Chapter 1
"Everytime We Touch."
4/27/17
~ Snowpelt ~
January snow covers the forest in a white blanket. Just the thing white pelts like Snowpelt need. She used the prey-hunter technique and stays low to the ground, watching a mouse scurry near her. The mouse crawls to a tiny straw, right near Snowpelt's nose.
The white-silver flecked she-cat leaps from her hiding place and catches the mouse in her paws. She carries the mouse in her jaws and turns around to see Thistlefang and Ripplepaw.
"Nice catch." His voice is warm, but Snowpelt knew better. She gives him a polite nod as he pads past her with Ripplepaw close behind him. Following behind Thistlefang, Snowpelt sees Fishleap returning to camp with the new apprentice, Redpaw.
Redpaw was a loner, traveling with his mother and littermates. He was told about the Clans and asked to join, and becomes an apprentice under Fishleap. Same goes for another apprentice, Sagepaw, who was found wandering around in a blizzard.
"Ripplepaw, what do you smell?"
Ripplepaw took a big whiff in the air. "Stink!"
Thistlefang tries not to snicker. "That would be crow food… I meant that."
Snowpelt follows his pointing paw, a very skinny, small white weasel with a black tip tail.
"Strange looking weasel." Ripplepaw whispers.
"I think that's a stoat." Snowpelt whispers to Thistlefang. The dark brown tabby nods and leans in towards Ripplepaw.
"Try and stalk the stoat like I taught you."
The silver and black tom crouches low to the ground and stalks after the disappearing stoat. Thistlefang tries to ignore Snowpelt's fur brushing against his own, with memories of her and Beechclaw still fresh, but he knows she wouldn't betray him.
Beechclaw just scares him, he traveled with Snowpelt to the mountains, they probably talked about things she never told Thistlefang. Thistlefang just didn't want to lose her to some RiverClan rat.
Ripplepaw rushes back with a bushy tail. A black and white striped beast roars as it lumbers after him.
Badger!
"Ripplepaw - get back to camp and get reinforcements!" Thistlefang growls. The badger raises its paw to swing at Thistlefang, who dodged as a claw slices his front foreleg. Snowpelt lunges at the badger's face and claws its eyes.
The badger swings blindly and hits Thistlefang across the jaw, knocking him out. Snowpelt gasps, and viciously slashes the badger's nose, eyes and ears.
She jumps off and hisses at the badger. The badger roars, but with its eyes blinded by blood and scars, it backs away before retreating. Snowpelt's rushes to Thistlefang's side.
"It's okay… I'm not hurt that badly." He said to her.
Snowpelt sees Duskshade arrive with a few warriors behind him. She bends down to Thistlefang's level. "Help is on the way."
Snowpelt didn't even know how long she remained with Thistlefang inside the medicine cat den, but she drifted off to sleep after ten minutes of watching Duskshade stitching Thistlefang's wound.
She wakes up to the early morning, and checks on Thistlefang. The dark brown tabby is sleeping soundly, and his stitches were in place. She looks at the entrance and sees a gold brown shape. Aspenkit stares at Snowpelt in a daze like state, as if he is inspecting every inch of her.
"Aspenkit, please go back to Gingershine."
Duskshade pads past Aspenkit and scoots the kit out. Duskshade looks back at Snowpelt.
"It's best if you left. He won't be up for a long while, and it's better for you to leave instead of staying in a stuffy old den."
Snowpelt shakes her head. "No. It's fine."
She stays in the den and helps Duskshade while waiting for Thistlefang to wake up. Once again, Snowpelt sees Aspenkit staring at her with wide gold eyes.
"Why is he just…?"
Duskshade looks at the entrance, and Aspenkit immediately runs away.
"Aspenkit is… a strange one. He doesn't usually pay attention to cats as kits should, you're the first cat he's actually focused on."
"Oh…"
Thistlefang's tail twitches. His eyes open and gives out a big yawn, catching Snowpelt's attention. Thistlefang looks at Snowpelt with a grin.
"See? I'm doing okay…"
Duskshade shakes his head as Snowpelt pads to his nest. "You don't sound like it."
Snowpelt's paw touches Thistlefang's forehead, and the dark tabby's breath hitched to her touch.
"Would you like anything?" She asks quietly.
Thistlefang smiles. "Yeah. Get some air. If I need anything I can make Duskshade do my bidding."
The pale brown tabby lashes his tail. "You will not abuse my compassion like that!"
Snowpelt can detect humor in Duskshade's tone. Thistlefang holds Snowpelt's paw with his white one.
"I'll be okay. Take care of yourself, Snowpelt."
The white-silver flecked she-cat removes her paw, feeling electricity pulsing through her veins as she takes her paw back. Snowpelt pads out of the den and sees Aspenkit again, this time with Petalbreeze.
