The Rise of ThornClan

On this page is a book I'm writing called The Rise of ThornClan. It is in the Warriors series. Every couple days, I'll add a new chapter.

Prologue

Moonlight shined over the peaceful clearing. The only noise was the calm breeze blowing over the trees. A group of twenty cats came out of the shadows. They were all battered and tired. The cats rested on the soft grass. "What will we do?" wailed a tom with a dark brown pelt.

"We'll be alright, Woody," reassured an older grey tom, "We'll find a way."

An orange she-cat with white stripes looked at the elder tom.

"But how? Our twolegs have abandoned us. We have nowhere to go."

"Don't worry, Stripe. We will get out of this creepy forest or my name isn't Muksin."

"It's not. Your name is Munchkin."

"Yeah, whatever."

The cats drifted off into a deep, deep sleep.

Chapter 1

Barkface walked through the silent forest. The trees looked ancient and sparkled with starshine. On the path, Tallstar appeared with a flash of brilliant golden light. His fur shined like moonlight. He spoke in a sad tone,

"The fifth will be led by razor and flame,

Will they be vicious or will they be tame?

A time to celebrate, a time to mourn,

a rise and fall of the power of Thorn.

All four Clans must join paws,

to escape fateful jaws.

If not, Clans will be torn,

and one will prevail, the power of Thorn!"

The forest began to flood with dark red blood.

"No!" cried Barkface, "What do you mean? What's the power of Thorn? Why do you capitalize the T in Thorn? Oh wait, I'm not supposed to ask that."

Barkface woke up with a start. Panicked, he ran to Onestar's den. "It's a prophecy!"

Onestar yawned and drowsily said, "What, Barkface?" 

"The new prophecy has come!"

"It has?" Onestar yowled. Barkface told Onestar about the dream.

"Well, let's take it verse by verse," Onestar meowed. "The fifth will be led by razor and flame."

"Sounds a lot like twolegs to me," Barkface commented, "But the fifth what? Clan? Apprentice?"

"Look, we already had a book called "The Fourth Apprentice". We are NOT having a book called "The Fifth Apprentice". That would be a rip-off."

"And what's the power of Thorn? Sounds pretty mysterious to me."

"The part that troubles me is the all four clans have to join. We've worked together before but its been hard."

The two cats discussed the prophecy until morning. After talking with Barkface, Onestar called for a Clan meeting. Cats gathered around the hill as Onestar spoke,

"Barkface has gotten a prophecy from StarClan. We think there might be a big battle against a powerful force, so I want everyone to train on battle techniques. Our meeting is over."

Suddenly, Weaselfur rushed into the camp. "Rouges!" the ginger tom yowled, "Rouges are on our territory!"

Chapter 2

"Did you hear that?" the enraged brown tom yowled, "That crow-food eating furball said to go back to our twoleg place! Like we will!

"Calm down, Lucy," Munchkin meowed, "We don't know the circumstances are."

"Fox dung! That mouse-brained badger-face said he's going to bring his mangy friends to drive us out. Over my dead body!"

"Don't worry," Munchkin mewed, "They don't call me Mooskin for nothing."

"It's Munchkin."

"Whatever."

"We are in no shape to battle," Stripe complained.

"I can battle," meowed a amber tabby tom.

"I can too," added a calico she-cat.

"Okay then, Spark and Melissa are your leaders," Munchkin announced. "They will train you to battle and survive. You two can teach all the cats older than six moons."

"But where will we stay?" asked Min, a jet black she-cat.

"We'll have dens for me, Spark and Melissa, the apprentices, the elders, the kits, and the she-cats with kits. This will be our temporary home." answered Munchkin. "We should also have a healer for injured cats."

"I have some knowledge with herbs," a shy tabby tom squeaked.

"Queen will be the healer." Munchkin declared, "We will have a den for her too."

The cats were excited about their home. But little did they know they were creating a Clan. 

Chapter 3

The sun sunk in the sky, giving off a red light over the WindClan camp. Onestar discussed the battle plans with the WindClan deputy, Rustleclaw. 

"We will do a sneak attack on the rouges and send eight cats." Onestar told Rustleclaw.

"But Weaselfur said there were at least twenty cats. There might be even more! Eight could not defeat two dozen."

"Ah, but we fight more skillfully and we have better technique. They will be no match for us."

"Of course. Who will we choose?"

"You and I will lead and I will bring Weaselfur, Foxtail, Shinewind, Tunnelheart, Spinyclaw, and Goldenearth."

"You will lead? You only have one life left!"

"I will use that life properly. Make sure the warriors are ready for battle."

Rustleclaw gathered the warriors and the sneak attack began. The eight cats crept up to the clearing. Stripe was on lookout. She was unaware of the danger below. Suddenly, there was a movement in the bushes. Stripe looked at the place where she heard the noise. Probably just a rabbit, she thought. Then, a strange cat pushed her off the boulder on to the rocky ground.

 



   Chapter 4

 

Chaos spread throughout the cat tribe as Onestar let out a piercing battle cry. Spark flung his body at Weaselfur, meowing for the kits to escape. Melissa was caught off guard by a front paw blow from behind. Instantly, she was surrounded by Shinewind, Foxtail, and Goldenearth.