Hey! First chapter of Heart of Fire 'A Dangerous Path' I hope that you like the finally instalment of the first series! After this I will then do 'Firestar's quest' then back onto 'Daughter of Fire and Tiger' Well, I hope you enjoy! Also, poll is still up! So, vote!
(also have you realized I never gave Tigerstar a life for love? Wanna know why? Cause he already experienced love with Fireheart and his kits. He knows what love is, so really he doesn't need a life for love!)
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Allegiance
Leader Firestar- pretty ginger she-cat with jade green eyes.
Apprentice, Fernpaw
Deputy Whitestorm-big white tom.
Medicine cat Spottedleaf- beautiful dark tortoiseshell she-cat with distinctive dappled coat.
Apprentice, Mothpaw- dark golden dappled she-cat with rippling tabby stripes.
Warriors
Darkstripe-sleek black-and-gray tabby tom.
Longtail-pale tabby tom, dark black stripes.
Mousefur-small dusky-brown she-cat.
Brackenfur-golden-brown tabby tom.
Swifttail-black-and-white tom.
Apprentice, Spottedpaw.
Dustpelt-dark brown tabby tom.
Apprentice, Ashpaw.
Sandstorm-pale ginger she-cat.
Apprentice, Squirrelpaw.
Graystripe-long-haired gray tom.
Frostfur-beautiful white she-cat, blue eyes.
Goldenflower-pale ginger she-cat.
Cloudtail-long-haired white tom.
Cinderpelt-dark gray she-cat.
Apprentice, Leafpaw.
Thornclaw-golden-brown tabby tom.
Brightheart- white she-cat, with ginger splotches.
Apprentice, Bramblepaw.
Apprentices
Fernpaw-pale gray with darker flecks, she-cat, pale green eyes.
Ashpaw-pale gray with darker flecks, tom, dark blue eyes.
Bramblepaw-dark brown tabby tom, amber eyes.
Leafpaw-light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes and white paws.
Squirrelpaw-dark ginger she-cat with green eyes.
Spottedpaw-dark ginger she-cat, with amber eyes.
Queens
Goldenflower-pale ginger she-cat. (Adopting mother of Sorrelkit, Rainkit and Sootkit)
Elders
One-eye-pale gray she-cat, the oldest cat in ThunderClan, virtually blind and deaf.
Smallear-gray tom with very small ears, the oldest tom in ThunderClan.
Dappletail-once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat, lovely dappled coat.
Speckletail-pale tabby, and the oldest nursery queen.
ShadowClan
Leader Tigerstar-big dark brown tabby tom, unusually long front claws, formerly of ThunderClan.
Deputy- Blackfoot-large white tom, huge jet black paws, formerly a rogue cat.
Apprentice, Hawkpaw.
Medicine cat Runningnose-small gray-and-white tom.
Apprentice, Littlecloud.
Warriors
Oakfur-small brown tom.
Apprentice, Tawnypaw.
Boulder-skinny gray tom, formerly a rogue cat.
Russetfur-dark ginger she-cat, formerly a rogue cat.
Apprentice, Cedarpaw
Jaggedtooth-huge tabby tom, formerly a rogue cat.
Apprentice, Rowanpaw.
Queens
Tallypoppy-long-legged light brown tabby she-cat.
WindClan
Leader Tallstar-black-and-white tom, very long tail.
Deputy Deadfoot-black tom with twisted paw.
Medicine cat Barkface-short-tailed brown tom.
Warriors
Mudclaw-mottled dark brown tom.
Webfoot-dark gray tabby tom.
Tornear-tabby tom.
Onewhisker-brown tabby tom.
Apprentice, Gorsepaw.
Runningbrook-light gray tabby she-cat.
Queens
Ashfoot-gray she-cat.
Morningflower-tortoiseshell she-cat.
Whitetail-small white she-cat.
RiverClan
Leader Leopardstar-unusually spotted golden tabby she-cat.
Deputy Stonefur-gray tom, battle-scarred ears.
Apprentice, Stormpaw.
Medicine cat Mudfur-long-haired light brown tom.
Apprentice, Mosspaw.
Warriors
Blackclaw-smoky black tom.
Heavystep-thickset tabby tom.
Apprentice, Dawnpaw.
Shadepelt-very dark gray she-cat.
Mistyfoot-dark gray she-cat, blue eyes.
Apprentice, Featherpaw.
Loudbelly-dark brown tom.
Queens
Greenflower-tabby she-cat.
BloodClan
Leader small black tom with one white paw.
Deputy Bone-massive black-and-white tom.
Warriors
Viper- calico she-cat, with white, black and dark ginger splotches all over her body. Unusual striped tail mix of ginger and black, and pale green eyes. (Also goes by Vixen)
Cats outside Clans
Barley-black-and-white tom that lives on a farm close to the forest.
Ravenpaw-sleek black cat that lives on the farm with Barley.
Princess-light brown tabby, distinctive white chest and paws, a kittypet.
Smudge-plump, friendly black-and-white kittypet that lives in a house at the edge of the forest.
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Rain fell steadily, drumming on the hard black Thunderpath that led between unending rows of stone Twoleg nests. From time to time a monster snarled paws, its eyes glaring, and a single Twoleg scurried along, huddled into its shiny pelt.
