WaterClan - Vaporeons

Leader: Pebblestar*

Deputy: Raindrop*

Healer: Reedfin (Aquapaw)

Warriors:

Ripplethorn, Splashtail, Creekshine, Puddlenose, Rapidwind, Riverfern, Mistyeyes, Waveheart

Queens:

Brookstone

Apprentices:

Driftpaw, Finpaw, Floodpaw, Aquapaw

Kits:

Rushkit, Bluekit, Streamkit, Shellkit

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LeafClan - Leafeons

Leader: Blossomstar*

Deputy: Vinetalon*

Healer: Leppafur

Warriors:

Fernsong, Chestopond, Berryfrost, Flowerfall, Greenclaw, Dewstream,

Grassybrook, Bloomingtail

Queens:

Ivydust

Apprentices:

Pechapaw, Rawstpaw, Twigpaw, Meadowpaw

Kits:

Seedkit, Petalkit, Cloverkit

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MoonClan - Umbreons

Leader: Jetstar*

Deputy: Shadowfoot*

Healer: Umbraspots

Warriors:

Shademoon, Blackshine, Onyxheart, Dreadpool, Sootstorm, Goldentooth, Duskpelt

Queens:

Nightrain, Slateriver

Apprentices:

Darkpaw, Ghostpaw, Ravenpaw

Kits:

Starkit*, Ebonykit, Sablekit

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FireClan - Flareons

Leader: Burntstar*

Deputy: Heatspirit*

Healer: Torchstep (Burningpaw)

Warriors:

Flamepath, Scorchedfoot, Redfang, Ashblossom, Blazingheart, Flickernose, Charredfur

Queens:

Emberleaf, Cinderpool

Apprentices:

Burningpaw, Flarepaw, Scarletpaw

Kits:

Blazekit, Lavakit, Smokekit, Flamingkit, Coalkit

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SunClan - Espeons

Leader: Shootingstar*

Deputy: Lightfang*

Healer: Echowind

Warriors:

Dawnpath, Rayspots, Morningfoot, Spiritcloud, Marbletail, Glowingfur, Silenteyes

Queens:

Brightleap, Shiningleaf

Apprentices:

Risingpaw, Everpaw

Kits:

Shinekit, Aurakit, Silverkit, Shimmerkit, Daykit, Flashkit

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IceClan - Glaceons

Leader: Hailstar*

Deputy: Aurorapetal*

Healer: Freezefire

Warriors:

Icytail, Blizzardeyes, Frozenclaw, Sparklingpool, Squallsong, Chillyfern

Queens:

Frostwater, Meltingflame, Snowdrop

Apprentices:

Glacierpaw, Windpaw, Flurrypaw

Kits:

Breezekit, Sleetkit, Floekit, Howlingkit, Frigidkit

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LightningClan - Jolteons

Leader: Thunderstar*

Deputy: Staticriver*

Healer: Skystare

Warriors:

Cloudflower, Chargedust, Sparkfur, Zaptalon, Stormcloud, Runningstorm, Yellowblossom

Queens:

Shockfire, Strickenwing

Apprentices:

Boltpaw, Voltpaw, Joltpaw

Kits:

Strikekit, Ragingkit, Ampkit, Crashkit, Rumblekit

*Pokémon is shiny.


"Hey, Sablekit, come and play with me!" called Ebonykit from further up on the rocks of the MoonClan camp.

Starkit sat lower down, waiting expectantly for Ebonykit or Sablekit to call her name to invite her to play. She watched the other two Eevee kits playing an intense game of Capture the Stone without her. When it became clear that she wasn't going to be asked to join the game, she got up indignantly and shook out her white-grey pelt.

They're just jealous because I'm shiny! That means I'll get to be the next Clan leader and they won't! she thought resentfully as she stalked off.

The seven Clans believed that if an Eevee was born shiny, Arceus had blessed it and given the Clan a sign that the kit should become the next Clan leader. The current leaders and deputies of each Clan were the carefully preserved shiny kits of the past, when a great and terrible battle had wiped out the Clans entirely once before. Dividing into pairs - one male and one female per Clan - those kits managed to resurrect the Clans that stood today.

Starkit made her way down the rocky outer wall of Mt. Coronet that led down to the heart of Route 211 and lay down to sun herself on a particularly large rock that jutted out further than the rest. If she stared off far enough into the distance, she could just see the tops of the houses in Celestic Town. While she rested, she pondered the issue of Ebonykit and Sablekit and their obvious ignorance towards her. Her fur bushed out in annoyance at the sad reality of it all. Neither of them wanted to be her friend, or even get to know her.

Well, once I'm Clan leader, I won't allow them or anyone else to exclude me! she declared to herself inside her head.

Then, forcing away the sting of rejection to the back of her mind, she closed her eyes and enjoyed the feeling of the hot sun on her pelt. However, her reverie was interrupted by an urgent hiss from nearby.

