A screech echoed around the moor, shattering the silent night. A brown-gray tom raced out of a den, a bundle in his mouth and he raced across a clearing and into another den with a gentle scent of milk. He crouched down next to a tawny colored tabby and placed down the bundle. "Push when I tell you," he murmured. The tm glanced up and his sharp yellow eyes landed on a light brown she-cat. "Can you go get me a stick, Heatherbreeze?"

The queen nodded and padded out of the den, making sure not to wake her kits. The light brown she-cat soon raced back in and dropped a stick at the tom's paws. She padded to her nest and curled around her kits.

The tawny tabby queen shrieked again and the tom gave her the stick and she clamped her jaws down on it. He placed a paw on her belly and felt her shudder. "Push!" He ordered once she shuddered again and the queen crushed the stick, splintering it. A kit slid out onto the nest. And it was over.

The queen opened her jaws and the splintered pieces fell out. The tom grabbed the kit, nipped the kitting sac, and licked it the wrong way. The kit took in a deep breath and wailed. He smiled and placed the kit at her mother's belly. "Congratulations, Softfeather, you have one healthy she-kit." He then swept the splintered pieces out of the nest and toward the entrance of the den.

Softfeather purred gently and leaned over to lick her daughter on the head. The she-kit squeaked and wriggled closer to her mother's belly before latching on and suckling, kneading Softfeather's belly with her tiny delicate paws. The brown-gray tom blinked at the kit before pawing over some leaves to the queen. She lapped them up, wrinkling her nose in the process. The tom flicked his tail and padded out of the den, stopping in the middle of the clearing and looking up at the starry sky. With another flick of his tail, he padded into the den that smelled of herbs. "Pray that the Clan never finds out," he murmured.

WindClan

Leader: Blackstar – large, long-haired gray tom with a long black tail and clear orange eyes

Deputy: Leapingfox – slender, fluffy dark ginger she-cat with black legs, white underbelly and tail-tip and black ears, gray eyes

Medicine Cat: Kestrelheart – small brown-gray tom with a fluffy tail and sharp yellow eyes

Apprentice, Dawnpaw

Warriors:

Mudspots – dark brown tom with brown spots and sky blue eyes

Brackenheart – silver tabby tom with green eyes

Leaftail – light brown tom with a brown tabby striped tail

Apprentice, Squirrelpaw

Falconflight – gray she-cat with a black stripe along her spine and green eyes

Jaytalon – gray-blue tabby she-cat with white paws and underbelly and light amber eyes

Leopardclaw – yellow she-cat with black spots and amber eyes

Apprentice, Breezepaw

Voleclaw – brown tom with one white foot and green eyes

Fernleaf – beautiful tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with yellow eyes

Firetail – white she-cat with a dark ginger tail and pale gold-amber eyes

Badgerpelt – black-and-white tom with blue eyes

Bluestripe – silver tom with blue tabby stripes and green eyes

Apprentices:

Dawnpaw – cream colored she-cat with white paws, ears, and tail-tip, and soft brown eyes

Squirrelpaw – gray tom with a bushy tail and amber eyes

Breezepaw – golden tabby she-cat and pale yellow eyes

Queens:

Heatherbreeze – light brown she-cat with green-yellow eyes, mother of Badgerpelt's kits: Flowerkit (black she-kit with blue eyes) and Swiftkit (light brown-and-white tom-kit with green eyes)

Softfeather – tawny tabby she-cat with soft fur and warm amber eyes, mother of an unknown tom's kit: Sandkit (sandy-yellow tabby she-kit with dark blue eyes)

Elders:

Amberheart – orange tabby she-cat with a gray muzzle and amber eyes

Cloudyeyes – gray tom with darker flecks, clouded blind yellow eyes, ruffled fur, and fluffy feet

RiverClan

Leader: Minnowstar – small, shiny silver she-cat with sharp blue eyes

Apprentice, Dewpaw

Deputy: Troutsplash – plump blue-gray tom with black patches and green eyes

Medicine Cat: Ferretfur – brown she-cat with darker paws, stripe along her spine, and a mask on her face, blind gray eyes

Warriors:

Hailstorm – tiny black tom with amber eyes

Creekstone – sleek blue-gray she-cat with orange eyes

Apprentice, Reedpaw

Sageleaf – brown tabby she-cat with a pale underbelly and one blue eye, one green

Cloudstorm – pale gray, almost white, tom with bright green eyes

Snowtail – brown tom with a white tail and brown eyes

Apprentice, Goosepaw

Hazelberry – light ginger she-cat with amber eyes

Eaglewing – light brown tabby tom with black paws, white underbelly, and gray flecks, and blue eyes

Thurshwing – dark gray almost black tom with dark amber eyes

Ravenflight – slender black she-cat with blue-amber eyes

Frogbounce – reddish brown tabby tom with bright green eyes

Shellstone – dark gray tom with yellow eyes

Apprentice:

