Hey guys! This is a fanfic of mine that I've gotten to be pretty serious about. I've had this idea for a while, it just bouncing around in my head, and now I've finally decided to write it. :) If you do decide to read it, I hope you like it! The half-half look on the cover was inspired by Graystorm11. :)
P.S. this is set a few moons after The Last Hope, but does not have all of the Bramblestar's Storm allegiances and warrior's name and that kinds of stuff for ThunderClan because I started writing it before the proper allegiances came out.
Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors, Erin Hunter does.
Prologue:
Two litters of kits were born that day. One at dawn. The other at dusk. One of the litters bore a kit with great resemblance to the greatest menace ever to face the lake.
One would think it was just a fluke, but it isn't. There's something more to this than it just being a coincidence. It was a cat, reborn. Maybe a second chance. Maybe something sinister.
They couldn't tell, so they sent a second cat to be reborn.
The second litter bore a kit with great resemblance to who was known to be the most noble of the leaders ever to rule over a clan. However, something went wrong, and this one was a she-cat.
It didn't change what had happened, however.
Fire and Tiger will return to the clans once more.
…
A slender gray she-cat blinked sleepily down at the three kits curled at her belly. A soft smile crept onto her face, her eyes glowing with love and affection. She wrapped her tail around them, bringing them closer to her.
"Cinderheart?"
Then there was a loud rattling noise and a golden tabby burst into the nursery, eyes wild with panic. He seemed to sag down to the ground with relief as he saw she was okay. Once his sun-colored amber eyes caught sight of the three kits, it seemed to fill him with energy. He padded tentatively towards her, each step light, eyes wide.
"Two daughters and a son." She smiled weakly up at him.
The golden tabby looked at her, eyes round with affection. He flicked his tail lightly over her mouth, pressing close to her. He covered her face and ears in licks as he murmured compliments. "They're perfect." He whispered in her ear.
"What shall we name them?" She asked softly. Her vision had finally cleared, the black spots that had previously been dancing across her vision had gone. She looked down upon her kits, relieved that they weren't blurry as they had been before. She let out a quiet gasp, astounded at how beautiful they were.
The mother gestured towards their firstborn, and the two parents cooed over how little but perfect she already was. She was a slender, fluffy dark gray, almost black she-kit. She had a black muzzle, and her eyes were squeezed tightly shut as she pressed against her mother, snuggling against her.
"Hollykit?" Cinderheart suggested, a thorn-sharp stab of pain hitting her chest as she thought about her best friend. Hollyleaf was a brave and intelligent she-cat who had died for her clan. "What do you think, Lionblaze? How about it."
The golden tabby's eyes were clouded but he nodded, his amber eyes shimmering. The next, a pale silvery gray she-cat with dark smoky gray dapples with black ears. "What about Spottedkit?" Lionblaze offered.
Cinderheart nodded in approval. They looked at their last kit. A small tom. The runt of the litter. He had a dark golden tabby pelt, tinted with brown. Despite his small size, he looked as if he had the makings of a fine warrior. The gray she-cat opened her mouth to suggest the name Sparrowkit, when Lionblaze cut her off.
"What about Tigerkit?" Lionblaze suggested, but he sounded a bit hesitant. Cinderheart's eyes flashed reproachfully as she gazed up at her mate, who had that their son, their beautiful newborn son, was to be named after one of the greatest villains the clans by the lake had ever seen.
She blinked up at him. "I was thinking, Sparrowkit." She meowed warily. "Don't you think Tigerkit… might be bad luck?"
Lionblaze shook his head. "Tigerstar was… a good warrior. He was strong and courageous. It was just his bloodthirsty ambition that made him a menace to the clans." He nudged his son affectionately, who let out a squeak of surprise and complaint. The sound made his heart swell. "Our son will be loyal and good at fighting."
The gray tabby she-cat pressed her lips into a thin line, still unsure. However, her mate sounded so sincere and so genuine as he looked lovingly down at his son that she just had to agree. "Alright."
"Hollykit, Spottedkit and Tigerkit." Lionblaze breathed, his lips curling into a broad smile. "Welcome to ThunderClan."
