WindClan
Leader:
Silverstar- Silver tabby she cat with green eyes and long, darker tipped fur.
Deputy:
Nettleclaw - Grey tom cat with dull green eyes.
Medicine Cat:
Palepelt - Pale cream tom cat with yellow eyes.
Warriors:
Leafjaw - Brown tom cat with a darker chin and green eyes.
Brownfoot - Pale brown tom cat with turquoise eyes and darker feet, tail, face and ears.
Seedtuft - Pale brown she cat with green eyes and a tuft on the end of her tail.
Waspflight - Yellow tabby tom with part blue part hazel eyes.
Ambereyes - Amber eyed she cat with scraps of golden fur. Formerly Goldenfur.
Petalpool - Tortoiseshell she cat with yellow eyes.
Heatherblaze - Lilac tortoiseshell she cat with blue-green eyes.
Harestep - Pale brown tom cat with yellow eyes.
Runningcloud - Golden-brown tom cat with copper coloured eyes.
Vinestripe - Deep ginger tom cat with prominent tabby stripes and golden eyes.
Morningshine - Cream she cat with yellow eyes which have pink pupils and a pink nose.
Aspenface - Grey tom with yellow eyes.
Badgerpatch - Black and white patched tom with yellow-green eyes.
Doepounce - Pale red she cat with fawn undersides and mask and orange eyes.
Nighttail - Black tom with gold eyes.
Eaglefeather - Brown tom with white speckles and dark blue eyes.
Longlegs - Cream tom with long legs and yellow-green eyes. Splitting image of Woollyfur.
Yellowclaw - Yellow tabby she cat with yellow eyes.
Cherryfang - Tortoiseshell she cat with hazel eyes.
Dewfall - Bright blue tom cat with white legs, black tail tip and ears and one amber eye and one green eye.
Rabbitshade - Brown she cat with copper eyes.
Embermist - Ginger she cat with yellow eyes with pink pupils.
Honeyeye - Golden-cream she cat with yellow eyes and a pink nose.
Oatfur - White tom with pale cream patches and yellow eyes.
Gorsepelt - Brown tabby tom with black dapples and yellow eyes.
Pebblewhisker - Small grey tom with yellow-green eyes and lighter undersides.
Sunheart - Gold she cat with gold eyes.
Snowpelt - White tom cat with black speckles and amber eyes.
Beewing - Dark gold tabby tom with yellow eyes.
Darkstorm - Black tom cat with striking orange eyes.
Brackenstripe - Golden-brown tabby tom with yellow eyes.
Cranberryshine - Golden-brown she cat with dark blue eyes.
Dawnbreeze - Tortoiseshell she cat with dark blue eyes.
Brightfire - Pale yellow tabby she cat with yellow eyes and white speckles.
Dusklight - Pale ginger tom cat with yellow-green eyes.
Blossomfoot - Tortoiseshell she cat with golden eyes.
Fawnfur - Pale ginger she cat with blue-green eyes.
Apprentices:
(None)
Queens:
Mistspeckle - Pretty light grey she cat with lighter speckles and orange eyes. (Mother to Brownfoot's kits; Stormkit, Fallowkit and Specklekit)
Foxdawn - Red she cat with amber eyes. (Mother to Dewfall's kit; Vixenkit)
Elders:
Bluewhisker - Blue she cat with long whiskers and amber eyes.
Brindleheart - Striped calico she cat with ice blue eyes.
Rosenose - Black she with off blue eyes and bright pink nose.
Darkfall - Black tom cat with green eyes.
Woollyfur - Cream tom cat with dense fur and yellow-green eyes.
Whiteblossom - White she cat with dark blue eyes.
Kits:
Stormkit - Pale grey she cat with turquoise eyes.
Fallowkit - Pale brown she cat with darker face, feet, tail, ears and turquoise eyes.
Specklekit - Brown tom cat with white speckles and orange eyes.
Vixenkit - Bright red she cat with black legs and ear tips, white tail tip and amber eyes.
ThunderClan
Leader:
Redstar - Large, deep ginger tom with amber eyes.
Deputy:
Birchbranch - White tom cat with black undersides and yellow eyes.
Medicine Cat(s):
Swallowfang - Brown and white tom cat with ice blue eyes.
Warriors:
Oakfrost - Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes.
Squirrelpool - Grey she cat with a bushy tail and yellow eyes.
Finchwing - Deep ginger tom cat with amber eyes.
Poppybriar - Mostly red tortoiseshell she cat with pale yellow eyes.
Mousenose - Brown tom with yellow eyes.
Thornstorm - Dark gold tom cat with green eyes.
