ALLEGIANCES

SUNCLAN

Leader: Goldenstar- large pale golden tabby tom with white underbelly

Deputy: Silverfrost- pale gray tabby she-cat with ice-blue eyes

Medicine Cat: Owlfeather- light brown tabby she-cat with small white paws

Warriors:

Blazewhisker- black tom with a white belly and amber eyes

Riverstorm- long-furred dark gray tom with bright green eyes

Hollowstep- dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Doveflight- pale gray she-cat

Clawfang- dark tom with yellow eyes

Lightsong- pale ginger she-cat

Swiftwing- black-and-white tom with blue eyes
Apprentice, Moonpaw

Honeyshade- golden-brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice, Thunderpaw

Tigerblaze- dark brown tabby tom

Firetail- ginger tom

Leopardfrost- dappled golden she-cat

Mistyfur- pale blue-gray she-cat

Bloodfang- black tom
Apprentice, Cinderpaw

Duskheart- golden tabby she-cat with cream underbelly and paws
Apprentice, Thrushpaw

Emberwing- small tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

Apprentices:

Moonpaw- fluffy blue-gray she-cat with bright blue eyes

Thunderpaw- pale blue-gray tabby tom with black paws

Cinderpaw- gray she-cat

Thrushpaw- ginger tom

Queens:

Brightpetal- ginger tabby she-cat with pale blue eyes, mother to Hollowstep's kits: Sagekit, a gray she-cat, Blossomkit, a bright ginger she-cat, and Barkkit, a dark brown tabby tom

Breezecloud- dark gray she-cat, mother to Swiftwing's kits: Icekit, a pale gray tom, and Stormkit, a gray tabby tom

Elders:

Frostbreeze- silver-and-black she-cat

Hollynose- black she-cat with a white dash on her chest

Nightclaw- dark gray tom

CATS OUTSIDE THE CLANS

Silver- black-and-white patched she-cat with pale blue eyes

Mist- silver tabby she-cat, kittypet

Pepper- black-and-white she-cat, kittypet

Scratch- dark gray tom

Raindrop- blue-gray she-cat with white paws

Blizzard- silvery-gray tom

Bone- light gray tabby tom

Blaze- small ginger tabby tom with green eyes

Wolf- dark gray she-cat

Ash- gray tabby tom

River- pale silver she-cat with thin black stripes and a white belly


PROLOGUE

Two cats padded through a forest, stars clinging to their fur and spiralling around their paws every time they took a step forwards. Another cat ran after them, her sleek pelt flattened even more by wind.

"Wait!" She called. The two cats ahead turned to look at her; one of them, a she-cat, narrowed her eyes before she continued walking. The cat called out again, and this time the second one, a tom, stopped.

"What is it, Sweetberry?" He growled, swinging his head around to look at her.

Sweetberry stopped, her flanks heaving. "I've had a prophecy."

This time the she-cat looked up, golden eyes glowing in the half-light. "What is it?"

Sweetberry closed her eyes and recited, "Moon, Blood, Ice, and Dusk will rise against the Sun and change the forest forever."

The she-cat huffed. "It doesn't have any meaning."

"Wait, Sandfrost." The tom touched the tip of his tail to the she-cat's shoulder. Sandfrost spat crossly, but obeyed.

The tom narrowed his eyes. "You broke the code of the medicine cats by having kits, Sweetberry," he hissed. "Sandfrost is right to distrust you."

Sweetberry raised her head. "I promise you, Rowantail, I am not lying. And I do not regret having my kits, either. Honeyshade and Swiftwing have grown into fine warriors."

Sandfrost lashed her tail. "They should never have been born! There was a reason Dustkit died a few moons after he was kitted. It was a warning."

"Sandfrost," Rowantail reminded her. The pale she-cat lowered her head again and Rowantail turned back to Sweetberry. "Do you think this prophecy has any truth?"

"I do," Sweetberry replied, holding his gaze evenly. "SunClan has grown soft with no rival Clans to share territory with and only the occasional loner or rogue challenging them." She paused, thinking for a moment. "Maybe it's time for that to change."

Rowantail dipped his head before walking away with Sandfrost. The she-cat glared at Sweetberry as she left.

Sweetberry sat still for a moment before rising to her paws. "It is decided," she mewed to herself. "It is time for a new dawn to begin."