Thunderclan
Leader:
Bramblestar-dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Deputy:
Squirrelflight-dark ginger she-cat with green eyes
Medicine Cat:
Jayfeather-gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes
Warriors:
Graystripe-long-haired gray tom
Dustpelt-dark brown tabby tom
Sandstorm-pale ginger she-cat with green eyes
Brackenfur-golden brown tabby tom
Sorreltail-calico she-cat with amber eyes
Cloudtail-long-haired white tom with blue eyes
Brightheart-white she-cat with ginger patches
Millie-striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Thornclaw-golden brown tabby tom
Leafpool-light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, former medicine cat
Spiderleg-long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes
Birchfall-light brown tabby tom
Whitewing-white she-cat with green eyes
Berrynose-cream-colored tom
Hazeltail-small gray-and-white she-cat
Mousewhisker-gray-and-white tom
Cinderheart-gray tabby she-cat
Poppyfrost-tortoiseshell she-cat
Lionblaze-golden tabby tom with amber eyes
Foxleap-reddish tabby tom
Apprentice, Cherrypaw (ginger she-cat)
Icecloud-white she-cat
Toadstep-black-and-white tom
Rosepetal-dark cream she-cat
Apprentice, Molepaw(brown-and-cream tom)
Briarlight-dark brown she-cat
Blossomfall-calico she-cat
Bumblestripe-very pale gray tom with black stripes
Apprentice, Lilypaw(dark tabby she-cat with white patches)
Ivypool-silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes
Apprentice, Seedpaw (very pale ginger she-cat)
Cherrytail-ginger she-cat
Molefur-brown-and-cream tom
Apprentices:
Lilypaw-dark tabby she-cat with white patches
Seedpaw-very pale ginger she-cat
Queens:
Brightheart-white she-cat with ginger patches, mother of Cloudtail's kits: Dewkit (gray tom with amber eyes), Snowkit (white tom with amber eyes) and Amberkit (pale gray she-cat with white paws, a white muzzle and amber eyes)
Daisy-cream long-furred cat from the horseplace
Dovewing-pale gray she-cat with blue eyes, mother of Bumblestripe's kits: Flowerkit (black she-cat with a few white splotches and blue eyes) and Tigerkit (dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes)
Moonshine-white she-cat with dark green eyes, mother of Jayfeather's kits: Graykit (gray she-cat with blue eyes)
Elders:
Purdy-plump tabby former loner with a gray muzzle
ShadowClan
Leader:
Blackstar-large white tom with one jet-black forepaw
Deputy:
Rowanclaw-ginger tom
Medicine Cat:
Littlecloud-very small tabby tom
Warriors:
Oakfur-small brown tom
Smokefoot-black tom
Toadfoot-dark brown tom
Applefur-mottled brown she-cat
Crowfrost-black-and-white tom
Ratscar-brown tom with long scar across his back
Snowbird-pure white she-cat
Tawnypelt-tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Olivenose-tortoiseshell she-cat
Owlclaw-light brown tabby tom
Shrewfoot-gray she-cat with black feet
Apprentice, Smallpaw
Scorchfur-dark gray tom
Tigerheart-dark brown tabby tom
Apprentice, Redpaw
Dawnpelt-cream-furred she-cat
Pinenose-black she-cat
Ferretclaw-cream-and-gray tom
Starlingwing-ginger tom
Apprentices:
Redpaw-reddish-brown tom
Smallpaw-small gray-and-white she-cat
Queens:
Kinkfur-tabby she-cat, with long fur that sticks out at all angles
Ivytail-black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat, mother of Spiderkit (black tom with gray stripes), and Webkit (white she-cat with blue eyes)
Elders:
Cedarheart-dark gray tom
Tallpoppy-long-legged light brown tabby she-cat
Snaketail-dark brown tom with tabby-striped tail
Whitewater-white she-cat with long fur, blind in one eye
WindClan
Leader:
Onestar-brown tabby tom
Deputy:
Ashfoot-gray she-cat
Medicine Cat:
Kestrelflight-mottled gray tom
Warriors:
Crowfeather-dark gray tom
Owlwhisker-light brown tabby tom
Whitetail-small white she-cat
Nightcloud-black she-cat
Gorsetail-very pale gray-and-white tom with blue eyes
Weaselfur-ginger tom with white paws
Harespring-brown-and-white tom
Leaftail-dark tabby tom with amber eyes
Antpelt-brown tom with one black ear
Emberfoot-gray tom with two dark paws
Heathertail-light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Breezepelt-black tom with amber eyes
Sedgewhisker-light brown tabby she-cat
Swallowtail-dark gray she-cat
Sunstrike-tortoiseshell she-cat with large white mark on her forehead
Whiskernose-light brown tom
Furzepelt-gray-and-white she-cat
Boulderfur-large pale gray tom
Apprentices:
Stonepaw-light gray tabby tom Yellowpaw Oakpaw
Queens:
Heathertail-light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes, mother of Maplekit (ginger tabby she-cat), and Blackkit (black tom with blue eyes)
Sunstrike-tortoiseshell she-cat with a large white mark on her forehead, expecting Whiskernose's kits
Elders:
Webfoot-dark gray tabby tom
Tornear-tabby tom
RiverClan
Leader:
Mistystar-gray she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy:
Reedwhisker-black tom
Medicine Cat:
Mothwing-dappled golden she-cat
Apprentice, Willowshine
Warriors:
Graymist-pale gray tabby she-cat
Mintfur-light gray tabby tom
Icewing-white she-cat with blue eyes
Minnowtail-dark gray she-cat
Apprentice, Swiftpaw
Pebblefoot-mottled gray tom
Mallownose-light brown tabby tom
Robinwing-calico tom
Petalfur-gray-and-white she-cat
Grasspelt-light brown tom
Hollowflight-dark brown tabby tom
Troutstream-pale gray tabby she-cat
Mossyfoot-brown-and-white she-cat
Rushtail-light brown tabby she-cat
Apprentices:
Willowshine-gray tabby she-cat
Queens:
Duskfur-brown tabby she-cat
Mosspelt-tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes, mother of Shadekit (black she-cat with green eyes
Elders:
Dapplenose-mottled gray she-cat
Pouncetail-ginger-and-white tom
Prologue
Jayfeather gasped and jerked awake. He had dreamed... about Moonshine, the rogue that appeared in Thunderclan territory, asking to be a part of their clan.
