Welcome, everyone, to the tNP arc of the TB AU!

As stated before, I'll be going on with the AU for as long as my life allows, or until the end of Arc 3. I apologize if I can't finish it, but life happens sometimes and I have to account for that. FanFiction isn't my job, after all!

I won't say that you have to read the previous entries in the series, because that's a ton of reading - but perhaps it would help to read at least Darkest Hour and Russetstar's Resolve, in order to have an understanding of what this AU is about. It's a little more than simply swapping characters now! Some events will play out the same but others will go different ways!

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy. This story updates every Friday, both here and on Tumblr (twilights-800-cats), with pauses for holidays or if some emergency comes up. This series is LGBT+ friendly, and any hate speech will be ignored/blocked.

ALLEGIANCES: (characters marked with a * are trans and are described with their preferred gender/pronouns)

THUNDERCLAN

Leader: Tinystar – very small black tom with ice-blue eyes and one white paw (Sandstorm's mate)

Deputy: Oakheart – red-brown tabby tom, amber eyes (father of Mistyfoot and Stoneheart)

Medicine Cat: Brackenfur – golden brown tabby tom (Shadepaw)

Warriors:

Mousefur – small dusky brown she-cat (Spiderpaw)

Graystripe – long-furred gray tom with a dark stripe of fur down his spine (Silverstream's mate) (Whitepaw)

Dustpelt – dark brown tabby tom (Cinderpelt's mate) (Nightpaw)

Sandstorm – pale ginger she-cat with green eyes (mother of Shadepaw and Nightpaw) (Sorrelpaw)

Cinderpelt – smoky dark gray she-cat (mother of Spiderpaw and Shrewpaw)

Cloudtail – white she-cat with ginger tabby patches and a fluffy white tail (Swiftfoot and Brightheart's mate)

Brightheart – pretty white she-cat with ginger patches, missing an eye and ear (Swiftfoot and Cloudtail's mate, mother of Whitepaw)

Swiftfoot – stocky black-and-white tom, missing his tail (Cloudtail and Brightheart's mate)

Ashfur – pale gray tom with darker flecks, dark blue eyes

Snowstep – snowy white tom, very blue eyes; deaf (Ferncloud's mate)

Sootfur – light gray tabby tom, amber eyes

Rainwhisker – dark gray tom

Mistyfoot – long-furred dark blue-gray she-cat, blue eyes (Shrewpaw)

Apprentices:

Shadepaw – very dark tortoiseshell she-cat with white paws; medicine cat apprentice

Sorrelpaw – thick-furred tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

Whitepaw – white she-cat with a ginger tabby rump and a ginger tail

Spiderpaw – leggy smoky gray she-cat *

Shrewpaw – pale tabby tom

Nightpaw – very small black tom with a thick, plumy tail and white paws

Queens:

Silverstream – sleek-furred silver tabby she-cat, formerly of RiverClan (mother of Feathertail and Stormfur)

Ferncloud – pale gray she-cat with darker flecks, green eyes (mother of Snowstep's kits – Birchkit, Hollykit, and Larchkit)

Elders:

Frostfur – beautiful white she-cat, blue eyes (mother of Brackenfur, Cinderpelt, and Swiftfoot)

Dappletail – once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat, oldest cat in ThunderClan

Speckletail – pale tabby she-cat (mother of Snowstep and Brightheart)

Longtail – pale tabby tom with dark black stripes and a long tail, blind, recovering from an eye injury *

RIVERCLAN

Leader: Leopardstar – dappled golden tabby she-cat with a scarred muzzle (mother of Falcontail and Mothwing)

Deputy: Tawnypelt – tortoiseshell she-cat with broad shoulders, green eyes (mother of Goldenpaw, Reedpaw and Rosepaw)

Medicine Cat: Mudfur – long-haired light brown tom (father of Leopardstar) (Mothwing)

Warriors:

Ripplecloud – gray tabby tom with white paws

Brackenflight – golden brown tabby she-cat

Blackclaw – smoky black tom (Mistlepaw)

Heronleap – lean smoky gray-black tom *

Heavystep – thickset tabby tom (Reedpaw)

