Winter and Summer

by Spottedlily

It has been 10 moons since the Dark Forest Battle, and Lionblaze and Cinderheart's two kits, Winterkit and Summerkit, think they will live a normal life. But a mysterious prophecy surrounds them, making them think that the Clans are no longer safe...

1. Alliances of Thunderclan

Thunderclan

Leader: Bramlestar- brown tabby tom with amber eyes (mate: Squirrelfilight)

Apprentice: Cometpaw

Deputy: Lionblaze- golden tabby tom with amber eyes (mate: Cinderheart)

Medicine Cat: Jayfeather- gray tabby tom with sightless blue eyes

Apprentice: Twilightpaw

Warriors

(toms and she-cats without kits)

Graystripe- long-haired gray tom with amber eyes (mate; Millie)

Dustpelt- dark brown tabby tom (mate: Ferncloud)

Brakenfur- golden tabby tom

Cloudtail- long-haired white tom with blue eyes (mate: Brightheart)

Apprentice: Larkpaw

Millie- striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes (mate: Graystripe)

Ferncloud- pale gray (with darker flecks) she-cat with green eyes (mate: Dustpelt)

Thornclaw- golden brown tabby tom (mate: Hazeltail)

Leafpool- light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Apprentice: Swiftpaw

Spiderleg- long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes

Whitewing- white she-cat with green eyes

Birchfall- light brown tabby tom

Berrynose- cream-colored tom (mate: Poppyfrost)

Mousewhisker- gray-and-white tom

Foxleap- reddish tabby tom

Icecloud- white she-cat

Toadstep- black-and-white tom

Rosepetal- dark cream she-cat

Briarlight- dark brown she-cat

Blossomfall- tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

Bumblestripe- very pale gray tom with black stripes (mate: Dovewing)

Dovewing- gray she-cat with pale gold eyes (mate: Bumblestripe)

Ivypool- white tabby she-cat with deep blue eyes

Cherryfern- ginger she-cat

Molefoot-black-and-cream tom

Apprentices

(more than 6 moons old, in training to become a warrior)

Cometpaw- dark brown tabby tom with green eyes; son of Bramblestar and Squirrelflight

Twilightpaw- dusky gray she-cat with white underbelly and paws with blue eyes; daughter of Bramblestar and Squirrelflight

Larkpaw- cream tabby she-cat with brown eyes; daughter of Graystripe and Millie

Swiftpaw- brown and tan tom with yellow eyes; son of Thornclaw and Hazeltail

Queens

(she-cats nursing or expecting kits)

Daisy- cream long-furred cat from the horseplace

Hazeltail- small gray-and-white she-cat; expecting Thornclaw's kits

Sorreltail- tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes, expecting Brakenfur's kits

Squirrelflight- dark ginger she-cat with green eyes; Mother of Bramblestar's kits, Firekit, ginger tabby tom with amber eyes, and Owlkit, really pale gray she-cat with pale green eyes.

Brightheart- white she-cat with ginger patches; Mother of Cloudtail's kit, Badgerkit, black-and-white tom with blue eyes

Poppyfrost- tortoiseshell she-cat; Mother of Berrynose's kits, Snowkit, pure white she-cat with brown eyes, Rainkit, gray tom with black paws and dark blue eyes, and Skykit, tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

Cinderheart- gray tabby she-cat; Mother of Lionblaze's kits, Winterkit, silver tabby she-cat with white paws and pale icy blue eyes, and Summerkit, golden tabby she-cat with dark amber eyes

Elders

(former toms and queens, now retired)

Mousefur- small dusky brown she-cat

Purdy- plump tabby former loner with a gray muzzle

Sandstorm- pale ginger she-cat with green eyes, retired after her mate, Firestar, died

Prologue