Queens:
Vixensong - Calico she cat with yellow eyes. Mute. Medicine Cat. (Mother to Swallowfang's kits; Chestnutkit - Brown tom cat with a paler belly and ice blue eyes, Echokit - Brown she cat with ice blue eyes, Mintkit - White she cat with grey patches and green eyes, Petalkit - Calico she cat with yellow eyes and Stonekit - Grey tom cat with yellow eyes.)
ShadowClan
Leader:
Lizardstar - Bulky brown tabby tom with dark green eyes.
Deputy:
Duskfur - Pretty dark tortoiseshell she cat with dark yellow eyes. Former loner.
Medicine Cat:
Mothspots - Grey and white spotted tom with dark green eyes. Apprentice: Grasspaw - Pale brown tom cat with green eyes.
Warriors:
Breezepetal - Pale grey she cat with sky blue eyes.
Duststep - Pale grey tom cat with yellow eyes.
Cloudfoot - White tom with soft grey patches and blue eyes.
Milkwhisker - White tom cat with blue eyes. Deaf in his left ear.
RiverClan
Leader:
Reedstar - Pale brown tom cat with green eyes.
Deputy:
Fallowwhisker - Pale brown she cat with pale green eyes.
Medicine Cat:
Lionleaf - Tailless golden she cat with brown ears, speckles along her back and tail tuft and hazel eyes.
Warriors:
Brindlefur - Pale blue-grey tabby tom cat with green eyes.
Otterfur- Dark brown tom cat with hazel eyes.
Littletail - Black and white tom with a short, stumpy tail and amber eyes.
Leopardfire - Off black tom cat with darker spots and yellow eyes.
Palebriar - White she cat with pale tortoiseshell patches and pale yellow eyes. Apprentice: Ripplepaw - Pale grey tom with prominent, swirling tabby stripes and yellow eyes.
Elders:
Poolfern - Small, light blue-grey she cat with pale green eyes and a swollen shoulder.
"Vixensong, I don't think I'm ready for this." The silver tabby mewed as she looked down into the hollow, her voice cracking as she tried to find the courage to face what was ahead.
She felt the calico touch her tail tip to her shoulder, her eyes shining with faith in the moon light as she nodded down to the pool.
I can do this!
The silver tabby followed Vixensong down to the Moonpool, following her motions as the Medicine Cat drank from the pool and laid beside it to sleep.
As she woke up in StarClan, she found herself frozen in place, all of her muscles tense but her eyes fixed wide open as pain rippled through her like claws ripping through her insides.
Finally, the pain stopped and she exhaled loudly, sharing a look with the almost frightened looking Medicine Cat.
"Welcome, Silverbreeze." A voice echoed around them, one that sounded like one cat but seemed to belong to all of StarClan. "Are you ready to receive your nine lives?"
"Yes. I am." Silverstar forced herself to stand taller, reassuring herself.
As the first cat came forward, Silverstar burst into smiles, his hazel eyes reflecting her joy. Her father touched the top of her head, a jolt of pain running through her as he spoke.
"With this life I give you trust in others." Hailshade mewed. "Use it well to care for your Clan and yourself. Trust the cats in your Clan as they trust in you."
Silverstar watched him go sadly, but perked up as a brown, white and speckled tom came forward, one that Silverstar recognised as Specklefur, the Deputy before her. He looked at her kindly as he touched his nose to her head.
"With this life I give you clear judgement of character. Use it to see the true nature of cats, kind and harmful alike."
Her nostalgia soon intensified as Owlfeather appeared, her stomach twisting in a knot of guilt as he raced to her, purring intensely, remembering how she had hurt him.
"WindClan could not be in better paws." He told her, rubbing his cheek against hers before he stepped back, touching his nose to her head. "With this life I give you second chances. Use it well on those who have changed for the better."
Silverstar's heart lurched as young grey tom padded up, bounding over to him and licking his head like she did when he was a kit by her belly.
"Greypaw!" She mewed, her licks becoming more intense. "I'm so sorry you never got to be the Warrior you should have been."
"It was not my destiny. This, however, is yours." Greypaw mewed as he moved away, although her eyes shone in pride at her wise kit, bending down so he could give her a life. "With this life I give you acceptance of destiny. Use it well to save energy in accepting that there are just some things you cannot change, no matter how much you want to."
This time, she couldn't hide the pain, her muscles spasming uncontrollably as Greypaw's words sunk into her mind.
She breathed a sigh of relief as the pain faded away, looking up to see Watersplash there, quickly touching his nose to her head.
"With this life I give you mercy. Use it well on the cats who deserve it, inside and outside your Clan."
