Dawn (Part 1)

Prologue
Starclan were gathering at the looking pond. At the same time, the Dark Forest cats were gathering at a swamp. One cat slipped into the shadows, towards Starclan's territory.

At the Looking Pond, one cat yowled and everyone became silent. 8 cats stepped forward. Firestar yowled, "We have gathered to pick the new heroes of the forest! A new, bigger tragedy is coming, and we need special cats to save the clans!" cats murmed in agreement. Then Firestar looked into the looking pond and the reflection of a blue-gray tabby she-cat appeared. "Streamkit!" Firestar yowled, then stepped back. Bluestar stepped forward. The reflection of a yellow she-cat with a brown paw appeared. "Sunkit!" she yowled, then stepped back. Tallstar stepped forward. The reflection of a pale gold tom with long fur appeared. "Longkit!" Tallstar yowled, then stepped back. Onestar stepped forward. A reflection of a gray she-cat with white paws appeared. "Skykit!" Onestar yowled, then stepped back. Leopardstar stepped forward. The reflection of a black she-cat appeared. "Nightkit!" Leopardstar yowled, then stepped back. Mistystar stepped forward. The reflection of a dark ginger she-cat appeared. "Rosekit!" Mistystar yowled, then stepped back. Nightstar stepped forward. The reflection of a brown tom appeared. "Beaverkit!" Nightstar yowled, then stepped back. Blackstar stepped forward. The reflection of a orange she-cat with brown spots appeared. "Spottedkit!" Blackstar yowled, then stepped back. "It has been decided! Streamkit, Sunkit, Nightkit, Rosekit, Longkit, Skykit, Beaverkit and Spottedkit shall be the heroes of the forest!" Firestar yowled. Starclan yowled in agreement, then went in different directions. There was a rustle in the bushes, and Tigerstar ran back to the dark forest.

"How many did they choose?" Hawkfrost said eagerly. "8" Tigerstar said. "Wow! They must be really scared!" Hawkfrost said. "We will choose 4 cats." Tigerstar said. He stepped foward and looked into the pond. The reflection of a yellow she-cat with black spots appeared. "Leopardkit!" Tigerstar yowled, then stepped back. Hawkfrost stepped forward. The reflection of a dark gray tom appeared. "Pebblekit!" Hawkfrost yowled, then stepped back. Darkstripe stepped forward. The reflection of a black tom with a white tail appeared. "Stormkit!" Darkstripe yowled, then stepped back. Tigerstar stepped forward agian. "The reflection of a dark gray tom with a jagged yellow tail appeared. "Lightningkit!" he yowled, then stepped back. "These 4 kits are the chosen ones! They will lead our forces!" He yowled. Then he walked away into the shadows of the Dark Forest.

Chapter 1
Streamkit opened her eyes. She looked over at her sister, Sunkit. Then she got excited. Tomorrow was her apprentice ceremony! She poked Sunkit. "Wake up! Wake up!" she said. "What is it?" Sunkit grumbled. "Tommorow is our apprentice ceremony!" Streamkit meowed. Sunkit jumped up. "Of course! How could I forget?!" Sunkit said. "Come on, let's go see if we can tag along with a hunting patrol!" Sunkit said. Then they dashed out of the nursery.

Sunkit and Streamkit watched a hunting patrol go out sadly. They had begged and begged, but they said no. Suddenly Sunkit jumped up. "Hey! There's still one left!" she said, then ran over.

"Please, Please can we tag along?" Sunkit begged. "Sure!" Brightheart meowed. "It'll make up for Leafpool." Berrynose grumbled. Brightheart glared at him, and then they went off to hunt for the clan.

"So, if your hunting a mouse, you go upwind of it, crouch down like this, keep light on your paws, then pounce?" Sunkit said. "Exactly" Brightheart meowed. Streamkit was getting bored. Sunkit was asking tons of questions she already knew the answers to. So Streamkit decided to hunt. She sniffed around. Then she caught a whiff of...mouse! She quickly located the mouse, then went upwind of it, and started sneaking up on it on light paws. Soon she got in pouncing reach. One, two, three! Streamkit pounced. She got it under her paws and quickly bit it's neck. She picked up her mouse and trotted of to find Brightheart.

"Wow! You caught a mouse!" Brightheart meowed as Streamkit came up to her with her mouse. Sunkit looked at the mouse in amazement. "You caught that?" she asked. "Yep!" Streamkit said through a mouthful of mouse fur. "I want to catch one!" Sunkit meowed. She started to run into the bushes. Then she turned her head to say something, but then bumped into Berrynose. "Watch where you're going!" Berrynose said. "I just stepped on a thistle, and my paw hurts!" Berrynose said. Then he started to complain about thistles, and he went on and on. Then Sunkit inturrupted. "Berrynose, why are you such a pain in the behind?" Berrynose looked at Sunkit with surprisement in his eyes. "I am not!" he insisted. "Right guys?" Leafpool and Brightheart where trying to hide their laughs. "Um, actually, you are Berrynose." Brightheart said, and then her and Leafpool flopped down on the ground and started to laugh their heads off. Sunkit bounced away, satisfied that she had proven her point.

