** A leaf-bare like no other,
with icy claws it'll smother,
the clans into submission,
while seconds run on a time pressed mission.


Death lies on frozen stones,
storm clouds gather on a blood red sunrise,
midnight skies blot out the dimming stars,
as the forest is pushed to the edge of demise.**

The four clans begin to feel the anxiety of the approaching leaf-bare. Prey begins to run scarce, and the dens aren't as warm as they used to be. Yet none of them could ever predict the bitter chaos they would have to endure. Leaf-bare sets in, and the medicine cats begin to grow tense and jumpy. Cats begin to notice and worry, but still they remain silent.
Finally, on the full moon, the medicine cats are questioned publicly at the Gathering. Unable to hide it any longer, the medicine cats are forced to speak.
They have lost connection with StarClan. However, the ancestors left a prophecy in the medicine cats' paws. Dark clouds cover the moon before the prophecy is spoken, leaving the clans in a terrible darkness. Does this still mean StarClan is watching? Are they angry?
The clans, confused and angry, leave the Gathering, their discouraged and utterly afraid medicine cats trailing behind. To share the prophecy alone is almost too much.
Things begin to go... just... wrong. The deputies suddenly disappear, leaving the clans in complete chaos. The days grow shorter, and the nights longer as the leaf-bare begins to take a visible toll on all cats.
And as if the clans didn't have enough troubles, the river freezes, leaving StoneClan starving, and a clan turns their back to StarClan. On top of it all... storm clouds gather, just waiting to unleash a terrible rain of blood on half the forest.
How could StarClan remain silent, and turn their heads when the clans need them so much? Can the clans survive this bitter leaf-bare, or will StarClan bear witnesses as their descendants drop one-by-one? And... where are the deputies?

April 5, 2010;;

Happy Easter everyone. I hope you had a great time with your family, friends or whatever you did. Hopefully everything was butterflies and sunshine! Unfortunately, PoD didn't have a surprise for you. We didn't have a nice Easter skin or a contest. I'm sorry, but with that few members and staff members active, we didn't have the time or energy to do anything. Hope you don't mind.

Now, I know that most of you have noticed that PoD is slowly dying. We have.. eighteen members, and I believe only six of them are active? That's not good, I know. But we won't give up! We're currently having an activity check, so if you don't want to be deleted, please post a little comment here. Because of the inactivity, it will take some time to update the site completely. We might only be able to update after the activity check. Please bear with us.

Along with the happy news that Sunflower and I will fight to keep PoD alive, I also bring you sad news. It's been decided that our admin and creator, Ember, will leave us. She doesn't have the time nor muse left that she used to and real life comes first. Ember and I are currently discussing what to do, but what we do know is that from now on it will only be Sunflower and me left to work with PoD. I don't know where Syd is, but hopefully she'll show up eventually.

Please wish everyone happy new year, happy Easter and everything else that I didn't mention. And most important; wish our Ember good luck with whatever she decides to do. We'll miss you Ember.

//Graytail & Staff