Welcome to WARRIORS: Resurrection. This is my first continuing Warriors story and I was given inspiration to this plot after finishing The Last Hope. The other half of the plot I have been playing around with for awhile. I was hoping that Erin Hunter(s) would come up with a special edition for Brambleclaw (now Bramblestar) to show us his path as leader but I personally don't believe that is going to happen.

After the fall of the Dark Forest, the Clans are at peace and are flourishing without the threat of the end of their existence hanging over them. StarClan is content, oblivious from the one devastating fact they have overlooked. Now, according to a strange, naked, and blind cat, their only saviors are not the cats with the power of the stars in their paws, but another trio that all have their place in the Clan legends.

Now on with the chapter.

STARCLAN

~ Bluestar ~

"You have failed us!"

Bluestar's head shot up, her eyes still heavy with drowsiness. The voice reverberated in her ears, the echoing cry resounding across the clearing. The ThunderClan leader scrambled out of her cozy nest, shaking off her pelt to clear any lingering fatigue. The members of StarClan were dozing under trees an in beds of moss, snoring softly, their pelts smelling of warmth and freshkill. The trees buzzed with life and hunting felines. As Bluestar observed her surroundings, there was no sign of the voice or that the other cats had heard it.

'You have failed us?' Bluestar thought, echoing the strangled cry. 'Fire has saved the Clans. There is no failure.'

Bluestar moved back to her nest, wondering if it had been some sort of strange dream. She surveyed the peaceful area doubtfully. It couldn't have been a prophecy, not in StarClan itself. Prophecies were nonexistent after the final battle for there was no need for them any longer. So what kind of creature had bawled the grief stricken wail?

Bluestar settled down, her head in her paws and her ears twitching. Her body had become restless. The she-cat got back to her paws, heading into the forest with a foggy mind, her muzzle slightly ajar to take in any foreign odors.

"Snowfur?" Bluestar mewed as she pushed the furs back to reveal two empty nests. Bluestar gave her sister's a sniff, the scent trail cold. She nosed the other's, taking in the familiar scent of Whitestorm.

"Why have you done this to us? To yourselves? How could you have been so blind?!"

Bluestar jumped a tail length in the air, letting out a shriek of shock. The alarm call of prey drowned out the strange caterwaul.

"Mousedung!"

Bluestar's ears pricked hopefully as she followed the sound of claws angrily slashing at the ground. The she-cat shot through the undergrowth towards the cursing, her blue-gray pelt rippling and her tail streaming out behind her. She skidded to a halt, almost tumbling into Whitestorm.

"Bluestar!" The white tom cried out. "Do you have bees in your brain?"

"Maybe," Bluestar admitted. "I need to speak with you about something. Have you been-"

"How dare you give up! Don't leave us while there is hope!"

Whitestorm growled, his head shooting up to the sky. Bluestar pressed against her kin, the fur on her neck raising in alarm. The sky grew dark, thick, black clouds covering the sun. Whitestorm hissed with shock, his ears flattening against his head.

The air crackled and growled, a flash of light illuminating the sudden gloom. Bluestar unsheathed her claws as lightning stuck the very ground before them.

Bluestar and Whitestorm yowled, thrown backward to the trees. When the she-cat opened her eyes, the scenery had changed.

She was standing in a dimly lit cave, a quickly flooding river gushing below her paws. The long-haired tom moved closer to his past leader, shuddering.

Above them a hairless tom with bulging blind eyes dug his long claws into the rock, hissing and spitting in anger. His lip curled and his jaws snapped, revealing rows of sharp, deteriorating teeth.

"Rock!" Bluestar mewled, her eyes widening as she finally recognized the voice. "Why have you summoned us?"

There was a crack of thunder an another cat appeared, or what remained of a cat. The thin outline of a bloodstained tom laid motionless at Bluestar's paws. She cringed backwards, horrified that her paws had gone right through him. "Tigerstar?!"

"You have failed us!" The ugly tom screeched, ignoring Bluestar's shock. "You StarClanners were so overjoyed with your victory, you have been as blind as I!"

"What do you mean?" Whitestorm growled, his eyes narrowing into slits.

"The Dark Forest!" Rock yowled.

"We have already beat them!" Bluestar exclaimed, her eyes not leaving the battered tabby. "The Clans are safe!"

"Sure, The Place of No Stars may be secure and weak for now, but an onslaught is coming! You need to prepare!"

