My first fanfiction! I have been waiting so LONG wondering about that urge to write something about the series that I loved so much. Then I finally decided one thing... I leaped onto my laptop and started typing chapter after chapter of this story! Now it has all come together in this work of writing. So enjoy!

Allegiances

ThunderClan

Leader: Moonstar (Sleek, silver, she-cat)

Deputy: Stonefang (Muscular gray tom with dark grey blotches)

Medicine Cat: Tinyroot (Very small, solid reddish-brown tom with a bushy tail)

Warriors: (Toms and she-cats without kits)

Dustclaw (Tabby pale ginger tom)

Apprentice: Specklepaw

Pepperflight (Gray she-cat with darker flecks)

Apprentice: Lightningpaw

Squirreltail (Brown tabby she-cat with a long, bushy tail)

Apprentice: Oakpaw

Thornfoot (Black tom with fur that stands on end)

Apprentice: Adderpaw

Fawndapple (Dusty brown she-cat)

Apprentice: Flowerpaw

Nettlefur (Grey and white tom)

Blacktooth (Massive black tom)

Frosteyes (Pure white she-cat)

Apprentices: (More than six moons old, in training to become warriors)

Specklepaw (Light brown she-cat with dark ginger patches and blue eyes)

Lightningpaw (Handsome golden tom with glossy fur and amber eyes)

Oakpaw (Orange tabby tom with blue eyes)

Adderpaw (Black tom with amber eyes)

Flowerpaw (Light ginger she-cat with white underbelly and paws, a fluffy tail and blue eyes)

Queens: (She-cats expecting or nursing kits)

Sedgeflower (Pale ginger with white patches and blue eyes)

Silentbreeze (Grey tabby with amber eyes)

Shorttail (Dusky brown tabby with amber eyes)

Milkfur (White and black with blue eyes)

Elders: (Former Warriors and Queens)

Tornfur (Dark brown tom with patchy pelt, formerly medicine cat)

Honeypool (Lightly colored she-cat)

Rowanheart (Dark brown tabby tom)

Birchwhisper (Dusky brown she-cat with ginger patch on chest)

Mouseleap (Pale grey she-cat)

ShadowClan:

Leader: Littlestar (Very small brown tabby she-cat with a bushy tail)

Deputy: Leafpelt (Dappled, mottled grey tabby she-cat)

Medicine Cat: Willowpond (Beautiful light brown she-cat with long soft fur)

Warriors:

Birchblaze (Jet black tom with a white tipped tail)

Apprentice: Cedarpaw

Brambleshadow (Russet tom)

Apprentice: Sandpaw

Dapplesong (Tortoiseshell and white dappled she-cat)

Apprentice: Sparrowpaw

Finchclaw (Mouse-brown and cream tom)

Gorsestorm (Tabby ginger and white tom)

Firestripe (Tabby tom with a flame colored pelt)

Queens:

Shiningstep (White with emerald eyes)

Heathertail (Dark orange with a light orange tail tip, heather-blue eyes, and pale underside)

Elders:

Rainpetal (Gray tabby she-cat)

Snowrise (White she-cat with grey tipped ears)

Foxpelt (Orange tom with thick pelt and white-tipped tail)

WindClan:

Leader:Stormstar (Dark gray tom)

Deputy:Crookedtail (Dappled gray tom with bent tail)

Medicine Cat:Volepond (Brown-striped tabby tom)

Warriors:

Poppycloud (Dark brown tabby and white she-cat)

Apprentice: Meadowpaw

Creamfur (Creamy brown tabby and white she cat)

Apprentice: Spottedpaw

Spidertail (Black and white tom with a long skinny tail)

Apprentice: Ravenpaw

Twilightsong (Long haired dark gray and pale silver striped tabby she-cat)

Apprentice: Hollypaw

Yellowfire (Dark brown tabby tom with long bushy fur)

Nightfog (Lean black tom)

Hawkfur (Tawny tom with darker ears and tail)

Queens:

Shortfire (Short stocky gray tabby with pale chest and amber eyes)

Oliveshade (Tortoiseshell with green eyes)

Orangenight (Ginger with blue eyes)

Elders:

Halffoot (Brown tabby tom with missing section of one of his front paws)

Weaselscar (Tabby ginger tom with white paws)

Morningice (Light brown tabby she-cat with white underbelly)

Eaglewing (Grey tabby tom with white underbelly)

RiverClan:

Leader: Midnightstar (Black tom with single white stripe running along his spine)

Deputy: Runningbrook (Slender brown tabby she-cat)

Medicine Cat: Lilyberry (Grey tabby she-cat with white paws)

