Moonlit

Moonlit is by KachiUkaia

Prologue: Lonely Night
Starkit raised her bright blue eyes to the sky. Sitting tall and wrapping her tail around her paws, she looked like a much older cat. Gazing up at the vast sky overhead, she felt even more alone and insignificant than she already had.

She was not even six moons, and yet had already discovered a lot about the world that even most Clan apprentices didn't know. She had traveled a distance from Clan borders and met and befriended more cats than the Clan warriors, confined to their territories and restricted by their code, could ever hope to know.

Still, she was alone.

Nothing she could ever do would make the Clans accept her, she thought, but why would she want them to? Her life as it was now was free: she could go almost anywhere, talk to almost any cat, and see almost anything. Why would she want to rejoin the restricting life of the warrior cats?

Still, she was alone.

If there was anything  the young kit wanted, it was to have a friend- a true friend, one that would stay by her side no matter what and protect her no matter what the cost. True, she knew many cats and could claim to have them as friends; but she rarely saw most of them as she traveled back and forth. For the most part, she only really saw the two cats who lived closest- Silver and Claw.

While still in the Clan, Starkit had not been given a name. Even her parents thought that the unique markings on her pelt set her apart and made her too different. Concentrating hard, Starkit recalled something about only the leaders having 'star' in their names, no cat could have 'star' as the first part of their name, it would be disrespectful. Feeling a small sense of pleasure, she also remembered why she had chosen to be called Starkit: she always felt closer to the stars than she ever had to the Clan cats who had cast her out.

Still, she was alone.

As the lonely night drew darker, Starkit stood and turned her paws to the hollow in an old willow she claimed as her den. Deep inside, she felt a strange, inexplicable longing to return to the Clans. But her paws stayed true on their path, and she vowed never to even consider that option again.