"That's not possible," Whitestorm shook his head in rebuttal. "We finished them off. They're gone. They no longer exist."

"That is the flaw you idiots have overlooked!" Rock snarled. The water cascaded faster, rising past the two cat's paws as his voice elevated with anger. "Have you forgotten that evil cats cannot pass onto StarClan?"

"No," Bluestar yowled back. "We have not forgotten. What is your point?"

"Bluestar," Whitestorm uttered, his voice trembling with fear. Bluestar glanced down. The water was creeping up to her chest.

"As long as StarClan exists, so does the Dark Forest," Rock answered brutally. "And they will come back, stronger than ever. Much stronger than last time."

The water was up to her neck.

"Rock, stop the water!" Whitestorm snarled back.

"I cannot," Rock sighed, much calmer, but his lips pulled back in a gruesome expression. "I am sending you back to the Clans to be reborn. Only the cats who have felt the wrath of death twice can return."

"But that means...?" Bluestar trailed off, horrified.

"Yes. That cats that have died twice are being reborn as we speak. The evil spirits of Brokenstar, Mapleshade, Darkstripe, and others are coming back to the Clans through the lives of kits. That is why I must let the water flow, Bluestar. You must feel the wrath of death twice to return to the Clans and save them from the power of the Dark Forest. I am taking your memories and keeping them safe-you cannot remember your past in order to return. Unfortunately you three, along with others, are our only hope."

'Tigerstar is our last hope? That can't be! He tried to destroy everything the Clans have worked for! He tried to obliterate StarClan!' Bluestar pushed off the ground, swimming to keep her muzzle above water. Whitestorm floundered beside her, unable to accept his impending death. "But Rock-"

At that moment, Bluestar was dragged underwater. She flailed, her paws searching for something to grasp but there was nothing but the pounding river tugging her deeper and deeper.

"Only the cats who have felt the wrath of death twice..."

Her limbs became a burden to thrash about. The she-cat's eye were heavy with exhaustion as she floated, closing her eyes to welcome the darkness behind her eyelids.

"...may rise from the depths of their demise."

Bluestar's head lolled and she became limp as she was plunged into unconsciousness.

THUNDERCLAN

~ Dovewing ~

Pain. Agonizing pain. Her head was pounding and every bone in her body was screaming for release. The she-cat bent her spine and let out a yowl.

"Just a few more heart beats, Dovewing. You're almost done," Jayfeather was swimming in and out of her vision as Bumblestripe sat by the medicine cat's side, watching the queen's suffering.

"Is it supposed to hurt this much?" Bumblestripe mewed softly, cringing as Dovewing let out another wail. Jayfeather's gaze did not leave the she-cat.

"She isn't supposed to kit yet-she's not due for many sunrises. You're almost done, Dovewing. Stay with me, now," The gray tabby tom mewed.

"You're doing such a great job," Bumblestripe nuzzled his mate, hoping to comfort her.

'Please let this be over!' Dovewing thought as she continued to writher in pain. 'Please...'

"Here comes a kit!" Bumblestripe cried. Dovewing bit deeper into the stick wedged in her jaw, hearing it splinter and crack as the first kit rolled into her nest.

"A tom," Jayfeather announced as another kit tumbled after its sibling. "And another tom."

Dovewing pushed once more, her body shuddering with contractions.

"A she-kit!" Daisy cried.

"That's it, Dovewing," Jayfeather muttered.

"Three beautiful kits!" Bumblestripe exclaimed, showering Dovewing in licks of affection. The pain seemed to evaporate when the gray she-cat spotted her mewling kits. She bent her head, licking them clean before nosing them to her stomach. They mewed and wiggled, their tiny paws kneading her stomach as they drank.

"Congratulations, Dovewing," Cinderheart meowed from her own nest. She had kitted only a few days previously.

"Oh, Bumblestripe!" Dovewing gasped. "They are beautiful!"

"They'll be the best warriors in the Clan," the striped tom purred in her ear. "What should we name them?"

Dovewing's green gaze fell on the largest and first tom she had given birth to. His dark tabby pelt was quickly drying. A pang of misery and tenderness hit her heart when she realized the cat he highly resembled: Tigerheart.

"Tigerkit," Dovewing muttered. "A strong tom deserves a strong name."

"That's a good name," Bumblestripe nodded, oblivious to her first love. "Can we call this one Whitekit? For his pelt?"

"That's perfect," Dovewing nodded with a purr.

Her eyes fell on the last and littlest kit. The blue-gray she-kit was purring and mewling happily as she sucked.

