Misconception

  Misconception: The First Book of the Misconception Trilogy

I- Storm

You probably don't know me. I'm Storm. I live in the Valley with my Clan, Stone. Although, we're not a Clan anymore. Neither do we live in the Valley. We were driven out. Let me explain.

Many moons ago, we had a leader named Streamstar. Of course, I wasn't alive then, that was a long way back. Anyway, Streamstar was the leader of our Clan. It used to be called....uh...... oh yes.... ThunderClan.

Streamstar was the last surviving leader of the stars, meaning he was the last one left who believed in StarClan. We were all waiting for him to die, even the rest of the Clans, who had long since moved on from StarClan. He was oblivious to all this, however, and one day he went crazy. He shouted, screamed, and only had one message. Nver to trust any cat again.

The next day, he died. This new generation was ready to take over, and we did. We dropped all our old customs, everything, even the warrior code. No one had anything left to believe in.

Then the monsters came. Great large beasts, similar to dogs but much larger, with thick gray fur. They came at us, driving us out of where we were, the Valley. We were forced to drop everything.

Seeing as how we had gotten rid of everything, there was nothing left. We were just a broken, desolate group of cat waiting for something to save us.

Well, we're still here, like that. I'm a middle-cat. The ones who are 6 moons and older.

I've made some friends, from other Clans. I shouldn't really call them Clans. We've been renamed to the 'Factions'.

Anyway, that leads me to Bloodlust. She's one of my best friends. She's from Fade, and she is about the nicest cat in the world, hence her name.

I think she's coming here now!

I look up, and find my eyes are trained on a red and black blob bounding towards me. Yep, that's her.

"Hey, kitty!" My silly pet name for her.

"Hey, thunder!" Hers for me. "Wanna go hunting? I think I might be able to try....."

That reminds me. She's too nice to hunt! Can you believe that? She won't even unsheath her claws!

Maybe she will this time, who knows?

II- Bloodlust