Warriors: Transformation

Chapter 1

Authors Note: I'd like to dedicate this book to @Featherstar1, who gave me the idea with her Warriors fanfic books.

"Hey, Anna!" I called. "Have you read Dawn of the Clans yet?"

My best friend nodded. "Yeah! It is soo good!"

The two of us were talking about our favourite subject of all time - Warrior Cats. It was our dream to become Clan cats, and we always kept up to date with the latest warrior news.

I grinned at her. "The next one is coming out here soon, but it's already out in America and Grandma sent it over. Do you want to borrow it?"

I'm a New Yorker, but Mum moved over to New Zealand when I was one. Now, my relatives in the US always send me the latest warrior books.

"Sure thing!" Anna replied. "Tonight is going to be soo fun!" She was staying at my house for a week, while her family is away on a business trip.

"Come on, let's go into the forest until nightfall. We can play Warriors and look out for ThunderClan!" I grabbed Anna's hand and led her into the forest. I lived in a place where the surrounding countryside was nearly exactly the same as described in Erin Hunter's Warrior Cats books. The four territories around the lake. One day Anna and I went exploring for the Moonpool. We actually found something that could be it!

We played in the forest for about 2 hours, pretending to hunt and fight like warriors. Soon night began to fall, and we could see Silverpelt, the Warrior Cats name for the sky.

"Look!" Anna cried. "It's the first star!"

A thought struck me. An old memory of a rhyme that Mum had taught me when I was very little.

"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, to have the wish I wish tonight." I said. Then in a whisper, I added; "I wish I could be a warrior!"

Anna glanced at me, then repeated the rhyme. I'm pretty sure she asked for the same thing.

"Hey." I said. "Full moon tomorrow night. How 'bout we go to the island and try to watch the Gathering?"

"Sounds good." Anna agreed.

***

The full moon was shining brightly as we made our way to the island. We didn't see anyone, but it would still be cool exploring it at night. We crossed the tree bridge, and leapt lightly onto the island. Then the weirdest thing happened. I glanced over to Anna and opened my mouth to say something, when she started shrinking! Her hands merged into paws, and her bright blond hair changed into a silvery-grey. Then I realised that the same thing was happening to me. But instead of grey fur, I was a flame-colored ginger she-cat. "O StarClan." I whispered. How the hell had this happened? Then it hit me. The wish I made last night. I wished that we could become warriors. It came true.

Now that we were cats, I could hear voices coming from the island. The Gathering was happening. I jumped as Anna flicked her tail across my flank.

"We shouldn't go in there." She warned. I nodded. Warriors had no love for strangers.

We turned tail and raced back across the bridge. Once we got back to Twolegplace, we stopped, panting.

"What do you think happened?" I asked. Anna shook her head.

"I don't know." She answered honestly. "But how can we change back? Can we go back to your place?"

"No." I answered immediately. "Mum's allergic to cats. She's going to be frantic."