Shadeclan
Leader: Fernstar- brown and gray tabby she-cat with a white chest and green eyes
Deputy: Featherclaw- white and gray tom with blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Cedarsong- gray and tan tabby tom with green eyes
Warriors:
Brownleaf- brown tabby tom with green eyes
Apprentice: Stonepaw
Gladeheart- silver tom with black spots and amber eyes
Applecloud- brown she-cat with leaf green eyes
Blossomclaw- gray and white tom with black paws and amber eyes
Apprentice: Ivypaw
Floodswirl- brownish gray tom with blue eyes
Apprentice: Flypaw
Emberbounce- ginger and brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Foxpaw
Apprentices:
Foxpaw- reddish tabby tom with green eyes
Stonepaw- gray she-cat with blue eyes
Ivypaw- white tom with piercing amber eyes
Flypaw- gray tom with blue eyes
Queens:
Sandyleaf- tan she cat with blue eyes
Kits: Bouncekit, Cloverkit, and Flarekit
Deerbounce- tan and white tabby she-cat with green eyes
Kits: Forestkit and Originkit
Elders:
Dropletwish- black she-cat with blue eyes
Roseheart- red and brown tabby she-cat with green eyes
Blackflame- black tom with amber eyes
Kits:
Bouncekit- brown tom with amber eyes
Cloverkit- tan she-cat with green eyes
Flarekit- ginger tom with amber eyes
Forestkit- brown and gray tabby tom with deep green eyes
Originkit- black tom with white paws and chest; blue eyes
Sunclan
Leader: Shardstar- white tom with swirls of brown fur; amber eyes
Deputy: Bubblefall- white-gray she-cat with blue eyes and a plumlike tail
Apprentice: Snowpaw
Medicine Cat: Turtlespot- light brown tabby tom with blue eyes
Warriors:
Honeycloud- brown and tan tom with white paws; amber eyes
Yellowheart- gray and tan she-cat with amber eyes
Bloomlight- white she-cat with ginger patches and blue eyes
Gorsetail- gray tom with long fur and amber eyes
Apprentice: Sweetpaw
Vineclaw- brown tabby tom with black ears and blue eyes
Willowbird- gray she-cat with green eyes
Jaggedfang- black tom with piercing amber eyes
Apprentice: Waterpaw
Apprentices:
Sweetpaw- white she-cat with ginger and brown patches; blue eyes
Waterpaw- dark, almost blue, tom with blue eyes
Snowpaw- white tom with green eyes
Queens:
Silverheart- silver tabby with blue eyes
Kits: Cometkit and Birchkit
Elders:
Squirreltail- brown and ginger she-cat with amber eyes
Wolfflight- gray wolf-colored tom with blue eyes
Silverleaf- silver tabby she-cat with a white chest and green eyes
Kits:
Cometkit- white she-cat with black and ginger patches of fur; forest green eyes
Birchkit- light brown tom with green eyes
Streamclan
Leader: Sparkstar- gray tom with yellow eyes
Deputy: Mousefang- dusty brown tom with blue eyes
Apprentice: Scorchpaw
Medicine Cat: Glowshine- young white she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice: Rosepaw
Warriors:
Bitterclaw- dark gray tom with green eyes
Apprentice: Lilypaw
Drizzletail- bluish- gray she-cat with gray eyes
Breezelight- tortoiseshell she-cat with a white belly; yellow eyes
Apprentice: Reedpaw
Grassfeather- light brown tom with green eyes
Brightflame- black and white she-cat with green eyes
Darkdove- black tom with gray eyes
Sweetbramble- gold she-cat with amber eyes; Darkdove's sister
Apprentices:
Rosepaw- brown and red tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes; Medicine Cat apprentice
Lilypaw- gray and white she-cat with blue eyes
Scorchpaw- black she-cat with fiery amber eyes
Reedpaw- black tom with a brown tail tip; blue eyes
Queens:
Blizzardthistle- silver she-cat with amber eyes
Kits: Thistlekit, Bramblekit, and Thornkit
Rainyflame- dark gray-blue she-cat with green eyes
Kits: Nettlekit and Echokit
Elders:
Murkystorm- once powerful black tom with amber eyes
Stonepelt- brown and black tabby tom with amber eyes
Runningwater- small and frail she-cat with gray tabby fur and green eyes
Kits:
Thistlekit- gray tom with long fur and amber eyes
Bramblekit- gold tom with gray eyes
Thornkit- black tom with a gray tail tip; amber eyes
Nettlekit- dark gray tom with lighter gray paws and green eyes
Echokit- light, dusty brown she-cat with gray eyes
Prologue
A silver she-cat sat under the full moon on a small rock that overlooked a river. The leaves above her swayed gently as a warm, green-leaf breeze drifted through them. The silver cat was staring at the moon, a misty look in her gray eyes. The bushes behind her rustled and a bright orange tom stepped out of the shadows, his ice-blue eyes bright in the moonlight. He slowly approached the she-cat, taking each step as if afraid the ground would crack underneath his paws. The silver tabby didn't seem to notice; however, she continued staring at the moon as if in a trance. When the fiery tom was right behind the she-cat, he paused, as if uncertain, and then padded up to the she-cat's side.
