Allegiances:
Rebuilt BloodClan-
Leader: Badgerstar-dark blue-gray tom with brown eyes and folded ears (His left ear is torn and is on his fourth life)
Deputy: Mollystep-tan and white she-cat with amber eyes and a sliver collar with dog teeth
Medicine Cat: Fiery-gray she-cat with yellow eyes
Warriors:
Fang-orange she-cat with a front left white paw and a purple collar with dog teeth
Wolf-gray and white tom with yellow eyes and a blue collar with dog teeth
Mittens-brown and black tabby she-cat with white paws and light green eyes (Former kittypet captured by BloodClan)
Tigerhawk-brown and black tom with amber eyes
Hawkclaw-brown and white tom with amber eyes
Mudshade-dark brown tom with amber eyes
Mapletail-tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
Queens:
Squirrelclaw-orange and white she-cat with green eyes (Mother to Leopardkit, an orange she-cat with blue eyes, Tigerkit, an orange and black tom with green eyes, and Petalkit, a white she-cat with yellow eyes)
Thistletooth-light brown she-cat with green eyes (Mother to Lionkit, a tan tom with brown eyes, and Eaglekit, a brown and white she-cat with yellow eyes)
Frostface-white she-cat with blue eyes (Mother to Icekit, a white she-cat with blue eyes and gray tabby stripes, Blood, a black tom with a front left white paw and ice blue eyes, and Bone II, a black tom with a white muzzle and light green eyes)
Blackclaw's Group-(Rogues who are seeking a new home, formerly loners)
Leader: Blackclaw-black tom with yellow eyes, Shadowclaw's firstborn son and formerly known as Shadow
Shadowclaw-black tom with yellow eyes, former ShadowClan warrior
Night-dark gray tom with amber eyes
Tooth-black tom with blue eyes
Ninja-black tom with blind yellow eyes
Claw-black tom with amber eyes
Bone-black and white tom
Cats Outside the Clans-
Sandstorm-tan and white she-cat with brown eyes and a pearl necklace (Kittypet; mother to Swiftkit, Twigkit, Flame, Tumblekit, and Tinykit)
Socks-black and white tom with a blue collar (Kittypet)
Swiftkit-brown she-kit with a white tail tip and amber eyes
Twigkit-small brown tom-kit with amber eyes
Flame-ginger and white tabby tom-kit with leaf green eyes
Tumblekit-small light brown tom-kit with amber eyes and folded ears
Tinykit-small black and white tom-kit with ice blue eyes and a purple collar
Butterscotch-cream tabby tom with light green eyes
Sneaks-black and white tom with light green eyes
Zoey-fierce black she-cat with long fluffy fur and light green eyes
Quickstep-tan and white tom with folded ears, Sandstorm's father (Loner)
Sandie-brown and white she-cat, Sandstorm's mother (Loner)
Barley-black and white tom (Loner)
Princess-light brown she-cat with a white chest and white paws (Kittypet)
Smudge-black and white tom (Kittypet)
Ruby-white she-cat
Quince-elderly white she-cat (Kittypet)
Dawn-dark blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes and a brown collar (Kittypet)
Rainstorm-gray and white she-cat with light green eyes (Loner)
Nightberry-dark gray she-cat with blue eyes and a white muzzle, formerly a ShadowClan warrior (Loner)
Lucy-black she-cat with golden-yellow eyes and a red collar (Kittypet with knowledge of herbs)
Josh-brown tom with yellow eyes, Lucy's mate
Molly-cream she-cat with a pink nose, a green collar, and blue eyes (Lucy's daughter)
Mysterious Star-black she-cat with an odd white star-like marking and blue eyes (Loner)
Prologue:
Socks and Sandstorm watched the falling snowflakes softly landing on the ground together.
"BloodClan has left us alone for so long...do you think that they've left for good?" Socks asked.
Sandstorm shook her head. "No, they're not gone for good. Dawn caught a faint scent of them a few sunrises ago."
"Hey...can you tell me about the clans again?"
"Again?" Sandstorm said, flicking her tail in annoyance.
"Please?" He asked once more, his eyes shining.
She sighed. "Okay, okay. Now quit acting like a little kit! I'll tell you a bit about WindClan."
"That's the clan your father was in, right?"