Chapter 2
Beaverkit looked out across the nursery. He was bored. Tommorow he was going to be an apprentice, but he didn't have anything to make time go by. He wanted to play outside, but Spottedkit was the only other kit in the nursery and wanted to stay inside. Suddenly he heard a loud rumble.

Thunder! He dived under his mother's belly. Then he peeked out. Spottedkit was under her mother's belly too. Then Russetstar called his mother Shrewfoot to talk with. Beaverkit was all alone.

He heard the thunder agian. This time he didn't have anywhere to hide. So he ran out of the nursery. He would find his mom. But instead of going to the leaders den, he accidentally headed for the forest!

Beaverkit looked around. The leaders den must be out here somewhere. He kept on running. Then he suddenly stopped. There were no cats! No warriors, no apprentices, no leader, no anything! He had gone the wrong way! He looked around. Then he heard a booming thunder. He crouched down and whimpered. He started to run as fast as he could in the other direction. Suddenly a raindrop hit his muzzle.

He shook it off. But after a few minutes, it was pouring. Beaverkit shivered. He was wet, cold, hungry, and lost! Then he saw a small bramble bush. He ran over and began to scratch off sticks.

The rain kept on pouring harder and harder, till he could barley see in front of him. He started tearing clumps off, not caring if they pricked his paws. Finally, he grabbed the last clump and threw it back. He squeezed into the hole.

Then he heard a huge crash, and a creaking noise began. He poked his head out to look, and a tree was about to fall right on top of him! He ran as fast as he could, but he was too late. Their was a huge boom, and everything went black.

Beaverkit opened his eyes. His head hurt, and so did his tail. Flametail was on the other side of the cave, mixing herbs. "Why am I in the medicene cat den?" Beaverkit thought. Then he remembered the tree. "I wonder how long it took for them to find me?" Beaverkit wondered.

Flametail turned around and said "You're awake! Thank Starclan! I was afraid you were a goner!" "How did I get in here?" Beaverkit asked."After the storm, we sent out a search party for you, and you were under a fallen tree." Flametail said. "Now, get some rest" Beaverkit didn't argue. He closed his eyes and fell into a peaceful sleep.

Chapter 3
"Bet you can't get me!

"Bet I can!"

"Prove it!"

"Ok! You asked for it!"

Skykit crouched down and got ready to dash from Longkit. Longkit pounced, but Skykit dashed out of the way. Longkit landed with a thud. Then Skykit leaped. But Longkit got out of the way, then quickly pinned her down.

"See! I won again!"

"Yeah, yeah, but wouldn't this be more fun if we were in the training area?"

"But, wouldn't we get in trouble?"

"Nah, as long as we didn't stay too long, no one would miss us."

"I still don't think we should do it."

"Well I'm going, whether you're coming or not!"

Skykit started to go towards the camp enterance. "Good luck!" Longkit said. "You'll see!" Skykit said, then went out into the moor.

Skykit ran towards the training area. "This is going to be so much fun!" Skykit thought excitedly. Soon she arrived. She looked around the training area. "Wow, this is like an empty camp!" Skykit thought. She started to practice fighting moves. Just then there was a rustle, and Longkit and Ashstar came out.

"Skykit, why are you out here?" Ashstar asked. Skykit glared at Longkit. He was such a big tattletale! "I'm here to practice battle moves!" Skykit said. "But you know kits can't leave camp without a warrior!" Ashstar said. "I'm almost an apprentice!" Skykit whined. "But you aren't one yet." Ashstar said. "Come on, let's go back to camp." Skykit dropped her head and started to follow. "You're so mean!" Skykit whispered to Longkit. Longkit looked hurt. "I just did what I thought was right." Longkit said, and then ran back to camp. Skykit was shocked. Longkit's feelings were hurt so easily! She dragged her tail all the way back to camp.

Chapter 4
Nightkit licked her fur. This was the 4th time that Rosekit had gotton her dirty! "C'mon, why do you have to groom your fur! I wanna have fun!" Rosekit complained. "Getting dirty is your idea of fun!?" Nightkit said. "Well, yeah, I guess" Rosekit said. "Well, why don't we try MY way this time?" Nightkit said. "Fine" Rosekit grumbled. "I don't see why your fur needs to be so neat all the time."

"This is BORING!! We're just sitting here guessing what's happening outside! I want to SEE what's happening outside!" Rosekit said. "Fine, lets go out and play I spy." Nightkit said. "I SPY!! That's also really boring!" Rosekit complained. "Why don't you practice your battle skills, and I'll watch and tell you how you're doing?" Nightkit said. "Great! You thought up an awesome idea!" Rosekit said, then dashed out of the nursery.

"You almost had it, you just landed a little awkwardly." Nightkit said. "Try to land with balance and spin around the second you hit the ground." "Ok, I'll try!" Rosekit said. She jumped over the imaginary enemy, and the second her paw hit the ground, she tried to spin around.

Nightkit closed her eyes and heard a thud. When she peeked out, Rosekit was sitting on the ground. "I didn't literally mean the second you hit the ground turn around! I meant that the second all four paws hit the ground turn!" Nightkit said. "Well, at least I'm ok. I'm sure that when I'm an apprentice, I'll be a master at it!" Rosekit said.

