Now And Again

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Okay, so, I apologise to Yoko, but I really wanted to come up with my own original script for the animated series, just to see if I could, and to see if it would be any good. I did draw inspiration from my favorite book series, but this script is 100% miiiiiiiine! >

Timeline; 5 moons ago
Season; first moon of greenleaf

Prophecied Cats;

Antagonists;

Extras;

Voice Actors; 15

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Icy (1)
Ivy
Izzie (1)
Ki (1)
Kitty (1)
Kyu (1)
Mousy
Russianbear (1)
Sydney (1)
Sporelett (1)
Thyme
Vixen
Yellowstar (*)
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Sneaky-sneaky. You have no idea who anyone is. >D

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CROWSTAR – Black and white tom with amber eyes. 37 moons.

DEPUTY

SPECKLEPELT – Golden she-cat with many black spots and green eyes. 26 moons.
APPRENTICE, TOADPAW

MEDICINE CAT

FEATHERCLOUD – Small, calico she-cat with amber eyes. 34 moons.

WARRIORS

HAWKTALON – Dark grey tom with green eyes. 56 moons.

ICEPELT – White tom with amber eyes. 50 moons.

RIPPLEFANG – Grey tabby tom with blue eyes. 42 moons.

SCORCHCLAW – Dark brownish-black tom with light tabby markings and yellow-green eyes. 36 moons.

STORMCLAW – Tom with many shades of grey on his pelt and amber eyes. 36 moons.

DEERFUR – Reddish-brown tom with yellow-green eyes. 35 moons.

BLUETHORN – Blue-gray tom with dark green eyes. 33 moons.
APPRENTICE, HERONPAW

BATHEART – Dark brown and black tom with yellow eyes. 31 moons.

OAKSTORM – Smooth-pelted, brown and white tom with grey-blue eyes. 28 moons.

BLACKFEATHER – Long-furred, black she-cat with brown tints and green eyes. 27 moons.

DARKFLOWER – Long furred white she-cat with black flecks and pale green eyes. 27 moons.

SHREWFANG – Light brown she-cat with tabby markings and golden-yellow eyes. 22 moons.

FOXFUR – Many-shaded ginger tom with a white belly and yellow-green eyes. 21 moons.

BRINDLEPELT – Grey and cream tortoiseshell she-cat with white belly and dark blue eyes. 19 moons.

FOGPATCH – Long-furred white tom with light grey patches and amber eyes. 19 moons.

SNAKETAIL – Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes and long fur. 14 moons.
APPRENTICE, HONEYPAW

TWISTEDCLAW – Small tabby tom with pale green eyes and long claws. 14 moons.
APPRENTICE, ECLIPSEPAW

LIZARDEYE – Brown tabby tom with intense green eyes. 14 moons.
APPRENTICE, EMBERPAW

SMOKEHEART – Smoke-grey she-cat with white chest and front paws and green eyes. 14 moons.

POPPYFROST - Black she-cat with white flecks, white underbelly and tail-tip and icy blue eyes. 13 moons.

LIGHTNINGCLAW – Pale ginger and gray tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes. 13 moons.

APPRENTICES

TOADPAW – Dark brown tom with green eyes. 11 moons.

HERONPAW – Long-furred silver tabby tom with amber eyes. 8 moons.

HONEYPAW - Honey colored she-cat with white and ginger patches and bright blue eyes. 7 moons.

ECLIPSEPAW - Mostly black she-cat with white patch on her belly and blue eyes. 7 moons.

EMBERPAW - Black and ginger tortoiseshell she-cat with white chest and paws and dark blue eyes. 7 moons.

QUEENS

FIRESHADOW – Ginger tabby with darker patches along her pelt and green eyes. 29 moons.
KITS; BRIGHTKIT, SNOWKIT, DUSTKIT

PALEFLOWER - Gray and white long-furred she-cat with yellow eyes. 25 moons.
KITS; DAPPLEKIT, DUSK-KIT, TAWNYKIT

LIGHTFEATHER – White she cat with faint cream tabby markings and golden eyes. 19 moons.
KITS; FLINTKIT, HAZELKIT, REEDKIT

WHITEHEART – White she-cat with black spots and yellow-amber eyes. 17 moons.
KITS; THORNKIT, NIGHTKIT, DREAMKIT, LITTLEKIT

KITS

DAPPLEKIT - Dark-brown she cat with ginger flecks and light amber eyes. 5 moons.

