Night of the Golden Moon

Night of the Golden Moon
Author: Leopardclaw
Status: Being written
Series: The Rise Series
Allegiances: Leopardclaw's WindClan Allegiances
Preceding: Allegiance of the Ancients
Succeeding: None!
Spellcheckers: None
As Newleaf draws near, WindClan sighs with relief. The prophecy of Leopardclaw's apprenticeship has been finally completed. Peace has come, though at a terrible cost to Leopardclaw. She has suffered losses an grief unimaginable, but now StarClan forsee another loss that may well tip her over the edge. How many losses are worth something beatiful? How many losses are worth this?

Prologue

In the grassy moors of StarClan, the ancestors of WindClan were gathered in a meeting. The three most recent leaders and two most recent medicine cats, Tallstar, Heatherstar and Swiftstar, and Barkface and Hawkheart led the meeting.

"What shall we give back? My fellow Clanmates, I ask this. We have taken so much, yet she has bore it. So I, we, believe that we should give one thing back. So, this is our proposal." Tallstar stepped back and a large image blurred into focus on the big rock.

Almost instantly every cat roared approval.

Barkface whispered to a cat in the crowd. This is what we shall give back.

Chapter 1

Newleaf was coming. Leopardclaw could sense it as she padded along the hard earth.