Author's Notes:

Hi guys! Welcome to my crossover story combining Batman Beyond with Warriors, with the characters from Batman Beyond as cats! This'll be fairly interesting, considering that the two categories are completely different from one another. Well, I can't really say that they're completely different: while reading Warriors last summer, I was surprised by how much the cats behaved like the teens in Batman Beyond. I recently reflected on that thought, and then started kicking this idea around a bit. Here's what I came up with for the names:

Bruce Wayne (first Batman)=Brushstar- -tom with thick black and white fur (a bit grayed with age) and light blue eyes

Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond)=Stormpaw (later Stormheart)- -black and white tom with white lightning bolt shaped patch of fur on his chest and light blue eyes

Dana Tan=Ravenpaw (later Ravenwing)- -black she-cat with tan feet, chin and chest, and dark green eyes

Maxine Gibson=Brightpaw (later Brighttail)- -dark brown she-cat with light reddish-orange fur on tail and on top of head and soft brown eyes

Warren McGinnis=Tigerleap- -brownish-red tabby tom with amber eyes

Mary McGinnis=Flamefeather- -orange tabby she-cat with hazel eyes

Matthew McGinnis=Volekit (later Volepaw)- -dark brown and white tom with light blue eyes

Harry Tully=Mudfang- -dark brown tom with yellow eyes

Derek Powers (Blight)=Swiftstar- -light gray tom with yellowish-green eyes

Fixx=Blackleaf- -black tom with one dark brown eye and one white sightless eye

Paxton Powers=Stonefall- -tortoiseshell tom with yellow-orange eyes

Richard Grayson (first Robin and Nightwing)=Graystep- -dark gray tom with one light blue eye

Tim Drake (second Robin)=Wolfsky- -grayed black and white tom with light blue eyes

Selina Kyle (Catwoman)=Selina- -grayed sand-colored she-cat with a few black spots and emerald green eyes

Barbara Gordon (first Batgirl)=Oakpelt- -grayed orange she-cat with light blue eyes

Sam Young=Hawkstripe- -dark brown tom with chestnut eyes

Melanie Walker (Ten)=Lionpaw (later Lionfur)- -tan she-cat with sky blue eyes

Blade Summer=Snowpaw (later Snowblaze)- -white she-cat with indigo eyes

Nelson Nash=Foxpaw (later Foxfur)- -orange tom with dark green eyes

Willie Watt=Crowpaw (later Crowheart)- -black and white tom with yellow eyes

Chelsea Cunningham=Sandpaw (later Sandfoot)- -yellowish tan she-cat with light blue eyes

Inque=Inkpool- -black she-cat with dark blue eyes and ability to shapeshift

Ira Billings (Spellbinder)=Squirrelflash- -brown and white tom with dark green eyes

Walter Shriev (Shriek)=Loudear- -gray and white tom with brown eyes and abnormally long, sensitive ears

Mad Stan=Fireclaw- -dark brown tom with reddish orange paws and gray eyes

Stalker=Stalker- -brown and black tom with unforgiving gray eyes

Curare=Whitestrike- -grayish blue she-cat with white paws and ears and cold blue eyes

Zeta=Silverflame- -tom with gleaming silver coat and light orange eyes

Agent Bennett=Ratfoot- -dark brown and pale tan tom with green eyes

King=Blazeheart- -bright orange tabby tom with gray eyes

Queen=Yellowfur- -yellowish tan she-cat with light blue eyes

Jack=Shadowbirch- -dark brown and white patched tom with gray eyes

Ace (Royal Flush Gang member)=Strongfoot- -tortoiseshell tom with light orange eyes

Ace (dog)=Ace- -black dog with brown eyes

Charlie "Big Time" Bigelow=Weaselfang- -dark tan tom with reddish-orange eyes

Dana's father=Ratwing- -brown tabby tom with gray eyes

Willie's father=Molenose- -tortoiseshell tom with yellow eyes

Chelsea's father=Blazefur- -white tom with orange patches and light blue eyes

OC's:

Coba Brooklyn=Bluepaw (later Bluegaze)- -black and silver patched she-cat with cobalt blue eyes

Rockpaw (later Rockeyes)- -light brown tabby she-cat with cold hazel eyes and weak right hind leg