"Silverstem?" he murmured, looking concerned. "What are you doing here? You should be in your den resting, there is still so much to do."
Silverstem blinked very slowly, and turned to the orange tom, sadness glowing in her gray eyes. "I know," she sighed, "I've just been thinking of everything we left behind. I'm not the only one." She turned back toward the moon. "Tonight is the first full moon since we left the clans. We all left something behind… Sunpelt left Darkshine to raise their kits alone and Streamsong left her mate." At this point the young tabby closed her eyes as if recalling a painful memory. " I left Littlestorm to fend for himself. How could I do that to my brother!? My only family! Sometimes I almost regret coming." Silverstem opened her eyes, now bright with determination, and continued gazing at the moon. "But then I remember why I came. The destiny Starclan sent to me, Sunpelt, Streamsong, and Shadestorm. The one that Littlestorm wasn't part of…" Unable to continue, Silverstem looked straight into the orange cat's eyes. "You're going to be a great deputy, Flamewhisker. I told everybody early this morning, as you know. We will rule together, side by side, until Starclan comes to claim us." With that, Silverstem sighed and resumed gazing at the moon.
Flamewhisker slowly stood up. His ice-cold eyes gleaming like fire in the night. "Such a pretty dream," he hissed "that is what Starclan sends after all, right? Dreams?"
Silverstem got to her paws in surprise. "Dreams? Of course Starclan sends dreams. What do you mean, Flamewhisker?"
"Dreams," the tom hissed "dreams, hopes, desires. That doesn't necessarily make it true." He took a step towards the flabbergasted she-cat. " Do you know how hard I worked to become Splashstar's deputy? I worked for moons on end earning his trust, and when the post finally opened, guess who was rewarded?" He paused dramatically "Only the youngest, most inexperienced warrior in the entire clan!"
Silverstem still looked confused. " I'm sorry, Flamewhisker," she said carefully "that is exactly why I chose you for my deputy. Everyone in the clan took notice of your actions, but it was Splashstar who made the final decision."
Flamewhisker shook his head. "You don't get it do you? Deputy wasn't my aim, leader was! Splashstar was on his last life!" He bared his fangs cruelly. "Which is why I came here. Splashstar is bent on preventing me from becoming deputy, there is no hope there. I would have an easier time taking care of a weakling like you!"
"Do you think I would go without a struggle?" Silverstem spat, finally accepting that she would have to fight her way out. "I can still fight!"
"Except that I won't be fighting you, I know you can't swim." With that final remark, Flamewhisker crashed into Silverstem. The silver tabby attempted to dodge, but Flamewhisker was too quick. He flung her away over the rock and into the river below. That wasn't even as hard as I thought it would be! the tom thought as he watched the silver cat's form slowly disappear under the water and into the fast moving current. Not even waiting to see if he succeeded, the orange tom padded back into the forest, his brown tail tip held high in the air.