Allegiances

thunderCLAN

Leader REDSTAR-dark ginger tom

Deputy SEEDPELT-gray she-cat with darker flecks

Medicine cat KESTRELWING -dark brown tabby tom

Warriors NETTLECLAW-gray tabby tom with dark gray stripes

MARIGOLDWHISKER-pretty golden tabby she-cat with fluffy fur

AMBERCLAW-ginger tom

apprentice, ROBINPAW

MOSSFUR-light brown tabby and white she-cat

SNOWSTORM-white tom with amber eyes

apprentice, ACORNPAW

PRIMROSETAIL-tortoiseshell she-cat

apprentice, CROWPAW

MUDWHISKER-creamy brown tom

HOLLYFOOT-black she-cat with white legs

PINECLAW-red brown tabby tom

BLACKCLOUD-black and white she-cat

MOLECLAW-gray brown tom

ApprenticesROBINPAW-tortoiseshell and white she-cat

ACORNPAW-brown tabby tom

CROWPAW-black tom with bright amber eyes

Queens BROWNSTRIPE-lightbrown she-cat with a darker spine down her back, expecting Snowstorm's kits

BIRDFLIGHT-amber eyed, long-furred light brown tabby she-cat, formerly of SkyClan (mother of Spottedkit, tortoiseshell and white she-kit, and Gorsekit, dark brown tabby tom)

Elders DAPPLEFOOT-white she-cat with light brown patches on her legs

MOUSETAIL-skinny brown tom

Leafspeckle-gray and brown tabby she-cat

WINDCLAN

Leader SWIFTSTAR-dark gray tom

Deputy MILKFUR-creamy white tom

Medicine cat LARKWING-silver-and-black tabby she-cat

Warriors HAREFLIGHT-light brown she-cat

SHADOWCLAN

Leader DAWNSTAR-creamy brown she-cat

Deputy SNAKETAIL-brown tabby tom

Medicine cat MOLEPELT-small black tom

Warriors HOLLOWBERRY-black and white tom

RIVERCLAN

Leader BIRCHSTAR-lightbrown tabby she-cat

Deputy SLOEFUR-black she-cat

Medicine cat ICEWHISKER-silver-gray tom

Warriors FOXCLAW-russet-colored tom

Prologue

The full moon shone brightly on the forest. A faint breeze stirred the treetops, full of leaves as it was, normal for the middle of greenleaf. It ruffled the pelts of many cats as they were lightly padding through the forest in the direction of their camp.

A pretty light brown tabby looked worried as she padded behind two muscular warriors, each of them carrying a young kit in their mouth. The white warrior put down the kit, a brown tabby, for a heartbeat, only to pick it up better and continued walking.

„Birdflight", the kit wailed, „Where are we going? "

The tabby made her way between the two warriors and said: „Hush,Gorsekit. We're going to a new home. "

„But I don't want to go to a new home", the other kit, a tortoiseshell with white, cried, „Why don't we go to our old home?"

The she-cat bent her ears down, a sign of discontent and something else in her gentle amber eyes.

„Because we can't, Spottedkit. Our old home was taken away. But you will still have a warm nest and a place to play in ThunderClan, dear. "

She said nothing else to them. They were too young to understand their home was devastated, torn apart by Twolegs and never to be restored again. They were too young to survive the perilous journey that awaited SkyClan and their father, Cloudstar.

As the breeze grew stronger, Birdflight rose her look to the stars and sent a silent prayer to StarClan. Please, take care of Cloudstar and SkyClan. I know I will never see them again, but let them find a new home somewhere. . .