Rogue - Part 3: Prologue & Allegiances
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Book 3
~Allegiances~
SkyClan
Leader: FROSTSTAR- pretty white she-cat with blue eyes
Deputy: CRESCENTMOON- beautiful cream-colored she-cat
Medicine Cat: NOONSHINE- pretty creamy ginger-colored she-cat with pale yellow eyes
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
TIGERSTORM- dark brown tabby tom with darker brown stripes that appear to be black and long claws
THISTLENOSE- pale gray, almost white tom with blue eyes
APPRENTICE; BADGERPAW
SHORTBREATH- pale gray (with darker flecks) tabby tom with bright blue eyes; loses breath quick
JAGGEDROCK- dark gray tom
MIDDLEMOON- ginger she-cat; is a day-light warrior
CRYSTALEYES- snow-white she-cat with blue eyes
PEELFUR- ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes
CINDERTAIL- longhaired gray tom with green eyes
FAWNFLIGHT- pretty light brown she-cat with white legs, chest, and underbelly
MOUNTAINRAIN- brown tabby she-cat
MIDNIGHTCLAW- jet-black she-cat with ice-blue eyes
WOLFWIND- gray tom with a white underbelly and paws with pale yellow eyes
APPRENTICE; MOUSEPAW
JAGUARCLAW- unusually spotted golden tabby tom with black spots on his ears, eyes and the rest of his body
APPRENTICE; BEARPAW
WHITEFUR- longhaired white tom
APPRENTICE; HEATHERPAW
FAITHFULHEART- beautiful light gray she-cat with blue eyes
CLIMBINGPELT- small white she-cat with green eyes
AIRTAIL- light gray she-cat with a white underbelly and paws
BREEZEMOON- small black tomcat with green eyes
DARRIN- light brown tabby tom with white paws and tail
NICK- jet-black tom with electric-blue eyes
TOBY- handsome sandy-brown tom with dark amber eyes
AUTUMN- pretty dark tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
GINGER- dark ginger she-cat with bright green eyes
SHADOW- smoky gray tom with dark blue eyes
CHARLOTTE pretty ginger tabby she-cat with white paws
PATRICK- dusty-brown tom with amber eyes and a white dash on his forehead
CHRIS- small, mottled black tom
SYDNEY brown tabby she-cat with pale yellow eyes and a white-tipped tail
CANDY- small creamy white she-cat
BREE- tiny brown tabby she-cat; Candy's sister
Apprentices: (cats over six moons in training to become warriors)
MOUSEPAW- tortoiseshell tom
BADGERPAW- small pale gray tomcat
BEARPAW- dusky brown tom with green eyes
HEATHERPAW- small ginger she-cat with ice-blue eyes
PAW- small pinkish-brown she-cat with innocent amber eyes; Bree's daughter
SNOW- small white she-kit; daughter of Frostflower and Toby
STRIPES- brown tabby tom with pale yellow eyes; son of Frostflower and Toby
Queens: (she-cats expecting or nursing kits)
DARKBREEZE- pretty dark tabby she-cat; mother of Whitefur's kits: Sunkit (ginger tom), Lavenderkit (bluish gray she-cat)
MORNINGFLAME- dark tortoiseshell she-cat; mother of Shortbreath's kits: Vinekit (brown tabby tom) and Peachkit (cream-colored she-kit)
KARA (pronounced Car-a)- pretty cream-colored she-cat with pale yellow eyes; mother of Nick's kits: Sunkit (ginger tom) and Grasskit (brown tom)
Elders: (former warriors and queens now retired)
CREEKFEATHER- white tomcat with amber eyes
BARBEDCLAW- dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
ECLIPSE- handsome almost smoky black tom with cream splashes and pale yellow eyes
Cats Outside the Clans
SMOKE- dark gray tom with a mysterious amber-red colored eyes
PETER- small dusky brown tom with white paws
GABRIEL- bright ginger, almost a yellowish-colored tomcat with pale gray eyes
BRIDGET- sandy-colored she-cat with white underbelly and green eyes
TONY- large dark ginger tom with amber eyes
LITTLE- small ginger she-cat with ice-blue eyes
PATCH- huge black-and-white tom with green eyes; experience climber, possibly a long-lost SkyClan relation
FANG- small pale gray tom with one amber eye and one green eye
JACK- small dusky brown tom
FLINT- solid gray tom
HEART- white she-cat with ginger patches
OLIVER- sleek black tom
POPCORN- small white tom
CARNATION- beautiful dark ginger she-cat with green eyes
BRONZE- golden tabby tomcat with blue eyes
GLAZE- white tom
INDIGO- deep back tomcat with ice-blue eyes
MEADOW- small creamy white she-cat with a brown patch over her left eyes and green eyes
JINGO- small brown tabby kitten with firey ginger eyes
Kittypets
RUTH- pretty white and black kitten with blue eyes
BLACKIE- black she-cat; lives near Ruth
PEPPER- dark gray tom with green eyes
WEEDS- old brown tom with pale yellow eyes; lives on the farm near Sam
Other Animals
SAM- a black and white border collie that lives near the edge of the forest on a farm with Weeds
JACK- small jack-Russell terrier that lives in the Twolegplace
Prologue
The full moon rose in the sky as a cream and brown she-cat made her way down the path to her former camp. She padded past the guards and into the gorge. She gazed fondly at her former home and padded into the leader's den where a white she-cat and her sandy-colored mate slept. She watched them for a moment before the faint sounds of paw-steps caused her to look away.