Nightkit heard a small rustle in the nest. She looked over to see Rosekit shuffling the nest. "Quiet it down, will ya? I want some sleep here!" "Sorry, I can't fall asleep! I'm too excited to fall asleep! Aren't you? Tommorow is our apprentice ceremony!" Rosekit said.

Then Nightkit remembered the apprentice ceremony. She groaned. "What is it? Are you sick? Should I wake up mom?!" Rosekit said. "No silly! I'm thinking about leaving the nursery! I'm going to miss walls, the floors, and most of all...not having to fight. I'd rather help cats around camp PREPARE to fight." Nightkit said.

"Not having to fight?! I can't wait to learn to hunt and fight!" Rosekit said. "I'm not so sure I WANT to fight.." Nightkit whispered. "I'll be right back! Promise!" Rosekit said, then snuck out of the nursery.

Chapter 5
Sunkit ran out of the nursery and yowled "We're gonna be apprentices!" Streamkit yowled with her. Graystripe yowled from the elder's den "Quiet down! Can't a cat get any sleep!?" Sunkit and Streamkit stopped and giggled. "He's mad agian! If he hears us giggling, he'll just get madder! So stop!" Streamkit said. "Sorry, it's hard not to!" Sunkit said. "All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here for a clan meeting!" Bramblestar yowled. Sunkit and Streamkit scrambled over to the clearing.

"Stop! I need to groom you!" Cinderheart ran out of the nursery. "Aw..come on mom! We're clean enough!" Sunkit complained. "No, you aren't!" Cinderheart said as she began to lick. Sunkit sat down and pouted. "We come together to celebrate this very speacial occasion. 2 kits will become apprentices. Sunkit, Streamkit, come forward" Bramblestar said.

"Sunkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be appprenticed. From this day, until you recive your warrior name, you will be known as Sunpaw. I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Bramblestar said. "Hazeltail" He said. Hazeltail walked forward. "Hazeltail, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received exellent training from Dustpelt, you have shown yourself to be smart, kind and brave, and I expect you to pass on all you know to Sunpaw." Bramblestar said. Hazeltail touched noses with Sunpaw and whispered, "We're going to have a great time together!" "Streamkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day, until you recive your warrior name, you will be known as Streampaw. I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Bramblestar said. "Rosepetal" Rosepetal walked forward. "Rosepetal, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had recieved exellent training from Squirrelflight, and you have shown yourself to be kind, loyal and respectful, and I expect you to pass on alll you know to Streampaw." Bramblestar said. Rosepetal touched noses with Streampaw and whispered "Want to go hunting tommorow?" Streampaw nodded her head excitedly. She was gonna go hunting! "Sunpaw! Streampaw! Sunpaw! Streampaw!" Thunderclan shouted.

Sunpaw crawled into her nest. She was now an apprentice! Streampaw was sleeping already. Sunpaw closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

She woke up in a field. Where was she? Then she saw a starry cat walking towards her. "A real Starclan warrior! Which one are you? Are you Silverstream, or Firestar, or maybe you're Longtail," Sunpaw said. "Hold on a moment! My name is Bluestar." Bluestar said. "Oh! You were the leader before Firestar! I've heard of you!" Sunpaw said. "Yes. I have come to tell you that you are part of a new prophecy, a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all!." Bluestar said. "What does that mean?" Sunpaw asked. "I do not explain prophecys, I only tell them." Bluestar replied smoothly. "I will visit you every day, and help you train." Bluestar said, then started walking away. "Goodbye!" Sunpaw said. Then she started to walk away. What could it mean? a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all...what could it mean?

Streampaw woke up in a field. "Wow! This is a great place to play!" She thought. Just then she saw a starry cat walking towards her. "You must be one of Starclan!" Streampaw said surprised. She bowed her head. "I am Firestar." Firestar said. "I have come to tell you are in a new prophecy, a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all!." "I will remember." Streampaw said. "I will visit you every night and train you." Firestar said, then started to walk away. "Goodbye!" Streampaw called. She thought about the prophecy. What could it mean? She was determined to find out.

Chapter 6
Spottedkit bounced out of the nursery. "Beaverkit! Come'on!' Spottedkit said. Beaverkit crawled out of the nursery. "Are you still embarrassed because the tip of your tail is gone?" Spottedkit whispered. Beaverkit glared at her. "All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here for a clan meeting!" Russetstar yowled. Spottedkit scampered over, but Beaverkit trudged behind. "Today I have 2 kits to make into apprentices. Spottedkit, Beaverkit, come forward." Russetstar said.

"Spottedkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Spottedpaw. I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Russetstar said. "Ferrettail" Russetstar said. Ferrettail walked forward. "Ferrettail, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Oakfur, you have shown yourself to be brave and courageous and I expect you to pass on all you know to Spottedpaw." Russetstar said. Ferrettail touched noses with Spottedpaw and said, "I'll make sure you'll be the best apprentice ever!" Spottedpaw nodded her head and her eyes gleamed. "Beaverkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Beaverpaw. I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Russetstar said. "Redwillow" Russetstar said. Redwillow walked forward. "Redwillow, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Whitewater, you have shown yourself to be brave, thoughtful and humorous, and I expect you to pass on all you know to Beaverpaw." Russetstar said. Redwillow touched Beaverpaw and whispered, "You and me are going to be best friends!" Beaverpaw nodded his head. "I hope so." he thought. "Spottedpaw! Beaverpaw! Spottedpaw! Beaverpaw!" the clan yowled.