…
A blue-furred she-cat sat solemnly, her tail wrapped over her paws. Stars glittered in her pelt, frost at her paws. Behind her sat a ginger-furred tom.
They were looking into a pool, dissatisfied.
"Tigerkit." The blue-furred she-cat meowed, her voice a hiss. "Tigerstar. The resemblance is uncanny. This can not be a coincidence." She raised her head, looking at the other cats.
The ginger furred tom stepped forward, eyes wide. "Impossible. Tigerstar was defeated into the great battle." He meowed, but he sounded uncertain.
"He must have managed somehow to save a part of his soul and rebirth it." The blue she-cat meowed softly. "We must stop him. The Dark Forest can not rise again. We will be lost. The three have lost their powers, and the fourth is… is here with us."
"Send me back." The ginger tom meowed, without hesitance. "ThunderClan is in danger, and it is my duty to save it. Trust me, I can do this, Bluestar."
Bluestar smiled faintly at him, touching her tail to his shoulder. "It is a noble offer, Firestar." She meowed softly. "But if you are to be sent back, you will lose memories of this life. And this life of yours has been good."
The noble tom flinched as if claws had been raked down his spine. "I'll forget everything? My daughters- and Sandstorm?" He looked miserable, a shadow passing his eyes.
"You will be born into your… your daughter's litter." Bluestar meowed quietly. "You will still know them, but you will have no memories of them."
"Born into my daughter's litter?" Firestar meowed in protest, eyes wide with complaint. "That's… that's not…"
Bluestar sighed heavily. "I know, Firestar. This is purely your decision. I will not force you to do anything you don't wish to do."
The ginger tom's muscles tightened, but he raised his head. "I will go." A muscle in his jaw twitched as he spoke, his ears twitching sadly.
Bluestar reached forwards, and the two cats touched noses. A flood of warmth passed between the two cats. Their friendship. "Good luck, Firestar." She whispered. "May StarClan light your path, and may your second life be just as noble as your first."
The ginger tom padded towards the pool, trembling slightly.
"Wait-" Firestar turned around to face her. "Will I ever get my memories back?"
"Perhaps, after you die." Bluestar meowed. "When you return to StarClan, you will receive your memories back." She muttered something under her breath, but Firestar heard it. The she-cat had muttered 'I hope'.
He swallowed nervously but stepped forward. He felt the water of the pool lapping at his paws, and he focused on his daughter. Squirrelflight. He tapped her image with his nose, and he felt himself get sucked underwater. He let out a cry and then everything was whirling and black.
…
"One more!" A gray tabby meowed to the queen he was helping give birth. The rising and falling of her chest was uneven as she gasped for air and writhed with pain. "Push!"
Her stomach rolled beneath his paw as she pushed. Her muscles pushing outwards and the kit slowly slithering out. "Another she-cat! Congratulations, Squirrelflight, you have two healthy daughters."
A plump cream-furred queen called out. "Bramblestar, you can come in and see your kits now! But don't be too loud; don't wake Cinderheart's kits."
A dark brown tom streaked into the nursery, his pelt fluffed up and eyes round. He eyed at the she-cat nervously, his chest rising and falling as if he himself were the one giving birth. He looked so relieved at seeing her it was as if she was the first queen ever to survive giving birth.
"Oh, StarClan." Bramblestar breathed, eyes glowing. "They're beautiful."
"Two daughters." Squirrelflight smiled weakly.
The new parents looked lovingly down at their two kits. The firstborn, a bright ginger she-kit with a pale orange belly. "How about Firekit, after Firestar?" Bramblestar offered, looking kindly down at his daughter, eyes twinkling.
Squirrelflight nodded enthusiastically, despite how worn out she was. "The second kit…" She looked down at the other kit. She had a dark brown tabby pelt with a white paw and ginger ears. "Owlkit?"
"Firekit and Owlkit." Bramblestar grinned giddily as he gazed down at his daughters. "They're so beautiful. I'm so proud of you, Squirrelflight. They'll be the best warriors in the whole clan."
…
A large creature sat. Her fur as black as night, with a single white streak running down her spine. Her eyes berry-bright as she regarded the blue-furred she-cat sitting near her.
"Why Firestar is she-cat?" She demanded, her voice a low rumble.
