Prologue
Petalwing stepped into the starlit clearing. Crowds of Starclan cats stared back at her with thoughtful eyes. “Hello,” she dipped her head respectfully.
Suddenly, a very faded she-cat pushed through the crowd to face Petalwing. “Greetings Petalwing,” the light brown tabby she-cat began.
“L-Leafstar, it is an honor,” the medicine cat dipped her head to the founder of her clan, Leafclan. “What is so important that you must tell me?”
“There will be one cat that will protect all nine clans.” Leafstar mewed out the prophecy slowly.
“How will I know who this cat is?” Petalwing asked.
Leafstar began to back into the crowd of cats. “They will be different…something you have never seen before…”
At the last word, the scene faded and Petalwing staggered out of the medicine cat den in the light of dawn.
“Sapstar!” She called to her leader once she sprinted to her den. “There is something you must know,”