Silverstar intensely tensed her body, gritting her teeth, as the pain faded. However, she stood upright as a sweet scent approached, the scent of her mother, Hazelstripe.
"Don't worry, my sweet, I know you'll make a fine Leader." She mewed, her voice soft in pride before she gave her kit a life. "With this life I give you faith in yourself. Use it well to lead your Clan with the same trust in your decisions that those in your care do."
Silverstar tensed herself for the oncoming pain, but she felt only relief, as if all her self doubt had been lifted.
The silver tabby's second mentor padded forward next with a bright smile, much to her relief.
"Remember all my lessons to you, Silverbreeze, most importantly thinking ahead." She mewed, her voice deep in wisdom as she gave Silverstar a life. "With this life I give you forethought. Use it well to see ahead and understand how your actions will affect the future."
The pain of Willowmist's life struck the tabby hard after the relief of Hazelstripe's, making her crumple. She heard Vixensong jump to her paws, but a kind voice stopped the calico before padding to the new Leader.
"It has been a long time, my Apprentice." She mewed, making Silverstar burst into joy.
"Blossomtail! It has. Thank you for everything." The tabby replied as the tortoiseshell gave her a life, smiling as she did so.
"With this life I give you perseverance. Use it well in difficult times for what is right, no matter how hard it seems."
By now, Silverstar was getting weak from the pain, loosing her grip on what was going on around her, so she barely noticed Stagstar helping her until he spoke.
"Welcome, my loyal Deputy." He mewed, smiling with all the wisdom he had when he was alive. "Do not be afraid of what is to come, we are here to support you as are all the living cats of WindClan."
Silverstar shakily nodded, finally ready for him to give her her last life.
"With this life I give you hope." Stagstar announced. "Even in the darkest times, hope will guide you through."
Silverstar tensed up completely as the last shot of pain pulsed through her, for a moment loosing her grip on reality, but being conscious enough to hear Stagstar.
"I hail you by your new name, Silverstar, for your old life is no more and you have received the nine lives of a Leader. StarClan grants you guardianship of WindClan. Defend it well; care for young and old, honour your ancestors, the traditions of the Warrior Code and live each life with dignity and pride."
"Silverstar! Silverstar! Silverstar!"
The silver tabby made herself stand straight as her head stopped spinning, listening to the entirety of StarClan chant her Leader name, Stagstar still stood in front of her, smiling kindly, like a mentor would to a nervous new Apprentice.
"Thank you, all of you." Silverstar spoke up as the chants died down. "I will lead WindClan the best I can for all of my nine lives. I will make WindClan the most respected Clan by the lake and a place of peace."
Finally, the area around Silverstar and her Medicine Cat began to fade, but Stagstar stayed solid, the Leader's stomach starting to knot in fear as the former Leader's expression shifted from kind and warm to utterly serious and rather grim before he spoke.
"Beware one who was not granted what they sought."
No sooner had the dark brown tabby finished his sentence did the dream sharply end.
Silverstar's eyes shot open as she loudly let out a breath she didn't realise she was holding, Stagstar's ominous words swirling around and around in her mind, the glazed look in his eyes making the warning even more terrifying to the new Leader.
She didn't realise she was shaking as she finally noticed that Vixensong was looking at her, her yellow eyes full of worry.
"L-Let's go back to camp." She stuttered, breaking the silence that had fallen over them, falling into place beside her, just letting her paws walk her back while her mind floated elsewhere.
A cat who was not granted what they sought?
Silverstar cast a side glance at her Medicine Cat, feeling regret just for a moment, recalling the omen that had made her a Medicine Cat. However, she scowled as she remembered how the calico walking beside her had murdered the former Leader.
It must be about her. I'll make sure she never hurts another cat again.
"You murdered Stagstar!" Silverstar yowled from the top of Tallrock, her hackles raised and fur fluffed, glaring down at the calico, who looked back in horror as the other cats began to murmur and chatter in disbelief. "You deliberately gave him foxglove seeds instead of poppy seeds, just when he was at his weakest!"
The she cat felt a pang of guilt as Vixensong shook her head wildly, but fixed a scowl on her face.
"Did you or did you not give Stagstar foxglove seeds?" She persisted, determined to fulfill this prophecy.
Vixensong cowered under her scrutiny, looking away from her.
"Did you or did you not?" Silverstar repeated, her back arching to make herself look even bigger.
She internally grinned as the calico nodded slowly, sending the other cats into horrified chattering.
"She wouldn't have done it deliberately!" Vixensong's pesky Apprentice jumped to her side. "She would have been exhausted, taking care of the entire Clan on her own!"
"Stagstar wouldn't have lived much longer, Silverstar." Bramblenose spoke up from where she was sat, her voice little more than a rasp. "Ryeflower died that way too."
