Warriors: Mythical Islands
Allegiances:
GladeClan:
Leader: Ripplestar - blue-gray and white pixie-bob she-cat with emerald green eyes
Deputy: Crowfrost - charcoal black norwegian forest tom with light gray spots and brownish red eyes
Medicine Cat: Deerstep - brown and white she-cat with orange eyes
Warriors:
Bramblebriar - light brown tabby she-cat
Foxcatcher - white tom with ginger spots Apprentice: Birchpaw
Willowfur - brown she-cat with black stripes Apprentice: Cloverpaw
Firelight - ginger she-cat with white tipped muzzle and paws
Sandpelt - tan colored tom with dark brown tipped tail Apprentice: Lionpaw
Mossfoot - black and white spotted tom
Silentstep - white ragdoll she-cat with and sky blue eyes
Blizzardblaze - silver tabby tom with dark brown eyes Apprentice: Blackpaw
Dragonflame - light gray tom with dark gray specks on paws and face
Thornstrike - cream colored tom
Mothspot - white japanese bobtail she cat with brown tail one tan paw
Griffinflight - tall black and white cornish rex tom
Meadowfall - dark cream she cat with two front black paws
Morningdew - dark blueish gray nebelung she-cat
Mallowstripe - gray tom with a dark stripe running across back
Sootfoot - dark brown american shorthair tom with soot black paws
Robinfeather - ginger american bobtail she-cat
Oueens:
Grassfall - brown tortoiseshell she-cat
Vixenheart - ginger she-cat with white face and underbelly
Apprentices:
Lionpaw - orange maine coon tabby with amber eyes
Cloverpaw - dark brown she-cat with white chin, underbelly, and tail tip
Blackpaw - a charcoal black norwegian forest tom with a jet black stripe running from his face to tail, has light yellow eyes, seemingly white.
Birchpaw - a light yellow pastel colored pixie-bob tom with white neck fur, back, and paws
Kits:
Fogkit - silver and white tabby tom with blue eyes
Hazelkit - dark brown tortoiseshell she-cat
Elders:
Mudfur - Mottled brown tom, blind in both eyes
SnowClan:
Leader: Fawnstar - bark colored she-cat with white spots on back and blue eyes
Deputy: Ebonyclaw - jet black maine coon tom with white tipped muzzle and paws, two white stripes on tail
Medicine Cat: Nightsong - dark gray pixie-bob she-cat with lighter gray specks on face and paws Apprentice: Whitepaw
Warriors:
Icecloud - white siamese tom with blue eyes
Swanstep - lean solid white she-cat
Rabbitsight - tall white american bobtail tom
Leopardleap - tall savannah she-cat with spots Apprentice: Moonpaw
Pantherclaw - black bombay tom with amber eyes
Fernfeather - pale brown she-cat with white spots on back
Graydapple - white american curl tom with gray tipped ears and legs
Thunderstripe - yellow tabby tom
Shellheart - pale brown tabby tom
Snaketail - white tom with brown tail and black tail tip
Petaltuft - light orange she-cat with brown eyes Apprentice: Sphinxpaw
Embereyes - charcoal brown scottish fold she-cat with amber eyes
Batfang - black tom with brown eyes
Cherryspeck - white tortoiseshell she-cat
Mintnose - light gray she-cat with green eyes
Queens:
Daisywatcher light brown scottish fold she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Moonpaw - black maine coon with white mask on face going down from underbelly to tail tip, has dark blue eyes seemingly black
Sphinxpaw - pale yellow javanese she-cat with orange eyes
Whitepaw - white turkish angora she-cat with brown eyes
Kits:
Softkit - white egyptian mau she-cat
Breezekit - pale orange abyssinian tom
Elders:
Raccoonmask - black and white ragdoll she-cat with raccoon like mask on face
Shadowwalker - jet black siberian tom with ruffled fur
CaveClan:
Leader: Amberstar - dark ginger egyptian mau she-cat
Deputy: Ivythorn - black and white japanese bobtail she-cat
Medicine Cat: Springpool - blue and silver scottish fold tabby she-cat
Warriors:
Tigerstripe - brown toyger tom with yellow eyes
Haystem - light brown siamese tom Apprentice: Curlpaw
Windchaser - tiny white american shorthair she-cat
Rainfeather - gray and white spotted turkish angora tom
Riversplash - pale russian blue she-cat with white muzzle Apprentice: Beepaw
Falconsoar - gray bombay tom with green eyes
