Plot Summary.

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Long, long ago, there were four Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, and ShadowClan. They'd lived for generations in the forest, until Twolegs invaded and took from them their home. The Clans were forced to find a new place to settle, and with the help of StarClan and a great prophecy they made their way through the mountains in leaf-bare, finding at the end of their journey a new home around a lake. Their many struggles had been worthwhile. And, for a time, there was peace again, though the Clans were not without their fair share of troubles. It was many generations before the Clans were uprooted once more, again by Twolegs and their greed. This time, they were without StarClan's aid, and many died before a small band of cats, all that was left of the four Clans, came to a mountain reaching high into the clouds. They made their new home there, on the mountainside, surrounded by bitter winds and pure white snow. Over time, the small band grew large enough to be called a Clan, and they called themselves VoidClan. Their name was an acknowledgment of the endless void of misery their ancestors been through to find this place of peace.

Sadly, it didn't remain peaceful for long. VoidClan grew too large to be called one Clan, so it split into two. The second Clan became VortexClan, and there was a short period of time when all was well on the mountain. Unfortunately, our world is ridden with war and even cats cannot escape the inevitable. As must happen when two separate entities live side by side for too long a time, tensions broke out between them. No cat now alive can say how it all began, not even the elders. The entire war could have begun over a single bite of stolen prey, or perhaps because one cat stepped one pawstep over the border for one moment. Whatever the cause, hate between the two Clans reached a climax and the fighting started. Ever since, VortexClan cats and VoidClan cats have battled against one another, bloodlust running through their veins. The two Clans even developed a new warrior code, one that stated that only a traitor fled from battle and that a warrior must always fight to the death. There was no end in sight. The war would rage on until one Clan had exterminated the other, and many more cats would have to die before this could ever come to be.

And then the fifth Clan came. SkyClan. They'd journeyed far, for many moons, in search of the other four Clans. What they found was indeed a shock: two Clans that shared the same blood, the same ancestors, fighting to the death. SkyClan soon settled onto the mountain, though they were unused to the cold climate, and were reluctantly accepted by the other two Clans. However, VortexClan and VoidClan weren't about to let a ragtag Clan of foreign cats stop the war they'd been raised to fight in. SkyClan cats unsuccessfully tried time and time again to stop the war, but only managed to get themselves entangled in the net of bloodshed. No cats, not even those who walk the heavens, know what will happen. It is up to those of SkyClan, VortexClan, and VoidClan to decide their own futures.