ThunderClan
Leader
Cedarstar-Russet colored tom with forest green eyes
Deputy
Silvermask-Silver and black tom with blue eyes
Medicine Cat
Raggedwhisker- Old Pale ginger tom with white tinged fur. Green eyes. Apprentice: Dreamsong
Warriors
Darkwind - Black tom with Ice-Blue eyes Apprentice: Berrypaw
Snowleaf - White She-cat with green eyes.
Blackthorn - Black tom with yellow eyes.
Russetwind - Russet tom with warm amber eyes
Pinetail - White tom with dark green eyes Apprentice:Poppypaw
Mistydawn - White and gray tabby She-cat. Blue eyes.
Dovewhisper - Light gray she-cat with pale green eyes. Apprentice: Icepaw
Lionclaw - Golden tom with amber eyes.
Patchfur - Brown and white tom. Amber eyes. Apprentice: Hollowpaw
Robinfeather - Brown and white tabby she-cat. Teal eyes
Heathersky - Brown she cat with white flecks and blue eyes. Apprentice: Copperpaw
Smokefur - Dark gray tom with lighter paws and belly. Blue eyes
Duststripe - Pale brown tabby tom with dark green eyes
Apprentices
Dreamsong - Gray she-cat with bright amber eyes
Hollowpaw - Black tom with pale yellow eyes
Icepaw - White She-cat with blue eyes
Berrypaw - Cream she cat with black markings and amber eyes
Poppypaw - Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes.
Copperpaw - Russet she-cat with amber eyes.
Queens
Honeycloud- Golden she-cat with amber eyes. Kits: Sunkit, Lightkit
Brightleaf-Cream and Brown she-cat with dark amber eyes Kits: Rowankit
Fernpoppy-Dark brown she cat with lighter brown flecks. Icy blue eyes
Elders
Mousetail- brown tom with a thin tail
Whiskerfur-White tom with thin wispy fur. Oldest cat in ThunderClan
Bluegaze-Brown she cat with dazzling blue eyes.
RiverClan
Leader
Lilystar – Pale ginger she-cat with white underbelly and paws. Green eyes
Deputy
Sunheart – Golden tabby with dark amber eyes.
Medicine Cat
Hawkfeather – Light brown tabby tom with light green eyes
Warriors
Hazelstep – Brown tom with green eyes
Lightfeather – Long furred white and gray she-cat. Yellow eyes. Apprentice: Graypaw
Dewtail – Pale gray she-cat with icy blue eyes.
Stormfoot – Dark gray tabby tom. Amber eyes.
Otterfur – Brown tom with blue eyes. Apprentice: Runningpaw
Gorseclaw – Pale brown tom with pale green eyes. Apprentice: Rosepaw
Featherpelt – Long furred light silver she-cat. Light amber eyes.
Briarpath – Spiky furred brown she-cat. Green eyes. Apprentice: Littlepaw
Queens
Snowleaf – White She cat with ice blue eyes
Darkstream – Black she-cat with bright yellow eyes.
Elders
Reedfur – Dark brown, almost black tom. Dark blue eyes.
Nightstep – Dark gray she-cat with black paws. Orange eyes.
ShadowClan
Whitestar – Dark brown She-cat with white paws. Dark blue eyes.
Deputy
Crowfrost – Black she-cat with white markings and one white leg. Ice-blue eyes. Apprentice:Talonpaw
Medicine Cat
Heathernose – Brown tabby she-cat with white underbelly and paws. Apprentice: Spiderpaw
Warriors
Flameheart – Dark ginger tom. Amber eyes Apprentice: Snakepaw
Shadowtail – White she-cat with black paws and tail. Yellow eyes
Ratclaw – Gray tom with amber eyes. Apprentice: Thornpaw
Fernshadow – Dark tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes.
Shallowstep – Small gray tom with blue eyes.
Toadfoot – Large dark brown tom. Dark green eyes.
Weaseltooth – Thin brown tom with amber eyes
Whitewhisper – Small white she-cat. Dark blue eyes.
