Rising Darkness }{ From good to evil...

[Shadowstar]

Title: Rising Darkness
Chapters: 10+
Author: Shadowstar, A.K.A Rin
Pairing: None of any significance
Rating: PG
Spoilers: N/A
Summary: Eclipsekit, a small ShadowClan kit, is in the middle of ShadowClan's brightest days. They are at peace and even quite friendly with the other Clans. But Eclipsekit does not rejoice...
Warning: Character death
Disclaimer: Until Tigerstar comes back to life and kills Brambleclaw, I don't own Warriors
Beta: Spell Check
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Author's Notes: This is a fanfiction I've been planning for quite some time, and I figured I should at least post this much to remind myself... not to forget ^^ Please rate and review

Allegiances

Leader: Ivorystar- Beautiful white she cat with a small build and sparkling emerald eyes

Deputy: Smallfoot- Ginger tabby tom with light blue eyes and small paws

Warriors:

Winterfrost- White she cat with long fur and amber eyes

Fawnfur- Tan and brown she-cat with patterns on her fur like a fawn; blue eyes
Apprentice- Berrypaw

Smokewind- Dark, storm-grey tom with short fur and a small tail, amber eyes

Cloudgaze- Blind tom with black fur and cloudy, sightless eyes

Forestfur- Dappled brown tom with leaf-green eyes

Tawnyeyes- Tawny-colored toroiseshell she-cat with fierce amber eyes
Apprentice- Creekpaw

Turtlepelt- Dark tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice- Lilacpaw

Bramblestorm- Midnight-black tom with green eyes
Apprentice- Chestnutpaw

Apprentices:

Lilacpaw- Very light ginger she-cat with dark blue eyes

Berrypaw- Reddish tom with green eyes

Chestnutpaw- Chestnut colored tom with amber eyes

Creekpaw- Blue-gray she-cat with light blue eyes

Queens:

Moondream- Cream colored she-cat with wide, golden-amber eyes

Kits:

Eclipsekit- Midnight-black she-kit with ice blue eyes

Stormkit- Dark gray tom-kit with emerald eyes

Hailkit- White she-kit with amber eyes

Elders:

Brookflight- Elderly blue-gray she-cat with sightless blue eyes and a now frail build

[Shadowstar]

The reason I only posted the allegiance for ShadowClan is simple; they are the only Clan of importance in this fic, and I'm too lazy to do the other allegiances.

Prologue: At Wars End

I watch as Snakestar stabs her large black claws into Angelstar's neck, yowling with triumph as ThunderClan's leader falls. "ShadowClan shall rule!" I yowl, my voice raised above the battle-cries that ring out through the ThunderClan camp.

ShadowClan have won the battle, the ThunderClan cats surrender instantly as they realize the fate of their gentle white leader. My icy eyes glint with evil passion as ShadowClan mark their scent across ThunderClan's territory, our warriors driving off some of the remaining ThunderClan cats and taking others prisoner.

Blood stains cover the ground and tufts of fur roll across in the gentle breeze, the only remain of the battle as we trudge back to camp. My long, midnight black fur is glossy and smooth, and when we get back to camp, Snakestar leaps on the rock and announces that Ivorytail is dead.

The Clan is shocked, and so am I, but when I am named ShadowClan deputy in her place, I instantly forget. I am about to touch noses with my leader when...

Mewing excitedly, I blink and fall back in shock. "Huh?" I mutter, my voice suddenly kittenish and small again. My eyes narrow in disappointment. Another dream... I almost hiss aloud, barely managing to stop my fur from fluffing out.

A dark gray tom trots up to me, his emerald eyes sparkling. "Hey, Eclipsekit, what's up? You look troubled."

I turn to face my brother with a sigh. "I'm fine Stormkit. Let's go and eat something, shall we?"

His emerald eyes light up suddenly as he shakes his head. "Actually, I forgot what I came to tell you! ShadowClan just got back from battle with ThunderClan!"

My anger is lost suddenly as I leap to my paws, eyes burning with excitement. Battle is one of my favorite things, and I can't wait until I'm old enough to fight against the other Clans myself. "Did we win?" I demand.

My brother shrugs. "I don't know, I haven't even found out what's going on, mother told me to wake you first, she thought you'd want to hear."

"You bet!" I mew, charging past him and out of the nursery, my black fur clumped up in excitement. I skid to a confused halt when I discover that it is Ivorytail standing upon the rock. "Huh?" I mutter for the second time that morning, "where's Snakestar?"

A warrior nearby glares at me and silences me with a hiss. 'Show some respect," Bramblestorm growls before turning his attention back to our deputy.

Ivorytail flicks her feathery white tail for silence before meowing, "Snakestar is dead."

My eyes are wide as the moon in sadness as she continues, "And there's more. We have declared truce and friendship with ThunderClan. Now that we've been freed from Snakestar's rule, ShadowClan will no longer be evil."

As yowls of triumph rise from the seated cats, I leap to my paws, fur bristling in fury. "No!"

[Shadowstar]

Chapter One- Fallen Night

Bramblestorm hisses at me again and swipes at me with a paw; claws sheathed. I'm knocked backward, but I just get back up with another angry hiss. "No!" I repeat furiously.

Ivorytail looks at me from the top of the rock, her emerald eyes clouded with confusion. She blinks, then seems to think she has found the problem. "Snakestar was a great leader," she meowed, "and I know you idolized her, but-"

I shake my head, the mane of dark black fur around my neck swaying with the movement. My brother always says this attribute makes me look like a lion. "That's not it!" I yowl. "It's you!"

