Alliances

ThunderClan

Leader: Bramblestar – dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Deputy: Squirrelflight – dark ginger she-cat with green eyes

Medicine Cat: Jayfeather – gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes

Medicine Cat Apprentice: Briarlight – dark brown she-cat

Warriors:

Brackenfur – golden brown tabby tom

Sorreltail – tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

Cloudtail – long haired white tom with blue eyes

Brightheart – white she-cat with ginger patches

Millie – striped gray tabby she-cat

Thornclaw – golden brown tabby tom

Leafpool – light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, former medicine cat

Spiderleg – long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly

Birchfall – light brown tabby tom

Berrynose – cream-colored tom

Apprentice: Snowpaw

Hazeltail – small gray-and-white she-cat

Apprentice: Amberpaw

Mousewhisker – gray-and-white tom

Apprentice: Dewpaw

Poppyfrost – tortoiseshell she-cat

Lionblaze – golden tabby tom with amber eyes

Foxleap – reddish tabby tom

Icecloud – white she-cat

Toadstep – black-and-white tom

Rosepetal – dark cream she-cat

Blossomfall – tortoiseshell and white she-cat

Bumblestripe – very pale gray tom with dark gray stripes

Dovewing – pale gray she-cat with green eyes

Ivypool – silver-and-white tabby she-cat

Cherryblossom – ginger she-cat

Molefrost – brown-and-cream tom

Lilypetal – dark tabby she-cat with white patches

Seedsoul – very pale ginger she-cat

Apprentices:

Amberpaw – pale gray she-cat with white paws

Dewpaw – gray tom

Snowpaw – white tom

Queens:

Cinderheart – gray she-cat with deep blue eyes (mother to Falconkit, dark brown tabby tom, Seakit, blue-gray she-kit, and Mosskit, black she-kit with brown paws and tail tip)

Whitewing – white she-cat with green eyes (Expecting Birchfall's kits)

Daisy – cream long-furred she-cat from the two-leg place

Elders:

Graystripe – long-haired gray tom

Dustpelt – dark brown tabby tom

Sandstorm – pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

Purdy – plump tabby tom with a gray muzzle, former loner

ShadowClan

Leader: Blackstar – Large white tom with jet-black paws

Deputy: Rowanclaw – ginger tom

Medicine Cat: Littlecloud – very small tabby tom

Warriors:

Oakfur – small brown tom

Smokefoot – black foot

Toadfoot – dark brown tom

Applefur – molted brown she-cat

Crowfrost – black-and-white tom

Ratscar – brown tom with long scars along back

Tawnypelt – tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Olivenose – tortoiseshell she-cat

Owlclaw – light brown tabby tom

Shrewfoot – gray she-cat with black feet

Scorchfur – dark gray tom

Tigerheart – dark brown tabby tom

Dawnpelt – cream-furred she-cat

Ferretclaw – cream-and-ginger tom

Duskfrost – black tom with icy blue eyes

Starlingwing – ginger tom

Kinkfur – tabby she-cat with long fur that sticks out at all angles

Ivytail – black and white tortoiseshell she-cat

Queens:

Snowbird – pure white she-cat

Pinenose – black she-cat

Elders:

Cedarheart – dark gray tom

Tallpoppy – long-legged light brown tabby she-cat

Snaketail – dark brown tom with tabby-striped tail

Whitewater – white she-cat with one blind eye

WindClan

Leader: Onestar – brown tabby tom

Deputy: Ashfoot – gray she-cat

Medicine Cat: Kestrelflight – mottled gray tom

Warriors:

Crowfeather – dark gray tom

Owlwhisker – light brown tabby tom

Apprentice: Soaringpaw (Pale gray she-cat with dark gray markings)

Nightcloud – black she-cat

Gorsetail – very pale gray-and-white tom with blue eyes

Weaselfur – ginger tom with white paws

Apprentice: Badgerpaw (Black-and-white tom)

Harespring – brown-and-white tom

Leaftail – dark tabby tom with amber eyes

Emberfoot – gray tom with two dark paws

Heathertail – brown tabby she-cat with violet eyes

Furzetail – gray-and-white she-cat

Boulderpelt – large pale gray tom

Sedgewhisker – light brown tabby she-cat

Swallowtail – dark gray she-cat

Sunstrike – tortoiseshell she-cat with large white mark of forehead

Queens:

