A/N: I know, it's pretty ridiculous to be starting a new story when I'm in the middle of three others (Lightningtail, Wisps of Smoke, 100 OneShot Challenge), but I just can't help it. Sorry, but I probably will not be updating each story equally.
PS: The cats with a * by their names are the main characters, whose POVs will be shown.
Allegiances
ShadowClan
Leader: Sparkstar: large ginger tabby tom with dark blue eyes
Deputy: * Snowheart: white she-cat with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Cloudstorm: dark gray tabby tom with a white underbelly and blue eyes
Apprentice: Honeygaze
Warriors
Lakespots: calico and white she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Nettlepaw
Reedfur: black tom with green eyes
Flameclaw: handsome ginger tabby tom with green eyes
Apprentice: Thornpaw
Grasswhisker: cream-colored she-cat with long brown whiskers and green eyes
Whitefur: white she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice: Frostpaw
Shrewclaw: light brown tom with green eyes
Hawktalon: dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Silverleg: black she-cat with silver legs and blue eyes
Apprentices
Thornpaw: golden brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Nettlepaw: gray tabby she-cat with green eyes
Frostpaw: white tom with green eyes
Honeygaze: light gray tabby she-cat with amber eyes, medicine cat apprentice
Queens
Goldensky: golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes (mother of Reedfur's kits: Wolfkit, Nightkit, and Skykit)
Kits
Wolfkit: dark gray tabby tom with amber eyes
Nightkit: black tom with blue eyes
Skykit: golden tabby she-cat with white chest and paws and blue eyes
Elders
Breezetail: black she-cat with pale blue eyes
Falconfeather: brown and white tabby tom with green eyes
WindClan
Leader: Echostar: silver tabby she-cat with clear green eyes
Deputy: Redstreak: reddish brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: * Lightfall: pale ginger she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Mosspaw
Warriors
Wolftail: long-haired gray tom with a bushy tail and amber eyes
Birchpelt: pale brown tabby tom with green eyes, former ThunderClan warrior
Breezeheart: light gray she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice: Willowpaw
Scorchtail: gray tabby tom with amber eyes
Rosefoot: white she-cat with brown paws and green eyes
Owltalon: black tom with wide green eyes
Apprentice: Branchpaw
Crowflight: very dark gray, almost black, tom with icy blue eyes
Ashwing: gray and white she-cat with light blue eyes
Apprentices
Willowpaw: light gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Branchpaw: skinny brown tom with amber eyes
Mosspaw: short-furred brown tabby she-cat with black underbelly and paws and green eyes, medicine cat apprentice
Queens
Stormlight: gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes (mother of Birchpelt's kits: Ivykit & Mousekit)
Leafpetal: dainty brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes (expecting Crowflight's kits)
Kits
Ivykit: gray and white tabby she-cat with green eyes
Mousekit: small brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Elders
Icepool: white she-cat with blue eyes
Spiderfang: small black tom with amber eyes
RiverClan
Leader: Thrushstar: brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy: Cloverstep: gray tabby she-cat with green eyes
Medicine Cat: Snowdapple: black and white she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice: Oaktail
Warriors
Stormfang: dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Minnowsplash: light silver tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Brightpaw
Nightsong: graceful black she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice: Leafpaw
Tigerfang: dark brown tabby tom with green eyes
Foxstep: ginger tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Cinderpaw
Smokefur: thick-furred gray tom with green eyes
Cloudshine: ginger and white she-cat with amber eyes
Petalfeather: brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentices
* Leafpaw: tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Brightpaw: pure white she-cat with bright blue eyes
Cinderpaw: dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Oaktail: brown tabby tom with amber eyes, medicine cat apprentice
Queens
Mistfeather: light gray tabby she-cat with green eyes (expecting Tigerfang's kits)
Shadecloud: black she-cat with green eyes (mother of Foxstep's kits: Firekit and Sleekkit)
Kits
Firekit: ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Sleekkit: sleek black she-cat with green eyes
Elders
Bluepelt: blue-gray tom with icy blue eyes
Leafsong: dark brown she-cat with green eyes
Splashheart: light gray she-cat with a white chest and amber eyes
ThunderClan (driven out - doesn't live in lake territory)
Leader: Sorrelstar: tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes
Deputy: Goldenfeather: long-haired golden tabby tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Appleshine: very dark ginger she-cat with brown, almost black eyes
Warriors
Streampelt: small silver tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Ravenpaw
Runningshadow: mottled black and brown tom with green eyes
Mossfire: ginger she-cat with green eyes
Squirreltooth: gray-brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Sprucepaw
Petalstreak: cream-colored tabby she-cat with gray eyes
Yellowstripe: pale ginger tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentices
Sprucepaw: dark brown tabby tom with green eyes
Ravenpaw: black she-cat with striking white whiskers and amber eyes
Queens
Ashflight: dark gray she-cat with green eyes (mother of Squirreltooth's kit: Tinykit)
Kits
Tinykit: small gray and white she-cat with green eyes
Cats Outside Clans
* Stain: black tom with large ginger patch on right shoulder and dark green eyes (rogue)
Copper: large, solid brown tom with a white underbelly and copper-colored eyes (rogue)
Dove: slender Siamese she-cat with blue eyes, former kittypet (rogue)
Duke: ginger tabby tom with white underbelly and amber eyes (kittypet)
Duchess: fluffy ginger she-cat with white paws and amber eyes, Duke's twin sister (kittypet)
Eagleheart: brown tabby tom with a white chest and muzzle and pale green eyes, exiled from ShadowClan (rogue)
Chapter 1
Snowheart's POV
"Honeygaze and I have returned from the Moonpool, and I have received my nine lives and new name as a leader. I am now Snowstar, leader of ShadowClan!"
