It's been a while since Brightdawn got her name, so some stuff HAS changed. Not a lot, but enough to justify new allegiences. They will be below the prologue, which I hope you enjoy.
Rainstar stood outside the medicine cat's den, watching as Blackwater and Snowbelly carried Featherstars body out of camp to bury. Blackwater as the only elder, had asked Featherstars mate to assist in the job, and watching the two, Rainstar was struck by just how old Snowbelly was. It might be time for the senior warrior to think about retiring.
"You'll do fine." Rainstar jumped a little; Goldensky had managed to come up behind Rainstar without him noticing. "She wouldn't have chosen you as deputy without considering your skills as a leader."
Rainstar decided not to argue that. "How are her kits?" he asked. Featherstars kits were barely two moons old, and while they were starting to wean, RiverClan was exceptionally lucky. Without Lilypatch joining and giving birth to a mostly still-born litter, there would be no queen to nurse them.
"They're understandably shaken, but Lilypatch is caring for them and making sure they don't follow the elders."
The two toms stood there in silence, then Goldensky meowed, "Have you decided on a deputy yet? It's almost moonhigh."
Rainstar sighed. "Yes. I suppose I'd better call the clan together now."
"A good idea."
Rainstar padded over to the sloping rock that stood directly next to the stream, resulting in it frequently being damp. He climbed up, thanking StarClan that the rock was not smooth, but rough and bumpy, making it harder to slip. "Let all cats old enough to swim gather around the Wet Rock!" he yowled.
Slowly, the clan gathered, looking up at Rainstar with visible worry. Rainstar could understand that. Featherstar had died just after moonhigh last night from wounds Goldensky couldn't heal. Goldensky had told Rainstar that he needed to go the moonpool right away. As a result Rainstar had left before the vigil even began, and when he returned, it was sunset. He still wasn't sure why Goldensky had pushed for him to go right away.
Rainstar took a deep breath. "Despite Featherstar passing away last night, RiverClan must move on in order to be strong. I say these words before StarClan, so that the spirits of our warrior ancestors may hear and approve of my choice. The new deputy of RiverClan is Mossflower." He hoped the clan didn't argue. Mossflower seemed a good decision to him. She was quite practical and intelligent, and truly cared for her clanmates. Rainstar knew she would do her job well.
Mossflower stood up, obviously startled by the decision. "Me?" Rainstar nodded hesitantly. Was she about to say no?
Mossflower glanced down at her mate and kits sitting by her, then back up at Rainstar. "Then I accept the role, Rainstar. I hope to serve RiverClan well, I-I never expected to be chosen."
The clan started cheering. "Mossflower! Mossflower!" Brookleap and Stoneclaw purred and rubbed their muzzles along their mother.
Rainstar leapt down from the rock once the clan dispersed, going to sleep, and found Goldensky waiting for him, looking serious. "I need to talk to you in my den."
Rainstar followed Goldensky into the medicine cat's den. "What is it?"
"I have a bad feeling." Goldensky looked worried. "I receieved an omen, rather vague, yesterday morning. I was watching the sun come up, when several dark clouds appeared over it for barely a minute, before the sun rose past them and they grew lighter. Yet they remained grey. I fear it may have something to do with Brightdawns kits. Beyond that I have no idea."
"Is there anything I should do about it?" Rainstar felt rather foolish. No doubt Featherstar would have known exactly what to do.
Goldensky shrugged. "Besides watch them for anything bad? Not at this time." Goldensky sighed. "I just know that it doesn't feel good."
"I'm sure it'll be fine," Rainstar bluffed. "I'm going to go to sleep Goldensy. I'll let you know if I learn anything more." He began to walk towards the warrior's den, then remembered that he was now sleeping in the leader's den and turned towards that den. When he got inside, he found that one of the apprentices had changed the moss, as it only barely smelled of Featherstar in here. He would have to remember to talk to Lilystep about sharing nests in the future, but for now he just wanted to sleep.