Queens
Rainwhisker – Dark gray she-cat with blue eyes.
Windclan
Willowstar – Large light brown tom. Pale green eyes.
Deputy
Grassfang – Silver tom with dark gray streaks. Green eyes
Medicine Cat
Robinwing – light brown tom with darker chest and paws. Amber eyes.
Warriors
Tigerfur – Brown she-cat with dark tiger-like stripes. Amber eyes.
Ashpelt – Dark gray tom. Blue eyes.
Owlwing – Brown she-cat with yellow eyes. Apprentice: Applepaw
Emberfoot – Ginger tom with white paws and tail-tip. Apprentice: Breezepaw
Thorn – Dark brown tom, amber eyes. Former loner.
Fuzzylegs – Long furred tan she-cat with green eyes. Apprentice: Swiftpaw
Mothnose – Golden brown she-cat with amber eyes.
Mossclaw – Dark brown tom. Dark green eyes.
Queens
Rabbitsky – Light brown she-cat with white fluffy tail. Amber eyes
Mintleaf – Light gray she cat with darker flecks. Green eyes.
A Kit of a Different Kind
The moon was nearly full in the night sky. The cat's of StarClan stared down from Silverpelt, at a family trekking through the forest. A family of foxes.
" Zakari! Hurry up!" The dark male shouted. His amber eyes flashed in the pale light of the moon.
" Denil please! We need to stop soon. Ahali needs food and warmth!" The lighter female growled through the bundle of fur grasped in her teeth.
Denil looked around, his eyes narrowing. " Fine. But we must be careful. We don't know what's in this forest."
Zakari sighed in relief. She glanced around for an abandoned den. Denil trotted off, sniffing the ground. He stopped at the base of a tree.
" Zakari, here." He barked gruffly, crawling in and clearing up the tunnel down.
Padding over quickly, Zakari followed. As she padded in she blinked, her eyes adjusting. Denil was digging out a hollow for her to sleep in. She nodded in thanks.
" Sure thing. I'll go get us some food." Denil grunted, slipping out.
Zakari curled up, putting little Ahali by her belly. The undersized female began suckling quickly, squirming closer to her mother's belly. Zakari glanced down at her worriedly. She was so puny and weak.
But those wretched men were crashing through her territory, tearing up trees and bushes; scaring away prey. She had to leave. At least Denil is here to take care of me until Ahali is older.
Closing her eyes and resting her head on her paws, she slowly drifted to sleep. When she awoke, a plump blackbird was sitting in front of her nose. It's warm scent drifted up her nose and she inhaled deeply.
But another scent hit her nose. She froze. Blood. And laced in with the salty warmth, another scent that gave her chills. Badger.
Taking a quick glance down at Ahali She heaved herself to her paws and crawled outside. She gasped as she poked her head out from the underground tunnel.
A massive badger was reared up above Denil, snarling. Denil was crouched on his side. He had a large wound over his face and he held one of his back legs in an awkward way. His ears were flat against his head, his lips pulled back in a snarl.
The badger spotted Zakari at the entrance to the den and dropped down, running towards her.
" Zakari, run!" Denil shouted, trying to get to his paws.
I can't go back inside, it'll get to Ahali! She thought, before sprinting away and into the forest. The badger followed, hard on her paws. But as she ran, she tripped on a lose root, tumbling to the ground. The badger was upon her in seconds. She barley had time to yelp before It grasped her neck in it's teeth, snapping her neck.
Denil burst though the bushes as the badger shook Zakari's limp body though the air. He let out a shocked gasp, before turning around and running away as quickly as he could manage.
And still inside the den, Ahali searched blindly for the missing warmth of her mother.
The badger dropped Zakari's body and swung it's head around, searing for the kit scent it had caught earlier. But it was lost among the blood. Growling, it lumbered away, crashing though the undergrowth.
It stopped as it caught the scent of milk and cats. Sniffing the air it loped forward, stopping at a thorn barrier. It tore a hole in it, large enough for it to squeeze through. Once it was past the wall, it located the warm scents again, waving it's head though the air.
