A/N: yes, i finally wrote for something aside from FMA. amazing, right? anwho, saying this now, don't freak out. the prologue is down below the character list.
so, i hope this turns out okay. it's my first time writing for this fandom, though i'm fairly experienced when it comes to other fandoms. meaning Fullmetal Alchemist. that means that i would love any sort of comment or critique!
ThunderClan -
Leader - Rainstar: a broad-shouldered, dark grey tom. He has lighter gray dapples and white forepaws. Light green eyes. (formerly Rainspot)
Deputy - Stormslash: a stocky, dark grey tom. He has barely visible tabby stripes and dark green eyes. His pelt is littered with many, many scars some of which have forever striped the fur from his body. (formerly Slash)
Medicine Cat - Frostsight - a pure white tom with hazed over blue eyes. (blind since birth)
Warriors -
Mousedusk: a light grey she-cat with perpetually rumpled fur. She has white on her paws and underbelly, and dark blue eyes.
Birdflight - a slender, dark brown tom. Both forepaws and his ears are black, and his eyes a light green.
Lilysong - a dark cream she-cat with white dapples. She has bright blue eyes.
Paintedmoth - a small, tortoishell she-cat. She is mostly grey and black, though the cream and ginger is still dominant. Bright green eyes.
Swallowstrike - a slender, long-limbed, light grey tom. He has darker grey tabby stripes and dark amber eyes.
Wrenclaw - a white tom with brown patches. He has light amber eyes and very sharp claws.
Applepetal - a bright ginger she-cat with white dapples. The tips of both ears are also white and she has bright green eyes.
Deerleap - a light brown she-cat with white dapples. All four paws and the tips of her ears are also white and she has very long legs.
Briarleaf - a slender, light brown tabby she-cat with dark green eyes. Her left front paw is white.
Crickethop - a lanky, dusty brown tom. He has darker brown tabby stripes and very long legs.
Adderfang: A dark brown tabby tom with almost black tabby stripes. He has sharp amber eyes and a white muzzle.
Thornpelt: A golden-brown tom with darker brown patches. Light green eyes.
Apprentices -
Runningpaw: A small, reddish-brown tom. He has black tabby stripes. Halfway down his legs, the fur turns to black. All four paws are white. He has large, doe-brown eyes. (mentor - Swallowstrike)
Leap-paw: A lanky, dark brown she-cat. She has barely noticable tabby stripes and white paws. Large, dark amber eyes. (mentor - Rainstar)
Wisp-paw: A long furred, silver she-cat. Very small but has wide, green eyes. (mentor - Paintedmoth)
Thistlepaw: A light brown tom with four white paws. The tip of his tail is white, and his eyes are light amber. (mentor - Adderfang)
Robinpaw: A sleek, dark brown she-cat. Her underbelly, throat, chest, and front legs are white. She has light blue eyes. (mentor - Frostsight)
Queens -
Mintfrost: A small, grey she-cat with white paws and a white tail tip. Light amber eyes. (expecting)
Goldensplash: A golden-brown she-cat with a large white patch on her face. Dark green eyes. (Cloudkit, Sunkit, Wingkit, and Oriolekit)
Elders -
Ashpool: An aged, dark grey tom. His fur is know streaked with white and he is beginning to go blind. Once a medicine cat.
WindClan
Leader - Harestar: A lithe tom with a tan pelt. He has a large scar running the length of his left flank and dark green eyes. (formerly Harestep)
Deputy - Boulderfang: A stocky, black tom. He has dark green eyes.
Medicine Cat - Embercloud: A long-legged she-cat with bright ginger fur. Both back paws and her right forepaw is white, as is her muzzle. Light blue eyes.
Warriors -
Rabbitfoot: A small, tawny she-cat with very long legs. Dark green eyes.
Gorsestripe: A light brown tabby tom. Both back paws are dark brown and his eyes are light amber.
Aspenleaf: Dark brown she-cat with light brown dapples. Wide, dark blue eyes.