RiverClan
Leader
Rainstar - dark blue-grey tom with blue eyes (mates with Lilystep, father of Swiftstep and Nightbriar, 9/9 lives left)
Apprentice, Beetlepaw
Deputy
Mossflower - dark brown tabby she-cat with copper eyes (mates with Troutface, mother of Stoneclaw and Brookleap)
Apprentice, Pricklepaw
Medicine Cat
Goldensky - Black tom with ginger-brown tabby-tortie pattern and green eyes
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
Snowbelly - light brown tabby tom with several white streaks along his belly from a battle when he was an apprentice (mates with Featherstar, father of Cinderfrost, Shellwhisker, Applekit, Doekit, Creekkit, and Sootkit)
Apprentice, Adderpaw
Troutface - pale silver tabby tom with blue eyes and black paws (named because hes really good at catching trout, and went around bragging that he was so much more handsome than the others, that the fish leaped to their deaths for his face. Featherstar named him that to humble him, but after a while it stopped feeling like a cruel name and more like his name. Mates with Mossflower, father of Stoneclaw and Brookleap)
Frostheart - silver tabby she-cat with yellow eyes (mates with Sandstripe, mother of Brightdawn, Otternose, Scorchtail, Dawnflight, Shadekit, Hailkit, Cloudkit, and Dustkit)
Apprentice, Greypaw
Dawnpool - golden-brown tabby she-cat with green eyes (mates with Eelspots, mother of Mudfoot, Yellowstorm, Adderpaw, Pricklepaw, Lizardpaw, and Specklekit)
Apprentice, Nettlepaw
Darkstorm - black tom with yellow eyes (mates with Otternose)
Apprentice, Lizardpaw
Mudfoot - dark brown tom with amber eyes (son of Eelspots and Dawnpool, mates with Hawkclaw and Blueshine, father of Swallowpaw, Beetlepaw, and Splashkit)
Lilystep - white she-cat with silver spotted tabby markings and blue eyes
Apprentice, Shadepaw
Blueshine - deep blue-grey she-cat with yellow eyes (mates with Mudfoot and Hawkclaw, mother of Swallowpaw, Beetlepaw, and Splashkit)
Hawkclaw - black tom with blue eyes (named when he saved some kits from a bird of some sort-possibly a heron, mates with Mudfoot and Blueshine, father of Beetlepaw, Swallowpaw, and Splashkit)
Stoneclaw - dark grey tabby tom with yellow eyes (son of Troutface and Mossflower, mates with Mistystream, father of Greypaw, Silverkit, and Smokekit)
Brookleap - pale brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes (daughter of Troutface and Mossflower)
Apprentice, Beechpaw
Cinderfrost - pale grey she-cat with blue eyes (Daughter of Snowbelly and Featherstar)
Shellwhisker - Fawn spotted tabby tom with amber eyes (Son of Snowbelly and Featherstar)
Yellowstorm - Lilac-grey tabby tom with copper eyes (son of Dawnpool and unknown tom)
Apprentice, Lichenpaw
Otternose - dark grey tabby she-cat with yellow eyes (daughter of Sandstripe and Troutface/Frostheart, mates with Darkstorm)
Apprentice, Swallowpaw
Scorchtail - deep ginger tabby tom with amber eyes (son of Sandstripe and Troutface/Frostheart, mates with Nightbriar)
Apprentice, Tumblepaw
Nightbriar - brown white-speckled she-cat with blue eyes (daughter of Rainears and Lilystep, mates with Scorchtail)
Swiftstep - skinny white tom with blue eyes (son of Rainears and Lilystep, mates with Brightdawn)
Brightdawn - cinnamon tabby she-cat with blue eyes (daughter of Sandstripe and Troutface/Frostheart, mates with Swiftstep, mother of Tumblepaw, Beechpaw, Shadepaw, Nettlepaw, and Lichenpaw)
Apprentices
Adderpaw - dark brown spotted tabby she-cat with yellow eyes (daughter of Eelspots and Dawnpool)
Pricklepaw - dark brown tom with yellow eyes (son of Eelspots and Dawnpool)
Lizardpaw - black tom with green eyes (son of Eelspots and Dawnpool)
