The History of the Clans: How They Came To Be

 This is the history of the Clans and how they came to be as we know them. This is set when the cats lived in the old forest. It's pretty interesting, so read, read, read!

Many moons ago, the forest was a wilderness, untamed by territories. Cats came into the forest, drawn in by the soft rustlings of small creatures, shadows under the water, and the sudden commotion of bird's wings in the trees. The cats lived in small groups, not yet Clans, and there were no borders set down. The cats fought constantly, fearful that the prey would run out and their overlapping territories were being threatened. It was a lawless, bloody time for the forest, and many cats died.

One time, when the moon was full, the cats agreed to meet in a clearing at the forest surrounded by four great oak trees. A terrible battle followed, and soon the ground was wet with spilled blood.

Many cats died that night. When the survivors awoke, all around them they saw the spirits of their fallen kin, no longer torn and bloodied but shining like stars. The survivors huddled on the ground, and, as the spirits spoke, they saw terrible visions of the future. They knew that the fighting had to end.

"Unite or die", the spirits said.

Five cats-Shadow, River, Sky, Wind and Thunder-came forward claiming that they could individually unite the forest with their own great strengths.

The spirits of the slain kin spoke again, "The forest is big enough to support your families and many more. You must each find other cats like you, choose a home in the forest, and set down some borders."

At that moment, the moon broke free of the clouds, revealing a circle of starlit spirit cats surrounding the edge of the clearing-StarClan.

A white tom spirit-cat stepped forward. "If you do this", he meowed, "we will reward you with eight more lives, so that you may lead your Clans for many moons to come."

Then StarClan promised to watch over the Clans from Silverpelt, a crowded path of stars that swept across the night sky, and to visit the Clan leaders in their dreams and guide them on their journeys. The spirit-cats proclaimed that all four Clans would meet at the full moon for a night of truce.

Thunder, River, Wind, Sky and Shadow were pronounced warriors by the spirit-cats.

"From now on, you will live by a warrior code. Your hearts will be filled with courage and nobility, and if you must fight, it will be not for greed, but honor and justice." And so the age of warrior Clans began: ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, SkyClan and RiverClan.

There was not always peace between the Clans, but that was to be expected-cats are born with claws and teeth for a reason. Still, as long as they lived by the warrior code, their warrior ancestors would watch over them and guide them through their lives.

But then, one day, the Twolegs came and destroyed SkyClan's territory. When SkyClan begged the other Clans to take them in, they got driven out. They were never seen again. No cat knows what happened to SkyClan, and, eventually, the cats left in the forest forgot their WAS even a SkyClan! To find out what happened to this noble Clan, check out the special edition books, Firestar's Quest and SkyClan's Destiny.

This is Firestar's Quest.

This is SkyClan's Destiny.

Well, that's all for now, I hope you enjoyed reading!

- Spottedshadow