Storms of Rain

by Eradrin

One question flashed through her mind the whole way back to camp. Why did he save me? Rainkit cannot stop thinking about Stormkit after he saved her life. Can thoughts turn into love? There are only a few problems. He's from an enemy clan. When they are apprentices, her sister falls for him too, as well as a few she-cats from his own clan, while Rainpaw is (rest of summary inside)

1. Allegiances and Prologue

I am back with another warriors story! The current stories I am working on are (If you want to know):

-Rise of the Clans: The Awakening (Warriors- ON HOLD)

-Storms of Rain (Warriors)

-Wings of Destiny (LOTR- finished, finally, and then I decided to rewrite it.

-Many many many more

Overview of Story: After Stormkit saves ThunderClan she-kit Rainkit from drowning in the tunnels, she cannot stop thinking about him. Can thoughts turn into love? Apparently it can. (Fast forward to apprentices) However, there are a few problems. Stormpaw is from WindClan, and has three she cats mooning over him. And to make matters worse, two toms from her own Clan like Rainpaw and constantly try to get her attention. Then comes the worst problem of all. One of her best friends, not to mention sister, is in love with Stormpaw as well. And then it gets even better! Stormpaw's brother likes Rainpaw! Who will they choose? Who's heart will be broken? And what becomes of the characters? Read here to find out. A warrior cats love story.

Ahem. The actual writing is better than the summary.

Thank you so much to the people who have submitted OC's! I especially want to thank my AMAZING friend, warrior cats buddy, EPIC SISTER and fellow fanfic author SLcupcakes! My special thanks also goes to my friend Abbie! I thank you guys so much for being so supportive!

Attention: I am no longer accepting OC's.

I will try to update once a week. Or twice. Or three times, depending on my creativity that week.

And now for the Allegiances:

ThunderClan

Leader: Featherstar- light gray tom with blue eyes

Deputy: Boulderfur- dark gray tom, blue eyes, Featherstar's brother

Med Cat: Littlelight- small golden she cat

Warriors:

Foxtail- ginger tom with bushy tail, white tail tip, pale green eyes. Mate: Flowerstem

Redfire- bright ginger tom

Creampelt- white tom

Meadowsong- light brown she cat

Frozenwhisker- jet black tom with long, bright white whiskers

Apprentice- Lionpaw

Mossflame- brown and white calico she cat

Seedspeck- light gray tom with fleck of brown

Apprentice- Larkpaw

Daisyfall- ginger she cat with white spots

Tawnymask- tortoiseshell she cat

Apprentice- Grasspaw

Ashwhisker- light gray and dark gray speckled tom

Duskpool- ginger she cat

Fernshade- gray, white, and black she cat with bright green eyes

Amberlily- golden she cat with amber eyes

Apprentice- Copperpaw

Whitedawn- long furred she cat with golden eyes

Apprentice- Coalpaw

Eaglestrike- golden brown tom

Frosteyes- spotted white and brown tom with icy eyes

Apprentice- Mossypaw

Hickorysnow- dark brown and white she cat with sleek fur, hazel eyes

Bronzestrike- red and copper tabby tom with green eyes and sleek fur

Hawkclaw- amber eyed tom with broad shoulders, white underbelly/paws/ear tips, light brown tabby with darker stripes

Apprentices:

Treepaw- brown tom with spot of white on his body

Lionpaw- golden tom

Grasspaw- gray tom with green eyes

Larkpaw- tortoiseshell she cat with green eyes

Copperpaw- sleek copper furred she cat with dark brown stripes and white paws, green eyes, white ears

Coalpaw- dark brown and red tom with hazel eyes and sleek fur

Mossypaw- white she cat with brown speckles and green eyes

Sagepaw- Black tabby she cat with striking yellow eyes

Cheetahpaw- She is a white slender she cat with zerbra like stripes with cheetahlike prints on back and tail. Jetblack paws and feet, Three dots on across her both cheeks, Light green eyes

Queens:

Flowerstem- tortoiseshell she cat with white ears. Mate: Foxtail. Kits: Rainkit, Sunkit, Thrushkit

Lilystorm- orange she cat with white paws/muzzle. Mate: Frozenwhisker. Kits: Quailkit, Nightkit, and Birdkit

Apprentice- Treepaw

Breezyfrost- black she cat with white ears, blue eyes. Mate- Frosteyes

Kits:

Rainkit- pretty tortoiseshell she kit with chest/front paws paws/muzzle/tail tip/underbelly, blue eyes.

