Warriors Dawn of a New Era: Winds of Ice

by Dustwhisker The Cat

Dark times are approaching for ThunderClan. With their only medicine cat close to death in the middle of leaf-bare with no apprentice to take his place the once powerful clan is now about to succumb to sickness and wounds with none to heal them. But could there still be a chance? SEQUEL TO: "Warriors Dawn of a New Era: Jagged Thunder"

1. Allegiances and Prolouge

YES! Finally! The sequel to my story, "Warriors Dawn of a New Era: Jagged Thunder" is finally here! This is going to be great! And I must say thanks to all of the people who took the time to read and review my previous story and they are all awesome! So here it is... The beginning of a new EPIC story that is begging to be read so please enjoy everyone!

Allegiances

ThunderClan

Leader: Moonstar (Sleek, silver she-cat)

Deputy: Stonefang (Muscular gray tom with darker blotches)

Medicine Cat: Tornfur (Graying dark brown tom with patchy pelt)

Warriors: (Toms and she-cats without kits)

Dustclaw (Tabby pale ginger tom)

Speckleheart (Cream and brown she-cat)

Pepperflight (Gray she-cat with darker flecks)

Lightningstrike (Handsome golden tom with glossy fur)

Squirreltail (Brown tabby she-cat with bushy tail)

Oakfrost (Orange tabby tom)

Thornfoot (Black tom with fur that stands on end)

Apprentice: Adderpaw

Fawndapple (Dusty-brown she-cat)

Nettlefur (Gray and white tom)

Blacktooth (Massive black tom)

Frosteyes (Pure white she-cat)

Silentbreeze (Gray tabby she-cat)

Apprentices: (More than six moons old, in training to become a warrior)

Adderpaw (Black tom with white dash on chest)

Queens: (She-cats expecting or nursing kits)

Sedgeflower (Pale ginger with white patches and blue eyes)

Shorttail (Dusky brown tabby with amber eyes)

Milkfur (Black and white with blue eyes)

Elders: (Former Warriors and Queens)

Honeypool (Lightly colored she-cat)

Rowanheart (Dark brown tabby tom)

Birchwhisper (Dusky brown she-cat with ginger patch on chest)

Mouseleap (pale gray she-cat)

ShadowClan

Leader: Littlestar (Very small brown tabby she-cat with bushy tail)

Deputy: Leafpelt (Dappled, mottled gray tabby she-cat)

Medicine Cat: Willowpond (Beautiful light brown she-cat with long, soft fur)

Apprentice: Cedarwing (Reddish-brown she-cat)

Warriors:

Birchblaze (Jet black tom with white-tipped tail)

Brambleshadow (Russet tom)

Sandeye (Light ginger mottled tabby she-cat)

Dapplesong (Tortoiseshell and white dappled she-cat)

Apprentice: Sparrowpaw

Finchclaw (Mouse-brown and cream tom)

Gorsestorm (Tabby ginger and white tom)

Firestripe (Tabby tom with flame colored pelt)

Queens:

Shiningstep (White with emerald eyes)

Heathertail (Dark orange with light orange tail tip, blue eyes, and pale underside)

Elders:

Rainpetal (Gray tabby she-cat)

Foxpelt (Orange tom with white-tipped tail)

WindClan

Leader: Stormstar (Dark gray tom)

Deputy: Crookedtail (Dappled gray tom with bent tail)

Medicine Cat: Volepond (Sleek black tom)

Warriors:

Poppycloud (Brown tabby and white she-cat)

Apprentice: Meadowpaw

Creamfur (Creamy brown tabby and white she-cat)

Spottedwing (Tortoiseshell and white she-cat)

Spidertail (Black and white tom with long, skinny tail)

Ravenfeather (Black tom)

Twilightsong (Pale silver striped tabby she-cat)

Hollyberry (Russet and black she-cat)

Yellowfire (Dark brown tabby tom with yellow eyes)

Nightfog (Lean black tom)

Hawkfur (Tawny tom with darker ears and tail)

Queens:

Shortfire (Short, stocky gray tabby with pale chest and amber eyes)

Oliveshade (Tortoiseshell with green eyes)

Orangenight (Ginger with blue eyes)

Elders:

Halffoot (Brown tabby tom with missing section of one of his front paws)

Weaselscar (Tabby ginger tom with white paws

Morningice (Light-brown tabby she-cat with white underbelly)

Eaglewing (Gray tabby tom with white underbelly)

RiverClan

Leader: Midnightstar (Black tom with single white stripe running along spine)

Deputy: Runningbrook (Slender white she-cat with gray stripes on face)

Medicine Cat: Lilyberry (Gray tabby she-cat with white paws)

Warriors:

Blossomhaze (Tortoiseshell and white she-cat with petal shaped white patches and a thick pelt)

Mapleclaw (Ginger and white tom)

Tawnyeyes (Black and white tom)

Apprentice: Autumpaw

Motheye (Golden-brown tabby tom)

Ebonywind (Solid black tom)

Coppercloud (Dark ginger she-cat)

Queens:

Swiftspots (Tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes)

Elders:

Dayfrost (Golden tabby the-cat)

Ivystreak (Silver and white tabby tom)

Cats outside of clans:

Tinyroot (Very small reddish-brown tom with emerald green eyes)

Prologue

Tornfur stumbled into his den wearier than ever. Every bone in his old body ached. The dusk sun was casting is soft glow across the stone hollow where ThunderClan had made its camp. He set down the bundle of yarrow next to the crevice in the rock where he kept his herbs, too tired to put them in. The graying dark brown medicine cat collapsed in his nest and with a groan, eased himself in and closed his eyes.

