Prologue
Heavy rain was falling. No sound could be heard except the deep rumbles of the thunder above the forest. A cat was walking silently and determined, hiding in the shadow of the trees. His fur was dripping wet and yet, he continued to walk, his gaze fixed in front of him. Sometimes he stopped to look around, to make sure no one was watching him and then he would start walking again.
He stopped as he arrived in a small clearing and sat down. The storm soon intensify so he took shelter under the trees where he could still see the clearing. He sighed and continued waiting. Then, as another lightning illuminated the sky, a cat appeared at the other edge of the clearing. He stayed still but as he saw that the other cat had no intention of moving, he got to his paws and padded slowly over.
"I see you have come, Flash." he mewed.
"Of course. Am I a cat who gets back on my words?" she answered. "I promised I would come so I did. It's as simple as that."
"How would I know a stranger?" he mewed back "I hope you do remember that it is only our second meeting."
Flash glared at him. "Do you think that I have such a bad memory? I'm not… "mousebrain" as I recall a Clan cat like you would say." she almost spat the last words, then continued: "Don't you think it would be better not to provoke me? After all, you are here to beg me a favor, isn't it?"
"Me? Beg rogues?" The tom lashed his tail. "Who says I should beg? I think ask is more appropriate."
"Maybe, maybe not." She got to her paws and began to walk from her she had come from. Then she stopped and turned around. "Come." she said "I believe we haven't got the whole night."
He shook his wet fur then followed her through the forest. They soon arrived at their destination, another clearing, much smaller than the last one and surrounded by bramble bushes. Flash stopped and turned to face the tom.
"Why?" she asked with curiosity.
"Why what?" he mewed, irritated.
"Why would a Clan cat like you do such a thing?"
There was a pause before he replied. "Why not? It's not like you care."
"What if I tell you that I do?"
He looked at her, with amusement sparkling in his eyes. "Oh so you care… About the reward I'll give you, you mean?"
"We could take it anyway… It's just that it's much way too much trouble to do it on our own. But I never believed that you, a Clan cat, above all the cats would help us to do such a thing."
"Let's make things clear: I'm not helping you. I'm following my ambition."
Flash looked at him, trying to hide her own amusement. "You know… You are indeed a very strange cat, to even think you would go as far as this..." The tom grinned, then she locked her piercing gaze with him again, this time very serious "What am I about to give you is very precious… It is your final test to earn our trust, do not take it lightly."
"I won't." he answered, wondering what would it be.
"I hope your ambition is strong enough for the coming events. Oh and never forget… cats are always hungry for revenge." she warned him, with a malicious look. "Wait here." she mewed vanishing behind the brambles.
He had no idea that fate had just begun to twist his path even more…
The story takes place a long, long time after the battle with the dark forest... ThunderClan and the three other Clans are living peacefully by the lake.
ps: this is the first fanfiction story I publish... review please!
Ok, here is the allegiance... Ä means apprentice.
Thunderclan
Leader:
Acornstar: dark brown tabby tom with ragged ears
Deputy:
Silverwing: beautiful silver tabby she-cat with blue-eyes
Medicine cat:
Blackleaf: old black tom with a white patch on chest
Ä apprentice: Moonpaw
Warriors:
Greentail: dark grey she-cat with green eyes
Hailstorm: gray tabby tom with icy blue eyes
Ashwhisker: smokey gray tom with golden eyes
Ä Nutpaw
Scarletflame: reddish-ginger tom with amber eyes
Rosepool: tawny she-cat with green eyes
Ä Grasspaw
Twilightclaw: light brown tom with amber eyes
Raindrop: light gray tabby she-cat
Snowheart: pure white long-furred she cat with grayish eyes
Breezefur: smoky gray tom
Cloudwhisker: fluffy golden brown tom
Ä Brightpaw
Birdsong: tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes
Frostleaf: small white tabby she-cat with green eyes
Featherstorm: tabby tom with blue eyes
Apprentices:
Nutpaw: dark ginger tabby tom with amber eyes
Grasspaw: gray tabby tom with green eyes
Brightpaw: brown tortoiseshell and white she-cat with pale green eyes
Moonpaw: small white she-cat with golden ears and a golden stripped tail
Queens:
Nightflower: black tabby she-cat with green eyes
Berrykit: light brown tom with amber eyes
Ivykit: gray she-cat with darker speckles and green eyes
Fernkit: black she-cat with green eyes
Elders:
Stormfall: dark gray tom
Littlepetal: dusky brown old she-cat
Shadowclan
Leader:
Miststar: dark gray she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy:
Thornfur: brown tabby tom with a white-tipped tail
Medicine cat:
Nightleaf: black she-cat with piercing green eyes
Warriors:
Ravenwing: small black tom
Grayclaw: gray tom with white paws