They were coming from a large den a few feet away from it. Using it's razor sharp claws it tore a hole and stuck it's head inside. There we a few cats, with kits at their swollen bellies. The closest cat only had one kitten, and the badger clumsily scooped it up. The mother shifted, but didn't wake up.
Backing out, it grabbed the kit by it's scruff. It let out a protesting squeak as the large teeth tore into it's skin. Shaking it's head, the badger lumbered out of the camp and into the forest.
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" My kit, oh my kit!"
The queen's cries could be heard throughout the camp. Warriors ran out into the forest, following the scent trail the badger had left behind.
" Brightleaf! Please, calm down!" Cedarstar pleaded.
The cream and brown queen spun around, eyes narrowing into slits. " This is our daughter Cedarstar! And you want me to just calm down? Don't you care about her at all?" She hissed.
" Of course I do! But yowling louder than a thunderstorm will not help!" He retorted.
Brightleaf looked down in defeat, leaning limply on her mates shoulder. " I hope she's okay." she whispered.
Cedarstar licked her forehead soothingly. He stomach was churning. He didn't know what he would do if he lost his daughter. Please be safe.
A few moments later the search party padded into the camp, heads held low. Silvermask padded towards them. " I'm sorry Brightleaf. We found badger scent and kit blood...I'm sorry." He meowed quietly.
Brightleaf buried her face in Cedarstar's shoulder, sobbing. The russet tom's eyes narrowed. " Did you catch the badger?" He meowed.
Silvermask shook his head. " It ran off the territory. We don't know where it went." He replied.
Cedarstar's eyes darkened. " We'll keep the area heavily patrolled until that monster is killed." He growled.
Silvermask nodded and backed off. Brightleaf looked up, tears streaming down her face.
" Will you be okay? Maybe you should go see Raggedwhisker." Cedarstar meowed.
Brightleaf nodded shakily. She started padding towards the medicine cats den, stumbling. Cedarstar padded next to her, keeping her steady. He gave her ear a lick as she disappeared into the musky den.
" Brightleaf? Is that you?" Raggedwhisker's raspy mew sounded from the back on the den. She saw his shape limp forward, " Do you need something?"
Dreamsong padded in then, and whispered something to the old medicine cat. He blinked, eyes widening.
" I'm so sorry Brightleaf. Here, let me get you some thyme." He meowed, grabbing a small leaf.
Dreamsong cleared her throat, meowing, "Raggedwhisker, that's comfrey..."
The older tom blinked in confusion. " Oh you're right. I don't know what I'd do without you Dreamsong." He meowed, turning around and picking up the right herb.
He gave it to Brightleaf, who chewed it slowly before swallowing. Dreamsong padded to her side.
"Would you like some poppy seeds to sleep?" She offered.
Brightleaf shook her head. " N-no. I think I'm going to go for a walk." She meowed quietly, padding out of the den.
She trotted out into the forest, not really knowing where she was going. She looked up at the canopy of leaves, sunlight shining though them. Her ears flattened against her head, and she let out a wail.
She dropped down the ground, crouching as low as she could. But then she heard a sound. A very quiet sound, but it was definitely there. She pricked her ears.
Standing up, she followed the sound to it's source. It was coming from a tunnel by the roots of a tree. It smelled of fox. Cautiously, Brightleaf padded into the den, sniffing. As her eyes adjusted to the gloom, she saw what was making the noise. It was a young fox kit, barely old enough to be away from it's mother.
Brightleaf's eyes widened in fear. What if the mother came back? She backed out of the den quickly, and trotted away with her belly low to the ground. But before she could get far, a sharp scent hit her nose.
She pushed though some ferns and into a clearing. In the center, was the dead body of a fox. It's bitter scent was laced with that of milk, and the harsh scent of badger. This was the mother fox. Brightleaf growled. That's one less monster for the clan to worry about.