Sunkit- ginger she kit with green eyes.

Thrushkit- gray tom with flecks of dark gray, green eyes

Robinkit- black she cat, brown paws and eyes (Robinkit and Amberkit nursed by Flowerstem)

Autumnkit- golden-ginger she kit with amber eyes (Robinkit and Amberkit nursed by Flowerstem)

Quailkit- sandy colored tom, darker stripes on back/tail

Nightkit- blueish black tom

Birdkit- white she kit with black muzzle

Owlkit- light gray fur, dark gray spots, hazel-colored eyes

Snowkit- white she kit, black paws/tail tip, blue eyes

Badgerkit- grayish white tom with single line running down back, black paws/tail tip, amber eyes

Honeykit- sleek golden-furred she kit, speckles of black, brownish eyes

Elders:

Petalcloud- white she cat with graying muzzle, green eyes, oldest cat in clan

Graypelt- gray tom with scar on flank, hazel eyes

WindClan:

Leader: Silverstar-silver tabby she cat with blue eyes

Deputy: Frostwhisker- white she cat with long whiskers

Med Cat: Blossomspots- light ginger she cat with white dapples and amber eyes

Med Apprentice- Berryleaf- cream she cat with one black ear and bright green eyes

Warriors:

Rushingwind- black and white tom with icy blue eyes. Mate: Iceshine

Skycloud- gray and white she cat with blue eyes

Sunsetlight- golden and ginger she cat with amber eyes, white ears/tail tip/ front right paw

Rabbitflight- speedy, jumpy light brownish gray tom

Beewing- Golden she cat stiped with dark ginger stripes

Apprentice- Fernpaw

Falonclaw- gray tom

Mousetail- brown she cat

Firefur-ginger tom

Badgertooth- old white and black tom

Apprentice- Softpaw

Lakespot- white she cat with blue gray spots

Thornstrike- dark brown tabby tom with a white underbelly/chest

Briarleaf- brown tabby she cat with white ear and front left paw

Lilyfeather- black and white she cat, blue eyes

Strikeclaw- big dark ginger tom with long claws and yellow eyes

Smokeflash- dark gray tabby tom with bright amber eyes

Apprentices:

Softpaw- light gray she cat

Fernpaw- ginger she cat, green eyes

Runningpaw- small gray tabby she cat with green eyes and black paws

Freezingpaw- white and gray tom with freezing icy blue eyes

Queens:

Iceshine- white she cat with bright green eyes. Mate-Rushingwind. Kits- Stormkit and Bramblekit

Swiftdash- black she cat with white chest/paws/ears/tail, dark orange eyes. Mate-Strikeclaw. Kits- Moonkit and Flamekit.

Dawnbreeze- light brown tabby she cat with bright blue eyes. Mate- Thornstrike. Kits- Mudkit, Graykit, and Creekkit

Kits:

Stormkit- light gray tabby tom with pale green eyes, stripes of darker gray

Bramblekit- light brown tom

Moonkit- pretty white and silver she kit with dark blue eyes

Flamekit- bright ginger tom with a flame colored pelt, dark orange eyes

Mudkit- dark brown tom with black underbelly and strikingly pink nose

Graykit- dark gray tabby tom with amber eyes

Creekkit- light gray she kit with one black tipped ear, bright blue eyes

Elders:

Yellowdawn- golden she cat with gray tufts on ears

Berrywhisker- black tom with bright green eyes

Leopardheart- spotted golden brown she cat

RiverClan:

Leader: Reedstar-brown tabby tom

Deputy: Finchwing-light brown and cream she cat with blue eyes

Med Cat: Dawnmist- tortioseshell she cat, blue eyes

Warriors:

Fuzzytail- short haired gray tom with fluffy tail

Frogleap- light gray and black tom

Ripple- (formerly rogue) silver tom with darker silver stripes like ripples

Dustbreeze- light brown tom

apprentice- Gingerpaw

Whisperflower- silver she cat

Warmheart- white she cat with warm amber eyes

Bluestorm- gray blue she cat

Pigeonfeather- white tom

Apprentice- Streampaw

Crowflight- black tom, icy blue eyes

Rainpool- beautiful silvery-gray she cat with bright emerald green eyes

Apprentices

Gingerpaw- ginger she cat

Streampaw- silver she cat

Queens

Marshwater- brown she cat. Mate: Pigeonfeather. Kits- Darkkit and Rosekit

Kits

Darkkit- black and dark gray tom, icy blue eyes

Rosekit- white she kit with light ginger flecks

Elders

Rumblebelly- dark gray, almost black tom

ShadowClan:

Leader: Loudstar- brown tom

Deputy: Featherwing- light gray tabby she cat

Med Cat: Frostfall- light gray, cream and white tom

Warriors:

Silentshade- sneaky black tom

Tigerpelt- orange and black tabby tom, white muzzle

Furzefur- fluffy gray tom

Apprentice- Pinepaw

Fallenfeather- white she cat

Spottedfur- brown tom spotted with white

Firebreeze- ginger she cat

Apprentice- Graypaw

Hollowbranch- brownish ginger tom

Flowerfall- golden and white she cat

Russetlight- ginger she cat

Cloudysky- dark gray and light gray tom

Apprentices

Pinepaw- ginger she cat

Graypaw- gray tom

Queens

Redflower- ginger she cat. Mate: Cloudysky. Kit: Lillykit

Kits

Lillykit- light gray she kit

Elders

Greeneyes- graying brown tabby tom with green eyes

Sweptbreeze- long furred tortoiseshell she cat

Cats Outside Clans:

Moss- white she cat with black and gray spots, one blue eye, one green eye

Willow- white she cat with dark green eyes. Mate- Hawktalon. Kits- Light, Song, Scratch, Blizzard

Hawktalon- golden tom with brown paws, long claws, icy blue eyes

Light- golden she cat with white chest/paws/ears/tail, icy blue eyes

Song- gray she cat with white tabby stripes, bright green eyes

Scratch- Black tom with long claws, dark yellow eyes

Blizzard- White tom with dark blue eyes

Pumpkin- dark ginger tabby she cat with white paws and green eyes

Peppermint- light brown tabby she cat with one black paw and mint green eyes

Melt- white tom with blueish gray markings

Pinwheel- light gray tabby tom with fluffy, white tipped tail

Shuana- brown she cat with blue gray eyes

Darkdapple- black with white spots, long scar from ear to shoulder, blue eyes

Rye- dark golden she cat, paler underbelly/chest/muzzle/toes. Mate- Bracken- dark ginger-brown tom with blue eyes. Kits- Lion- golden tabby tom. Leopard- dark ginger-brown tom with blue eyes, Fawn- brown she cat with white flecks

Mallow- gray and white tom, blue eyes

Sky- pale blue gray she cat with green eyes. Mate- Mallow. Kits- Patch- black and white she cat, Pebble- dark gray almost black mottled she cat, and Blue- pale blue gray she cat

Leaf- cream tabby with blue eyes

Oscar- black and white tom with golden eyes, kittypet

Shia- sleek black she cat with bluish gray speckles, fluffy tail, amber eyes flecked with blue

Kait- blue-gray she cat with white speckles, long legs and a scarred hindquater

Embi- black tom with long fur and white stripes, blue eyes and long legs

Cowgirl- Silver long furred she cat (Kittypet) with pale brown speckles and blue eyes

Infinity- black and pale gray tom with muscular shoulders and shredded ear. blue eyes

Kindle- pale gray and ginger she cat with blue eyes

Ham- red and ginger tabby with amber eyes and short tail (Kittypet)

Key- red and silver tom with blue eyes (Kittypet)

