Riverclan
Leader: Carpstar: A light gray tom with green eyes
Deputy: Blazenose: A brown and white tom with a white blaze down the muzzle. Has brown eyes
Medicine cat: Runningbrook: a golden tabby tom with green eyes
Warriors:
Silverpelt: A silver she-cat with amber eyes Apprentice: Stripepaw
Moonlight: A black tom with white spots and pale green eyes
Leafmoon: tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes Apprentice: Troutpaw
Blackcloud: black and white tom with green eyes
Watersnake: A white tom with spots that look like diamonds and has green-blue eyes
Tigerfang: A light tabby tom with amber eyes
Eaglewing: A brown tabby tom with green eyes and a white muzzle
Sharkfang: A gray she-cat with amber eyes
Lilypad: A brown she-cat with dark brown face, legs, ears and tail. Has white paws and blue eyes
Apprentices:
Stripepaw: A golden brown tabby tom with a striped tail and pale amber eyes
Troutpaw: A silver-white tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Queens:
Silverwater: A silver and white she-cat with blue eyes
Kits:
Spottedkit: a light gray she-cat with white spots and amber eyes
Moonkit: dark gray tom with one white paw and amber eyes
Cloudkit: a silver tabby tom with blue eyes and a white muzzle.
Weedkit: a dark gray she-cat with green eyes; a darker gray than Moonkit.
Elders:
Watermoon: a dark gray she-cat with flecks of white on her muzzle and ears; has blue eyes
Silverreed: a silver tabby tom with a white-tipped tail and green eyes
Mosspelt: a black and white she-cat with blue eyes
Shadowclan
Leader: Froststar: A white she-cat with faint black spots and light blue eyes
Deputy: Moonstripe: A silver-ginger tom with black paws and stripes and a ginger tipped tail. His ears tapper off into a tuft of black fur. Has pale leaf-green eyes.
Medicine cats: Dapplepelt: A dappled brown and white tom with green eyes-Apprentice: Antpaw: A dark ginger she-cat with silver stripes and one silver eye and one green eye
Warriors:
Swallowtail: A sandy colored tom with brown eyes and black stripes-Apprentice: Goldenpaw
Flameclaw: A ginger and white tom with amber eyes.
Raccoonpelt: A silver tom with a silver and white striped tail and a black mask over his amber eyes
Whispersong: A calico she-cat with green eyes-Apprentice: Eaglepaw
Snakefang: A ginger she-cat with a long winding tail and silver eyes
Flowerclaw: a golden pelted she-cat with leaf-green eyes
Icewing: A white she-cat with a silver sheen and ice blue eyes. She has a faint black circle around her left eye. Apprentice: Spiderpaw
Grayshadow: a gray she-cat with a white chest and green eyes-Apprentice: Cloudpaw
Nightwing: a black she-cat with amber eyes-Apprentice: Flypaw
Shadeheart: a dark brown tom with one white right hind paw and green eyes.
Cheetahpelt: lithe, white tom with ginger spots and a long, winding tail. Has hazel eyes.
Apprentices:
Cloudpaw: a ginger she-cat with a white tail tip with green eyes
Goldenpaw: a golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Eaglepaw: a ginger tabby tom with light ginger stripes, a white paw and light amber eyes
Spiderpaw: a black tom with a silver hourglass on his back and silver eyes.
Flypaw: a ginger she-cat with a white striped tail and green eyes
Queens:
Kits:
Elders:
Watermist: Silver she-cat with black stripes that slowly merge together. Soft white paws and a white tail-tip. Dazzling amber eyes.
Fawnwing: A brown she-cat with a white speckled back. Has pale blue eyes.
Badgerflame: has a badger like coat with a short temper. Has amber eyes, tom
Sunrise: a tom whose pelt looks like the sunrise and has sparkling green eyes
Cloudeye: a black tom with amber eyes though he is blind in one eye
Thunderclan
Leader: Silverstar: A silver tom with green eyes and gray tabby stripes
Deputy: Starlingpelt: A blue-gray she-cat with a white tail tip and green eyes
Medicine cat: Darkleaf: A black she-cat with amber eyes
Warriors:
Shredclaw: A tom with a bobbed tail and a golden spotted pelt with amber eyes
Kestrelsong: A whitish-brownish she-cat with a dappled pelt and blue eyes
Breezewing: A golden-black tom with light green eyes and one white paw
Grayfang: A silvery black tom with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Horsepaw: a long legged brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Firepaw: a light gray she-cat with blue eyes
Queens:
Rattlepelt: A she-cat with snake-like stripes and a slim tail that puffs out at the tip and blue eyes
Windclan
Leader: Heartstar: a pure white she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy: Blacksky: A black she-cat with white paws and muzzle. Has amber eyes
Medicine cat: Flameherb: a ginger tom with amber eyes
Warriors:
Foxtail: a ginger tom with a black tipped tail and green eyes
Eagleheart: A mottled brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Waveclaw: a pale gray she-cat with black paws, black tipped tail and silver eyes
Dogfang: Gray tom with golden eyes
Cowpelt: A black and white she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Wormpaw: a pinkish gray she-cat with amber eyes
Finchpaw: A bracken tabby tom with green eyes
Prologue
A golden tabby wondered the forest, poking his nose occasionally in the foliage to take a sniff. He reached the lake and let out a cry of delight. A clump of watermint was growing a couple of fox-lengths away from the shore. As he reached the herb, he stopped as it burst into flames before his eyes. He stared at the spot, shock clouding his green eyes, taking a step back. He felt his paws grow wet and he glanced down, seeing water cover his paws as it flooded the ground. When he looked back up, the fire was still burning brightly much to the tom's confusion. The tom let out a screech of shock and dug his claws into the wet, marshy ground as the earth began to shake underneath his paws. The wind blew harshly across his pelt and the sky turned the brightest blue, the tom had ever seen. The tom screwed up his eyes as the sun shone brightly on the ground, the light almost too intense to bear. A familiar voice whispered in his ear, calming the tom down considerably until he heard the she-cat's words.