"Starkit! Get down from that rock this instant! Even the worst Trainer could throw a Pokéball at you right now and you'd be gone faster than you could say 'oops'!"

Starkit sat up and whirled around in frustration, wondering who possibly had the nerve to tell their future Clan leader what to do. Then, she immediately became chagrined. It was her father.

Goldentooth picked her up off the rock with his teeth and rushed her into a nearby cave where he set her down, leaving her frazzled and embarrassed.

"What were you thinking? Do you want MoonClan to lose the one thing they have that the other Clans wish they had?" Goldentooth demanded, staring Starkit straight in the eyes and causing her to cower.

"I-I..." Starkit sought for an explanation, but failed to think of one. She couldn't bear to admit that she, the future Clan leader, had been in the wrong.

Goldentooth fixed her with one last glare from his piercing red eyes before he turned away.

"Remember, Starkit, Arceus has chosen you to be MoonClan's next Clan leader. Don't make Him regret His decision by doing something you'll both regret."

Starkit nodded vigorously, practically burning with shame. Clan leaders didn't do things like that. If she wanted respect as a Clan leader, then she would have to learn not to put herself - or her Clan - in danger.

"I'm really sorry, Goldentooth," she mewed, trying to sound cute and innocent for forgiveness, despite how she really felt.

"Yes, well, make sure it doesn't happen again," Goldentooth said with a half-snarl before slinking away into the shadows cast across the caves by the sinking sun.

Starkit was shaken. She was determined to be the best leader MoonClan had ever had. She wouldn't let the past reoccur, when the Clans were torn apart by betrayal, hostility, and bad leadership. If she kept making mistakes, however, she was sure history would repeat itself again under her own leadership.

Determined to do better next time, Starkit turned to watch two of her Clanmates, Ravenpaw and Onyxheart, longingly.

It was obvious that the two Umbreon had feelings for each other and Starkit figured it would only be a few more seasons before Ravenpaw became a warrior, then a couple more before she was nursing his kits. She averted her eyes, not wishing to be caught staring, and felt another pang of loneliness.

This does not bode well for you later, Starkit, the young kit scolded herself. If you're getting your pelt in a prickle over a mate, what kind of Clan would trust you with their life?

Suddenly, a patrol of MoonClan warriors skidded out of Mt. Coronet into camp with alarmed looks on their faces. Jetstar bolted from his den when he overheard the commotion.

"There's been a stand-off! IceClan and LightningClan have challenged each other at the heart of Mt. Coronet and there's sure to be a fight. We must go defend the MoonClan exit or the brawl may come straight into our camp!" Blackshine yowled, his pelt standing on end.

Jetstar contemplated for a moment, weighing his options. Was it really worth sacrificing the wellbeing of his warriors to prevent an unlikely attack on the camp? Then, he glanced behind him and saw Starkit watching the exchange in awe. Jetstar immediately made his decision.

"Blackshine, take Goldentooth, Shademoon, Sootstorm, and Dreadpool to Mt. Coronet just in case. Don't fight unless you have to. But above all, we can't risk our future leader's safety, so we must be cautious. If Starkit is badly injured... or worse... then we're leaderless if something were to happen to Shadowfoot or I."

Hey! Starkit thought, feeling very offended indeed. If I am to be MoonClan's heir to the leadership, then I have to be able to take care of myself, right? Why are they treating me as if I'm a delicate twig or something?

Starkit opened her mouth to say something brave and courageous, but the small party of Umbreon in the centre of the camp had already disbanded, rushing to do their assigned duties.

Argh! How am I ever going to prove myself if I keep missing my chances! thought Starkit. Then, the answer appeared, clear as day. Starkit couldn't believe she hadn't thought of it sooner. I know! I'll show them that I can handle myself; that I don't need protecting! Wait up, patrol, because I'm coming with you!

Starkit began to pursue the patrol that had just disappeared back into Mt. Coronet, before she was scooped right off her feet, leaving her paws scrabbling in midair as she dangled by the scruff of her neck from the jaws of her mother, Nightrain.

"Put me down!" Starkit mewled, feeling very much like a newborn. She couldn't even manage to put on a good aggravation face, she was so humiliated.

Nightrain obliged, but kept a black paw lightly on Starkit's tail, not wanting her wayward kit to escape.

"Where do you think you're going, missy?" Nightrain asked, a sly glimmer in her eyes.

"I want to go help the patrol fight! They might need the help of their future leader!" Starkit protested, pulling in the direction of Mt. Coronet.

"Oh, no." A mrrow of laughter escaped Nightrain and she shook her head. "First of all, you're only a kit. Second of all, what good will you be if you haven't even evolved yet?"

It was part of the warrior code in MoonClan that, as an initiation, the newly appointed warrior would visit the depths of Mt. Coronet for a few days, shrouded in complete darkness, in order to evolve into an Umbreon.