Lincoln- pale brown tabby tom with amber eyes and long fur (Kittypet)

Mirror- silver tabby she cat with blue eyes and long fur (Kittypet)

Jasmine- silver and white tabby she cat with bright blue eyes (Kittypet)

Pumpkin (Kittypet)- tabby tom, orange with white paws

Sunny- brown tabby fur on back/head/muzzle/tail, white on chest/underbelly/paws/tail tip

Gloss- thick, glossy furred ginger she cat

Modern Ancients

Hawk's Flight- powerful dark brown tabby

Amber drop- ginger tabby she cat with amber eyes

River Ripple- blue gray tom with grey eyes

Drifting Sapling- Thin grey she cat with white tail and muzzle

Icy Rain- pure white she cat with smoky gray eyes

Stinging Nettle- tortoiseshell she cat with amber eyes

Gray Foot- pure white she cat with one gray foot. Kits: Kestrel Wing and Floating Leaf

Kestrel Wing- dark brown tom with ginger flecks, amber eyes

Floating Leaf- silver tabby she cat with green eyes

Dark Night- black tom with icy blue eyes

Jagged Rock- brown, black, orange, and white tom with amber eyes

Prologue

Rainkit poked her head out of the nursery, warily eyeing the camp. She was sure the white patches on her tortoiseshell pelt stuck out in the dark, moonlit clearing. A ginger colored pelt guarded the entrance. Mouse dung! Duskpool is at the entrance! If I'm going to sneak out of camp, I'll have to use the dirtplace tunnel instead. She wrinkled her nose at the thought.

"Rainkit, what's taking so long?!" A loud, impatient voice complained. Rainkit sighed and wished she had the patience to deal with her annoying sister, Sunkit. Not bothering to look back she explained, "We have to go out the dirtplace tunnel." Sunkit made small sound of disgust.

"Can't we just stroll out of camp like normal cats?" She meowed.

Rainkit let out a small hiss of frustration. "We're only kits! We. Are. Not. Allowed. To. Be. Out. Of. Camp." She ignored her sister's further complaints and led her siblings out of the den. Fear stirred in her pelt that they would be caught, but they safely reached the other edge of the clearing.

"Where are we going?" her brother Thrushkit asked.

"I don't know." Rainkit replied. "Somewhere out in the forest." Soon they were exploring the territory. Rainkit kept her ears pricked behind her in search of a patrol, but none came.

Eventually they settled down in a clearing, playing moss ball or resting. Rainkit sniffed a blade of grass, and smelling mouse she sat back on her haunches and announced, "I'm going to catch some prey!"

Sunkit snorted. "I'd like to see you try!" She teased.

Rainkit frowned. "I will!" She insisted, and closed her eyes, letting the different scents waft around her. Mouse, vole, shrew, rabbit, squirrel, and... and something else. She felt like she should know the scent, but she couldn't place her paw on it. Whatever. I'll figure it out later. She kept listing the smells in her head when a sharp crackle made her eyes snap open. The large fern bush directly in front of her was rustling. She glanced back at her siblings. Sunkit and Thrushkit were huddled against each other, staring wide eyed at the bush. Rainpaw lashed her tail back and forth, staring hard at the source of the rustling noise. Then she narrowed her eyes in laughter. A mouse was poking its tiny face out of the bracken, and turned around as soon as it spotted the cats.

Rainkit looked at her littermates, who were sheepishly glancing away, embarrassed that they were afraid of a mouse.

"Ha ha!" Rainkit teased. "A teeny tiny mouse scared you!" Sunkit opened her mouth to protest, but froze when a snarl sounded among the bushes. Rainkit slowly turned around, afraid of what she would see. A long, reddish blood-stained muzzle poked out of the bush, lips curled in a snarl, revealing rows of huge, sharp teeth. Its breath stank of blood and crow food, and its berry bright eyes smoldered with hunger and fury. Fox! Rainkit gulped.