The blue-furred looked bewildered. "I… I really don't know." Bluestar meowed helplessly. Then her eyes hardened. "It won't affect too much, will it?"
Then bulging muscles of the badger rippled as she stiffened.. "I do not know." She rumbled. "Future is clouded. I do not see what lie ahead."
"What do you mean?" Bluestar demanded, up on her paws immediately.
The badger looked into the blue-furred she-cat's eyes. "You ever hear, 'opposites attract'?"
"You think they'll fall for each other?" The blue-furred she-cat all but shrieked.
The badger didn't move or respond, just gazed solemnly up at the blue-furred she-cat. "I do not know." She pointed a paw at the pool, where the two litters of kits slept peacefully. "But this not should happen. Firestar not meant she-cat, he is tom."
Bluestar's throat felt dry.
"I do not know if will effect plan." The badger rasped gravely. "Maybe Firestar change Tigerstar. Maybe love destroy hatred. Or Firestar blind with new love to do plan. Or maybe everything fine. I do not know. Must wait to see."
Allegiances:
ThunderClan:
Leader: Bramblestar-dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Deputy: Lionblaze-golden tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Firepaw
Medicine Cat: Leafpool-light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice: Jayfeather-gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes
Warriors:
Brackenfur-golden brown tabby tom
Cloudtail-long-haired white tom with blue eyes
Millie-striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Thornclaw-golden brown tabby tom
Spiderleg-long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes
Birchfall-light brown tabby tom
Whitewing-white she-cat with green eyes
Berrynose-cream-colored tom
Hazeltail-small gray-and-white she-cat
Mousewhisker-gray-and-white tom
Cinderheart-gray tabby she-cat
Poppyfrost-tortoiseshell and white she-cat
Foxleap-reddish tabby tom
Icecloud-white she-cat
Toadstep-black-and-white tom
Rosepetal-dark cream she-cat
Briarlight-dark brown she-cat
Blossomfall-tortoiseshell and white she-cat
Bumblestripe-very pale gray tom with black stripes
Ivypool-silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes
Brightheart-white she-cat with ginger patches
Molewhisker-brown and cream tom with amber eyes
Seedpelt-very pale ginger she-paw
Lilyheart-dark tabby she-cat with white patches
Dewfrost-large dark gray tom with amber eyes
Amberflight-gray and white she-cat with amber eyes
Spottedfur-slender gray she-cat with darker smoky gray markings and blue eyes
Hollyfrost-fluffy dark gray she-cat with amber eyes
Tigerflame-dark brown tabby tom with a pale muzzle and underbelly and pale amber eyes
Apprentices:
Firepaw-fiery ginger she-cat with an orange underbelly and green eyes
Smokepaw-gray and white tom with a ginger paw and amber eyes
Rowanpaw-red-furred tortoiseshell and white she-cat with blue eyes
Queens:
Daisy-cream long-furred cat from the horse place
Cherryfall-ginger she-cat with amber eyes, mother to Toadstep's kits: Pebblekit (white tom with black speckles and bright amber eyes) Redkit (small dark fox-red tom with green eyes)
Dovewing-pale gray she-cat with blue eyes, mother to Bumblestripe's kits: Dawnkit (gray and cream she-cat with pale yellow-amber eyes) Silverkit (lanky silver tom with darker stripes and blue eyes) Shadekit (small, short-haired dark gray she-cat with amber eyes) Fernkit (pale gray, almost white she-cat with dark silver flecks and blue eyes)
Squirrelflight-dark ginger she-cat with green eyes, expecting Bramblestar's kits
Elders:
Purdy-plump tabby former loner with a gray muzzle
Graystripe-long-haired gray tom
Dustpelt-dark brown tabby tom
Sandstorm-pale ginger she-cat with green eyes
ShadowClan:
Leader: Rowanstar-lithe dark ginger tom with green eyes
Deputy: Pinenose-black she-cat
Medicine Cat: Littlecloud-very small tabby tom
Warriors:
Crowfrost-black-and-white tom
Tawnypelt-tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Owlclaw-light brown tabby tom