Greypaw - dark grey she-cat with yellow eyes (daughter of Stoneclaw and Mistystream)
Swallowpaw - dark grey tom with amber eyes (son of Blueshine and Mudfoot)
Beetlepaw - black tom with yellow eyes (son of Blueshine and Hawkclaw)
Nettlepaw - golden brown she-cat with black paws and yellow eyes (daughter of Brightdawn and Eelspots)
Tumblepaw - quite small and undersized ginger tabby tom with cream chest/belly/face and green eyes (son of Brightdawn and Eelspots)
Lichenpaw - pale grey she-cat with pale brown paws/ears and amber eyes (daughter of Brightdawn and Eelspots)
Shadepaw - extremely tiny and slender cinnamon caliby [calico tabby] she-cat with yellow eyes (daughter of Brightdawn and Eelspots)
Beechpaw - brown tabby tom with pale grey paws/tail and amber eyes (son of Brightdawn and Eelspots)
Mallowpaw - pale brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes (daughter of Lilystep)
Minnowpaw - grey she-cat with white patched pelt and blue eyes (daughter of Lilystep)
Queens
Lilypatch - tiny tortoiseshell she-cat with yellow eyes and white patches, mother of Eaglekit (scrawny dark brown tabby tom with yellow eyes), foster mother of: Applekit (reddish brown tabby she-cat with white muzzle, paws, and belly, and yellow eyes), Creekkit (grey tabby tom with white belly and paws and blue eyes), and Sootkit (dark grey tabby she-cat with long fluffy fur and amber eyes)
Elders
Blackwater - black tom with grey-speckled fur and yellow eyes (father of Sandstripe and Goldensky)
ThunderClan
Leader
Oakstar - dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes (mates with Sedgetail, father of Birchpaw, Brackenpaw, Briarpaw, Mosskit, and Tawnykit)
9/9 lives left
Apprentice, Brackenpaw
Deputy
Robinfur - ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes (mother of Whiteclaw, Foxstorm, and Goosedawn, father unknown)
Medicine Cat
Mintstorm - pale grey tom with white paws and blue eyes
Apprentice, Fallowheart
Warriors
Patchfern - grey-and-white patched she-cat with greying muzzle and yellow eyes (mother of Mintstorm and Shrewnose, oldest warrior in the clan)
Shrewnose - pale grey-brown tom with amber eyes (mates with Cederstep, father of Fallowheart, Pouncefoot, and Greywhisker)
Apprentice, Briarpaw
Pineblaze - dark brown tom with yellow eyes (father of Oakfur and Poppywing, mother deceased from greencough)
Apprentice, Lionpaw
Sedgetail - brown she-cat with yellow eyes (mates with Oakclaw, mother of Birchpaw, Brackenpaw, Briarpaw, Mosskit, and Tawnykit)
Apprentice, Sparrowpaw
Nightpelt - black tom with amber eyes (mates with Seedstripe, father of Hollyclaw, Pricklepelt, Blackpaw, Volepaw, and Sparrowpaw)
Apprentice, Goldenpaw
Seedstripe - brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes (mates with Nightpelt, mother of Hollyclaw, Pricklepelt, Blackpaw, Volepaw, and Sparrowpaw)
Cederstep - light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes (mates with Shrewnose, mother of Fallowheart, Pouncefoot, and Greywhisker)
Apprentice, Volepaw
Thornleap - brown-furred tom with white paws and chest and amber eyes (mates with Hollystar, father of Goldenkit, Scorchkit, Lionkit, and Mousekit)
Hollyclaw - black she-cat with yellow eyes
Pricklepelt - black tom with yellow eyes
Whiteclaw - white she-cat with mismatched amber and blue eyes
Apprentice, Snowpaw
Owlfang - pale cream colored tom with green eyes
Apprentice, Birchpaw
Oakfur - brown tom with amber eyes
Poppywing - dark brown, almost black she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice, Mousepaw
Pouncefoot - pale brown she-cat with white chest, paws, and muzzle, and amber eyes
