Well, hello my peoples!
I am currently writing the prequil to this story in addition to the real thing. It is about how Smallstar and his sister (she will be mentioned later) got to where they are. I know you probably think it's dumb to write a prequil before the actual fanfic is finished, but I know if I don't write it now, it will never be written.
This is kind of a short chap, too.
Anyway, thank you! Enjoy!
Goldentail tensed up. What? she thought. Smallstar was not known for making such arguments, always so careful and kind in everything he did. No, he couldn't be challenging RiverClan now, not in ThunderClan's desperate condition! "Smallstar, you idiot," she grumbled under her breath. Nothing could make this right now. Oh, StarClan, please grant him his brains back. Goldentail shifted uncomfortably, eyeing her siblings nervously.
"Has he lost his mind?" Twigtail murmured in her ear.
Littleleaf nodded her agreement.
Goldentail turned her attention to the ThunderClan leader. "Cats of all Clans," he began, "not a half-moon ago, Fishstar ordered the death of my Clan. We were successful in driving them out, but I've had to make an adjustment in my deputy. Don't worry, Shadowcloud is alive, but he can hardly walk. The new deputy is Sunclaw." He didn't pause to let the Clans congatulate Sunclaw. "WindClan, ShadowClan, you may not have known this, but RiverClan and ThunderClan are at war. There is hardly a moon where one of the two Clans is not attacked. No cat can remember when or why this was started, but an entire generation of fighting? I claim some of the blame for letting this go on so long, but enough is enough!" Goldentail bit back a mew of surprise. She had thought Smallstar was going to jump up and fight, right there! Instead he seemed to be putting the war to a stop! "WindClan, ShadowClan, we of ThunderClan call you as witnesses." he turned to the RiverClan leader. "Fishstar, will you call down your warriors?"
The RiverClan leader seemed as puzzled as all Goldentail and her siblings. Finally he seemed to understand, and flared up with hatred, his fur bristling. "Smallstar!" he spat. "ThunderClan may have forgotten, but RiverClan will never forget! And you, Smallstar, I know have not forgotten a thing!"
Smallstar hissed back, his fur bristling as well. Suddenly the lights went out. The moon had disapeared behind the clouds. StarClan declared the gathering over.
That night Goldentail curled up in her nest next to Littleleaf. She thought about the gathering as she drifted off. She dreamed of the two Clan leaders, clawing eachother's fur off. She sat next to a big gray cat with large black spots, a worried expression on his face as he watched his leader.
What a handsome tom, she thought.