Leafwhisker – small brown tabby tom (Rosepaw)

Stormfur – dark gray tom with amber eyes

Feathertail – silvery tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Frostsplash – white tom, former loner

Falcontail – smoky tabby tom with yellow eyes

Apprentices:

Mothwing – lovely golden brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes; medicine cat apprentice

Goldenpaw – broad-shouldered golden tabby tom

Reedpaw – black tom

Rosepaw – ginger-patched white she-cat

Queens:

Mosspelt – tortoiseshell she-cat (mother of Willowkit)

Dawnflower – pale gray she-cat (mother of Frostsplash's kits – Minnowkit, Pebblekit, and Tumblekit)

Elders:

Shadepelt – very dark gray she-cat

Loudbelly – dark brown tom

WINDCLAN

Leader: Tallstar – aging black-and-white tom with a very long tail

Deputy: Mudclaw – mottled dark brown tabby tom (Crowpaw)

Medicine Cat: Barkface – short-tailed brown tom (Ryepaw)

Warriors:

Onewhisker – brown tabby tom

Webfoot – dark gray tabby tom *

Ashfoot – gray she-cat (mother of Crowpaw)

Tornear – tabby tom with a ripped ear

Poppyfoot – tortoiseshell she-cat (Bristlepaw)

Robinwing – light brown she-cat with blue eyes (mother of Ryepaw and Bristlepaw)

Smokewillow – lean pale gray-and-white tabby tom (Thornpaw)

Whitetail – small white she-cat

Graytail – long-legged gray tom with white paws and a white tail-tip

Emberstep – smoky black she-cat

Duskwhisker – sleek black she-cat

Apprentices:

Ryepaw – very small brown-and-white tabby tom with bright green eyes, medicine cat apprentice

Crowpaw – smoky gray, almost black, tom, blue eyes

Bristlepaw – thick-furred brown tabby tom

Thornpaw – golden-brown she-cat

Queens:

Bramblefur – pale brown tabby she-cat, amber eyes (mother of Bristlepaw and Thornpaw)

Softbreeze – very pale gray she-cat, former loner (mother of Weaselkit and Thistlekit)

Elders:

Morningflower – tortoiseshell she-cat

SHADOWCLAN

Leader: Russetstar – dark ginger she-cat with scarred shoulders (Pansytail's mate)

Deputy: Blackfoot – large, sturdy white tom with black face, paws, and tail

Medicine Cat: Littlecloud – very small brown tabby tom

Warriors:

Oakfur – small brown tom (Smokepaw)

Cedarheart – dark gray tom (Finchsong's mate)

Rowanclaw – ginger tabby tom * (Stoneheart's mate) (Talonpaw)

Tallpoppy – long-legged light brown tabby she-cat (mother of Talonpaw)

Nightwing – black she-cat

Orre – golden-brown tom

Stoneheart – thick-furred pale blue-gray tom, blue eyes (Rowanclaw's mate)

Pansytail – tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat, brilliant green eyes, former BloodClan cat (Russetstar's mate) (Redpaw)

Wolftooth – thick-furred gray tom, former BloodClan cat (father of Finchsong)

Pinewhisker – scarred dark brown tabby tom, former loner

Skipnose – black-and-white tom with a black tail, former kittypet

Apprentices:

Smokepaw – a dark gray tom

Talonpaw – dark brown tabby tom

Redpaw – ginger she-cat, former kittypet

Queens:

Finchsong – very pale gray she-cat, former BloodClan cat (mother of Cedarheart's kits – Willowkit and Rushkit)

Duskflower – black she-cat (mother of Smokepaw)

Elders:

Brick – very skinny, scarred dark ginger she-cat, former BloodClan cat *

Boulder – silver-gray tom

Runningnose – small gray-and-white tom, former medicine cat

CATS (AND OTHER CREATURES) OUTSIDE THE CLANS:

Midnight – stargazing badger that lives by the sea

Barley – black and white tom that lives on a farm close to the forest (Ravenpaw's mate)

Ravenpaw – sleek black cat who lives with Barley (Barley's mate)