WindClan

Leader:
Stagstar - Large, dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes, broad stripes and wide shoulders.

Deputy:
Silverbreeze - Silver tabby she cat with green eyes and long, darker tipped fur.

Medicine Cat:
Watersplash - Blue-grey tom cat with white speckles and yellow eyes.

Warriors:
Icefern - White tom cat with dark blue eyes. Apprentice: Foxpaw
Brindleheart - Striped calico she cat with ice blue eyes. Apprentice: Morningpaw
Bluewhisker - Blue she cat with long whiskers and amber eyes.
Rosenose - Black she cat with off blue eyes and bright pink nose. Apprentice: Harepaw
Darkfall - Black tom cat with green eyes.
Nettleclaw - Grey tom cat with dull green eyes.
Owlfeather - Brown tom with white legs and undersides, gold speckles and gold eyes.
Woollyfur - Cream tom cat with dense fur and yellow-green eyes. Apprentice: Vinepaw
Leafjaw - Brown tom cat with a darker chin and green eyes. Apprentice: Aspenpaw
Brownfoot - Pale brown tom cat with turquoise eyes and darker feet, tail face and ears. Apprentice: Runningpaw
Seedtuft - Pale brown she cat with green eyes and a tuft on the end of her tail. Apprentice: Badgerpaw
Mistspeckle - Pretty light grey she cat with lighter speckles and orange eyes.
Waspflight - Yellow tabby tom with part blue part hazel eyes.
Goldenfur - Gold she cat with amber eyes.
Snowfang - Albino tom with pink eyes.
Ashear - Pale grey tom cat with copper eyes.
Heatherblaze - Lilac tortoiseshell she cat with blue-green eyes.

Apprentices:
Harepaw - Pale brown tom cat with yellow eyes.
Runningpaw - Golden-brown tom cat with copper coloured eyes.
Morningpaw - Cream she cat with yellow eyes which have pink pupils and a pink nose.
Vinepaw - Deep ginger tom cat with prominent tabby stripes and golden eyes.
Aspenpaw - Grey tom with yellow eyes.
Badgerpaw - Black and white patched tom with yellow-green eyes.
Foxpaw - Red she cat with amber eyes.

Queens:
Bramblenose - Brown tabby she cat with bright green eyes.
Whiteblossom - White she cat with dark blue eyes. (Mother to Woollyfur's kits; Doekit, Nightkit, Vixenkit, Eaglekit and Longkit.)
Petalpool - Tortoiseshell she cat with yellow eyes. (Pregnant with Waspflight's kits.)

Elders:
Hailshade - Small grey tom cat with patchy fur and hazel eyes.
Willowmist - Brown-grey she cat with pale tabby stripes and pale orange eyes.
Littlefire - Tiny black tom cat with bright orange eyes.
Frostwing - Pale silver she cat with one blue and one orange eye.

Kits:
Doekit - Pale red she cat with fawn undersides and mask and orange eyes.
Nightkit - Black tom with gold eyes.
Vixenkit - Calico she cat with yellow eyes. Mute.
Eaglekit - Brown tom with white speckles and dark blue eyes.
Longkit - Cream tom with long legs and yellow-green eyes. Splitting image of Woollyfur.

ThunderClan

Leader:
Gorsestar - Pale brown tabby tom with green eyes and greying fur.

Deputy:
Redheart - Large, deep ginger tom with amber eyes.

Medicine Cat:
Boulderroot - Huge grey tom with hazel eyes. Apprentice: Swallowfang - Brown and white tom cat with ice blue eyes.

Warriors:
Birchbranch - White tom cat with black undersides and yellow eyes.
Oakfrost - Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes.
Poppybriar - Mostly red tortoiseshell she cat with pale yellow eyes.

Queens:
Squirrelpool - Grey she cat with a bushy tail and yellow eyes. Mother to Mousekit - Brown tom with yellow eyes.

RiverClan

Leader:
Reedstar - Pale brown tom cat with green eyes.

Deputy:
Fallowwhisker - Pale brown she cat with pale green eyes.

Medicine Cat:
Newtdapple - Brown tabby she cat with white dapples along her legs and stomach and pale yellow eyes.

Warriors:
Otterfur - Dark brown tom cat with hazel eyes. Apprentice: Harrierpaw - Brown tom cat with white paws and ears and amber eyes.

ShadowClan

Leader:
Lizardstar - Bulky brown tabby tom with dark green eyes.

Deputy:
Kinktail - Dark grey tom with dark amber eyes and a bent tail.

Medicine Cat:

Mothspots - Grey and white spotted tom with dark green eyes.