Whitecloud: white she-cat with blue eyes
Mappleleaf: tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Ä Sparkpaw
Ratclaw: dark brown tom
Ä Foxpaw
Littlestorm: dark tabby tom
Icetail: pale gray she-cat with blue eyes
Pineheart: pretty black she-cat
Toadleap: dark gray tabby tom
Ä Smokepaw
Snakefang: ginger tom with a stripped-tail
Brambletail: tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat
Darkstone: black tom with a white patch on chest
Apprentices:
Smokepaw: dark gray-almost black-tom
Sparkpaw: brown and white she-cat
Foxpaw: dark ginger she-cat with amber eyes
Queens:
Yellowpetal: black she-cat with yellow eyes
Oakkit: brown tabby tom
Cedarkit: dark gray tom with amber eyes
Elders:
none
Windclan
Leader:
Breezestar: lightbrown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy:
Runningwind: pale ginger tabby tom with amber eyes
Ä Sedgepaw
Medicine cat:
Whitwhisker: gray tabby tom with green eyes
Ä Daisypaw
Warriors:
Harefoot: tabby tom with white paws
Dustclaw: dusty brown tom
Blossomtail: tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat
Ä Wetpaw
Poppyflower: gray she-cat with black speckles
Molefur: dark brown tom with a black-tipped tail
Ä Rainpaw
Heatherleaf: gray she-cat with darker flecks and green eyes
Haysteam: golden tabby tom with amber eyes
Strawfur: pale ginger tabby tom with blue eyes
Sunnyberry: tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes
Bluecloud: white she-cat with beautiful blue eyes
Apprentices:
Sedgepaw: gray tom with black stripes
Daisypaw: golden she-cat with a white patch on chest
Wetpaw: silver tom with dark tabby stripes
Rainpaw: gray mottled tom with blue eyes
Queens:
Squirrelfur: dark ginger she-cat with darker flecks
Flamekit: reddish tabby tom
Amberkit: golden she-cat with amber eyes
Elders:
Browneye: tabby tom with brown eyes
Fogtail: white she-cat with a gray-stripped tail
Dappleflower: tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat
Riverclan
Leader:
Stonestar: dark gray tom with a long scar on shoulder
Deputy:
Snowfall: pretty white she-cat with gray patches
Medicine cat:
Icefur: small white tom with icy blue eyes
Warriors:
Mudwhisker: dark brown tabby tom
Smallwave: small pale gray she-cat with blue eyes
Blacknose: black tom with a white patch on nose
Rainsream: silver tabby she-cat
Ä Reedpaw
Fogheart: white she-cat with green eyes
Graycloud: gray and white tom
Ä Flowerpaw
Willowleaf: pale silver she-cat with green eyes
Ä Duskpaw
Shellheart: golden brown tabby tom
Fishleap: brown tabby tom with blue eyes
Apprentices:
Flowerpaw: white she-cat with brown patches
Reedpaw: black tom with amber eyes
Duskpaw: tortoiseshell she-cat
Queens:
Whitewater: pure white she-cat with blue eyes
Lilykit: light brown she-cat
Rosekit: white she-cat with brown tabby ears
Petalfall: beautiful silver tabby she-cat
expecting kits
Elders:
Graystream: gray tabby she-cat with ragged ears
Onewhisker: small white tom
Relationship
I don't think you are interested but:
here is the "relationship" between the cats
When you see for example:
?+Littlepetal=
-Scarletflame+Rosepool+D-sister
-Cloudwhisker+Birdsong+D-brother
it means that:
Littlepetal and an unknown tom are mates
their kits are:
Scarletflame and Rosepool and a dead she-cat are littermates (first litter)
Cloudwhisker+Birdsong+ dead brother are littermates (second litter)
to sum up:
tom+she-cat=
-D-kits (D means Dead)
tom+she-cat=
-kitten1+kitten2
etc.
THUNDERCLAN
?+?=
-Acornstar+D-sister
?+?=
-D-littermates
-Blackleaf+Greentail
?+?=
-Hailstorm+Ashwhisker
?+Littlepetal=
-Scarletflame+Rosepool+D-sister
-Cloudwhisker+Birdsong+D-brother
Stormfall+?=
-Raindrop+Snowheart
?+Greentail=
-Twilightclaw+Silverwing
-Nightflower+Breezefur+D-sister
Hailstorm+Rosepool=
-Frostleaf+D-brother+D-brother
Cloudwhisker+Nightflower=
-Featherstorm+D-sister
-Berrykit+Ivykit+Fernkit
Scarletflame+Silverwing=
-Nutpaw+Grasspaw
Twilightclaw+Snowheart=
-Moonpaw+D-brother(Stormkit)
Breezefur+Heatherleaf
-windclan
SHADOWCLAN
?+?=
-Grayclaw+Whitecloud
-Miststar+Icetail+Nightleaf
Ravenwing+?=
-Thornfur+Pineheart
?+?=
-D
-Ravenwing+D-brother
?+?=
-Mappleleaf+Yellowpetal
?+?=
-Ratclaw+Littlestorm
Grayclaw+Mappleleaf=
-Toadleap+Snakefang+Brambletail
Ratclaw+Pineheart=
-Smokepaw+Sparkpaw
Thornfur+Icetail=
-Foxpaw+D-brother
Littlestorm+Yellowpetal=
-Oakkit+Cedarkit
WINDCLAN
?+?=
-Dappleflower+D-sister+D-brother
-Breezestar+Blossomtail
?+?=
-Runningwind+Squirrelfur
?+Fogtail=
-Whitwhisker+Poppyflower
-Heatherleaf+D-brother+D-sister
?+?=
-Dustclaw+Harefoot
-Molefur +D-sister
Harefoot+Blossomtail=
-Strawfur+Haysteam+D-sister
Dustclaw+Poppyflower=
-Sunnyberry+Blueflower
Strawfur+Blueflower=
-Sedgepaw+Daisypaw
Breezefur+Heatherleaf=
-Wetpaw+Rainpaw
Molefur+Squirrelfur=
-Flamekit+Amberkit
RIVERCLAN
?+?=
-Stonestar+Mudfur
Blacknose+Smallwave=
-Snowfall+Willowleaf
-Reedpaw+Duskpaw
Onewhisker+?=
-Icefur+Graycloud
?+Graystream=
-Rainstream+Fogheart
Stonestar+D-(Silverheart)=
-Petalfall+D-sister
Mudwhisker+Whitewater=
-Fishleap+Shellheart
-Rosekit+Lilykit
Shellheart+Snowfall=
-Flowerpaw
Graycloud+Willowleaf=
Fishleap+Petalfall=
-excpecting