Spottedpaw and Beaverpaw settled down into their nests. On the other side of the den, Robinpaw and Patchpaw were together in a nest, and Blackpaw was in his own nest. Spottedpaw yawned and fell asleep.

Spottedpaw woke up in a field. She began to play in it and chase butterflies. Just then a starry cat walked forward towards her. "Hello Spottedpaw." the black tom with white paws said. Spottedpaw looked up. "Blackstar! I've heard of you!' Spottedpaw said. The butterfly in her paws escaped and flew away. "I have come to tell you that you are are part of a new prophecy, a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all." Blackstar said. "I will come and train you every night" "What does the prophecy mean?" Spottedpaw asked. "You have to figure it out for yourself." Blackstar growled, then walked off into the mist. "What could it mean?" Spottedpaw murmured to herself. She'd find out. Somehow.

Beaverpaw woke up in a field. He began to look for cats. Then a starry cat approached him. "Greetings. Why have you come?' Beaverpaw asked and bowed his head. He knew this was one of Starclan. "I have come to tell you are part of new prophecy, a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all." Nightstar said. "I will remember." Beaverpaw said. Nightstar walked off into the shadows. "I must remember the prophecy. I wonder what it means?" Beaverpaw thought. Well, he'd have to find out later.

Chapter 7
Skykit and Longkit went out of the nursery. "We're gonna be apprentices! We're gonna be apprentices! Come'on Longkit, join me!" Skykit yowled. Longkit just turned around and walked away. Skykit's tail drooped. Longkit was still hurt by her saying he was mean. Why couldn't he just forget it and go on with life?

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here for a clan meeting!" Ashstar yowled. Soon everyone had gathered. "Today I have 2 kits to name apprentices. Skykit, Longkit, come forward."

"Skykit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be appprenticed. From this day, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Skypaw. I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Ashstar said. "Swallowtail" Russetstar said. Willowclaw walked forward. Swallowtail, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received exellent training from Willowclaw, you have shown yourself to be kind and brave and I expect you to pass on all you know to Skypaw." Ashstar said. Swallowtail touched noses with Skypaw and said, "You and me are going to be a great team!" Skypaw nodded and her eyes gleamed. "Longkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be appprenticed. From this day, until you recive your warrior name, you will be known as Longpaw. I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Ashstar said. "Sunstrike" Ashstar said. Sunstrike walked forward. "Sunstrike, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received exellent training from Emberfoot, you have shown yourself to be humorus and kind and I expect you to pass on all you know to Longpaw." Ashstar said. Sunstrike touched noses with Longpaw and said, "I can't wait to be with you!" Longpaw nodded his head. "Skypaw! Longpaw! Skypaw! Longpaw!" the clan cheered.

Skypaw plopped down in her new nest. Longpaw went on the other side of the den and went down in a nest.

Skypaw woke up in a field. "Hello! Anyone here?" she called out. Just then Onestar came forward. "You must be one of Starclan!" Skypaw chirped. "Yes, I am Onestar and I have come to tell you that you are part of a new prophecy, a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all." Onestar said. He bowed his head and disappeared into the mist.

Longpaw woke up in a field. Then Tallstar came forward. "Hello. Why have you come?" Longpaw said. "I am Tallstar and I have come to tell you that you are part of a new prophecy, a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all." Then he nodded and disappeared into the mist.

Chapter 8
Nightkit and Rosekit went out of the nursery. Today was their apprentice ceremony! Finally!

Nightkit dreaded the thought of it. To leave peace and quiet, and have to fight!

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here for a clan meeting!" Reedstar yowled. Soon everyone had gathered. "Today I have 2 kits to name apprentices. Nightkit, Rosekit, come forward."

"Rosekit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day, until you recive your warrior name, you will be known as Rosepaw. I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Reedstar said. "Mallownose" Russetstar said. Mallownose walked forward. "Mallownose, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received exellent training from Rippletail, you have shown yourself to be smart and brave and I expect you to pass on all you know to Rosepaw." Reedstar said. Mallownose touched noses with Rosepaw and said, "You're going to learn everything!" Rosepaw nodded and she smiled. "Cats of Riverclan, as you know, I will not be around forever. So it's time I took an apprentice. I have chosen a cat who has shown kindess, caring and appreciation. Your next medicine cat will be Nightpaw." Willowshine said. "Nightpaw, do you accept the post of apprentice to Willowshine?" Reedstar said. "I do." Nightpaw said. "Then at the half-moon, you must travel to the Moonpool to be accepted by StarClan before the other medicine cats." Willowshine said. "The good wishes of all Riverclan will go with you." Reedstar said. Willowshine touched noses with Nightpaw. "Nightpaw! Rosepaw! Nightpaw! Rosepaw!" the clan cheered.

Nightpaw woke up in a field. Then Leopardstar came forward. "Greetings" Nightpaw said. "I am Leopardstar, and have come to tell you that you are part of a new prophecy, a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all." Then she disappeared.