Apprentice, Brackenpaw
Greywhisker - pale grey tom with yellow eyes
Foxstorm - ginger tabby tom with amber eyes (son of Robinfur)
Goosedawn - very pale grey she-cat with yellow eyes (daughter of Robinfur)
Silverpool - silver tabby she-cat with amber eyes (mother of Snowpaw)
Apprentices
Fallowheart - pale brown tabby she-cat with green eyes (medicine cat apprentice)
Birchpaw - almost completely white with some brown speckles tom with amber eyes (son of Oakclaw and Sedgetail)
Brackenpaw - brown tabby tom with yellow eyes (son of Oakclaw and Sedgetail)
Briarpaw - dark brown she-cat with yellow eyes (son of Oakclaw and Sedgetail)
Volepaw - dark grey tom with white paws and amber eyes (son of Seedstripe and Nightpelt)
Sparrowpaw - pale brown tabby tom with yellow eyes (son of Seedstripe and Nightpelt)
Goldenpaw - golden-brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes (daughter of Hollystar and Thornleap)
Lionpaw - small pale golden-brown tom with yellow eyes (son of Hollystar and Thornleap)
Mousepaw - pale brown tom with yellow eyes (son of Hollystar and Thornleap)
Snowpaw- dirty white tom with yellow eyes (son of Silverpool and Burr)
Queens
Elders
Sootleap - lithe pale grey she-cat with very pale silvery-grey paws and green eyes (younger sister to Patchfern, retired early after a bout of greencough that also killed her kits)
Rowanfur - dark reddish-brown tom with yellow eyes and grey/white speckled pelt (father of Robinfur)
ShadowClan
Leader
Sunstar - dark ginger tabby tom with yellow eyes (mates with Quicknose, father of Amberpaw, Flamepaw, Thistlekit, Falconkit, Vixenkit, Brownkit, Brightkit, Sparkkit, and Acornkit)
6/9 lives left (he's a bit of a coward, he lost two lives to greencough)
Apprentice, Russetpaw
Deputy
Ravenblaze - black she-cat with yellow eyes (mother of Nightpaw, Fawnpaw, and Pricklepaw)
Medicine Cat
Sharpnose - tawny brown tom with brindled pelt and amber eyes
Apprentice, Petalbreeze
Warriors
Owlwhisker - white tom with pale brown speckled pelt and yellow eyes (mates with Dapplecloud, father of Petalpaw, Silverpaw, Spottedpaw, and Specklepaw)
Apprentice, Twigpaw
Toadclaw - dark grey tom with green eyes (mates with Goldencloud, father of Sunpaw, Larchpaw, Duskpaw, Newtpaw, and Nightkit)
Apprentice, Specklepaw
Stoatfur - golden-brown tom with white chest, paws, and muzzle, and amber eyes
Blossompelt - tortoiseshell she-cat with ginger paws and black ears and blue eyes (mother of Petalpaw)
Apprentice, Flamepaw
Goldencloud - pale golden she-cat with yellow eyes (mates with Toadclaw, mother of Newtpaw)
Apprentice, Applepaw
Dapplecloud - grey she-cat with white spots and blue eyes (mates with Owlwhisker, mother of Silverpaw, Spottedpaw, and Specklepaw)
Apprentice, Newtpaw
Adderstorm - pale brown tabby tom with dark brown stripes and hazel eyes
Apprentice, Spottedpaw
Lizardclaw - dark grey, almost black tom with blue eyes
Marshcry - dusky brown tom with hazel eyes (mates with Cherrydapple, father of Mosspaw, Applepaw, Willowkit, and Duskkit)
Apprentice, Quailpaw
Cherrydapple - calico she-cat with lots of ginger spots and copper eyes (mates with Marshcry, mother of Mosspaw, Applepaw, Willowkit, and Duskkit)
Apprentice, Oakpaw
Clovershade - pale grey she-cat with white paws and amber eyes
Apprentice, Silverpaw
Dovetalon - grey tabby she-cat
Sunblaze - golden tabby she-cat with yellow eyes
Larchwing - pale grey-brown she-cat with green eyes
Duskstorm - dark golden-brown tom with amber eyes
Apprentice, Mosspaw
Newtflight - dark grey she-cat with green eyes (daughter of Goldencloud and Toadclaw)
Apprentices