Warriors:

Blossomhaze (Tortoiseshell and white she-cat with petal shaped white patches and a thick pelt)

Apprentice: Maplepaw

Tawnyeyes (Black and white tom)

Apprentice: Autumpaw

Motheye (Golden tabby tom)

Ebonywind (Solid black tom)

Coppercloud (Dark ginger she-cat)

Queens:

Swiftspots (Tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes)

Elders:

Dayfrost (Golden tabby the-cat)

Ivystreak (Silver and white tabby tom)

Prologue

"The gathering is now in session!" yowled a small brown cat sitting on a branch of an ancient oak. The full moon cast its soft glow on a group of warriors, apprentices, and elders sitting below in a grassy clearing surrounded on all sides by thick bushes and pine trees. The light of the moon shone on a sleek silver she-cat sitting besides the brown tabby. "Would you like to start first Moonstar?" mewed the brown she-cat to the silver one.

"Certainly, Littlestar," meowed Moonstar, "Prey has been running well despite the approaching leaf bare," she yowled to the assembled cats below. "One of our queens, Sedgeflower, has given birth to three healthy kits, they are strong and ThunderClan will make sure they will survive leaf-bare," Moonstar finished. "Midnightstar, you may begin," she mewed to the back tom sitting on an opposite branch.

"Thank you Moonstar," Midnightstar mewed in return. "RiverClan is pleased to announce that we to have had new kits arrive as well. We are certain that Swiftspots will be able to nurse them as well through leaf-bare."

Below a small reddish-brown tom heard the amused mew of a grey and white tom besides him: "He doesn't say!"

"Well he does say, Nettlefur," came the annoyed mew of the reddish-brown tom. "The river has enough fish to last RiverClan for a hundred leaf-bares."

"Mouse-brain!" exclaimed Nettlefur. "I was just being sarcastic, Tinyroot," he meowed.

"Stop meowing then, Midnightstar hasn't finished," Tinyroot gave a flick of his tail in annoyance.

"Earlier this moon a group of foxes was spotted in RiverClan territory," Midnightstar continued, "However we were able to chase it across the border into ShadowClan territory." Midnightstar exchanged a glance with Littlestar signaling her chance to start.

"To begin with, we thank RiverClan for giving us some foxes to sharpen our warrior's claws with," Littlestar's tone was riddled with bemusement. "But other than RiverClan's gracious gift to ShadowClan this past moon has been quite uneventful."

Tinyroot heard hushed mrrow's from the ShadowClan warriors around them and sighed inwardly, "It's just like ShadowClan to act this overconfident like the fox-hearts they are!" he thought to himself. Realizing what just went through his mind Tinyroot scolded silently, "No! You are a medicine cat, Tinyroot. It is not in your positions to be making judgments about other clans."

Littlestar finished and gestured to Stormstar, the leader of WindClan, to signal him to begin.

The rest of the gathering went on uneventfully and was finished when Stormstar finished reporting all of the news in WindClan. Moonstar leaped down from her perch and signaled with her tail for her clan to follow her. Tinyroot immediately heeded the signal and fell into step with the other cats of ThunderClan as they stepped on the tree bridge that led off of the small island that the gathering was being held on. As Tinyroot stepped off he immediately spotted a gray blotched tom out of the corner of his eye and rushed toward him.

"Stonefang my I have a word?" asked Tinyroot to the tall dark blotched tom.

"Of course Tinyroot," meowed Stonefang.

"Please tell Moonstar when we get back to camp to ask the dawn and dusk patrols to check for fox-scent near the ShadowClan boarder." Tinyroot mewed.

"Why? It seemed by the way Littlestar was talking that her warriors were going to use the foxes' pelt to line their nests," Stonefang replied.

"Trust me I know that Littlestar would much rather use foxes to stir up a bit of trouble with ThunderClan than to make their dens comfier." Tinyroot mewed. "Besides I've shared tongues with StarClan and the outlook for this leaf-bare indicates that it will be a tough one and the last thing we need is a whole group of foxes wandering in our territory stealing prey."

"Okay I'll be sure to notify Moonstar." Stonefang mewed.

Tinyroot flicked his ears in acknowledgment, staring straight ahead but couldn't stop the words of his warrior ancestors repeating themselves again and again in his head.

"When the innocent flower falls to the jaws of one whose heart is cold as ice,

Clan-mate will turn against Clan-mate,

And the warriors of thunder will destroy themselves,

When they do away with all they will need,

to make it through the moons of leaf bare."

Is it good? I would really like to know! So please review and tell me how I am doing so far! (And thanks to all who do!)