Burning Roses, Silver Thorns
Summary: Sequel to Every Rose Has Its Thorns! EVERYONE say 'yay! It's been like 24 hours since the last chapter of Every Rose Has Its Thorns!' Now, what will happen in this piece of the chronical - generations before One-eye even mewls for milk? Rosethorn learns evem ,pre of Thorntail's dark and violent past..and truthfully, she doesn't like what she sees. Though, Rosethorn isn't the only one finding things out about her mate, as Thorntail finally figures out, once and for all, why StarClan has rejected Rosethorn, and refuses to speak to her. And the ominous prophecy Ebonypaw had been given from StarClan…suddenly takes shape, in the span of just a few dawns…
Disclaimer - This is a fanfiction of the WARRIORS series by Erin Hunter (that happens to be why it is in the WARRIORS Fanfiction section, thank you very much. ) And it is also inspired by one of my favorite writer's (Fuyumi Soryo) stories - called MARS. Both fantastic writers deserve credit for inspiring this fic! (And you know what, so does V.C Andrews, because...she's awesome.)
Extra note on allegiances: You'll notice that RiverClan and ShadowClan are the largest Clans, with ThunderClan only having seven warriors...and WindClan only having three (that are mentioned.) Please remember that a lot of ThunderClan warriors betrayed the Clan, are were killed after the mass coup, and WindClan has been going through some troubles! Just thought I should remind you all...
ThunderClan
Leader: Streamstar
Pretty White She-cat with Blue eyes
Deputy: Sandpelt
Pale, ginger she-cat
Mate: Swiftfoot
Kits: Tiberkit, Robinkit
Medicine Cat: Rosethorn
Ginger She-cat with Blue Eyes
Apprentice: Ebonypaw
Mate (forbidden) - Thorntail
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits, in order of seniority)
Flowertail
Pretty tabby
Mate: Shrewtail
Shrewtail
Light gray tom with dark brown eyes
Apprentice: Onepaw
Mate: Flowertail
Badgerclaw
Big, black and white tom with a narrow muzzle
Apprentice: Beakpaw
Icepelt
Blue-gray she-cat
Apprentice: Aquapaw
Blackshadow
Smoky-black tom
Mate (private): Applefur
Apprentice: Morningpaw
Thorntail
Light gray tom with sapphire eyes
Mate (forbidden) - Rosethorn
Apprentice – Silverpaw
Twilightfur
Blue-gray she-cat, with piercing blue eyes. Formerly of ShadowClan.
Queens (she-cats expecting or nursing kits)
Applefur
Ginger she-cat
Mate (private) : Blackshadow
Kits: Blazekit, Baykit, Petalkit, Nightkit
Kits (Mother, Deceased Spottedlight/star) : Hollowkit, Iriskit
Dusktail
Black she-cat with a golden underbelly
Mate (deceased) : Shadowfire
Kits: Bramblekit, Cloverkit
Kits (mother, unknown) Gingerkit
Sandpelt (Deputy)
Pale ginger she-cat
Mate: Swiftfoot
Kits: Tiberkit, Robinkit
Apprentices (more thn six moons old, in training to become warriors or medicine cat.)
Ebonypaw
Black she-cat with pale green eyes - Mentor, Rosethorn
Onepaw
Brown tabby tom - Mentor, Shrewtail
Aquapaw
Blue-gray she-cat with silver tinged around her muzzle and green eyes - Mentor, Icepelt
Beakpaw
Tan tabby tom - Mentor, Badgerclaw
Morningpaw
Tortoise-shell she-cat - Mentor, Blackshadow
Silverpaw
Feminine-looking silver tom with leaf-green eyes, formerly of ShadowClan - Mentor, Thorntail
Elders (former warriors and queens, now retired.)
Swiftfoot
Still young dark tabby tom with amber eyes; former deputy of ThunderClan, retired early due to injuries
Mate: Sandpelt
ShadowClan
Leader: Smokestar
Light gray tom with pale green eyes
Deputy: Ravenfeather
Black she-cat with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Shadedhope
Old gray she-cat.
Apprentice: Rockyheart
Dark ginger tabby she-cat
Warriors
Whitesky
Light gray she-cat
Apprentice: Lakepaw
Swamptail
Dark brown tabby tom
Apprentice: Marshpaw
Flyingeagle
Big dark brown tabby tom with a white underbelly. Pale blue eyes
Foxheart
Handsome ginger tom with green eyes
Spruceleaf
Black tabby with a white chest and tail-tip. Yellow eyes.
