Hello there everyone! This is my first fanfic on this site, and I would really appreciate feedback. I plan for this fanfic to be slightly longer, and the updates will regularly come out on the weekends. Sometimes my updates will be late; I have school and a ton of homework.
Author's notes will be in bold (like so). The allegiances on this page won't be edited as the story goes along. This is the starting allegiances.
Anyway, on with the story!
Allegiances
DawnClan
- - - Leader
Sedgestar - pale creamy ginger she-cat with pale blue eyes
- - - Deputy
Gorseclaw - dark brown tabby tom with black stripes and amber eyes
- - - Medicine Cat
Aldernose - gray tabby tom with watery blue eyes
- - - Medicine Cat Apprentice
None
- - - Warriors
Cloudleap - pure white she-cat with blue eyes
Ravenwhisker - black tom with white paws, underbelly, and tail-tip, and green eyes
Dewspeckle - gray white-speckled she-cat with green eyes
Grassfur - light brown tabby tom with green eyes
Sootspots - gray splotched tom with amber eyes
Ashcloud - darker gray splotched tom with amber eyes
Brackenclaw - reddish tom with yellow eyes
Gustfoot - pale brown she-cat with yellow eyes
Tanglethorn - a thickset, long-furred tabby tom with amber eyes
Frostleaf - a lithe, pure white she-cat with green eyes
Wolfclaw - a dark grey she-cat with bright blue eyes
Weaselfoot - a skinny, quick-footed tan and white tom with green eyes
- - - Apprentices
Cherrypaw - a small dark russet she-cat with a long nose and hazel eyes
Foxpaw - a ginger tom with yellow eyes
Hawkpaw - a large, dark brown she-cat with spiky fur and amber eyes
- - - Queens
Sandblossom - pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Goldwhisker - golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes
- - - Kits
Branchkit - a dark golden tabby om with green eyes
Snailkit - a dark tabby tom with white paws and green eyes
Morningkit - light cream-colored she-cat with light blue eyes
Sweetkit - pale silver tabby with blue eyes
Skykit - pale gray she-cat with white paws, underbelly, and tail-tip and darker blue eyes
Nightkit - dark tortoiseshell she-cat with unknown color eyes
Dustkit - pale dusty brown she-cat with unknown color eyes
- - - Elders
Shrewnose - mottled brown tom with green eyes
Mousestep - brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes
Berryheart - ginger-and-white she-cat with dark blue eyes
DuskClan
- - - Leader
Stonestar - pale creamy ginger she-cat with pale blue eyes
- - - Deputy
Antfang - dark russet tom with yellow eyes
- - - Medicine Cat
Larksong - creamy brown tabby she-cat with green eyes
- - - Medicine Cat Apprentice
N/A
- - - Warriors
Deernose - mottled brown tom
Rivertail - gray tom
Rockfang - dark gray tabby tom
Mistystream - blue-gray she-cat
Harefoot - lean pale brown tom
Voleswipe - gray she-cat
Shadowheart - black she-cat
Brightear - tawny she-cat
- - - Apprentices
Featherpaw - gray she-cat
Minnowpaw - silver she-cat
Blackpaw - black tom
- - - Queens
Flamefeather - ginger she-cat
- - - Kits
Fawnkit - pale brown speckled she-cat
Rabbitkit - pale brown tabby tom
- - - Elders
Fademist - silver tabby she-cat
Whitegaze - white tom with blind eyes
Chapter 1 : Arrival
The crisp night sky was speckled with glittering stars, and the silvery moon produced a mystical feel to the atmosphere. All was silent and seemingly peaceful, yet tension was abundant.
In a den woven with brambles and vines laid a tortoiseshell queen, belly swollen with unborn kits. She looked as if she were about to burst. The dappled she-cat was surrounded by other anxious queens, whispering to each other and offering the tortoiseshell words of support and empowerment. An elderly gray tomcat pressed a pad to the she-cat's abdomen, clearly fed-up with the gossiping queens.
The gray tom did nothing but nod and hand a thick root to the queen, presumably to bite on during the pain of birth. The pregnant she-cat shook her head, refusing.
"Don't be a hero, Sandblossom. Take it."
Stubbornly, Sandblossom shook her head again.
The tom tossed the root aside.
A sudden wave of pain rippled through the she-cat, a gasp wrenched from her jaws. The tom gestured with his tail for the other she-cats to leave. They obeyed.
You see, this particular queen was so adored by her clanmates because she was the deputy's mate, and a popular cat among the clans. Sandblossom was lovely and easy to get along with. Her pelt was always as sleek as if she had groomed for hours that morning, and her eyes were a sparkling amber. A simple conversation with her would make any cat's day brighter. Every cat in the clan looked up to her.
After several pain-filled moments of agony, a tiny dark tortoiseshell kit slid into the mossy comfort of the den. Sandblossom immediately began to groom its wet fur.
"Thank StarClan," Sandblossom breathed, out of breath. "I never-"
The queen was interrupted by another cringe-worthy spasm, and another kit was born.
Instead of gracefully curling up in the moss like its littermate, this one awkwardly slumped to the side and sprawled on the ground, pink tongue agape in a soundless mew.
Sandblossom pulled both kits toward her, and they both suckled while she licked their fur.
They were two she-cats. One beautiful dark tortoiseshell she-cat, taking after her mother, and the other a pale dusty-brown she-cat with an overall plain pelt. You never would've guessed the latter was from Sandblossom's litter.
A tom's face appeared in the entrance. He was a dark-brown tabby tom with black stripes and amber eyes. The dappled kit took after his pelt colors too.
"Sandblossom?"
The tortoiseshell's face lit up. "Gorseclaw," She purred. "Come and meet our daughters."
The tom nosed at the little tortoiseshell's ears. "Have you decided on any names?"
"I know just the perfect one for the dappled she-cat."
Gorseclaw blinked, a silent question in his eyes.
Sandblossom laughed, a melodious giggle that floated through the ears of the many she-cats who eagerly waited outside the den. "We'll name her Nightkit. As for the pale-colored one, I was thinking Dustkit."
"Nightkit," The dark tabby murmured, nuzzling his firstborn. "Oh, and Dustkit." He gave Dustkit a light tap on the nose with his tail. Dustkit sneezed.
Both the kits' eyes were a pale, cloudy blue. When they age, their true eye colors will be revealed. They could either take on Sandblossom's emerald-green gaze or Gorseclaw's amber orbs. Either way, both colors would suit them.
Gorseclaw left the nursery and addressed the crowd gathering outside.
"Cats of DawnClan, Sandblossom has given birth to two healthy she-cats, named Nightkit and Dustkit!"
The cats cheered and dispersed, either going to the fresh-kill pile or the nursery to congratulate Sandblossom and see the kits.
At once, the dark of night was infiltrated by a brand of light indigo and soft salmon, the sun slowly regaining its position in the sky.
Reviews are strongly appreciated, once again.