He woke up in a starlit forest, glistening mist shrouding everything like the branches of a willow tree.

StarClan! Tornfur realized that he was in the forest where his long gone ancestors roamed. He was awed by the beautiful surroundings, but then a sudden realization hit him, If I'm in StarClan then that means, Tornfur's throat turned dryer than sand. It means I'm dead!

"Welcome Tornfur," a voice suddenly spoke.

Tornfur whirled around to face a beautiful light ginger she-cat with starlight glistening at her paws.

"Flowerpaw!" Tornfur gasped. He recognized her as the apprentice who was killed by a cat called Tinyroot and was now in StarClan. He remembered bitterly that Tinyroot was also his former apprentice. "Flowerpaw please, I can't die now my clan needs me I-," he was cut off when Flowerpaw gently laid her tail over Tornfur's mouth.

"Do not worry Tornfur," Flowerpaw mewed. "StarClan knows these things, you will not die now but your time to join us is near." Before Tornfur could say anything else Flowerpaw spoke once more. "Now come with me Tornfur," she meowed as she padded off into the mist.

Tornfur followed suppressing a sigh of relief. He would be around a while to still help his clan even if it was a short time. But I don't even have an apprentice; he thought glumly as he followed Flowerpaw into the thick mist. As the vapor started to thin out tall stone walls started to appear out of it. It was the ThunderClan camp. The moon and stars glistened above. He looked towards the thorn tunnel where he remembered Lightningstrike, Oakfrost, and Speckleheart would be sitting vigil. The three young warriors sat still watching over the camp as their clan-mates slept. He tried meowing a greeting to them but they didn't respond.

"Remember you are still dreaming," Flowerpaw meowed padding up beside him. "They can't see, smell, or hear you."

"That's right," Tornfur remembered that he was led here by Flowerpaw, "But why did you bring me here?"

"There is something I need to show you," Flowerpaw meowed as she padded off towards one of the dens, the nursery, and disappeared into it.

Tornfur padded after her and slipped inside. There, Flowerpaw was standing over two kits nestled close to their mother.

"You already are familiar Stormkit and Hollykit aren't you?" asked Flowerpaw.

"Yes," Tornfur meowed uncomfortably; he had seen Tinyroot deliver them himself.

"Stormkit will become Lightningstrike's apprentice," began Flowerpaw dipping her head so that her nose would touch the dark gray kit.

"Lightningstrike's apprentice?" Tornfur echoed in disbelief. "But Lightningstrike has only just become a warrior!"

"Lightningstrike has a destiny greater than anyone before him!" Flowerpaw meowed defensively. "It is not up to you to question whether or not this kit becomes his apprentice."

Tornfur bowed his head sheepishly, surprised at the sudden fierceness in Flowerpaw's tone, and for he already knew Lightningstrike had a very close connection to StarClan. Closer than me, Tornfur remembered, he hadn't had a dream from StarClan in a long time.

"And Hollykit, will become your apprentice," Flowerpaw continued touching her nose to the sand colored tabby she-kit with a pale underbelly.

"But will I have time to train her?" Tornfur mewed doubtfully; will he die while she is just in the middle of her medicine cat training?

Flowerpaw sighed and there was silence for a couple of heartbeats. "No," she finally answered, "That is why she must look elsewhere for training."

"You mean another clan?" Tornfur meowed bewildered.

"No, none of the other medicine cats would be willing to accept her, the rifts between them and the clans are too deep," answered Flowerpaw.

"Then how is she going to be trained as a medicine cat?" Tornfur meowed desperately.

"Tell her to seek the Cave of the Pointed Stones," Flowerpaw responded. "There lives a cat named Stoneteller who is the Healer of his tribe in the mountains; she must go to there, StarClan will send her a sign when it is time for her to come back," Flowerpaw meowed as she turned as exited the nursery.

"Wait! Tornfur exclaimed as he tried to chase after her. He had to know more, but it was already too late.

Tornfur suddenly awakened in his nest, dawn light streaming into his den through the bramble screen that covered the entrance. That's it? I will have to send her off to the mountains to a tribe that the clans don't even know exists? Who would go with her? Would they even be willing? Tornfur groaned in desperation. If ThunderClan doesn't even have a trained medicine cat, it's- it's doomed!

That was the prologue and please tell me what you thought about it tell me EVERY single one of your meaningful opinions and please review!

-Dustwhisker