Just so everyone doesn't get confused, this story starts out BEFORE the new clans are formed. That's why the names are different than the one's in the character pages. But you should be able to figure out who's who because I just took out the last part of the cat's name.
It was a bright, sunny day, with the wind blowing softly. Down in the foothills, a river flowed down into the large lake in the distance. As the water glistened in the sunlight, wild ducks swam across it.
The flowers were blossoming, the smell of new blossoms filled the blue tortoiseshell she- cat's nose. Bits of pollen fell on her and the other cats' pelts. The lake glistened as the last bit of ice began to melt. The lake was alive, and as more prey came out, the smell of them made Water's mouth water and her stomach grumble.
" Why can't we just stop and hunt?" Water complained, " I'm starving!"
" Well you're just going to have to wait until we find a place to stay for the night," said her father, Shadow, tiredly, "We can't just go hunting while we're moving and not have a place to stay."
Water sighed. " Yes, I know, I know..."
As she and her "family" trudged along the hills, many of the cats chatted. One of the other cats that was Water's age, Violet, came bounding up to Water. She was still really excited to be moving about, since she just joined their "family" a few days ago with her parents. Water wondered when she would realize that moving wasn't that much fun most of the time. She figured it would be soon enough.
"Hi Water!" the pinkish gray she- cat said happily.
"Hi Violet," Water says calmly, "how's it going?"
Violet let out a purr, "Oh I'm just really excited about where we are going to go next!"
"Well that's good that you're happy, Violet," Water said.
"I was wondering," Violet said slowly, " How did you guys start out? Have you always been like this?"
Water thought carefully, "Well… from what I found out when I was a kit, I think we started out as separate rogues, separate families. But then there was a big fight. Everyone, even the she- cats with kits were fighting! But then one of the bigger cats called for the fight to stop. And he said 'Why do we have to fight like this? We need to come together and become a group so we can stop fighting and have peace among ourselves!' There's more to that, but that doesn't matter. So they decided to become one group of cats that would move from place to place together, like we do today. Now cats that want to come and join us are allowed, like you."
"Wow! That's amazing! But why do you consider each other family?" Violet asked with a look of awe on her face.
"Well that's because all of us travel together and hunt together almost all the time," Water said, glad that she knew something about her "family".
"Oh ok, thanks for telling me! Well I have to get back to my mom now, she won't stop worrying about me!" Violet said.
"Ok! See you later," said Water.
As Violet bounded off, Water decided to catch up to her mom, Frost as well.
"Hi Frost!" Water said happily
"Hi there Water! I saw you talking to Violet. Is she still excited about moving?"
Water sighed, " Yeah, she looked and sounded like she could run forever! Even I wasn't that excited to move around when I was a kit."
Frost purred, "Well she'll be bored soon enough,"
"Yeah, you're probably right. But anyway, I was wondering when we're going to stop for the night," Water pondered hopefully
Frost purred even louder as she look ahead to Shadow. "Well this might be your lucky day, because it looks like your father and Frozen have found a place to stay!"