I was watching a warrior cats series on YouTube. It was an AU, and regarded as one of the best accomplishments of the fandom.
Fireheart had joined a clan of cats that lived in a fortress of sorts. The leader was a slim, tall, bronze she-cat named Leapstar. She was rather strict, but a very good leader and well-liked.
The premise of the series was that Scourge was trying to end the clan, because he despised IceWings and that was what the clan cats were, apparently. He had three henchmen, a tom, an eager and rather violent she, and an anxious tom who everyone regarded as loyal and stupid.
It turned out that Princess, Fireheart’s mother, was part Unicorn, which granted great power that she had no idea how to use. It turned out that Hollyleaf was also Princess’ daughter, so she and Fireheart were half-siblings.
Meanwhile, back with Scourge’s army, they were planning their next move. Scourge demanded that they find four suits of armour for half off by the end of the day. The anxious tom did some mental math, dividing the cost of armour by half and them multiplying by four, and deduced that they had enough money for that, and something else. He slipped away while everyone else was arguing.
He returned with the armour, and dropped some books in front of everyone. Scourge had to read them upside down from his position, but he was pleased. The tom had picked out books on IceWing weaknesses and strategies. He had done well.
The she-cat went to Princess’ home and prepared to push her off the balcony.
Scourge’s army travelled to the fortress under the cover of night. All the clan cats were gathered inside, but it was dark enough that they could go inside too and not be noticed.
Leapstar noticed that something was off. She stepped forward, ears alert, searching for the intruders. She stopped just before Scourge, unable to see him until he suddenly attacked, killing her instantly. Leapstar stumbled back, her wounds glowing white for a moment before disappearing. She had lost a life.
The clan cats leapt into battle. They heavily outnumbered Scourge’s army, but he was formidable, and took down cats left and right.
The anxious tom saw a chance to prove himself to Scourge. Leapstar had paused to catch her breath, and he lunged, killing her with a powerful blow to the neck. She fell and lost yet another life. He looked around to see if anyone had seen his act of loyalty.
Scourge hadn’t even noticed.
At one point, Fireheart and Scourge found themselves face to face. Scourge gleefully hissed that he was going to kill Princess, or maybe he had already done it. Fireheart swung at him, but he dodged and started running, toward Princess’ house.
Fireheart turned to a brown cat, the fastest in the clan, and sent him after Scourge. He began running, and it looked like he was gaining on the little cat.
Just like that, the battle was over. Scourge’s henchmen were all dead, and the leader was gone.
But Leapstar was dead.
Fireheart carried her out of the fortress as the other cats followed, and they met on a hill nearby. They had to decide on a new leader, since the clan didn’t technically have a deputy.
After a long moment of hesitation, Hollyleaf offered herself as leader. Eventually, the rest of the clan did too.
But suddenly, Leapstar was revived! She was down to her last life, but she wasn’t gone yet. She jumped on the top of the hill, and Fireheart pushed aside her wings so he could stand next to her.
The battle had been won.
The brown cat managed to stop Scourge, so Princess was okay. She visited the clan to show her gratefulness, and offered to show cats how to become unicorns themselves (she had to adopt them).
The credits were a joy to watch. Cats were becoming unicorns, Fireheart was named the official deputy, that one girl who had a crush on the friendly robot got together with him, Scourge and his henchmen sulked in the Dark Forest, everything was good. I was so happy I decided to watch this series.
I decided to Google what the hell the unicorn stuff meant. It took some time and a lot of specifying, but it turned out that unicorn was one of the forms a cat could take if they were destined to be leader. It was dependent on moon signs and astrology and stuff. I saw an image of Lionheart looking like a wolf, and someone’s OC named Ivytree who took the form of an imp. “But she only had like three horns because she was so docile.”
I thought that was weird, because it didn’t really make much sense in the context of the series, but who am I to judge. It was the best thing in the fandom, after all.