Rosepaw woke up in a field. This isn't my den. She thought in her head. Then Mistystar came forward. "I am Mistystar, and have come to tell you that you are part of a new prophecy, a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all!." Then she nodded and disspered.

Chapter 9
Streampaw stalked a mouse silently. The breeze ruffled her fur gently, and she could sense the tiny heartbeat of the mouse in her paws. Slowly, slowly, slowly, then she rushed at the mouse. It looked up, but it never got the chance to squeal. She kicked the dirt over her mouse and purred in satisfaction. Suddenly a fox slipped out of the bushes, and gave a low growl. Streampaw whipped her head around, then gave a scream of terror, and ran as hard as she could. The wind was whipping past her. She finally looked back and saw only a red dot on the horizon. She stared first at the red dot, then at herself. How did she run so far, and so fast? She hardly felt out of breath! She should warn her clan of the fox though. She jogged back to camp.

Sunpaw purred as she dashed behind a tree, hiding from Stormpaw. "I'm gonna find you!" Stormpaw purred. Sunpaw held her breath, trying to keep herself from giggling. "Found you!" Sunpaw jumped as Stormpaw shouted. "Bet you can't tag me though!" She laughed. Then she ran off toward Windclan territory. "Wait..." Stormpaw's voice seemed faint, but it had only been a few seconds since she started running! Sunpaw turned back and stared. Stormpaw was only a small dot on in the forest! "What are you doing on Windclan territory!" She turned around and saw Crowfeather staring down at her. "I..I didn't mean to!" Sunpaw stammered as she backed away. Suddenly Crowfeather's gaze softened. "You're Cinderheart and Lionblaze's kit, aren't you?" He said. "Yea, do you have a problem with that?" Sunpaw growled. "Lionblaze, my son...you're my grand-daughter." Crowfeather whispered. "Huh! As if I care!" Sunpaw said. Then she ran across the border into Thunderclan territory. "Wow, you ran fast!" Stormpaw said. "Yea, sure." Sunpaw said distractedly. How dare Crowfeather mention their realationship!

"Streampaw, I ran super-fast today, do you know why?" Sunpaw sat behind the apprentices den. It had been so hard to squeeze in here, but at least they could talk in private. "I did too...maybe we have special powers! We ARE part of a prophecy." Streampaw said. "Cheetah's are the cats that were faster than all the others...we must be the cheetahs in the prophocey!" Sunpaw said. "But who are the unseen, the birds, and the lions?" Streampaw said. Just then Hazeltail called out, "Sunpaw! Training!" "We'll talk about this later." Sunpaw said, and squeezed out from behind the apprentices den.

Chapter 10
Skypaw bounced around in excitement. "I'm going on a border patrol!" Skypaw thought. Longpaw was going with her. He glared at her. She sighed. Why couldn't he forget about it? The hatred had grown a space in between them. Several times she had tried to say sorry, but he just faced the opposite way. Man, he was so touchy!

She walked on the Thunderclan border. She sniffed the air. Who knew what those pesky Thunderclan warriors would do next? She caught a whiff of fox. "FOX!! FOOOX!!" she yowled. "What? Huh? Where?" Sunstrike said. "Settle down" Crowfeather growled. He sniffed the air. His eyes popped wide. "There is a fox!" he yowled. Longpaw looked scared. Then there was a low growling sound, and a fox came out of the bushes. "Skypaw! Longpaw!" Crowfeather growled. "Go back and get help!" "But..but.." Skypaw stammered. "GO!" Crowfeather growled. Skypaw and Longpaw began running for camp.

Skypaw was running so fast, she was nearly tripping on her paws. As she sped forward, she began to feel weightless. She looked down. What she saw was far beyond her dreams.

"AHH!!!" she screamed. She was up in the air, flying! She looked over, and Longpaw was panicking too. She stopped moving her paws, and began to fall. "AH!!" she screamed. "Move your paws like your running!" Longpaw screamed. She frantically began to move her paws. She rose into the air. "We, what.." Skypaw said. "Who cares! We need to get back to camp! And this will help us go faster!" Longpaw yelled. Skypaw gathered herself and zoomed forward, faster than any cat could run.

As they approached camp, Skypaw dived down. She bounced on the ground a few times, then straightened up. She'd have to practice her landing.

She ran into camp yelling, "CROWFEATHER AND SUNSTRIKE ARE TRAPPED WITH A FOX!!" Ashstar and Owlwhisker ran out and headed toward the border.

"Come'on." Longpaw said, and walked in a cave in the dip. Skypaw followed.

"Skypaw, we need to see if we were dreaming, or if we actually flyed." Longpaw said. Skypaw nodded. If this was real, they would be marked in history!

"Ok, look up to the sky, and start moving your paws." Longpaw said. "Oh, so if someone finds us here, I'm the one that will look like a dork trying to fly?" Skypaw said. "Ug! Just try!" Longpaw said. "Fine, but your getting half the blame if someone finds us here, and I look like a dork!" Skypaw said. Longpaw rolled his eyes. Skypaw looked up, and began to move her paws. The weightless feeling began again.

