These are the warriors who live in a forest somewhere north. Yes, these characters know what everything is.
ALLEGIANCES
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FINCHCLAN
LEADER LAVENDERSTAR — mousy-gray tabby she-cat with green eyes
DEPUTY HAZELSHINE — brown she-cat with yellow eyes
MEDICINE CAT HONEYSPECK — mottled tortoiseshell tabby she-cat with amber eyes
WARRIORS (toms, and she-cats without kits)
FOGPELT — pale gray tom with blue eyes
APPRENTICE, WARBLERPAW
PINEHEART — brown-and-white tom
APPRENTICE, RIPPLEPAW
DUSKBREEZE — black tom with yellow eyes
WOLFSTORM — big, pale gray-and-white tom
APPRENTICE, FURLEDPAW
PETALFROST — ginger-and-white she-cat
LITTLEWHISKER — mottled brown tom with short whiskers
MARIGOLDFUR — golden-brown tabby she-cat
WHITEFLOWER — white she-cat with green eyes
CARDINALFLIGHT — fiery ginger tom with green eyes
DRIFTINGWIND — gray-and-white tabby she-cat
APPRENTICES (over six moons old, in training to become warriors)
RIPPLEPAW — dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes
FURLEDPAW — dark ginger tabby tom with green eyes
WARBLERPAW — golden-brown tabby tom
QUEENS (she-cats expecting or nursing kits)
FALLOWFEATHER — dusty brown pelt, blue eyes, mother to Duskbreeze's kits: Mintkit (dark gray tom), Foxkit (ginger she-cat), and Darkkit (white tom with a flash of black on his throat)
FERNSHADE — pale gray queen with bright green eyes, mother to Pineheart's kit: Willowkit (white she-cat with green eyes
ELDERS (former warriors and queens, now retired)
GORSEJAW — black tom with sharp teeth
MILKTAIL — cream-furred tom with blue eyes
PANSYTAIL — dark ginger she-cat
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HAWKCLAN
LEADER FLINTSTAR — dark gray tabby tom
DEPUTY DEWFOOT — black-and-white tom with yellow eyes
MEDICINE CAT DUCKLINGTAIL — golden-brown tabby tom with a stumpy tail
WARRIORS
MINNOWSTEP — short-legged mottled brown tom
APPRENTICE, BRANCHPAW
DUSTTAIL — pale brown tabby tom
LEOPARDBELLY — mottled brown tom with white paws
APPRENTICE, HOLLYPAW
STORKWING — white tom with green eyes
ACORNWHISKER — dark brown-and-white tabby tom
BRISTLEPELT — thick-furred black tom
BLAZECLAW — ginger tabby tom
POPPYPELT — tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
APPRENTICES
BRANCHPAW — long-legged golden-brown tabby tom
HOLLYPAW — tortoiseshell she-cat
QUEENS
SILVERSTRIPE — silver-gray tabby queen
APPLEFALL — dark brown with yellow eyes
HALFEAR — white queen with shredded ears
ELDERS
WASPFANG — golden-brown tom with darker stripes
TANGLETAIL — long-furred black tom
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OWLCLAN
LEADER BEECHSTAR — cream-furred tom
DEPUTY CRAGPELT — black-and-white tabby tom with green eyes
MEDICINE CAT DOWNFEATHER — fluffy, mottled, speckled gray tom with blue eyes
WARRIORS
SAGEFUR — ginger she-cat
LARCHPELT — dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
APPRENTICE, LILYPAW
MOOSECLAW — big, dark brown tabby tom
APPRENTICE, SNOWPAW
PINECONETAIL — dark brown tabby she-cat with a fluffy tail
APPRENTICE, BUSHYPAW
ELKLEAP — white tom with brown flecks
APPRENTICES
BUSHYPAW — reddish-brown tom with green eyes
LILYPAW — cream-furred she-cat
SNOWPAW — small white tom
QUEENS
PRIMROSEFUR — golden-brown queen with green eyes
ELDERS
RYEFROST — dark brown tabby tom
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HERONCLAN
LEADER SPECKLESTAR — flecked brown tom with amber eyes
DEPUTY BATWING — dark brown tabby tom with large ears
APPRENTICE, CLOUDYPAW
MEDICINE CAT SQUIRRELNOSE — pale brown tom
WARRIORS
SPIDERHEART — silver-gray tabby tom
OLIVEWHISKER — dark brown tabby she-cat
APPRENTICE, BEARPAW
YELLOWBIRD — golden-brown tom with blue eyes
THRUSHFEATHER — gray-and-white tom
APPRENTICE, WHISKERPAW
APPRENTICES
CLOUDYPAW — white-and-gray tom
BEARPAW — dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
WHISKERPAW — black tom
QUEENS
MISTYTAIL — ash-gray tabby
BRIGHTEYES — white she-cat with round, green eyes
ELDERS
BOULDERTOOTH — dark gray tabby tom
BLIZZARDPELT — very pale gray tom
HENWING — plump white she-cat
BLACKLEAF — jet black she-cat with blue eyes
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PROLOGUE
Wind carried in heavy snow and dropped it on the forest. The trees rattled and cracked as they were weighed down. A sheet of ice began to form on the Giant River, and the stones began slippery and unstable.
"Looks like it'll be a bad leafbare."
The clouds were dark gray and hung low. From their sitting spot, two FinchClan cats looked across the valley. On the other side, those clouds hid another set of towering mountains.
"FinchClan will remain strong." Lavenderstar wasn't new to the leafbares this forest brought. She knew it would be difficult to come through with the same amount of warriors the Clan had now. But she wouldn't give up hope.
"I fear more threats from HawkClan." Honeyspeck curled her tail around her white paws. She ducked down, shivering as her belly touched the cold Meeting Rock. Her whiskers twitched; the tiny waterfall that ran from the rock was now a line of glistening ice. "They'll want to come into our territory for food."
"Prey won't be easy to come by here. They'll have better luck hunting in OwlClan's trees." Lavenderstar ruffled her pelt. "We'll have our own shortages to deal with."
"Let's see how well they deal with being turned away." Honeyspeck gave a sigh. Her breath turned into a cloud before her. "I think I mostly fear for the elders this season. Poor Gorsejaw is getting a cough. My herbs won't grow properly in this weather." A wave of silence fell over the two cats. Their ears pricked forward as a loud, hacking cough rumbled from the elders' den. The medicine cat shook her head. "I'll have to move him to my den soon," she mumbled.
The leader flicked her tail against the other she-cat's flank. "Don't worry. You're a gifted medicine cat. You'll know what to do."
"Thanks, Lavenderstar." Honeyspeck purred gratefully.
The snow began to come slower. Honeyspeck lifted her head to the sky, her eyes wide with curiosity. A single snowflake fell gently from the gray clouds and landed softly on the tip of her nose. The medicine cat studied it in awe; it wasn't melting! She gave a small gasp.
"Is something wrong, Honeyspeck?" Lavenderstar meowed.
"I-I think it's an omen." she replied in shock.
"An omen? About what?" the leader asked.
"StarClan sent it! It's an omen about —" she stopped, turning her attention towards the silent nursery nestled under the upturned roots of an old oak tree. Lavenderstar tried to follow her gaze, but had no idea what she was looking at.
"About what?" the gray cat pressed once more.
Honeyspeck answered in a whisper, "Willowkit."
