The Coming Storm

by wildspiritontheloose

After moons of wandering from place to place, RockClan has finally found what it hopes will be a permanent home. Then, tragedy strikes and a prophecy from StarClan warns of the perils that await should they stay. The future of the Clan is placed in the paws of six young Clan cats that must do everything in their power to save their Clan.

1. Allegiances

Allegiances

Leader

≻ Sparrowstar : sharp-minded tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Deputy

≻ Beetlewatcher : black tom with yellow eyes; usually calm and collected Apprentice : Asterpaw

Medicine Cat

≻ Otterheart : playful brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes

Medicine Cat Apprentice

≻ Pebblepaw : small grey tabby tom with yellow eyes

Warriors

≻ Beartooth : fluffy brown tabby tom with amber eyes

≻ Gentlefern : grey tabby she-cat with green eyes; motherly to all in the Clan

≻ Palethorn : white tom with yellow eyes and a harsh nature

≻ Runningheart : red tabby tom with green eyes; highly competitive Apprentice : Emberpaw

≻ Redblaze : fluffy red tabby with green eyes Apprentice : Starlingpaw

≻ Mapleblossom : kind dark tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes Apprentice : Littlepaw

≻ Morningbreeze : pretty grey tabby with blue eyes

≻ Frostfur : white she-cat with amber eyes Apprentice : Whitepaw

≻ Martenfur : flirtatious brown-red tabby tom with amber eyes

≻ Leafpelt : brown tabby tom with amber eyes

≻ Badgerclaw : strong black and white tom with amber eyes

≻ Silverhawk : silver tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Apprentices

≻ Emberpaw : fierce dark tortoiseshell with amber eyes

≻ Littlepaw : small white tom with green eyes

≻ Whitepaw : quick white tom with amber eyes

≻ Starlingpaw : black she-cat with yellow eyes; white markings on paws and chest

≻ Asterpaw : light grey and cream she-cat with green eyes

Queens

≻ Ripplestream : blue-grey tabby she-cat with blue eyes

≻ Dapplefur : pretty calico she-cat with amber eyes

Kits

≻ Brightkit : energetic orange and white tom with amber eyes

≻ Skykit : grey tabby she-cat with blue eyes

≻ Kestrelkit : small tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes; blind

Elders

≻ Goldfur : forgetful orange tabby tom with amber eyes

≻ Thistleclaw : black tom with blue eyes; old and grouchy

A Brief History of RockClan

The Clan's original home was a thickly wooded forest with towering oaks, lush pines and weeping willows. For moons, the Clan had been happy here, carrying out their warrior duties with pride and raising kits to carry on this tradition. Their happiness ended, however, a mere twenty-eight moons ago, when their territory was invaded by Twolegs. The prey, along with the trees, slowly began to disappear and Falconstar, the leader at that time, decided it would be best for the Clan to leave and avoid its inevitable destruction. He renamed the Clan "BrokenClan", as they would be leaving their homeland. Before the Clan could leave for their new home, however, Falconstar was taken by Twolegs. It is believed he was killed by them, as Sparrowstar received all nine lives when she shared tongues with StarClan on the eve of her leader ceremony.

It fell to the young tortoiseshell to lead the Clan to safety. Though she seemed inexperienced, she was wise in her decisions and precise with her actions. Sparrowstar led the Clan to a sandy island, surrounded by water, which would be their new home for only the next two moons. The island was attacked by badgers, killing two cats - Brookfur and Shadefire, the deputy - and BrokenClan was forced out of the territory. For a moon they wandered, searching for a new place to stay, and finally found a new home on the plains.

Here, new kits were born and new apprentices were named, giving hope back to the shaken members of the Clan. Though the territory was different than their old home in the forest, they soon began to adapt to the cold wind and long grass. This home too did not last long. A fire swept through the grasses, turning everything it touched into ash, including the young Darkpaw, the loyal Jayflight and the loving Greywind, who would not leave her dying mate behind.

Forced to flee, Sparrowstar led BrokenClan to the mountains, where they sought shelter in a cave. They were forced out three moons later by a cougar that had once seemingly lived in the cave they sought refuge in. The first cat to be killed by the cougar was Shortwhisker, the medicine cat. Otterheart, his apprentice, blamed herself for his death, as she should have been with him when he was gathering herbs and the cougar attacked. Other victims of the cougar were Mottledstream and Smokeshade, both killed before the Clan decided to move on, as there was no hope of defeating the giant cat. The death of Smokeshade called for a new deputy and Sparrowstar chose the young Beetlewatcher, then having only 40 moons, much to the surprise of the whole Clan. Once more, the Clan wandered for a moon, following the mountain range until it began to turn into hills and, slowly, a rocky canyon.

It was here that Sparrowstar spied a cliff wall with abandoned dens along its face and declared that this would be the new home of BrokenClan. Turning to the remaining Clan members, she proclaimed, "StarClan has guided us here to what is to be our new home! From now on we shall be called RockClan, as we shall not be defeated. We refuse to lose our home again and we will be as immovable as these rocks that make up our new one." Since then, the Clan has begun adapting to their new home. Though cracked pads are common and eating lizards everyday is not quite to everyone's taste, the Clan remains optimistic that this time, they will not be forced out of their home. They will be as immovable as rocks and fight for their new home, no matter the cost.

place ≻ reason for leaving ≻ time frame

forest ≻ Twoleg invasion ≻ departed 28 moons ago

island ≻ badger attack ≻ arrived 26 moons ago, departed 20 moons ago

plains ≻ fire ≻ arrived 19 moons ago, departed 12 moons ago

mountains ≻ cougar ≻ arrived 12 moons ago, departed 9 moons ago

canyon ≻ arrived 8 moons ago