Allegiances
RiverClan
Leader: Snowstar – sleek white she-cat with a long tail
Deputy: Foxpad – ginger tabby tom
Medicine Cat: Goosewing – gray tabby tom with white patches
Warriors:
Leafripple – tortoiseshell and white she-cat with yellow-green eyes
Apprentice, Stormpaw
Tigerleap – brown tom with black furtips and amber eyes
Brookdapple – gray she-cat with white paws and ears
Willowheart – white she-cat with blue eyes
Redflame – bright ginger tom with one darker paw
Apprentice,
Stoneclaw – dark gray tom with long claws
Nightstreak – black she-cat with a white streak on her shoulder
Apprentice, Reedpaw
Littlestream – silvery gray she-cat with a small build
Birchpelt – black-and-white tom patched tom with long legs and tufted ears
Apprentice, Ravenpaw
Apprentices:
Stormpaw – silver tabby she-cat with large green eyes
Reedpaw – ginger-brown tom with amber eyes
Ravenpaw – black she-cat with very faint lighter stripes
Queens:
Dovecry – pale gray she-cat, expecting Foxpad's kits
Morningheart – golden tabby she-cat, mother of Tigerleap's kits
Kits:
Rosekit – dark brown tabby she-kit with a white forehead
Swiftkit – pale golden tom with long legs
Troutkit – brown tom with black furtips, blue eyes and one white ear
Elders:
Ottersplash – very dark brown she-cat with one blind eye
Nettlestrike – black tom
ThunderClan
Leader: Oakstar – sturdy pale brown tabby tom with a scarred face
Apprentice, Ashpaw
Deputy: Hawkstrike – black-and-white patched tom with long legs
Medicine Cat: Silvermoon – shaggy, silver-furred she-cat with large green eyes
Apprentice, Badgerpaw
Warriors:
Tallpine – dark brown tabby tom
Dawnfeather – golden-and-white she-cat
Apprentice, Brackenpaw
Apprentices:
Brackenpaw – pale brown tabby tom
Ashpaw – small pale gray she-cat
WindClan
Leader: Daystar – white and black striped she-cat with bright yellow eyes
Deputy: Runningflash – mottled brown tom
Medicine Cat: Swallowcry – black she-cat
Apprentice, Frostpaw
Warriors:
Heatherpad – tortoiseshell she-cat
Falconheart – ginger tabby tom
Apprentice, Sedgepaw
Apprentices:
Frostpaw – white she-cat
Sedgepaw – brown tom with black paws
ShadowClan
Leader: Ivystar – dark gray tabby she-cat
Deputy: Russetclaw – very dark ginger tom
Medicine Cat: Duskwing – cream-furred she-cat with a long tail
Warriors:
Toadleap – black tom with long legs
Apprentice, Birdpaw
Apprentices:
Birdpaw – tortoiseshell and white she-cat
Queens:
Poppyclaw – ginger tabby she-cat, expecting kits
Cats Outside the Clans
Madilyn – extremely light golden she-cat with a dainty build (kittypet)
Charcoal – fluffy black tom (loner)
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Silvermoon padded through the forest, moonlight filtering through the tree's branches and shooting onto the bracken beside her. She snarled and darted away from the light – the risk of being seen was too great for her to foolishly prance out in the open.
And yet...I haven't felt the moonlight for so long; I have forgotten entirely what it feels like. I have forgotten entirely what it feels like to be happy, for that matter. My heart is asleep, not letting me love any cat...Silvermoon flicked her ears in annoyance; she wasn't sure where these thoughts were coming from. I do this for a reason. I don't need love, or happiness. All I want from life is to avenge my broken, marred existence. And now it's time. The graceful she-cat slid through a patch of brambles, turning backwards to keep from sticking, only to freeze a moment later when she caught sight of two glowing, golden eyes
Who – or what – could that be? Silvermoon hesitantly dropped low to the ground, knowing she couldn't be seen.
"Silvermoon – wait up!" A cheery meow echoed all around Silvermoon, causing her to wince.
Badgerpaw. He followed me!
She got to her paws wearily, almost wishing she didn't have to do this. But the feeling of regret was soon replaced by the determination that had driven her for moons. The determination that had stained her with her own Clan's blood just a few nights ago, and was about to do it again...
"What are you doing out here? I thought you might need help, so I followed you." Badgerpaw said as he drew closer. Silvermoon growled softly, not giving her apprentice any time to react before she pounced. Her teeth sunk into Badgerpaw's throat, his blood glinting faintly red.
"You know too much." She whispered in his ear. He would never answer, though. The life drained out of his body, and he died staring at Silvermoon in confusion. She dragged Badgerpaw's body into the brambles, then continued on her way.
I'm coming, RiverClan! I'm coming...
An anguished wail penetrated Stormpaw's dream, the images before her dissolving in the wake of the sound. She came back to reality in one instant, opening her eyes in alarm. No, it hadn't just been her imagination – the yowling was persisting. Ravenpaw and Reedpaw, Stormpaw's denmates, were apparently already up and about: their nests were empty. Stormpaw got to her paws quickly, scrambling out of the apprentices' den to see Morningheart huddled over a tiny, bloodied figure.
Swiftkit? Stormpaw hesitantly padded over to Morningheart.
"My son..." Morningheart said more quietly, staring dully at Swiftkit. Or rather Swiftkit's body. He was dead – tooth marks mottled his body. Stormpaw blinked in disbelief, frozen with dread. When Morningheart let out another cry, Stormpaw was shaken into action. Paws pounding against the ground, she ran to the medicine cat's den. Goosewing's den.
"Goosewing, something's happened!" Stormpaw meowed loudly. Goosewing mumbled something incoherently before snapping to attention.
"What's wrong?" He asked, still curled up in his nest. Stormpaw closed her eyes and replied, "Swiftkit's dead." A wave of dizziness overcame her, causing her to drop to the ground. Goosewing gasped audibly, then leaped over Stormpaw into the clearing.
"What's going on?" He demanded of the cats in the clearing. Stormpaw couldn't make out any responses. She let herself sink back into darkness – sometimes the world seemed too painful to face.