A silent figure slipped silently around the corner, keeping close to the walls where the shadows were deepest. A calico she-cat padded quickly and cautiously, her whiskers twitching unconsciously as if to shake away the water that consistently pools onto their silver lengths. Making them hang down, weighted by water. Her strangely mixed tail of black and ginger flicked back and forth nervously, but her pale green eyes were narrowed with determination and silent resolve.
Her fur was slicked tightly to her body, making a chill run through her. She didn't want to be out in this weather, out in the cold. But she had somewhere important to be, and had news that could solve problems in Twoleg place. A monster blared passed, momentarily blinding her, but blinking rapidly. Quickened her pace. Everything about Twoleg place, when once-upon-a-time seemed filled with color and light and happiness, now just stank of rotting Twoleg rubbish, cold hard concrete under paw that provided no warmth and scrapped her paws raw, the nacreous fumes that invaded her senses that came from the dangerous monsters that keep flashing by. And heartless Twolegs that threw you aside like a dead rat.
Her narrowed pale green eyes scanned around herself before bolting across an open space reeking of Twoleg monsters, where a swirl of color from unnatural orange lights floated on the puddles. She stopped to control her racing heart for a moment, before masking her face with interference. Calmly with her head held high she slipped into a narrow alley, she didn't stop to think about digging through the Twoleg's garbage for food at the moment. She already knew that there wasn't anything to find, not yet! She thought. Her fur wanting to bristle in delight, but due to it being wet, unable.
"Who goes there?" The she-cat looked up to see a broad-shouldered black and white cat step out of the shadows. Strong muscles were outlined under fur plastered to his body by the rain.
"Only me, Bone," the she-cat replied, taking a pace forward as Bone regarded her.
"Viper?" the black-and-white cat narrowed his eyes and was silent for a few moments. "Haven't seen you in a few days."
"I've been around," the she-cat replied, flicking her tail behind her with impatience. "I have some information that Scourge might like to hear."
"And what's that?" Bone questioned, not moving as the calico she-cat advanced.
"It's for Scourge to hear, so let me see him." Viper snapped, her patience running thin. She was hungry, cold and admittedly, lonely.
"Fine," Bone said, his voice lowered into a low rumble as he signaled with his tail for her to follow. "Though Scourge wouldn't be too pleased that you've been gone for so long." Viper followed after him closely, suddenly unsure if she should really be there.
"I'm sure Scourge will like what I have to report," Viper assured him, ignoring Bone's green eyes flicker behind his shoulders at her. Viper concentrated on walking, ignoring the murmurs of skinny cats who were slinking behind piles of rubbish, eyes gleaming as they followed the progress of the two cats. Some knew who she was, having come here to see Scourge more than once. But non approached her to talk directly.
A wall blocked the end of the alley. And Viper noted as she had done in the past, how eerily scary it was. Not just from the darkness, but what could be in the darkness. Or who. She thought, her eyes instantly going to a small black cat, who was crouching in a shadowy doorway. For a moment she freezed, eyes connecting to ice-blue ones that could freeze all of Twoleg place over and strike fear in every stray hearts if found on the receiving end of his punishments...were now solely on her.
"Viper," Scourge's voice made a brittled, high-pitched sound, like the splintering of ice. "It's been a while, what do I owe the pleasure of you coming back around?"
"Yes, it's been awhile, Scourge," Viper agreed, padding forward to come sit in front of the jet black tom. Her tail curling around her paws. "I've been...away, finding new pickings and things. Living in Twoleg place makes you stray farther to find edible food and-"
"Is that all?" Scourge interrupted with a flick of his tail, unamusement in his ice-blue gaze. "Or is it something else?"
Viper wanted to reveal everything to him, her fears, her longings, her roots, her hopes and dreams the parts of her life that she cherished as a housecat and her times spent with BloodClan and him. And what she desperately was trying to hide from him, the secret she wasn't sure how he would react too. But she held all that in, instead speaking the reason she was there. "There is unrest in Twoleg place," she meowed, voice steady as the ice-blue eyes of BloodClan's leader narrowed.
"What with the Twolegs recent traps to catch cats, and taking them away. Along with territorial problems and lack of food in Twolegplace will cause fighting amongst ourselves." Viper listed. Voice steady as she made a report. "Already there is talk about your leadership."
"Is there?" Scourge's voice was ice-chipped and cold to the ears. It sent tingles of fear down her spine at how angry he was becoming, but it would be worth it in the end. It has too.
"Yes, cats are going hungry and talks amongst other strays are circulating, we need to do something." Viper meowed strongly, claws digging painfully into the hard stones underneath her paws.
"And just what do you suppose we do?" Bone growled from where he sat beside Scourge.
Viper's eyes gleamed at the smallest cat out of the three. "I know where we can find more food, lots of it, where there are no Twolegs to avoid, and where monsters won't dare follow-" Bone and Scourge shared and interested look, before Scourge's penetrating Ice chilled eyes connected once more with her own.
"I'm listening."
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Okay, maybe this is a really short chapter. Well, more like a prolog of what's to come! XD so here is a little teaser and a Merry Christmas to all of my fans and please you all that need the love! Keep an eye out for a new chapter later on! And once again, Merry Christmas and a happy new year!