Warriors: The Next Prophecy

Prologue

Emberflame was a beautiful she cat. Her pelt was the colour of flame and she had eyes like sapphires.

Emberflame was in the nursery tightly holding two kits in the curve of her belly. A she cat and a tom.

Her mate, Quickstripe, huddled beside Emberflame, watching the kits like a hawk. Quickstripe was a tabby tom, with a black pelt, and brown lines going straight, and perfectly down his pelt.

Redpelt, the medicine cat, was in the nursery making sure the kits were ok. "They're strong and healthy," Redpelt said looking down at the kits with a smile.

Emberflame purred. "Quickstripe, you name the she cats and I'll name the tom."

Quickstripe stared at the little bundle of fur suckling on Emberflame. "I'll name her..." he paused thinking. "Sapphirekit," he mowed purring. "Because she has beautiful eyes just like her mother." It was true. The little she cat was a perfect replica of her mother.

"Quickstripe, I do not know any name to give him right now. I shall name my son tomorrow and I'll tell you his name then," Emberflame mowed.

"Very well Emberflame, can't wait to find out tomorrow." Glancing one last time at his kits, Quickstripe padded out the nursery and went to the warriors den.

"You should get some rest Emberflame, You must be exhausted after such a long time kitting," Redpelt said. "I will give you some borage leaves to help you produce milk for the young ones."

"Thank you Redpelt, I don't think I would have made it this far after kitting without you," Emberflame said. The medicine cat then turned and left the den. Feeling tired, Emberflame wrapped herself around her kits and fell asleep.

Emberflame opened her eyes to see she was in a lush forest with prey scents everywhere. "Hello," she called out into the forest. The rustling of bushes behind, alerted her, and she spun around to see a brown tabby tom sitting on a log.

She knew who this was, this was Quickstripe father, Treeleaf. He had joined Starclan when Quickstripe was a kit, while fighting a battle against Boulderclan.

He began to speak, but not in the voice she new he had, but in a eerie voice that sounded far away. "Beware the cat who seeks revenge, for only the powers of the STAR can save you all". A image showed in front of Emberflame.

The forest then turned dark and a shadow of a cat appeared, she couldn't identify him because she couldn't see his face. Then while the cat stood still blood started oozing through the trunks of trees. She peered through the shadows and saw an army of cats looking back at her, their eyes red. Then a flash in the sky appeared and started to fly towards them, flames surrounding it. It landed straight on the dark cat leader and everything went black.

Emberflame woke up startled. "I now know what my sons name will be," she whispered. Looking down at the black kit she whispered, "wake up Starkit. I choose this name so that it will help you through the tough times Starclan has shown me, await ahead in time.