"Look! I'm flying!" Skypaw said. She didn't even have wings! Longpaw began to rise too. "I had this weird dream." Longpaw began, slowly landing. "Really? I had one where the past leader came to me, and told me this weird message." Skypaw said. "Me too!" Longpaw said. "If 8 work together, they may be able to defeat the claws..." Longpaw remarked. "We're going to save the clan!" Skypaw whooped, and flew in circles.

Skypaw and Longpaw walked back to camp. "This is the best day ever! Longpaw likes me again, I'm going to save the clans, and i can fly!" Skypaw thought. But if we're the birds, then who are the unseen, the cheetahs, and the lions?

Chapter 11
Beaverpaw, can you help me with this?" Smokefoot grunted. "Ok!" Beaverpaw rushed over. "I can't move this rock!" Smokefoot growled. "Why do you want to move a rock?" Beaverpaw asked. "We're expanding the camp, and this rock is in the way! Now help me!" Smokefoot grunted. "Ok!" Beaverpaw said. "One, Two, Three!" Smokefoot shouted. Beaverpaw smacked into the rock, and it rolled away. Smokefoot's eyes got big. "How?...What the?" The stammered. Beaverpaw watched the rock roll away. He was frozen with fear. "How did I just move that rock Smokefoot couldn't move, with one shove?" Beaverpaw thought.

Spottedpaw growled. "This is MY nest! I claimed it Pinepaw!" "Too bad. I claim it now." Pinepaw smirked. "I WARNED YOU!!" Spottedpaw growled. Spottedpaw pounced on Pinepaw. They rolled across the room in a fight. Spottedpaw put her paws on his shoulders and pushed him down on the ground easily. She pinned him down with all 4 legs. Pinepaw struggled, but Spottedpaw held him down effortlessly. "Now, stay out of my nest, you hear!" Spottedpaw growled. "Hmmph! I won't!" Pinepaw growled. "Then take this!" Spottedpaw whacked Pinepaw with her paw, and Pinepaw rolled across the room and into the wall. "Ohhh...." Pinepaw moaned. Spottedpaw stared, shocked. Had she just thrown him across the room with only ONE PAW?! She stared at him, moaning on the ground. She backed away, horrified with herself, and ran into the woods.

"Spottedpaw! Am I glad to see you!" Beaverpaw stopped Spottedpaw. "Get away from me! I'm a freak!" Spottedpaw wailed. "I'm a freak too." Beaverpaw whispered. "Wha-What?" Spottedpaw lifted her head. "I just moved a huge boulder with one shove." Beaverpaw shuffled his paws nervously. "I just threw a cat across the room with one swipe of my paw." Spottedpaw said. "Let's run away together, so we don't harm any other cats with our freakish powers!" Beaverpaw nodded. They ran together, side by side. "Were are we going?" Spottedpaw asked. "To the old Twoleg nest. It's out of the borders." Beaverpaw said. "We'll be safe there." ''I wish I could be a normal cat, with a normal life. Not a cat with freakish powers she just discovered.'' Spottedpaw thought. But she couldn't control that. She couldn't control her destiny.

Chapter 12
Nightpaw stretched. It was the first day she would be an apprentice! She looked around. Suddenly, Rosepaw jumped on her. "Hah! I got you! You should have been prepared to be attacked any minute!" Rosepaw shouted. Nightpaw hissed. "I'm a medicene cat apprentice! I don't need to be prepared! And you messed up all the herbs!" Nightpaw wailed. She rushed over and began to sort them all again. "I wish I was invisible, so then Rosepaw couldn't jump and scare me all the time." Nightpaw thought. "Nightpaw! Were'd you go?!" Rosepaw wailed. "I'm right here you mousebrain!" Nightpaw hissed. Rosepaw looked around in confusion. "Who are you?! Where are you?! Help!" Rosepaw wailed. Nightpaw was confused. Rosepaw was looking right at her! How could Rosepaw have missed her? Oh no! What if her wish had become real?! Then she'd be invisible forever! "I take it back! I don't want to be invisible!" Nightpaw wailed. "How did you just appear there Nightpaw?!" Rosepaw screeched. "I don't know, but I don't wanna know!" Nightpaw shivered. "I just wished I was invisible, and I was!" "Ooh! I wanna try!" Rosepaw said. "I am invisible!!" Rosepaw shouted. Suddenly, she was gone! "Rosepaw?" Nightpaw was scared. Suddenly she felt a claw on her tail. "Ow! Hey!" Nightpaw growled. "I wish I was invisible!" "Hey, no fair!" Rosepaw pouted. "Hey, I can see you now!" Nightpaw said. "Yea. I guess when we're both invisible, we can see each other!" Rosepaw said happily. "Now become visible again!" Nightpaw hissed. "Why!!" Rosepaw complained. "I'm not using this power!" Nightpaw said. "Why not? Obviously, Starclan gave us these powers to protect our clan! Why shouldn't we use them?!" Rosepaw stared angrily at Nightpaw. "I'm not using my powers until Starclan tell me THEMSELVES that I was meant to have them and how to use them!" Nightpaw growled. "What powers?" Willowshine suddenly appeared. Nightpaw gulped. This was not good.

