Hey guys, here is the allegiances and prologue for Dusk, the sequel to The Dog Apprentice! However, if you stumbled upon this and haven't read The Dog Apprentice, instead of making you read that, I'll give you a summary of it here.

The Dog Apprentice: A small puppy, unsurprisingly named Pup, was discovered on ThunderClan territory by new deputy Harescar on a patrol. Pup insists that he likes cats and asks to join the Clan. He is accepted, and renamed Brownkit. He grows up alongside his adoptive mother, Skyclaw, and adoptive brother, Frostkit, but problems arise with his adoptive father, Minnowcloud, and other brother Streamkit. Brownkit soon realizes that he's driven the family apart, and struggles to keep them together with little success. Meanwhile, Harescar has difficulty managing his new high position. When he notices that he feels differently toward Brokenstar than he thought, he must admit his true feelings to her.

That's basically where we are right now. Still Minnowcloud issues, and BrokenxHare's kinda rocky relationship.

So here we go:


Allegiances

ThunderClan

Leader, Brokenstar- light brown she-cat with yellow eyes (Apprentice: Brownpaw)

Deputy, Harescar- ginger tom with amber eyes and a long scar down his side

Medicine Cat, Ratpelt- dark russet-orange tom with amber eyes

Warriors, Shorthaze- short-legged tabby tom with amber eyes

Willowberry- soft-furred gray she-cat with big blue eyes

Minnowcloud- slick gray tabby tom with river-blue eyes, half RiverClan

Birchfur- light brown tom with amber eyes

Beechflight- tall pale tabby tom with green eyes

Skunkflight- thick black-and-white tom with green eyes (Apprentice: Dewpaw)

Firetail- tabby tom with a bright ginger tail and green eyes (Apprentice: Breezepaw)

Rainsnow- gray-and-white she-cat with blue eyes (Apprentice: Streampaw)

Flashnight- black tom with a white muzzle and yellow eyes

Berryfang- ginger-and-white tom with green eyes (Apprentice: Frostpaw)

Skyclaw- light brown tabby she-cat with white chest and paws

Sandpebble- sandy-colored tom with green eyes

Leopardtooth- pale spotted tom with blue eyes

Apprentices, Dewpaw- dark gray she-cat, green eyes

Breezepaw- sleek black she-cat with shiny fur, green eyes

Brownpaw- black, brown, and white male dog, brown eyes

Frostpaw- white tom, blue eyes

Streampaw- pale gray tom, blue eyes

Queens, Lightningdrop- dark gray queen with startling yellow eyes (Mother to Flashnight's kits: Creamkit, a cream-colored tom; and Hazelkit, a light-colored she-kit)

Cherryfur- tortoiseshell queen with pale brown patches and yellow eyes (Mother to Birchfur's kit: Sparklekit, a shiny-furred tortoiseshell she-kit)

Hopepuddle- thin white queen with gray patches and mellow blue eyes (Mother to Firetail's kits: Orangekit, a gray tabby tom with bright ginger legs; Marigoldkit, a dark yellow she-kit; and Furrykit, a mottled brown-and-white tom)

Birdspring- dark brown tabby she-cat with a distinctive spotted chest and amber eyes (Expecting Beechflight's kits)

Elders, Blackstorm- old black tom with a gray muzzle

ShadowClan

Leader, Coldstar- dark black-and-brown tom with ornery amber eyes

Deputy, Dullnight- smooth-furred black tom

Medicine Cat, Voleeyes- old brown tom with failing sight (Apprentice: Littlepaw)

Warriors, Indigowhisker- black tom with indigo-blue eyes and long whiskers

Ambermask- dark gray she-cat with a ginger head and amber eyes

Scarcloud- battle-scarred, mottled black tom

Ivywing- tortoiseshell she-cat with a white underbelly, chest, and paws

Creekmeadow- ginger tom with blue eyes

Owlleaf- dark brown tom with a spotted chest

Jaysnow- gray-and-white she-cat with blue eyes

Rowanfall- dark ginger tom

Kestrelfrost- brown-and-gray tom with white paws

Lionnose- golden tabby tom with a distinctive gold nose (Apprentice: Morningpaw)

