Briarlight's Journey

ThunderClan

Leader: Firestar - ginger tom with a flame-colored pelt

Deputy: Brambleclaw - dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Medicine Cat(s): Jayfeather - gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes

Warriors: Graystripe - long-haired gray tom

Dustpelt - dark brown tabby tom

Sandstorm - pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

Brackenfur - golden brown tabby tom

Cloudtail - long-haired white tom with blue eyes

Brightheart - white she-cat with ginger patches

Millie - striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Thornclaw - golden brown tabby tom

Squirrelflight - dark ginger she-cat with green eyes

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

Briarlight - dark brown she-cat

Blossomfall - tortoiseshell and white she-cat

Bumblestripe - very pale gray tom with black stripes

Dovewing - pale gray she-cat with blue eyes

Ivypool - silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes

Hollyleaf - black she-cat with green eyes

Queens: Sorreltail - tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes (mother to Lilykit, a dark tabby she-kit with white patches, and Seedkit, a very pale ginger she-kit)

Ferncloud - pale gray (with darker flecks) she-cat with green eyes

Daisy - cream long-furred cat from the horseplace

Poppyfrost - tortoiseshell she-cat (mother to Cherrykit, a ginger she-cat, and Molekit, a brown-and-cream tom)

Elders: Mousefur - small dusky brown she-cat

Purdy - plump tabby former loner with a gray muzzle

ShadowClan

Leader: Blackstar - large white tom with one jet-black forepaw

Deputy: Rowanclaw - ginger tom

Medicine Cat(s): Littlecloud - very small tabby tom

Warriors: Oakfur - small brown tom

Smokefoot - black tom

Toadfoot - dark brown tom

Applefur - mottled brown she-cat

Crowfrost - black-and-white tom

Ratscar - brown tom with long scar across his back

Snowbird - pure white she-cat

Tawnypelt - tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Olivenose - tortoiseshell she-cat

Owlclaw - light brown tabby tom

Shrewfoot - gray she-cat with black feet

Scorchfur - dark gray tom

Redwillow - mottled brown-and-ginger tom

Tigerheart - dark brown tabby tom

Dawnpelt - cream-furred she-cat

Pinenose - black she-cat

Ferretclaw - cream-and-gray tom

Starlingwing - ginger tom

Queens: Kinkfur - tabby she-cat, with long fur that sticks out at all angles

Ivytail - black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat

Elders: Cedarheart - dark gray tom

Tallpoppy - long-legged light brown tabby she-cat

Snaketail - dark brown tom with tabby-striped tail

Whitewater - white she-cat with long fur, blind in one eye

WindClan

Leader: Onestar - brown tabby tom

Deputy: Ashfoot - gray she-cat

Medicine Cat(s): Kestrelflight - mottled gray tom

Warriors: Crowfeather - dark gray tom

Owlwhisker - light brown tabby tom
Apprentice, Whiskerpaw (light brown tom)

Whitetail - small white she-cat

Nightcloud - black she-cat

Gorsetail - very pale gray-and-white tom with blue eyes

Weaselfur - ginger tom with white paws

Harespring - brown-and-white tom

Leaftail - dark tabby tom with amber eyes

Antpelt - brown tom with one black ear

Emberfoot - gray tom with two dark paws

Heathertail - light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice, Furzepaw (gray-and-white she-cat)

Breezepelt - black tom with amber eyes
Apprentice, Boulderpaw (large pale gray tom)

Sedgewhisker - light brown tabby she-cat

Swallowtail - dark gray she-cat

Sunstrike - tortoiseshell she-cat with large white mark on her forehead

Apprentices: Whiskerpaw - light brown tom

Furzepaw - gray-and-white she-cat

Boulderpaw - large pale gray tom

Elders: Webfoot - dark gray tabby tom

Tornear - tabby tom

RiverClan

Leader: Mistystar - gray she-cat with blue eyes

Deputy: Reedwhisker - black tom
Apprentice, Hollowpaw (dark brown tabby tom)