"Let all cats of WindClan gather below Tallrock for a meeting!"
The Medicine Cat padded out his den as the Leader's voice rang clearly around the hollow, abondoning the half sorted pile of herbs in the herb store and sitting among the crowd of cats as a brown tabby Queen brought her three very excited kits to the bottom of Tallrock, where the Leader smiled down at them as she took her place among the crowd, watching on proudly.
"Aspenkit, Badgerkit and Foxkit, you have reached the age of six moons and will now become apprentices. Aspenkit, from this day forward until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Aspenpaw. Your mentor will be Leafjaw."
The brown tom moved forward from the crowd, his darker chin raised high in pride.
"Leafjaw, I think you are ready for an apprentice. I hope you will pass on your hunting skills and patience to Aspenpaw." The dark brown tabby waited for the two cats to touch noses and for the next kit to come forward. "Badgerkit, from this day forward until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Badgerpaw. Your mentor will be Seedtuft."
The Medicine Cat watched in mild suprise as the pale brown she cat joined her new Apprentice.
"Seedtuft, you are ready for an apprentice. I hope you pass down your energy and your forethought to Badgerpaw."
The Medicine Cat's attention turned to the last of the kits, the most troublesome of Stagstar's kits. Even the other Apprentices regarded her wearily.
"Foxkit, from this day forward until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Foxpaw. Your mentor will be Icefern."
The blue tom sighed silently in relief at the Leader's choice, watching the ceremony continue. Icefern may have been the oldest warrior in the Clan, but he wasn't going to join the Elders any time soon.
"Icefern, you are ready for another apprentice. I hope you pass down your loyalty and your honesty to Foxpaw."
"Aspenpaw! Badgerpaw! Foxpaw!" The clan chanted for the new Apprentices, but the blue tom felt hollow. When was he going to get another apprentice?
As soon as the meeting was dismissed he padded back to his den without speaking to any other cats, returning to his herb pile and resuming from where he was interrupted, separating wilted leaves from useable ones. He had just picked up the dead leaves when a yowl erupted from the nursery and pawsteps thundered towards him.
"You should be resting, Petalpool." He mewed coolly as the moon pregnant she cat skidded in, not even turning to look at her.
"I know, Watersplash, I know," The tortoiseshell replied quickly "but Whiteblossom's kits are coming already!"
The tom cat's blood ran cold for just a moment, panic setting in. Swiftly picking up what useable borage and raspberry leaves he still had, he raced as fast as his aging legs could carry him to the Nursery where a white she cat was laid, agony written across her face. A cream tom ran his tail soothingly up and down her back and the brown tabby Queen had returned to the Nursery, dipping her head to Watersplash as he came in.
"They're too early, Woollyfur!" The she cat wailed, and the tom gave her a lick across her forehead.
"They'll be big and strong, just like you, Whiteblossom." He replied. "Watersplash is here now. Everything will be fine."
Whiteblossom's dark blue eyes opened as the Medicine Cat put his herbs down beside her, giving him a look of pure fear.
"Hush now, Whiteblossom. It'll be over before you know it." He mewed soothingly as he sat down. He didn't expect Woollyfur to be there, but he didn't want the tom to leave either. He needed all the help he could get. He gently pressed a paw on the queen's belly, feeling the kits move around inside. "They'll come quickly, Whiteblossom. You must do exactly as I say now."
Whiteblossom nodded before she yowled out in pain as another contraction rippled through her body.

