and I could hear the wails of our mother behind us. I walked to my nest in the back and tried to go sleep.
I didn't know what to feel anymore. All I feel is my heart shattering, but why is it shattering? I guess it's because of the loss of both my mothers. Well, I guess this is why Rockstar gave me the fresh kill earlier, but I wish he could have told me. All I know is me and the others are going to have a ball talking about this tomorrow. I closed my eyes and tried to let sleep take over.
I groggily opened my eyes noticing that I was in a strange place. It was another dream about the fire only this time it was like I was watching a memory or something. I saw two cats struggling in a fire, but it looked like one of them was already dead. I felt a presence next to me, and I saw a cat with stars in his pelt. He looked like the dead cat in the fire.
"Um...I don't know if you remember me," he said. I snorted and shook my head. "I...this is us down there, but I think you already know that part," he chuckled nervously.
"This is the fire of ThunderClan, and I know that two apprentices died. I was one of them," I said calmly. He nodded.
"Well...my name's Eaglepaw," he greeted. "I am... I was one of your brothers in your previous life." I stared at him and sighed.
"Though I didn't remember your name I know that you're my old brother," I said. I watched the black cat collapse, and I saw her hide her head under her brother. "Tell me something I don't know!" I snapped. I turned back to him and noticed his ears droop.
"I looked for you once I died," he said. "I met my other clan mates who died, but you never showed up. I met cats that were so ancient...but not you. I searched all of StarClan's territory until I met a cat called Thunderheart." Thunderheart. "He was our father who died in a battle with ShadowClan many moons ago." Oh... ...It always comes back to ShadowClan. "He told me that you were going to live a new life...a better life." Better life?
"Even so," I mumbled. "What do you want from me? Can you change anything?" He paused, unsure of what to say next.
"I heard what you said when you died, but do you remember?" he asked. I said something... What did I say? I looked at him expectantly. "You want revenge on ThunderClan for killing us. I want it to, and trust me, I know it's weird for a medicine cat to say that. I left StarClan for a while, for I wanted to stay with you..to remind you of your promise." So this is why I had such a hatred for ThunderClan.
"Is it you who walks in my dreams?" I asked. He nodded, with a slight guilty glint in his eyes.
"Then don't worry," I said coldly. "I'll get my revenge." I felt him sigh in relief. "Hey, Eaglepaw, can you tell me why my second life is so messed up?" I asked. "Or at least tell me why I'm on this path?"
"Hawk- I-I mean Robinpaw," he stuttered. "All I can tell you is this is all meant to be. Though your mother, Skullwhisper... I don't like her," He grumbled. I chuckled coldly.
"That makes two of us." I guess this is nice, being able to talk with my brother, but I knew it would end soon and I would have to be stuck in my other body. "One last thing Eaglepaw. Do you know who's going to ShadowClan?" I asked. I looked back to him seeing him fading away. I could make out a nod before he was completely gone. I could feel my self about to wake up as well, but I really don't want to.
I opened my eyes slowly and blinked the sleep away. I felt my nest under me, and I knew I wasn't in a dream anymore. At least I know what I need to look forward to in the future now I have something to fight for, but the only problem is that I have my older siblings to look out for. In an instant, I knew at least which two of us would be going to Shadowclan.
RiverClan doesn't share a border with ThunderClan, so revenge would be hard for me to accomplish. I never felt too much loyalty to RiverClan in the first place, in fact, the only thing I enjoy about it is swimming. I knew if I was going Stonepaw, would come with me, for I was his favorite (even though he will never admit it.) What I don't know is who else would come with me. Lichenpaw won't go I know that much, but I will miss her once I am in ShadowClan. It's either Lionpaw or Gravelpaw, but I know how painful it will be for them to choose.
It was still early, so we won't have to worry about training until later. I nudged their shoulder until they woke up, and I made sure they kept their mouth shut.
"Meet me behind the elder's den," I whispered to them. Once I was sure they all were going to come I diapered from the den.
I only just now realized that SkyClan's border will get in the way of things, so it will be in between RiverClan and WindClan. Sorry for that confusion, she wrote this before SkyClan was official announced to join the clans again.