"So let me get this straight...you 2 can be invisible whenever you want?" Willowshine asked. She tried to make her voice calm, but it was bursting with excitement. "Yes." Nightpaw shuffled her paws nervously. "That's wonderful!" Willowshine exclaimed. "Huh?" Rosepaw was clearly confused. "I had a prophecy last night. It told me. The Unseen will be the ones to save you. That must mean you!" She said excitedly. "No. No no no no no!!" Rosepaw growled. "You have it all WRONG! Its a great danger will come to kill off warriors, but when the unseen, the birds, the cheetahs, and the lion come together, they will save you all!" Nightpaw glared at her. Why was she such a big mouth at times? "Wait, what?" Willowshine asked. Nightpaw took a deep breath. "Look, we'll explain later. Just please don't tell anyone!" Nightpaw pleaded. "I promise I won't tell anyone." Willowshine said. Then she nodded and walked out of the den.

Chapter 13
Sunpaw raced madly thorugh the forest. Crowfeather's words still stuck in her mind. You're my granddaughter... Yea, so what if Crowfeather was her grandfather! That didn't make them friends! He was still in a separate clan, so they were still hostile enemies! If only Squirrelflight had really been Lionblaze, Jayfeather and Hollyleaf's mom! Then she could say, "Oh yea, Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw are my grandparents." But instead, she was stuck with Crowfeather and Leafpool, who both the clan despised. Though things were still getting better for Leafpool, Crowfeather had never changed one bit! Sunpaw huffed. Crowfeather deserved to be disliked! As she neared the Windclan border, she sniffed the air. Crowfeather again! She inwardly groaned. "He may as well join Thunderclan if he's going to be partolling their border all day!" She thought. Quickly, she dashed behind a bush so she wouldn't run into Crowfeather again.

Crowfeather emerged from the bushes. Quickly he glanced around, then tiptoed into Thunderclan territory. "What is he doing?!" Sunpaw thought. "Get out of our territory!" Sunpaw jumped oiut of the bushes. "Sunpaw! Just who I was looking for!" Crowfeather quickly gave Sunpaw a knock on the head, and everything went black.

"Have you seen Sunpaw?" Streampaw raced up to Leafpool. She shook her head. "Nope. She's probably just out going for a stroll to relax. Why don't you just go to bed? She'll be here in the morning." Leafpool marched into her den, The sun was setting. Streampaw couldn't help worrying. It was so unlike Sunpaw to go out all day without telling her....finally she decided to go find her.

"Huh?...Where am I?" Sunpaw slowly focused her eyes. Crowfeather! Suddenly her mind jumped back into action. She glanced around the room frantically for a way out. The cave was small and dark. She could see A sliver of light. She began charging at it frantically. "Sunpaw." Sunpaw whipped her head around to see Crowfeather sitting in the corner. "Why you!" Sunpaw began to charge at him. Crowfeather yelled, "Wait! I just...need to confess." He droooped his head in shame. "I know that you probably hate me, but I need to tell you something...." Sunpaw was confused. Why tell her? "I....I well...I know about your powers. Sunpaw's eyes got wide. But how?

Streampaw yelled frantically. "Sunpaw! Sunpaw!" She was nearly in tears. How could she ever lose her? "SUNPAW!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.

"So you're telling me....you are in league with a group of evil?" Sunpaw was horrified. "I was." Crowfeather looked down in shame. "They...they want to kill you, your sister, and all of the cats with powers. I...I suspect they are communicating with the Dark Forest." Crowfeather said. "SUNPAW!" Sunpaw heard Streampaw's scream. "I have to go." Sunpaw said. "Before you go, I have to warn you. These cats aren't like anything you've ever seen. Worse than Bloodclan." Crowfeather stared at her with his green eyes. Sunpaw gulped. This wasn't the easy task she thought it would be.

"Sunpaw!" Streampaw cried out. Sunpaw was emerging from a pile of rocks. "Where were you?" Streampaw asked frantically. "Never mind that. I found out more about the prophecy. These cats are worse than anything the clans have ever seen." Streampaw suddenly began running in the direction of the old twoleg nest. "What are you doing?" Sunpaw caught up to her. "I just have a feeling something bad is happening there." Streampaw said. Sunpaw could feel a strange tingling too. What were they about to come face to face with?

Chapter 17
Skypaw was clinging onto a branch as dark shadows of cats tried to get up at her. Suddenly a large shadow made way through the crowd. His glowing amber eyes didn't blink. He grabbed a hold of her shadow and pulled her. Skypaw could feel him tugging on her. But how could he grab her shadow? Skypaw was terrified. Finally, the amber-eyed cat relased her shadow. She let out a gasp. "This is only a fraction of what is in store for you from the other side." He howled, and raced away with the shadows. "Skypaw wake up!..." Skypaw strecthed her eyes open wide to see Longpaw looking down at her. "No! Don't let them get me!" She wailed. Skypaw's fur was sticking up and her heart beat faster than ever.

Longpaw looked at Skypaw wailing "Don't let them get me!' Longpaw walked over and began to lick her fur. "It's ok. I'll protect you." He said quietly. He licked her fur with care and gentleness.

Crowfeather watched Longpaw lick Skypaw's fur and mumble comforting words to her. His heart sunk. Such a strong relationship between them...He missed Leafpool so badly. He could almost see Leafpool. Nightcloud passed him without a word. Nobody cared about him here. Sitting here and feeling sorry for himself wasn't going to help save the clans though. He quietly slipped into the apprentices den.

