Does the prophecy commence? Read to find out!

Chapter 6

"Tumblefoot? Come on, it's time to go." A soft, voice meowed. The dark gray tabby tom opened one eye and yawned. "Come on! It's our first Gathering as warriors."

Tumblefoot rolled onto his back, his white underbelly was facing towards the early night sky. "Give me another minute." He whispered as he closed his eyes again. The young black she cat nudged him with her nose. She began to grow impatient and padded back and forth.

"Come on!" she hissed. Tumblefoot ignored her. Finally she got so fed up she wacked him on the belly with her paw. The young tabby groaned and slowly got up.

"I'm up, let's go." He meowed. Goldenheart rolled her eyes and the two cats joined the other cats as they made their way to Fourtrees.

Tumblefoot could smell the scents of different clans all mingled together. He noticed all the clans were already there except for TunderClan. Once they got there the cats went off to talk with other cats. Tumblefoot spotted a pale ginger she-cat sitting with a small brown and white cat and a large brown tom. The tom was almost as big as Tumblefoot. He had broad shoulders and long hair. Goldenheart trotted over to the three cats, Tumblefoot followed.

"Hey there Smallpaw, Gingerpaw and--" Goldenheart didn't seem to recognize the young, handsome, brown tom with long hair.

"Actually now it's Gingerstripe." The RiverClan she cat mewed.

"Yes, and I'm known as Smallcloud and this is my brother, Marshtail." The small she-cat mewed. "I finally convinced him to join me so I could introduce him to all of you."

Marshtail glanced at Goldenheart shyly. His dark amber eyes glowed under the moonlight. "Hello." He mumbled.

"Hello, I'm Goldenheart." The pretty she-cat mewed.

"And I'm Tumblefoot." The dark gray tabby tom meowed. So this was Smallcloud's brother? Did he have the same dream as him? Tumblefoot wondered.

Suddenly a golden-brown tom walked by Tumblefoot. "Hey! Talonclaw, come here." Smallcloud yelled out. But Talonclaw didn't even bother to look back. "Ugh… he's so weird. He said hello to me earlier." The small she-cat mewed.

"Quiet down everyone. I shall speak first." A small mew came from the top of Great Rock. Tumblefoot recognized that she-cat. She was very small, but very tough. She had an odd pelt, it was brown with gray. That was Mousestar, leader of ShadowClan.

"ShadowClan has been doing well. A few of our kits and elders got Whitecough, but now they're all better. Also there have been traces of dogs around our territory, I suggest all of you be careful while you're on your way to Mothermouth." The small she-cat warned. Then she stepped back and let another cat step forward.

This tom was an average sized cat. He was white with gray patches and there was a large scar on the right side of his face. Tumblefoot noticed that he was blind in his right eyes. That was Graystar, leader of RiverClan.

"RiverClan is doing very well. The river is full of fish and everyone has been doing well. Although we did scent some WindClan cats in our territory." The gray and white to glanced back at a light brown tabby.

"We were not stealing from you!" Willowstar hissed menacingly.

"Fine. But if I smell your clans scent in my territory, we will attack." Graystar mewed solemnly.

"We weren't stealing!" Willowstar's hair was raised. Tumblefoot was afraid that Willowstar would attack Graystar. Suddenly Cinderstar stepped between the two cats.

"Do not go against the warrior code! No fighting during the Gathering." He hissed. Willowstar glared Cinderstar. Her tail was twitching with annoyance and impatience. Graystar just walked off and sat by Mousestar.

"I shall speak next." Willowstar mewed. She shoved Cinderstar aside as she stepped forward. Cinderstar did nothing except stared at the WIndClan leader for a moment before he turned away and sat down in front of Graystar.

"My clan is doing fine. We have plenty of prey in our territory and we're not thieves!" She yowled. Most of the WindClan cat yowled in agreement, some RiverClan cats glanced at each other and twitched their tails.

Willowstar said a few more things then stepped back. Dawn was approaching so Cinderstar had to make his announcement quickly.

"Well, ThunderClan has three new warriors. Dewpelt, Goldenheart and--" but before he could say his son's name, all at the cats looked up into the sky.

The sun was getting closer to the moon. Gingerstripe began mumbling some things into Smallcloud's ear. Goldenheart leaned closer to Tumblefoot. His eyes widened at he saw the moon about to clash with sun.

"What's going on?" a tom asked.

"It's the end of the world!" a she-cat wailed. Suddenly all the cats began to panic. Warriors and elders ran around trying to run away, apprentices were getting trampled over. Tumblefoot could hear Cinderstar yowling something.

"Calm down! Don't panic, calmly walk back to your clan territory!" the large gray tom yowled. None of the cats seem to have heard the ThunderClan leader. Mousestar jumped off Great Rock and dashed towards the direction of ShadowClan. Graystar and Willowstar glanced at each other worriedly.

Tumblefoot got closer so he could hear what they were saying. "It's time…the prophecy…" Graystar mewed. So the leaders did know about the prophecy! Willowstar looked up at the sky, the sun was touching the moon. She backed away in fear and jumped off Great Rock.

