Allegiances
EarthClan
Leader: Emeraldstar- gold tabby tom with green eyes; apprentice: Vinepaw
Deputy: Dragonclaw- silver and black tom; apprentice: Spikepaw
Medicine Cat: Poolripple- gray she-cat with blue eyes; apprentice: Redpaw
Warriors: Appleleaf- brown tabby tom
Batstorm- gray tom with black flecks around his eyes and long ears
Dappleberry- tortoiseshell with green eyes; apprentice: Dreampaw
Finchflower- gold she-cat with a white tail
Grayfang- gray tom with a white tail
Gingerclaw- ginger tabby tom with blue eyes
Jack- longhair black tom, formerly a kittypet
Kiss- longhair black and white she-cat, Jack's sister, also formerly a kittypet
Mushroomfoot- orange-pelted she-cat; apprentice: Nettlepaw
Smalltwig- dark gray she-cat
Apprentices: Dreampaw- long-haired white tom
Nettlepaw- gold she-cat with one black forepaw
Spikepaw- long-haired black tom with spiky fur
Redpaw- white tom with ginger forepaws and tail
Vinepaw- dark gray tabby she-cat
Queens: Mistywave-long-haired gray she-cat; mother of Thunderkit (ginger tabby tom), Rockkit (brown tom with unruly fur), and Greenkit (gray tabby she-cat with green eyes)
Ottersong- brown she-cat, expecting Appleleaf's kits
Elders: Birchtooth- brown and tan tom
Longear- large gray she-cat with long ears
Specklering- dark gray tom with dark gray flecks around his eyes
DuskClan
Leader: Silverstar- white tom with silver paws
Deputy: Lightspark- white she-cat with orange ears and tail
Medicine Cat: Goldenlight- gold she-cat with piercing gray eyes
Warriors: Beewing- gold tabby tom
Crushfoot- large longhaired black tom
Danceflight- gray and black she-cat; apprentice: Bladepaw(gray tabby tom)
Flowerfur-she-cat with an orange pelt
Foxtail- long-haired orange tom with white-tipped tail
Mossfur- gray tom; apprentice: Demonpaw(black she-cat with unusual red eyes)
Purplestorm- gray tabby she-cat; apprentice: Rainpaw(gray and white she-cat)
Quiltpelt- tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
Reaperclaw- black tom with huge claws
Eaglefeather- gold-flecked brown she-cat
Slantear- dark gray she-cat with tilted ears
Queens: Turtlefur- tortoiseshell she-cat; mother of Windkit (dark gray tom), Shadowkit (black tom), Horsekit (tortoiseshell she-cat), Whitekit (longhaired white she-cat), and Ashkit (light gray she-cat with black paws)
Elders: Larksong- golden she-cat with dark amber, almost brown eyes
Tansystem- she-cat with a black pelt and green eyes
DawnClan
Leader: Barkstar- brown tabby she-cat
Deputy: Silkthread- silver and white she-cat; apprentice: Wingpaw(long-haired silver tom with fluffy tail)
Medicine Cat: Brownshell- brown tom with amber eyes; apprentice: Oakbranch(tan tom with brown forepaws)
Warriors: Acornwing- brown tom with dark brown paws
Butterfur-gold tom with brown-tipped tail; apprentice: Mudpaw(brown tabby tom with one black ear)
Creamear- apricot she-cat with white paws
Falconwing- black and brown tom with green eyes
Hawkfeather- gold tom; apprentice: Streampaw(silver tabby she-cat)
Greenstem- light and dark gray she-cat with green eyes
Ghosttail- black she-cat with white tail-tip
Hollystorm-silver tabby she-cat
Ironclaw- gray and black tom
Mousefire- scarred orange tom
Northstorm- whitish-gray tom
Queens: Flickertail- black she-cat with an orange tail-tip; mother of Peachkit (tan she-cat), Plumkit (dark gray tom), and Pearkit (brown and black she-cat)
Zebrastripe- white tabby she-cat with amber eyes; mother of Goldkit (gold tom) and Yewkit (brown tom with dark brown paws)
Elders: Fruitfall- tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes
Sunnypelt- she-cat with bright orange fur
MoonClan
Leader: Bearstar- large black tom with brown muzzle
Deputy: Lionfang- long-furred gold tom (filling in for Berrystorm)
Medicine Cat: Leopardblossom- unusually spotted gold tabby she-cat with blue eyes; apprentice: Skyswirl(white she-cat with silver streaks)
Warriors: Belltune- silver she-cat with one white forepaw
Cheetahclaw- unusually spotted gold tom with amber eyes
Coalthorn- black she-cat with gold eyes
Dunefur- sandy-colored tomcat with blue eyes; apprentice: Tanpaw (tan tom with brown ears)
Gemeyes- long-haired silver she-cat with sparkling green eyes
Hareflight- black she-cat; apprentice: Elmpaw (gray tom)
Lilycloud- white she-cat; apprentice: Stripepaw (silver tabby tom with dark gray forepaws)
Linepelt- gray tabby tom; apprentice: Winterpaw (white-gray she-cat)
Monsterfang- dark gray tom with yellow eyes
Silvermoon- light gray she-cat with black paws
Queens: Berrystorm- tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes; mother of Firekit (orange she-cat), Beachkit (tortoiseshell she-cat), and Fogkit (light gray tom)
Nutpelt- gray she-cat; mother of Rabbitkit (white she-cat) and Sandkit (tan tom flecked with gray)
Elders: Lightningwhisker- dark gray she-cat
Peppertail- gray tom with black tail
SunClan
Leader: Thrushstar- Light brown tom
Deputy: Moleclaw- Black tom with brown tail-tip; apprentice: Brownpaw (brown tom)
Medicine Cat: Autumnleaf- orange she-cat with amber eyes; apprentice: Frogspiral (brown tom with black splotches)
Warriors: Calfpelt- light brown she-cat with white splotches
Echovoice- longhaired black she-cat
Frizzpelt- Fuzzy brown tom; apprentice: Featherpaw (white and gray she-cat)
Fluffytail- longhaired brown tom
Horsefur- black and silver tom; apprentice: Seedpaw (brown tabby tom)
Rainfall- blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes; apprentice: Emberpaw (orange tom with gray paws)
Stormfang- gray tabby tom with amber eyes
Torrentclaw- brown and tan tom with blue eyes
Volepelt- she-cat with light brown fur and one darker forepaw
Queens: Blossompetal- brown and tan she-cat with green eyes; mother of Nutkit (dark brown tom) and Seakit (blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes)
Elders: Bramblecloud- tan tabby she-cat
Snakefang- black tom with white markings
Prologue
I happened to have pretended to bake some imaginary apple pies for reviewers, so R-E-V-I-E-W!