Whitetail – small white she-cat

Elders:

Wedfoot – dark gray tabby tom

Tornear – tabby tom

RiverClan

Leader: Mistystar – gray she-cat with blue eyes

Deputy: Reedwhisker – black tom

Medicine Cat: Mothwing – dappled golden she-cat

Medicine Cat Apprentice: Willowshine – gray tabby she-cat

Warriors:

Graymist – pale gray tabby she-cat

Mintfur – light gray tabby tom

Icewing – white she-cat with blue eyes

Minnowtail – dark gray she-cat

Pebblefoot – mottled gray tom

Mallownose – light brown tabby tom

Robinwing – tortoiseshell-and-white tom

Beetlewhisker – brown-and-white tabby tom

Petalfur – gray-and-white she-cat

Grasspelt – light brown tom

Hollowflight – dark brown tabby tom

Troutsplash – pale gray tabby she-cat

Rushflash – light brown tabby tom

Mosspelt – tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes

Queens:

Duskfur – brown tabby she-cat

Mossysplash – brown-and-white she-cat

Elders:

Dapplednose – mottled gray she-cat

Pouncetail – ginger-and-white tom

Prologue

The moon shone bright, reflecting on the still water of a small pool. A black she-cat sat in front of it, her head bowed and her tail curled over her feet. Her deep green eyes flickered over the pool, where many cats were shown rushing to and fro. But she was focused on a gray she-cat giving birth. As she watched, a dark brown tabby tom took his first breath of life. How can the first and last breath can seem to be so alike, when in truth they are more different that you could imagine?

The thought flashed through the she-cat's mind, causing her shoulders to tense and her eyes to flash with memories of the past. A brown tabby that had looked so much like the kit that had been born, but much less innocent. With the intention to kill another cat, a white and gray female. Then a black pelt flashing in between them, and taking the death blow for her…..

The she-cat's eyes flashed open as she heard another cat padding up behind her. Spinning around, she puffed her fur up to make herself look more threatening.

"Who's there?" she demanded, her eyes scouring the darkness surrounding the pool.

In response, a dark blue-gray she-cat padded out of the foliage. Her sharp blue eyes looked at the other cat, filled with sympathy. The black she-cat visibly relaxed.

"Bluestar." She said, her voice flooded with relief. "It's only you."

"Did you expect to see somecat else?" the former leader mewed softly, seating herself beside the ink-pelted cat.

"I didn't expect to see any cat." She responded, flicking one of her night-colored ears. "I thought that no cat knew I was here."

"You don't exactly need to be a prodigy to guess what you're going to do next." Bluestar said, chuckling as surprised flickered in the black-furred she-cat's eyes.

"Am I really that predictable?" she murmured.

Bluestar shook her head, a wry smile crossing her lips. "No, it's just that I followed your scent trail here. I put two and two together, and," she shrugged. "I was able to guess what you were doing."

The two she-cats turned back to the pool. For while they went without speaking, watching the gray she-cat give birth to another kit; this time, a gray-blue female with fur not unlike Bluestar's.

Then the black she-cat finally spoke up. "I haven't yet redeemed myself."

The former leader's ear perked, but she said nothing.

"When I sacrificed my life during the final battle, it was not nearly enough to make up for what I had done." She continued. "I wish I could've done more for my clan, serve them longer, help them with their troubles…." Her voice began to trail off, and then she spoke again, the words chocked out. "I wish I had a second chance."

For a few moments silence reigned again, and they continued watching the she-cat giving birth. There was only one kit left to be had, and the gray female was tired and weak.

"Do you really want it?"

The question came so suddenly that the night-furred she-cat didn't understand what the former leader had said at first. Bluestar repeated the question, this time a bit more slowly. "Do you really want a second chance?"

The black female nodded tensely. "I would do anything to help my clan." She mewed softly, her eyes blazing with determination.

Bluestar dipped her head. "As you wish." Placing her chin on the she-cat's shoulder, she closed her eyes and willed life into the ink-pelted female.

After a few moments, the black she-cat began to fade away. In seconds, there was nothing left where she had been standing.

And in the pool, another kit let out their first mewl.