HeatherClan Book: Chapter 27

Chapter 27: The Dream

Silverstar was standing on the border between StarClan and the Dark Forest. On one side, StarClan cats hunted and played, slept and shared tongues. On the other side, however, she could see that bodies were churning, yowls splitting the air.

What are they doing? she thought.

A silvery cat padded over to her from the StarClan side. "They are building an army, Silverstar," she hissed.

As Silverstar looked closer, she saw that, indeed, they seemed to be practicing. But then she noticed some cats that weren't dead yet. "Berrypaw?" she gasped. "And Nightfall, too!"

There seemed to be cats from all the Clans, even WaveClan! She recognized Snaketail and Blackpaw from StormClan, Nightshade and Flamepaw from WaveClan, Bumblestripe and Adderpaw from CloudClan, all of NightClan, and all of FearClan. But there were much, much more. Silverstar caught a glimpse of Tigerstar, the dark warrior, training Berrypaw. Hawkfrost, she realized with a jolt, was the one yowling battle techniques at Nightfall! Brokenstar was training the WaveClan and StormClan cats. A mangy tortoiseshell was coaching NightClan. The name Mapleshade sprang into Silverstar's mind as she watched the FearClan cats fought amongst each other.

Shocked beyond measure, Silverstar turned back to the StarClan cat, whom she recognized to be Spottedleaf, a great medicine cat of ThunderClan. "How will we fight them?" she whispered.

Spottedleaf shook her head firmly. "You won't," she meowed. "You must find a way to stop the fighting before it begins!"

And with a whisk of her tail, she was gone.

HeatherClan Book: Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Nightmare

Berrypaw turned in his sleep. He had had a terrible nightmare about a strange cat. Its ears were torn and it had a shaggy brown coat. It walked out of a dark forest. Behind it was small black tom with a collar with bones sticking out of it.

Berrypaw laughed in his sleep. A kittypet! he thought.

Then, another cat appeared. A white cat. The white cat had black splotches on its pelt. This cats also had a bone collar.

"Who are you?" asked Berrypaw tentatively.

"I am Tigerstar," said the brown leader. "And these are Scourge and Bone." The two nodded as they were acknowledged.

"I know of your skills as a warrior, and how Silverstar and Goldenfur always overlook your talent to those that are lesser than a great apprentice like you, like Birdpaw," crooned Tigerstar "I also know of the one you love, Aurorapaw. With my help, you could be together."

"But...but she's a medicine cat," spluttered Berrypaw.

"In the Dark Forest, medicine cats can have mates," Tigerstar meowed, his eyes shiny in the moonlight. Berrypaw's eyes lit up.

"What must I do to join you?" he asked, but then, Tigerstar disappeared, and Berrypaw woke up.

In all the Clans, many cats were tempted by the things they desired.

Soon, there were enough cats for a whole Clan that wanted to join Tigerstar.

The legendary army had begun to form again!