Post by Raven on May 27, 2010 22:28:28 GMT -5
A long ways away from the four Clans (ThunderClan, ShadowClan, RiverClan, and WindClan), and even away from SkyClan, there was another, great Clan. This Clan was known as StormClan. For a long time, StormClan was much like the other Clans, then it came under the rule of a new leader, one more corrupt, perhaps, than even Brokenstar. To keep the Clan strong, he started letting only the strongest apprentices become warriors. This meant that to become a warrior, the apprentices were put to a test that only the strongest could pass. No one knew what the test was until they passed it and no cat that passed it wished to speak of it. The most that was known of the test was that the cats had to enter a part of the forest off StormClan's territory, which no cat was ever allowed to wander except for the test. Cats went into the forest confident and excited, and came back terrified and jittery, if they came back at all. Some cats were getting tired of this treatment, but even the elders by that time had grown up having to pass the test. The mentors of some of the older apprentices were especially tired of it. They didn't want their kits and apprentices to have to face that. But what could they do about it? The leader had too many cats around him, too many supporters. They only supported him because of his lies. And, of course, the lies of the leaders before him. They had to do something, before more cats became victim to the test; but what?