ThunderClan

Leader Bramblestar-dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Deputy Squirrelflight-dark ginger she-cat with green eyes

Medicine Cat Jayfeather-gray tabby tom with blind blue 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

Leafpool-light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, former medicine cat

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

Lionblaze-golden tabby tom with amber eyes

Foxleap-reddish tabby tom

Icecloud-white she-cat

Toadstep-black-and-white tom

Rosepetal-dark cream she-cat

Blossomfall-tortoiseshell and white she-cat

Apprentice, Dawnpaw (creamy white she-cat)

Bumblestripe-very pale gray tom with black stripes

Apprentice, Dewpaw (gray tom)

Poppyfrost-tortoiseshell she-cat

Cherryflower-ginger she-cat

Apprentice, Amberpaw (gray she-cat)

Molefoot-brown-and-cream tom

Apprentice, Snowpaw (white tom)

Lilycreek-dark tabby she-cat with white patches

Apprentice, Lakepaw (Light gray she-cat with piercing deep blue eyes)

Seedpelt-very pale ginger she-cat

Apprentice, Firepaw (ginger tom)

Apprentices Dewpaw-gray tom

Amberpaw-gray she-cat

Snowpaw-white tom

Firepaw-ginger tom

Lakepaw-Light gray she-cat with piercing deep blue eyes

Dawnpaw-creamy white she-cat

Queens Dovewing-pale gray she-cat with blue eyes (mother to Finchkit, a tortoiseshell she-kit)

Ivypool-silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes (mother to Hailkit, a ginger tom, and Echokit, a bluish gray she-kit)

Daisy-cream long-furred cat from the horseplace

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

Millie-striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes

PROLOGUE

Cold rain pattered down over a marshy glade. Green stalks of grass wavered in the stiff breeze, sending a whisper across the meadow. A bush near the edge of the clearing shook as a fiery tom padded out and picked his way through the stems. Across the hollow sat a bluish gray she-cat, her paws tucked under her chest.

"Welcome, Firestar," mewed the bluish gray she-cat, her mew sincere.

"Greetings, Bluestar," Firestar replied, "What do you wish to discuss?" he queried, shaking out his soaked ginger pelt.

"You have seen the One, I presume?" Bluestar inquired bluntly as a flash of unease clouded Firestar's piercing emerald gaze.

"Yes, I have. She has a destiny greater than any cat before her." Firestar replied, staring at something in the distance, "But how will she know?"

"We must send her a sign. She must know her true path." Bluestar decided as Firestar settled beside her.

"Couldn't we send the omen to Jayfeather, instead?" Firestar questioned, flicking water droplets from his ear in annoyance.

"We must send it to the One." Bluestar insisted firmly. "I know you miss the cats you knew, but this sign must be for her alone." Bluestar continued, her voice tinged with sorrow.

"Very well. Who shall send it?" Firestar questioned, his eyes gleaming as he remembered the clan he had left behind.

"I shall ask Rock. He should be the one to send the sign." Bluestar concluded, beginning to lick her paw. "We can only hope the clans will be prepared."