"Tumblefoot!" Goldenheart yelled. Tumblefoot turned his head and saw his sister being bowled over by a scared RiverClan tom. Just as he was about to go help her he heard another cry from behind him.

"Get off!" a creamy she-cat mewed. It was Dewpelt. She curled up into a small ball and began to whimper like a kit that got separated from her mother. Tumblefoot glanced back at his sister and noticed her got help from Marshtail. Tumblefoot dashed forward to help Dewpelt.

"Get up! You've got to get out of here." The young tabby meowed as he nudged Dewpelt back onto her feet. The she-cat stared at Tumblefoot for a moment then stepped back with her ears flattened on her head.

"I don't need help from you!" she spat. Tumblefoot glared at her.

"Fine…I was just trying to help." He mumbled. He turned away and began to make his way towards his friends.

"But…thank you." Dewpelt mewed. Tumblefoot glanced at the creamy colored she-cat and nodded briefly before he dashed off. Maybe Dewpelt wasjust jealous but deep down inside she respect him and his sister.

"Tumblefoot! Over here!" a deep voice meowed. Tumblefoot spotted Marshtail with his sister and Gingerstripe.

"I'm glad you're alright." Goldenheart ran up to him and licked his ear. A panicked look was shown on Marshtail's face as he looked around.

"Have you seen my sister?" he asked. Unfortunately, Tumblefoot didn't. "I hope she's alright." The brown tom mewed. Tumblefoot knew how he felt. He'd get worried if he didn't know where his sister was.

Suddenly a lost and confused apprentice ran up Great Rock. He skidded to a halt on the edge and glanced up at the sky. The blinding sun made the apprentice close his eyes and yowl in pain. He rubbed his eyes with his paw but lost balance and fell of Great Rock. All the cats who noticed gasped in horror. Tumblefoot and Marshtail bounded forward to see if the apprentice was alright.

Marshtail pressed his ear on the young apprentice's chest. "He's dead." The brown tom mewed. Tumblefoot backed away in horror. The poor apprentice, he was just confused and scared and didn't know what he was doing.

"Tumblefoot…look!" Marshtail mewed. Tumblefoot looked up and saw that the sun was covering the moon.

"Shield your eyes!" a cat yowled. Tumblefoot closed his eyes and faced downward.

"Don't be afraid…the prophecy has begun." A faint voice echoed. Tumblefoot could barely hear it. All the cats around him were yowling in fear.

"What's happening Silverpoppy?" the young tom cried out.

"It'll all be over soon." She mewed.

Tumblefoot kept his eyes tightly shut. He didn't know how long he stayed like that, it almost seemed like forever. After a long while, the noise started to die down. He felt a cold nose pressing about his flank.

"Did you hear Silverpoppy?" Goldenheart asked. Tumblefoot opened his eyes. He was relieved to see his sister. Tumblefoot nodded. He quickly glanced up and noticed that the moon was gone and only the sun was left.

"I heard her." Marshtail mewed as he padded over to the two cats.

"Me too." Gingerstripe meowed. Tumblefoot noticed that all the cats were gone except for a few. He noticed Smallcloud who was curled up on the ground. Marshtail ran over to his sister and nudged her.

Smallcloud raised her head and got up. The two ShadowClan cats padded over to the small group of cats.

"It's the beginning of the prophecy…" Gingerstripe mumbled. "What do we do now?"

"Well maybe we should return to our clans first. I saw Cinderstar heading back to ThunderClan." Marshtail meowed.

Smallcloud seemed a bit dazed and confused. "Prophecy?" she glanced up at her brother.

"I'll explain on the way back." He mewed. "I've got an idea. We'll go check on our clans and in two sunrises we'll meet back here."

"Good thinking, Marshtail." Gingerstripe meowed.

"I think we should leave now." A young tom meowed. The five cats turned their heads. A long, thin, muscular golden-brown tom stood on a small rock. His fur sparkled under the sun, and his green eyes seemed serious and stern.

"Talonclaw? You know about the prophecy?" Smallcloud mewed.

"What are we suppose to do? Where are we supposed to go?" Tumblefoot asked. "I think we should stay for a couple of days and look for signs."

"Fine." The golden-brown tom mewed. "I better head back." He turned around and walked off.

"Wait! Talonclaw, you know about the prophecy?" Goldenheart mewed.

Talonclaw turned his head and nodded. "Yeah. I've been lurking around and I figured you're the cat with the golden heart." With those words, he padded off.

"So that's why he was lurking around us." Gingerstripe mewed.

"We better go." Tumblefoot mewed. The other cats nodded. The five cats said good-bye to one another and dashed off. Tumblefoot and Goldenheart didn't know what to expect when they returned to camp.

What stars did they have to seek? What was going to happen? Tumblefoot hoped that Silverpoppy would send him a sign.

"What are we suppose to do, Silverpoppy?" he whispered to himself. "Please tell me…"

A bit dramatic... no one knows what's going on and everyone is panicking. The next two chapters are pretty interesting. Now since the moon has clashed with sun the stars will go missing. In the next two chapters you'll see what's going on in each clan then the journey begins. Stay tuned for adventure, drama and suspense! Thank you for reading, reviews are very much appreciated! Please review, I like to hear other people's opinions.