MistClan
LEADER: Stagstar – Light tan tom with green eyes, a white underbelly, tail tip, muzzle, and paws with a scar on his neck and a shredded ear.
DEPUTY: Gingertail – Pretty dark ginger she-cat with faint tabby markings, long whiskers, long fur, and yellow eyes.
MEDICINE CAT: Tatteredfeather – Long-furred brown tom with darker tabby markings, long whiskers, two white hind paws, and scars on his shoulders, face, and ears.
WARRIORS:
Rainpelt – Light gray tom with spotted tabby patterning, a darker back, a white chin, a nicked ear, and amber eyes.
Dapplefur – Dark brown she-cat with dark spotted tabby markings, yellow eyes, and white paws
Muddyfoot – Brown tom with amber eyes, a scar on his shoulder, and a lighter brown muzzle and paws and a notched ear
Apprentice: Moonpaw – Long furred gray she-cat with long whiskers, blue eyes, white paws, a white muzzle, and a lighter gray tail.
Gooseflight – Light brown tom with darker brown tabby markings, a shredded ear, a notched ear, a scar on his hip, and yellow eyes.
Apprentice: Palmpaw – Black she-cat with short whiskers, yellow eyes, a white band in the middle of her tail, a white muzzle, white paws, and a white chest and underbelly
Batfang – Black tom with white paws, a white chin, and white dots above his yellow eyes
Sugarpelt – Long-furred pale cream she-cat with yellow eyes and white tail tip, muzzle, and paws
Apprentice: Nightpaw – Dark gray tom with spotted dark tabby markings and yellow eyes
Brightleaf – Ginger tabby she-cat with a white chest, underbelly, and paws, long whiskers, and yellow eyes
Papayawhisker – Golden tabby she-cat with green eyes and a white tipped tail
Apprentice: Roachpaw – Gray tabby tom with white tipped ears, a white chest, and a white underbelly and amber eyes with a nicked ear
Albatrossheart – Handsome white tom with yellow eyes, a nicked ear, a large black marking on his forehead, and a black tail
Talljump – Long-legged tom with long fur, long whiskers, blue eyes, a thick black stripe on his back, a black tail tip, black muzzle, and black paws
QUEENS:
Mossear – Gray she-cat with green eyes, is missing an ear, has a scarred muzzle, a white chin, white belly, white chest, and partially white tail
(Kits: Tidalkit, Fogkit, Ashkit)
Runningstream – Pretty silver she-cat with blue eyes, long whiskers, light gray spotted tabby markings, white paws, white ear-tips, a white muzzle, and white paws
(Kits: Frondkit, Pepperkit)
ELDERS:
Mothflutter – Orange she-cat with amber eyes, a darker orange striped on her back, tail-tip, chest, belly, and muzzle
Prickletooth – Brown tom with green eyes, a darker face, tail-tip, and belly
Dewynose – Long-furred blue-gray tom with long whiskers, amber eyes, a notched ear, and a claw mark on his face
ReefClan
LEADER: Tinystar – Gray tom with a darker flank, a stumpy tail, white muzzle, white paws, and green eyes
DEPUTY: Dolphintooth – Handsome blue-gray tom with long fur, long whiskers, blue eyes, a white muzzle, white chest, white tail tip, and white paws
MEDICINE CAT: Stripedtail – Dark gray tom with a banded tail and amber eyes
Apprentice: Sealpaw – Light gray she-cat with a white neck, white chest, a white marking on her back near her neck, white paws, and blue eyes
WARRIORS:
Canestalk – Black tom with amber eyes, one white paw, a white chest, and a white mark on the bridge of his nose
Apprentice: Coconutpaw – Very light brown she-cat with long fur, long whiskers, a plumy tail, blue eyes, and white face, neck, chest, underbelly, tail, and paws
Turtlefur – Splotchy calico she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice: Coralpaw – Peachy-orange furred she-cat with orange tabby markings, green eyes, and white paws
Seasong – Gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Eelfang – Smoky gray tom with amber eyes, a lighter muzzle and chest, and a shredded ear
Apprentice: Sleekpaw – Slender light gray tabby tom with yellow eyes
Sandypelt – Tan tom with green eyes, a white chest, and a single white paw
Geckostripe – Dark ginger she-cat with a white chin, amber eyes, and striped tabby markings
Risingsun – golden tabby she-cat with a white tail tip, amber eyes, and a notched ear
Apprentice: Sharkpaw – Black tom with gray tabby markings and amber eyes
Hibiscusnose – Solid russet she-cat with yellow eyes and long whiskers
Apprentice: Wavepaw – Light gray tom with blue eyes and white-tipped ears
Longshadow – Mottled tortoiseshell she-cat with white paws, a white chest, and amber eyes
Darkwhisker – Dark gray tom with yellow eyes and a white chest
Coldpool – Black tom with gray ears and green eyes
QUEENS:
Mangofern – Golden tabby she-cat with green eyes and a white chest and underbelly
(Kits: Morningkit, Pearlkit, Pufferkit)
ELDERS:
Parrotmuzzle – Red tom with short whiskers, green eyes, and a white muzzle
Silkypelt – Long-furred black she-cat with yellow eyes
PlumeClan
LEADER: Sharpstar – Slender brown tom with darker brown markings and yellow eyes with a heavily scarred front leg, shoulder, and neck.