Well, too bad! I'm going anyway! Besides, I want to see how the other Clans fight! Starkit thought arrogantly, though she didn't have near the nerve to mouth off to her mother.

So, instead, Starkit told Nightrain that she was headed off to the nursery for a rest. But, instead of going to the nursery, Starkit hid behind a large boulder that extended from near the edge of the MoonClan camp where the nursery was to the entrance of Mt. Coronet. Feeling sure of herself, Starkit snuck into Mt. Coronet from behind the boulder, unseen.

The shiny Eevee immediately heard noises of arguing and unrest. There was a screech and a yowl, and then a thud, causing Starkit to pad quietly closer. She was extremely curious about this whole "stand-off" business.

From within the shadows, Starkit inched closer until the chaos appeared in full view. Thunderstar of LightningClan and Hailstar of IceClan were standing nose to nose, neither Pokémon backing down, despite the other's threats.

"You were planning an invasion! Don't try and deny it!" Thunderstar bellowed, his rage causing electricity to spark from his spiky pelt.

Hailstar admittedly looked slightly nervous at the sight of all the electrical power Thunderstar was fighting to control. Apparently, the LightningClan leader believed there was still hope to resolve the whole thing and go home before he was forced to go all out on Hailstar and the rest of the IceClan warriors.

"I was planning an invasion? I do believe it was your warriors that were skulking around Mt. Coronet near the IceClan entrance! Coincidence? I think not!" Hailstar growled, matching Thunderstar's electricity with a force field of frigid air that emanated from his icy blue pelt.

Starkit spotted various warriors of WaterClan, MoonClan, and even LeafClan hanging around the edges of the arguing Clans, ready to step in to defend if things went downhill. If the two Clans were to fight, though, Starkit guessed LightningClan would emerge victorious. Jolteon were generally more offensive Pokémon, whereas Glaceon ruled the defensive side of things.

Just then, one of the IceClan warriors' eyes happened to wander into the shadows, right to where Starkit was hiding. Starkit's eyes widened like moons as recognition sparked in the warrior's gaze and he smiled

manically as he realized that he'd spotted the grand prize.

"Hailstar!" he yowled. "There! In the shadows! It's Starkit! Get her!"

Mt. Coronet erupted in chaos at the mere mention of her name, all the Clans converging at once like a giant wave towards her hiding spot. Starkit understood that tensions were running high, because no other Clan had been blessed with an heir to their Clan leadership yet, but was this really necessary?

Starkit yelped and shot out of the shadows, in the opposite direction of the Clans. Trying desperately to avoid being captured, ducking attacks and flying limbs of all sorts, her thoughts ran wild with her rapidly churning legs.

Why do they want to catch me? What good would I be to them? What do they want with me? she wondered frantically. Oh, if only she'd listened to her mother and stayed in camp where she'd still be safe and sound!

Starkit ran up and down, side to side, over and under rocks, until finally the noises of the Clans faded into the distance. Pulling up short, Starkit lay down to rest, her breath heaving and ragged from all the running. In fact, it was only once she'd gotten her breath back and stood up to look around that she realized she had no idea where she was.

Oh, no... Her heart sinking, Starkit turned around and around, looking for something - anything - that looked familiar.

Then, she saw it. A light in the distance. Could it be the exit? Starkit gleefully ran for it, finding another gear in her haste to escape this giant rocky prison. The light neared, closer and closer, until Starkit was upon it, and running straight through it.

Fully expecting to see the rocky outer wall of Mt. Coronet sprawled halfway onto Route 211, Starkit was taken completely by surprise when she fell into a very large, very deep snowdrift. Feeling every limb freeze up on her, Starkit was powerless to struggle as she sunk into the deep snow and slowly lost consciousness.


Starkit awoke, buried completely in snow, but she was no longer frozen solid. In fact, she felt very much at home in the snow. Almost as if she could just curl up in it and sleep. It was so soft, so comfortable, so... Wait, what was she doing in a snow bank?

Starkit shot up from the drift and shook off the snow, expecting her thick white-grey pelt to bush out around her for warmth. It didn't. Where was it? All of a sudden, a horrible feeling of dread overcame her. Her pelt was gone. Snow felt like home to her. She no longer felt the cold.

Moving felt like a huge effort to her as she made her way over to a small pool nearby that was iced over on the surface. Standing directly above it, Starkit held her breath as she glanced down at her reflection.

Starkit refused to breath as she took in her reflection. A crystalline-white, nearly iridescent pelt that shone in the sunlight. She had grown taller and slimmed down, taking a lean, delicate figure. Ice shards hung down both sides of her small, fox-like face that was contorted in shock.

Starkit breathed again, a long, slow breath that allowed the appalling effect of what had just happened finally sink in.

"I've evolved."

A/N: I've decided it would be better for me to just put abbreviated allegiances at the top of each chapter, (plus, it bothers me to have a number one beside Chapter 2) so this is the new first chapter. Read and review, tell me what you think if you will! :D