BRIGHTKIT - Ginger she-cat. 4 moons.

SNOWKIT - White tom with blue eyes. Deaf. 4 moons.

DUSTKIT - Brown furred she-cat with amber eyes. 4 moons.

FLINTKIT - Thin, sickly grey and white tom with golden eyes. 3 moons.

HAZELKIT - Dainty, sand-coloured she-cat with darker tabby markings and bright golden eyes. 3 moons.

REEDKIT - Cream tom with ginger fur and light amber eyes. 3 moons.

THORNKIT - Black and white tom with light green eyes. 2 moons.

NIGHTKIT - Black she-cat with one dusty brown spot at her tail and golden eyes. 2 moons.

DREAMKIT - Orange-brown tabby with amber eyes. 2 moons.

LITTLEKIT - White she-cat with tortoiseshell patches and pale amber eyes. 1 moon.

DUSK-KIT - Fluffy grey tabby she-cat with mossy green eyes. 0 moons.

TAWNYKIT - Petite, fluffy white she-cat with tortoiseshell patches and pale blue eyes. 0 moons.

ELDERS

LILYCLOUD - White she-cat with pale grey tabby extremities and blue eyes. 101 moons.

GORSESTORM - Ginger tabby with blue grey eyes. 94 moons.

TALLHAWK - Long-legged brown tabby tom with amber eyes. 86 moons.

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PROLOGUE

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Nighttime casts a deep stillness over a remote part of the forest, where gnarled trees block out the weak light of the stars and clinging mist chokes the air near the forest floor. The sounds of crickets and frogs permeate the night air, but nothing can be seen moving... until a dark, feline shape darts out into the open, moving quickly through the sleeping forest. So deeply shadowed is the cat that nothing of its pelt colour can be seen, and it continues on, hurried but wary, through the night. Eventually it reaches a small clearing and stops. Another figure is revealed in the darkness, one that is smaller than the first.

Smaller Cat: You kept me waiting, Specklepelt. Did you get lost in your own territory?

Specklepelt: (Sniffs) Hardly. But Crowstar required my presence, and I couldn't get away without being noticed.

Smaller Cat: (Smiles in the darkness) Well, we wouldn't want to attract notice, would we? Now, tell me. How are our friends in ShadowClan faring?

Specklepelt: (Smiles slyly) Our numbers are growing steadily, despite the shortage of prey that leaf-bare brought us.

Smaller Cat: Or perhaps because of it.

Specklepelt: (Smirks) Quite possibly. That Crowstar fool doesn't realize what's going on right underneath his own nose...

Smaller Cat: Then the preparations? (As he speaks, the cat rises to his paws and moves silkily towards Specklepelt) I grow tired of waiting...

Specklepelt: (Willingly twines with the other cat's darkly seductive form) Almost complete, my leader. My only leader. In a moon, we will be ready to act.

Smaller Cat: Most pleasing. But we have other things to take care of before then. Regretfully, we must part for now... but keep alert for news from me.

Specklepelt: Always.

With this, the two cats separate and split off in different directions, Specklepelt returning the way she came and the tom disappearing into the undergrowth. But neither cat sees the lithe form of the one who had been watching them all along.

PART I

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Alone in the chill grey surroundings of the late leaf-bare swamp, the watching cat paces on his own path through the mud and peat. He is obviously deep in thought, and troubled by what he has seen. However, so deep in thought is he, that he does not notice the presence of another cat sitting nearby until they speak. He looks up and sees a grey cat with stars embedded in her fur.

Darkfang: Snaketail.

Snaketail: (Stops, then manages in a stunned voice) Darkfang! W-what are you-

Darkfang: (Annoyed) Snaketail, focus. (Voice calms) You witnessed something dire tonight.

Snaketail: (Sobers) Specklepelt. I wouldn't have conceived such treachery from her.