Beetlewing - dark brown mottled tom with orange eyes
Eagleheart - tall brown and black spotted tom Apprentice: Shortpaw
Fishskip - pale gray javanese she-cat
Ravengaze - black abyssinian she-cat
Queens:
Squirrelpounce - dark orange egyptian mau she-cat
Apprentices:
Beepaw - yellow tabby tom with dark brown stripes
Shortpaw - tiny american bobtail she-cat
Curlpaw - brown and white spotted american curl tom
Kits:
Stormkit - dark gray nebelung tom
Bluekit - tiny russian blue she-cat with blue eyes
Oakkit - tall brown laperm tabby tom
Elders:
Mousewhisker - dark brown toyger tom
Bagderclaw - brown and black spotted ragdoll tom
Nettlefur - dark brown calico she-cat
MarshClan:
Leader: Gorsestar - tall yellow pastel cream colored tom with golden tipped face, ears, tail, and paws with indigo blue eys
Deputy: Fallensky - silver savannah she-cat with blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Tanglebush - laperm calico tom with dark brown eyes
Warrior:
Honeycloud - she-cat with light ginger and white patches
Serpentfang - black cornish rex tom with two back brown paws
Otterbrook - tall solid brown she-cat
Blossomberry - black and brown spotted american curl she-cat
Rosethorn - dark brown pixie-bob she-cat Apprentice: Splashpaw
Sheepfur - solid white laperm tom
Kestrelwing - white american shorthair tom with brown specks Apprentice: Frecklepaw
Brindlepatch - solid gray town with white forehead
Shorttail - brown and gray japanese bobtail
Oceanstride - russian blue tom with green eyes Apprentice: Wrenpaw
Appleblossom - dark ginger she-cat with white underbelly
Griffinflight - dark brown lykoi tom
Maplebreeze - dark brown mottled she-cat with sky blue eyes Apprentice: Lilypaw
Tinyflower - short solid gray she-cat with green eyes
Quietstream - silver norwegian forest she-cat
Queens:
Scorchflame - smokey gray siberian she-cat with dark amber eyes
Apprentices:
Wrenpaw - light brown tabby tom
Splashpaw - pale blue nebelung she-cat
Lilypaw - white toyger she-cat
Frecklepaw - light brown japanese bobtail tom
Kits:
Tumblekit - solid brown tom with yellow eyes
Wolfkit - black lykoi tom with amber eyes
Elders:
Sunnyshine - golden tabby tom with sky blue eyes
Wildblaze - black and orange patched turkish angora tom
Prologue
A tom cat was sitting tautly, tail wrapped around his paws. He was examining something with great intensity, his ears laid back against his head, his eyes full of exasperation. Behind him, there were cats chattering faintly. It was a bedlam of questions and confusion.
"You think we'll really find it this time?" One she-cat queried.
"If we don't, we're done for," Whispered back a tom, solemnly shaking his head.
The tom then turned around slowly and said in a deep mew,
"We've found it."
Some cats stood froze, as still as a dead piece of prey, some let out exasperated sighs of relief, others rejoiced, playfully nudging those around them, all until the cat spoke once more.
"It will not be an easy task, there are…. others involved."
There was dead silence, until cheers started to arise from the cats once again.
"We can do it!" cried a she-cat bouncing into the air.
A tom rose to his paws, "We can, as long as we all work together," He said solemnly.
The deep-voiced cat felt pride burning in his chest like a flame, watching his cats gain new found courage with the news he'd delivered.
"Then let us go," He mewed solemnly.
Chapter 1
"You need to wake up, young one."
There was but an echoing whisper in the distance, an unknown voice speaking from afar.
"You must stay strong for those that you love now, and the ones in the future." The whisper was growing softer and softer as if slowly drifting away from reality.
"I believe in you young one, I know you will triumph."
The voice grew fainter until only a small string of words could be heard.
"Now, wake up Blackpaw."
Blackpaw awoke in the GladeClan apprentice's den in a daze, and let out a sigh, "Again.." he said breathlessly. "The nightmares again?" A voice next to him responded. Blackpaw looked to his right, and saw his brother Birchpaw sitting by his side.
