Wow, I have six reviews already and it's only the allegiance? Well, everyone who reviewed did get that plushie^^

SymphoniaFreak - thanks, I'm glad to have a fan!

leafpool47 - a Leafpool fan eh? Thanks, hopefully the sequel will be even better. Although, sequels never turn out as good as the first, sadly.

Dejected Dawn - I'm glad you're enjoying it!

EeveeCelebi749 - Uh, did I forget to put Grayfeather on the alliance? Oops. I suppose I will have to...well, you know she's still out there so...anyways, I thought about that plushie and how everyone hated Cinderfoot, so there you go; the perfect match

Darkness of the Eclipse - I know right? Iris is sort of like Nyra, only ten times better, in my perspective. You'll be seeing her a lot more in this book!

Loststream - congratulations! I remember when I first started trying out for school plays...used to be fun, before it got overrated and they started doing ridiculous things like HSM...that's just an embarrassment to American productions

Okay, so here's the prologue, and you get to meet different cats from StarClan, whoot!


Prologue

Rain pelted down on the forest. The droplets seemed to fall endlessly, around the sacred pool that was known as the Telling Pool. The clearing was etched with trees that grew side by side. Tension built around them as a fierce wind battered at their trunks.

A cat sat alone in the clearing, his fur slicked down from the rain. A worried look crossed his eyes as he stared into the pool. Starlight gleamed in them, and his gaze was sharp with intelligence.

He continued looking into the pool, as a second cat padded over to him. Light gleamed in this cats' eyes. Her fur was a beautiful dappled tortoiseshell, and her eyes were golden colored.

She was not like other cats. She was far older then the first cat, and she knew more then he.

"Goldenspirit," the tom meowed with a respectful dip of his head. "It has been quite some time now."

Her tail wrapped neatly around her paws as she sat down beside him. "When StarClan needs me, I come," she replied in a melodic tone.

The tom shivered visibly as she looked at him. "What do you know about this...Eclipse?" he asked.

Goldenspirit chuckled slightly when she saw the fear etched in his eyes. "If you knew, you would deem this warrior dead in an instant," she murmured.

The clearing fell silent as the two cats locked eyes. The tom knew how...unusual Goldenspirit was. She would often speak in riddles, and never once repeated her words. He felt as though he needed to get out as much information as he could.

"Perhaps you could use a little leverage," he mewed.

She didn't reply. A third cat was stalking towards them. This one was a long-haired blue-gray tom, with amber eyes that had been dulled out with grief. He stopped when he was nearly a whiskers length away from them.

"Who is this?" Goldenspirit asked, surprised at the sight.

"This is Dampfur," the tom explained. "He was...killed because his mate went mad with grief. Because of that...Eclipse." He spat out the word Eclipse. "Lightningstar was devastated when she killed him. She is now afraid to even share tongues with us."

Goldenspirit's eyes widened slightly. "The Eclipse can do many things to certain cats," she meowed. "It is said to be a curse, and a gift. It curses the cats around the one who is gifted. But since there were two born on the night of the Eclipse, it turned out differently."

"The Eclipse killed Grayfeather's heart!" Dampfur suddenly cried. "She is no longer a warrior, or a cat!"

Goldenspirit turned to glare at him. Dampfur crouched down under her sharp gaze, suddenly feeling afraid. "Eclipse is the reason she is mad," she snapped. "Duststar, I know you mean well, but there is nothing that can be done. What has happened has happened, and the past cannot be changed."

Duststar looked at her in dismay. True, the birth could not have been prevented. But they could have done something, had they know the damages this night brought upon the Clan. Two warriors were dead, a kit was killed, and the deputy was malformed now.

As if on cue, a fourth cat appeared, with a tiny little kit at his side. His fur was golden, with darker tabby stripes etching around his body and legs. The kit was a dark brown tabby tom.

"Sunstep, Flickerkit," Duststar mewed with another dip of his head.

The golden tabby dipped his head in return, then looked at Goldenspirit. "Why StarClan summoned you, I have no idea," he muttered crossly. "You were a traitor in the ancient times, and you don't deserve a place among the stars."

Goldenspirit's eyes gleamed with amusement as Sunstep spoke. He was a rather ambitious tom, but he had been killed during a battle against EclipseClan. She knew he was not a bother to her.

"StarClan summoned her because she has intelligence on the Eclipse," Duststar explained.

"I still do not have to enjoy sharing a den with that...thing," Sunstep spat.

Duststar regarded the golden tabby with a mere flick of his tail. He turned to Goldenspirit, who watched with glittering eyes. "Forgive him," he meowed, "He does not always see things the way we do."

Goldenspirit remained silent as Duststar continued. "We know enough about this Eclipse to prevent it from happening among the Clans, but who's to say it won't happen among the rogues? We've all seen the future."

Sunstep nodded while Dampfur's eyes clouded over once more.

"If the future is to bring peace, then we must allow this...birth to happen," Goldenspirit replied. All cats looked at her in confusion, but she swept on, "These rogues may be the key to saving your Clans, if you allow them to live. But I suppose not even the noble Duststar would want that to happen." Her voice came out as a sneer, and Duststar's hackles rose. "What I saw is true, and I shall share with you the vision."

As if waiting for them, she dipped her muzzle into the pool. Ripples began to form, and then, an image appeared. The fur was lined with dark gray, almost sooty black fur. Pale yellow eyes gleamed back at them, and Sunstep let out a shocked cry. The cat looked almost exactly like his father.

"If this cat is the future of the Clans, then we are all doomed," Duststar murmured as the image faded. Soon, the StarClan cats faded along with it, as the sun began to rise.

Wow, there's A LOT of foreshadowing in this prologue. I hope you can catch it^^ Lets see...You get a Goldenspirit plushie if you review!