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Allegiances
BerryClan
Leader: Hawkstar—dark brown tabby tom with white stockings, a fluffy tail, and green eyes
Deputy: Ashstorm—soot grey she-cat with bright amber eyes and white tabby markings
Apprentice: Badgerpaw
Medicine Cat: Pinewhisker—black she-cat with dark brown stripes down her back and deep blue eyes
Apprentice: Skypaw
Warriors:
Ravenbreeze—dark grey she-cat with black paws and dark brown eyes
Goldenlight—golden tabby tom with brown markings around his face and light brown eyes
Snakeclaw—dark black tom with longer claws than most and deep amber eyes
Apprentice: Snowypaw
Turtlepelt—tortoiseshell she-cat with bright green eyes
Juniperstorm—white tom with brown tabby markings and bright amber eyes
Leafwillow—white-and-brown tabby she-cat with pale amber eyes
Apprentice: Mistypaw
Shrewfang—dusty brown tom with pale green eyes
Apprentices:
Snowypaw—pure white she-cat with long, soft fur, a bushy tail, and soft amber eyes
Mentor: Snakeclaw
Badgerpaw—black and white tom with pale blue eyes
Mentor: Ashstorm
Mistypaw—blue-grey she-cat with black paws and bright blue eyes
Mentor: Leafwillow
Skypaw—light blue-silver tom with a black tipped tail and deep blue eyes
Mentor: Pinewhisker
Queens:
Scarletstreak—russet she-cat with a white-tipped tail and deep blue eyes, nursing Juniperstorm's kits, Owlkit (white-and-russet she-kit with bright green eyes), Falconkit (light brown tom with one bent ear and light blue eyes), and Shimmerkit (undersized white she-kit with one blue eye and one green)
Elders:
Bluefoot—dark blue-grey she-cat with grey paws and tired amber eyes
Shadowheart—black tom with ruffled fur and blue eyes
PondClan
Leader: Whitestar—pure white she-cat with light green eyes and brown paws
Deputy: Frostclaw—silver tom with black markings on his face and tail, and dark blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Yellowfur—a golden-pelted tom with brown tipped fur and deep brown eyes
Warriors:
Poppyheart—russet she-cat with lively sky blue eyes
Flamewhisker—orange and white tabby tom with dark brown eyes
Apprentice: Maplepaw
Squirrelcloud—dusty brown and ginger she-cat with amber eyes
Mousenose—brown tom with ruffled fur and bright blue eyes
Stormfang—grey she-cat
Apprentice: Oakpaw
Birchcloud—dusty brown tom
Apprentices:
Oakpaw—brown tom
Mentor: Stormfang
Maplepaw—ginger-and-brown she-cat
Mentor: Flamewhisker
Queens:
Greymoon—light silver she-cat, expecting Birchcloud's kits
Elders:
Hailstreak—silver-and-grey tom
GrassClan
Leader: Nightstar—black tom with pure brown eyes
Deputy: Skunkstripe—black and white she-cat with bright blue eyes and a very bushy tail
Medicine Cat: Flowertail—black and ginger she-cat
Apprentice: Wolfpaw
Warriors:
Icysky—pure white she-cat
Apprentice: Midnightpaw
Cindertail—dark grey tom
Runningwhisker—dusty brown tom
Foggygaze—blue-grey she-cat
Petalbreeze—light ginger-and-grey she-cat
Apprentices:
Wolfpaw—dark brown tabby she-cat
Mentor: Flowertail
Midnightpaw—black-and-grey tom
Mentor: Icysky
Queens:
Applewhisker—tortoiseshell she-cat with a long bushy tail, nursing Cindertail's kit, Tabbykit (very odd and rare tortoiseshell tom with blue eyes)
Elders:
Silverwillow—old grey she-cat, deaf in one ear
Cats Outside the Clans
Navy—a dark blue-grey tom with shining green eyes and very short fur
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-One-
Troublesome
The night was as dark as shadows, many of which swamped the place. The moon twinkled eerily in the night sky, the only bright beacon among a clearing of gloom. Not even the warriors of StarClan had emerged on this night. All was tense and quiet, and nothing could be heard except fast moving pawsteps and a cat panting heavily in fear.
A black she-cat erupted into the clearing, her deep blue eyes panicked and pupils shrunk with fear as she ran in place, moonlight glimmering over the large brown stripes arching across her back. She looked back worriedly, as if something had been chasing her, and when it seemed nothing was, her paws stopped moving, she breathed a sigh of relief, and rested her head down on her paws, still breathing harshly.
"Pinewhisker."
The she-cat's ears pricked upon hearing her name, and she looked up with a wary cautiousness in her eyes. "Who's there?" she called out in a soft, melodic voice that didn't seem to match her gruff-looking appearance.
A golden tom with brown-tipped fur and green eyes padded out of the forest and looked around, scenting the air. His voice, lighter than most toms', almost sounded like he was an apprentice rather than a kit. Pinewhisker seemed to relax when she saw him.
"Oh, Yellowfur, it's you. Good, and for a minute there I was afraid you were…" The black she-cat shuddered and turned away. "I'd rather not think about it."
