I woke up and was standing on the moor. I looked behind me, and spotted camp squeezed between many hills. Up ahead of me was a river, and then the Thunderclan forest. I backed up, ready to run and leap over the river. I crouched back and let out a growl as I dashed forward and then leaped. I made it across, and only my back paws hit the water. I looked around, and spotted a butterfly flying into the forest. I immediately ran after it.
I ran through the forest, chasing after the purple butterfly. I tried to leap and catch it, but it was too high up. Then suddenly a black paw shot out and smashed the butterfly to the ground. I looked up and saw a giant black tom with amber eyes. Under his paw was the struggling butterfly that finally went limp. The cat removed his paw and looked down at me.
"W-Who are y-you?" I stammered, terrified.
"The question is who are you little one? Traveling on my territory," he hissed.
"I'm Lightningkit. F-from Windclan," I answered.
"Bah!" the cat yelled as he threw the butterfly aside with his paw," Windclan is weak. Windclan are fools. I led Windclan once, and I had no idea how hard it would be to lead such a weak, foolish, incompetent clan!" "Windclan is not weak and not foolish! We always fight Thunderclan for more territory and we always win!" I replied puffing out my chest to make myself look bigger.
"But long ago under my leadership, Windclan almost took over the whole forest. We defeated Riverclan, and Shadowclan joined us in fear. But Thunderclan was too stubborn. They did not realize that if they too joined us, we would all live in peace. No cat would go hungry and no cat would have to fight over borders. And somehow, Thunderclan managed to defeat weak old Windclan," the cat said.
"But we are strong now!" I protested.
"No you're not!" he hissed," You are just as weak as ever before. But of course, you can always change that."
"How?" I asked.
"By letting me train you little one. I was only able to train one cat when I was leader, and he was extremely powerful. Scorchfire was his name. He fought beside me in battle, and together we could have taken over the entire forest. But he was killed by the strongest cat in the forest besides me. He died bravely. Of course I did too. I was killed by 4 Thunderclan cats who had a prophecy to help them. I had no prophecy, but I came to so much power. If I trained you, you could become more powerful then you were ever destined to be," the cat said.
"Really? I could be the best warrior in the clan?" I asked.
"Of course little one. If I was your mentor in your sleep, you could learn so much. And someday, you may even be leader, and train all of Windclan to be strong again," he said.
"I'll do it! And maybe Thrushkit can come too!" I said.
"Woe now," he said as he wrapped his tail around my shoulders," This has to be our little secret. Ok?" "Why?" I asked.
"Well, if cats heard of me, they would come running to me to be trained. And I only choose certain cats to train. I see something very special in you. But you must not tell anyone of me. Nobody. And if you do, I will not train you anymore," he said.
"Okay then! I won't tell anyone! But what is your name?" I asked.
"I am Nightstar. And together Lightningkit, we will accomplish many great things," Nightstar said.
Then slowly everything began to fade away.