She nodded. "He told me that a long time ago, that WindClan had two different kinds of warriors. There were the moor runners, who hunted and trained aboveground. They get the same training as warriors in other clans do as apprentices. Then, there were the tunnelers, who learned how to travel in the tunnels and know what was above them, like another clan's territory. But by the time he was born, the tunnelers had been gone for many seasons."
"Those tunnelers must be so brave...risking their lives in those tunnels every day."
"Yeah. He told me that for the tunnelers, learning the most important rules of tunneling helped the apprentices they trained stay alive."
"So...what's their territory like?"
"It was a moor, and there were lots of rabbits. They were the closest to the moonstone, where they spoke their StarClan. But to get to it, they had to cross a thunderpath."
"Were there...other clans?" He asked.
"Of course! There was ShadowClan, who lived in the marshlands. Not far from them was carrionplace, but they didn't hunt there too often. The rats there spread disease. Then there's RiverClan, who swam in the river to catch fish to eat. Oh, and ThunderClan...they used to live not far from here, Socks. And every full moon they would all meet at fourtrees, where there were four great oak trees. But that's all gone now..."
She sighed, and her tail drooped. "I never got to see the clans living here in the forest, and now I never will. They're all gone. But Princess heard that they had left to go somewhere far from here...where do you think they went?"
Socks tried to come up with an answer, but none came to him that made sense.
"You should be resting in that box our housefolk made for you."
"I know...but I wanted to see the snow from here. It's a much better view."
The two of them were quiet for a few moments, continuing to watch the silent snowfall.
"Hey, I always wondered something."
"What is it?"
"Your necklace...where did it come from?"
"My parents gave it to me and put around my neck when I very young."
She walked over to the big box that was on the ground, with soft bedding inside it.
"Socks, the housefolk are asleep. What are we going to do?"
Socks' eyes widened. "What are you saying? Are you saying that-"
She nodded silently. "Go and get someone to help us!"
Socks nodded, and ran out the small cat-sized door.
"Mom! Dawn! Get some sticks ready!"
Socks returned with some sticks and a few cats.
"Dawn, give her one of these sticks to chew on. It will help her deal with the pain."
"Quickstep and Sandie, you'll be...the emotional support."
"And what about you?" Quince asked.
"I'm the father, that's what I am!" Socks replied with a mrrow of laughter.
Dawn put a stick near Sandstorm, and she bit down hard.
Lucy had run into the nest. "I'm here! Did I miss anything?"
The black she-cat noticed something that caught her eye.
"It's a kit!" She cried.
One by one all the kits were born.
"The kitting's over, Sandstorm. Congrats! You have five healthy kits! One she-kit and four toms!"
"Five kits? That's more kits than I've ever had in a single kitting before!" Quince said.
"So, what will we name them?" Socks asked.
"I was thinking we could give them clan names, in honor of our warrior ancestors."
She looked at a brown she-kit who had a white tail tip. "This one's name will be Swiftkit. After all, she was the first to be born."
"It's a great name. But do they all have to have clan names?" Socks asked.
She shook her head. "You can one of these kits whatever you want."
Socks spotted the ginger and white tabby tom-kit.
"He reminds me so much of your father, Socks..." Quince said softly.
"And he reminds me so much of Firestar..." Sandstorm added.
"Then his name will be Flame, in honor of the fierce bravery my father had in the forest."
They all nodded in agreement.
"It's a great name for a kit like that." Lucy said. She then walked over to the door.
"I guess I should go, now that the kitting is over. Let me know how the kits are doing!"
Socks nodded, and Lucy left the nest.
"I'm going to go, too." Dawn said, "My housefolk might be a bit worried that I've left."
"Goodbye, Dawn. You can come and visit us if you want!"
"I will do my best to visit as much as I can." Dawn replied. She then left to return home.
"I've decided the names for the rest of the kits."
She looked at the light brown tom-kit who had folded ears.
"This is Tumblekit."
Next she looked at a small black tom-kit.
"This one's name will be Tinykit, because he is so small."
"What about this one?" Socks asked, looking at a small brown tom-kit.
"He will be known as Twigkit, in honor of how hard we fought for him to live and how we thought he was already dead when he was born."
Socks gently pushed Twigkit towards Sandstorm, where the rest of the kits were already nursing.
"They're such beautiful kits." Socks said softly to Sandstorm.
Sandstorm nodded, and watched as her parents left the nest.
"We've fought to keep this place safe. If we ever have to, I'll gladly do it again. For our kits, and for everyone else!"