Nightstorm
Black she-cat with a single white paw. Pale green eyes.
Stormpool
Silver she-cat
Apprentice: Shimmerpaw
Lightfoot
Dusky black-and-tan she-cat
Apprentice: Cinderpaw
Toadfur
Black tom
Apprentice: Steampaw
Deadgrass
Short haired tan tabby tom
Onyxpelt
Jet black tomcat
Stripedtalon
Golden-brown tomcat with jet black tabby stripes
Apprentice: Poppypaw
Kindleheart
Ginger tom
Apprentice: Rufflepaw
Brownfur
Brown tabby tom
Juniperwave
Brown silky-violet colored furred tom. Thin green eyes
Cricketjump
Gray tom.
Birchclaw
Pale gray tabby tomcat
Queens
Featherpelt
Silver she-cat
Blacktail
White queen, with black tail, chest, and paws.
WindClan
Leader: Timidleaf
Blue-gray she-cat
Yewpaw
Deputy: Mapleleaf
Golden-brown female
Apprentice: Earthpaw
Medicine Cat: Graycloud
Very light gray she-cat
Warriors:
Rabbitfur
Brown tabby she-cat
Apprentice: Skypaw
Moortail
Tortoise-shell she-cat
Runningwhisker
Golden she-cat
RiverClan
Leader: Duststar
Brown and Gray tabby tom
Apprentice : Cinnamonpaw
Deputy: Listeningecho
Pale brown she-cat
Apprentice : Flowpaw
Medicine Cat: Blueherb
Plain-looking blue she-cat
Warriors:
Puddlespots
Blue-gray she-cat
Apprentice: Rinoa
Speedtail
Unusually spotted golden-brown tom
Silentsong
Pale silver, almost white, with thin black tabby stripes, with silver-blue eyes.
Apprentice : Rainpaw
Icefire
White she-cat with blue eyes
Darkstorm
Black tom, with dark gray tabby stripes
Beetleflight
Black tabby tom with silver eyes.
Gingersnap
Dark ginger she-cat with pale blue eyes
Owlpelt
Small brown tabby tom
Shadenight
Gorgeous black-she cat with crisp blue eyes
Dustyfoot
Brown tabby tom
Crimsonflame
Flame-colored tabby tom
Tawnyleaf
Golden-brown she-cat
Fishclaw
Sleek silver tomcat
Apprentice : Smallpaw
Tinyheart
Black and white tomcat
Queens:
Drizzlestep
Ebony-colored coat
Violetpelt
Brown cat that in correct moonlight has a violet pelt
Goldenpool
Golden she-cat
Moonflower
Silver she-cat
Elders:
Hazetail
Old, silver she-cat.
Cats without Clans:
Flamesoul
Flame-colored tom, formerly Medicine Cat of ThunderClan
Right, considering I'm sure I have some new readers…that would be very confused if they haven't read the first one…here's a quick character summary of the main characters. WARNING: IF YOU ARE GOING TO READ THE FIRST ONE…DON'T READ THIS! CONTAINS SPOILERS! (But…it happens to me far to often that I fall in love with the SEQUEL to something…but I don't like the first one...and it makes me sad when they don't tell you anything that happened previously.) To prevent the annoyance of new readers, here's some information on the main characters:
Thorntail- Thorntail is a ThunderClan warrior and is the hero of this story, is a handsome, flirtacious tomcat who will more or less take any cat as his mate as long as she is indeed, a cat, is breathing, and is 'impressive'. That is, until he becomes infatuated with the medicine cat of ThunderClan, Rosethorn, and begins to have eyes for her, and only her... And considering this is a forbidden love this causes a lot of clashes...which is what this story is about. Dealing with Thorntail's past, he has a rather mucky heritage. His mother, Lightsnow, was a RiverClan she-cat, but fell in love with a ShadowClan tom. She left her Clan, and joined ShadowClan – pretending to be the deputy's mate…when in reality she only used said deputy to be accepted into the Clan, and instead took a different mate, who is, at this point in the story, unnamed. Anyways, the result of the joining was the birth of Thorntail, and his brother, Graywhisker. However, Lightsnow died shortly after breathing life into her kits, and the deputy, who has since become the leader of ShadowClan and carries the name Smokestar, had/has a clear disliking to the kits born from Lightsnow's betrayal. Because of this, Smokestar sent Thorntail and Graywhisker to their mother's birth Clan, RiverClan, where they grew up. Sadly, things got tense between the two brothers…and eventually, Thorntail tells Graywhisker – who had been clueless to the news – the whole story of how Lightsnow used Smokestar's position...and how they were born through that betrayal. Shocked, Graywhisker kills himself by rushing into a monster on the Thunderpath a few days after his brother tells him the news. Torn by grief and regret, Thorntail lost his sanity for a time. Eventually, he left RiverClan, which brought him to ThunderClan, where he eventually became infatuated with the Clan medicine cat, Rosethorn.