"Were you being chased?" the PondClan medicine cat asked solemnly, leaning down and looking directly into the other's deep blue eyes. "Were you being chased by a horrible creature that looked as if it was a giant badger that was a dark navy blue color?"
Pinewhisker's heart began to beat faster as she remembered the vicious beast. "Yes," she gasped. "Yes, that was it exactly? Did you see it? Did it…bite you?" She held out one of her forepaws to reveal scarlet blood trickling down the pad. Yellowfur's green eyes swept it, but he slowly shook his head.
"No, I saw it lumbering about. It looked as if it was chasing something. It must have been you." The PondClan medicine cat looked up at the stars and shook his head. "This is a half-moon night. Why have our ancestors not visited us, but sent this beast instead? Why are we sharing a dream instead of having two separate ones?" The golden tom hissed and shook his head from side to side. "So many questions…"
"But so few answers," Pinewhisker sympathized, her dark blue eyes reflecting the half-moon above them. "You feel the same way I do, Yellowfur. What does it all mean? And where is Flowertail?"
Yellowfur snorted. "GrassClan—and their medicine cat with them—have always been solitary. Even if she saw us right now, was watching us, possibly…she wouldn't come out." The golden tom lay down and sighed. "Well, until we wake up, we can make small talk. Keep our minds off of…that thing."
Pinewhisker nodded, her ebony pelt blending in perfectly with her surroundings. "Ashstorm had one kit earlier," she murmured. "The little princess of our Clan, Snowykit."
"Princess? Why do you call her that?" Yellowfur asked curiously, tapping his paw against the ground nervously as he looked about him for any sign of the horrible beast that both the medicine cats had seen.
"Her father is Hawkstar—her mother Ashstorm," the black she-cat said, referring to her Clan's leader and deputy. "The whole Clan thinks she'll follow in the pawsteps of her parents and be the next leader of BerryClan. Personally I think she's a little rambunctious for the role of leader, and too quick to do things, but that's just me…"
Suddenly Pinewhisker's eyes widened and the fur on her back spiked up. Her deep blue eyes flashed a bright crimson red, and then she collapsed to the ground. Yellowfur gasped and staggered to his paws, prodding her gently.
"Pinewhisker? Pinewhisker, what's happened? Wake up!"
However much he pushed her, the BerryClan cat wouldn't awake—and then the tom heard it—loud pawsteps trampling through the forest, loud enough to wake any cat from there to the Dark Forest. His green eyes widened when he realized that it was the monster.
"Pinewhisker, it's back!" he begged, nudging her with his nose. "Wake up!" When she still did not awake, the tom began to lick her, hoping the moisture would sink in and wake her up. He licked her cheeks, her muzzle, and even once on the tip of her nose, around her eyes, anywhere, anywhere that might wake her up. With every lick he took, the monster got closer. He couldn't let it hurt this defenseless she-cat. He couldn't.
Yellowfur curled up protectively over Pinewhisker's limp body and hissed. "Y-you won't kill any cat tonight!" he yowled, trying to sound brave but probably sounding stupid. "Not me, not Pinewhisker!"
Her fur was so, so warm…it felt oh so good…Yellowfur had to stop himself from swooning and dug his claws into the dirt. He had to stay strong, for his fellow medicine cat's sake. He bared his teeth but didn't feel as strong as he was sure he looked.
And then they both woke up.
. . .
"You two, you both look like you wandered through the Dark Forest instead of StarClan—now get up, you lazy mice! Get up!" the black and ginger she-cat known as the medicine cat of GrassClan, Flowertail, hissed, prodding Yellowfur with one furry paw. He looked up at her shakily, and gasped with relief when he saw Pinewhisker's dark blue eyes flutter open.
"You're alright?" he asked her quietly. She looked at him queerly.
"Was I ever not alright? All I know was we were talking in the clearing, and then…" Pinewhisker's eyes widened and she hunched into a ball, curling up and shivering all over. "I heard a voice…oh Yellowfur, it was a horrible, raspy voice and sounded as if it it had come from the Dark Forest itself!"
"What did it say?" he asked her tensely, leaning down so that they were nose-to-nose. "What did it tell you?"
Pinewhisker looked him straight in the eye. "It told me that the princess will choose one of the monstrous three, but her choice or rejections will…" she shivered and looked down. "…will destroy all and thee."
"Was there more?" Yellowfur asked anxiously, putting his paw over Pinewhisker's and looking at her comfortingly—or at least what he hoped was comfortingly.
"Yes…" she murmured. "Yes…but I don't know what else it was. It'll come to me…but do you know what this means, Yellowfur?" She looked at him dead on, dark blue clashing light green. "It means that Snowykit will have the power to destroy…everybody."
AN: Okay, so this is going to be fun. To clarify things, this is all one book, Princess of her Clan, but it's split into three parts: Troublesome, The Monsterous Choice, and The Power to Destroy them All. Each book will be split into very, very short chapters, and will start with updated allegiances and a prologue that isn't called a prologue but is one. I hope you enjoy (and don't get confused!)