'Every rose has its thorn' is a short story documenting the life of Thornpaw a young Fallclan apprentice who was led astray by dark forest cats. Things you should know…

Fallclan has two medicine cats due to them living near a mountain

Fallclan live in a forest very far from the main warriors

All the warriors have a part in 'all' of the apprentices' training. This means that one warrior is not bound to one apprentice

Leader

Mudstar – Muscular black furred tom with amber eyes

Deputy

Larkwing – Tortoishell and white she-cat with green eyes

Medicine cats

Waterfang – Pure white tabby she-cat with one blue and one green eye

Apprentice – None

Skyflight – Slender silver-grey tom with green eyes

Apprentice – Rainflower – Pale grey she-cat with darker grey legs, a black tipped tail and piercing blue eyes

Warriors

Snowflower – Pure white she-cat with blue eyes

Swiftheart – Handsome black and white tom

Brindlescar – Brindle-pelted tom

Sparrowfur - Pretty brown she-cat

Thorncloud – Dark ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Flametiger – Small ginger tom with a white ear and green eyes

Swiftstep – Large tom with black and white fur

Shadowdancer – Beautiful black she-cat with blue eyes

Songfeather – Slender pale ginger she-cat with stunning green eyes

Apprentices

Bluepaw – Pretty blue she-cat with a fluffy tail

Sharppaw – Grey tom with amber eyes

Barkpaw – Dark brown tom with bright blue eyes

Queens & kits

Riverleap – Silver tabby she-cat with a blue tinged tail. Mother to Mudstar's kits : Dewkit – Beautiful grey and white she-cat, Honeykit – Honey brown she-cat, and Redkit – Fluffy red tom

Elders

Greywhisker – Formerly Greystar. Grey and white tom with dark amber eyes

Just so you all know Thorncloud is expecting Skyflight's kits but she doesn't know that yet!