Soon, five tiny newborn kits lay beside the belly of the exhausted white Queen. She was licking the last kitten clean and guiding him to her as Watersplash nudged the borage leaves over.
"Here. They'll help your milk come." He gently told her.
The she cat nodded, eating the leaves, her face twisting at the taste but swallowing them dutifully.
Watersplash took his leave, padding back towards his den when a dark brown tabby tom bounded over.
"Watersplash! How is Whiteblossom? How are her kits?" He asked, worry clear on his face.
"Everything is fine, Stagstar." The Medicine Cat replied monotone. "Whiteblossom has five healthy kits, three toms and two shes. They're... an interesting bunch."
"What do you mean by that?"
"They're doing much better than I expected for them being so early."
The two tom cats glanced over as Woollyfur left the Nursery, a proud spring in his step, and took some prey from the pile to the Elders.
"Woollyfur was in there?"
"To be there for his mate, yes."
"I see." Stagstar touched his nose to Watersplash's shoulder. "Come on, I just got a very plump rabbit off the pile. Come join me."
"B-But, Stagst-"
"No buts, come on." He mewed playfully, turning to seemingly go back towards his usual spot before the blue tom could reply.
The Medicine Cat rolled his eyes with an amused mrrow, following his Leader.
However, Stagstar lead his friend into his den, nudging the rabbit over to him.
"Tell me, what is concerning you, Watersplash?" He mewed calmly, his amber eyes fixed on him.
"Nothing, Stagstar." Watersplash replied, taking a bite out the rabbit.
"And I'm a goose."
Watersplash couldn't help a little chuckle. "It's not about the kits, don't worry."
"Then what is it about?"
"Well, it's just that I don't remember hearing one of the kits crying as Whiteblossom licked her, but yet she seems perfectly healthy. I think I might be starting to go deaf."
"Is it just that time? That you don't think you've heard something you should have, I mean." Stagstar took a moment to reply.
"So far, yes."
"Then perhaps you aren't yet. You have many moons left before you join StarClan."
"Yet, you would have thought I would have had an apprentice by now. Like Boulderroot."
"Couldn't Woollyfur take over care of the Clan?"
"No. He didn't receive much training before..."
An uncomfortable silence lingered in the den at the mention of Watersplash's former apprentice, guilt radiating from the Medicine Cat as his eyes lost all emotion.
"Maybe you'll find your apprentice in Whiteblossom's litter. Or even Petalpool's." Stagstar put his tail across the Medicine Cat's shoulders, but Watersplash shrugged it off.
"I hope so, Stagstar. I need to sort my herbs out. Please excuse me."
"Would you like one of the Apprentices to help you?"
"Yes please."
With that, Watersplash left the den, hearing Stagstar sigh quietly behind him and leave to find his Deputy.
Soon, Woollyfur padded in with his dark ginger Apprentice, Vinepaw, and his littermate, the cream coloured Morningpaw, in tow.
"Silverbreeze said you wanted help. Could I bring these two along? Just for a tracking exercise." Woollyfur asked as the two Apprentices watched him from behind the warrior, eyes wide as if they feared his response.
"Has Brindleheart agreed?"
"Yes."
"Come on then." Watersplash picked up some of the wilted leaves for the Apprentices to get the scent of once they were out into the territory.
"Take the leaves off the plants by their stalk. Don't damage the rest of the plant." Woollyfur instructed the two Apprentices before they ran off.
"And don't take too much!" Watersplash added, falling into step beside Woollyfur as they walked after the siblings.
"Watersplash, why were our kits so early? I thought she wasn't due for another half moon."
"Possibly because her litter was so big. I've known litters of four every now and then, but, never five."
"But, they're so tiny!"
"They're still very young, Woollyfur. Besides, Whiteblossom has me, she has you, she has Petalpool and she has Bramblenose. If Bramblenose can raise you, Owlfeather and Foxpaw, she can handle anything."
Woollyfur went silent, but Watersplash could see that he was still concerned, even in the dark leaf bare evening. He stopped and sat down, looking up at the half moon and silverpelt.
"Will StarClan watch over them? And Whiteblossom?" Woollyfur quietly asked, fearful.
"StarClan watches over all of us, Woollyfur," Watersplash replied, sitting down beside his former apprentice. "Including you."
The two toms rested in companionable silence for a long time, only broken by the return of the Apprentices and their return to camp, saying nothing more even when they parted for the night.

"Watersplash? May I speak to you?"
The Medicine Cat swallowed the burnet leaf he was chewing and looked over to the entrance, where Bramblenose was stood.
"As long as it doesn't take too long. I need to leave for Moonpool soon." He replied, a little more harshly than intended.
"Apologies." Bramblenose was immune to Watersplash's snappiness. "I'm just worried about one of Whiteblossom's kits."
"Which one?"
"Vixenkit."
"What about her?"
"None of us have heard anything from her. The rest are rather vocal, but, she's quiet. Silent even. And they're a moon old."
"I'll have a quick look before I leave." Watersplash replied, hiding his panic in eating the last of his travelling herbs before going to the Nursery under the half moon.
"Hello Watersplash. Have you come to see Vixenkit?" Whiteblossom spoke calmly and seemed friendly to him, but her faltering expression told him otherwise.
"I have, Whiteblossom. I doubt it's anything to worry about." Watersplash replied, crouching down beside her. The five kits looked at him curiously as he came down to their level. "Hello kits, don't mind me here."
The kits didn't respond, continuing to stare at him.
"You can all play before you go to sleep." Whiteblossom told them, making the kits squeal in delight and start to tumble with each other, under the watchful eyes of the Queens and the Medicine Cat. Even when they got rough, none of them intervened.
Vixenkit was tackled by two of her brothers, Eaglekit and Longkit, but she didn't squeak when she hit the dirt nor did she hiss when she retaliated. When Whiteblossom began to groom her kits to get the dirt out their fur before they went to sleep, they all squeaked and wailed in protest, except Vixenkit. Watersplash took her, grooming her belly and neck while Whiteblossom took Nightkit and Doekit, watching her mouth open in protest but no noise come out. Whiteblossom watched as he put her with the rest of her siblings.
"Any ideas, Watersplash?" The white Queen asked.
The Medicine Cat took a breath in and out before he replied.
"Vixenkit is mute."