"Love?" Aspenkit squeaks. Snowpelt squints at Petalbreeze. There was no way Aspenkit learned that word on his own. He just started speaking five days ago, sometimes in short sentences and phrases.
"Maybe." She replies. Petalbreeze took off like a fox running from a blaze, leaving Aspenkit to stare at her. Snowpelt takes Aspenkit to the nursery and goes to the fresh kill pile, and she feels amused stares on her back as she picked out a mouse for herself and a squirrel for Thistlefang.
Blabber mouth, Petalbreeze.
Clan Allegiances
ThunderClan Allegiance
Leader - Littlestar - small, black tom with a white chest, chin, underbelly, front paws and legs, with pale amber eyes.
Deputy - Lightstripe - bright ginger, almost golden tom, with white stripes along his back and down his tail, and yellow eyes with a golden tint.
Medicine Cat - Duskshade - pale brown tabby tom with faint, darker tabby stripes and pale amber eyes, one white front paw and tail tip.
Warriors
Windstorm - light grey tom with cream brown ears and amber eyes
Oakstorm - large, reddish brown, muscular tom with blue eyes
Apprentice: Leopardpaw
Driftcloud - light brown tom with ice blue eyes
Finchblaze - dark ginger tom with darker brown tabby striped and green eyes
Stormwhisker - dark blue tom with green eyes
Lionfang - ginger tom with brown paws and amber eyes
Featherwing - long haired, light grey she cat with slightly darker tabby stripes and light blue eyes
Apprentice: Emberpaw
Berryheart - cream colored tom with white toes and amber eyes
Rainstorm - dark grey tom with blue grey splotches and blue eyes
Squirreltail - brown tom with a bushy tail
Spottedberry - golden brown she cat with black splotches
Hawkfeather - dark brown tabby tom with a white underbelly, white paws and muzzle, ear tips and tail tip with darker brown almost black stripes, and icy blue eyes
Apprentice: Drizzlepaw
Mistpool - very pale grey she cat with white stripes and blue eyes
Maplecloud - tortoiseshell she cat with fluffy fur, bright ginger and pitch black splotches, with black paws and golden eyes and a long scar on her right shoulder
Apprentice: Creekpaw
Thistlefang - dark brown tabby tom with a white underbelly, neck, and paws and dark golden eyes
Apprentice: Ripplepaw
Ivyheart - brown she cat with silver paws and amber eyes
Apprentice: Sagepaw
Acornfall - brown she cat with light brown ears, paws, muzzle and blaze up her nose, with dark amber eyes
Apprentice: Seedpaw
Graystream - grey tabby she cat with distinctive white stripes on her back and down her tail, and clear blue eyes.
Rosefoot - small, pinkish she cat with white, petal shaped patches and pale green eyes, blind.
Ashcloud - grey tom with a long tail
Foxflame - bright ginger tom with a white chest, paws and amber eyes
Pineheart - red brown she cat with light brown paws and green eyes
Apprentice: Sunpaw
Thrushwing - cream brown she cat with green eyes.
Blazefrost - ginger tom with ice blue eyes
Timberclaw - blue grey and brown tom
Pricklefrost - grey and white tom
Daisyleaf - cream colored tabby she cat with dark blue eyes
Snowpelt - pure white she cat with pale, silver flecks, and deep blue eyes
Petalbreeze - pale tortoiseshell she cat with black, dark ginger and brown patches and dark green eyes
Nightsong - long legged black she cat with a white stripe down her back and a short tail, with green eyes
Fishleap - deep, dark blue tom with clear blue eyes
Apprentice: Redpaw
Morningfire - silver tabby tom with white front paws and grey eyes
Raccoontail - grey tom with a black ringed tail and amber eyes
Apprentices:
Ripplepaw - silver and black tabby tom with a white underbelly, white paws and tail tip with green eyes
Drizzlepaw - bluish grey tom with light blue eyes
Seedpaw - pale ginger tom with white chest and paws
Creekpaw - light grey tabby she cat with green eyes and white tail tip
Sunpaw - bright ginger she-cat with gold eyes
Emberpaw - short furred, ginger she-cat with a white chest, paws, and tail tip with amber eyes
Leopardpaw - dark brown tom with white paws, bright ginger swirls on his pelt and green eyes
Redpaw - dark ginger tabby tom with pale green eyes with yellow tints, former loner
Sagepaw - solid grey she-cat with dark green eyes, former loner
Queens (she cats expecting or nursing kits)
Gingershine - ginger she cat. Mother of Beekit, Cherrykit, and Flashkit. Foster mother of Aspenkit, Poppykit and Hollykit
Kits:
Cherrykit - dark red she-cat with bright green eyes, one moon old
Flashkit - very light grey tom with white paws, ears and tail, one moon old
Aspenkit - gold brown tom with gold eyes and white ear tips, two moons old