Apprentice: Marshpaw
Scorchfur-dark gray tom
Tigerheart-dark brown tabby tom
Apprentice: Pricklepaw
Ferretclaw-black-and-gray tom
Stoatfur-tortoiseshell and white she-cat
Grasspelt-pale brown tabby she-cat
Spikeclaw-dark brown tom
Apprentices:
Pricklepaw-dark gray furred she-cat with black stripes
Marshpaw-dark brown tom with black spots and green eyes
Queens:
Snowbird-pure white she-cat
Dawnpelt-cream-furred she-cat, mother to Crowfrost's kits: Ravenkit (black-furred she-cat with a single cream paw and amber eyes) Flamekit (pale ginger tom with green eyes) Dapplekit (white she-cat with black spots and green eyes)
Elders:
Snaketail-dark brown tom with tabby-striped tail
Whitewater-white she-cat with long fur, blind in one eye
Ratscar-brown tom with long scar across his back
Oakfur-small brown tom
Smokefoot-black tom
Kinkfur-tabby she-cat, with long fur that sticks out at all angles
Ivytail-black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat
WindClan:
Leader: Onestar-brown tabby tom
Deputy: Harespring-brown-and-white tom
Medicine Cat: Kestrelflight-mottled gray tom
Warriors:
Crowfeather-dark gray tom
Nightcloud-black she-cat
Apprentice: Hootpaw
Gorsetail-very pale gray-and-white tom with blue eyes
Weaselfur-ginger tom with white paws
Leaftail-dark tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Oatpaw
Emberfoot-gray tom with two dark paws
Apprentice: Stagpaw
Heathertail-light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Breezepelt-black tom with amber eyes
Furzepelt-gray-and-white she-cat
Crouchfoot-ginger tom
Apprentice: Fawnpaw
Slightflash-black tom with flash of white on his chest
Featherheart-gray tabby she-cat
Apprentices:
Hootpaw-dark gray tom
Oatpaw-pale brown tabby tom
Fawnpaw-creamy brown furred tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Stagpaw-nimble brown-furred tom
Queens:
Sedgewhisker-light brown tabby she-cat, mother to Emberfoot's kits: Fogkit (pale gray-furred tom with green eyes) Rabbitkit (fluffy light brown tom with pale green eyes)
Larkwing-pale brown tabby she-cat, mother to Crouchfoot's kits: Gingerkit (bright ginger she-cat with green eyes) Volekit (mottled ginger and brown she-cat with bright blue eyes) Mudkit (brown tom with blue eyes)
Elders:
Whiskernose-light brown tom
Whitetail-small white she-cat
RiverClan:
Leader: Mistystar-gray she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy: Reedwhisker-black tom
Medicine Cat: Mothwing-dappled golden she-cat
Willowshine-gray tabby she-cat
Warriors:
Mintfur-light gray tabby tom
Apprentice: Streampaw
Minnowtail-dark gray she-cat
Mallownose-light brown tabby tom
Grasspelt-light brown tom
Apprentice: Pebblepaw
Duskfur-brown tabby she-cat
Apprentice: Fishpaw
Mosspelt-tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
Shimmerpelt-silver she-cat
Lakeheart-gray tabby she-cat
Heronwing-dark gray-and-black tom
Apprentice, Pricklepaw
Lizardfur-light brown tom
Perchtail-gray-and-white she-cat
Icewing-white she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentices:
Streampaw-pale blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes
Pebblepaw-gray-and-black tom
Fishpaw-gray, white, and black tom with green eyes
Pricklepaw-light brown she-cat with spiky fur and blue eyes
Queens:
Petalfur-gray-and-white she-cat, mother to Mallownose's kits: Ripplekit (silver tom with a white ear and amber eyes) Gullkit (gray tom with white paws) Troutkit (dark gray tom with white ears) Creamkit (pale creamy brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes)
Havenspots-black-and-white she-cat, expecting Lizardfur's kits
Elders:
Pouncetail-ginger-and-white tom
Pebblefoot-mottled gray tom
Rushtail-light brown tabby tom tom
Cats outside of clans:
Owlpaw-dark brown tabby she-cat with a white paw and ginger ears and amber eyes
Smoky-muscular gray-and-white tom from the Horseplace
Coriander-tortoiseshell and white she-cat with amber eyes from the Horseplace