Moontooth- silver tabby she-cat

Tornears- dark tabby tom with shredded ears

Softpelt- furry gray she-cat

Apprentices, Littlepaw- pale tabby tom, medicine cat apprentice

Morningpaw- tortoiseshell she-cat

Queens, Larkear- dark tortoiseshell queen with torn ears (Mother to Scarcloud's kits: Flowerkit- black-and-brown she-kit, Pouncekit- light ginger tom, and Blossomkit- black she-kit with blossom-shaped white patches on her pelt)

Blizzardtail- white queen (expecting Indigowhisker's kits)

Elders, Sparrowfoot- dark brown tabby tom

WindClan

Leader, Secretstar- silver tabby she-cat

Deputy, Thrusheye- gray-brown tom with green eyes

Medicine Cat, Shallowfrost- dark tabby she-cat with white paws

Warriors, Pebblefall- gray tom with darker flecks (Apprentice: Tulippaw)

Applesmoke- light brown-and-gray she-cat (Apprentice: Yowlpaw)

Mistyclaw- black tom with gray claws

Streamwhisker- gray she-cat with long, flowing whiskers (Apprentice: Featherpaw)

Sweetherb- tortoiseshell she-cat (Apperentice: Echopaw)

Hiddenscar- gray tom with white chest and paws (Apprentice: Hawkpaw)

Rosestem- white-and-cream she-cat with a pink nose

Brackenstripe- fluffy gray-brown she-cat

Boulderpelt- dark brown tom

Silverheart- silvery gray-and-black tom

Ashflame- gray she-cat with fiery yellow eyes

Finchchirp- small white she-cat

Apprentices, Tulippaw- pure white she-cat

Yowlpaw- talkative black tom

Hawkpaw- ginger tabby tom

Featherpaw- black tom

Echopaw- black-and-white she-cat

Queens, Amberface- gray queen with amber eyes (Mother to Boulderpelt's kits: Fieldkit- wiry brown tom, Peatykit- muddy brown she-kit, Fuzzkit- gray-and-white tom, and Sheepkit- long-furred white she-kit)

Elders, Crowbeak- black-and-white tom with sharp teeth, retired early due to leg injury

RiverClan

Leader, Honeystar- friendly golden tabby tom

Deputy, Freewhisper- light brown tabby she-cat

Medicine Cat, Cloudfloat- soft white she-cat

Warriors, Calmbrook- light gray tabby she-cat (Apprentice: Rollingpaw)

Wingfeather- long-haired black-and-white she-cat (Apprentice: Bluepaw)

Whisperbreeze- black-and-white she-cat (Apprentice: Wolfpaw)

Goldenfinch- dark ginger she-cat

Secretheart- thin white she-cat with brown patches

Nightstep- gray tom with black paws

Silentecho- gray-and-white tom

Owlscreech- black tom with a dark yellow muzzle

Ravencry- black tom with dark yellow paws

Mintleaf- ginger tabby tom

Mountaindapple- dark tortoiseshell she-cat

Apprentices, Rollingpaw- plump pale gray tabby tom

Bluepaw- bluish tabby she-cat

Wolfpaw- bright ginger tabby she-cat

Queens, Ebonystrike- jet-black queen (Mother to Ravencry's kits: Marshkit- dark gray tom, Cattailkit- pale brown she-kit, and Frogkit- black she-kit)

Iceglade- white queen with dark brown markings around the face and ears (Expecting Silentecho's kits)

Elders, Moonshine- old black tom

Firestalker- dark gray she-cat with orange markings and blazing amber eyes

Cats outside Clans

Bracken- golden-brown tabby tom with blue eyes (loner)

Tallie- pretty gray tabby she-cat, Bracken's mate (loner)

Skye- dark gray tabby she-cat with cream underbelly and orange eyes (rogue)

Roxane- dark brown tabby she-cat with light cream underbelly and chest; light green eyes (rogue kit, Skye's daughter)

Logan- black she-cat with dark amber eyes (loner)

Maggie- beautiful honey-golden she-cat with green eyes (loner)

Other Animals

Carly- young yellow female Labrador puppy

Tuffy- black-and-tan male puppy with pointed ears

Prologue

She paused, staring ahead of her. Her black pelt blended into the night. The only thing making her visible was the moonlight that outlined her thin frame.

