Allegiances
IvyClan:
Leader: Shellstar- White and ginger tom with bright blue eyes
-Apprentice: Echopaw
Deputy: Sandflight- ginger and brown she-cat with green eyes
-Appretice: Mosspaw
Medicine cat: Shadespots- dark gray and white she-cat with blue eyes
-Apprentice: Leafwhisker
Warriors:
Silvershadow- silver tabby tom with green eyes
Apprentice- Ashpaw
Frostleaf- white tom with brown spots and dark blue eyes.
Dappleshine- tortoiseshell she-cat with white legs, face, belly and chest, blue eyes.
Flamefur- ginger she-cat with white paws and belly, blue eyes.
Dovewhisper- pale gray she cat with a dark gray stripe down her back and dark gray ears. Dark blue eyes.
Apprentice- Fuzzpaw
Darkfeather- black tom with a gray chest and yellow-green eyes
Bramblepatch- dark brown tabby tom with green eyes
Flamefur- ginger she-cat with blue eyes
Scorchtail- gray tom with a darker tail and yellow eyes.
Apprentice- Sunpaw
Gustpelt- smoky pale gray she-cat with green eyes.
Flareshade- ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes
Firestrike- golden-ginger she-cat with darker legs and green eyes
Queens:
Russetpelt- ginger and white she-cat with pale green eyes
Kits- Dreamkit(tiny silver tabby she-kit with two dark paws and pale green eyes) and Cloudkit (gray and white she-kit white black stripes and blue eyes)
Apprentices:
Mosspaw- tortoiseshell and white she-cat with amber eyes
Echopaw- small silver and white tabby she-cat with dark green eyes
Fuzzpaw- fluffy ginger she-cat with dark brown stripes on tail, dark brown ear tips and green eyes
Ashpaw- gray tom with dark ray and black patches, dark blue eyes
Sunpaw- golden tom with darker legs and ears, green eyes
Elders:
Berrywhisker- white tom with pale brown tail and paws, pale amber eyes.
Ferntail- black and brown she-cat with dark green eyes.
Maplepelt- ginger she-cat with darker ears and dark green eyes.
BrightClan:
Leader: Shadowstar- black and orange tom with amber eyes
Deputy: Ravenpelt- black she-cat with green eyes
Medicine cat: Brackenthorn- golden-brown tom
Apprentice- Whisperpaw
Warriors:
Longwhisker-
Morningaze- light brown tabby tom
Tallsky- dappled gray and white tom
Apprentice- Deeppaw
Cloudfur- white tom
Ravenpelt- black she-cat with green eyes
Pantherclaw- scarred black tom
Apprentices:
Deeppaw- mottled dark gray tom
Whisperpaw- blue-gray tabby tom
Queens:
Brightgaze- ginger she-cat with yellow eyes
Kits- Mudkit(patched brown tom with green eyes), Skykit(mottled silver-blue she-kit), Pebblekit(mottled gray tom), Darkkit(black tom)
Elders:
Crookedfoot- brown tom with a twisted paw
HeatherClan:
Leader: Cloverstar- brown and white she-cat
Deputy: Silverblaze- silver and white tabby she-cat
Medicine cat: Stormsky- gray and white tom with blue eyes
Warriors:
Dustwhisker- brown tabby tom
Applefoot- reddish she-cat with white paws
Oakstep- dark brown tom
Queens:
Fallowbreeze- pale brown tabby she-cat with white belly and paws
Kit- Featherkit(silver and white she-kit)
SnowClan
Leader: Softstar- fawn-brown she-cat with a white flash on her chest
Deputy: Pebblepelt- mottled gray tom
Apprentice- Swiftpaw
Medicine Cat: Snowflower- white she-cat with a brown tail
Warriors:
Mudflight- patched brown tom
Apprentice- Amberpaw
Poppyfur- white she-cat with golden and brown patches
Clearpool- silver she-cat
Apprentices:
Swiftpaw- smoky gray and white tom
Amberpaw- golden she-cat with white and darker markings
Cats Outside of the Clans:
Fox- ginger tom (former BrightClan cat)
Hawk- reddish tom (former BrightClan cat)
Thunder- gray she-cat (former BrightClan cat)
Prologue
Long after the four Clans fought their battles with the Dark Forest, a terrible infection spread through the Clans. It hit ThunderClan first, then moved on to the others. Every cat fought their hardest to beat the sickness, but to no avail. Every cat was wiped out, for the sickness crazed the cats who caught it, and drove them to attack everything they saw. Those who didn't catch the disease were killed.