Rosethorn- Rosethorn is the medicine cat of ThunderClan, and is the heroine of the story. At first she was shy and aloof to her Clanmates, to the point when she seemed frightened of them, until Thorntail began to pad after her, which brought out a slightly more feisty, but still shy and levelheaded cat. Past-wise, her mentor, Flamesoul, left ThunderClan in the middle of her training… And for reasons well known to Rosethorn, but not to the reader as of yet, StarClan does not speak to her as they do other medicine cats. Rosethorn is now a forest-acclaimed hero, because she discovered the cure to The Blood – a disease that was ravaging every Clan except for WindClan…who caused it. However, because of her leader – and mother's – suspicion that she had been disregarding the Warrior Code by taking a mate (which was half-true, half-not considering she and Thorntail have never joined in that sort of union) she was given the full medicine cat name of Rosethorn, so that every time a cat called out to her, she would be reminded of the wrong that she committed. Luckily, however, Blackshadow and Applefur bail her out just before things get really ugly between her and her birth-Clan.
She knows of Thorntail's past – even how he drove Graywhisker to suicide. At this point in the story, however, Thorntail clearly wants to do what mates have been known to do – mate. However, Rosethorn just can't bring herself to...What's more, her apprentice, Ebonypaw, has been doing as her mentor does – not as her mentor says – and has developed a crush on a ShadowClan tom…
Applefur- Applefur is a ThunderClan queen, and is the mother of Blackshadow's kits. She has a fiery and violent personality, as Rosethorn would know best. At first, Applefur seemed to be hopelessly in love with Thorntail, and when she saw the tom she wanted begin to pad after the medicine cat, she did everything in her power to try and ruin the special bond they shared - which included, but was not isolated to, attempted murder. Luckily, Applefur eventually realized that Thorntail and Rosethorn truly were in love, and she switched tactics from ruining the forbidden love, to protecting it with all her strength, and eventually became Rosethorn's best friend. As previously stated, she is the mother of Blackshadow's kits – Nightkit, Blazekit, Baykit, and Petalkit - however, out of love and affection for Rosethorn, Blackshadow and Applefur decided that they must disclaim Blackshadow as the father – and claim that is Thorntail – to end ThunderClan's suspicions that there is something going on between the kind medicine cat and the ambitious warrior once and for all. Currently, she's been pressuring for Rosethorn to just throw away her values as a medicine cat, and to give into Thorntail's desires and mate.
Blackshadow – Blackshadow is a warrior of ThunderClan, and is probably the easiest character in the entire series to understand. Blackshadow holds the Warrior Code in high regard, and at first, when the forbidden love between the warrior and the medicine cat had begun to bloom, Blackshadow badgered both of them to stick to the rules their Warrior Ancestors laid down many moons ago. However, eventually Blackshadow accepted it, and with the aid of Applefur, tries to protect it and keep it hidden from his Clan. Blackshadow is Thorntail's best friend, and his loyalty to his friend is such that he gave up his claim to his kits for Rosethorn and Thorntail. He sometimes regrets this decision... Blackshadow has a small crush on Rosethorn - and has protected her from Thorntail's thoughtlessness on numerous occasions.
Silverpaw – Silverpaw is a ThunderClan apprentice, being trained under Thorntail. He was originally a 'loner' and then joined ShadowClan, and then, along with his closest kin, eventually joined ThunderClan. According to the news Blackshadow accumulated at a Gathering, this feminine-looking tom, was declared 'insane' by ShadowClan – after murdering his mentor, Goldclaw - and was incarcerated in their medicine cat, Shadedhope's, den...until the silver tom joined ThunderClan...as previously stated...
Anything else…well, I'll have to fill in the blanks for you as you read the story. Or -snaps fingers- Better yet, you could go and read the first one. But…if you're too lazy…well, you have some information to climb off of now, don't 'ya?