The Sign of Darkness

Fan fiction by Stoneclaw. Prologue


 * "Quick!" The kits are coming!" yowled Splashheart, the StormClan deputy. His mate, Nightfall, was giving birth to new kits. The medicine cat, Ivyfeather rushed into the nursery. Splashheart came back with moss soaked in water for his mate. "Here's the moss." One of the other queens, Leafshine, offered Nightfall a stick to bite onto when the kits are coming out. Suddenly, Nightfall let out a shriek of pain as a kitten was born. Nightfall gasped, and then looked at her kit-a she-cat. "She's beautiful," she whispered. Another one came-this time a little tom with fuzzy dark brown tabby fur. Nightfall nuzzled the tom. Then, the last one came. A she-cat with a jet black pelt-just like her mother's fur. Nightfall looked at all of them. "They're amazing, aren't they, Splashheart?" "Yes, Nightfall." Splashheart looked down proudly at them. "They are going to be great warriors one day."


 * A few days later, the kits had opened their eyes on a stormy evening night. Ivyfeather watched the kits step out of the nursery. All-except one, the black kit-named Darkkit had opened their eyes. She looked into the nursery. There, she saw Darkkit. The kit shuffled a bit in her nest. Then, the kit suddenly opened her eyes. As that happened, lightning struck and thunder rumbled. Ivyfeather stared in horror. She knew that this was an omen. Then she remembered the prophecy that was given to her by StarClan-"Darkness will come to let blood sweep away the forest. The Dark Warriors will rise...and..." Ivyfeather knew it now. Darkkit will become a Dark Warrior. She looked up at the stormy sky. Oh, StarClan...Save our Clan...