Prologue: The song of the past and future...
It was dark, the moon shone high above, the newleaf air was slightly warm, promising a new beginning. There was a lonely pool, rippling in the dark, the cold stars above it, shone brightly in the sky and in the reflection below. The moon was full, shining high, turning the grass below silver.
There was a rustle of movement, the shadows of creatures walking towards the pool, they were cats.
A blue furred she cat was leading a group of warriors, starlight glimmered in their pelts and paws, and the light of the moon shone in their wide eyes. There was a fiery pelted tom, a dark shaggy grey she cat with a odd muzzle. There were other cats too, hundreds, all of them with pelts of starlight.
They finally made it to the pool of starlight, and gathered around. At the centre were four cats. A red ginger tom, a black she cat, a skinny brown she cat and a silvery tom with long fur. Behind them gathered another group of starlight cats, the tribe of endless hunting. "Greetings, cats of Starclan, we have called you here today along with the tribe of endless hunting, and-.."
"Who are they!? How dare they approach this scared place!" hissed a tom with a broken jaw.
"They are the whisperers, Crookedstar... All legendary cats of strength and heart might join them if they lead lives well. They are spirits, refusing to fade away from existence after they have been killed a second time or have been forgotten."
Crookedstar stared in awe at the see through cats, their eyes blazed brighter than any Starclan cat. They said nothing.
One whisperer stepped forward, you could see even though her pelt was faded that she was a dappled tortoiseshell with amazingly bright amber eyes.
"Spottedleaf!" cried a flame coloured tom. With hurt clear in his voice.
Spottedleaf smiled at the tom but motioned with her tail to tell him to stay where he was. "We have a prophecy to tell you." She whispered.
She took a place next to the four cats. "These are Thunder, River, Wind and Shadow." The first leaders of the first clans.
They all dipped their heads in respect to the ancient cats. Eyes wide and ears pinned back in fear of what the prophecy would be.
Thunder stepped forward first. He cleared his throat and started to sing in a riddle fashion.
"Far away, the noble clans live their lives,
To be vanquished by the stalking night,
the fire of the heart shined his light,
and dove the evil away back into the dark..."
Firestar, the fiery tom's eyes grew wide when he realised the cats were singing about himself. River took his place and started to sing instead of thunder.
"The clans they building their might,
protected by the flame, burning in the night,
when the shadows grew long again,
the fire was the sun killing the dark,"
Next it was shadow.
"Then the sun set, to be followed by the children of the stars,
the flame lived on in the lion's roar, the jay's eyes and the dove's wings,
when the evil built his army,
they united the rivals to fight the shadows."
Then it was wind.
"Lives were sacrificed, heroes were born,
tears were shed and claws where shown,
the flame burnt out, the embers grew cold,
the clans they were scared their future began to fade."
Then rock melted out of the shadows and sang his part.
"but now when the nightmares become real,
the five, the embers of the flame,
will glow again to create a new blaze,"
A badger followed Rock's skinny, hairless frame. In her strange tongue she too began to sing the words.
"The stronger blood of thunder and fire,
will discover their path, the destiny of heroes,
they will learn the rise of the ashes,
and the ghosts of the forgotten past,"
Finally the last cat took her place, and sweetly began to sing the words.
"The rulers of the stars will prepare,
for the war of flame and shadow,
they will learn the shadows are their own,
and have been with them for their whole lives,
and that they are the oncoming storm that we have long awaited for..."
Extremely short I know, but this was mainly only about the poem/song/prophecy. Tell me what you think?
This sets off the next book quite nicely!
By the way, I have just seen the hobbit, you know the first song in the credits?
That's what inspired this, so for brilliant effect, please listen to the song while reading the poem, it makes it cooler!
Till next time!
Neon xxx
