"Vinescar!" A sharp paw prodded into the dark brown tom's rib-cage. He sleepily opened his amber eyes, and stared at the form of Nightstar. He long black fur shimmered and her star-colored golden eyes glimmered.

"You'll want to see this." She muttered, and cast a worried gaze over her shoulder. He nodded, and got up, strechting his dark brown limps. He sighed.

"Let's get this over with. I want to go back to sleep." He said. Nightstar nodded. 

"It's Rainstar! She's back!" A young white warrior by the name of Snowtail waited by the pool. His dark brown eyes shimmered with worry. He looked up at Vinescar. 

Vinescar shook his head, and tapped the pool with a single paw. Ripples extened across the pool, reaching the edge where Snowtail, Nightstar, and Vinescar waited. Suddenly icy blue eyes peered from the pool and silver, black, and white fur shimmered with it. She smiled evily, and Snowtail looked back at Vinescar. 

"It-it could be anybody. I mean, silver, white and black is popular, right?" He seemed to lie. No one in clans but a kittypet named Pebbleflight had even close to that color fur. Or that shade of eyes. He looked over his shoulder, and sevral other cats were advancing. 

"Bubblingstream, Flowerclaw, and Thistleblaze." Nightstar nodded to each of the cats. Thistleblaze's icy blue eyes glimmered with sadness, and his white and black fur bristled. 

"My sister is back, isn't she? I can sense it." He said, fear choking his voice. His son, Flowerclaw, laid a pale brown and white tail on his back. Flowerclaw's green eyes darkened as the shape on the pool came into more focus.

Bubblingstream backed from the pool, her crystal clear green eyes now clouded with fear and anger.

"She's back! She'll come kill me!" She wailed, and Thistleblaze rested his tail on her back. 

"Not while I'm here she won't." He assured her, and she sighed. 

Flowerclaw looked at Vinescar and Snowtail now.

"Are you sure it's her? I mean, it could really be any one...." He trailed off, and Bubblingstream let out a cry of fear.  Tears glimmered in the corners of her eyes, and Vinescar shrugged. 

"It's Rainstar." He said, voice filled with fear. Snowtail then tapped Thistleblaze's shoulder with his white paw.

"Look!" 

A long-furred golden brown tom with sun-light colored eyes was apearing on the pool. His eyes gleamed with defiance and his claws were unsheathed. He launched himself at Rainstar, and they battled, rain raging around them. Snowtail's eyes shone with bright hope.

"He-he could defeat her!"  He said happily. Hope shimmered in their eyes, but one pair was still dark with worry and fear.

"We don't know that. Goldenfang defeated her last time." Vinescar meowed. But Nightstar cut in, voice sharp and demanding.

"But twas it raining when they battled?" 

"No, it was snowing."

"So we have hope. But we need to make sure of it." She beckoned the cats closer with her tail.

Snowtail pushed again, lashing his snowy white tail. "Nightstar, how  can you be so sure?" He snapped, eyes glimmering. They all watched in the pool as the battle stopped, but then a large wave of darkness advanced foreward. They looked at each other in fear. 

"What have we caused?" Muttered Vinescar, and hoped their choices would guide the young kitten wisely. "If we fail, nothing will be the same!" He wailed, voice changing considerable.

"Then let's make sure we don't." Nightstar replied, and beckoned with her tail for a pale form to come from the darkness.

Yay! Okay, I decided I would put facts about this each chapter.

- The main characters names were literally drawn out of a hat. I had Bramble, Sorrel, Thyme, Lion, and Fox in there for first parts and drew out Bramble and Sorrel. For suffixes I had light, leap, whisker, wing, fall, flight, bird,stalk,  claw, moon, and cloud. I drew flight and fall, thus giving me Bramblefall and Sorrelstalk!

This isn't edited, so please do not put about all the mistakes.