Medicine Cat(s): Mothwing - dappled golden she-cat
Apprentice, Willowshine (gray tabby she-cat)

Warriors: Graymist - pale gray tabby she-cat
Apprentice, Troutpaw (pale gray tabby she-cat)

Mintfur - light gray tabby tom

Icewing - white she-cat with blue eyes

Minnowtail - dark gray she-cat
Apprentice, Mossypaw (brown-and-white she-cat)

Pebblefoot - mottled gray tom
Apprentice, Rushpaw (light brown tabby tom)

Mallownose - light brown tabby tom

Robinwing - tortoiseshell-and-white tom

Beetlewhisker - brown-and-white tabby tom

Petalfur - gray-and-white she-cat

Grasspelt - light brown tom

Apprentices: Hollowpaw - dark brown tabby tom

Willowshine - gray tabby she-cat

Troutpaw - pale gray tabby she-cat

Mossypaw - brown-and-white she-cat

Rushpaw - light brown tabby tom

Queens: Duskfur - brown tabby she-cat

Mosspelt - tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes

Elders: Dapplenose - mottled gray she-cat

Pouncetail - ginger-and-white tom

Silver Stables

Leader: Belle - dark gray she-cat with yellow-green eyes

Co-Leader: KC - tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with yellow-green eyes

Kittypets: Aster - silver-gray tom

Cheryl - golden she-cat

Winky - pure white she-cat

Racer - pure white tom

Harry - dark brown tom

Silver - pale gray she-cat

Storm - black-and-gray tom with white paws

Loners: Violet - pinkish-gray she-cat with dark blue eyes

Hawk - grayish-brown tom

Joy - brown she-cat

Ester - ginger she-cat

Jump - small tortoiseshell tom

Queens: Georgette - pale gray she-cat with dark patches

Teddy - cream-colored she-cat

Flash - black she-cat with white stripes


Prologue

Lightning flew through the sky as two cats waited until a third cat appeared with something in its' jaws. The two cats nodded to the third before they walked into the huge building made for horses and the light inside revealed one dark gray she-cat, one tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat, and one dark ginger tom. "Is everything ready?" The dark gray she-cat asked before the tom nodded and dropped the item, which was a clump of briars, on the ground with a strange symbol scratched into the ground. The symbol was two circles, one smaller and inside the other, with triangles pointing in the four directions and lines going from the four directions to meet the clump of briars.

"From the dawn of time, when Ghouls and the Prairie fought against each other, let us know of what to do now, let us know of what will happen... to the stables... and to the Prairie!" The tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat shouted as wind and rain picked up outside the stables and shook the walls, causing the tom to jump while the she-cats stood still and the ground moved a bit before two cats appeared in front of them: one was a transparent light brown she-cat with dark ears and a stripe going down her back and a transparent black tom with amber eyes.

"Spirit," The dark gray she-cat said to the black tom, who nodded, before turning to the light brown she-cat. "Summer, please tell us of what will happen to Silver Stables and the Prairie in the next two moons?" Both cats stilled before they blinked and lightning filled the stables, surrounding them in harsh white light before it faded and more transparent cats appeared behind Spirit and Summer. "When the lightning strikes, the moss gathers, and the maple grows, their love will heal the broken briar and change the way of living forever." The Prairie cats said at the same time before they all vanished, leaving the tom still shocked and the she-cats just stared at the spot before removing the clump of briars and using their tails to erase the symbols.

"I-I'll just go now." The tom said before turning and leaving the stables while muttering to himself, but once he got outside he became transparent with stars in his pelt and ran to the edge of the Twolegplace where a transparent pale ginger she-cat with stars in her pelt was waiting. "How did it go?" The she-cat asked as the tom reached where the she-cat was sitting patiently. "I still don't understand why this is tied with the Clans Goldenflower," The tom said as he sat beside Goldenflower. "Three kits born to kittypets and loners-" "Who will find their way into the Clans one way or another Flametail," Goldenflower chastised gently before wrapping her tail around his back. "Remember, some of each Clan was formerly either a kittypet or a loner and these three will be accepted into the Clans before the Dark Forest attacks."

