~Shadowclan~
Leader: Emberstar - Dark gray tabby tom with green eyes
Deputy: Redwing - Red brown tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Silverfern - Silver tabby she-cat with green eyes
Medicine Cat Apprentice: Whitepaw - Pure white she-cat with green eyes; very sensitive to sunlight
Warriors:
Sunstorm - Dark ginger tom with amber eyes
Brackenpool - Pale ginger tom with amber eyes
Cloudpool - White tom with one black paw and blue eyes
Apprentice: Larkpaw
Nightstorm - Black and silver tom with amber eyes
Frostwing - White she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Toadpaw
Stormclaw - Blue gray tom with blue eyes
Bluemist - Blue gray she-cat with blue eyes
Hollywing - Black she-cat with ice blue eyes and a white chest
Hawkpelt - Dark brown tabby tom with a white chest and grass green eyes
Apprentice: Ravenpaw
Crowflight - Jet black tom with green eyes
Leopardstorm - Dappled golden she-cat with green eyes
Foxclaw - Tawny she-cat with a thick, fluffy tail and green eyes
Apprentice: Hailpaw
Icetail - White she-cat with a thick, fluffy tail and blue eyes
Sparrowflight - Black tom with a splash of ginger by his nose and amber eyes
Leafsplash - Ginger and white tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Larkpaw - Silver tabby and white she-cat with green eyes
Hailpaw - Dark gray and white tom with blue eyes
Ravenpaw - Black she-cat with green eyes
Toadpaw - Black tom with amber eyes
Queens:
Ivystem - Tortoiseshell and white she-cat with green eyes (Mother of Nightstorm's kits, Badgerkit, Darkkit, and Snakekit)
Kits:
Badgerkit - Dark brown tabby and white tom with blue eyes
Darkkit - Black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Snakekit - Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Elders:
Fleetfoot - Silver she-cat with blue eyes
Scarsky - Dark gray she-cat with scars covering her pelt and blue eyes; oldest cat in the clan
Halfear - Pale brown tabby tom with amber eyes; missing half of one ear
~Thunderclan~
Leader: Ivystar - Silver and white she-cat with green eyes
Deputy: Brightdawn - Brown and white she-cat with green eyes
Medicine Cat: Shadeheart - Dark gray she-cat with green eyes
Warriors:
Rainsong - Dark gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Ferntail - Gray tabby she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice: Ratpaw
Sleekwing - Lithe black tom with green eyes
Birchpool - White tom with brown stripes and amber eyes
Brambletail - Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Dewspots - Speckled gray tom with green eyes
Apprentice: Tigerpaw
Cindertail - Dark gray she-cat with blue eyes
Willowpool - Light gray she-cat with a white chest and green eyes
Duskstorm - Dark gray tom with green eyes
Blizzardstorm - Thick furred white tom with blue eyes; formerly a loner
Cherryfeather - Small cream and white she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Dustpaw
Sneezewhisker - Brindle tom with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Ratpaw - Skinny gray she-cat with yellow eyes
Dustpaw - Dark brown tom with green eyes
Tigerpaw - Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Queens:
Daisypetal - Long furred cream she-cat with green eyes; formerly a kittypet (Mother of Brambletail's kits, Fallowkit and Stonekit)
Blackthroat - White she-cat with a black neck and blue eyes (Mother of Dusktorm's kits, Berrykit and Flamekit)
Kits:
Fallowkit - Pale ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Stonekit - Dark gray tom with blue eyes
Berrykit - White tom with amber eyes
Flamekit - Dark ginger tom with green eyes
Elders:
Sorrelpool - Golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Firetail - Dark ginger tom with amber eyes
Graystorm - Gray tabby tom with green eyes
Blossombreeze - Silver tabby she-cat with blue eyes; retired earlier due to failing vision
~Windclan~
Leader: Stormstar - Dark gray tom with blue eyes
Deputy: Poppyfeather - Light brown tabby she-cat with pale green eyes
Apprentice: Quailpaw
Medicine Cat: Rowanwing - Pale brown tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat Apprentice: Kestrelpaw - Silver tabby tom with blue eyes
Warriors:
Yellowflower - Dark gray she-cat with yellow eyes
Cedarfrost - Gray and white tom with blue eyes
Buzzardclaw - Black tom with blue eyes; formerly a loner
Heavytail - Russet tabby tom with amber eyes
Spottedmoon - White she-cat with small black spots and blue eyes
Apprentice: Wasppaw
Blossomtail - Long-furred pale gray she-cat with blue eyes
Wildheart - Dark ginger tabby tom with amber eyes
Cloverstorm- Black and white she-cat with green eyes
Adderheart - Black tom with a white chest and amber eyes
Apprentice: Webpaw
Hawkfeather - Pale ginger she-cat with a white chest and underbelly and amber eyes
Hollowstep - Large black tom with blue eyes
Breezeflight - Black she-cat with a white chest and blue eyes
Featherbreeze - Silver tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Rabbitflight - Dark gray tabby tom with yellow eyes
Apprentices:
Webpaw - Dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Wasppaw - Dark gray tabby and white tom with green eyes
Quailpaw - Speckled brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Queens:
Icewhisker - White she-cat with blue eyes (Mother of Adderheart's kits, Mudkit, Seedkit, and Lilykit)
Rosepool - Cream she-cat with green eyes (Expecting Hollowstep's kits)
Kits:
Mudkit - Very dark gray tom with black stripes and blue eyes
Seedkit - Mottled gray she-cat with blue eyes
Lilykit - White she-cat with amber eyes
Elders:
Goldenfern - Golden brown she-cat with amber eyes
Grasstail - Light brown tabby tom with green eyes
Falconwing - Pale gray she-cat with dark brown speckles and a white chest and underbelly with green eyes; former medicine cat
~Riverclan~
Leader: Morningstar - Pale gray tabby and white she-cat with green eyes
Deputy: Splashwhisker - Dark blue gray she-cat with blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Streamfeather - Pale gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Warriors:
Troutclaw - Dark gray tom with green eyes
Sandfrost - Sandy colored she-cat with a white chest and green eyes
Mouseclaw - Tortoiseshell and white she-cat with amber eyes
Brighmist - Pale ginger and white she-cat with amber eyes
Pondfrost - Gray and white tom with blue eyes
Apprentice: Brindlepaw
Ripplebreeze - Silver and white tom with green eyes
Whiteriver - Pretty white she-cat with a cream colored chest and blue eyes
Pebblefrost - White tom with gray paws and blue eyes
Creekmist - Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Tawnypaw
Whitefoot - Ginger tom with white paws and amber eyes
Shimmerstream - Glossy black she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentices:
Brindlepaw - Dark brown, pale ginger, and white she-cat with amber eyes
Tawnypaw - Tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes
Queens:
Poolsplash - Off-white she-cat with blue eyes (Mother of Creekmist's kits, Silverkit, Swankit, Patchkit, and Starlingkit)
Mintleaf - Dark gray she-cat with a white chest and green eyes (Expecting Redwing's kits)
Kits:
Silverkit - Silver tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Patchkit - Dark brown tabby and white tom with amber eyes
Swankit - Cream colored tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Starlingkit - Off-white tom with blue eyes
Elders:
Raggedstripe - Tortoiseshell tom with amber eyes
Moonfern - Black and white she-cat with green eyes
~Prologue~
A sodden red brown tom panted as he lay beside a thick patch of ferns, barely out of reach of the cold rain that poured from the sky. He wondered briefly if the weather were an omen but shook it off. "Mintleaf?" He called softly.
A dark gray she-cat, her belly swollen with kits, appeared on the other side of the thunderpath. "Redwing!"
Redwing darted across the thunderpath and pressed his muzzle against the she-cat's. "You shouldn't have come. What if you get sick?"
Mintleaf glanced nervously at her stomach. "My kits will be fine. Our kits will be fine. I needed to see you."
"The next Gathering is in a couple days," Redwing reminded her.
Mintleaf shook her head. "Streamfeather and Poolsplash both agree I'm too far along to go to another Gathering."
Redwing looked away guiltily. "Than you really shouldn't have come."
"Redwing," Mintleaf grew tense.
"Yes?" Redwing had started furiously licking his mate's fur in an attempt to dry her, despite still standing in the rain.
"How are we going to raise our kits?" Mintleaf asked.
"What do you meaning?" Redwing stopped licking.
"Are they going to be raised Riverclan or Shadowclan?" Mintleaf explained.
Redwing paused and let out a deep breath. "Riverclan. Their mother's clan."
"Are you sure?" Mintleaf felt torn.
"Yes," Redwing sounded as though he was trying to convince himself. "Mintleaf, I have to confess something to you."
"What is it?" Mintleaf's eyes grew tired and weary.
"My father is Thunderclan. My mother told me shortly before her death. Our kits will have blood from three clans," Redwing said in a rush.
"Really?" Fear flooded through Mintleaf.
Redwing nodded.
"Redwing," Mintleaf sat down. The earth seemed to sway beneath her paws. "My father is the Windclan warrior Cedarfrost."
Redwing balked. "You can't be serious."
Mintleaf let out a deep breath. "My mother took my brother and I to see him when we were eight moons old."
"Blood from all four clans will flow through the veins of our kits," Redwing whispered.
"No cat must know," Mintleaf meowed harshly.
Redwing hesitated before murmuring his assent.
Mintleaf pricked her ears at the sound of a snapping twig from across the thunderpath. "A patrol!" She hissed.
Redwing shoved her gently behind a holly bush and stepped out onto the thunderpath. The asphalt felt unnatural under his paws.
"Redwing, is that you?" A dappled golden she-cat cocked her head to the side.
"Leopardstorm," Redwing was obviously flustered. "I couldn't sleep."
"Oh," Leopardstorm didn't look convinced. A white she-cat and a pale ginger tom appeared behind her. 'What are you doing on Riverclan territory?"
"I was chasing a vole. It got away," Even as he said it, Redwing knew it was a lame excuse.
Leopardstorm chuckled faintly. "Alright. Don't stay out too long, Shadowclan needs its deputy healthy."
"I won't," Redwing assured the she-cat. He waited until the patrol was out of sight before turning back to Mintleaf only to discover the queen had already disappeared.
