ThunderClan:
Leader: Rosestar- a dark, pretty cream furred she-cat with blue eyes.
Deputy: Stormeye- A dark black and brown tabby tom with electric-blue eyes, Rosestar's oldest brother
Medicine Cat: Turtlefur- black and brown tordi she-cat with bright green eyes
Warriors:
Thundertail- Autumn colored tom with yellow eyes
Greensun- Black she-cat with green eyes and a yellow circular patch of fur on her fore-head.
Redfang- Bad tempered russet tom with forest green eyes
Dawnstream- Pretty pale grey she-cat with green eyes
Spiderclaw- Dark gray tom with blue eyes and long sharp claws
Rabbittail- Swift gray tabby tom with heather colored eyes
Wolfheart- Black she-cat with green eyes, brother to Foxfur and daughter of Greensun
Foxfur- Russet tom with green eyes, brother to Wolfheart, and son of Redfang
Swiftpath- Strong lean white she-cat with a long tail
Fishscoop- Brown she-cat with blue eyes, an excellent fisher who taught ThunderClan to fish
Apprentices:
Snakepaw- Gray tom with amber eyes and long tail
Sweetpaw- Gray tabby she-cat with green eyes, very patient
Thornpaw- Dark brown tom with green eyes
Cloudpaw- Fluffy white she-cat with amber eyes
Orangepaw- Light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, formerly of StormClan
Queens:
Daisyfur- White cream she-cat with soft blue eyes, deaf
Kits: Bluekit- blue gray she-cat, Fawnkit- Tiny brown speckled white she-cat with blue eyes
Stormfire- Gray and orange tabby she-cat
Kits: Flamekit- flame colored tom with orange eyes, Echokit- light brown she-cat with blue eyes
Elders:
Bramblepath- Stubborn black tom with amber eyes
Duskfur- Dark yellow and brown long furred she cat with light blue eyes
Chapter 6: Nightfang
"Stop neglecting your destiny Orangepaw! Your gift is almost ready, ask to become ThunderClan's new medicine cat apprentice!" Foxmist hissed. Orangepaw glared at the pretty russet she-cat and drew her gums back into a snarl. "Never! Being a warrior is what I'm here for! Not so I can stuff plants in my clan-mates' mouths!" Orangepaw hissed, before running away from Foxmist.
The sun had risen, Orangepaw awoke to find herself snuggled up with ThunderClan apprentices, Snakepaw, Sweetpaw, Thornpaw, and Cloudpaw. "Huh?" Orangepaw murmured sleepily to herself before reality caught up to her: She had been exiled by her own father. Orangepaw sheathed then unsheathed her claws over and over again to take her mind off of yesterday before flicking her light brown tail in sudden anger. "If Stormeye never showed up I wouldn't have to be here." Orangepaw snarled to herself, careful not to wake her new den-mates. Snakepaw fidgeted in his sleep, flicking Orangepaw in the face with his long, whip-like tail. "I think his warrior name will be Snaketail." Orangepaw growled softly to herself. Orangepaw purred, Cloudpaw was so fluffy and soft and warm, and didn't fidget in her sleep. The perfect den-mate. Thornpaw's eyes fluttered open, he opened his mouth and let a yawn escape before shaking his sister, Sweetpaw awake. "Come on Sweetpaw, we can't be late for training again!" Thornpaw urged. Sweetpaw good naturedly shoved her brother away with her paw. "Alright you big oaf I'm coming." Sweetpaw yawned. Orangepaw sighed in jealousy. She and Falconpaw used to do that sort of stuff all the time. Snakepaw stirred, shoving Orangepaw right into the sleeping Cloudpaw. Both of the cats got to their paws. Orangepaw did the same. Orangepaw's eyes brimmed with anxiety. For Rosestar was to appoint her mentor this morning. Snakepaw gave me a friendly flick on the shoulder. "Don't worry, Rosestar will find you a good mentor." Snakepaw meowed, before bounding after Thornpaw and Sweetpaw. Cloudpaw padded out towards Orangepaw and gave a big sigh. "Isn't he great?" Cloudpaw mewed, staring into space. Orangepaw cocked her head in confusion. "Um who?" Orangepaw asked curiously. "Snakepaw. He's so strong and brave, and kind." Cloudpaw continued to compliment the tom, but Orangepaw tuned her voice out and scanned the camp for Stormeye. "Looking for me?" Stormeye meowed cockily. Orangepaw whipped around in surprise. "N-no!" Orangepaw yowled, staring at Stormeye. Cloudpaw finally stopped meowing and faced the tom. "Oh hi Stormeye." Cloudpaw mewed, "Are we going to train at sky oak today?" Cloudpaw meowed excitedly. Orangepaw's heart sank. She hoped that the arrogant warrior would be her mentor, but she tried to hide her disappointment and look happy. Stormeye nodded. "Yep, you're climbing isn't as good as it should be by now, so we're going to change that. You and Orangepaw can go eat first though." Stormeye replied before trotting after Dawnstream and Fishscoop. Cloudpaw turned and faced Orangepaw, her eyes gleaming. "Hey, maybe Rosestar will let you train with me, Sweetpaw, Thornpaw, and," Cloudpaw quivered and her eyes softened before saying, "Snakepaw." Orangepaw rolled her eyes before replying. "That would be nice." Orangepaw purred, when really the thought of having to train with Cloudpaw sounded dreadful. Having to watch a she-cat moon over a tom for even just one morning was torture enough, but an entire day of it? This was not going to be as fun as it should be.