"You can't be so sure of that, Bramblenose." Silverstar replied, digging through faint memories of the long deceased Medicine Cat, but soon turned the attention back to Vixensong rather than herself. "What about our Queens recently then? Doepounce, Heatherblaze and poor Foxstrike, who died under your watch, not to mention her kits."
The tabby felt a burst of twisted satisfaction as the calico looked around to the other cats but finding that none of them would speak for the voiceless she cat, until Badgerpatch stepped forward.
"Kit birth is a dangerous thing, Silverstar. Particularly when we're all weak from Leaf-bare." The black and white tom stubbornly mewed.
"Silence!" Silverstar yowled louder that she had intended, but all the cats fell silent as she had wanted.
All the WindClan cats were looking at her with wide, shocked eyes, making the silver tabby almost afraid.
"Vixensong, you are a danger to our Clan." She announced, making herself stand tall and firm. "Therefore, from this moment on you are banished from WindClan."
The Clan reacted in horror, except Vixensong. Much to Silverstar's amazement, after a moment, the calico just gave her a curt nod and left Camp, despite Palepelt's protest.
Silverstar jumped down from Tallrock, hiding her shaking legs as Nettleclaw looked over to her.
"Don't let him leave Camp alone." She ordered her Deputy as she padded to her Den, away from the questioning eyes of the Clan.
Only when she was alone did her expression finally fall as she slumped into her nest.
There StarClan. I did it.
Strangely, Silverstar had never felt as alone as she did now.
Moons later, and full of joy at the arrival of Mistspeckle's new kits, Silverstar took her Clan to the Gathering, not caring that WindClan was the last there, and greeting the other Leaders warmly, telling them all about her kit's new kits, but eventually shutting her jaws to let the aged Lizardstar start the Gathering. She wondered if this would be his last, her mind blocking out what he was saying.
However, Redstar's voice easily distracted her from her thoughts, making the silver tabby clench her jaw shut as Redstar once again bragged about his Clan, only starting to listen when he mentioned a second Medicine Cat.
Swallowfang doesn't have an Apprentice? Silverstar glanced down to the Medicine Cats, freezing for a moment as she spotted a familiar calico pelt among them.
"Vixensong is no-"
"Are you mouse-brained?!" Silverstar cut the ThunderClan Leader off in anger, her fur standing on end. "She was banished for a reason, Redstar!"
"Unlike you, Silverstar," The deep ginger tom mewed calmly, as if he was having a causal conversation. "I acknowledge all the facts before blindly throwing out a perfectly well trained cat and weakening my Clan."
"She murdered Stagstar!" Silverstar hissed loudly.
"Not intentionally!" The cream Medicine Cat spoke up to her defiantly.
"She still murdered him!" Silverstar retorted, leaping down and stalking menacingly towards Palepelt, only for the other Medicine Cats to form a tight circle around the calico.
"The exhaustion and loneliness you feel isn't just felt by Leaders, Silverstar. Medicine Cats feel it too." The brown and white tom spoke directly to her. "Palepelt has clearly been run off his paws, taking care of WindClan by himself."
"The Medicine Cat path is just as lonely as yours, Silverstar." Lionleaf added, getting a sharp scowl from the silver tabby, who remembered when she was just an Apprentice who always tripped over her own paws.
"We are meant to stand apart." ShadowClan 's Medicine Cat hissed, his own back arching to match hers. "We're not meant to form friendships with cats in order to treat all cats equally."
"You would do well to appreciate Medicine Cats." Newtdapple sternly mewed, like a mother scolding a kit.
Silverstar looked between them before she finally snapped.
"I have no quarrel with any of you." She hissed, shoving them aside to spit in the face of her former Clanmate. "You don't deserve to be a Medicine Cat!"
"That's enough, Silverstar!" Redstar pushed himself between her and the calico, staring her down.
"She is dangerous! Giving foxglove seeds to sick cats!" Silverstar reminded him, subconsciously unsheathing her claws, seeing the deep ginger tom unsheathe his too.
"StarClan is unhappy with your fighting!" Lizardstar's voice called out, an echo of his former self.
"This gathering is over." Reedstar announced.
The WindClan Leader looked around in panic, seeing ShadowClan and RiverClan leaving quickly.
"This isn't over." She hissed, fluffing up and sizing herself up against the larger tom.
For a moment, she saw the cat she completed her Apprenticeship with, she became Deputy alongside and became a Leader with. She saw the ambitious young tom who she had become so close with and had aspired to keep up the peace between their Clans with, before he turned his back.
"Our Clans will never be at peace as long as I will live!"