Prologue

In the old forest several seasons ago…

It was a sunny new-leaf day in ThunderClan. Frostfeather, a white she-cat with light grey spots, was out gathering some herbs since the stocks were low from leaf-bare. She was by the RiverClan stream when suddenly a wail rose above the roaring river.

"Help me!"

Frostfeather wildly looked around and suddenly spotted a kit tumbling around in the river.

"Help!" the kit squeaked before a wave knocked her under the water.

Frostfeather immediately dropped everything she was carrying and plunged into the fast moving river.

"Hold on!" she mewed

She caught up to where she saw the kit go under and dove down under the surface. She finally brushed up against something furry and recognized the kit. She grabbed it by the scruff and swam back toward the surface. She spotted a RiverClan patrol heading her way on their side of the river bank. She kicked out toward a fallen tree trunk sticking halfway out of the water.

She lacked on with her claws when she heard a cat meow "Give her here!"

She looked up to meet the RiverClan patrol standing on the bank above her.

"Quickly! The river is flooding! Get out now!" the patrol leader meowed.

She passed the kit to the patrol leader when she heard a crashing sound.

"Hurry! Give me your paw!" the RiverClan cat meowed.

But it was too late, an uprooted tree being swept downstream crashed into the tree trunk she was on sending her into the river. She hit her head on a rock and started to lose consciousness. She could hear the RiverClan patrol meowing something to her as they raced to catch up to her and the roar of the gorge getting closer. She felt herself falling; then blackness.

Allegiances

ThunderClan

Leader: Bramblestar-dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Deputy: Squirrelflight-dark ginger she-cat with green eyes

Medicine Cat(s):

Jayfeather-gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes

Leafpool-light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Warriors:

Brackenfur-golden-brown tabby tom

Cloudtail-long-haired white tom with blue eyes

Brightheart-white she-cat with ginger patches

Thornclaw-golden-brown tabby tom

Spiderleg-long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes

Apprentice, Amberpaw

Birchfall-light brown tabby tom

Whitewing-white she-cat with green eyes

Apprentice, Dewpaw

Berrynose-cream-colored tom

Mousewhisker-gray-and-white tom

Ivypool-silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes

Apprentice, Snowpaw

Lionblaze-golden tabby tom with amber eyes

Dovewing-pale gray she-cat with blue eyes

Rosepetal-dark cream she-cat

Poppyfrost-tortoiseshell she-cat

Briarlight-dark brown she-cat with sky-colored eyes, paralyzed in her hindquarters

Blossomfall-tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

Bumblestripe-very pale gray tom with black stripes

Cherryfall-ginger she-cat

Molewhisker-brown-and-cream tom

Lilyheart-tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

Apprentices:

Amberpaw-pale ginger she-cat

Dewpaw-gray-and-white tom

Snowpaw-white, fluffy tom

Queens:

Daisy-cream, long-furred cat from the horseplace

Cinderheart-gray tabby she-cat

Elders:

Purdy-plump tabby, former loner with a gray muzzle

Graystripe-long-haired gray tom

Sandstorm-pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

Millie-striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Cats Outside The Clans:

Frost-white she-cat with light grey ears, tail, and paws