DEPUTY: Gullwing – Fluffy white she-cat with a black muzzle, ears, chest, tail tip, and paws and green eyes and long whiskers
MEDICINE CAT: Goldenpelt – Small golden tabby she-cat with a white tipped tail and yellow eyes
WARRIORS:
Snowfoot – Big white tom with a gray muzzle, neck, and paws and yellow eyes
Apprentice: Stormpaw – Dark gray tom with yellow eyes and a darker flank
Gingerleaf – Silver tabby she-cat with green eyes and a nicked ear
Duskfur – Long-furred dark gray she-cat with green eyes, long whiskers, and a white chin
Apprentice: Icepaw – Pretty silver and white dappled she-cat with blue eyes
Orchidtail – Pretty long-furred silver she-cat with long whiskers, blue eyes, a white muzzle and a white-banded tail
Lavastep – Flame colored tom with darker ginger coloring on his ears, muzzle, tail, and paws and amber eyes
Apprentice: Thornpaw – Solid dark brown tom with yellow eyes
Lightmask – Black tom with amber eyes and a white face and a white dash on the back of his head
Driftclaw – Black tom with a white stripe on his head, white eye-dots, white paws, a white muzzle, long whiskers, and green eyes
Russetbloom – Ginger she-cat with yellow eyes, white-tipped ears, a white chin, and a white chest
Apprentice: Boarpaw – Huge, long-furred dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Scorchpelt – Orange and black tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice: Mongoosepaw – Light brown, heavily striped and spotted tom with brown/gray coloring on his ears, paws, muzzle, and stripes and spots
Lizardtail – Blue-gray tabby tom with blue eyes and a nicked ear and an entirely dark gray tail
Apprentice: Vinepaw – Gray tabby tom with green eyes
Drizzlefur – Dark gray tom with black spotted markings and amber eyes
QUEENS:
Guavabreeze – Long-furred white she-cat with long whiskers and green eyes
(Kits: Nectarkit, Milkkit, Firekit, and Emberkit)
Pinedusk – Dark brown she-cat with a white face, tail, paws, and underbelly and amber eyes
ELDERS:
Blueheart – Blue gray tom with blind blue eyes
Smokefur – Gray tom with one white paw and green eyes
Littlefern – Small light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes
Prologue: A Stormy Night
A storm raged, hiding the milky moonlight from view and casting the palm trees as monstrous claws terrorizing the beach. A white tom with a black tail thundered across the sand, the sinking feeling that accompanied each paw-step foreign and draining. He fought back a screech of fright at the loud, aggressive waves that crashed against the shore, but couldn't resist raising his hackles at the unfamiliar stimulus. A pale, creamy-furred she-cat was just behind him.
"Where are they, Albatrossheart?" She asked, her typically beautiful fur clinging pitifully to her lithe body.
Albatrossheart tried to scent for the ReefClan cats, but the reek of salt water clouded his senses. The cream colored she-cat was about to snarl at the tom, but a young, springy cat raced up to her, clumsy on his paws in the sand. "Sugarpelt, Sugarpelt!" He yowled, "Dapplefur found them! They're hiding in the rocks, come on!"
Wasting no time, Sugarpelt bolted in the direction the young tom told her, Albatrossheart following closely. The white tom let rage propel him to the enemy; he refused to sit back while ReefClan, who had the whole ocean to hunt in, continue to lay claim to dry land his clan could be using. The water-dwelling cats would pay for their greed by blood if necessary.
Before Albatrossheart could reach the rocks that harbored the enemy, a russet blur flew into his side, knocking him to the ground. Sand clung to his damp fur and stray volcanic rock tore into his pelt, but the tom valiantly rolled back to his paws as the cat came at him again, claws out in search of his face. Albatrossheart ducked the blow and snarled, "Hibiscusnose!"
