ColorClan, clan of the hemospectrum

by drizzledrops

What if cats had blood castes like the trolls of the planet Alternia in Homestuck? This fanfic shows the story of one clan, ColorClan, where cats are ranked based on their blood color. Highbloods are leaders, mutant bloods are, basically, servants. This is on the POV of Neonpaw, a mutant blood who does not like the way she is being treated.

1. Chapter 1

A/N: Hello, and welcome to my first fanfic (or should I say crossover?). I have lots of ideas for this story! I'm also posting this on AO3 if anyone wants to check it out, my user there is in my profile.

So, enjoy the chapter.

"Neonpaw! Go fetch me some moss then make me a new nest." Waterstar commanded as soon as her fuchsia gaze landed on the small dark gray tabby.

The young she-cat simply nodded and, without a word, dashed off out the camp entrance to do as she was told. It was what mutant bloods were there for; to be tossed around by cats of higher status as servants, or slaves, as she thought.

But this was ColorClan, a clan with rankings unlike any other. These cats had two rankings; the traditional clan ranking, such as being a warrior or apprentice, and their blood caste ranking. A cat's blood color was the main ingredient of how their life would turn out. A fuchsia blood, such as Waterstar, would have a luxurious life and a very high position in the clan. One with neon red running through their veins, such as Neonpaw, would just be a mere slav - I mean servant.

The blood colors of the hemospectrum were, from highest to lowest, fuchsia, violet, purple, indigo, cerulean, teal, jade, green, yellow, bronze, and burgundy. A cat with any other blood color was considered a mutant. A kit's blood color was not found by wounding it, but when he or she opened their eyes, since the cats' eye colors matched their blood. A kit who was not a mutant blood would go through normal apprenticeship then move on to the rank of their blood caste.

There was no specific deputy since the adult cat in the clan with the highest blood color would take the place of the leader when he or she died. (Fuchsia bloods were rare, and there was never a time where there had been more than one in the clan alive, so it usually worked out. When there were no fuchsia bloods, cats would vote on violet bloods to be leader.) Indigo bloods and higher were treated as deputies and had high status.

Cerulean and teal bloods were the head warriors. Jade bloods were rare and mostly took care of the kits or were medicine cats. The lower castes were normal warriors with their status (and amount of respect) relating to their blood color. Mutant bloods, of course, were the servants.

Neonpaw had easily collected the moss her leader asked for and had reached camp. As she trotted towards the leader's den, a bundle of moss in her jaws, she could have sworn she saw a smug grin on Waterstar's face as she passed.

Was it too short? Please review!

-Spicy