The fierceness of fire, the wisdom of sky, the endless loyalty of water, the honesty of wind, the determination of light, and the courage of earth will either save or destroy the clans.
The tom closed his eyes as the light grew brighter and all of the sudden everything was gone. The golden tabby slowly opened his eyes to see the clump of watermint right in front of his nose, completely unharmed. He shook his head, confused, and started nipping off stems of watermint. As he collected the watermint, he allowed his thoughts to turn over the prophecy that Happysong had given him. What did mean? What will it entail? Who are the cats mentioned in the prophecy if they were cats at all? A cat yowled his name and he let out a growl. Won't he be able to get anything done today? He turned around to see the clan's newest apprentice. A golden brown tabby tom skidded to a halt in front of the medicine cat, his amber eyes wide.
"What is it Stripepaw?" He grumbled.
"Carpstar sent me to get you, Runningbrook!" Stripepaw panted. "Silverwater is kitting!"
"What? Already?" Runningbrook meowed his tail tip twitching. "It's too early!" He thought fast, his gaze fixed on the freshly gathered watermint. Then he looked at Stripepaw. "Take this watermint and follow me back to camp." He ordered, before dashing off through the territory, following the trail to the camp. He hoped that he would get there in time.
When he raced into the camp, he saw a light gray tom pacing the ground in front of a bramble bush. The tom stopped pacing to nod at Runningbrook, his green eyes bright with worry and tinged with relief. "Runningbrook! I am so glad you're here!"
"Don't worry Carpstar, I am sure Silverwater will be fine." Runningbrook meowed trying not to show his worry.
"She's early, isn't she?"
Runningbrook couldn't hide the truth any longer. "Yes, a quarter moon early."
"Starclan help her!" Carpstar meowed fervently.
"I will do all I can Carpstar." Runningbrook vowed heading into the nursery. Silverwater was laying on her side, her beautiful blue eyes glazed with exhaustion. Watermoon, a dark gray she-cat, was sitting beside her daughter, gently stroking her flank.
The elder glanced up at the Runningbrook her eyes bright with worry. "She'll be alright, won't she?"
"I don't know yet," Runningbrook meowed softly. He crouched down by Silverwater's side and placed a gentle paw on the queen's flank. It pained him to see the beautiful she-cat slowly starting to give up. He felt a kitten stuck and started pushing his paw down in time with the convulsions. Silverwater's jaws gaped in a wail as the kit was finally pushed out into the world. He nipped the sack and pushed the kit within Silverwater's reach.
"Lick him." Runningbrook instructed just as another kit took its breath into the world. It was a she-cat. A few moments later another tom and a she-cat.
"Thank you Runningbrook." Silverwater purred watching as her kits snuggled into her belly. Runningbrook saw another kit push out but it was stillborn once he nipped the sack.
"Uh Silverwater, there is one more but..." Runningbrook hesitated. Silverwater looked up and saw the stillborn silver she-cat with black rippling stripes. She flicked her tail warily for Runningbrook to bring the kitten closer to her.
"I would have named her Ripplekit." Silverwater breathed, her blue eyes holding a grief-stricken look. She gave the dead kit a loving lick. Runningbrook gave the grieving queen all the time she needed with her stillborn. Silverwater will let him know when to take Ripplekit away from her. "You can take her now and bury her." Runningbrook touched his muzzle to hers, sharing in the queen's grief before picking up the kit. Then he walked out of the nursery.
"Is that the only kit we had?" Carpstar asked when he saw the dead kit dangling from Runningbrook's jaws. Grief clouded the leader's gaze.
Runningbrook set down Ripplekit and shook his head. "No, you have two toms and two she-cats."
"Can I go in?"
"Yes, but don't stay for long." Runningbrook warned. "She is tired and won't be willing to name the kits for a day or two." Carpstar nodded and headed into the nursery.
"Can I bury the kit?" Stripepaw asked bouncing up and down. Runningbrook hadn't noticed the apprentice standing next to Carpstar as he spoke to his leader. Then again, the whole clan was gathered, their gazes full of relief and grief at the news.
"Did you bring the watermint back?" Runningbrook asked the apprentice, his thoughts flying back to the prophecy.
"Of course!" Stripepaw scoffed. "It's in your den."
"Thanks, Stripepaw and yes, you can bury Ripplekit." Runningbrook meowed quietly. He gazed at the dead kit mournfully. The clan had lost a potential warrior in Ripplekit. "May this kit find swift hunting and shelter as well as protection while she sleeps. May Starclan light her path." He stepped back and Stripepaw picked up the kit. Runningbrook watched as at the apprentice left the camp. A silver warrior followed Stripepaw out, her tail twitching. Runningbrook shook his head, amused. Silverpelt was a tough mentor and Stripepaw will learn a lot under the she-cat's guidance. As Runningbrook padded over to his den, he thought about the prophecy. He glanced up at the blue sky, wondering if Starclan was watching. Starclan, please send me another sign. If there is danger coming to my clan, I don't want to spend time necessary for preparing the clan, trying to decipher this prophecy.