"Longpaw?" Crowfeather said quietly. "Can't you see I'm busy?" Longpaw continued licking Skypaw's fur. "I know what Skypaw's talking about." Crowfeather said. "What?" Longpaw said. "She...well... the Dark Forest has just payed her a visit." Crowfeather said. Longpaw's eyes got wide. "They've....they've discovered powers greater than ever, and will destory us all if we don't destroy them first." Crowfeather said. "Skypaw, is that who you saw?" Longpaw said gently. "Oh...yes!" Skypaw moaned. "They also have forces on ground...they are cats whom the Dark Forest created themselves. " Crowfeather said. Longpaw was horrified. The Dark Forest was their enemy?

Skypaw suddenly jumped up. "I can feel it.....The Dark Forest cats are attacking cat's with powers! We can't let them die! Longpaw, we have to go there now!" Skypaw ran out of the den, and took flight in the air. Longpaw was close on her heels. Skypaw flew toward the abandoned twoleg nest. She saw 4 other cats approaching. "They must be the other 4 that aren't being attacked. They sensed it too. " Skypaw swooped down to meet them.

Chapter 15
Nightpaw hummed joyfully while she sorted herbs. Suddenly she got a weird, warped feeling. "uuuhh" She feel over in a heap. As soon as she did, cats began to appear around her. "What did you do to her boss?" One cat asked. "Poison." The amber-eyed leader hissed. "What about the other one?" One cat asked. "I'd like to work more on this one." The amber-eyed cat said. Then they disintegrated.

"Nightpaw!" Rosepaw ran over and began licking her fur. Nightpaw slowly got up. "Poison..." She mumbled. "WILLOWSHINE!" Rosepaw screeched.

Rosepaw paced franticallly outside the medicine den. "You can come in Rosepaw." Willowshine said. Rosepaw dashed in. "Oh Nightpaw, are you alright?" Rosepaw asked. "Yes....I'm feeling better now. The Dark Forest....they're stronger than ever, and have made cats beyond our world...." Nightpaw said. "I can feel them....they're at the abandoned twoleg nest. Suddenly her eyes got wide. "Nightpaw?" Rosepaw waved her paw. "Nightpaw?"

Nightpaw saw a small brown tom and a spotted she-cat charging through the black shadow cats with amazing strengh. But the shadow cats were gaining on them. "Help them..." A voice whispered. "Yellowfang?" But suddenly the vision cleared.

We have to go the the abandoned twoleg nest now!" Nightpaw said. "But that's all the way across the lake!" Rosepaw said. Nightpaw became invisible. "Fine." Rosepaw said. She became invisible and saw Nightpaw dodging cats and running to the entrance. "Wait for me!" Rosepaw ran after her.

Rosepaw approached other cats. 2 were flying in the air, and 2 were running super-fast. "Rosepaw, we should meet these cats. They have powers too." Nightpaw said. Rosepaw nodded and became visible. "Hello. We are Rosepaw and Nightpaw, the unseen." Rosepaw nodded to the two fast cats. "We are Streampaw and Sunpaw, the cheetahs." The blue-gray tabby she-cat said. The 2 others swooped down from the skies. "We're Longpaw and Skypaw, the birds." The yellow tom said. "Where are the lions then?" Rosepaw asked. "I have a feeling...in there." Sunpaw said as she pointed her tail toward the old twoleg nest. "Lets do this." Skypaw said.

Chapter 16
Beaverpaw ran into the twoleg nest. "We'll be safe here Spottedpaw." He panted. Spottedpaw gazed at him with grateful, loving eyes. Beaverpaw smiled back at her. Maybe things weren't so bad. Suddenly there was a creak from the boards. "Ack!" Spottedpaw screeched. A dark cat emerged, followed by at least 20 others. "Ssso, you're the cats with powers?" the largest black cat hissed like a snake. Spottedpaw whimpered. "Pathetic!" he laughed. "Spottedpaw, we have to use our powers NOW!" Beaverpaw whispered. Spottedpaw nodded feebly. Beaverpaw rammed into the crowd of the black cats, biting this way and that, scratching everything in his path. "Starclan help us!" He prayed. Suddenly 6 cats came bursting into the room, opening the large twoleg doors. letting light in. "ATTACK!" they howled, and ran into the crowd. 2 of them flew into the air. "The birds." Spottedpaw thought. Two charged through the crowd, zig zagging so fast the black shadow cats didn't have a chance to touch them. "The cheetahs." Spottedpaw thought. The last two... where were they? Spottedpaw could see some shadow cats being choked, but there was no choker. "The unseen!" She howled in delight. Suddenly one of the black shadow cat's leapt on her. She swiftly knocked him off the one swipe of her paw. He went flying across the room, and hit the wall with a smack. Suddenly a large shadow cat with amber eyes approached her. "This is only the beginning." He hissed.

Epilouge
8 cats lay, moaning in the old abandoned twoleg nest. "What a battle!" The yellow she-cat limped into a corner. Finally, the spotted cat stood up shakily. "This is only the beginning." She meowed feebly. There is much more to come." The other cats stared at her, horrified. Only the beginning?"