"Ever since we moved into the apprentices den you've seemed to be acting up in your sleep, everything alright?" Blackpaw avoided the question as always, he had become accustomed to cats usually asking about his dreams, but he could never bring himself to answer since he didn't truly know why they had shown up out of the blue. I don't want to bother any cat with some silly apprentice's strange dreams.. He concluded.
"I was just thinking about tonight's gathering is all," he said, "I can't believe we're already apprentices, it feels like just yesterday we were playing in the nursery with Ripplestar…"
Birchpaw let out a mew of laughter. "All I remember is you always asking Crowfrost about the moves he'd show us," Birchpaw finished with a smirk.
Blackpaw felt his fur getting hot in embarrassment, and straightened his tail out in defense, "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, dad was just showing me his moves incase a fox ever found its way in there!"
"Uh-huh, not like you'd be much help. Ripplestar would probably have to save you from becoming crow food," Birchpaw retorted
Blackpaw realized he dug himself into a hole with no exit in sight, so he sighed and laid down in his nest.
"I'm going to try my best you just wait, Birchpaw," he said."I have no doubt about that my brother," Birchpaw mewed with a lighter tone in his voice.
"Well, I'm going to go see what Lionpaw and Cloverpaw are up to. They must be excited, too,"
Blackpaw smirked. This is my chance. "Oh I see, so you're going to go protect your precious Lionpaw from the claws of the 'vicious' Cloverpaw?"
Blackpaw noticed the twitch and sudden rise of Birchpaw's pelt as he replied, "I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just going to check up on my friends." Blackpaw found it hard to hold in the laughter. Whenever it came to Lionpaw, Birchpaw completely lost his calm, cool demeanor. "Just try to go easy on Cloverpaw, she gets the point already." Birchpaw turned back with an empty voice and an icy cold stare. "W h a t?" Blackpaw got up and slowly started to back out of the den. "N-Nothing, nothing at all, just have fun with Lionpaw and Cloverpaw, haha..." he turned around and bolted. "Bye!"
Blackpaw padded out of the den in a haste when he suddenly heard a call.
"Why hello there, Blackpaw. How are you today?"
Blackpaw turned around to see a light brown and white she-cat, Deerstep, GladeClan's medicine cat. Deerstep always had this calming aura around her that made other cats feel right at home, it was surprising that she hadn't ever taken a mate.
"Hey there Deerstep, I'm doing fine thanks. Are you busy right now?"
"Well, Mossfoot says there's something he needs to talk to me about," She continued on in a cheery tone, "I think Swanstep might be having kits soon."
"Are you going to talk to Nightsong about it at your next visit to the Moonstone?" Blackpaw replied.
"Yes, it'll be nice if Fawnstar lets Mossfoot be with Swanstep during these times. You know how queens can get."
Blackpaw always wondered how mates from different clans could manage to deal with not being able to be together all the time. Sure there were gatherings to mingle, and the after gathering mate nights, where mates could spend the rest of the gathering together from dusk until dawn, but it seemed like such a strange choice. Why pick a mate from another clan who you can barely see over a clan cat you can always be near? It just didn't seem that rational to him.
Deerstep broke the silence, "Love is a wonderful thing, Blackpaw, I'm sure one day you'll understand."
Blackpaw sighed. Deerstep never misses a beat...
"I think I'm going to go check on Ripplestar, do you know where she is?"
Deerstep pointed towards a hollowed out tree trunk, the top covered by tree leaves to keep rain from trickling in. "She's most likely thinking about what to say at the gathering and such, Crowfrost is probably in there too."
"Thank you," Blackpaw replied before walking off in the direction of the den.
"Oh, and Blackpaw?"
"Yes?"
"Tell Birchpaw to be more open with Lionpaw, I think he's confusing the poor thing."
Blackpaw let out a mew of laughter, "I'll remember that Deerstep, thanks," and then padded towards the leader's den.
"Mom, you in here?" Blackpaw called out.
A gray and white bob-tailed she-cat came out of the shadows and spoke in a cheery voice.
"Blackpaw! You ready for today or what? Oh, how I've been waiting for this moment for moons!"