"Bluekit?"

Bumblestripe licked her head. "Like Bluestar? I was just going to suggest that,"

"I'm glad we think alike," Dovewing nuzzled her mate. "Three perfect names for three perfect kits,"

"I couldn't be happier," Bumblestripe mewed, showering her in licked and nuzzles. Together they purred, lost in their happy little world that would remain peaceful...

For now.

ALLEGIANCES

THUNDERCLAN

LEADER Bramblestar- Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

DEPUTY Squirrelflight- Dark ginger she-cat with green eyes

MEDICINE CAT Jayfeather- Gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes

WARRIORS (tom and she-cats without kits)

Brackenfur- Golden brown tabby tom

Apprentice- Tigerpaw

Sorreltail- Tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

Cloudtail- Long-haired white tom with blue eyes

Brightheart- White she-cat with ginger patches

Thornclaw- Golden brown tabby tom

Leafpool- Light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, former medicine cat

Spiderleg- Long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes

Birchfall- Light brown tabby tom

Whitewing- White she-cat with green eyes

Berrynose- Cream-colored tom

Apprentice- Whitepaw

Hazeltail- Small gray-and-white she-cat

Apprentice- Ashpaw

Mousewhisker- Gray-and-white tom

Apprentice- Smokepaw

Poppyfrost- Tortoiseshell she-cat

Cinderheart- Gray she-cat with blue eyes

Lionblaze- Golden tabby tom with amber eyes

Foxleap- Reddish tabby tom

Apprentice- Bluepaw

Icecloud- White she-cat

Apprentice- Amberpaw

Toadstep- Black-and-white tom

Apprentice- Dewpaw

Rosepetal- Dark cream she-cat

Apprentice- Eaglepaw

Blossomfall- Tortoiseshell and white she-cat

Briarlight- Dark brown she-cat

Bumblestripe- Very pale gray tom with black stripes

Apprentice- Snowpaw

Dovewing- Pale gray she-cat with green eyes

Ivypool- Silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes

Apprentice- Goldenpaw

Cherrytail- Ginger she-cat

Molewhisker- Brown-and-cream tom

Seedfur- A very pale ginger she-kit

APPRENTICES(warriors in training)

Snowpaw- Fluffy white tom with blue eyes

Amberpaw- Ginger and white she-cat

Dewpaw- White-and-gray tom with green eyes

Ashpaw- Gray she-cat with blue eyes

Goldenpaw- Golden tabby she-cat with green eyes and powerful hind legs

Smokepaw- Dark gray tom

Eaglepaw- A dark brown tom with a white underbelly and amber eyes

Whitepaw- A long-haired white tom with blue eyes

Tigerpaw- A dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Bluepaw- Blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes

QUEENS (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)

Daisy- Cream long-furred she-cat from the horseplace

Lilyheart- Dark tabby she-cat with white patches (Mother to Dapplekit, a spotted tortoiseshell she-kit, Fawnkit, a light brown she-kit with a white chest and underbelly, paws, and tail tip, and Ravenkit, a black she-cat white a white chest, paws, and tail tip)

ELDERS (former warriors and queens, now retired)

Purdy- Plump tabby with a gray muzzle, former loner

Sandstorm- Pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

Dustpelt- Dark brown tabby tom

Graystripe- Long-haired gray tom

Millie- Striped gray tabby she-cat with green eyes

SHADOWCLAN

LEADER Blackstar- Large white tom with one jet-black forepaw

DEPUTY Tigerheart- Darkbrown tabby tom

MEDICINE CAT Littlecloud- Very small tabby tom

Apprentice- Aspenpaw

WARRIORS (tom and she-cats without kits)

Oakfur- Small brown tom

Toadfoot- Dark brown tom

Apprentice- Mistypaw

Applefur- Mottled brown she-cat

Crowfrost- Black-and-white tom

Apprentice- Falconpaw

Ratscar- Brown tom with a long scar across his back

Snowbird- Pure-white she-cat

Apprentice- Leafpaw

Tawnypelt- Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Olivenose- Tortoiseshell she-cat

Owlclaw- Light brown tabby tom

Apprentice- Badgerpaw

Shrewfoot- Gray she-cat with black feet

Kinkfur- Tabby she-cat with long fur that sticks out at all angles and light green eyes

