Alligences

SkyClan

Leader: Wolfstar- gray tom with blue eyes

Apprentice: Applepaw

Deputy: Honeysuckle- golden she-cat with green eyes

Medicine Cat: Snowmist- white tom with blue eyes

Warriors

Riverleap- silver-and-black tom, fond of getting wet

Apprentice: Aspenpaw

Tabbystripe- light orange and brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Cloudtail- white tom with blue eyes

Apprentice: Briarpaw

Pineneedle- prickly brown tom with green eyes

Pebblesplash- gray-brown tom with yellow eyes

Apprentice: Swallowpaw

Silverfrost- silver-and-white she-cat with hazel eyes

Snailshell- thick-furred brown tom with silver swirls in his fur.

Thistlepelt- brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Sootheart- light gray tom with a darker patch of fur on his chest

Queens

Wildflower- red she-cat(mother of Thistlepelt's kits: Rainkit, red-brown she-kit with yellow eyes, Grasskit, brown tom kit, Featherkit, gray tom kit, and Mossykit, brown-gray she-kit with green eyes.)

Apprentices

Swallowpaw- black and white tuxedo she-cat with blue eyes

Briarpaw- dark brown tom

Aspenpaw- gray tom with darker patches and white paws

Applepaw- red tom

Elders

Moonfeather- silver tom

Cedarbranch- dark silver-black she-cat

The day Mossykit opened her eyes in the Clan nursery, she felt a light presence on her left forepaw. It slipped beneath her paw, and when she tried to stand up, it tripped her.

"Oh, Wildflower, they're perfect." A male voice said behind her. "Mossykit is beautiful. As is Rainkit. And Grasskit and Featherkit are so handsome."

At the sound of a tomcat praising her, Mossykit opened her eyes. A dark-colored tabby face with wide, amber eyes was staring right at her! Mind blank, Mossykit slashed her claws at the face's nose. He jerked his head back, more out of surprise than pain. Oh no! I had forgotten! She felt shame prick her pelt as she realized she had scared her own father's muzzle!

"I'm so sorry!" Mossykit began to wail, but Thistlepelt swished his tail in front of her mouth, flicking his ears to the red-brown-gray heap of fur lying in Wildflower's nest.

Mossykit quietly finished what she had been saying, "I didn't mean to hurt you, but I forgot."

"It's okay. I've taken worse." he mewed and slid a paw over the fresh scratches across his nose.

"Um, Thistlepelt," she asked, "Why do they call you Thistlepelt?"

Father gave a chuckle, then responded, "My fur. It sticks up like a bush of thistles no matter how hard I lick."

"Can I give it a try?"

Thistlepelt nodded as she moved closer to begin licking his chest fur. Unbeknownst to her, Rainkit, her only sister, had awoken while she licked. After several moments of fighting his fur, Mossykit took a step back to look at the clump. It hadn't changed a bit!

"See what I mean? Impossible!" Thistlepelt sounded almost harassed by the little knot of messy fur. But when Mossykit saw the gleam in his eyes,she realized he was joking.

"Can I go outside?" Mossykit groaned inwardly. Rainkit again?

"Okay, Rainkit, you can go outside, if your mother says that's alright." He looked at his mate, who had just woken up and had begun to groom herself.

Rainkit cleared her throat, and Wildflower looked up from washing her ears. "Of course you can, dear. As soon as Featherkit and Grasskit get up."

"Why do I have to take the boys? Can't I take Mossykit with me instead? "Rainkit whined.

"Leave me out of this!" She had no wish to leave the nursery just yet. But Rainkit took no notice of her and continued arguing. As she argued, Grasskit and Featherkit woke up.

Featherkit started bouncing around, saying, "We're up! We're up!" While the more inquisitive of the two, Grasskit, asked, "Why do we need to be up?"

"We're going outside! We're going outside!" Rainkit began, and Featherkit and Grasskit took up the chant as they stormed the nursery entrance. Thistlepelt, while letting out a purr of amusement, blocked the nursery door.

"Now, kits, hold on for a few minutes, okay?" Thistlepelt meowed in his calming way, "We can't just barge in there like we own the place. Wildflower, please go let the rest of the Clan know, please." Thistlepelt requested. She gave him a lick on the ear and replied, "Of course, dear." Thistlepelt slid over just enough to let Wildflower slip past him, then returned to his position in the entryway.

"Now, kits, listen to me," Thistlepelt mewed in a more serious voice. "You need to be on your best behavior today when you meet the Clan. My reputation isn't so hot with LeafClan right now. I need you to be models of perfect kits. No misbehaving. Your behavior will help every cat realize I'm not evil. I just want to be the best LeafClan warrior, and father, I can be."

Rainkit cocked her head at Thistlepelt, looking confused and, only slightly, dumb. "I don't get it. How does our behavior affect you?"

"Because-" But Thistlepelt was abruptly cut off by a voice yowling from outside. It yowled, "Let those kits loose!"

"Yes!" yowled Rainkit, Grasskit, and Featherkit. They jumped up, slapped their paws together, and dashed out. Thistlepelt purred, and walked outside, murmuring, "Kits."

Mossykit stayed put.

She stayed where she was, crouched under the roots of the tree used as the nursery, while her father and siblings left. I don't want to go, she thought stubbornly. As Thistlepelt slid through the entrance, he paused.

"Mossykit, I know you're hiding." Mossykit slid into the usually moss-filled hole in the nursery; her regular hiding space when Rainkit, Grasskit, and Featherkit go looking for her to try to make her play one of their stupid games.

"Mossykit, come on out. It's time to meet the rest of LeafClan. Come on, you know you want to."

It was incredibly tempting. Yeesss… NO. Yeesss… NO… Yeessss…. Oh, fine! Mossykit crept from the shadows, and as Thistlepelt scaned the other side of the den for signs of my brown fur, tail swaying back and forth, Mossykit pounced.

"Yeouch!" Thistlepelt yowled, and someone outside muttered, "I thought he was going to get a kit, not fight a den of foxes!" Thistlepelt turned to face his tail, and she clawed and bit it gently. She clung to his tail as he lifted it level with his face. "Come on, Mossykit. Do you want everyone thinking you're a coward?

She didn't want that! "Okay, Dad. Let's go." Mossykit hopped off his tail, raised hers, and stalked into the clearing.