Disclaimer: Warriors belongs to Erin Hunter and HarperCollins. This work is copyrighted under the Copyright Infringement Law and is is non-profit, for entertainment purposes only. I do not own the original concept of Warriors; all rights reserved to Erin Hunter. I do, however, own this story and its corresponding plotlines and characters.
Note: This story's overall title is SALVATION but the books have separate titles that will be described in the prologue/intro chapter.
SALVATION
You are the avalanche
One world away
My make believing
While I'm wide awake —
I never meant to fall for you but I
was buried underneath and
All that I could see was white
- Gabrielle Aplin
BOOK ONE: SHATTERED HOPE
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, there is strength.
Through strength, there is power.
Through power, there is victory.
Through victory, the chains are broken.
This force shall free me.
ALLEGIANCES
FLAMECLAN
Leader: Brackenstar – dark brown tabby tom with a white underbelly and a scar across right eye and chest, green eyes
Deputy: Runningflight – brown tabby tom with pale blue-gray eyes
Medicine Cat: Cloverwish – brown-and-white she-cat with green eyes and a white tabby striped tail
Warriors:
Shadowstreak – gray tom with a black stripe down his back and yellow eyes
Splashfeather – pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
[ apprentice: Cherrypaw ]
Fernstripe – dark brown tabby tom with bright yellow eyes and a scar across his left eye, white tabby striped tail
[ apprentice: Honeypaw ]
Cloudstripe – black tom with white stripes and dark blue eyes
[ apprentice: Minnowpaw ]
Ravenfur – dark black she-cat with amber eyes
Gingerleaf – dark ginger tom with amber eyes and a white-tipped tail
Hareflight – small brown tom with soft fur and green eyes
Hollyfur – dark black tom with dark green eyes and one white paw
[ apprentice: Leafpaw ]
Duskheart – dusty brown tom with dark blue eyes
Rivertail – dark gray tom with a blue-gray tail and amber eyes
Milkfur – cream-colored she-cat with light blue eyes
Apprentices:
Minnowpaw – black-and-gray she-cat with amber eyes
Honeypaw – pretty brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes
Cherrypaw – ginger-and-white she-cat with dark amber eyes and white paws
Leafpaw – handsome dark ginger tabby with pale green eyes
Queens:
Goldensun – light ginger she-cat with warm amber eyes and brown tabby markings (mother of Runningflight's kits: Brightkit (dark tortoiseshell she-cat with pale blue-gray eyes), Dustkit (light brown tabby with distinctive ginger markings and amber eyes))
Amberpelt – shiny light brown pelt and amber eyes (expecting Hareflight's kits)
Willowleaf – pale gray she-cat with darker flecks and dark blue eyes (mother of Brackenstar's kits: Moonkit (pale gray she-cat with black spots), Briarkit (golden brown she-cat with green eyes), Frostkit (white tom with darker flecks and dark blue eyes))
Elders:
Smallberry – small, white she-cat with black spots and green eyes (mother of Brackenstar)
Jaggedtooth – brown tabby tom with a chipped front tooth
ECLIPSECLAN
Leader: Ashstar – handsome dark gray tom with green eyes
Deputy: Stoneheart – gray tom with blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Whitefeather – white-and-gray tom with dark geren eyes
Warriors:
Roseflight – dark ginger she-cat with amber eyes
Talonclaw – golden brown tom with blue eyes
[ apprentice: Firepaw ]
Hazelmoon – brown-and-white she-cat with green eyes
Nightclaw – black tom with amber eyes
[ apprentice: Silentpaw ]
Crowleaf – dark gray tabby tom with yellow eyes
[ apprentice: Hawkpaw ]
Quickstep – gray-and-white tabby tom
Larkstorm – dark brown tabby tom with pale blue eyes
[ apprentice: Willowpaw ]
Riverspirit – blue gray tabby tom
[ apprentice: Needlepaw ]
Bushberry – dark ginger tom with green eyes
Pondfoot – black-and-white tom with amber eyes
Blackfoot – black she-cat with amber eyes