Dewpaw – sturdy silver-gray tom with black paws, underbelly, muzzle, and tail tip, hazy blue eyes

Reedpaw – white she-cat with gray spots and amber eyes

Goosepaw – gray tom with a white chest and black muzzle, black eyes

Queens:

Streamheart – sleek silver-blue she-cat with leaf green eyes, mother to Shadestar's kits: Icekit (white she-kit with green eyes), Pricklekit (spiky black tom-kit with yellow eyes), and Branchkit (light brown tom-kit with darker tabby stripes and light green eyes)

Elders:

Cinderbelly – white tom with a gray belly and dull brown eyes

ShadowClan

Leader: Shadestar – spiky black tom with yellow eyes

Deputy: Thistletooth – brown tabby tom with a pale underbelly and sky blue eyes

Medicine Cat: Blackcloud – dark gray, almost black, tom with green eyes

Apprentice, Doveflight

Warriors:

Brackenblaze – golden-brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Pineheart – brown tabby she-cat with green eyes

Stormeyes – dark gray she-cat with stormy gray eyes

Tigerthorn – massive black-and-dark brown tom with dark green eyes

Sunblaze – fluffy golden tabby tom with amber eyes

Cedarclaw – black tom with white paws and throat, blue eyes

Apprentice, Rowanpaw

Nightwing – dark gray, almost black, she-cat with gray eyes

Lionfang – large golden-brown tom with dark yellow eyes

Brokenfoot – sleek ginger tabby tom with his right front paw bent at an awkward angle, green eyes

Sweetfern – tortoiseshell-and-black she-cat with green-blue eyes

Archtail – gray tabby tom with his tail bent at an awkward angle, amber eyes

Apprentices:

Doveflight – gray she-cat with black paws and chest, golden-amber eyes

Rowanpaw – light brown tabby tom with blue eyes

Queens:

Strikeclaw – dark ginger she-cat with white paws, underbelly, muzzle, and tail-tip, green eyes, expecting Archtail's kits

Ivyvine – silver tabby she-cat with black ears and gray paws, golden eyes, mother of Sunblaze's kits: Oakkit (tiny light brown tom-kit with green eyes), Flamekit (golden-ginger tom-kit with blue eyes), Wildkit (white-and-gold she-kit with bright amber-green eyes), and Crowkit (black tom-kit with green eyes)

Elders:

Ratwhisker – scrawny brown tom with slight faded fur and pale yellow eyes

Nutfall – thin light brown tabby tom with a long tail, tufted ears, and amber eyes

Silverwater – small silver she-cat with brown eyes and a long scar along her should; retired earlier do to an injury

ThunderClan

Leader: Swiftstar – slender black tom with white streaks and bright amber eyes

Deputy: Blazingleaf – dark ginger tabby tom with dark brown paws and gray eyes

Apprentice, Mousepaw

Medicine Cat: Weaselfoot – creamy tabby tom with gray paws, tail-tip, and ears, green eyes

Warriors:

Rootclaw – ginger-brown tom with cold blue eyes

Lightningstrike – white tom with jagged yellow stripes and yellow eyes

Daisypetal – pretty ginger she-cat with blue eyes

Apprentice, Snowpaw

Barkheart – dark brown-and-light brown mottled tom with one yellow eye and one green eye

Ashfall – white she-cat with gray legs and belly, silvery-blue eyes

Poppyflower – black she-cat with white tabby stripes and amber eyes

Hawktalon – black tom with dark brown tabby stripes, dark gray belly and muzzle, lighter brown paws, and sharp red eyes

Maplefrost – yellow-and-white mottled she-cat with white paws, chest, muzzle, tail-tip, and ears, one green eye and one brown eye

Honeyshine – pretty golden she-cat with warm amber eyes

Addertail – brown tabby tom with a pale underbelly, muzzle, paws, and tail-tip, amber eyes

Apprentice, Scarpaw

Molewhisker – pale brown tom with darker paws, belly, ears, tail-tip, and nose, green-blue eyes

Apprentices:

Scarpaw – golden-brown tom with black legs, scar covered pelt, green eyes

Snowpaw – long-haired pure white she-cat with amber eyes

Mousepaw – tan tom with brown paws and amber eyes

Queens:

Echobreeze – white, light brown and cream she-cat with pale blue eyes, expecting Addertail's kits

Quailheart – orange-and-white she-cat with hazel eyes, mother to Rootclaw's kits: Cherrykit (orange-ginger she-kit with hazel-blue eyes), Dustkit (brown tom-kit with faint ginger patches and amber eyes), and Flintkit (ginger-white tom-kit with hazel eyes)

Elders:

Tallears – small black tabby tom with large ears and dark gray eyes

Raggedpelt – cream-and-brown tom with ragged, unkempt fur, and dull amber eyes

Cats outside the Clan

Novalee – small, skinny gray tabby she-cat with large gold-green eyes and flat ears

Riley – tall, plump silver tabby tom with green eyes

Indie – fat, smoky orange tabby tom with pale yellow eyes