A thin tail curled tightly around paws placed on the hard, frozen earth. A gentle sigh fell from the feline’s maw, forming a soft fog in the frigid air that was quickly swept away in the breeze. It was a sigh of both defeat and wonder. On a normal night the warrior would come out to watch his ancestors shine brilliantly in the deep black sky, their beauty and kinship was an unlimited comfort. Yet tonight was different. Instead of the stars, overlooking the Clans were wonderfully large clouds. They stretched as far as the eye could see; so far even a WindClanner with the sharpest eyes could see no end. The territories were dyed a soft h