Poppykit - black she-cat with green eyes, two moons old
Hollykit - black she-cat with blue eyes, two moons old
Elders
Gorseheart - grey tabby with pale blue eyes
Flameclaw - huge, dark ginger tom
Mousepatch - dark grey tom with black patches down his spine
RiverClan Allegiance
Leader - Olivestar - brown tabby she cat with blue eyes
Deputy - Silversnow - a silver she cat with white stripes
Medicine cat - Sootdust - mottled grey she cat
Warriors:
Fawnstep - sandy brown she cat
Apprentice: Frecklepaw - yellow she-cat with white splotches
Dewcloud - pale grey tom
Larkflight - grey tom with a white sock
Minnownose - sand brown she-cat
Carpstream - grey she-cat with light grey stripes
Willowfall - white she cat
Darkwater - handsome, black tom
Apprentice: Heavypaw - big ginger and white tom
Ferretleap - brown tom with white paws
Daisypelt - light grey tabby she cat with green eyes
Apprentice: Otterpaw - dark brown she-cat with a cream brown underbelly
Birchfang - mottled brown tom
Bearskip - black tom with dark brown patches
Beechclaw - black tom with dark brown ears and amber eyes
Bouldertooth - large, pale grey tom
Applefoot - yellow she cat with bright ginger stripes
Berrystripe - creamy brown she cat with slightly darker stripes on her forelegs
Elders:
Mudfoot - dark brown tom
Nightfang - black tom
ShadowClan Allegiance
Leader - Heatherstar - light brown tabby she cat with light blue eyes
Deputy - Rabbitstep - pale grey tom with grey paws
Medicine cat - Kestrelwing - mottled brown tom
Apprentice: Owlflight - light brown tom with green eyes and a grey hawk owl feather on his left ear
Warriors:
Marshfoot - brown and black tom
Apprentice: Shrewpaw - dark brown tom with amber eyes
Longfoot - tall, grey tom
Ploverwing - pale grey and white she cat
Apprentice: Smokepaw - dark smoky grey, almost black tom with green eyes
Mosscloud - brown and white she cat with amber eyes
Apprentice: Mallowpaw - tan she-cat with light brown splotches
Swiftstrike - long haired black tom with blue eyes
Apprentice: Chestnutpaw - dark, red-brown tom
Dewpelt - dark grey tom with light blue eyes
Poolheart - brown she cat with white paws and blue eyes
Blackhawk - thick furred, black tom with amber eyes, former kittypet
Foxfur - ginger tabby she-cat with pale green eyes and a bushy tail, former kittypet
Flowerpetal - light grey she cat with darker stripes
Quailheart - very light brown she cat
Apprentice: Fernpaw - dark colored, pretty dappled tortoiseshell she-cat with bright green eyes
Frostpool - pure white she cat
Apprentice: Juniperpaw - tan she-cat with a white chest and paws
Lichenfall - brown tabby tom
Queens
Patchflower - dark, tortoiseshell she cat with black spots. Expecting Longfoot's kits.
Elders
Waspsting - yellow tom with black stripes
WindClan Allegiance
Leader - Brackenstar - white and brown striped tom
Deputy - Hollyclaw - dark grey she cat
Medicine cat - Hazelheart - dark yellow she cat with white paws and chest
Apprentice: Softdawn - pale grey and white she-cat with fluffy fur, green eyes and white tail tip
Warriors:
Sleetfrost - very, very light blue tom
Frogskip - dark brown tom, skinny
Apprentice: Mintpaw - blue grey tom
Spiderdusk - black tom with broad shoulders and green eyes
Apprentice: Brightpaw - pure silver tabby she cat
Violetbloom - pretty, silver she cat with darker stripes and dark blue eyes.
Cheetahspots - light brown she-cat with dark brown and black patches
Apprentice: Echopaw - bright gold she cat
Talonfang - lanky, brown tom
Twistedfoot - black and white tom with a bent front paw
Lizardtail - mottled brown tom
Hawkflight - dark ginger tom with light brown paws and muzzle
Apprentice: Cricketpaw - light ginger tom
Larchleap - ginger tom
Goldentail - very pale ginger she cat with amber eyes
Falconwing - pretty light brown she cat
Apprentice: Nutpaw - brown and black tabby tom
Cloversong - tan she cat with dark brown legs, face and ears with very pale blue eyes
Molefur - small dark brown tom
Rowanfoot - ginger tom with darker stripes and white underbelly and paws
Lilypool - white she cat with green eyes
Animals Outside of the Clans
Gracie - brown tabby she-cat with a white spot on her chest, a white back right paw, tail tip and pale green eyes. A kittypet.
Jessie - black and white female Farm Dog
Fenris - white furred half-wolf with one floppy ear, lives with Jessie as a guard dog
Pretty short, but oh well. This story will feature other characters, some with pairings and some just to check on how their doing. Feel free to leave your favorite ship in the reviews, just remember who makes the ships official. ;) ~ Kyubi