Chapter- 1

A large black tom stirred in his afternoon nap as a paw prodded him awake. He cracked an eye open in annoyance. "What is it Rusty." He hissed to his brother.

"Molly, Bug, and Jammer came back with two mysterious cats roaming in our territory and Cooper was there, that lucky cat, we will have to get the details from him later." Rusty bounded out of the den.

Midnight sighed and hauled himself to his paws. His brother could be way too over excited sometimes, but he was a good brother. He walked out of the den, blinking in surprise when he saw the new comers. He had seen them before or at least the older one.

"Midnight. Over here." Some cat was calling him, he turned toward the HighRock that was locate at the edge of their camp, a small tabby and white cat was sitting next to Rusty and another long-haired tom.

Rusty was chatting like a bird in the morning, with the long-haired tom. "Cooper, how was it? Did you guys fight? Was Jammer mad?" Midnight heard his brother saying.

Cooper was trying to explain but Rusty was not really letting him. "Uh Rusty…."

"Yea?" Rusty mewed licking his front paw and running it over his ear.

Midnight rolled his eyes. But before he could tell his brother how mouse-brained he was, Jammer leaped onto the highledge to call a meeting. "All cats come and gather beneath the high-ledge for a meeting." He waited until all of his cats were there. "We found two loners roaming the lake area, they claim they know who we are and say they have urgent news." Jammer nodded and both cats leaped up onto the rock to join him and speak.

"My name is Pine and I am the son of the warrior Stormfur. And this is Swoop and he is my apprentice. We have come to tell you must change."

"What do you mean change?" Bug called from below.

"You need to change into warriors." Pine explained. He waved his tail toward midnight's small group. "Or apprentices."

"What's that?" Called Rusty.

This time Swoop spoke, his voice was quiet and he looked scared. "Warriors train the apprentices an-"

But a cat known as Turtle hissed. "We don't want your advice." Pine leaped off the high-ledge, taking Turtle's words as a threat, and lunged at him. But Turtle was no fool and he grabbed Pine's scruff and threw him off to the side. "Oh? Have you been day-dreaming in the clouds, because your warrior skills seem to be useless."

"Of the sorts." Pine spat back. "StarClan is wise ancestry of the noble warriors who have died. It is your choice whether or not you will to fulfill their destiny for you. We will be watching." Pine raced toward the camp entrance and called over his shoulder. "You will more likely die if you do not do as your told, you puny kits." Then he and Swoop disappeared though the small tunnel.

"What do we do?" Midnight called.

"We obey them." Jammer said. "I think if we don't do as we were told he will kill us."

"But what does he mean change our names?" Molly asked. "What do we change them too?"

"I think we should start out deciding who are the warriors or apprentices." Bug mewed. "And what about a leader? We need one of those too."

"And we should probally have a second in charge." Mewed Molly.

Jammer yowled to the sky in an attemt to calm his cats. "I will be leader and bug will be my second in charge."

No surprise there. Bug and Jammer were brothers and formed this group. "What about the name changing thing." Yelled Rusty.

"The leader's name ends in star. Apprentices name's end in paw and kit names end in kit." Midnight muttered just loud enough for the cats to hear.

"Midnight?" Jammer went up to his son. "How do you know."

"Because." He began, his tail shaking slightly. "I have had this dream before."