Once upon a time there were 5 clans: ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan. They lived around a lake on a large stretch of land divided into 5 territories; one for each clan. Although not everything was perfect, the 5 clans lived in peace for many moons. And then the tornado came. It destroyed much of the Clan's home and carried away many cats. Few survived, but those who did landed far away from their home in an unfamiliar and hostile environment. They took refuge in a small forest outside a large twolegplace. Junestar, leader of ThunderClan was voted to be leader, although many cats did not agree with her and left to become rouges and loners. Others decided to become kittypets. Junestar used her last life defending her fragile clan: JuneClan. After Junestar's death, though, the clan fell into civil wars about who would lead it next. Finally they came up with an agreement: Ridgewhisker of SkyClan led many of his old Clan and many RiverClan cats to the hills to form RidgeClan, and Sagefoot would take lead of what was left of JuneClan, renaming it SageClan. Moons later ,a group of nomadic cats who lived in the desert below the hills became curious about the Clans and confronted them. After some time living in SageClan and then StoneClan, they returned to the desert and started SandClan. The three Clans lived in peace for some moons after that, and during this time period they found a hollow that they named the Red Hollow after the redish-gold sand it was filled with. Still, one question remained: How would they gain contact with StarClan? Luckily, a young tom named Browntree who was training as a healer received a vision from StarClan which lead him to the Moonfalls, a moonlit waterfall where StarClan could share tounges with the new clans. Browntree lead the leaders of the Clans to get their nine lives and introduced the other healers to StarClan. Soon after, a large earthquake shook the Clans, so powerful that it is described as being like "The Dark Forest growling,", causing great destruction and all of the Twolegs in the Twolegplace to leave. They did not come back. Alone and scared, many of the abandoned kittypets rememred when they had once been in the clans. A kittypet named Lucy changed her name back to Feathertuft and formed FeatherClan. After reuniting with the new Clans and getting her nine lives at the Moonfalls, FeatherClan became the 4th Clan. However, many other kittypets, loners, and rouges didn't like FeatherClan taking up the entire abandoned Twolegplace. They banded together to create ScrapClan, with their leader Scraps, an old rouge. FeatherClan and ScrapClan fought fiercely over the abandoned Twolegplace, but in the end, StarClan told them to cease their fighting and welcomed ScrapClan as a 5th Clan. They divided up the Twolegplace fairly, but to this day FeatherClan and ScrapClan are rivals. Over a hundred more moons passed until this story became just a nursery tale for kits. One day, a fierce thunderstorm raged over the Clans. A stray lightning bolt hit a tree, causing the entire forest in SageClan territory to go up in flames. The rain stopped soon after, but many SageClan cats died in the fire. The ones who survived moved to the open fields because the burnt forest was empty of prey and shelter. The SageClan cats, who are used to the forest, not the open plains, are still adapting to their new camp and way of life. And that is where this roleplay starts.