He stood up from his nest and shakily stalked out of the medicine cat den, nodding to Briarlight who was sorting some herbs. He practically bumped into Moonshine, who was just coming into the den. She opened her mouth to say something, but Jayfeather interrupted her. "Come with me," he mewed and stalked out of camp. He padded a little ways out of camp, on the well-worn path, then turned and pushed his way through some bushes, to a tiny clearing.
He sat down, Moonshine across from him.
"I'd like to speak to you... Half Moon." Jayfeather stared at the reincarnation of the cat he once loved, and still did.
"You know?" Moonshine asked with a sigh.
"Yes," Jayfeather confessed. "I kept having dreams about Moonshine, and then dreams about Half Moon. You looked so alike, and I just figured it out."
"I couldn't bear life in The Tribe of Endless Hunting without you Jayfeather," Moonshine breathed. "I missed you so much."
"Me too," Jayfeather whispered, nuzzling her. "Now we can finally be together."
"You'll be okay," Jayfeather mewed to the queen, "Just keep breathing."
Keep breathing, he told himself, Moonshine needs a helpful medicine cat.
"It hurts so much," Moonshine moaned and bit into the stick just as the first kit slithered out into the nest. It was a white she-cat, Daisy informed him, and it mewed piteously as Daisy licked its fur the wrong way to warm it up.
Moonshine screeched and Daisy mewed, "It's a gray tabby she-cat."
The stick cracked in two as the final kit was born, a gray she-cat.
The three kits started to suckle their mother's milk.
Daisy suddenly gasped. "The white she-kit, it's not moving!"
Jayfeather stared helplessly down at the ground where he suspected his kit was.
Moonshine wailed in sadness. "Goodbye, my little Whitekit," she whispered.
Then she looked at her two kits. "Jaykit for the gray tabby she-cat," she mewed, not looking at Jayfeather. "And Graykit for the gray she-cat."
Jayfeather gazed down at his two daughters, his blind blue eyes sparkling with pride.
"Welcome to Thunderclan, Jaykit and Graykit," Jayfeather mewed, then turned and raced back to the medicine den.
"Three kits," he mewed before Briarlight could say a word, "Whitekit died and the two living kits are Jaykit and Graykit!" He could barely contain his excitement. He was a father!
"My little kits," he whispered softly. Unfortunately it wasn't soft enough.
"Your kits? Jayfeather, you broke the warrior code?" Briarlight asked, shocked.
Jayfeather sighed and told her everything, almost everything. He told her about going back to the time when there were other cats at the lake. He told her how he became Jay Wing, and travelled with them to the mountains.
"And Moonshine," he mewed, his voice low, "Is actually a reincarnation of Half Moon."
"The cat that you loved!" Briarlight exclaimed.
Jayfeather nodded. "Don't tell anyone," he begged.
"I won't," Briarlight promised.
"Thank you," Jayfeather breathed and settled into his nest.
"I'm sorry Starclan!" Jayfeather howled is grief to the sky. He was far away from camp, and it was pouring rain. Moonshine had woken up to find her daughter dead. Jayfeather's daughter was dead.
"I'm sorry," he whispered and hung his head.
"Jayfeather?" The shocked mew startled Jayfeather and he whirled around. He sniffed the air and smelled Leafpool. He didn't want to lie to his mother, however much he hated her.
"They stole my kits," he whispered as large salty tears flowed from his eyes.
Leafpool gasped. "Those are-?" she didn't finish.
"They are mine and Half Moon kits," he mewed, turning away from Leafpool.
"Half Moon?"
So Jayfeather told her the same thing that he told Briarlight.
"Please don't tell anyone," he begged when he was finished.
"I won't," Leafpool promised, looking down at the ground. Then she looked up again. "You won't regret it, Jayfeather," she mewed softly and padded away. Leafpool's mind was a whirl of thoughts. Sadness, happiness, anger. Anger? Jayfeather pushed further into her mind.
My son is doing the exact same thing that I did! How could I let this happen? I know he won't regret it, but when Graykit finds out, she will be devastated! She will never forgive him. I can't watch this again!
"No," Jayfeather yelled loudly, "No, I won't regret it one little bit!"