First of all, thank you, everyone, for submitting OCs. I will try to make their personalities as close as I can to what you guys put. Also, the credit for the story idea partly goes to JustToTalk. They submitted Darkstar and Shadowstripe along with the story idea. Hope you guys enjoy, and have a nice day!
-PhoenixEcho2007
Prologue:
Shadowstripe padded across the tree bridge. Darkstar was leading the clan in front of him. The night sky glittered with stars and the full moon shone brightly in the sky. The tree-bridge was wet and slippery from the rain that had recently disappeared but Shadowstripe dug in his claws so that he wouldn't fall off. The rest of ShadowClan padded behind him. His new mate and mother of his kits, Poppycloud, had to stay at camp with their new kits, Applekit, Furzekit, Blazekit, and Sleekkit.
They came to the end of the log and Shadowstripe watched Darkstar jump off. Shadowstripe followed suit and padded over to where the other deputies were sitting. Shadowstripe sat next to Lightfoot, the deputy of ThunderClan.
"Greetings, Shadowstripe." Lightfoot meowed. Shadowstripe dipped his head slightly.
"Greetings Lightfoot." Shadowstripe meowed. "Any news?"
"You'll see." Lightfoot meowed vaguely. Shadowstripe shrugged and looked back at Darkstar, who had leapt onto the large tree. Vinestar, Rabbitstar, and Splashstar were all sitting on different branches then each other, as usual. The deputies of WindClan and RiverClan, Russetheart and Twistedbramble, were sitting behind Lightfoot and Shadowstripe.
The clearing was filled with cats from all clans, who were gossiping and sharing clan news. Shadowstripe usually kept to himself and listened to other cats' conversations. It was the best way to find out what other clans were planning and what was going on in each clan. Because of this information, ShadowClan had won many battles. They few they hadn't were with ThunderClan. They just seemed to not be beatable.
"Let all cats gather for the meeting of the clans!" Vinestar yowled. Shadowstripe's attention darted to the ThunderClan leader, who was standing, ready to share. "Prey has been running well in ThunderClan. We have two new kits, Thistlekit and Slickkit, born to Thornwing and Lightfoot."
Shadowstripe raised his eyebrow at Lightfoot, who was smiling. Shadowstripe looked back at Darkstar, who had risen.
"ShadowClan has plenty of prey, and we have four new kits, Applekit, Furzekit, Blazekit, and Sleekkit. We also have two new apprentices, Stormpaw and Smokepaw. And a new Warrior, Snowpetal." Darkstar announced.
"Stormpaw! Smokepaw! Snowpetal!" The clans cheered. Shadowstripe stayed silent though. He saw Snowpetal nervously lick her chest fur in embarrassment and Stormpaw and Smokepaw puffed out their chests in unison to try and look bigger and more scary. Shadowstripe rolled his eyes and let out a breath of relief when the cheering died down. Finally, we can actually hear the leaders. He thought sarcastically.
But then lightning struck down in the middle of the clearing. Multiple cats jumped away to avoid being hit. Dark storm clouds hid the moon. Why is that happening? He asked himself. We're not fighting, StarClan shouldn't be angry.
Shadowstripe heard scared yowls coming from young apprentices and even some Warriors. Then, a faded cat with stars in its fur appeared when the lightning had struck. Its eyes looked like they were glazed over, but Shadowstripe didn't know because it was a faded cat.
"A StarClan cat!" A voice yowled. Shadowstripe looked around the clearing to try and find who had said that, but he couldn't tell.
Then the StarClan cats mouth opened and green smoke poured out. Cats jumped out of the way once again to avoid being touched by the smoke. An ominous voice sounded out of the cats mouth.
"Dark shadows will creep through the clans, drawing cats cats away from each other and tearing apart the clans. But Black Skies will come together as one, and help Swift Moons defeat the Dark Shadows." Then the cats mouth closed and it disappeared, along with the green smoke. Shadowstripe just stared at the spot where the cat had disappeared, his eyes unmoving.