But then she remembered the tiny kit, still sitting in the den, waiting for it's mother to return. But she never would. She felt sympathy for the young animal. It's mother was taken from it, just as her kit had been taken away from her. In an instant she had decided what she would do.
Padding forward, she grabbed the fox's scruff in her jaws. It was smaller than the average fox, so Brightleaf only had a little trouble dragging the body back to the hidden den. She began to dig a hole by on of the roots, deep enough for the fox to fit in.
It was just past sun-high when she had finally finished burying the animal. Sighing, she trotted into the den. The fix kit was sleeping now, letting out small squeaks of distress. Brightleaf gazed down at it tenderly. She would take care of it, raise it as her own.
She picked it up gently by the scruff and made her way back to camp. She stopped as she neared the entrance, taking a deep breath before padding through the tunnel and into the camp.
There were a few cats scattered around, but it looked as if most of them were training or on a patrol of some sort. Brightleaf kept her head low, trying to keep from attracting attention to herself. She quickly made her way for the nursery.
" Brightleaf!" She heard her mate call.
She closed her eyes. I was going to have to tell Cedarstar at some point...
She turned slowly, making sure she didn't shake the bundle in her mouth to much. Her mate's gaze immediately flew to the ginger animal. His eyes widened with disbelief.
"What is that doing here!" He growled.
" I found it alone in the forest." Brightleaf replied
Cedarstar sighed. " I know what you're thinking. But That thing can't replace the one we lost."
" I know that...but she needs me." Brightleaf retorted.
" Brightleaf, it's not our kind. You have to take it back." Cedarstar growled.
" Take her back? But she'll die!"
" If the forest wants her then-"
" I want her!" Brightleaf growled.
" Brightleaf I can't let you put our clan in danger." Cedarstar meowed, as calmly as he could.
" Does she look dangerous to you?" Brightleaf snarled.
Cedarstar let our a loud growl. By now the members of the clan that were in camp had turned to see what was going on.
" She'll grow up and kill us all! She's a monster."
" Not if I raise her!" Brightleaf retorted.
Cedarstar let out a long sigh. " Were there any others?" He meowed quietly.
Brightleaf shook her head. " No. I found the mother. I think she was killed by a badger." She meowed grimly.
" Then you may keep her." the russet tom meowed quietly.
" Oh Cedarstar, thank you! I know she'll be a good daughter." Brightleaf meowed.
" I said you may keep her. That doesn't make her my kit." Cedarstar growled.
Brightleaf blinked sadly as Cedarstar turned and stalked away. She turned and made her way to the nursery, setting down the young kit and curling around it. The other queens stared at her as she padded in. Honeycloud curled protectively around her kits and Fernpoppy glanced down nervously at her swollen belly.
Nudging the young fox, Brightleaf got it to latch on and suckle. She purred, looking down at her new adopted kit.
Sunkit, Honeycloud's oldest broke away from his mother, and padded over to her. He sniffed at the small animal. " What is it?" He asked curiously.
" It's a kit." Brightleaf replied.
" But it doesn't look like me, and I'm a kit." Sunkit squeaked.
" That's because it's a fox kit." Brightleaf meowed.
Sunkit blinked, before meowing, " What are you gonna name it?"
" I'm going to name her...Rowankit." Brightleaf meowed. Brightleaf didn't plan on telling Rowankit what she was, until she was ready. She would be raised as a true clan cat.
Before Sunkit could meow something else, his mother picked him up and carried him back over to her nest.
Brightleaf looked down fondly at her kit. " My sweet little Rowankit..."
So, What did you think? I worked hard on this. Let me just say a few things before you review. If your a flamer; go away. Next, I did some research and found that smaller foxes and larger cats are about the same size, so nobody can say anything about that. ;p
Third, If you didn't figure it out already, this story is based off of Disney's Tarzan. I quoted a few things in here, lol. Lastly, Baby foxes are also called kits.
Anyway, I hope you liked it. REVIEW
( The foxes names are pronounced Den-ill, Za-car-ee, and A-hall-ee)