[ apprentice: Molepaw ]
Badgerfur – brown-and-cream tom with dark amber eyes
Pinefrost – dark brown tabby tom with blue eyes
Fallenstep – pretty dark tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat
Apprentices:
Firepaw – dark ginger tom with amber eyes
Silentpaw – handsome light brown tabby tom with a white chest and amber eyes
Hawkpaw – pale brown tabby tom
Willowpaw – pretty light gray-and-white she-cat with pale green eyes
Needlepaw – pretty black she-cat with amber eyes
Molepaw – dark cream-and-brown tom with amber eyes
Queens:
Robinflight – dark brown tabby she-cat with a light brown chest and paws (mother of Crowfur's kits: Eaglekit and Nightkit)
Mudstripe – dark brown she-cat with a darker stripe on her back, expecting Talonclaw's kits
Elders:
Sandclaw – dusty brown tom
Redpelt – dark ginger she-cat with green eyes
Hazeleye – small tawny she-cat
IVORYCLAN
Leader: Breezestar – tortoiseshell tom with white paws and blue eyes
Deputy: Hollylight – dark black she-cat with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Goldencloud – pretty pale golden she-cat with a white chest, paws, tipped tail and white marking on her forehead and green eyes
Warriors:
Creekcloud – blue-gray tabby she-cat
Falconwing – shaggy brown tom
[ apprentice: Dawnpaw ]
Mistfur – handsome dark gray tom with blue eyes
Rabbitleap – pale gray-and-brown she-cat with long powerful legs
Grayfur – light gray she-cat
Shaderipple – dark black tom with blue eyes
[ apprentice: Longpaw ]
Mouseclaw – pale brown tom with yellow eyes
Willowstripe – darker brown tom with a light gray striped tail and blue eyes
Hailstorm – silver tabby tom
Blackears – cream-colored tom with black-tipped ears
Roseheart – ginger tabby with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Dawnpaw – pale ginger she-cat
Longpaw – black-and-white tom with long legs
Queens:
Sandypelt – pale ginger she-cat, mother of Willowstripe's kit: Flowerkit
Dapplefire – pretty white-speckled she-cat with blue eyes (mother of Mistfur's kits: Featherkit, Ivykit, Finchkit)
Elders:
None
BREEZECLAN
Leader: Shalestar – black she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy: Thunderjay – large white tom with ginger stripes and blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Whiteflower – pretty white she-cat with amber eyes
Warriors:
Eaglepelt – dark brown tabby tom with yellow eyes
Stonefall – dark gray tom with blue eyes
[ apprentice: Larchpaw ]
Braveheart – black tom with white paws
[ apprentice: Blossompaw ]
Stumblefoot – gray tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Robinfeather – brown ginger tom with a white belly and light blue eyes
[ apprentice: Tanglepaw ]
Mintfrost – pale gray tom with green eyes
Patchbelly – black tom with white patches and amber eyes
Birdflight – longhaired gray-and-white she-cat
Mosspelt – brown-and-gray she-cat with amber eyes
Dewshine – tabby gray she-cat with amber eyes
Rainpelt – blue-gray tom with amber eyes and a white chest
Emberstorm – dark brown tabby tom with yellow eyes
Apprentices:
Blossompaw – pale gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Tanglepaw – long-haired ginger tabby tom with amber eyes
Larchpaw – light brown tabby tom with dark blue eyes
Queens:
Brownstripe – dark brown tabby she-cat, expecting Braveheart's kits
Willowwing – dark gray she-cat with blue eyes (mother of Eaglepelt's kits: Leopardkit, Oakkit, and Jaykit)
Elders:
Berrylight – light brown she-cat with blue eyes
Nightshadow – black she-cat with green eyes
PROLOGUE
A sharp yowl pierced through the air, deafening and spine-chilling. Brackenpaw skidded to a halt, turning his head at the cry of his Clanmate. His best friend and brother, Pinepaw, was dripping blood as the savage cats continued to slash. Their movements were blind, with no intent to injure but kill. Stumbling, Brackenpaw barely managed to daze the cat he was fighting against, leaping to aid his littermate.