Natalie Brooklyn=Rabbittail- -brown and white she-cat with emerald green eyes and a short fluffy white tail stub

Poppypaw (later Poppyjay)- -calico tom with orange eyes

Spottedcloud- -white and silver spotted she-cat with sky blue eyes

Pantherkit (later Pantherpaw)- -black tom with green eyes

Iceflash- -silver-furred tom with light blue eyes

Poolpaw- -bluish-gray tabby tom with lake blue eyes

Nightpaw- -black tom with blue eyes

Sparrowlake- -tortoiseshell she-cat with orange eyes

Eaglefoot- -brown and white tom with yellow eyes

Mousekit- -brown and tan tom with green eyes

Dawnkit- -dark gray tabby tom with orange eyes

Pinekit- -dark brown tabby she-cat with dark green eyes

Willowstar- -black and tan she-cat with blue eyes

Silverbrush- -tom with long silver fur and soft brown eyes

Deernose- -tan tom with light green eyes

Lightningstar- -yellowish tan tom with light brown eyes

Skystream- -gray tabby

Leafcloud- -orange and white tabby she-cat with green eyes

Mouseriver- -brown and white she-cat with brown eyes

Cloudstep- -white she-cat with gray eyes

Pebblepaw- -light gray tom with brown eyes

Quickpaw- -calico tom with green eyes

Berryfrost- -reddish brown tabby tom with orange-yellow eyes

Spottedstorm- -black and white spotted she-cat with yellow eyes

Darkpaw (later Darkpool)- -dark brown and white tom with black streaks and dark blue eyes

Nettlepaw (later Nettlefang)- -light orange-brown and white she-cat with brown eyes

Thornpaw- -tan tabby tom with long claws and yellow eyes

Allegiances:

ThunderClan:

Leader: Brushstar

Deputy: Oakpelt (Apprentices: Brightpaw and Crowpaw)

Medicine Cat: Wolfsky (Apprentice: Rockpaw)

Warriors: Tigerleap (Apprentice: Stormpaw)

Spottedcloud (Apprentice: Ravenpaw)

Molenose (Apprentice: Foxpaw)

Rabbittail (Apprentice: Bluepaw)

Ratwing (Apprentice: Sandpaw)

Hawkstripe (Apprentice: Poppypaw)

Blazefur (Apprentice: Snowpaw)

Queens: Flamefeather (with Tigerleap's kits: Volekit and Pantherkit)

Apprentices: Stormpaw

Ravenpaw

Brightpaw

Rockpaw

Foxpaw

Poppypaw

Sandpaw

Snowpaw

Crowpaw

Rockpaw

Bluepaw

ShadowClan:

Leader: Willowstar

Deputy: Silverbrush

Medicine Cat: Deernose

Warriors: Graystep (Apprentice: Poolpaw)

Iceflash (Apprentice: Nightpaw)

Eaglefoot

Skystream

Weaselfang

Queens: Sparrowlake (with Graystep's kits: Mousekit, Dawnkit and Pinekit)

Whitepool (expecting Eaglefoot's kits)

Apprentices: Poolpaw

Nightpaw

RiverClan:

Leader: Swiftstar

Deputy: Blackleaf

Medicine Cat: Squirrelflash (Apprentice: Nettlepaw)

Warriors: Stonefall (Apprentice: Darkpaw)

Flameclaw

Inkpool

Mudfang

Queens: Currently none

Apprentices: Nettlepaw

Darkpaw

WindClan:

Leader: Lightningstar

Deputy: Ratfoot

Medicine Cat: Leafcloud (Apprentice: Thornpaw)

Warriors: Mouseriver (Apprentice: Pebblepaw)

Spottedstorm (Apprentice: Boulderpaw)

Berryfrost

Loudear

Blazeheart

Yellowfur

Strongfoot

Darkbirch

Queens: Cloudstep (expecting kits)

Apprentices: Pebblepaw

Boulderpaw

Thornpaw

Lionpaw

Cats Outside Of Clans:

Selina

Stalker

Silverflame

Whitestrike

Jokerz

Others:

Ace

Yeah, the list of characters may seem kinda strangely put together, but I can only hope that it'll make more sense as this story goes on. As you may have noticed with ThunderClan, more than one apprentice was assigned to Oakpelt (Barbara Gordon). Yeah, they pretty much have a surplus of apprentices and a shortage of warriors to teach them. The reason why will be answered in the prologue below:

An old gray she-cat with a flat face trekked through the forest. The cool grass tickled her paws as she stepped through it. I wonder what this meeting is about? she wondered bitterly. I hope it doesn't have to do with me passing onto Leopardstar's "territory" again, because this whole drama about it is getting old: we're in StarClan, for crying out loud! She eventually came to a stop by a pool of water that sparkled in the moonlight, where several more cats were gathered.

