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Cloudy Dreamcatcher- I can't give away anything. *evil laughter* Yeah I want to do some backstory on DoomStar's name. (His mum did not call him Doomkit, in case you were wondering) He will end up an important character.

So, anyway, on with the story!

Kitekit opened his eyes to see a forest. Trees towered above him, and rays of sunlight warmed his fur.

"Kitekit!"

The voice was unfamiliar and, acting on instinct, Kitekit darted into a nearby clump of bracken. The cat mrrowed with amusement.

"You're safe here Kitekit. This is StarClan's hunting grounds."

Panic sparked inside Kitekit and he struggled out of the bracken and whirled around to face the cat.

"StarClan! Am I dead?" he demanded.

The other cat, a large brown she-cat with thick black stripes, replied, "No, you're just visiting."

Kitekit relaxed, looking more closely at the StarClan cat to notice that stars glittered in her fur and her claws were long and curved, larger than any other claws he'd seen.

"Who are you?" Kitekit asked.

"I'm EagleHeart," she mewed.

"EagleHeart… but.. but you're…"

"The cat who killed DoomStar and saved the Clans?" EagleHeart guessed.

"Yeah," Kitekit managed, awe in his voice.

"Kitekit, I have a prophecy for you," she said. "And a warning."

A chill ran along Kitekit's spine.

"A warning?" he asked uneasily.

She nodded.

"And a prophecy?" he said. "But only healer's get prophecies."

A thought struck him and he looked desperately up into EagleHeart's eyes.

"I don't have a healer, do I? I want to be a warrior!"

"No, you can be a warrior," EagleHeart purred. "StarClan gives prophecies to those who aren't healers sometimes."

"Great!" Kitekit said, sitting down.

"This is the prophecy," EagleHeart mewed. "Darkness is coming, a darkness not even StarClan can face. Nine lives our hopes rest on."

"And the warning?" Kitekit asked, holding his breath.

"One life has already been stolen, another about to disappear. The darkness gets closer to rising. You must use all you have to fight this. Be strong, Kitekit, or the nine will fail."

"But what does the prophecy have to do with me?" Kitekit demanded.

"Prophecies work in strange ways," EagleHeart mewed. "You should think about what it means instead of demanding answers I don't have."

"Sorry," Kitekit said.

EagleHeart was silent, watching him. One life stolen? Did that mean one cat who was part of the prophecy had died? But then why had she called them 'the nine' later? Or did it have something to do with Nightpaw's mysterious disappearance a moon ago?

"I'm sending you somewhere now, Kitekit."

EagleHeart's voice jolted him out of his thoughts.

"It will help the Clans in the moons to come, give you an idea of your abilities."

"Where…" Kitekit started, but EagleHeart faded, and the world blurred around him.

He was left with EagleHeart's final words echoing in his head.

"And it will let you understand what you are up against."

A meadow spread out before Kitekit, the grass soft beneath his paws.

"I like it here. It's so peaceful."

Kitekit twisted his head to the side. A black tom-kit sat beside him, his green eyes gleaming with mischief.

"It is nice," Kitekit mewed, confused.

How could a kit help the Clans?

"Do you want to play?" the kit asked.

Kitekit's spirits lifted. Maybe this was just a dream.

"Sure."

The kit pounced, and Kitekit rolled to the side, dodging the attack.

"Do you think you can escape me that easily?"

Kitekit shivered. The voice was different, older. He turned around. A black tom crouched before him, similar to the kit who had been there moments before, but with a different light in his green eyes. Malice.

Kitekit turned and ran, his paws thudding over the soft earth. He heard the heavier thump of the black tom's paws as he raced after Kitekit, and he felt hot breath on his tail.

Kitekit gasped the cool air of the nursery as his heartbeat slowed. He could hear the soft murmurs of the cats returning from the Gathering. Kitekit shut out the murmurs, and snuggled into Larkshine's soft fur, trying to erase the memories of the dark cat as he drifted off.

When Kitekit opened his eyes he was back in the meadow. His heart sank as he looked around for the black cat, finding the kit a few tail-lengths behind him.

"Want to play?" the kit asked.

Kitekit ran, sprinting away from the kit as fast as he could. His chest and legs ached, but he still ran, trying to leave this dream meadow and the cat who haunted it. The black cat materialized in front of Kitekit, an adult, and he leaned forward until their noses were almost touching.

"You cannot escape me," he mewed. "Because I am Shade, and you are mine."

And Kitekit knew for certain that this was no normal dream.

I'm not sure if that was any good. It was supposed to show how fractured/damaged Shade's mind was, but I'm not quite sure it worked. Sorry for how short it was, the next chapter will be about twice as long (with any luck).

Also, I don't know if anyone's actually reading this. Is there any way I can find that out? Also please review (I don't mind if you say it sucks).

-SkyStorm