PROLOGUE
Risingstar patiently waited, as he always did when he woke in dreams, for StarClan to appear. A long, skinny yellow queen with the stars seeming to replace the stripes in her tabby fur painstakingly made her way down the forest's path toward him.
"Yellowfeather!" he exclaimed. The cat raised her stormy orange eyes, a smile and a twitch of her whiskers forming on her face. Risingstar ran to the cat that had raised him and buried his face in her muzzle, purring like a young kit again. The familiar pang of guilt and grief came back as he observed the long scar down her belly that had cost her life…protecting her son. Even StarClan could not cure some wounds.
"My beautiful Risingstar, greatest leader in ShadowClan's recent memory," Yellowfeather began. Immediately, sensing she had an important message to deliver, the handsome white-and-gray tom straightened up, perked his ears, and listened closely.
"The fifth greenleaf of your leadership is coming." Risingstar nodded, wondering why she was bothering to point out such an obvious benchmark of time. "There will be two kits born to symbolize night and day. In time, the heart of the darkest will be revealed, and a great evil will befall your Clan should you choose the wrong warrior."
Risingstar's fear-scent began to enclose the small space he and Yellowfeather occupied. Kits, bring a danger to ShadowClan?! Of course, kits forever they would not be, but how would he know which was "the heart of the darkest"? What evil was coming, and how could he prevent it? His mother only licked his nose in farewell as the silver trees slowly began to fade from his sight…
ALLEGIANCES
SHADOWCLAN
LEADER
Risingstar – large white tom with gray patches
DEPUTY
Tigerlily – black and orange calico she-cat
MEDICINE CAT
Skylark – small black she-cat with orange eyes
Apprentice, Goldenpaw (handsome golden tabby tom)
WARRIORS
Blackwing – skinny black tom with long legs
Icestorm – brilliant white tom with blue eyes
Apprentice, Lightningpaw (small white-yellow tom)
Redpelt – small, thick-furred dark red tom
Apprentice, Silverpaw (silver tabby she-cat)
Spottedflower – light brown she-cat with dark brown spots
Dawnbreeze – pale orange tabby she-cat
Spiderfoot – gray she-cat with black paws
Apprentice, Featherpaw (bright yellow tabby she-cat)
Poppyfire – orange she-cat with white muzzle and paws
Ripplefrost – dark brown striped tom
Apprentice, Eaglepaw (dark golden striped tom)
Dappleface – light gray she-cat with white spotted face
QUEENS
Ivystep – pretty brown-and-white tabby
Bramblelight – bright orange she-cat, expecting Ripplefrost's kits
Grayshade – smoky colored she-cat, mother to Mintkit, Bluekit, and Sweetkit
ELDERS
Darkleaf – small black tom
Longstripe – pale she-cat with brown stripes
THUNDERCLAN
LEADER
Timberstar – small, reddish-brown older tom with yellow eyes
DEPUTY
Beetleclaw – massive black tom with large claws and a long scar over his left shoulder
MEDICINE CAT
Rainheart – small, cream tabby she-cat with deep green eyes
WARRIORS
Blizzardfang – thick-furred white tom with a very long tail
Fernsky – chubby sandy-colored she-cat with large paws
Apprentice, Nightpaw (black she-cat with golden eyes)
Stripetail – gray tabby tom
Toadleap – black tom with white paws and white tail tip
Apprentice, Hawkpaw (golden tom with orange eyes)
Harepelt – tall, skinny orange tom with long ears
Apprentice, Milkpaw (small white she-cat with tufted ears)
Applenose – light red she-cat
Wolfheart – dark gray tom
Apprentice, Amberpaw (dark orange she-cat)
QUEENS
Wrentail – black and white she-cat, mother of Toadleap's kits: Smokekit and Lizardkit
Nettlefrost – small gray she-cat with white stripes, expecting Harepelt's kits
ELDERS
Blueleaf – blue-gray tom
Whitewhisker – gray tom with white face, nose, and whiskers
Shorttail – small brown she-cat with a stump of a tail
WINDCLAN
LEADER
Sparrowstar – dark brown striped tom
DEPUTY
Frostheart – thick-furred white she-cat with piercing orange eyes
MEDICINE CAT
Robinflight – red-and-brown tom
Apprentice, Mossypaw (light blue-gray she-cat with orange eyes)
WARRIORS
Runningfoot – orange tabby tom
Apprentice, Briarpaw (brown tabby tom)
Thistlefur – gray tom with fur that sticks out at all angles
Grassflower – blue-gray she-cat
Coldtalon – white and brown tom
Apprentice, Fuzzypaw (pale gray tom with green eyes)
Coalpelt – black, thick-furred massive tom
Rabbitflight – skinny brown she-cat with very long legs
Apprentice, Gorsepaw (thick-furred black tom with blue eyes)
Heathernose – yellow and black she-cat
Apprentice, Emberpaw (pretty orange she-cat with yellow eyes)
QUEENS
Ravenwing – small black she-cat with a white tail tip, expecting Coldtalon's kits
Patchtail – orange and white calico she-cat, mother to Woollykit and Cloudkit
ELDERS
Molenose – dark brown tom with yellow eyes
Silverclaw – white-silver she-cat
RIVERCLAN
LEADER
Sleetstar – white she-cat with black ears and black tail tip
DEPUTY
Maplefur – dark red she-cat
MEDICINE CAT
Lilypetal – light brown she-cat with deep green eyes
WARRIORS
Pineclaw – black tom with stormy gray eyes
Troutwhisker – gray tabby tom with white muzzle
Apprentice, Rowanpaw (gray tom with black patches)
Blazepelt – bright orange tom
Apprentice, Foxpaw (dark red tom with a thickly furred tail)
Nutfur – light brown tabby tom
Apprentice, Shellpaw (white she-cat with black spots)
Smoketail – dark gray tabby she-cat with a black striped tail
Pikefin – sandy-colored she-cat with green and golden eyes
Apprentice, Brackenpaw (red tom with large white paws)
QUEENS
Mousetail – dark brown she-cat with piercing yellow eyes, expecting Nutfur's kits
Nightfoot – white she-cat with one black paw, mother to Fishkit and Greenkit
ELDERS
Stormheart – blue-gray she-cat with dark gray paws
Ratpelt – brown tom with orange eyes
Wildclaw – large black tom with massive white paws and claws, scar over right eye
CATS OUTSIDE CLANS
Bessie – dirty white, thick-furred she-cat
Sammy – small black tom with a scar where his left eye should be
Fluffy – skinny brown tom with black stripes
Author's Note: Yeah, so it's kind of hard to continually come up with new warrior names when old cats die, new kits are born and apprenticed, and all that sort of thing. If anyone wants to leave OCs, or just suggestions for new names, I'm open to that. As well as reviews! I'm open to those as well. ;)
