A/N:

Yay new story! Well this is called Terra, which you probably already know. I already have some of this done, and will try to update as fast as possible, but please review if you can, It tells me if people like it, and If I should keep on writing. Anyway please read and review, and Chapter 1 should come soon!

~Leo~

PROLOGUE

Rain clouds gathered, as thunder rumbled in the distance. Trees branches blew in the wind sending leaves falling into the lake water. Along the grassland, bubbling streams flowed into the lake in many thin strips.

A brown she-cat looked up to the sky with wariness, perhaps she shouldn't have ventured out here after all. Reeds parted as she set a paw into the muddy grass, looking with cautious green eyes into a small clearing.

"Lightningcloud" she whispered, as a lithe gray tom walked by a bramble patch.

He looked up with surprise, and turned around to make sure no one was watching. Once he established that he was alone, Lightningcloud made his way over to the rogue, anger in his eyes.

"Terra!" he growled, "I told you not to visit me here. What if someone saw you?".

The she-cat looked down, hurt by the tom's words. "You mean if she saw you? Lightningcloud you know she's not the right one for you, I am!" Couldn't he see how perfect they were together, she thought?

The gray tom lashed his tail, "You're just a rogue Terra, I'm deputy of RiverClan for StarClan's sake. Not to mention that Hollyfrost is expecting my kits."

Terra gasped in shock, and stepped back into a puddle and slipped. "But I love you Lightningcloud" she rasped, "How can you say this?". After everything they had been through together, he was going to treat her like this?

"You can't just leave me like this!" Terra growled out of fury, "I'll tell Hollyfrost!".

The deputy turned, pure anger in his yellow eyes. He stepped forward, paw by paw until he and Terra were face to face.

"If you say even one word to her, you mangey piece of dung, I'll rip you to shreds before you even have the time to scream."

His words stung her like an adder's fangs. Could it really be that this was the cat she had fallen in love with? All those moons of him telling her he'd leave RiverClan to be with her, they were all lies! But there was one thing she could tell him, one thing that could change everything!

She stepped forward defiantly, "I'm expecting your kits Lightningcloud, you can't just treat me like a piece of fox-dung anymore."

He didn't even look her in the eye as he spoke, "The only kits I've fathered are those of Hollyfrost's" Lightningcloud meowed coldly, "And this better be the last time I see you here Terra, stay away for the good of your kits."

The brown she-cat stared at her ex-mate in pure horror, "You would harm me? You would harm our kits?" she echoed, shocked more than ever.

Lightningcloud didn't even turn, "I don't care about your kits" he spat, "And I'll do anything to keep a rogue like you away from my clan. Now leave before I reconsider letting you go alive."

Knowing the father of her kits meant what he said, Terra exchanged one last look with her true love, before venturing off into the unknown.

Sunlight warmed the rogues pelt, as she exited the small cave she had found the night before. Terra reached out with her limbs to stretch, digging up dirt as she sheathed her claws. The day was fresh with life, as butterflies fluttered through the air, searching the many flowers that surrounded her, for any signs of nectar.

"Mother!" the high pitched voice of her son called from behind her, "Can we go out and play?".

Terra turned to see Ember standing with eager eyes, his dark gray tail lashing impatiently.

"Yes can we please?" the voice of her other kit named Honey asked nicely.

She sighed, "Only if you let me wash your fur, look at you Honey, you have dirt matted in!".

Ember snuck past his mother, as Terra bent down to un-clump her light brown kit's fur. They technically weren't still kits, they were almost six-months old to be exact. Once her daughters pelt was nice and shiny again, Terra allowed her to go and play with Ember.

It had been eight months since she had last seen that dreaded cat Lightningcloud, she wouldn't dare return with what he threatened. Terra made sure to stay far away from RiverClan, she found a cave outside the ShadowClan border where she lived all her kits lives.

"I bet you can't catch me!" Honey taunted her brother, shaking her tiny rump in the air.

Ember narrowed his eyes and dropped to the ground, "I bet I can" he growled back, leaping into the air with great speed, and tackling his sister to the ground.

It always amazed Terra at how fast and strong her only son was, maybe he inherited it from his father.

No, not father, she reminded herself. These kits don't have a father. Regrettably, Terra had in fact told her kits about Lightningcloud, but it was only so they never went near him and knew of the danger.

"Mother look!" Honey's excited mewl distracted Terra from daydreaming, "I found something!".

The light brown she-cats gaze drifted to where her daughter sat, staring at a long black figure, adder!

"Honey get away!" she warned, leaping towards her daughter with great speed. But the snake had already pierced her daughters paw with precision aim, and was slithering towards Ember. Without even thinking about her own life, Terra leapt onto the snake and pinned it down so it couldn't touch her son.

Ember was staring at his sister's writhing body in horror, as Honey took her final breath of air. The venom had worked extremely quickly on the small she-kit, hopefully not as quickly as it would on Terra. She cut the snakes head off with a claw, but Terra had noticed she received a bite to the shoulder herself.

"Mother you're bitten!" Ember meowed with shock, "We have to wash it off!".

There was no way she could survive the Adder bite without any herbs, it was already too late for her, but she had to tell Ember one last thing.

"My dear son, I have to tell you something of grave importance before I die" she told him quickly, already feeling her paws becoming numb. The dark gray tom looked at her with concern and moved forward. "The night I gave birth to you and your sister, I was contacted by StarClan. You remember when I told you about the cats that live in the stars?".

Ember nodded, "I remember. Their the spirits of all the cats that have died."

Terra smiled, "I was contacted by a cat named Moonspirit. She told me that one of my kits will face a destiny unlike any other, and that this kit must uncover secrets from the clans. Ones that could destroy their future."

Her body was beginning to spasm, and Terra's breathing was becoming worse, she had to finish.

"But I thought you said never to go to the clans?" he asked in shock, amber eyes round with fear.

Terra nodded, "But you are strong enough my son. You are the cat that must help save the clans from their own demise. You must be their salvation."

"But I can't!" he yelped, digging into her fur with his muzzle, "How can I do all of this without you mother? What about Lightningcloud?".

Through all the pain she was experiencing, Terra still managed to raise her head in anger. "You must show the rest of RiverClan the evil murderous cat he truly is. I have faith in you Ember, remember look to the stars..." with her last few words, her voice went blank, as her whole body went numb.

The last thing Terra saw, was her son watching over her body, amber eyes watering from sadness. But as Terra went to join the stars, she knew her son would pull through all of this. After all, he held great power, and was going to use it to reveal the evil in the forest.