Summary: Learning to survive on your own isn't easy, and Cobra knows this better than most. Abandoned as soon as she was able to walk and find food, the tiny kitten never really knew her parents – but she did know her best friend, Viper, and a cat she's come to see as her protector and teacher, named Arsenic.
Guided by Arsenic and with Viper at her side, Cobra quickly establishes a small group that she feels might be the closest thing to a real family that she's ever had. However, danger stalks the alleyways, hunting her. Always drawing ever closer…and the shape it takes may be the one Cobra least expects.
And when Cobra runs into the fabled Clan cats, her life takes a one-eighty; whether the change is for better or for worse…only time will show.
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ALLEGIANCES
Cats outside the Clans
Cobra—small, black-furred she-cat with silver tabby stripes running along her legs and tail. She has silver-tipped ears and cold, pale blue eyes. She's quiet but clever, taught everything she needs to know by Arsenic.
Viper—dark brown tabby tom with fiery amber eyes. His muzzle has a splash of white on it and one of his front paws is creamy-white. He's Cobra's best friend and loves to break up tense atmospheres by cracking jokes. He was also taught by Arsenic.
Arsenic—adult she-cat with pure white fur and burning vivid green eyes. Arsenic never was one to mince words. She says exactly what's on her mind, even if it probably isn't something you'd like to hear.
Rain—pale gray tom with dark blue eyes and a darker gray underbelly, paws, muzzle and tail-tip. A rogue who scavenges the trashcans of the Twolegplace.
Venom—pale gray tabby she-cat with a white muzzle, underbelly, and paws. Her eyes are leaf green. A former kittypet who renamed herself after she escaped her Twolegs and now stalks the alleys with all the confidence of a rogue-born cat.
Icefire—very pale gray, almost white, she-cat with dark amber-orange eyes and black ear tips. One of the toes on her left forepaw is black, and the tip of her tail is dark gray. A quiet cat whose past is a mystery, except for the fact that she's no stranger to the alleys of Cobra's home.
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ThunderClan
Leader
Firestar—flame-colored ginger tom with bright green eyes (3 lives remaining)
Mate: Sandstorm
Deputy
Brambleclaw—broad-shouldered dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat
Jayfeather—blind blue-eyed gray tabby tom
Warriors
Dustpelt—dark brown tabby tom
Mate: Ferncloud
Sandstorm—pale ginger (with darker stripes) she-cat with green eyes
Mate: Firestar
Kits: Squirrelflight, Leafpool
Graystripe—long-haired gray tom with a stripe of dark gray fur down his spine
Mate(s): Silverstream (deceased), Millie
Kits: Feathertail (deceased), Stormfur, Briarlight, Blossomfall, Bumblestripe
Millie—gray tabby she-cat
Mate: Graystripe
Kits: Briarlight, Blossomfall, Bumblestripe
Brackenfur—long-legged golden brown tabby tom
Mate: Sorreltail
Thornclaw—golden brown tabby tom
Brightheart—white she-cat with ginger patches
Mate: Cloudtail
Kits: Whitewing
Cloudtail—long-haired white tom with blue eyes
Mate: Brightheart
Sorreltail—tortoiseshell and white she-cat with amber eyes
Mate: Brackenfur
Kits: Molepaw (deceased), Poppyfrost, Honeyfern (deceased), Cinderheart
Spiderleg—long-legged black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes
Mate: Daisy
Whitewing—white she-cat with green eyes
Mate: Birchfall
Kits: Ivypaw, Dovepaw
Squirrelflight—flame-colored she-cat with green eyes
Leafpool—slender light brown tabby she-cat with white paws and chest and amber eyes
Mate: Crowfeather (forbidden)
Kits: Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Jayfeather
Birchfall—light brown tabby tom
Mate: Whitewing
Berrynose—cream-colored tom
Mate: Poppyfrost
Hazeltail—small gray-and-white she-cat
Mousewhisker—gray-and-white tom
Cinderheart—blue-eyed gray tabby she-cat
Apprentice: Ivypaw
Lionblaze—golden tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Dovepaw
Foxleap—reddish-brown tabby tom
Icecloud—white she-cat with blue eyes
Toadstep—black-and-white tom
Rosepetal—dark cream she-cat
Briarlight—dark brown she-cat
Blossomfall—tortoiseshell and white she-cat