"Glad you could join us, Yellowfang," a flame-colored tom meowed.

"What's this meeting about, Firestar?" Yellowfang demanded to know, disregarding her old friend's greeting. "Does it have to do with Leopardstar being territorial again?"

Before Firestar could respond, a spotted she-cat spoke up. "If it were, I would have let you know!" she spat.

"That's enough, Leopardstar!" a golden tom snapped. "We're here on business."

A gray she-cat calmly rested her tail-tip on the tom's shoulder. "Easy, Lionstar," she mewed in a soothing tone. "Now's not the time to get worked up."

Lionstar (formerly Lionblaze) sighed, calming himself down. "Sorry, Cinderheart." He turned to Firestar. "What's the meeting about?"

A black and white tom walked over to the Moonpool and sat down next to the other cats. "It has to do with this leaf-bare the Clans were facing, doesn't it?" he inquired Firestar.

"That's part of the reason, Tallstar," the former Thunderclan leader admitted. "The Clans lost many lives. But that's not the only reason: the Clans are more at war than ever before, especially RiverClan against the others."

"It's not my fault they chose the maniac Swiftstar to lead them!" Leopardstar spat defensively.

"No one even said it was your fault," Yellowfang retorted.

"No one said it wasn't!"

All of the cats broke out in an angry argument. Firestar, the only one to not take part, lifted his head as he raised his tail for silence. Once all of the cats fell silent, he meowed loud and clear: "The Clans are facing dark times once more. They will not survive without a symbol of the Warrior Code fighting for all of them. That said..." he paused as he tried to find the right words, then cleared his throat, "the time has come for Batcat to rise again."

The other StarClan cats gathered around the Moonpool gasped in shock at the flame-colored tom's words. Bramblestar and Squirrelflight each looked at him doubtfully. "You can't mean that Brushstar has to take on the role again at his age?" Bramblestar asked tensely. "You know what happened the last time he did!"

"I do know," Firestar replied gravely. "But I don't mean that yours and Squirrelflight's son should take it upon himself once more."

Yellowfang blinked at Firestar in surprise. "Are you saying what I think you're saying?"

Firestar patiently looked at his old friend. "What do you think I'm saying?"

"That another cat should take on the role of Batcat?"

"Yes, that is what I'm saying," Firestar replied, nodding sagely. "A younger and equally worthy one."

Tallstar looked doubtful. "Replace Brushstar with a younger cat? I doubt any of the Clans can prosper with an inexperienced Batcat."

"Brushstar wasn't exactly experienced as Batcat at first, either," Jayfeather pointed out. "Also, I doubt any of the Clans can prosper with an old Batcat that can barely get out by himself."

The other warrior and medicine cat ancestors murmured in agreement. "Who do you think should take it on?" Bluestar inquired.

Firestar gestured to the Moonpool and lightly tapped it, causing it to ripple. The cats gazed at it as the ripples gave way to a visual of the ThunderClan camp as it was the previous day. The scene then shifted to a young black and white tom standing beside an older reddish-brown tom. Both cats were obviously in a heated argument.

"Always a ThunderClan apprentice," Blackstar muttered, though no one heard him.

"That one?" Squirrelflight inquired, flabbergasted, pointing at the apprentice with her tail tip. "He's worse than I was when I was an apprentice!"

Bramblestar nodded in agreement, recalling the long ago times Squirrelflight was referring to. "She's right about that. What makes you think he'll be able to carry on our son's legacy?"

The green-eyed warrior looked into Bramblestar's eyes solemnly. "I've seen this young tom in action, and I've seen his future. He has what it takes to be Batcat."

None of the StarClan members spoke for a few minutes, for they were all stunned by what they heard. Yellowfang stepped forward. "Well, Bluestar and Firestar were right about Brushstar becoming Batcat," she mewed. "I don't see how Firestar can be wrong about this one."