Suddenly it exploded out of the bushes. "Run!" Rainkit shrieked, then felt a stab of frustration as Sunkit and Thrushkit ran the opposite direction. I can't worry about them now. The fox was pursuing her, chasing her through the dense undergrowth. She could feel its hot breath on her paws, and flinched every time its jaws snapped at her tail. Pain seared her paw as she hit a thorn, but she pushed harder on the ground, for her fear of the fox was greater. She felt herself begin to slow down. I can't keep going much longer.

She willed every muscle to keep moving, and terror pushed her on. Then she saw it-directly in front of her-a hole that looked like a rabbit's burrow. I've got to go down it. It's my only chance of escape. Ducking her head, she raced inside just as the fox closed in on her. It snarled in frustration and scrabbled at the outside of the hole, but it could not get in. Rainkit smirked. "Ha! You can't get me!" The fox stopped scraping at the ground at sat directly in front of the hole. Rainkit waited for it to leave, but it just sat there, staring intently at her. Rainkit felt her belly rumble and knew she couldn't stay in the hole forever. Well, I might as well see where this leads. "Goodbye, fox!" she called, sticking out her pink tongue. She turned around in the hole and ignored the fox's barks. Here I go!

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Rainkit had been padding down the tunnel for what had seemed moons, though really it was only an hour. Her paws ached from walking on stone for so long, and a small trickle of blood leaked out of her paw from where she had stepped on a thorn. Where does this let out?! She couldn't see a thing, and she had to use her whiskers to guide her along the cold, hard tunnels. Occasionally the floor sloped up, and she wished with all her heart that the exit would appear soon.

She saw a light in the tunnel. Maybe that's the way out! Rainkit picked up her pace, excited as the light grew larger. Then she stopped abruptly. It was just a crack in the tunnel roof. Heavy rain was pouring through it, forming a deep puddle around her paws. Doubt formed in her mind, and she suddenly realized, These are the long-lost tunnels the elders speak of! Memories of stories about floods in the tunnels rushed into her mind, and she spun around and raced up the tunnel she had come in with pure terror. Then she halted. The tunnel branched off into two sections. Uncertainty filled her mind. She sniffed the entrance to the tunnel on the right. The air smelled damp and heavy. Backing away, she raced down the left tunnel. Oh, please let it be the right one! She used her whiskers to guide her down the tunnel until the light brightened just enough to see. She felt the tunnel open up around her and she realized she was in a cave.

Rainkit narrowed her eyes and scanned the space. Surprise rose in her heart. A crack in the cave roof let in enough light to see, but that was not what surprised her. A dark, rushing river cut through the ground, droplets of rain splattering on it. An underground river...? She padded up to the river's edge, lapping up mouthfuls of water. The elders never mentioned this.

"The underground river flows into the lake, you know." meowed a voice. Rainkit froze, tongue still sticking halfway out. She raised her head to find to pale green eyes across the river staring at her in the dark. They moved closer, and Rainkit made out a gray tabby kit about her age padding towards her. He stopped on the bank. "It's really cold and deep in there. You might want to jump over now before the river overflows more." Rainkit ignored him.

"Who are you?" She hissed, bushing up her fur.

"Stormkit. And you?" he asked calmly. Rainkit let out a soft hiss. Does this cat ever get intimidated?

"Rainkit." She replied abruptly. Stormkit still remained strangely calm.

He raised a paw and began to lick it. "Rainkit, huh?" he meowed in between licks. "I'm guessing you were named that after your blue-gray eyes, not your tortoiseshell pelt."

Rainkit bristled. "Are you making fun of me?" She growled with narrowed eyes.

Stormkit snorted. "No, I'm just wondering." Rainkit forced her pelt to lie flat.

"Well, then, yes. I was named after my eyes."

Stormkit set down one paw and started to clean the other. "Why are you cleaning your paws?" Rainkit asked. Stormkit rolled his eyes, as if the answer was obvious. "They're dirty." Oh. I guess I should have figured that out on my own.

She continued to interrogate him. "What Clan are you from?" Stormkit sighed and put down his paw. "You're full of questions, aren't you. I guess I won't get to clean my paws after all. Fine. I'll give you a full introduction."