Darkfang: But treachery has come, whether you expected it or not. Snaketail, listen to me, because I will only speak once, and I have something important to tell you. (Her eyes seem to glow with the light of prophecy) Great darkness blows from across the forest, a shadow to blot out every star, so that even your Clan will be blind. You and five others must gather to fight it, because if you do not, the forest will fall to a darkness deeper than night.

Snaketail: What darkness? What is Specklepelt planning? Who are the other five, and how will I find them? Darkfang, I must know more-

Darkfang: (Interrupts fiercely) I can only tell you this! There will be a powerful fighter, a hunter and a queen, a cold warrior and a cat who dwells in memories, and runs from them. Some will come to you, others you must find yourself. Gather them and prepare, Snaketail! The future of the forest depends on you...

Snaketail: (Sadly) Darkfang...

Even as she speaks, the she-cat fades away and disappears, leaving the tabby alone in the forest once more. In that way that StarClan has, he now knows no more than he did before, except that the conversation he witnessed poses a very real danger for every cat in the forest.

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The following morning, cats are up and moving about in ShadowClan's camp. In one shaded corner of camp, voices can be heard, muffled in the darkness. The scene reveals three tabby cats sitting and talking in hushed voices. One of them is Snaketail.

Snaketail: Darkfang said there would be a powerful fighter and a cold warrior. I think she must have meant you two, for there are no others who I would trust more to help me do this.

Twistedclaw: (grinning viciously) Count me in, brother! It's been too peaceful for my liking lately. Besides, someone has to take over that treacherous deputy's job, and I'd say the cats who stop her sneaky plot have a pretty good chance.

Snaketail: ... Lizardeye?

Lizardeye: (neutrally) Of course, Snaketail. But are you certain are up to the task?

Snaketail: Why, brother, I'm surprised you would ask such a thing of me. When have I caused you reason to doubt me?

Lizardeye: Darkfang died only short moons ago. Perhaps... your devotion to her affects your judgment.

Snaketail: (Lizardeye and Snaketail seem to share unspoken words, and Twistedclaw looks away) No, much as I wish it were otherwise, Darkfang is gone, and she will never return. But she told me that the whole forest would suffer if I stood by and did nothing, and that I cannot abide.

Lizardeye: (blinks) I didn't expect any different. In that case, we have much to do if we are to be successful. Firstly, we still do not know what Specklepelt's plans are. And there are still three cats of importance that we have yet to find...

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The scene fades out and fades back into the prone form of a lone cat sleeping inside the warriors' den. Tightly curled, the sleeping cat twitches and trembles, letting out small mumbles of distress as dreams torment their mind. A voice is heard, narrator-style, as the camera zooms in.

Brindlepelt: Every time, it's the same dream. (the cat flinches in her sleep) I'm caught in a memory that I swore I had put behind me. And I know that nothing I can do will change it. (more trembling and flinching. The cat wakes up, opening deep blue eyes as her body slowly stills) The dreams have been coming more often now. I thought they were going away, but it seems they're just getting stronger.

Brindlepelt: (slowly gets up and exits the den, then looks up and whispers) When will it end? Perhaps it never will. (eventually looks back down) Enough dreaming. A good hunt will clear my head.

The cat exits camp and heads out into the swamp, hunting on her mind. She spots a squirrel and begins to stalk it, however on her final pounce it evades her, and both make a beeline for the ShadowClan/WindClan border. The she-cat follows the squirrel out of a clump of bushes and appears in the midst of a strange gathering of cats.

Brindlepelt: WindClan! ... Foxfur? Shrewfang? Why are these cats on our land?

Heathertail: (sighs) Of course your Clanmates would choose now to wander in, Shrewfang. I told you we should have met on WindClan land.

Firepool: She is lovely, though. Are you sure she couldn't be turned?

Shrewfang: (sharp) Can you be serious for once, Firepool? We'd better take care of this now; Specklepelt wouldn't be happy if she starts spreading rumours.

Too shocked for words, Brindlepelt backs away and attempts to run back to camp, but Shrewfang leaps forward and the two go down grappling. The scene fades out with the other three cats moving in to surround the fighting pair, so that there can be no escape.