Orangepaw stared up at Sky oak, quivering with anxiety. There was never a tree taller than two cats back in the mountains. Orangepaw turned and whispered to Cloudpaw. "I'll bet six mice tails that this thing reaches all the way up to StarClan." Orangepaw swore. Cloudpaw laughed, her eyes brimming with happiness. "I'll just have to take you up on that offer." Cloudpaw teased before starting to climb the massive oak. "That's it Cloudpaw, just put one paw in front of the other ok?" Stormeye instructed to Cloudpaw, his tail swishing with nerves of Cloudpaw plummeting back down to her death. "Don't worry I've got this!" Cloudpaw yowled to her anxious mentor. "Can I try?" Orangepaw asked, not taking her eyes off of Cloudpaw. Stormeye shook his head. "Only one apprentice up there at a time. We once lost both Featherpaw and Thunderpaw because they both climbed up Sky oak at the same time. So Skystar outlawed it before he died of greencough four moon cycles ago." Stormeye explained. Orangepaw shivered at the thought of death by climbing. She had gone mountain climbing tones of times with Sunpaw and Falconpaw back in the mountains with no injuries at all. Snakepaw sat down beside Orangepaw and stared up at Cloudpaw, holding his breath. Orangepaw looked over at Thornpaw and Sweetpaw who were doing the same. She didn't get it. Why'd they even train with this tree if it made everyone so jumpy? Orangepaw regained her focus and stared at Cloudpaw.
At last it was Orangepaw's turn. Cloudpaw, Snakepaw, Thornpaw, and Sweetpaw had all safely climbed up and down the oak. Orangepaw took a deep breath before digging her claws into the tree trunk. It wasn't so bad, you just had to keep three paws in, and then quickly dig the fourth paw a little higher than the others, Orangepaw thought, her amber eyes glittering in determination. Finally, there it was: the last and highest stable tree branch left for Orangepaw to perch on. Orangepaw eagerly reached for the branch. A loud cracking sound came from the bark that supported Orangepaw's other three paws. Orangepaw squealed in alarm, and without thinking, sprang off Sky Oak and plummeted into a lower tree, branches snapped under her sudden weight dropped. "StarClan save me!" Orangepaw yowled before landing on a suitable branch. Orangepaw lay sprawled out across the life-saving branch, her chest heaving and her eyes wide with shock. Stormeye rushed over to Orangepaw and climbed up to her level, "What in the name of StarClan did you just do!?" Stormeye demanded, gripping Orangepaw's scruff and lifting her down from the tree. Sweetpaw, Thornpaw, Snakepaw, and Cloudpaw rushed to Orangepaw's side. "I'll go get Turtlefur!" Sweetpaw announced, galloping back to camp. Orangepaw fought to stay awake, until the shock took over and Orangepaw blacked out.
Orangepaw padded through a dark, eerie, never ending forest, her eyes wide with fear. A white tom with a black muzzle stalked out from the darkness of the forest. "I knew you'd come sometime." The tom growled in satisfaction. Orangepaw backed away from the tom. "Wh-who are you?" The tom's lips pulled back into a devilish grin. "I am Nightfang, I have been expecting you." "What do you want with me?" Orangepaw wailed in desperation. "Oh, I'm not here for me, I'm here for you. That idiot Foxmist wants you to waste your talents in a stuffy den with the old and sick rather than helping to fend off your enemies." Nightfang drifted closer to Orangepaw. "Well I can shape you into the finest warrior this forest has ever seen." Nightfang persuaded, his yellow and broken teeth bared into a smile. Orangepaw stiffened in defense. "Why should I trust you? StarClan saved me from dying when I fell out of Sky Oak, not YOU." Orangepaw snarled. Nightfang smirked. "Psh, you think those star-ridden idiots saved you? Well you're wrong. I saved you from that fall."