Petalbreeze - white she-cat with ginger, black, and brown patches, and yellow eyes (medicine cat apprentice)
Silverpaw - pale grey tom with blue eyes (son of Dapplecloud and Owlwhisker)
Spottedpaw - pale brown she-cat with white spots and blue eyes (daughter of Dapplecloud and Owlwhisker)
Specklepaw - grey tom with dark grey speckles and blue eyes (son of Dapplecloud and Owlwhisker)
Flamepaw - ginger tabby tom with yellow eyes (son of Quicknose and Sunstar)
Nightpaw - black she-cat with yellow eyes (daughter of Ravenblaze)
Fawnpaw - fawn tabby she-cat with amber eyes (daughter of Ravenblaze)
Pricklepaw - pale brown she-cat with brindled pelt and amber eyes (daughter of Ravenblaze)
Mosspaw - black-and-brown patched tom with yellow eyes (son of Marshcry and Cherrydapple)
Applepaw - brown tabby she-cat with white belly, chest, muzzle, paws, and tail tip, with amber eyes
Russetpaw - small reddish brown tom with yellow eyes (son of Nutstrike and Ferretleap)
Oakpaw - dark brown tom with light brown paws and amber eyes (son of Nutstrike and Ferretleap)
Twigpaw - tiny brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes (daughter of Nutstrike and Ferretleap)
Quailpaw - brown tabby she-cat with pale brown belly and yellow eyes (daughter of Nutstrike and Ferretleap)
Queens
Quicknose - chocolate tabby she-cat with copper eyes, mother of Sunstars kits: Thistlekit (dark reddish brown tabby tom with yellow eyes), Falconkit (light brown tabby tom with copper eyes), Vixenkit (pale ginger tabby she-cat with yellow eyes), Brownkit (brown she-cat with light brown and dark brown patches and amber eyes), Brightkit (tortoiseshell she-cat with white paws and yellow eyes), and Acornkit (brown tabby tom with amber eyes)*
Elders
Nutstrike - brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes (mother of Russetpaw, Oakpaw, Twigpaw, and Quailpaw)
Stormheart - dark grey tom with blue eyes (mates with deceased she-cat, father of Toadclaw and Dovepaw)
Ferretleap - skinny reddish-brown tom with partially white-speckled pelt and yellow eyes (father of Russetpaw, Oakpaw, Twigpaw, and Quailpaw)
WindClan
Leader
Runningstar - white tom with one orange eye and one blue eye
Apprentice, Mallowpaw
Deputy
Swallowdrop - dark grey tabby she-cat with white paws and blue eyes (mates with Icepelt, mother of Mintflower, Haystripe, and Silvermask)
Medicine Cat
Mintflower - silver tabby she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice, Dewfrost
Warriors
Fernsky - pale grey she-cat with greying muzzle, white-speckled pelt and green eyes (mates with Webfang, mother of Runningheart, Swallowdrop, and Woollyfur)
Molefur - dark brown tom with stumpy tail and green eyes (*mates with deceased she-cat, father of Falconeye)
Apprentice, Darkpaw
Kinkear - brown tom with slightly twisted-looking ears and amber eyes
Apprentice, Whitepaw
Woollyfur - pale grey, almost white tabby tom with very fluffy fur and green eyes (mates with deceased she-cat, father of Sootspots and Dewpaw)
Apprentice, Pebblepaw
Icepelt - pale silver tom with orange eyes (mates with Swallowdrop, father of Mintflower, Haystripe, and Silvermask)
Apprentice, Sandpaw
Spottedtail - pale golden spotted tabby she-cat with large spots like a leopards and yellow eyes and very long slim tail (mother of Tigerkit, Spiderpaw, Darkpaw, and Emberpaw)
Apprentice, Sandpaw
Heavyblaze - large, lumbering black tom with yellow eyes and long tail (somehow runs fast despite bulk, mates with Silvermask, father of Pebblepaw, Mallowpaw, and Blackkit)
Apprentice, Emberpaw
Haystripe - fawn tabby tom with hazel eyes (mates with Rosetalon, father of Hollowpaw, Sneezepaw, Sandpaw, and Horsekit)
