HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO TINYSTAR'S BEGINNING: THE DARKEST HOUR!

If you've gotten this far and don't yet know, Tinystar's Beginning is a long-running AU that I decided to have a go at way back in 2014 - Tiny/Scourge and Rusty/Firestar have switched places! They, along with other swapped characters, go through the original series' story and experience different changes along the way!

New readers are welcome to check out the rest of the series on my profile - the quality regrettably dips a bit in the middle, around Rising Storm, due to irl things that were happening at the time, but if you want, it's all there to peruse at your leisure! New readers might not be utterly lost in this story, but there are some changes that might be confusing.

I've taken the liberty with this entry to do a little prep for the next series, whether or not I actually make it that far - all the Clans in the first series are woefully small, so I've filled out the roster a little. You'd be surprised how even the Clans look when you add two or three cats to the non-ThunderClan ones, haha.

NOTE: This series is LGBT+ friendly. Any harassment in reviews will be met with blocking. You've been warned.

ANOTHER NOTE: I will attempt to keep up with my 2-chapter update a week schedule - however, I may lag a little here and there. Please forgive me if I do! My schedule is a little shaky right now and I'm figuring out what works for me.

Without further ado, let's be on our way!

ALLEGIANCES:(characters marked with a * are trans and are described with their preferred gender/pronouns)

THUNDERCLAN:

Leader: Tinystar – very small black tom with one white paw (Sandstorm's mate) (Mistypaw)

Deputy: Whitestorm – big white tom

Medicine Cat: Brackenfur – golden brown tabby tom with an injured leg (Mosspaw)

Warriors:

Oakheart – a reddish brown tom (father of Mosspaw, Mistypaw, and Stonepaw) (Fernpaw)

Frostfur – white-pelted she-cat with beautiful blue eyes (mother of Cinderpelt, Brackenfur, and Shredpelt)

Longtail – pale tabby tom with dark stripes *

Mousefur – small dusky brown she-cat

Dustpelt – dark brown tabby tom (Ashpaw)

Sandstorm – pale ginger she-cat with green eyes (Tinystar's mate) (Stonepaw)

Graystripe – thick-furred gray tom with a dark stripe down his spine (father of Stormpaw and Featherpaw of RiverClan)

Cinderpelt – fluffy gray she-cat(Snowpaw)

Cloudtail – long-furred ginger-and-white she-cat

Apprentices:

Mosspaw - gray-and-white she-cat; medicine cat apprentice

Ashpaw – gray tom with darker flecks

Fernpaw – pale gray she-cat with darker flecks

Snowpaw – deaf white tom with blue eyes

Mistypaw – long-furred dark blue-gray she-cat, blue eyes

Stonepaw – thick-furred pale blue-gray tom

Queens:

Willowpelt – very pale gray she-cat with unusual blue eyes (mother of Sorrelkit, Rainkit, and Sootkit, surrogate to Whitestorm and Tigerstar)

Elders:

Speckletail – pale tabby, eldest queen (mother of Lostface and Snowpaw)

Lostface - white-and-ginger she-cat

Shredpelt – stocky black-and-white tom, missing his tail

Smallear – gray tom with small ears, eldest ThunderClan tom

One-eye – pale gray she-cat, eldest cat in ThunderClan; virtually blind and deaf

Dappletail – once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with a lovely dappled coat

SHADOWCLAN:

Leader: Bluestar – blue-gray she-cat with a silver muzzle; formerly of ThunderClan

Deputy: Russetfur – dark ginger she-cat (Cedarpaw)

Medicine Cat: Runningnose – small gray-and-white tom

Warriors:

Wetfoot – gray tabby tom

Oakfur – small, dark brown tom

Littlecloud - small tabby tom

Duskflower – black she-cat

Blackfoot – large white tom with huge black paws

Jaggedtooth – large tabby tom (Rowanpaw)

Brownfoot – mottled brown-and-ginger tabby tom *

Darkstripe – sleek black-and-gray tabby tom; formerly of ThunderClan

Apprentices:

Cedarpaw – gray tabby tom

Rowanpaw – dark ginger tabby *

Nightpaw – black she-cat

Queens:

Tallpoppy – long-legged light brown tabby she-cat

Elders:

Stumpytail – brown tabby tom with a short tail

Brightflower – black-and-white she-cat

Boulder – silver tabby tom

WINDCLAN:

Leader: Tallstar – black and white tom with a very long tail

Deputy: Deadfoot – solid black tom with a twisted paw

Medicine Cat: Barkface – a short-tailed brown tom

Warriors:

Mudclaw – mottled dark brown tom

Tornear – tabby tom (Smokepaw)

Poppyfoot – tortoiseshell she-cat

Robinwing – light brown she-cat with blue eyes

Onewhisker – young, lithe brown tabby tom (Gorsepaw)

Runningbrook – light gray-and-brown tabby she-cat

Webfoot – dark gray tabby tom *

Tawnyfur – golden brown she-cat

Apprentices:

Gorsepaw – ginger-and-white tom

Smokepaw – lean pale gray-and-white tabby tom

Queens:

Ashfoot – a gray queen

Morningflower – tortoiseshell queen

Whitetail – small white she-cat

RIVERCLAN:

Leader: Leopardstar – unusually spotted golden tabby she-cat

Deputy: Brambleclaw – big dark brown tabby tom (Stormpaw)

Medicine Cat: Mudfur – long-haired light brown tom

Warriors:

Ripplecloud – gray tabby tom with white paws

Brackenflight – golden brown tabby she-cat

Blackclaw – smoky black tom

Tawnypelt – tortoiseshell she-cat (Featherpaw)

Heronleap – lean smoky gray-black tom *

Loudbelly – a dark brown tom

Heavystep– stocky, thickset tabby tom (Dawnpaw)

Swallowfeather – pretty pale tabby she-cat

Leafwhisker – small brown tabby tom

Shadepelt – very dark gray she-cat

Apprentices:

Dawnpaw – very pale gray she-cat

Featherpaw – silvery gray tabby she-cat

Stormpaw – thick-furred dark gray tom

Queens:

Mosspelt – tortoiseshell she-cat

Silverstream – pretty slender silver tabby she-cat (mother of Featherpaw and Stormpaw)

Elders:

Graypool – a thin, very dark gray she-cat with a scarred pelt

BLOODCLAN:

Leader: Scorch – scarred ginger tom with green eyes

Followers:

Bone – massive black-and-white tom

Brick – skinny dark ginger she-cat *

Orre – golden brown tabby tom

CATS OUTSIDE THE CLANS:

Rusty – handsome ginger tom with green eyes, kittypet (Fiona's mate)

Fiona – lovely long-haired white she-cat with pretty blue eyes, kittypet (mother of Cloudpaw)

Smudge – plump black-and-white kittypet

Barley – black-and-white loner, lives on the farm close to the forest

Ravenpaw – skinny black tom with a white chest and tail-tip; formerly of ThunderClan