Brokendawn's choice

Alligances

Riverclan

Leader Emberstar- Tortiseshell tom with heather colored eyes

Deputy Craggystream- Ginger she-cat with gray spots

Medicine cat Graywing- Gray tabby with unusual green eyes

Brokenpaw- Cream, ginger, and reddish she-cat with amber eyes

Warriors

Troutfoot- gray she cat with one white paw

Streamheart- silver tom with blue eyes

Woodfur- brown tabby tom

Mistpelt- pale gray she cat with unusual white spots

Rockwhisker- ginger tom with green eyes

Frostmoon- pure white she cat with deep blue eyes

Squirrelnose- black tom with a ginger nose

Heroneyes- dark grey tom with silver stripes

Sunfang- golden tabby she cat with amber eyes

Queens

Stonestream- expecting kits

Needlenose- nursing Birchstar's kits, renamed Darkkit, Mistkit, Mosskit, and Whitekit.

Willowfall- mother of two kits, Petalkit and Spottedkit.

Elders

Willow cloud- cream she cat with ginger spots

Fern Brook- silver tom with black stripes

Prologue

Brokenkit watched from the reeds as her littermates; Robinkit, Goldenkit, and Crystalkit, played a game. The game was called clan, one kit was the leader, one was the deputy, and one was the warrior. Clan was a three kit game, so her brothers and sisters had told her she could not play. She frowned at the memory. She didn't really want to play anyways, because she didn't want to be a warrior, deputy or leader. She didn't know what she wanted to be. Well, I want to be a medicine cat, but Meadow pelt already had an apprentice, Graywing. Meadow pelt was one of the very few cats that still had a mountain cat name. The others were all elders; Fern Brook, Spider paw, and Willow cloud. Spider paw was the oldest cat in the forest. His mother was the first medicine cat, Moth flight. He was also her father. Her mother, Birdsong, had died kitting. The reason she was named Brokenkit was because her mother died kitting right as she gave birth to her. Other cats in camp avoided her. They thought she was bad luck. I'll show them, she thought. All I have to do is prove myself.

"Brokenpaw, fetch some borage for Stonestream." Graywing mewed. Brokenpaw sighed and trotted over to the herb store. She ran over to Graywing.

"Here."

She passed the borage to Graywing.

"No, no, no! Two leaves, not one."

Brokenpaw wished that Meadow pelt was her mentor, but the kind tom had died three moons before, a moon before she started her training. A Skyclan warrior killed the medicine cat. Skyclan invaded their camp at night when there was no moon. They slaughtered Meadow pelt, Fern brook, Rockmist, and Fishleap. Emberstar was furious. She decided to steal Birchstar's kits. Now, renamed, Darkkit, Whitekit, Mistkit, and Mosskit thrived. Emberstar gave the kits to Needlenose to nurse. Needlenose's kits were sick at birth and died a halfmoon later. Birchstar still didn't know who stole his kits.

"Brokenpaw! Did you hear me?"

Graywing snapped her back to the present. "Uh-h n-no," Brokenpaw stuttered.

"I NEED FENNEL!"

Graywing yowled. Brokenpaw ran full pelt across camp and grabbed what she hoped was fennel. Sometimes, I wish I was a warrior. I am so bad at being a medicine cat, she thought. That's it! I'll just be a warrior! She ran over to Graywing and passed her the herbs. A few agonizing minutes later, Graywing meowed:

"She's done. Two she-cats and a tom."

Brokenpaw waited until she and Graywing were back in the medicine den. Then she blurted.

"I want to be a warrior!"

Graywing sighed.

"I knew this day would come, I just hoped it wouldn't be so soon," she mewed sadly. "Starclan had foretold it to me when I got my medicine cat name. They said "Your first apprentice shall not complete her training. She has to find her own path, but you may guide her."

Brokenpaw was aghast. Starclan had foretold her destiny to Graywing?

"Well, you may as well go tell Emberstar,"

Graywing meowed quietly. Brokenpaw got up and walked out of the den. She walked across camp toward Emberstar's den but Heroneyes stopped her.

"Is Stonestream okay?"

Brokenpaw wondered why he was asking and then remembered that he was Stonestream's mate.

"Yes, she is fine."

Heroneyes relaxed then asked

"How many?"

"Two she-cats and a tom." Brokenpaw replied.

Then Brokenpaw hurried off to go talk to Emberstar.

"Let all cats old enough to swim gather to hear my words," Emberstar yowled. "Today we have before us an apprentice who would like to change her destiny. Brokenpaw was a medicine cat apprentice, but now she wishes to be a warrior apprentice." Murmurs echoed through the gathered cats and Brokenpaw started to tremble. "Sunfang, you have not yet had an apprentice. I hope you will pass on your courage and strength to this young apprentice. Train her well." Brokenpaw touched noses with the stunned she-cat. Emberstar obviously hadn't told Sunfang that she was getting an apprentice. Then Sunfang shook herself and mewed "Let us go and see the territory."