As promised, the allegiances are finished, and, also as promised, time to dole out some love for everyone who submitted OCs!
Frozenstream of Oakclan, for a whole bunch of Sunclan cats
Meme, for a Sunclan apprentice
Guest, for a Sunclan warrior and apprentice
IhateSpottedleaf, for a few Moonclan cats, and two that will appear in the sequel
Guest, for a Sunclan warrior
hollyleaf is cool, for a Sunclan warrior
blackclaw, for a few Sunclan cats
Nightflame, for a couple Moonclan cats
And Alycat, for a couple Moonclan cats and a rogue
Also, with the amount of Moonclan cats submitted, it was actually very close to being even with Sunclan for amounts, so i'm very pleased about that! So, here are the final allegiances!
Sunclan
Leader: Tunnelstar- light brown tom with dark brown paws, tail, and underbelly and deep amber eyes
Deputy: Skyhunter- pale grey she-cat with just darker tabby stripes and round baby-blue eyes
Med. Cat: Mistyeel- dark grey she-cat with white splotches Apprentice- Thrushpaw- lighter gold-red tom with pale green eyes
Warriors: Tigerfang- brown tabby tom with green eyes Apprentice- Nightpaw
Adderfur- light grey tom with green eyes
Birdwhisker- ginger she-cat with white patches and green eyes
Blackwing- black tom with blue eyes Apprentice: Hawkpaw
Snakesong- pale brown tabby tom with narrow yellow green eyes and a triangular pointed face Apprentice: Hazelpaw
Lightreign- dark red tom with white striped paws and grey eyes
Frostheart- sleek white she-cat with very dark green eyes
Spruceleap- pretty, dark red she-cat with bright yellow eyes Apprentice: Mosspaw
Cheetahtail- Dark golden tom flecked with black spots Apprentice: Bouncepaw
Stormfang- Dark grey tom with brown flecks
Featherfoot- Light grey tabby she-cat Apprentice: Poppypaw
Greystorm- Grey tabby tom
Silentstep- Light grey she-cat with white underbelly and legs
Dipfur- grey tom with white fur up to nose
Snailfang- pale cream tom flecked with grey Apprentice: Darkpaw
Longstripe- long-legged black she-cat with light yellow eyes
Apprentices: Darkpaw- dark gold brown tabby she-cat and dark amber eyes
Poppypaw- pale grey she-cat with darker paws and golden eyes
Hawkpaw- dark gold tom with coloured markings and bright blue eyes
Thrushpaw- medicine cat apprentice
Bouncepaw- dark blue-grey tom with pale blue eyes
Mosspaw- slightly grey but mostly gold tortoiseshell she-cat with pale blue eyes
Nightpaw- all inky black tom with dark green eyes
Hazelpaw- silver she-cat with coloured markings, one green one brown eye
Queens: Ivyfeather- pretty gold tortoiseshell with pale sky blue eyes (Mate to Lightreign)
Clovespot- light sandy-grey with pale amber eyes (mate to Tigerfang) Kits- Brackenkit- golden tom with black paws with bright green eyes, Lakekit- sandy grey shecat with tan paws, tail tip, muzzle and ears and green eyes, Blossomkit- tortoiseshell shecat with green eyes, Wishkit- pretty grey shecat with soft blue eyes
(Without mother) Smallkit- small tabby tom, Beekit- a ragdoll shecat with sharp claws
Elders: Tansyfur- Bright ginger she-cat with thick fur
Swiftshade- Dark golden she-cat with thick black stripes
Longshadow- grey she cat with black paws and a missing claw
Moonclan
Leader: Shardstar- silver tom, black markings that look like he's covered in glass shards with amber eyes
Deputy: Dragonclaw- former rogue, dark red she-cat with white paws and dark green eyes
Med. Cat: Owlsong- pale grey she-cat with light green eyes Apprentice: Berrypaw- dark ginger tom with amber eyes
Warriors: Ravenstone- black tom with green eyes
Shadowfoot- dark, dark grey tom with blue eyes
Blossomflight- pretty pale pinks tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Swiftwing- red tom with white patches and blue eyes
Lightfall- pale grey tom with white freckles and dark green eyes
Mintblaze- pale ginger tom with pale green mint coloured eyes Apprentice: Rowanpaw
Foxpatch- bright ginger tom with a white chest, muzzle, and belly and pale amber eyes Apprentice: Dawnpaw
Gingershine- ginger she-cat with a white chest, muzzle, and belly and amber eyes
Ivystream- white/grey tabby she-cat with blue/green eyes Apprentice: Rainpaw
Hollyspeckle- white but black freckled she-cat with deep green eyes
Sandtail- sandy-grey tom with amber eyes
Willowwing- dark grey tabby she-cat with lighter stripes and robin egg blue eyes
Starlingleaf- bird brown she-cat with white chest and paws and striped tail with the brown turning paler and bright green eyes
Rhinoclaw- dark grey tom with thick, wiry fur
Lizardclaw- dark brown tabby tom with white paws and blue eyes Apprentice: Fudgepaw
Palewhisker- pale brown tabby she-cat with white paws and blue eyes
Frogtail- dark red/brown tabby tom with a black back stripe and black leg zigzags and light yellow
Bluestep- black tom with silver paws that almost look blue and a white tail
Apprentices: Rowanpaw- dark red tom with amber eyes
Fudgepaw- brown she-cat with dark grey eyes
Rainpaw- blue-grey she-cat with firey red splotches and emerald-green eyes
Dawnpaw- creamy white she-cat with beige splotches and blue eyes
Queens: Cloverfall- pale grey she-cat with light green eyes Kits- Runningkit- pale grey tom with green eyes, Shadowkit- dark grey tom with light blue-green eyes
Duskfoot- dusky brown she-cat with amber eyes Kit- Thornkit- small brown and grey tabby tom with green eyes
Elders: Mince-ear- brown tom with one blue, one green eyes and a shredded ear
Mudswipe- dark, muddy-brown tom with big paws and dark green eyes
I wake late, and only wake up because of the commotion I heard outside the cave. A lot of cats are talking, and some louder than others. Some, as in, Nightpaw and Bouncepaw. They're arguing. Sounds like the whole clan is arguing. I forced myself to get up, out of the nest, and to stretch. I shook out my fur, and drew my paw over my face a few times. I climb out of the den, and see that he clan is having a meeting.