"Pinepaw!" Blood welled from the apprentice's left green eye, making his vision blurry. He nearly tripped over his paws as he attempted to make it to Pinepaw; the dark ginger apprentice continued to fight back, paws flailing as the savage cat continued to cut into him, a hungry glimmer in his yellow eyes.
The cat stopped for a moment, ears pricking. Despite the heat of battle—despite the multiple cries of hundred cats, all the Clans fighting together against one outsider—he stopped. He turned his head, meeting Brackenpaw's gaze, and to the apprentice's horror, the cat sneered, something dangerous glinting in his eyes. Before the young apprentice had the chance to topple over the larger cat, he brought up his paw, slashing at Pinepaw's throat.
"No!" Brackenpaw's anguished yowl cut throughout the air. He skidded to a halt, eyes wide, breathing ragged. Pinepaw twitched, struggling against the sudden wound; he gurgled, the blood welling around his throat, staining the forest floor beneath him a dark crimson. "Pinepaw!" Brackenpaw's screech could be heard a mile away as he finally regained himself, racing forward as he pushed the savage cat off of his dead friend, slashing and clawing in fury.
Numb, Brackenpaw hardly had control over his senses. He continued to slash blindly at the cat, eyes bloody, vision blurred, not caring if he had become just as savage as the cats they were fighting against in that moment. His heart was torn, ripped, just like wounds tearing into his enemy's flesh. He didn't enjoy the kill; he felt empty—broken. He didn't even notice the cat had died until another body barreled into him, knocking him over. He skidded across the blood terrain, squinting, as he tried to make out his attacker.
"Smallberry…" His mew sounded pathetic, similar to that of a whimper. His mother, barely bigger than him, bounded towards him, her eyes shining with fear, but not at Brackenpaw's wounds.
She said nothing. She merely gazed at him, her expression now unreadable, as she glanced around. Barely being able to lift his head, Brackenpaw shut his right eye, now unable to see through the blood welling from his wound that scratched down his face. The battle cries seemed to have died down, but something still ghosted the horror that had taken place. He spotted Rowanstar's, FlameClan's leader, bloodied body nearby. Brackenpaw couldn't differentiate the other mangled, destroyed bodies that lay around; not only were they mangled beyond recognition, but there were too many to count.
"My poor son," Smallberry finally whispered, although she wasn't speaking to Brackenpaw. He turned his head, watching as his mother stared at the bloodied body of Pinepaw, the young apprentice's life wrenched from him in such a disgusting, crude manner. Brackenpaw blinked, movements slow, as he turned his head to Pinepaw's killer. He appeared to be in worse shape than Pinepaw, and Brackenpaw felt the bile rise in his throat as his stomach lurched dangerously.
"The Marked Ones have disappeared," a voice reports throughout the heavy silence that had fallen. Attempting to stand, Brackenpaw's legs shake as he looks around. Almost all of the Clans had lost half of their cats; the loss would affect them for many moons to come. No cat spoke—perhaps the shock was too much for them to bear. Just like that, the Marked Ones had appeared and disappeared, taking everything.
The silence was overwhelming; Brackenpaw felt as if he were drowning. His vision continued to blur and his head was spinning so wildly it felt as if it were going to explode. He tried to call out to his mother, but her back remained turned to him. The image of the cat he had killed didn't leave his mind. Even as he felt his eyes grow heavy, darkness crowding his sight, until everything went black, the smell of blood and the cat's savagely glinting eyes never left him for a second.
this is the first ever 'original' warriors story i've created with a completely new set of clans and terror they have to place. this particular prologue takes place moons before the actual events of the story, but everything that happens is extremely critical. i hope you all are intrigued so far & thank you all so much for reading! don't forget to leave your opinions in the reviews so i can get constructive feedback (ofc you don't have to if you don't want to) and PM me any questions if you have any! thanks again:-)