Dark Ash

Prologue
Mapleheart was settled, her eyes dull with exhaustion of the day, she had shown her brand new apprentice Bramblepaw the territory, taught him the qualities of silently stalking up on prey, and how to leap with accuracy. She fixed her eyes on the entrance of the warriors den.

She was near the entrance only because she loved it there, the moonlight she gathered from the sky, that poured into the den through the entrance...

She blinked her eyes in surprise as what looked like a warrior padded through the entrance, the only thing that she could tell apart from normal warriors to this warrior, was the fact stars covered the warriors pelt. I sat up and cautiously stammered, "W-who are you..?"

"Do not fret, I'm a starclan warrior named Silverstorm. I come to give you news." I retorted nicely, "What news?"

"The news you and your mate has always wished for. The news of the arrival of two kits."

I leaped to my paws and bounced around in a small circle, careful not to wake anyone, "oh my starclan! That's brilliant!"

Silverstorm rolled her eyes and meowed, "Come with me, let's walk." I followed the Starclan warrior out of the warriors den and out of camp, into the forest.

She begun, "Do not get too excited, the arrival of the two kits is extraordinary. One will be welcomed gratefully by Starclan, and will seek and receive all the knowledge of Starclan..."

Mapleheart cut Silverstorm off politely, "And the other?"

Silverstorm sighed, "The other will be welcomed gratefully and be placed in the ranks of Dark Forest. But do not think we will abandon that kit! We will still welcome the kit if they change their destiny."

Mapleheart halted and pleaded, "Please change it! Please make them both accepted only by Starclan!"

"This is a prophecy! Only they can change their destiny but the prophecy will remain! To change this destiny it will take an incredible amount of power to break away! Now LISTEN. They will be complete opposites, the Starclan one will be a wise and generous she-cat. The dark forest, a mysterious and worthy tom. Inside their hearts they'll be fighting a war, but inside their heads they'll be the best of friends as well as littermates. It is of most importance that they do not fight majorly. Small, little, worthless fights are ok, but if they turn into big problems, the war inside their hearts will come out and tear your clan, Ashclan apart. They will kill many cats just to kill each other."

Mapleheart wailed, "How do i prevent this?"

"Keep an eye on them. Do not favourite any of them... Make sure nothing small happens. I know this is a lot of respnsibility resting squarly on your shoulders. But you must..."

The starclan warriors faded murmuring, "More information will be sent when the time is right..."

Mapleheart wailed to the night sky, "It's unfair! What have i done to deserve this? My kits cannot pay if i have done something to upset you!!"

She crept back into camp at sun-high the next day and her mate Cloudwhisker purred loudly, "You never told me you were expecting!"

Cats crowded Mapleheart meowing "Wow, congratulations!"

"We know how much you wanted kits!!"

"We thought it would never happen, this is great!"

She thought in her head with a sigh, The prophecy has begun.