Ivytail- Black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat

Scorchfur- Dark gray tom

Dawnpelt- Cream-furred she-cat

Pinenose- Black she-cat

Apprentice- Duskpaw

Ferretclaw- Cream-and-gray tom

Starlingwing- Ginger tom

Apprentice- Larkpaw

APPRENTICES(warriors in training)

Leafpaw- Black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Badgerpaw- Black and white tom with amber eyes

Larkpaw- Light tabby she-cat with light green eyes

Aspenpaw- Gray-and-black she-cat with blue eyes

Falconpaw- A dark tabby with pale amber eyes and a crooked tail

Duskpaw- A striped gray tom

Mistypaw- Pale cream she-cat

QUEENS (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)

ELDERS (former warriors and queens, now retired)

Cedarheart- dark gray tom

Tallpoppy- Long-legged light brown tabby she-cat

Snaketail- Dark brown tom with a tabby-striped tail

Whitewater- White she-cat with long fur, blind in one eye

Rowanclaw- ginger tom with a badly injured hind-leg

WindClan

LEADER Onestar- Brown tabby tom

DEPUTY Ashfoot- Gray she-cat

MEDICINE CAT Kestrelflight- Mottled gray tom

WARRIORS (tom and she-cats without kits)

Crowfeather- Dark gray tom

Owlwhisker- Light brown tabby tom

Whitetail- Small white she-cat

Gorsetail- Very pale gray-and-white tom with blue eyes

Weaselfur- Ginger tom with white paws

Harespring- Brown-and-white tom

Leaftail- Dark tabby tom, amber eyes

Emberfoot- Gray tom with two dark paws

Heathertail- Light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Sunstrike- Tortoiseshell she-cat with a large white mark on her forehead

Swallowtail- Dark gray she-cat

Apprentice- Meadowpaw

Whiskernose- Light brown tom

Bolderfur- Large pale gray tom

Apprentice- Cranepaw

APPRENTICES(warriors in training)

Meadowpaw- White she-kit with light ginger patches

Cranepaw- Pale brown tabby with amber eyes

QUEENS (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)

Sedgewhisker- Light brown tabby she-cat (Mother to Darkkit, a black tom with green eyes, and Thruskkit, a tabby tom with amber eyes)

ELDERS (former warriors and queens, now retired)

Webfoot- Dark gray tabby tom

Tornear- Tabby tom

RIVERCLAN

LEADERM istystar- Gray she-cat with blue eyes

DEPUTY Reedwhisker- Black tom

MEDICINE CAT Mothwing- Dappled golden she-cat

Apprentice- Willowshine

WARRIORS (tom and she-cats without kits)

Graymist- Pale gray tabby she-cat

Mintfur- Light gray tabby tom

Icewing- White she-cat with blue eyes

Apprentice- Pikepaw

Minnowtail- Dark gray she-cat

Pebblefoot- Mottled gray tom

Apprentice- Heronpaw

Mallownose- Light brown tabby tom

Troutstream- Pale gray tabby she-cat

Petalfur- Gray-and-white she-cat

Robinwing- Tortoiseshell-and-white tom

Apprentice- Shellpaw

Grasspelt- Light brown tom

Apprentice- Pebblepaw

Duskfur- Brown tabby she-cat

Mosspelt- Tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes

Apprentice- Splashpaw

Hollowflight- Dark brown tabby tom

Apprentice- Shellpaw

Stormbreeze- Gray tom with blue eyes

Apprentice- Stonepaw

Mosswing- Black-and-gray she-cat

Apprentice- Otterpaw

APPRENTICES(warriors in training)

Willowshine- Gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Pebblepaw- Brown-and-gray tom

Shellpaw- A pale and gray she-cat with faint tabby markings

Stonepaw- A gray-and-white tom with amber eyes

Splashpaw- White-and-gray she-cat with blue eyes

Otterpaw- Brown tabby she-cat with white paws and chest

Heronpaw- Gray tom with black paws and tail tip

Pikepaw- Silver tom with green eyes

QUEENS (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)

ELDERS (former warriors and queens, now retired)

Dapplenose- Mottled gray she-cat

Pouncetail- Ginger-and-white tom

CATS OUTSIDE THE CLANS

Smoky- Muscular gray-and-white tom who lives in a barn at the horse place

Floss- Small gray-and-white she-cat who lives at the horseplace

EXILED CATS

Smokefoot- Black tom

Nightcloud- Black she-cat with green eyes

Breezepelt- Black tom with amber eyes

And that's the first chapter! I hope you can spare a review for I would love some feedback.

~Illumini