But the spirit cats in StarClan found a new way to keep the Clans alive. Four cats were chosen- Brightheart, Ivypool, Snowfur and Heathertail- to travel to new, far away territories, and descend once again as living cats. Each cat sought out their own territories and recruited cats to form their own Clans. BrightClan made their home in a forest with thick undergrowth and trees of pine and oak. IvyClan's was similar, but less thick, with a large river cutting between the two. SnowClan chose to live on high hills, with a few trees and bushes scattered here and there. The river cut between their territory and HeatherClan's, which were also on hills, but lower down.
Many, many seasons after that, after generation and generation of leaders, in the forest of IvyClan, there was a small hollow, surrounded very thickly by trees and huge stones. A pile of stones crumbled into the hollow, forming the entrance. Behind a boulder, shrouded in ferns, the medicine cats slept in a small cave. Leafwhisker and his mate Shadespots, for the rule of medicine cats not taking mates had been lifted long ago, were curled up together in a bed of moss.
A sudden yowl of agony cut through the still night air. Leafwhisker woke instantly, his fur brisling with alarm. He shook Shadespots awake with a brown paw. "Shadespots!" he hissed.
"Wha…?" The dark she-cat lifted her head and blinked at him drowsily.
"I think Russetpelt's kits are coming!"
"What?" Shadepsots shot to her paws. "So soon? But they weren't due for another two moons!" Racing to er piles of herbs, she scooped some up, and Leafwhisker did the same. Side-by-side, the two of them bolted out of the den and raced across the camp, diving into the hole that was the entrance to the nursery.
Inside, a ginger and white queen lay, her face twisted in pain. A gray tabby she-cat was at her side, tryuing to comfort her while holding back her young. Leafwhisker could easily tell by the deep clawmarks in the dust that Russetpelt was having a hard time.
Both medicine cats worked for quite a while through the night, even when the noise brought almost every cat in the Clan running into the nursery. The moon was almost on the horizon by the time the kits were born.
Anxiously, while Shadspots checked on Russetpelt, Leafwhisker gazed at the tiny damp bundles of blood-covered fur. All of the kits were very small, and none of them were moving at all. He felt a sinking feeling in his belly.
"Leafwhisker…" Russetpelt croaked. "Where are my kits?"
Leafwhisker felt a lump in his throat as all eyes turned to him. "I…I'm sorry Russetpelt…they didn't make it."
Russetpelt stared at him for a few moments. The she tipped beck her head a let out a bloodcurdling yowl of grief that made Leafwhisker flinch. I'm sorry! He wailed inwardly. After all, these kits were his kin too, through his father and Russetpelt's mate, Silvershadow.
"Wait!" A ginger apprentice bounced forward, peering at the dead kits. "I don't think this one's dead!" She nudged it with a white paw, and it moved, ever so slightly.
"Fuzzpaw's right." Shadespots confirmed, coming up beside Leafwhisker. "But I'm afraid she may still die." She grabbed the kit gently and placed it beside Russetpelt's belly. "Will you name her?"
"Yes." Russetpelt whispered. "She will be Dreamkit."
Leafwhisker shook himself. "All right everyone, if you're not a queen or a kit, o back to your dens. Give Russetpelt some space."
He and Shadspots were the last to leave after the others. As the padded out of the entrance, he paused, and Shadespots gave him a worried look. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"I failed Shadespots." Leafwhisker meowed dejectedly. "I lost three lives today, and I may still lose more."
"Oh, my love." Shadespots pressed her muzzle against his fur. "This was not your fault. It was simply StarClan's choice."
Leafwhisker didn't reply. Glancing up at the sky, he sent a prayer to the stars. StarClan, please…look after this kit.
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