A/N: Hello everyone, thanks for clicking on this story! I'm HollystormDragoness, and this is my first story. I hope you all enjoy it. I've had this idea for a little while now, and I finally decided to try and write it! :D
This is set in the old forest.
Prologue
Hollystorm padded through the forest, glancing at the trees as she went. Fallenstrike's waiting for me… The night wind rustled the trees, and the slim she-cat bristled at the sound. It's just the wind...just the wind.
She spotted Fourtrees on the horizon, and broke into a run. A silver-gray tom waited atop the Great Rock. "Fallenstrike!"
"Fallenstar now." The tom looked down on her with cold disdain.
"Fallenstar… I have wonderful news!" Her leaf-green eyes, wide with excitement, met Fallenstar's cold amber.
"What 'news' could you have, that pulls me away from my Clan?" The tom's eyes glittered.
"I'm expecting your kits!" The light in Hollystorm's eyes faded as Fallenstar's darkened.
"My kits?" His eyes glittered with an emotion Hollystorm couldn't decipher. "Half ShadowClan…"
"And half ThunderClan." Hollystorm added quickly, looking at her paws.
"But they will be ShadowClan warriors." Fallenstar hissed.
"What? They'll be raised in ThunderClan…" Hollystorm gazed up at Fallenstar, confusion in her eyes.
"ShadowClan needs more warriors." Fallenstar's eyes narrowed. "We've been so weak since the Outbreak. You know that! Willowheart is the only nursing queen since Lilywind died. Almost all the kits were killed! We have one kit in ShadowClan. Two apprentices survived, but Heatherpaw and Breezepaw died. Briarstream had to retire because the illness made him blind, Hollystorm. I need those kits!"
"Every Clan is weak!" Hollystorm hissed. "Every Clan has lost warriors! The outbreak affected us all!" "ShadowClan more than anyone."
Fallenstar spoke softly, his tail flicking. "I want my kits. Bring them here within the half-moon-" he nodded to her swollen stomach "-or I will tell every cat at the Gathering of our little...mistake. You wouldn't want Cinderpetal, or Brambleblaze, or Swiftrose to hear what you've done, now, would you?"
Hollystorm's fur spiked. She opened her mouth to argue. He's a Clan leader, not StarClan! He can't tell me what to do! But I can't risk being forced out of ThunderClan… She sighed, lowering her head. "They will be yours." She turned tail and ran into the forest, leaving Fallenstar alone on the rock, staring into the forest.
The night before the Gathering
Hollystorm looked down at her two kits, thinking back to their birth. How she'd stared down at them and felt her heart break into pieces. How the smallest she-kit had been stillborn, how she'd thought the other two wouldn't live much past Moonkit. But the two had thrived, and now, two days later, Hollystorm had reached a decision. One goes to Fallenstar. I'll tell him the other kit died. And I'll explain to Rainstar, so he won't announce the other at the Gathering. He'll let me stay at least until mine's an apprentice...
She looked over the kits, gently grooming them. The surviving she-kit battered at her brother's ears with her paws. The tom mewed in protest, snuggling deeper into Hollystorm's fur. Fallenstar will want the stronger one… They'll have to be strong to survive.
Heart cracking, Hollystorm leaned down and picked up the she-kit. She set her down at the edge of the nest, picked up the tom, and tucked him in with Mistyblossom's kits. You'll be warm here, young one. She took the she-kit in her jaws again, and stepped out of the nursery.
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The icy wind hit the queen with such force that she almost turned tail and ran back into the nursery. No. I only have tonight. She ruffled her pelt. The she-kit mewed weakly as snowflakes began to fall, coating both cats. Hollystorm took a deep breath and slipped out of the dirtplace tunnel. I'm sorry I have to do this, my beautiful daughter…
She pelted through the forest, as fast as an exhausted queen could run. Fourtrees loomed ahead, and she skidded to a halt just outside of the Gathering-place. Fallenstar stood on the rock, just as he had a half-moon ago.
"Do you have the kits?" His voice, little more than a growl, cut into the already broken she-cat's heart.
"They're dead." The lie almost stuck in her throat. "One stillborn, the other followed quickly behind. Only this one survived." She gently set down the she-kit.
Fallenstar leaped down to examine the kit. "She seems to be strong." He picked her up in his strong jaws.
