Cinderstar came forward curiously and asked the cat if it could fight. When the cat stared at him he repeated the question. The cat shook her head and turned into smoke shifting into the smoke cat before vanishing. A few minutes later a new cat came to see the two cats. It was a sand cat. It had wings. The cat introduced it's self, "My name is Simber," it said. "My friend said that you were looking for someone to fight? Is that true?" Cinderstar nodded. "I am looking for a cat to fight this apprentice, Darkpaw." "Darkpaw?" said that cat curiously. Cinderstar nodded, "I would like you to try to overpower the other, you do not have to kill to win, you must have mercy." "Mercy?" asked the cat. "What is that?" Cinderstar stared before responding. "It is when you let a cat live when you could have killed them." "What is the point of that?" snorted Simber. "It shows the makings of a true warrior." snapped Cinderstar. "You are a true warrior even if you do kill. That is why we get our talents and our stars." Cinderstar stared. "It doesn't matter. Just you fight Darkpaw and don't kill him, even if you are winning." Simber snorted but nodded. Simber took to the sky watching Darkpaw from the sky, then when Darkpaw looked like he was going to leap Simber snapped his wings to his sides plummeting onto the smaller cat. Darkpaw turned and battered at Simber's ears, nothing happened. Simber turned and flipped Darkpaw in his back pulling out clumps of fur as he did. Darkpaw turned and lunged. Simber dodged and pounced on Darkpaw, snapped his ear. Darkpaw growled and then Cinderstar yelled stop.
The 2 cats padded away from the camp, when finally Cinderstar spoke, "Darkpaw I would like to make you a warrior but first I need to assess your skills. Please smell and hear for anything that is unusual." Darkpaw nodded and hared away until he reached a small clearing. Then he fell into a hunting crouch and stalked forward until he saw a cat bending over a pool of water. The cat looked up she heard them enter the clearing. Cinderstar nodded impressed. "Very good Darkpaw," commented Cinderstar. "Darkpaw?" asked the cat finally speaking. Darkpaw nodded. The cat stared at Darkpaw for a moment before bending and staring once more into the depths of the pool. Cinderstar spoke up. "Who are you, and why are you in our territory?" "Our?" the cat asked glancing between Cinderstar and Darkpaw with wide eyes. "Yes, why?" growled Cinderstar. They cat didn't answer though just stared once more in into the pool. "Who are you?" Cinderstar asked again. The cat still ignored them both even when Cinderstar said, "I am the leader of Nightclan. You are on Nightclan territory and I demand you tell me why you are here." Still the cat did not look up once. The only time the cat looked up again was when Darkpaw stepped forward and said, "If you don't tell us why you are here we are going to be forced to drive you away." Then the cat looked up and said, "Can't you read the signs? The moon hasn't been full for months yet the forest is oblivious to the coming disaster." "Disaster what disaster?" asked Cinderstar. "The forest hasn't seen the moon for long years. Yet even in the clans home they cannot see the full moon. The moon hasn't been full for many months now. The full moon is supposed to come every month yet it hasn't for at least a year. Now in the forest for the first time the moon has shone upon a single cat. The cat that owns the fire flower of Ruby. It is a legendary flower that belonged to the great ruler of the cats Ruby. She led over her cats for a few years, before a cat was able to take the flower from her but not before she had pounced on them and the flower had been sent soaring into a river where it dissolved. Many of the cats the forest don't believe it exists any more, until the newest warrior in the forest, matched with the star Coxa found it earning their rightful place." With that the cat turned and stared into the pool again. "Coxa? The sacred flower? What is this?" asked Cinderstar.