She looked toward the entrance where a large, broad-shouldered brown tabby tom stood, his green eyes, hard and cynical. He looked at the sleeping pair and then at his paws. Clearly, something was on his mind. "Greetings Sharpstar," the she-cat mewed, her voice sounded wise with age.
The tom suppressed a sigh. "Greetings Leafstar… Where are Moonstar and Nightecho? Wasn't Echosong supposed to bring them?" he inquired her former leader.
Leafstar gazed calmly at him. "Echosong has her way of doing things. They might be late, but they will come. Surely you know her by now?"
"Of course. Echosong has done me well throughout my time as leader. But sometimes I doubt her when it comes to these things," Sharpstar meowed. "Do you trust her with such important things?"
Leafstar looked almost offended. "Sharpstar, I would trust Echosong with my life! Dark forces are rising, and now it not the time to be arguing amongst ourselves. Remember that this is StarClan. We no longer live in the world of betrayal and treason."
The tomcat nodded. "I understand, Leafstar. Forgive me. These are dark times… I hardly know if I can trust myself any more. I thought I could trust my own son…" he whispered, trailing off in pain.
Leafstar rested her tail on his shoulder sympathetically. "I know you trusted Tigerstorm. He chose his own path. It's not your fault he did what he did, Sharpstar. You know that."
Sharpstar let out a quiet wail of despair. "But if I would've warned him! If I hadn't spent so long training him to be the best, he wouldn't have been so power-hungry! If I would've complemented him instead of point out his flaws and pushed him harder, he wouldn't be a murderer! I would give anything to change what I have done to him. I am to blame for his indecency. I made him ambitious. Too ambitious. When he didn't get what he wanted, he… he listened to the dark whispers in his ears. He began to work for the Dark Forest."
Leafstar didn't know what to do for her trusted friend and former deputy. "We cannot change the past, Sharpstar. You didn't know that he would become like this. You are not to blame."
"If there is to be a war between Tigerstorm and StarClan—"
"There won't be," Leafstar assured him. "Have faith in Frostflower. She has brought her family to the Clan; they are skilled warriors. Darrin is a strategic genius—Frostflower too—and Candy's healing could benefit everyone. They are extremely talented."
"They're rogues! The only one that has Clan blood is Frostflower!" Sharpstar spat.
"I thought you got over your prejudice of non-Clan cats," Leafstar meowed trying to remain calm. "They've helped us in ways you can't imagine."
"They have?" Sharpstar growled. "What about Billystorm?" he hissed.
Leafstar froze and looked at her paws. She looked up at him, her eyes agonized. "Don't talk about him."
Sharpstar refused to listen. "He was a good warrior—a great warrior—and you loved him. You loved him and he left! He chose thought rancid Twolegs over you!"
"Enough!" another she-cat yowled from outside the den. A pale gray and white she-cat padded in followed but a jet-black one and a creamy white one. "Good StarClan we could hear you two bickering from Skyrock! And enough, Sharpstar!" she snapped. "She doesn't need to be reminded."
Leafstar dipped her head in thanks to the feisty gray and white she-cat. "Thank you, Echosong."
Sharpstar glared at the former SkyClan medicine cat. "Greetings Echosong, Nightecho, Moonstar."
All three she-cats dipped their heads and returned the greeting. "Why did you call us here, Leafstar?" Nightecho asked, her voice as smooth as honey.
Leafstar sighed and looked around. She glanced at the two sleeping cats. She knew they could not hear them but she felt uncomfortable in their presence. "Let's go out into the night where it's less crowded," she suggested.
All five cats padded out into the cold night air. Snow covered the walls and floor of the gorge. The moonlight cast shadows across the walls. The glittering snow seemed to dance as each took its turn sparkling. Leafstar shivered as some snow got between her toes. She took her place on Rockpile and turned to the others. "My friends, the time of war is upon us. Cats will have to choose sides. StarClan will have to join together to defeat the Dark Forest threat. Bluestar and the other StarClan members from the four Clans are also receiving problems. Cats are being trained by the Dark Forest, even here. Nowhere is safe. StarClan and the Dark Forest will have a battle. Earth will be the battleground and the cats will perish until a winner is declared."
The four cats were speechless when Leafstar was done. "How can we prevent this war?" Echosong finally asked.
"We can't."
"What will happen to the Clans?" Sharpstar queried. "We can't let them be destroyed!"
"It's beyond our control," Leafstar replied. "Far beyond it. We are only messengers. We have no real power over anything that happens. Tigerstorm is the main concern for SkyClan. If we can get rid of him, we might have peace for a little while longer. Cats from outside SkyClan will also be trained. Cats from the Twolegplace, cats from rogue bands… Everywhere."
Moonstar was staring at them in disbelief. "Who can stop it?"
"No one; there will be no champion, only a winning and losing side. We must wait and watch. The prophecy must run its course. If Frostflower defeats Tigerstorm, there will be peace for a while longer. If she fails… there will be hell to pay."
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