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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