The russet she-cat hissed back at the invader, "You need to leave! This is ReefClan territory, retreat to your highlands before some cat gets hurt!"
Albatrossheart bared his white fangs at Hibiscusnose, a flash of lightning in the distance giving them an ominous sheen. "Not until you give up your dry lands!" He snarled, lunging at the enemy she-cat.
She met his attack with ferocity, rearing up on her hind legs and swatting harshly at his muzzle with unsheathed claws. Albatrossheart yowled in pain as crimson spilled from three gashes on his face and clamped his jaws on her ear in retaliation, yanking it upwards in malice. Hibiscusnose screeched and jerked free of his hold, shredding her ear in the process and snapping her jaws at the white and black tom, "Out! Get out of here, greedy roach-face!"
Albatrossheart hissed and prepared to make her pay for the insult, but a familiar golden tabby barreled into Hibiscusnose, eliciting a meow of surprise as she fell, the wind knocked out of her. The golden cat looked to Albatrossheart, "Go, I've got her!"
He gave her a grateful nod and dashed off towards the rest of the fray, scanning the area for a new cat to fight. Albatrossheart ran closer to the intimidating waves frothing at the rocks where ReefClan clashed with his clanmates. He caught eye of his leader, Stagstar, locked in battle with ReefClan's leader, Tinystar, both toms looking equally matched as they fought before the raging tide.
Thunder clapped as Albatrossheart made his way closer to the raging sea. He nearly bit one of his clanmates, Talljump, when he came to run alongside him. The dark tom didn't seem to notice though. He glanced at Albatrossheart briefly as he raced towards the rocks. "I saw Nightpaw go towards the rocks!" Talljump panted, "He's not experienced enough for this, I don't care what Stagstar thinks, we need to get him away from there!"
Albatrossheart's whiskers twitched and he increased his pace at Talljump's words. Nightpaw was young, only apprenticed for a moon, Talljump was right in wanting to get him away from the ocean.
An enemy cat launched itself at Talljump, spitting angrily and sinking its fangs into his shoulders. Albatrossheart forced himself onward, leaving Talljump on his own; he could handle himself, Nightpaw was the bigger concern. When he reached the rocks overlooking the sea, Albatrossheart searched for the dark-furred apprentice amidst the chaos, eventually spotting him wrestling with a peach-colored she-cat precariously near the edge. Neither of the two seemed to notice how close to the furious waves they were, too focused on fighting each other with admiral ferociousness that would make their mentors proud.
Waves slammed against the rocks near the apprentices, its spittle flying onto their coats to accompany the hard, hail-like rain that pelted them. Each time a wave hit, Albatrossheart felt nearly unbearable levels of dread build higher and higher in his stomach. Looking around, his clanmates were losing. Stagstar hadn't brought enough warriors to attack the ReefClan camp and the unexpected storm made things even harder on his clanmates, who were used to being sheltered in the lush highlands far from the coast from such things. He kept his ears strained for the inevitable yowl for his clan to retreat over the roaring storm and crashing waves and screeching cats.
Albatrossheart was on the verge of reaching Nightpaw and the ReefClan apprentice, his determination to pull the young tom away from the rocky cliffs making him faster and more agile than usual, when an enormous wave leapt clear over the cliffs and swallowed the apprentices whole. Albatrossheart skidded to a stop, his eyes wide with horror when he realized Nightpaw was no longer on the cliff side fighting alongside his clanmates.
"Nightpaw!" He gasped, ignoring the risk of another rogue wave sweeping him into the sea and running to the edge of the cliff.
The white tom stared down the side of the cliff and saw the peach-colored ReefClan cat resurface from beneath the waves, eyes wide as she spluttered and fought to stay above water. Nightpaw, however, was nowhere in sight. He was gone.
Albatrossheart's ears flattened in disbelief. Sugarpelt's apprentice, Rainpelt's son, Moonpaw and Roachpaw's brother, was gone, taken by the ocean never to be seen again. He was in shock, desperately staring at the water in the hopes that maybe the spotted gray apprentice would pop his head out from the waves like the she-cat had and somehow flounder his way to safety. But he didn't. He wouldn't.
"MistClan, retreat!" Stagstar's expected yowl sliced through the air, carrying past the viscous storm to the ears of his ailing clanmates.
He didn't want to leave, it felt wrong, dishonorable even to follow Stagstar's orders and leave Nightpaw behind. Albatrossheart knew there was no way Nightpaw survived, but it still hurt when he darted away from the coast in the direction of his highland home.