Just going to repost my comment made today from a different recent thread about Arc 9 plot ideas.
Since I hope for Arc 9 to either be a DotC sequel or an ASC one but taking place 5 to 10 years in the future (like a soft reboot), there's two routes to take on here:
DotC sequel
Three protagonists, all female (because the DotC arc featured all male PoVs)
My wishes would be
Lightning Stripe or
Feather Ear (daughters of Thunderstar),
Silver Stripe (daughter of Gray Wing, who would thus also be a WindClan perspective) and
Dew Petal or
Flower Foot (daughters of Skystar)
The leaders of that arc could be the next generation of them instead of the founders (so Owlstar for ThunderClan, Sparrowstar for SkyClan, Nightstar for RiverClan, Gorsestar for WindClan and Ravenstar for ShadowClan)
In terms of plot, while the warrior code was largely shown to be invented/established over time in the various stories featured in the field guide about it, I think the arc could still have some focus on it nonetheless and be called
Dawn of the Code or something like that
Or it could tackle issues with legacy (although we already still have that in the current arc with Nightheart), especially if the protagonists are the ones I wish for, since their fathers were all important figures in how the Clans got founded, it could thus be called
Storm of Legacy or something of the sort
ASC sequel (soft reboot)To preface this and as a sidenote, I personally think that the titles of the current arc being the Clan names, sort of implies that this will either be the last time we see the specific cast in this modern setting/timeline or that there will at least be a break from them next arc and I just thus highly doubt that the 9th arc would be a direct ASC sequel for that reason
So yeah, if Arc 9 does end up taking place in modern times, I'm at least hopeful it will be 5 to 10 years (or even longer) in the future
Meaning that, the cats from TPB are all dead, the ones from TNP and PoT and OotS are in the elders' den, and the ones from AVoS, TBC and ASC are middle-aged or senior warriors
As for protagonists or plot, I don't have a solid idea yet (aside from an AU one with a WindClan protagonist) since my money is moreso on a DotC sequel rather than this but we shall see