A golden she-cat and a silver tom were running for their lives. The furious yowls of many cats rang out behind them.
"Knew-pant-we shouldn't-pant-have met-pant-so close-pant-to the DuskClan border," mewed the she-cat breathlessly.
"You're right," agreed the tom "Up here!" They scrambled into a tall tree, settling on the highest limb that would hold their weight. "We're safe for now," the silver tom mewed.
"Where are those fox-hearted mange-pelts?" growled a young male voice, barely six moons old. The she-cat's heart quickened. She knew that voice. Then, it all went wrong.
A large cat slammed into the young tom.
"Leapingmoon! What are you doing! Blackpaw is a loyal DuskClan apprentice! My apprentice, and besides, what's an EarthClan cat doing here!" a she-cat fumed at Leapingmoon.
"What I'm doing, Amberstorm," Leapingmoon replied silkily, "is capturing the traitor that I spotted with the other two near the border."
That was a downright lie.
Blackpaw isn't guilty of anything, thought the she-cat, well, not guilty of anything except being Silverclaw's and my-my… her thoughts trailed off. Without even thinking about it, not even considering the consequences, she leapt from the tree.
She landed neatly in front of Leapingmoon. A huge gray tom, he was a terrifying sight. But in her rage, she forgot about fear. She growled at him. And it wasn't a little growl. It was almost a roar.
"Let go of Blackpaw," she snarled, looking at the small black apprentice pinned down by the huge tom.
"I don't need a traitor from EarthClan to fight my battles!" snarled Blackpaw back.
Silverclaw, the silver tom, jumped to the earth as well.
"You had better let him go, Leapingmoon," mewed Silverclaw.
"Why should I?" Leapingmoon shot back.
"There are two of us, and only one of you." Silvercaw was right. Amberstorm had left, probably to go get help.
"You two snake-hearts had better watch out," Leapingmoon snarled "because I'll always be hiding in the brambles and watching from the trees. And that goes for him, too." He jerked his tail at Blackpaw, and then ran off.
Then, it all went really wrong.
"There they are!" mewed Amberstorm, leading three patrols into the clearing. At the front of one were Dawnstar and her deputy, Horsetail. At another were Duskstar and his deputy, too. And at the third was…
"Father! Sister!" The she-cat meowed in surprise. Well, not really surprise at her father. As Earthstar, leader of EarthClan, he would of course be in this patrol. But her sister's presence was unexpected. After all, she was a medicine cat.
"Attack them!" screeched a voice from DuskClan. A chant rose up from the cats.
"Attack them! Attack them!"
Her sister, Goldenstripe, stepped forward.
"Please, Honeyheart, come with us. These other cats, they'll drive you out, maybe even kill you!"
"Then I'll die fighting with my mate," Honeyheart snarled.
"All in favor of death," Dawnstar called. Almost three dozen mews rang out.
"Please, don't do this," Goldenstripe mewed.
The patrols stepped forward as one.
"Stop, please," pleaded Goldenstripe
The warriors continued to close in. Goldenstripe tried to get in front of Honeyheart, but Earthstar held her back. His eyes were hard but sad. He watched with melancholy as the patrols closed in on his daughter and prepared to attack.
"Stop! We'll go." It was Silverclaw. His eyes were filled with fear, but not for himself. For what could happen to his mate.
"Wait just a minute."
Heads turned. It was him. It was Leapingmoon.
"This little traitor here was at the border with the other two," Leapingmoon pointed with his tail at Blackpaw, who was bristling. "He should be exiled."
"I would never meet those two fox-hearts anywhere," snarled Blackpaw
"Leaders, whose word would you trust? That of a senior warrior or that of a cat barely apprenticed?"
Murmurs of agreement swept through the cats.
"Blackpaw shall also be exiled," declared Duskstar, Blackpaw's leader. Blackpaw's mouth gaped.
"B-but I-I –I didn't do anything." Blackpaw said, shocked.
Silverclaw's eyes were full of sadness and experience. "I'm afraid, in the eyes of the Clan cats, you are guilty. We must leave now."
Honeyheart looked to the night sky, deep into Silverpelt. StarClan, How could you let this happen to us!, she wailed silently. She gazed around the clearing, how all the Clan cats' bristling pelts were bathed in the glow of StarClan. Her own fur, as well as Silverclaw and Blackpaw's pelts were coated in the blackness of the dark. If you will abandon me, then I shall leave you, too!
Please, Honeyheart don't go," begged Goldenstripe.
"When you decided to exile me," Honeyheart mewed with a gaze hard as steel and cold as ice, "you not only took away my home, but also my very identity. Honeyheart of EarthClan is gone forever. In her place is me. In her place is Shadeheart, warrior of ShadeClan!" The three turned, and then ran.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Also, remember, imaginary apple pies for reviewers! ; )