Apprentice, Morningpaw
Rosetalon - pale ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes (mates with Haystripe, mother of Hollowpaw, Sneezepaw, Sandpaw, and Horsekit)
Silvermask - silver tabby she-cat with white mask and mantle and hazel eyes (mates with Heavyblaze, mother of Pebblepaw, Mallowpaw, and Blackkit)
Wasptalon - pale golden-brown she-cat with black paws, ears, and tail tip, and yellow eyes (mates with Falconeye, mother of Sandpaw, Morningpaw, Sparrowpaw, and Whitepaw)
Apprentice, Sneezepaw
Falconeye - brown tabby tom with amber eyes (mates with Wasptalon, father of Sandpaw, Morningpaw, Sparrowpaw, and Whitepaw)
Apprentice, Spiderpaw
Hawklight - brown tabby tom with yellow eyes
Apprentice, Sparrowpaw
Sootspots - dark grey tom with light grey patches and green eyes
Meadowfrost - cream she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice, Hollowpaw
Seedmoon - brown tabby with white stripes instead of brown tom
Flamewhisker - ginger tom purebred with green eyes (mates with Pigeonsky, father of Prince, Duchess, Ginny, Smoky, Dew, Ginger, Cherrykit, Mintkit, Ashkit, and Foxkit)
Apprentices
Dewfrost - grey tabby tom with green eyes
Darkpaw - dark grey, almost black tom with copper eyes
Spiderpaw - skinny black tom with yellow eyes
Emberpaw - black she-cat with amber eyes
Pebblepaw - grey tom with copper eyes (son of Silvermask and Heavyblaze)
Mallowpaw - white she-cat with blind blue eyes (daughter of Silvermask and Heavyblaze)
Hollowpaw - dark ginger tabby tom with hazel eyes (son of Rosetalon and Haystripe)
Sneezepaw - pale fawn she-cat with hazel eyes (daughter of Rosetalon and Haystripe)
Sandpaw - pale tan tabby she-cat with green eyes (daughter of Rosetalon and Haystripe)
Sandpaw - pale golden tabby she-cat with yellow eyes (daughter of Wasptalon and Falconeye)
Morningpaw - pale brown tabby she-cat with white paws and belly and amber eyes (daughter of Wasptalon and Falconeye)
Sparrowpaw - brown tabby tom with amber eyes (son of Wasptalon and Falconeye)
Whitepaw - black tom with white paws, belly, chest, and muzzle, and yellow eyes (son of Wasptalon and Falconeye)
Queens
Rainwillow - blue-grey she-cat with hazel eyes, mother of Seedmoon's kit: Bluekit (blue-grey she-cat with amber eyes)
Pigeonsky - pinkish grey she-cat with amber eyes, mother of Flamewhiskers kits: Cherrykit (ginger and white patched she-cat with yellow eyes), Mintkit (grey she-cat with white patches and hazel eyes), Ashkit (dark grey point tom with blue eyes), and Foxkit (ginger tabby tom with green eyes)
Elders
Webfang - white tom with scarred, greying muzzle and cloudy blue eyes, went semi-blind early in life and retired to elders den after several accidents due to it (mates with Fernsky, father of Runningheart, Swallowdrop, and Woollyfur)
Nightrunner - skinny black tom with white-speckled pelt and yellow eyes (mates with deceased she-cat, father of Heavyblaze and Wasptalon)
Puddlenose - dark blue-grey she-cat with green eyes and white-speckled pelt (mates with Harestar, mother of Molefur, Kinkear, Hawklight, and Rainwillow)
Off-territory loners and kittypets
Sam - pale brown tabby tom with white paws, tail tip, muzzle, and chest, and yellow eyes
Prince - ginger tabby tom with green eyes (son of Pig and King)
Thunder - black tom with yellow eyes
*Yes, Quicknose and Sunstar have two litters right now who are two different ages. This actually happens a couple of times over the story. Queens can get pregnant again surprisingly quickly, which is why the fight for TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) is so important IRL.