Brackentwist: A light brown tom with barely there tabby stripes. Light amber eyes.
Shrew-whisker: Small, light brown she-cat. She has black ear tips, a black tail tip, and a single black paw. Dark amber eyes.
Eagleflight: A sleek, dark brown she-cat with a white underbelly and chest. Light blue eyes.
Hawkfeather: A slender, dark brown she-cat with rather long fur and a white underbelly. Light blue eyes.
Whitemist: A pure white she-cat with long, wispy fur. She has bright green eyes.
Russetwing: A deep ginger tom with very long legs. All four paws are white and his eyes are dark amber.
Smokeheart: A dark grey tabby tom. Light green eyes.
Littlestep: A small, sickly looking silver she-cat. She has a very gaunt figure and wide, green eyes.
Apprentices -
Sandpaw: Tawny she-cat with white dapples. Dark amber eyes. (mentor - Whitemist)
Ashpaw: Light grey tom with darker grey tabby stripes. Light amber eyes. (mentor - Brackentwist)
Berrypaw: Sleek, cream she-cat with lighter cream dapples and ear-tips. Dark green eyes. (mentor - Eagleflight)
Queens -
Blackpetal: A pure black she-cat with light amber eyes. (Firekit and Nightkit)
Elders - none
RiverClan -
Leader - Silverstar: A long-legged silver she-cat with a single white forepaw. Light blue eyes. (formerly Silvercloud)
Deputy - Sootpelt: A dark grey tom with long fur. He has light amber eyes.
Medicine Cat - Poppystream: A calico she-cat, with mostly ginger and black fur. She has light blue eyes.
Warriors -
Darkfrost: A black tom. He's muzzle, throat, and chest are all white and he has dark green eyes.
Pebblefoot: A small, wirey grey she-cat. Light green eyes.
Morningshine: Slender, cream she-cat with light blue eyes. She is deaf in her right ear, which is mostly shredded.
Ripplefur: Dark grey tom with light amber eyes.
Honeysplash: A light ginger and white she-cat. Dark green eyes.
Tinypool: A small, lanky dark brown she-cat. She has four black paws, along with black tufts of fur on her ears. Large, light amber eyes.
Iceshade: A stocky white tom. He has dark grey and black dapples smattered across his pelt, thickening up the closer they get to his hindpaws.
Apprentices -
Willowpaw: a white she-cat with light grey splotches and dark green eyes. (mentor - Poppystream)
Cloverpaw: A light brown she-cat with darker brown tabby stripes. Bright amber eyes. (mentor - Tinypool)
Owlpaw: A dark brown and grey patched tom, with very large ears. Dark green eyes. (mentor - Morningshine)
Queens -
Brookheart: A silver she-cat with white dapples. Light green eyes. (Stormkit, Silverkit, and Thymekit)
Greyrain: An ageing she-cat with light grey fur. She has tired, dark amber eyes. (expecting)
Flowerstrike: A large, stocky ginger, cream, and white splotched she-cat. Light green eyes. (Gingerkit and Black-kit)
Creekflower: A dark grey she-cat with black tabby stripes. Light green eyes. (Snowkit, Fogkit, Rainkit, and Mistkit)
Elders -
Troutsplash - An old, grey tom. He has dulled, green eyes and a pelt littered with many scars.
ShadowClan -
Leader - Moss-star: Dark grey she-cat with a white underbelly. Light amber eyes. (formerly Mossheart)
Deputy - Marshclaw: A mottled, brown tom with dark amber eyes.
Medicine Cat - Goldensong: Lithe, pale ginger she-cat with light green eyes.
Warriors -
Beetlewing: Bulky, dark grey tom with dark amber eyes.
Speckleflower: A light grey she-cat with darker grey speckles. Light green eyes.
Hollybranch: A muscular, black she-cat. Dark green eyes.
Quailtalon: A dark brown tom with lighter brown dapples. Light amber eyes.
Bluepetal: A blue-grey she-cat with a white underbelly and chest. Dark amber eyes.