The warriors and medicine cats gathered looked at one another in silence once more, then they nodded in agreement. "Alright, Firestar," Onestar said for them. "We can only hope that you're right this time like you were last time."

"I know," Firestar mewed solemnly. I hope so, too: the fate of the Clans now rests in that apprentice's paws.

Yeah, Brushstar is the actual son of Bramblestar and Squirrelflight. What happened that caused him to become Batcat? What happened that caused him to quit as the four-legged vigilante? And how and why did Lionblaze become ThunderClan's leader after Bramblestar died if Squirrelflight was deputy? Those questions and more will be answered (some just referenced) as this story progresses.

As for the allegiances, that list will change as I possibly add more characters from the Batman Beyond TV series. The list is just of the characters right when the story starts. I know you may have noticed that some of the characters (such as Graystep (Dick Grayson) and Loudear (Shriek)) are in different Clans than the characters they were affiliated with in Batman the Animated Series or Batman Beyond, but I felt that it would be more interesting to have them that way instead of all together. For all anyone knows, things could change for them as the story goes on. Only I know the answer for that. *Evil laugh* I love leaving people in suspense! Although, not for excessively long periods of time.

Last summer was when I started reading the Warriors books, the only full arc I've read being the Omen of the Stars arc (which this story takes place long after) and the only super edition I've read being Yellowfang's Secret. I have also read the first two books of the first arc, and the first book of the second arc. It surprised me how much the cats behaved like the teenagers in Batman Beyond, a comparison that has lead me to start this story. I've had to stop there because I noticed that I kept getting irritated every time I read them (I mean, really: quit complaining about things not being fair like you're kits, adults!) and because school was about to start up. I'm somewhat Warriors savvy, though there's probably a lot about the Clans, some characters, and the Warrior Code that I don't remember. Feel free to point out if I make a mistake about either of those things in the future (or even now): I'll go back and fix it once I get the chance. For those of you not familiar with Warriors and or Batman Beyond, I'll fill you in on as much as I can hopefully without (accidentally) stretching it through PM or in the author's notes at the beginning (or end) of an upcoming chapter (the latter for if you ask in a review before another chapter is posted, whether it's directly after the chapter with which you have a question).

I chose to open the story up with a prologue centered on StarClan because, at least in the sequel arcs (as far as I know), each book opens up with a prologue centered on StarClan. I know I put the characters out of character, since it's been a few months since I've read any of the books. Feel free to let me know how they act: I'll be at a disadvantage until I can read any of the books again. I also chose to have RiverClan be the main enemy to ThunderClan because it was almost always ShadowClan that was constantly at war with ThunderClan and the other clans. Plus, I really wanted to shake some things up a bit with this story.

As you've noticed, I've added in quite a few new characters to this. With the Warriors books, I've noticed that they have quite a few characters to pretty much make up each clan. Heck, this sum of characters is probably not as big as some of the lists in a few of the books. And it'll only get smaller before it can get bigger, since this is going to be a pretty dark story to kinda channel the moods of Batman Beyond and Warriors. As for Coba and Natalie Brooklyn (Bluepaw and Rabbittail respectively), they are OC's from my Batgirl of the Future (abbreviated as BOTF) fanfiction story series, with Coba as the main character. However, since this is meant to be Terry (Stormpaw)'s story, Coba will be more of a minor character, at least for now. She may get a bigger role in the future, if I decide to have my way about it. However, her characterization in this will be different from what was used in my BOTF series (for example, she will not have a crippled leg and will not have had a deadly disease in the past, and will be a bit more nervous at least at first than she is in the other stories of mine). Rockpaw, like Coba, is based on myself, though mostly appearance wise (brown hair and hazel eyes, I mean). There is a bit more of my personality in her as well. Rockpaw will also have a minor role in this. Also: I'm not completely certain if these names were already used in the novels or by any one else writing Warriors fanfics, so if you see a name that looks like one you or someone else used, please try not to be offended: any similarities to others' characters is purely coincidental.

This story may end up being a side project (like a lot of my stories are as of late) since it'll be fairly easy for me to get figured out as far as the plot goes, although so far it has been a lot of fun to write (especially with coming up with the different warriors names (some with my mom's help: we had a heck of a good time with that!)). I know it only just started, but I have to ask: what do you think of it so far?