Bumblestripe—very pale gray tom with black stripes
Apprentices
Dovepaw—pale gray she-cat with blue eyes
Ivypaw—silver and white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes
Queens
Ferncloud—pale gray (with darker flecks) she-cat with green eyes
Mate: Dustpelt
Kits: Shrewpaw (deceased), Spiderleg, Birchfall, Hollykit (deceased), Larchkit (deceased), Foxleap, Icecloud
Daisy—long-furred cream-colored she-cat
Mate(s): Smoky, Spiderleg
Kits: Berrynose, Hazeltail, Mousewhisker, Toadstep, Rosepetal
Poppyfrost—tortoiseshell she-cat
Mate: Berrynose
Kits: Cherrykit, Molekit
Kits
Cherrykit—ginger she-cat
Molekit—brown and cream tom
Elders
Mousefur—elderly dusky brown she-cat
Purdy—plump tabby former loner with a gray muzzle
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ShadowClan
Leader
Blackstar—big, muscular white tom with jet-black paws and amber eyes
Deputy
Rowanclaw—dark ginger tom
Mate: Tawnypelt
Kits: Tigerheart, Flametail, Dawnpelt
Medicine Cat
Littlecloud—very small tabby tom
Apprentice: Flametail—ginger tom
Warriors
Oakfur—small brown tom
Apprentice: Ferretpaw
Smokefoot—black tom
Toadfoot—dark brown tom
Applefur—mottled brown she-cat
Crowfrost—black-and-white tom
Ratscar—brown tom with a long scar across his back
Apprentice: Pinepaw
Snowbird—pure white she-cat
Tawnypelt—tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Mate: Rowanclaw
Kits: Tigerheart, Flametail, Dawnpelt
Apprentice: Starlingpaw
Olivenose—tortoiseshell she-cat
Owlclaw—light brown tabby tom
Shrewfoot—gray she-cat with black feet
Scorchfur—dark gray tom
Redwillow—mottled brown-and-ginger tom
Tigerheart—dark brown tabby tom
Dawnpelt—cream-furred she-cat
Apprentices
Ferretpaw—cream-and-gray tom
Pinepaw—black she-cat
Starlingpaw—ginger tom
Queens
Kinkfur—long-furred tabby she-cat with a ruffled pelt
Ivytail—black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat
Elders
Cedarheart—dark gray tom
Tallpoppy—long-legged light brown tabby she-cat
Snaketail—dark brown tom with a tabby-striped tail
Whitewater—long-furred white she-cat, blind in one eye
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RiverClan
Leader
Mistystar—blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy
Reedwhisker—black tom
Apprentice: Hollowpaw
Medicine Cat
Mothwing—dappled golden she-cat
Apprentice: Willowshine—gray tabby she-cat
Warriors
Graymist—pale gray tabby she-cat
Apprentice: Troutpaw
Mintfur—light gray tabby tom
Icewing—white she-cat with blue eyes
Minnowtail—dark gray she-cat
Apprentice: Mossypaw
Pebblefoot—mottled gray tom
Apprentice: Rushpaw
Mallownose—light brown tabby tom
Robinwing—tortoiseshell and white tom
Beetlewhisker—brown and white tabby tom
Petalfur—gray and white she-cat
Grasspelt—light brown tom
Apprentices
Hollowpaw—dark brown tabby tom
Troutpaw—pale gray tabby she-cat
Mossypaw—brown and white she-cat
Rushpaw—light brown tabby tom
Queens
Duskfur—brown tabby she-cat
Mosspelt—tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
Elders
Dapplenose—mottled gray she-cat
Pouncetail—ginger and white tom
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WindClan
Leader
Onestar—brown tabby tom
Deputy
Ashfoot—gray she-cat
Mate: Unknown
Kits: Crowfeather, Eaglekit (apparently deceased)
Medicine Cat
Kestrelflight—mottled gray tom
Warriors
Crowfeather—dark smoky gray, almost black, tom with blue eyes
Mate(s): Leafpool, Nightcloud
Owlwhisker—light brown tabby tom
Apprentice: Whiskerpaw
Whitetail—small white she-cat
Nightcloud—black she-cat
Mate: Crowfeather
Kits: Breezepelt
Gorsetail—very pale gray and white tom with blue eyes
Weaselfur—ginger tom with white paws
Harespring—brown-and-white tom
Leaftail—dark tabby tom with amber eyes
Antpelt—brown tom with one black ear
Emberfoot—gray tom with two dark paws
Heathertail—light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Furzepaw
Breezepelt—black tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Boulderpaw
Sedgewhisker—light brown tabby she-cat
Swallowtail—dark gray she-cat
Sunstrike—tortoiseshell she-cat with large white mark on her forehead
Apprentices
Whiskerpaw—light brown tom
Furzepaw—gray and white she-cat
Boulderpaw—large pale gray tom
Elders
Webfoot—dark gray tabby tom
Tornear—tabby tom with battle-scarred ears