DISCLAIMER: THE WARRIORS SERIES AND ANY CHARACTERS IN THE ORIGINAL ARCS (Firestar, Spottedleaf, Thunderstar, Riverstar, Windstar, Shadowstar, Mothflight, Ravenpaw, and Barley) BELONG TO ERIN HUNTER AND ANY OTHERS AFFILIATED WITH MAKING THE SERIES. I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO USE ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THIS FANFICTION AS WELL AS ANY OTHERS MENTIONED IN THE DISCLAIMER OF THE ORIGINAL CAVE OF STARS. ALL OTHER CHARACTERS ARE FREE TO USE.

The disclaimer in the original TCoS has been changed! If you want to use my characters, please refer to the epilogue of the work and look at my notes for the most recent disclaimer.


Welcome to "The Cave of Stars - Extras!" These are a series of bonus stories that feature characters from the original work "The Cave of Stars." My aim with these little stories is to "fill in the blanks" a bit; some of them give a bit more character depth and backstory, some reveal information needed for the sequel to TCoS (which unfortunately will not be out for a while!) or even to understand the events of TCoS better, while some of them are just pet projects that I wanted to write.

INFORMATION ON HOW TO READ THESE EXTRAS

• CHAPTER CONTENTS •

At the beginning of each work there will be a disclaimer and then the name of the narrator of the chapter. There will then be a "timestamp", like a chapter name or "Before/After the Events of TCoS," which gives you an idea of when the particular extra took place. If there is a time change later on, a different timestamp will appear, and every section after the timestamp will be from around the same time. Timestamps will be in italics.

Ex. (a random example)

(1) Pheasantkit

Before the events of TCoS...

[Section 1]

-DIVIDER-

[Section 2]

-DIVIDER-

Chapter 13

[Section 3]

Since there is no timestamp after the divider that separates section 1 and 2, you can assume that those two sections occur roughly about the same time. Chapter numbers may signify that the section is from a different point of view told by a character in that chapter of TCoS or it may be told by a character that doesn't appear in that particular chapter (e.g. the events occur while the main characters might be doing something else).

Assume that "After the events of The Cave of Stars" occur between TCoS and the next installment in this AU series :))

Like in most of my fanfics, there will be notes at the bottom if I feel that there is some clarification needed or I want to make a silly comment. These are in italics and will be separated from the extra with a divider.

• ABOUT THE CHARACTERS •

All characters featured in the extras have appeared in TCoS; some may be background characters mentioned only once or twice in the entire work, while some may be familiar names. All appear in the order they are introduced (if I've done it right!)

Hope you will enjoy!