Bramblestorm swipes at me again, but this time I duck his paw. Ivorytail tips her head to the side in confusion, then asks hesitantly, "Me? But how...?"

My icy eyes narrow and I explain, "Friendship with ThunderClan? Are we all weak or what? Snakestar was right when she said we will one day rule this forest alone!"

Anxious mutters ripple through the crowd, and a few cats growl at me or hiss in fury. Bramblestorm unsheathes his claws this time and lifts a paw to bat me again, but Ivorytail jumps from the rock and stops him with a flick of her feathery white tail. "Bramblestorm, she's only a kit, she doesn't understand," she meows gently in his ear.

I can tell by her hushed tone that she doesn't want me to hear, but I do. I say nothing, just narrow my eyes to such slits that I can barely see. Moondream, my mother, pads toward us and curls her tail protectively around me. I can tell by the waves of fury coming off her that she is angry with me, but at the moment her golden gaze is locked onto Bramblestorm. "Ivorytail is right; she's just a kit. I see you bat her again and I won't hesitate to protect her."

Bramblestorm glares, but says nothing as my mother lowers her head and grasps the scruff of my neck in her jaws. I struggle as she lifts me off the ground and pads toward the nursery. "I can walk myself!" I almost growl, but she pays no mind.

She waits until we are safely inside the nursery before setting me down. I see Stormkit watching my sympathetically, and Hailkit is watching me with slight disdain. "Has Eclipsekit been naughty again?" she asks pompously.

I resist the urge to pad over and claw her as my mother shakes her head. "No, no, just a little misunderstanding. It's alright." She looks at me and continues, "It'll all be okay, Eclipse."

Eclipse is her nickname for me; my brother started it, and I don't mind it, but when she uses it I feel like an idiot. I nod, but in my mind I'm raging. As long as ShadowClan are peaceful, it'll never be okay!"

[Airilae-Chan]

This is brilliant so far^^ I love the cover, its cool ;D

[Shadowstar]

Thanks Pineclaw ^^ Yeah I love that cat's eyes

[Shadowstar]

Chapter Two- Unwelcome Changes

~A few moons later~

"It's today! Eclipsekit, it's today, it's today!"

I yowl in shock as I'm hit from the side by a bundle of storm-gray fur. Hissing slightly, I swipe the kit who disturbed my nap with a paw, claws sheathed. "Stormkit, get off me!" I growl. "And what's today?" I ask while licking my ruffled fur.

He mews a swift apology as he clambers off of me, but at my question his eyes sparkle with delight. "We're becoming apprentices!"

My icy eyes widen in shock and disbelief. "Really?" I ask, my anger fading. He nods, and I ask, "Where's Hailkit?"

Stormkit rolls his emerald gaze upwards as he flicks his tail toward the outside opf the nursery, where, now that I'm concentrating, I can scent my mother and sister. "Getting fussed over by Moondream," he meows.

Now it's my turn to roll my eyes, and I do, while giving my own pelt a few licks. "Of course, now Miss Perfect's going to look like the princess she thinks she is at our ceremony," I hiss sarcastically.

I can tell by the glossy sheen of my brothers pelt that he's already washed himself, so I quickly go over my pelt with licks, I don't want to look scruffy, especially not when I'm becoming an apprentice. I've just finished when the clear call of Smallfoot can be heard from just outside the den.

"Stormkit, Eclipsekit, hurry up! Ivorystar's called the meeting!"

With eyes as wide as the full moon, I charge out of the den at top speed, Stormkit at my paws. We slow our pace as we approach the Blackrock.

Ivorystar, though as much as I despise her descision about the alliance with ThunderClan, sure does look impressive and mighty standing upon that rock, her glossy white fur gleaming in the sun. But I quickly shake the thought, I despise our loving leader.

As soon as we arrive, her clear call carries across the clearing once more. "By naming apprentices," she calls, and my fur seems to stand on end as my sister hastily sits beside me. "we show that ShadowClan will survive and remain strong."

I shiver slightly as she casts her gaze in our direction, but she rests it on Hailkit. "Hailkit, from now on you will be known as Hailpaw. Winterfrost," she continues, flicking her tail at a beautiful white she-cat with long fur and pretty blue eyes, "you will be mentor to Hailpaw."

I know I don't imagine the proud gleam in my sister's eyes as she touches her nose lightly to Winterfrost's, Winterfrost was beautiful, and practically our sister's idol.

"Stormkit," Ivorystar meows, and I feel tension coming off my brother in waves as he realizes he is next, "from now on you will be known as Stormpaw. Smallfoot, now that Forestfur has become a warrior at last, you are ready to take on a new apprentice. You will be mentor to Stormpaw."

Our small ginger deputy lightly touches noses with Stormpaw, both letting out a small purr. I feel a stroke of pride for my brother, but I'm distracted from that with Ivorystar's next word. "Eclipsekit."

My turn at last! My icy eyes are wide as she meows, "from this day forward you will be known as Eclipsepaw."

Eclipsepaw! I test my new name in my mind a couple of times while waiting for her to continue. She stares at me for a long moment, then draws in a deep breath. Time seems to stand still as I wait for her to speak.

"I will be your mentor."

[Airilae-Chan]

Her mentor is Ivorystar^^ Cool! You must write more as soon as you can! I love it so far ;D

[Shadowstar]

Thanks ^^ I'll continue later, have to leave right now, but this should be good, she hates Ivorystar XD

[Airilae-Chan]

Ooh, she hates her metor... Continue as soon as you can! This is really good!