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She stepped forward and stood beside the white tom. вЂњIf you do this,вЂќ he meowed, вЂњwe will reward you with eight more lives, so that you may lead your Clans for many moons to come.вЂќ Next to speak was a slender tortoiseshell.

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вЂњYou must find other cats like you, choose a home in the forest, and set down borders.вЂќ At that moment, the moon broke free of the clouds, revealing a circle of starlit spirit-cats around the edge of the clearing. вЂњThe forest is big enough to feed all your families and many more,вЂќ she meowed. The four cats-Shadow, River, Wind, and Thunder-looked up at the tabby, but none of them spoke. вЂњCanвЂ™t you think beyond yourselves for one moment? Think of your kits!вЂќ 4 вЂњYou are all as foolish as ducks!вЂќ she meowed. Her eyes flashed angrily at the cats on the ground. On the top of a high rock, they saw a tabby cat, one of the fallen, her fur shining though there was no light in the sky. Dark clouds suddenly blew across the moon, and the living cats trembled in fear.

вЂњWhat good is any of that compared to my strength and skill at hunting? If any cat was born to rule, it is I.вЂќ A furious yowling broke out under the four great oaks, watched in silence by the spirit-cats. He was a fiery orange tom with amber eyes and large white paws. I should be the ruler.вЂќ The largest surviving cat was called Thunder. I am as fast as the wind that blows from the high moors. It is River, not Shadow, who should unite the forest!вЂќ вЂњThe forest is more than River and Shadow,вЂќ growled a wiry brown female. вЂњI am River! I move through the forest along secret paths and hidden places. Let Shadow rule the forest!вЂќ вЂњAnd you would lead us into darkness too!вЂќ meowed a silvery gray tom with green eyes. вЂњHow should we unite, unless we have a leader? I can hunt in the depths of the darkest night. She rose from the ground on stiff, battle-wearied legs. From among the living cats, a black female was the first to speak. And they knew that the fighting had to end. They saw the forest drowned in blood, their kits stalked by death at every pawstep.

They huddled on the ground, and, as the spirits spoke, they saw terrible visions of the future. All around them they saw the spirits of their slain kin, no longer torn and bloodied but shining like fallen stars. When they woke they were Secrets of the ClansД«athed in moonlight. Exhausted by their wounds, the survivors slept where they had fought. A terrible battle followed, and soon the ground was wet with spilled blood. Claws flashed challenging yowls rang across the forest. One night, when the moon was full, the cats agreed to meet at a clearing in the forest surrounded by four great oak trees. It was a lawless, bloody time for the forest, and many cats died. And they fought constantly, fearful that prey might run out and that their overlapping territories were being threatened. They lived in small groups, not yet Clans.

They were drawn by the soft rustlings of small creatures, shadows under the water, and the sudden commotion of birdsвЂ™ wings in the trees. On the edge of the trees, a tumbling river flowed out of a dark ravine. In the north lay sweeping moorland in the south was dense woodland. There are some cats who walk dimly, their names and deeds lost in the sweet fog of the eldersвЂ™ den, for the warrior Clans have roamed the forest for moons beyond counting.ДЄny moons ago, the forest was a wilderness, untamed by territories. The story is never the same twice, and parts grow uncertain, or they become suddenly clear in the telling.

The Clans The story of the beginning of the warrior Clans has been passed down by cats of all Clans, from elder to warrior, from warrior to apprentice, from queen to kit. MYTHOLOGY: LIONCLAN, TIGERCLAN, AND LEOPARDCLAN 159 GLOSSARYДЄcknowledgments About the Author Other Books by Erin Hunter Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher OTHER ANIMALS: ANIMALS TO HUNT, FIGHT, FEAR, AND RESPECT PROPHECIES AND OMENS: FORETELLING THE FUTUREД¬ATS OUTSIDE THE CLANS BloodClan The Tribe of Rushing Water Rogues and Loners Kittypets TERRITORIES: HOMES AND HUNTING GROUNDS The Forest: Where the Clans Began The Lake: The ClansвЂ™ New Home For Cyd, because she loves cats, and for Rebekah, because IвЂ™m sure she will, too.Д¬ONTENTS THUNDER, WIND, RIVER, SHADOW, AND STAR: THE CLANS History of the Clans: How the Clans Came to Be The Warrior Code: The Principles a Warrior Must Live By ThunderClan: Fierce and Brave WindClan: Swift and Loyal RiverClan: Clever and Strong ShadowClan: Wily and Proud StarClan: Wise Ancestors