The Revival

The Revival is the first book in the Return of the Clans series. It is Gary's first fanfic (second counting Sunstar's Journey, which is on the Starclan's Journey page).

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The trees stood, quiet and calm, as the various cats walked out. A ginger tom padded into the clearing, his whiskers twitching. "Firestar, keep your paws on." A cat from behind mewed to him. "Graystripe, we've never been involved in a prophecy before!"

The gray tom stared at him blankly. "Yes, we have!" he growled. "Not as StarClan cats, we haven't," Firestar retorted. The two StarClan warriors sat in the clearing, waiting for the others to join them. Eventually, hundreds of thousands of StarClan cats had joined them in the clearing.

"Something isn't right. SkyClan is the only Clan left." The cat next to Firestar mewed. A tabby with broad shouders.

"I noticed this, Bramblestar." A blue-gray she cat agreed. "I think it's time for the revival of the Clans."

"But how can we revive the Clans if all we have is SkyClan?" a ginger she-cat retorted. "There aren't even enough of them to fill ThunderClan!"

Bramblestar looked at the she-cat. "Sandstorm, ThunderClan is long gone. You should know; we were part of ThunderClan when it was destroyed!" he hissed.

Sandstorm turned her head. "Still, it's not MY fault. The Clans fell apart because of ShadowClan getting to power hungry. Not my fault we're all in StarClan, now!"

"Calm down, Sandstorm," Firestar mewed softly to his mate. "We all died, but the final remains of ThunderClan didn't go down without a fight. You saw how Lionblaze fought."

Murmers of agreement rippled through the crowd. "Don't forget Dovewing and Ivypool!" a voice called out. Most cats nodded in agreement.

"How could we forget them, Birchfall?" Bramblestar purred. "Dovewing was one of the four, and Ivypool was a brave spy in the Dark Forest for us."

Birchfall dipped his head. Dovewing and Ivypool, at the edge of the clearing, were red with embarrasment.

"What Bluestar was trying to say earlier," a magnificent, golden tom spoke up in the crowd, "was that there are various rouges and loners all around the gorge in which SkyClan lives. I think it's obvious that this is history repeating itself; there will be a great battle, and then the spirits of their friends and family will convince them to form the Clans."

"Very interesting theory, Lionheart." Bluestar commented. Firestar, Sandstorm, and Graystripe nodded in agreement. Bramblestar dipped his head in respects to the former ThunderClan deputy.

"Then so be it! The Clans will make a comeback!" Graystripe yowled. All the cats yowled in agreement.

"The revival of the Clans," Firestar looked at Bluestar. "This should be interesting, now shouldn't it?"

Bluestar nodded. "It sure will, Firestar, it sure will."