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Briarlight sighed in boredom as she watched the Clan around her from the medicine den: Thornclaw was nuzzling Hazeltail, Branbleclaw was getting two patrols ready, one for hunting and one for the borders, Lionblaze was talking to Dovewing with a serious look on his face, Firestar was sharing tongues with Sandstorm, the elders were sunning themselves, and the queens were talking among themselves as the kits pretended to fight each other. "Are you sure she's okay?" Millie's concerned voice rang behind her, causing her to sigh in annoyance before turning her head.

Looking through the medicine supplies was Jayfeather, who was slowly shaking with annoyance as Millie kept bugging him about Briarlight's condition and both cats wanted to get her out. So, as Millie kept asking about Briarlight's exercises, Briarlight dragged herself to the warriors den with one thing on her mind. "Graystripe, can you please get Millie out of the medicine den because either Jayfeather or myself will make her." That got the striped warrior to quickly get out of his nest and to the medicine den just as Jayfeather started yelling at Millie.

"Briarlight!" Two voices sounded out as two bundles of fur ran towards her with two more behind them. "What did you two do?" Briarlight asked with amusement in her voice as a dark tabby she-kit with white patches and a pale ginger she-kit hid under her forelegs as a cream-and-brown tom-kit and a ginger she-kit stopped before colliding into the paralyzed warrior. "We wanted to know if you want to play with us!" The ginger she-kit, Cherrykit, asked with curiosity in her eyes along with the other three kits.

"I wish I could," Briarlight meowed as she ushered the two she-kits out from under her forelegs. "But Millie would go in a panic if she sees me doing anything." That was true, any movement the paralyzed warrior did set the light gray warrior off, causing her to ask irritating questions and keeping Jayfeather from doing his work. "I think I'll just go take a nap if you want to join me."

The kits jumped in happiness before yawning and led Briarlight to the Halfrock near the elders' den before the five of them got comfortable and fell asleep.

Dream Starts

"Hello?" Briarlight asks as she noticed that her surroundings weren't the same StarClan grounds as usual, these surroundings were dark and shadowy with a thin fog making everything more shrouded. "Bluestar? Spottedleaf?" No one answered her as she padded forward on the path she woke up on until she heard it. Meow! It was faint but she could hear three kits crying out. "Oh no," She meowed before running towards the sound which was still faint and never getting louder or quieter... until she bumped into something that caused her to fall backwards.

She shakily stood up and shook her head, which was pounding from the collision, before noticing that the kits' cries stopped and saw what was in front of her. It was a cat, twice her size, with a slightly darker spotted white coat and gray eyes that stared at her in blankness before turning around and gestured to her with its' tail to follow it. Briarlight gulped before following the cat, which seemed to know the surroundings better before stopping in front of a monster which was on its' side.

Briarlight took a deep breath before walking around the monster, seeing monster blood and Twoleg blood all over before going behind it and got the shock of her life. Two cats, one a grayish-brown tom and the other a black she-cat with white stripes, were covered in cuts and still bleeding until she noticed something under them... and heard the meows that she heard earlier.

She backed away in fear before turning to the spotted cat, who blinked before nodding its' head. "No... No!" She shouted before collapsing and cried for the lost lives and three orphaned kits until something brushed her ear. She slowly looked up to see a maple leaf fall gently on a patch of moss before lightning struck it, strangely mending a patch of briar before voices were heard softly and got louder and louder.

"When the lightning strikes, the moss gathers, and the maple grows, their love will heal the broken briar and change the way of living forever."

Dream Ends

Briarlight woke up with a gasp as she suddenly pushed her forelegs upwards, causing the kits around her to jump a bit before looking at the gasping warrior. "Are you okay?" Cherrykit asked with worry etched on her face along with the other kits before screaming and ran to the nursery and the medicine den for Jayfeather and Sorreltail. Briarlight had looked at the camp entrance with glazed over eyes before fainting, landing slightly hard on the ground.


A story by CrimsonFlame07 called 'Briarlight's Cure' gave me the inspiration to create this.