Warrior Cats: The Calm before the Storm
MEET THE CATS
Thunderclan
Leader Bluestar – Blue-grey she- cat, tinged with silver around her muzzle.
Deputy Redtail – Small tortoiseshell tom with a distinctive ginger tail
Apprentice - Dustpaw
Medicine Cat Spottedleaf – Beautiful dark tortoiseshell she-cat with a distinctive dappled coat
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
Lionheart – Magnificent golden tabby tom with thick for like a lion's mane
Tigerclaw – Big dark brown tabby tom with unusually long front claws
Apprentice = Longpaw
Whitestorm – Big white tom
Apprentice = Sandpaw
Darkstripe – Sleek black and grey tabby tom
Runningwind – Swift tabby tom
Mousefur – Small dusky brown she-cat
Dappletail – Once pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with a lovely dappled coat
Apprentices (more than 6 moons old, in training to become warriors)
Dustpaw – Dark brown tabby tom
Sandpaw – Pale ginger she-cat
Longpaw – Pale tabby tom with dark black stripes
Queens (she-cats expecting or nursing kits)
Willowpelt – Very pale grey she-cat with unusual blue eyes
Frostfur – Beautiful white coat and blue eyes
Brindleface – Pretty tabby
Goldenflower – Pale ginger coat
Speckletail – Pale tabby and the oldest nursery queen
Elders (former warriors and queens, now retired)
Halftail – Big dark brown tabby tom with part of his tail missing
Smallear – Grey tom with very small ears. Oldest tom in Thunderclan.
Patchpelt – Small black and white tom
One-Eye – Pale grey she-cat, the oldest cat in Thunderclan. Virtually blind and deaf
Shadowclan
Leader Raggedstar
Deputy Brokentail long-haired dark brown tabby Medicine Cat Yellowfang – Old, dark grey she-cat with a broad, flattened face
Warriors
Runningnose – Small grey and white tom
Stumpytail – Brown tabby tom
Apprentice – Brownpaw
Boulder – Silver tabby tom
Apprentice – Wetpaw
Blackfoot – Large white tom with huge jet-black paws
Clawface – Battle-scarred brown tom
Apprentice – Littlepaw
Nightpelt – Black tom
Queens
Dawncloud – Small tabby
Brightflower – Black-and-white she-cat
Elders
Ashfur – Thin grey tom
Windclan
Leader Tallstar – A black and white tom with a very long tail
DeputyDeadfoot – Black tom with a twisted paw
Medicine CatBarkface – Short-tailed brown tom
Warriors
Mudclaw – Mottled dark brown tom
Apprentice – Webpaw
Tornear – Tabby tom
Apprentice – Runningpaw
Onewhisker – Young brown tabby tom
Apprentice - Whitepaw
Queens
Ashfoot – A grey Queen
Morningflower – A tortoiseshell queen
Riverclan
Leader Crookedstar – Huge light-coloured tabby with a twisted jaw
Deputy Oakheart – A reddish-brown tom
Medicine Cat Mudfur – Long-haired light brown tom
Warriors
Blackclaw – Smoky black tom
Apprentice – Heavypaw
Stonefur – A grey tom with battle-scarred ears
Apprentice – Shadepaw
Loudbelly – A dark brown tom
Apprentice – Silverpaw
Silverstream – A pretty slender silver tabby
Whiteclaw – A dark warrior
Cats Outside Clans
Smudge – Plump, friendly black-and-white kitten who lives in a house at the end of the forest
Rusty – Handsome ginger tom who lives in a house at the edge of the forest
Barley – Black and white tom who lives on a farm close to the forest
Chapter 1
Longpaw stood at the base of Highrock and gazed up at his leader. Tigerclaw, Longpaw's mentor, stood next to him proudly staring around.
"I, Bluestar, leader of Thunderclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of the warrior," Yowled Bluestar, turning to the excited apprentice "Longpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code even at the cost of your life?
A tremble edged his mew, "I do"
"Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior name. From this moment on you shall be known as Longtail. Let you become a warrior this clan can be proud of."
Excited shouts filled the air as the name rippled through the clan, "Longtail! Longtail!"
"I will sit my vigil tonight, in honour of being a warrior!" Declared Longtail, his eyes bright.
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Longtail leaped forward, grabbing the mouse between his paws. He killed it with a sharp bite.
Slowly, he lifted the warm body between his teeth. Pride swelled through him, his first kill as a warrior.
Suddenly, a figure shot out from behind him and bundled into him.
"Ambush!" Cried the cat.
Pausing briefly, Longtail identified Redtail, the Thunderclan Deputy.
"Mrroww!" Laughed Longtail, playfully battering Redtail with his paws. After all, he couldn't properly attack Thunderclan's deputy.
After a while , Redtail gave up and Longtail thanked him deeply for letting him practice his 'moves' on him.
Plunging through the undergrowth, he headed back to the camp, carrying the mouse between his jaws, eager to show his first hunt as a warrior.