WillowClan:
Leader: Silverstar- Pretty silver tabby with kind blue eyes (Reedpaw)
Deputy: Gatorheart- dark solid gray tom with broad shoulders and amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Swiftbreeze- Slender tan tabby she-cat with green eyes
Warriors:
Littlestep- Petite light gray she-cat with blue eyes and a black tipped tail
Eagleswoop- Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes, Swiftbreeze's and Marshwhisper's brother
Swamptail- Heavy footed black tom with green eyes
Scorchblaze- Golden tabby she-cat with glowing amber eyes
Marshwhisper- Tan tabby tom with green eyes, Eagleswoop's and Swiftbreeze's brother
Deepstream- Light silver she-cat with blue eyes, Silverstar's sister, Reedpaw's and Troutpaw's mother
Volepelt- Brown tom with green eyes (Troutpaw)
Lionclaw- Handsome golden tabby tom with green eyes, Reedpaw's and Troutpaw's father
Shadespot- White tom with a faint gray patch on his hind leg and blue eyes.
Rosefur- Reddish cream colored she cat with green eyes and a fluffy tail
Muddywater- Brown tabby tom with blue eyes and a white tipped tail
Grovetangle- Long furred gray tabby tom with blue eyes, brother of Roughpelt
Queens:
Brookfur- Light brown she-cat with green eyes, mother of Owlkit, Specklekit, Bravekit, and Curvedkit
Roughpelt- Wiry gray she-cat with blue eyes and a constantly tangled tail, mother of Willowkit and Cypresskit.
KITS:
Owlkit- pretty light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Bravekit- Ginger she-cat with green eyes
Specklekit- Dark gray she-cat with green eyes
Curvedkit- Broad shouldered dark gray tom with amber eyes
Willowkit- Pale gray she-cat with blue eyes
Cypresskit- Handsome gray tom with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Reedpaw- Ginger tom with green eyes and webbed paws, brother of Reedpaw
Troutpaw- Gray tabby tom with green eyes and webbed paws, brother of Reedpaw
Elders:
Rainfur- Elderly gray she-cat with stormy blue eyes
Tangleclaw- Elderly smoke gray tom with sleek fur and blue eyes
HollowClan:
Leader: Buzzardstar- rough gray tom with ragged fur
Deputy: Clearwater- Pretty white she cat with green eyes
Medicine Cat: Hailstorm- Light gray tom with blue eyes (Honeypaw)
Warriors:
Fishtail- Sleek gray tom with amber eyes
Viperfang- Dark brown tom with amber eyes
Skyview- Light gray she-cat with blue eyes
Yellowfur- Tan she-cat with green eyes (Snakepaw)
Foxpelt- Russet tom with green eyes
RippleClan:
Leader: Turtlestar- gray she-cat with stormy blue eyes
Deputy: Featherpool- White she-cat with blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Berrylight- Cream she-cat with blue eyes (Brownnose)
Warriors:
Windpelt- Wiry tom with amber eyes (Sharppaw)
Frogleap- Sleek gray she-cat with blue eyes
Gingerflame- Flame pelted she-cat with amber eyes
Nightgleam- Black tom with haunting green eyes
Prologue:
"Get out of here! Don't you know that this is RippleClan territory, Silverstar! Take your filthy patrol and get out!" A black tom snarled, his pelt bristling in defense. The silver she-cat looked angrily at the tom. "Reedpaw just got a little bit ahead of himself! We'll leave." She hissed, defending her apprentice, who cowered behind his leader and mentor.
A pair of eyes watched the five cats. Hungry, amber, predatory, reptilian eyes watched them from a close proximity. "Right, right, your apprentice just happened to set paw in my territory?" The tom challenged, his tail beckoning the she-cat to start the fight.
Reedpaw looked guiltily at the jet black tom cat. The predator began to slither closely, small but long ripples echoing in its wake. The groups of cats stood oblivious to the silent predator. A ginger she cat snickered, "yeah, some apprentice you've got there, can't even smell a boundary." "Yeah do you cats really smell so bad that your apprentices lose their sense of smell?" A sleek gray she-cat chimed in.
Reedpaw sunk lower into the marsh grasses, kneading the soft mud beneath them nervously with his paws. The silver she-cat glared defensively at the trio, her lips peeled back into a snarl as she prepared to lunge. The reptilian predator opened its gaping jaws, yellowed and pearl white fangs glistening in the dim light.
Reedpaw was the first to spot it. "Gator!" He cried, bolting away from the water's edge.
The RippleClan cats' eyes widened in horror and sprinted toward the young tom. The silver she cat however, was too slow to realize the killer. The alligator gripped the beautiful she-cat in its jaws, dragging the cat into the murky depths never to be seen again.
"SILVERSTAR!" Reedpaw shrieked, eyes wide with horror as the little air bubbles that signified life stopped, a small area of the lake tinted red. The sleek gray she-cat had to hold him back from racing to his death to rescue his doomed leader. Even the snarky black tom looked sympathetic. "Not even StarClan can bring back a cat that has fallen prey to a gator." He murmured, backing away from the lake. The ginger she-cat nodded solemnly in agreement.
"No one can bring back a cat after… after that."