The path at her paws was far from worn and well-used. It was almost freshly-made, the crushed grass trying to lift back up again. She hissed at no one in particular and swiped at a clump of weeds, snagging some on her claws. After shaking her paw thoroughly for several moments, the weeds came flying off and landed somewhere in the long grass in the distance.

She ground the earth below her with her talons, feeling impatient. Where was her companion? Just when they had started to get along, and she goes and disappears-

"I'm here, sorry," breathlessly, a golden she-cat with fur the color of honey emerged from the bracken fronds. Coincidentally, cicadas chirped from deep within the tickly weeds, as though marveling at her arrival.

The dark-furred female rolled her eyes. It was always like this. The other she-cat was so gorgeous, it seemed like any animal they passed had an instant attraction to her, even stupid bugs. "What took you so long?" she demanded.

"Well, I wanted to make sure we're at the right place." The gold female beamed and jumped excitedly like a kit. "And we are!"

Not nearly as ecstatic, the first she-cat sat down and ran a moistened paw over a set of whiskers. "Good. So how close are we to the ones we want?"

The second cat spun around looking back the way she came. "S- sorry, thought I heard a noise." She flattened her prickling pelt. "Um, maybe thirty fox-lengths or so. We've still got a bit to go. After all, we can't just storm in there and expect them to-"

Before she could finish her sentence, two huge shapes leaped out from behind the undergrowth, teeth bared. Both she-cats screeched in alarm. Dogs!

"Mangy cats not be here," one growled in choppy language. "We get them and kill." He was slightly bigger than the other canine, with a black back and tail, and a brown underbelly and chest.

"Wait," the other dog instructed. She was a very bright creamy color, with a slim but furry tail. She turned and fixed her mud-brown eyes on the pair of trembling felines. "Why you here?" she barked.

The black she-cat tried to recompose herself, since her friend wasn't going to do it. "Um, we- we here to investigate," she stammered as best as she could in dog-speak, or at least what it sounded like to cats.

The female dog tilted her head. "Investigate what?"

"The cats…"

The bigger animal nodded.

"… that live here."

She laughed. The dog laughed! She nudged her fellow canine. "Hey, they here for Clans," she snorted. "Stupid Clans." Her chortles quickly ended and she returned to her serious expression. "Go on. We want no silly cats on territory."

She didn't have to say it twice. With nervous spits, the black and golden she-cats raced off closer to their destination.

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Farther up the slope, two other she-cats were traveling toward the lake.

"Mama, I'm tired," whined the smaller of the two, almost a kit.

"You're going to have to hold out a little longer," the older cat, a dark gray tabby, informed her daughter. "We don't have suitable shelter around here yet."

The she-kit heaved a sigh and trudged along, falling behind her mother.

A little while later, the gray she-cat gasped in surprise as she glimpsed the scenery before her. There was the lake, the lake she had been searching for so long, ever since she had been traveling with her mother. For generations in her family, mother and daughter had traveled together, trying to find a good place to live. And, now, she had achieved this with her kit. This ended the traveling stage. She looked down at her dark brown tabby daughter. She won't have to travel with her own offspring. Now this begins the settling stage.

She flicked her tail at her daughter and meowed, "Roxane! Let's go! We're here!"


Did you like the new allegiances format?

So I used the short, crappy prologue to introduce four new characters in the "Cats outside Clans" section.

So about the new loner/rogue characters:

Back in December, Song of the Felines PMed me asking to include her two OCs, Skye and Roxane. Here they are!

As for Logan and Maggie, they're based on my two good friends in real life! I will try to make their personalities match the people as best I can XD

See you at chapter one.