SPROUTCLAN
Leader: Barkstar: large dark brown tom with amber eyes
Deputy: Brightpatch: bulky cream tom with a dark paw and bright green eyes
(apprentice: Aspenpaw)
Medicine Cat: Seedfang: thick-furred black tom with bright green eyes
WARRIORS
Brackenfoot: bright ginger tom with two white paws and a white muzzle
Whiskertail: black tom with a white muzzle, paws, and belly and a thin tail
(apprentice: Hawkpaw)
Charredmask: cream-and-brown siamese she-cat with blue eyes
Emberpetal: dark russet she-cat
Oaknose: white and brown mottled tom with amber eyes
(apprentice: Acornpaw)
Fawnspring: light brown tabby she-cat with white paws
(apprentice: Whisperpaw)
Reedsplash: silver-gray tabby tom with green eyes
Deerspots: black she-cat with white spots and green eyes
(apprentice: Berrypaw)
Gooseflight: a gray mottled tom with a dark-hued tail
Dawnberry: golden tabby she-cat woth white paws
Foxclaw: black she-cat with bright green eyes and a white patch on her chest
Hickoryflight: dark russet tom with white paws
Pinewhisker: dark gray tom
Snaketooth: yellow tabby tom
APPRENTICES
Whisperpaw: ginger tabby tom with a white muzzle
Hawkpaw: dark brown tabby she-cat with green eyes
Berrypaw: speckled brown she-cat with green eyes
Apsenpaw: tall siamese tom with blue eyes
Acornpaw: tall siamese she-cat with blue eyes
QUEENS
Featherfall: slim white she-cat with one green eye and one blue eye. mother of Whitekit (white tom) Tabbykit (silver tabby tom) Spiritkit (spotted white and gray tom) Cloudkit (pale gray she-cat) Creamkit (white and gray tabby she-cat) and Runtkit (small white she-cat)
Blossomthorn: calico she-cat expecting Gooseflight's kits.
ELDERS
Junipertail: old brown tabby tom with blind amber eyes
Shortpelt: plump and small silver tabby tom
SWAMPCLAN
Leader: Creekstar: black tom with white blotches
Deputy: Russetstripe: dark red tabby tom with amber eyes
Medicine cat: Waveberry: silver-blue she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice: Falconpaw: dark gray tom with amber eyes
WARRIORS
Snowsong: white she-cat with a dark striped tail
Squirrelleap: light brown tabby tom with orange eyes
Rosefoot: golden spotted she-cat with a white-tipped tail and white paws
Flightwhisker: white and black tom with amber eyes
(apprentice: Birdpaw)
Darkflight: black tom with brown eyes
Flamepool: yellow tabby she-cat with white paws
Rippletooth: dark grey tabby tom with a white belly and orange eyes
Leafthorn: ginger mottled she-cat with blue eyes
Lightningfrost: white tom with amber eyes
Spottedshade: tortoiseshell she-cat
(apprentice: Twilightpaw)
APPRENTICES
Birdpaw: gray and black speckled tom
Twilightpaw: pale gray she-cat with darker patches
QUEENS
Timberflake: brown tabby with black stripes. expecting lightningfrost's litter.
Coppernose: ginger she-cat with dark stripes. mother of cloverkit (dark gray she-cat) and beetlekit (red she-cat)
ELDERS
Acornshine: light brown blind she-cat
LONERS, ROUGES, AND KITTYPETS
Cherry: orange tabby kittypet she-cat
Linnie: black rogue tom
PROLOGUE
"Reedsplash!"
Rain fell down at a rapid rate, thunder cracking as bright and jagged lines of electricity appeared to touch the ground and illuminate the area for a split second before fizzling out. this terrified and relieved the cats to an extent. The wind was harsh and sufferable against the cold acorn-sized droplets of water, making the cats' journey back to territory difficult. there were three cats: a pale gray mottled tom, a yellow tabby tom, and a golden she-cat.
They all seemed troubled as they trekked through the forest, the trees above them futile against the harsh weather. It was impossible to speak in a normal voice over the pandamonium; the best they could do was scream at each other.
"Reedsplash!" the dark gray tom howled, "Starclan's sake, Dawnberry, where is he?"
Dawnberry, the she-cat, angled her ears upward as her green eyes blazed with fear, "I don't know, Gooseflight!" she admitted, her voice on edge, "He said he would go ahead!"
"He went this way!" the yellow tabby yowled, bolting off towards the left. Another zap of lightning, followed by a crash of loud thunder.
"Snaketooth!" the gray tom, Gooseflight, called afterwards, "Wait for us!"
As the party caught up to him, they saw the raging and bubbling waters on Swampclan's shore, rising up and crashing on the elevated ground of sproutclan. But underneath the seemingly dark and murky water, bobbing up and down, stood the silver tabby tom they were looking for.
"Reedsplash!" Dawnberry cried, flattening her ears against her cranium in shock. "He's drowning!"
Snaketooth didn't waste any time. He built energy by digging his claws in the clay-like soil and rocketing off the ledge.
"Snaketooth, no!" Gooseflight wailed, and began to crouch to prepare to leap after him when Dawnberry whirled around, blocking him from diving into the raging stream, "Gooseflight, you can't!" she said, "We've already lost two, we can afford to waste another warrior!"
Gooseflight bristled, but relented. he peered over the golden she-cat, seeing Snaketooth struggling to grasp the now limp Reedsplash in his jaws, but the water churned, and in a sickening twist, a large wave headed towards the submerged warriors and buried them underwater.
They didn't come up again.
"Snaketooth! Reedsplash!" the gray tom screeched, bunching his muscles when Dawnberry rammed against his body, the she-cat herself trembling violently.
"Gooseflight!" Dawnberry hissed, "Gooseflight, we need to go back!"
"But-"
"Gooseflight, do you think our clan will be grateful if we lose three-fourths of our patrol?" Dawnberry nudged him forward, "Keep moving! We can't risk our lives!"
Gooseflight kept moving forward, Dawnberry hounding behind the bulky tom. His chest racked with guilt as he imagined he could have saved both of them; nevertheless, Dawnberry was right. they couldn't risk their lives.