- "Shadowwhisper! Please! Wake up!" The desperate cries of a she-cat prodding the unconscious body of her brother wailed over the various yowls and howls of battling cats in the camp. The shadows had made their way into the camp. They were twisting themselves around the defenseless warriors and knocking them away without so much as a scratch on themselves. Sitting atop two large rocks that leaned together, marking the medicine cat den, sat a slender she-cat with a pure black coat and a wicked, fanged smile. Around her neck was a roped shard of the Moonstone that had a sickly dark glow. "Shadowwhisper!" The she-cat yowled again, spinning around as a shadow cat advanced on her. She dodged once, and then once more before another jumped on her from behind, taking her down and sinking itself into her body. "Please..."
- - - - -
Cloud awoke with a start, his breathing heavy and was on his paws in a few moments. After a quick glance around, he realized he was still in his den. An old owl nest inside a tree. He sat back down and shook his head to clear himself of the previous dream. It was not the first time the dream had haunted him. And each time he woke up feeling more drained than he did when he slept. Who were the cats in his dream with at least one having a name like the cats from his great grandmothers stories? What was the Moonstone? Looking outside, he could still see it was night time. Curling up he tried to find his peace with sleep for a little longer.
- - - - -
there were not many cats that survived the attack of Shadow, the black cat that stole a piece of the Moonstone, and her small army of shadowy cats from the Dark Forest. those that did, fled together to this forest that was many days travel from the old. although they tried to stay together, the eventual stress and emotional weight on their shoulders drove them to seperation, becoming rogues of a sort. five generations have passed since the attack, and all signs of clan life has sense been forgotten. the cats in this territory must once again learn the power of Starclan.
and it all starts with a dream.