"Snowstar! Snowstar! Snowstar!" the Clan cheered. Snowstar eagerly took in their praise. After a while, she noticed that they wouldn't stop cheering. They just kept on chanting, "Snowstar! Snowstar!"
"Snowstar, oh Snowstar!" my brother, Reedfur, meowed, chuckling. I lifted up my head, blinking sleep out of my eyes.
"What gives, Reedfur? I'm not Snowstar yet," I reminded him.
Reedfur purred, "I know that! But I could hear you in your sleep."
"Oh, yeah," I snapped, "Prove it!"
"You were saying, 'I have received my nine lives and new name as a leader. I am now Snowstar, leader of ShadowClan!'"
"Foxdung!" I yelped, "That was out loud?"
Reedfur nodded, "I'm afraid so."
"Well, if you hadn't woken me up, you would have found out that I was going to make you deputy next," I teased.
Reedfur exploded into laughter, "Me, deputy? You've got to be kidding. I'd be a horrible deputy! Really, if I was deputy, this Clan would be in total chaos."
"Well, it was just a dream," I muttered.
"Fair enough."
"Snowheart!" Sparkstar yowled, "Get over here!"
"Coming!" I replied. I ran over to where Sparkstar was standing. His striped ginger tail flicked impatiently.
"I need you to organize the patrols for the morning. That is your job as deputy, remember?"
I dipped my head, "Of course. I'll do that right now."
He purred, "Good."
There was an unusual story to how Sparkstar had gotten his unusual name.
"Get everyone out of the camp, now!" Stonestar yowled as a fire raged in the ShadowClan camp.
Cloudpaw, the medicine cat apprentice, yelped, "Rabbitfur is giving birth!"
Stonestar's amber eyes widened. He shook himself, then replied, "Okay then. Herbflower will stay with Rabbitfur. Everyone else, come on! You too, Cloudpaw."
In the nursery, Icestream and her mate, Blackpelt, rushed to gather their two young kits, Snowkit and Reedkit. The other queens and their kits were already out. Across the den, a ginger tabby she-cat yowled in pain, while a gray she-cat tried to comfort her.
"Do you need any help?" Icestream offered.
"No, I'll be fine," Herbflower replied.
"If you're sure," the white queen replied. She ran out, giving one last concerned look over her shoulder. Blackpelt's amber eyes flashed.
"We don't have time, Icestream."
"I know."
The couple ran, following the rest of their Clan. Rabbitfur screeched in agony once more.
"Rabbitfur, relax," Herbflower meowed urgently, "There's only one kit. Now, push!"
Rabbitfur pushed, her muscles contracting with all their might. Eventually, the kit came out.
"Good job, Rabbitfur," Herbflower encouraged, "It's a ginger tabby tom."
"He's perfect," Rabbitfur whispered.
Herbflower picked up the kit. "Let's go," she mewed through a mouthful of ginger fur.
The two she-cats ran away. Soon, Rabbitfur was gasping for breath. Her kitting had made her weaker, and she found it hard to breath over the fumes.
"I'm not going to make it," she rasped, "Herbflower, save my son. He has a great destiny ahead of him; I can tell. Please, save him."
"Don't say that," Herbflower choked out, "You're going to make it, Rabbitfur."
The ginger she-cat shook her head. "No, I'm not. Save him."
"Very well." Herbflower raced out of the camp, leaving Rabbitfur behind. As she ran, sparks flew from the burning flames. They landed in the kit's striped ginger pelt, singeing the tips of his fur. When Herbflower finally made it out, she handed the kit to another queen, Breezetail.
"Where is Rabbitfur?" Stonestar demanded.
"She's," Herbflower's voice faltered, "Dead. She couldn't take all that smoke so soon after her kitting. She told me to save her son, and to leave her behind."
Stonestar hung his head. Rabbitfur was his mate, and he cared for her deeply.
"Did she name the kit?" Breezetail asked.
"No."
Herbflower looked down at the tiny tom. There was still one spark left, glowing dimly in his ginger fur. Herbflower's green eyes softened.
She looked back up at Breezetail and Stonestar. "His name will be Sparkkit."
It later turned out that his name suited him for other reasons as well.
Sparkstar had only two lives left, and he was probably going to lose them very soon, since he was always quick to go into battle with the other Clans. It had originally been his idea to get rid of ThunderClan. I remembered that vividly. At a Gathering, after ThunderClan left, the other three Clans stayed behind to come up with a plan to get rid of ThunderClan once and for all. Most of their warriors were either part or all kittypet, and there were only two or three left that were Clanborn. One of those was Birchpelt, who, instead of being driven out with his Clan, joined WindClan in order to stay with his mate, Stormlight, and to not be killed. Needless to say, their love was no longer forbidden. Most of the Clan cats, especially Sparkstar, agreed that we did not want ThunderClan tainting our forest any longer. A warrior from our Clan, and a close friend of mine, Eagleheart, objected to the decision, and Sparkstar exiled him from ShadowClan immediately. I still miss him. Sometimes I wonder if he is still alive. However, if he is, I swear that when I become leader, I will find him, and bring him back to ShadowClan, where he belongs.
A/N: Before you jump to conclusions, there isn't/wasn't/won't be any romance between Snowheart & Eagleheart. They were just really close friends.