IMPORTANT NOTE: Most of the non-dialogue scenes in this story are taken directly from the book. Do not tell me that I'm copying anything, because the point of the story is to rewrite the dialogue, not the main story.


Prologue

One by one, the cats crept into the cave. Their fur was streaked with mud and their eyes stretched wide with fear, reflecting the cold moonlight that filtered through a crack in the roof. They crouched low with their bellies close to the ground, their gazes flickering from side to side as if they expected to see danger lurking in the shadows.
The glimmer of moonlight was caught in pools of water on the cave floor. It lit up a forest of pointed stones, some rising from the ground and others hanging from the cave roof. Some of the stones joined in the middle to form slender trees of gleaming white rock. Wind gusted through them, ruffling the cats' fur. The air smelled damp and clean, and was filled with the distant roar of falling water.
A cat stepped out from behind one of the pointed stones. He was long-bodied, with lean, muscular limbs, and his pelt was completely covered in mud that had dried into spikes, so that he looked like a cat carved in stone.

"HI, IDIOTS." he meowed in a rasping voice. "There's moon stuff in the water. WE'RE HAVING A TELLING NOW AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!"

One of the cats crept forward, dipping his head to the mud-covered cat. "Hi, Stoneteller. Freaking idiot. Have the endless hunting dudes talked to you?"

Another cat spoke from behind him. "Oh god. There's FINALLY hope! About time! Jeesh."

Stoneteller bowed his head. "You shut up, but I saw the words of the Tribe of the Endless hunting. There was moon stuff on the rocks and shadows in the stones and all this stupid rain so there's hope. FINALLY! Good God, this was a way too long of a wait."

A faint murmur, like the rustle of leaves in the wind, passed through the group of cats. Their eyes seemed to glow brighter, and their ears pricked. The one who had come forward first mewed ANGRILY, "So you and your stupid old brain FINALLY knows what's gonna make that stupid lion go away?"

"Yeah, Crag." He said. "The Idiots of Endless Hunting PROMISED ME that this stupid silver cat is gonna come save the day and get rid of that lion. YOU UNDERSTAND NOW, STUPID?!"

There was a pause, then: "Are there other cats beside us in the world? AAAAH WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! THEY EXIST! AAAAH!" A voice asked from the back of the group.

"Well, there's GOTTA be!" Another cat replied.

"I heard about strangers," meowed Crag. "But we haven't seen them yetttttttttttt! WHY WOnT ThAT STUPID SILVER CAT JUST COME NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" he added desperately, and other SCREAMS rose from around him.

"YEAH! WHEN?!"

"ARE YOU LYING TO US, IDIOT?"

Stoneteller screamed at everybody to shut up.

"I AIN'T LYING TO YOU! I SAW THE SHEEN OF HIS SILVER FUR IN THE WATER!"

"BUT WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNN?! I WANT HIM NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Crag whined, sounding like a total nutcase.

"I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU NEED TO SHUT UP!" Stoneteller screamed.

He raised his head toward the cave roof, and his eyes shone like 2 tiny moons. "Until then, we just gotta be PATIENT!"


I hope you all enjoyed! Leave a review if you want, and I'll post Chapter 1 tomorrow.