A Guide On Creating A Warrior Cat Fanfiction

The Prophecy

NOTE: everything is based off of the opinion and observations of the author. This is just advice written by her own knowledge, and you are by no means obligated to follow any of her "rules or guidelines." They are only there to provide help if needed, or suggestions. Every author has the right to create whatever they want!

THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REVISED AND EDITED.

Most to all people create a prophecy for their books, so this may be one of the most popular Warriors Fanfiction Guide topics. I'll try my best, because even in my fanfic, THE PROPHECY WAS SO DARN HARD. Imagine just sitting there for like maybe seventeen hours (I may be exaggerating) just trying to come up with a mysterious, ominous and awesome prophecy that will literally just complete the book to make it awesome.

Yeah, it's pretty hard for some people. Others don't need help at all. But I still recommend reading through this chapter, because it will give you a various amount of tips, do's and don'ts.

How to get started. Getting started is the easy part. You have to know just a few things to be ready on creating the prophecy, and these are easy-to-remember tips.

1) ALWAYS have in mind what the prophecy is about. Whether if it's a warning to your protagonist to do something, to not do something, to defeat an enemy, to save the Clans, etc., whatever it is, you must always keep in mind the TOPIC. What is your prophecy is being directed towards? Your readers need to know so they can grasp and get a firm understanding of the plot altogether.

2) Lay out the basic details of the prophecy. For example, the goal, who is in it, how long the prophecy will be, will it rhyme or not, who gives it to your cat, and how your cat receives it. Remember: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY?

If you keep the prophecy's layout in your mind, it'll actually be a lot easier than you expected, so try not to forget these two tips! What's really the most difficult thing about creating a prophecy is the use of right wording. Some authors come up with either the most obvious, most ridiculous, and the most horrible prophecies anyone could think up, or the cleverest and coolest thing you've ever seen that just makes you want to read their book.

You see, it's important.

So now, let's get in to the other topics.

What Not to Do.

The Prophecy section is not going to be short at all, even though that's what most will expect. I'll try to make things as simple as possible.

Do not make it obvious. Under any circumstances, do not do this! Oh my StarClan, this is what makes me annoyed about a fanfiction right from the start, because it's so freaking common that it's not funny.

So here's a thing I advise you to avoid: please don't use your character's name in the prophecy. Most official Warriors prophecies had no name. Heck, I don't think any of them had a name included, because Firestar's prophecy does not count at all.

Things like "The Storm and the Cloud will thunder upon the Trees" is too obvious. We already can tell that the two heroines, names starting with Storm and Cloud, will defeat an enemy with a name starting with Tree. We all know, guys, so don't make prophecies starting with names, either. What I'd do is "The storm clouds will thunder upon the treetops." Even though it's still obvious, flows much better and it's not as obvious as the first choice.

Here's an example I made for you guys of what NOT to do:

Goldenflight looked around in the strange forest she has just appeared in. She assumed that she was just sleeping, and went on with it, walking deeper into the forest.

She often had dreams of running in the forests of her Clan, ShadowClan, but she knew that she was somewhere else. She was in a place so different than the regular Clan's forest, too. The leaves were healthier and greener, and even the soil felt softer. The air was fresher than what her Clans faced everyday. It was strange. But usually she was always in those dreams with her sister, Rosebloom.

Even though it was dark, she could see that the grass was brighter than it is suppose to be. "Where am I?" she wondered out loud.

"You're in StarClan, young and precious warrior," a soft, perfect, gentle voice said. She looked up and saw a starry black cat with green eyes staring down at her. "And I have called you here to give you a rather urgent prophecy."

Goldenflight was stunned. "Wha- me?" she asked with disbelief. "But I'm just . . . . Goldenflight! I'm no special warrior. I'm average like everyone else."

The black she-cat didn't say anything that had to do with what Goldenflower wanted to know. But then, she spoke, "Gold and Rose must rise to conquer Dawn . . . ."

"What?"

But as soon as she blinked with confusion, the black she-cat was gone, leaving nothing of her trace behind.

That prophecy sucked. Really bad. It's obvious that Goldenflight and her sister, Rosebloom are just going to fight some evil cat with "Dawn" in their name. Gosh, that's what I mean. I hate obvious prophecies.

Do not add and capitalize potential names. You all know what I mean. I even expressed it before how using names should be avoided in prophecies, because avoiding doing so will add a touch of mystery to your book. When names are used, and especially when the first letter of the name is capitalized, things are too stinking obvious.

(SKIP IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE THIRD ARC. SPOILERS!) Take the third arc for example: "The Power of Three." When Jaypaw first received the prophecy of the Three, he thought wrong about it. What I mean is, he thought that he, Lionpaw and Hollypaw were the chosen cats because it had no names included, no hints included, nothing to give a correct answer. But he was wrong. Hollypaw was not a chosen one. (END OF SPOILER).

(SKIP IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE SECOND ARC, MORE SPOILERS!) In the second arc: "The New Prophecy," the tribe cats thought that Stormfur was the chosen cat for their omen/prophecy, but it turned out to be Feathertail even though she was part of another prophecy of going back to the territories to save RiverClan. Everyone thought it was Stormfur in the first place because there was no name mentioned in the prophecy, because he had no specific goals except for supporting his sister, and also because he probably looked stronger than Feathertail. But alas, they were wrong, and the silver cat who was supposed to save the tribe was not who they expected. (END OF SPOILER).

So you see, not using names can make people and even characters more surprised that they should be. Things will turn out differently, and change the tide overall.

What To Do.

There's much less to write in this section than the last section, so bear with me as I try to explain what to do in creating a warrior cat prophecy. This time, I'm making a list because I don't really need to explain things:

-Do what your readers don't expect.

-Obviously, be mysterious.

-Choose only the proper wording manner for your prophecy.

-Try being (mostly) short and simple. Complex ideas are confusing.

So that is all I have to offer! If you guys have any more tips, comment it down below because I might have missed something.