Hollystorm watched as the tom she'd once loved disappeared into the bushes. Slowly, she turned tail and headed back to camp. I still have one kit. And Fallenstar will never get his filthy claws on my son.
ALLEGIANCES
ThunderClan
Leader: Rainstar-Gray tom with white paws, chest, and underbelly. Green eyes.
Deputy: Thornblaze-Dark tabby she-cat with amber eyes. Apprentice: Moonpaw
Medicine Cat: Stormfall-Dark gray tom with amber eyes.
Warriors:
Blossompetal-Cream-colored she-cat with blue eyes.
Brambleblaze-Fluffy gray tom with amber eyes.
Cinderpetal-Gray she-cat with blue eyes. Apprentice: Turtlepaw
Dawncloud-Calico she-cat with one green eye and one blue eye.
Acornclaw-White tortie she-cat with yellow eyes. Apprentice: Snowpaw
Blizzardspot-Gray tom with white flecks and blue eyes. Apprentice: Genie
Springtail-Pale tabby tom with amber eyes.
Rosecream-Fluffy cream she-cat with blue eyes.
Silvershade-Gray tom with black tabby stripes. Blue eyes. Apprentice: Leafpaw
Apprentices:
Moonpaw-Silver she-cat with blue eyes.
Genie-Dark gray she-cat with lighter gray paws and underbelly, amber eyes.
Snowpaw-White tom with green eyes.
Turtlepaw-Tortie she-cat with green eyes.
Leafpaw-Pale tabby tom with amber eyes.
Queens:
Mistyblossom-Silver she-cat with blue eyes, mother to Rainstar's kits: Streamkit(silver tabby tom), Softkit(white she-cat), and Pebblekit(gray tabby tom).
Hollystorm-Black she-cat with green eyes, mother to (?)'s kit: Duskkit(black tom with amber eyes), and foster mother to Lilykit(pale brown she-cat with dark brown points and blue eyes).
Elders:
Marbleclaw-White tortie she-cat with amber eyes.
Brightstorm-Orange tabby tom, amber eyes.
ShadowClan
Leader: Fallenstar-Silver tom with a white star-shaped patch of fur on his chest and sharp amber eyes.
Deputy: Nettlesnow-Calico she-cat with white paws and green eyes.
Medicine Cat: Russetstream-russet-colored she-cat with blue eyes.
Warriors:
Robinleap-Russet-colored she-cat with green eyes and gray flecks of fur around her muzzle.
Goldenshadow-Black tom with golden paws and amber eyes. Apprentice: Petalpaw
Irisblaze-Brown tabby she-cat with violet eyes..
Icefeather-White tom with blue eyes.
Hawkbreeze-Tortoiseshell tom with amber eyes.
Ivywind-Calico she-cat with gray eyes. Apprentice: Pinepaw
Apprentices:
Petalpaw-Black she-cat with one amber eye and one blue eye.
Pinepaw-Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes.
Queens:
Aspenstream-Gray she-cat with blue eyes, expecting Icefeather's kits.
Willowheart-Light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes, foster mother to Nightkit(black she-kit with a splash of white on her chest and white paws) and Emberkit(black tom with russet paws).
Elders:
Briarstream-Gray tabby tom with blue eyes, blind since the Great Outbreak.
Mouseclaw-Dusky brown she-cat with amber eyes.
Blackspirit-Black she-cat with blue eyes. Former medicine cat.
RiverClan
Leader: Dovestar-Dusky gray tom with green eyes.
Deputy: Foxlily-Orange tabby she-cat with green eyes.
Medicine Cat: Emberlight-Reddish-orange she-cat with amber eyes.
Warriors:
Ashfall-Gray tabby tom with amber eyes. Apprentice: Toadpaw
Swiftrose-Gray tabby she-cat with black paws.
Shellsplash-Orange tabby tom with a splash of black on his paws.
Hollysky-Black she-cat with blue eyes.
Apprentices:
Toadpaw-Gray-and-black tom with amber eyes.
WindClan
Leader: Ivystar-Gray-and-white she-cat with blue eyes.
Deputy: Vineclaw-Brown tabby tom with green eyes.
Medicine Cat: Fallowstem-pale tabby she-cat with silver eyes.
Warriors:
Nightwind-Black tom with silver and white streaks running through his fur. Blue eyes.