Cloudpelt: A white she-cat with a black forepaw and black ear-tips. Dark blue eyes.
Blackstorm: A pitch black tom with rather long legs. Dark green eyes.
Cinderfrost: A light grey she-cat with a white underbelly, chest, and throat. Light blue eyes.
Reedwhisker: Slender, dark grey tom with a white hindpaw. Dark blue eyes.
Apprentices -
Echopaw: A small, silver she-cat with wide, amber eyes. (mentor - Marshclaw)
Dustpaw: A light brown tabby tom with bright green eyes. (mentor - Cinderfrost)
Thistlepaw: A light grey tom with four black paws, and black ear-tips. Dark green eyes. (mentor - Hollybranch)
Queens -
Chillpelt: A white she-cat with light silver dapples. Light green eyes. (Stonekit, Leafkit, and Twigkit)
Elders - none
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"This way!" Cloudshine calls, tail twitching slightly as he leads his fellow StarClan cats through the dense underbrush.
Around them, the air is thick. Mist, pure and silver in color, surrounds them. It creeps through the bracken and around the tendrils of ivy that grab at the Clan's paws, rising up and laying across the star-filled land like a sheet. It helps bring silence to the multitude of pawsteps thundering behind Cloudshine.
Hundreds of cats, pelts scattered through with tiny lights, treck across the forest. It is a path seldom traveled, into land almost forbidden.
A land ruled over by Fable, created by Legend, and protected by Myth.
"Are we almost there?" a ginger tom questions, light green eyes flicking to the path ahead. In the distance, he can see a tunnel of briars and vines begin to form. Something so unnatural but, in this strange place, almost boring in its normality.
To his left something hisses - and the group as a whole moves closer to their guide, who sends an irritated look over his shoulder.
"Quiet!" he growls, light amber eyes narrowing at the once proud leader. "No questions, Firestar!"
Firestar flattens his ears, then does his best to move closer to the middle of the crowd. Sometimes he forgets that, in this place, he holds no stock what so ever. No cat does, really, until the read the Pool.
The rest of the walk takes place in silence, as Cloudshine leads the Clan closer to the nature-made tunnel. Then inside of it - and everything goes dark and cold, as though they are walking deep inside the earth itself. Fur bristles and they do their best to speed up, to leave the place that seems to draw the very warmth from their hearts.
"Run!" Cloudshine yowls suddenly, and as he bursts foreward the Clan surges behind him.
Do not get left behind, they tell themselves, do not stop until you are once more in the light.
And then they are free, bursting into a clearing devoid of all plant life. Devoid of anything, actually, save a pool so unclear that nothing can be seen in it. Beneath their paws, the grass is brown and brittle.
As always, Cloudshine leads the way up to the pool - and then every cat is fighting for a spot at its bank, trying to peer into the liqued storm-cloud.
Silence.
Silence.
Silence - even as numerous paws crush the dried grass, push and shove and hiss at each other. In this world, they can make no noise. Only the Pool of Voices can speak. Only it can enlighten them as to why they have been summouned, what prophecy they must give their living kin.
Without warning, the water clears until every cat's face is reflected in it. There is a flash of light - then piercing screams, as every bird they have ever caught and slain and eaten cries out their final breath. The very moment it ends, and the cats begin to pull themselves together, a soft and melodic voice fills the air.
"When hope fails, the Clans will blame the storm, which has already swept many away. This is something that StarClan cannot change. During the moons after, lost and confused, they will face trials the likes of which our forest has never seen before. This is unavoidable." the voice seems to sing, voice rippling and changing with each word. "When the shadows form fangs that snare from the darkness, they will despair. Six must step up and lead, the rest must follow loyally. Only then can our Clans survive. Choose well, Leaders of Thunder, Wind, River, and Shadow, and send your messages soon...for when the dawn comes, there will be nothing more we can do."
Once more, silence fills the empty clearing. Only this time? This time, it brings with it a feeling of dread.