A charcoal-colored tom came up from behind and chimed in, "Trust me son when your mother says she's been absolutely ECSTATIC, I can vouch. All I've heard from her these past few moons are 'Oh my kits are growing up so fast!' She's been chewing my ear off about it."
The she-cat turned around smirking, "If I'm correct Crowfrost, dear, just a moment ago you were saying something like 'They're getting so big, I wish they could stay our little kits forever!' You looked as if you were about to wail to StarClan."
Crowfrost hastily responded,
"N-now now c'mon Ripplestar, he doesn't need to hear that!"
Crowfrost crouched down in embarrassment while Ripplestar chuckled.
"Your father and I were discussing what to tell the Clans at the gathering," she continued, "The four Clans, five counting StarClan of course, meeting together under a full moon at the gathering, it's quite exhilarating."
Ripplestar sat down in her nest by Crowfrost, beckoning with her tail for Blackpaw to come closer. Blackpaw sat down obediently. His mother always used to tell stories when he and Birchpaw were kits, about the old tales of ferocious gryphons and phoenixes, who used to fly proudly in the sky over the Clans, to the everyday Clan gossip about the leaders and medicine cats. Ripplestar took a deep breath, and spoke,
"Gladeclan, living in the forest of large trees with StarClan using their green fireflies to watch over us. Snow Clan living in the rough high mountain forests, with the white fireflies of Star Clan watching over them. Cave Clan hiding in their mysterious labyrinth of caverns, with the red fireflies of Star Clan watching them. Then lastly MarshClan living in their wet marshlands with willow trees, watched over by their purple fireflies of StarClan." Ripplestar looked up towards the leaf covered roof of the den,
"All connected by their own respective rivers, leading to the floating island where our gathering is held, and where the mates of all clans spend their nights after the gathering."
Crowfrost intertwined his tail with Ripplestar's, she nodded, and turned to look at Blackpaw, eyes glittering in the darkness, "But above all today I just want you and your brother to have fun, meet new cats, make some friends, and become wonderful warriors. That's all I dream of." Blackpaw could feel his chest getting warmer, he purred back in delight.
"Of course mother, me and Birchpaw are going to try our best to become some of the greatest warriors GladeClan has ever seen."
Ripplestar stared at her son for a few moments, pride shining brilliantly in her eyes, before suddenly getting up and padding toward the exit. "Well now, it should just be about time to go," she turned to look back at Blackpaw. "I do hope you've learned all your techniques? We don't want to make the same mistake Crowfrost did on his first flight." Crowfrost lashed his tail, "It was a windy day, alright?" Ripplestar retorted "If I recall correctly Bramblebriar, Sandpelt, and I all seemed to be doing just splendidly." Crowfrost gave her an embarrassed nudge as Ripplestar went over to talk to the clanmates she'd picked to go to the gathering. Out of the corner of his eye, Blackpaw saw Birchpaw running up with Lionpaw and Cloverpaw close behind him.
"Looks like we made it back just in time huh?"
Blackpaw replied, "Yes, were you guys practicing?"
Lionpaw chirped in, "Well we don't want to mess up our most important flight, we've been training for this ever since we came out of the nursery."
He turned his light gaze toward Birchpaw.
"Birchpaw has been doing especially well, you could even say he has a gift."
Birchpaw's pelt rose into the air, as he stood frozen for a few seconds. Blackpaw noticed Cloverpaw trying desperately to hold in her laughter at the scene unfolding before her. Blackpaw sighed, for StarClan's sake these cats need to get together already, it's not like anyone's stopping them. He thought.
"...Thanks.."Birchpaw finally managed to speak, albeit he was looking down at the ground. Lionpaw just nodded and stared back at Birchpaw, Blackpaw saw a hint of adoration as he gazed at the tom. Ripplestar's voice resounded in the clearing, "Time to go!" the cats huddled close and got into small crouching positions, eyes to the sky. Out of nowhere, a sudden burst of energy exploded and appeared around the cats. The energy manifested into the shape of wings, not bird wings though, they were light and pale, mimicking the color of a cat's pelt, only it was as if the wings were spiritual, see through even. Cloverpaw called up from the sky, her wings flapping in the air, "Come on Blackpaw we're leaving!" Today's the day, where it all begins. With that thought, Blackpaw got into a crouch, and leaped into the air. With his wings exposed, he flew toward the main island, eagerly awaiting what was to come.