He sat on his haunches and meowed, "Hello. I'm Stormkit from WindClan, and I come here every night. My brother's name is Bramblekit, my mother's name is Iceshine, and my father's name is Rushingwind." Before Rainkit could ask another question, he mewed, "Your name is Rainkit, you are from ThunderClan, and you might want to come across to this side of the river because it is overflowing." He was right. It had gotten wider and more rapid than the last time Rainkit had looked at it.

Real anxiety shone in Stormkit's eyes now. "Come over here, and I'll lead you out. The water floods all of the tunnels." Rainkit felt terror build in her heart. Floods all of the tunnels?!

"Come on!" Stormkit mewed urgently. Rainkit took a deep breath. It was either trust a cat she had just met or... or drown. She crouched and bunched her muscles to spring.

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Rainkit sighed in relief as she safely landed on the other side. "I made it!" Suddenly she lurched backwards, paws scrabbling on the slippery floor. She lost her balance and plummeted into the river.

Rainkit coughed up river water and clung to the bank of the river with her claws. She could feel herself being swept away with the current. "Help!" She shrieked, but was cut off as her head went underwater. No! I don't want to die! Her vision began to grow black and fuzzy, and a few bubbles of air flew out of her nose. She tried to gather enough strength in her muscles in grip onto the bank and haul herself up, but she was weakening fast. Her lungs were screaming for air. What did Stormkit say... This flows into the lake? It crossed her mind to let go and swim up to the lake, but she suddenly felt jaws softly but firmly closed around her scruff.

Stormkit dragged Rainkit onto the bank. Her body was streaming with water, and she huddled up in a crouch and coughed up water. I almost died. I almost died. I almost DIED! She shivered, still recovering from shock. Then she glanced at Stormkit. I almost died. I did not die. Stormkit had saved her.

He nudged her to her paws. "We have to go." The river had swelled even more. It hissed and gurgled, rapidly sloshing up the bank. "Follow me!" Stormkit yowled, jumping backwards to avoid being splashed by water. He took off towards the far tunnel, leaping over a puddle. Rainkit sprinted after him, fear pounding in her heart.

The river split the air with a sudden ROAR, shaking the ground. "Stormkit?" Rainkit whimpered nervously. "Keep going." He growled. He picked up his pace until both of them were flying down the tunnel, the exit in sight. Rainkit glanced behind her. The river had already flooded the tunnels, seeming to race them to safety, only a few tail-lengths behind them. Its roaring grew louder, eerily echoing down the tunnel. "Stormkit!" Rainkit shrieked. He did not reply. They whipped up a slope, about to reach the exit and-

They sprinted out into the open air. Stormkit stopped abruptly, Rainkit crashing into him. When she rose to her paws, she saw Stormkit gazing at something with an unreadable expression. It was the tunnel exit. Rainkit's eyes widened in shock. It had completely collapsed on itself where only heartbeats before they had been running. We made it. She turned to Stormkit. "Thanks." She whispered shakily.

Stormkit pricked his ears, then mewed. "A patrol." He was right. Rainkit could hear their pawsteps crashing through the undergrowth. "Well, nice meeting you, Rainkit. I've got to go!" He turned around and bounded through the trees. Rainkit watched him go, head tilted to the side.

"Rainkit, thank StarClan we've found you. Are you alright?" Fernshade's voice asked. She turned around to find the gray, white, and black she cat staring at her with concern, as well as Whitedawn, Ashwhisker, and Duskpool. "Yes, I am fine." She replied, although to Rainkit her voice seemed far off and distant.

"Let's get you back to camp." She meowed. Ashwhisker picked her up by her scruff and started to follow the patrol back home. "Put me down!" Rainkit hissed, but too tired to squirm she hung limp in his jaws. One question flashed through her mind the whole way back to camp. Why did he save me?

And there we have it! The Prologue! I hope you enjoyed this! :) Please review!

PS to Silwyn Galathi thanks for helping my with my covers to my warrior cats fanfics! Meow *purrs* BTW check out her profile because she's awesome. And look at her fanfic, The Return. :)