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Snaketail, Twistedclaw and Lizardeye are walking through the swamp, with Snaketail in the middle, flanked by his two brothers. They are somewhat near the border when Lizardeye stops, raising his tail for quiet.

Lizardeye: (calmly) There are voices coming from the border.

Twistedclaw: (narrows his eyes and grins) Trespassers?

Snaketail: It's possible. Let's go.

The three pad toward the noise just as the fighting breaks out, and start to run. They burst out of the undergrowth to see Brindlepelt in the middle of the four cats, struggling as two of them attempt to finish her off.

Brindlepelt: (struggling as Shrewfang attempts to sink her teeth into Brindlepelt's throat) Traitors!

All four cats attacking Brindlepelt glance towards the new disturbance, which allows her the opportunity to kick Shrewfang away and lurch to her feet. Exchanging a glance, the three brothers move forward to join in, but the four cats back off.

Firepool: (to his cohorts) If we continue, this will only get more complicated.

Shrewfang: (sneers at Brindlepelt and the three brothers as the baddies disperse) Don't even think about running to Crowstar with this. You have no proof of anything, and without that why would he believe you? A season ago, most of you were still apprentices.

Snaketail: (narrows his eyes) Perhaps not today, but we will be watching you.

Shrewfang: (already gone from view, her voice floats back from somewhere in the shadows) *laughter* You're the ones who should be worried about being watched...

[Yoko]

XD If you had done this in the first place, we wouldn't have had that fiasco a few weeks ago. Anyway, good luck Spore. A nice start. Specklepelt with a tom? I can hardly imagine. XD

[Mousy]

Whoa... Awesomeness. Fireshadow wishes to know why she's Dustkit, Snowkit and Brightkit's mother, though. Although she's happy about it ^_^

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And I quite want to know who the father is.

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Well, to put it simply, I didn't want to introduce a whole herd of NPCs to be the mothers of all the kits we had 5 moons ago! So I chose random female warriors to play the parts. >u< Here's the breakdown:

Fireshadow is the mother of Brightkit, Snowkit, and Dustkit, but because Toadpelt is too young, Icepelt and Batheart both participated in the kitmaking. It was a rather blurry night for all involved. @.@

Paleflower is actually the mother of Tawnykit and Dusk-kit, so we all know how that happened. However, it is a little-known fact that she and Icepelt had a single kit 5 moons before then, thus the reason for her being mother of Dapplekit as well. (Yeah, Icepelt gets around. He's a cat, that's what cats do.)

Lightfeather and Fogpatch are the happy parents of 3 moon old kits Hazelkit and Reedkit. They adopted Flintkit when he was young, however because of age discrepencies, Heronpaw is now Reedkit's cousin. By some older brother of Lightfeather that is never mentioned and does not exist IC. << >>

Whiteheart appears to have more kits than any other queen in the nursery, however actually her sole kit, fathered by Foxfur (Shh! Don't tell Rivermist) is Dreamkit. The other three were all adopted from various (deceased) sources.

[Mousy]

Seriously? I would, however, have been even more freaked-out if the name "Hawktalon" was mentioned anywhere in that paragraph. Unless the word "drunk" or the words "poppy seeds" were also there. *Twitch.*

Also, I can understand about Fireshadow: because Snowkit/paw/whatever is albino (I think...), he doesn't look like his parents, duh (or he looks like Icepelt), Brightkit looks like a paler, less-tortie version of Fireshadow and Dustkit is a nice mix of Fireshadow and Batheart. Nice idea.

Toadpelt: Dustkit is your kit, Fireshadow?!

Fireshadow: ... I... No...

[hedgie]

Flintpaw: Whoo...Kit-me. -pokes-

Reedpaw: DUDE...YOU'RE MY BROTHER!

They're thrilled, Spore. They've always wanted to be related. XD

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[Kitty]

....I always knew you were hiding things from me, Icepelt.

I must say I admire your...sleep-aroundness. You have kin here.

[Ki]

SO MANY KITS HOLY BEJEESUS.



*sits and waits for cast list* >3