Alleigances:
LakeClan
Leader:
Tigerstar: Smoky gray tabby tom with green eyes
Deputy:
Rowanfur: Brown tom with darker flecks and blue eyes
Medicine cat:
Softpelt: White she – cat with amber eyes
Warriors:
Bluetail: White she – cat with blue – gray flecks and amber eyes
Apprentice, Thornpaw
Brindlefur: Tortoiseshell and white she – cat with green eyes
Smokethroat: Gray tom with yellow eyes
Apprentice, Gingerpaw
Sandwhisker: Dark ginger she – cat with icy blue eyes
Roseflower: Creamy she – cat with blue eyes
Stormpelt: White tom with silver tabby patches and pale green eyes
Stonetail: Silver tabby tom with blue eyes
Apprentice, Creamypaw
Dawnheart: Pale ginger she – cat with amber eyes
Starlingwing: Golden tabby tom with blue eyes
Cloudpelt: White she – cat with black splotches and blue eyes
Raggeddust: Brown tom with white paws and amber eyes
Apprentice, Dustpaw
Fuzzytail: Creamy she – cat with a fuzzy tail and amber eyes
Amberleap: Ginger she – cat with amber eyes
Apprentice, Foxpaw
Apprentices:
Foxpaw: Tortoiseshell and white she – cat with green eyes
Dustpaw: Brown tabby tom with green eyes
Thornpaw: Golden tom with green eyes
Creamypaw: Gray tom with creamy splotches and blue eyes
Gingerpaw: Ginger tom with green eyes
Queens:
Goosewing: Silver tabby she - cat with green eyes (mother of: Squirrelkit, silver she – kit with blue eyes and a bushy tail, and Brownkit, brown and white tom with green eyes)
Silverfur: Blue – gray she – cat with blue eyes (mother of: Fernkit, a gray tabby she – cat with white paws and green eyes, Willowkit, a gray she – kit with jet – black stripes, white paws and blue eyes, and Hollykit, a silver she – kit with green eyes)
Elders:
Ripplesong: Black tom with green eyes
Mudtail: Dark ginger and white tom with darker flecks and amber eyes
Graywillow: Gray tabby she – cat with blue eyes
AppleClan:
Leader:
Maggotstar: Ginger tom with grayish eyes
Deputy:
Featherpelt: Silver tom with darker flecks and green eyes
Medicine cat:
Spottedflower: Golden dappled she – cat with white chest, paws and green eyes
Apprentice, Sagepaw
Warriors:
Talontail: Brown tom with a white slash on the tip of his head and amber eyes
Seedfur: Tortoiseshell and white she – cat
Apprentice, Jaypaw
Berrytail: Dark ginger tom with a short tail and green eyes
Apprentice, Mintpaw
Hollyberry: White she – cat with green eyes
Sootsong: Black tom with amber eyes
RatClan:
Leader:
Heavystar: Golden tabby tom with amber eyes
Deputy:
Willowleaf: Silver tabby she – cat with pale green eyes
Medicine cat:
Redfur: White tom with reddish eyes
Warriors:
Lionbriar: Brown tabby tom with green eyes
Tigerblaze: Silver tom with blue eyes
Leopardstem: Dappled ginger tom with blue eyes
Apprentice, Hailpaw
YellowClan
Leader:
Swiftstar: White tom with blue – gray patches and green eyes
Deputy:
Mistyflight: Gray she cat with green eyes
Medicine Cat:
Fallowwhisker: White tom with amber eyes
Apprentice, Oaktalon
Warriors:
Mossfur: Tortoiseshell and white she – cat with blue eyes
Prologue
Silverfur watched Brownkit and Squirrelkit play – fighting. She had been in the nursery for a long time, since she was expecting T igerstar's kits.
A dream had hunted her for many seasons. In it, a big cat appeared, defending her clan, as a mysterious voice said: the kin of a great cat will save the clan from its fate, but will need to abandon what she most loves.
Silverfur couldn't fully understand it, but she didn't care. Her kits would be born soon, and she needed to be ready for them.
"Silverfur, could you please take care of Brownkit and Squirrelkit while I go with Smokethroat for a walk?", asked Goosewing, the other queen in the nursery.
"Sure", she answered. Smokethroat was Goosewing's mate, so they needed to be together sometimes.
Silverfur saw the kits were having a lot of fun, but she started feeling bad. It was like a big bellyache. Luckily, the deputy Rowanfur was passing through the nursery, so she didn't have to leave it.
"Rowanfur, I don't feel well. Can you bring Tigerstar and Softpelt?", she asked to the deputy.
"Of course", he said, and went running towards the medicine cat den.
Some minutes later, Softpelt and Tigerstar came running very fast and entered the nursery.
"Are you okay?", asked Tigerstar, looking nervous.
"Yes, I just have a bellyache", she said, as Softpelt started to examine her.
"Silverfur, you are kitting", said Softpelt. "Tigerstar, tell an apprentice to go and bring me herbs. Now!", she said.
Tigerstar told Creamypaw which herbs to bring and the apprentice brought it in an instant.
"Now, here's the first one", said Softpelt, as she gave a small silver she – kit with green eyes.
"There, I've got the second one. One more left!", she said, taking out a a gray she – kit with jet – black stripes, white paws and blue eyes.
Silverfur felt pain as the last one came out. It was a gray tabby she – cat with white paws and green eyes.
The three kits were asleep as Silverfur finished kitting.
"Let's name them", said Silverfur.
"I would like Hollykit for the silver one", said Tigerstar.
"I would like Fernkit for the tabby one", said Silverfur.
"And what about the one with the black stripes?", asked Tigerstar.
"I know the perfect name for her. Willowkit", said Silverfur.
"It's a beautiful name", said Tigerstar, and both cats sat together looking at their kits.