Guess Mistyeel didn't want to wake me.
I find myself next to Mosspaw, and ask her what's going on.
"The dawn patrol found Moonclan scent markers many fox-lengths into the moor. We're deciding what to do. Well, Nightpaw and Bouncepaw think they're deciding what to do." She chuckles.
"What do you think is going to happen?" I ask her.
"Well, I don't know how Tunnelstar will take action, but, knowing Moonclan, we will have to fight them." She states solemnly. I sigh, but agree with her.
"So what are our brothers fighting about?"
"Well, Nightpaw thinks we should storm into their camp, and attack them with all the cats we have." She whispers to me, as the two toms in question raise their voices even higher. "But Bouncepaw thinks we should attack a couple patrols to show them that we aren't playing their game."
"What do you think we should do?"
"I don't know. I obviously don't want to fight them at all, but we have to. I think they'll be less injuries if we follow what Bouncepaw suggests." Of course Mosspaw doesn't want to fight. She's timid as a mouse. I don't doubt that if she could, she'd be training to be the Medicine Cat. "What do you think we should do?" She questions. I think for a moment.
"A lot more cats would get hurt if we attacked their camp, and I don't think we could win that, as it is their camp, they know it well enough to defend. But if we attack their patrols, they might think we're weak, and take even more territory. It'll be a tough decision. I don't envy Tunnelstar right now." I murmur. She nods, and then Tunnelstar calls out.
"Enough! I will decide what to do without the sound of bickering apprentices!" He yowls, then continues. "Tigerfang, Adderfur, Birdwhisker, and Blackwing, come to my den. You too, Mistyeel." He names the four senior warriors, and then they disappear into his den.
I hear Snakesong yell out to us. "You four, c'mon! Were going hunting." He sounds irritable, and I have a feeling it's because he was excluded from the decision meeting. He sulks angrily as my littermates and I follow him toward the way the sun rises out on the moor. Dark clouds cover the sky, as if Starclan knows the trouble brewing down in the territories.
We hunt for a while, and when each of us has caught three pieces of prey, Snakesong tells us it's time to go back to camp. Cats are milling around, and Hawkpaw walks up to us.
"We're attacking next sunrise. All five of you are on the patrol." He holds my eyes for a heartbeat, and looks away.
Why did he do that? He must not have meant to. Maybe he saw the rabbit I caught. Maybe... maybe it was an accident. Yeah. An accident. That's what it was.
Our mentors pull us out to the training ledge, a small, sandy cliffside that is on the far edge of the dip. It has soft sand all around a large area, and a cliff just too high to jump up on. They have us practice all the moves we know on each other. They show us a few more, and make us continue practicing until the sky is a deep red in the horizon. The clouds are still there, the storm that has been brewing is even closer to releasing now. We go back to camp, eat, and are told to sleep.
I'm shaking with excitement and anxiety. I want to do really well in the battle. I need to sleep, but can't for a while. My legs keep shifting under me, my paws itching to slip through the grass, I can taste the excitement of battle.
Sometime soon, my thoughts turn to dreams, and I'm sleeping.
Jayfeather.
"Hazelpaw, you need to be extra careful. Moonclan, they aren't afraid to kill to win their battles. Please, just promise you won't do anything stupid." He says, and I notice his eyes are shrouded in fear.
"Of course I'll be careful. It's not like I want to die." I say, flippant. "But, I'm scared, Jayfeather." I whisper.
"I know. Just remember your battle moves. Make sure not to attack any cats that are very large. Don't let them intimidate you, though. They are cats, they aren't invincible. You know your weak spots, and chances are, that those are their weak spots too." He reassures me softly. "Keep your brother close, he will protect you. Just be safe. Goodnight, Hazelpaw. Sleep well, and Starclan will be watching over your clan."
I wake, and though groggy from sleep, am not tired. Hawkpaw is awake, grooming his chest. I stay still for a while, admiring the way his muscles snake beneath his thick coat. I can imagine him as leader. He's hot-headed and stubborn, yeah. But he's strong, and smart. He knows what's going on, and though he doesn't offer opinions often, when he does, they're well thought and smart. I don't know why, but I like this irritable, tow-headed, grumpy tom.
I stretch, and pretend to wake up. His eyes flick to me.
"Are you ready for this battle? Moonclan is vicious." He says softly.
"I don't honestly know. I'd like think I'll do well, but, only Starclan knows." I say, deciding to speak honestly. "And you?"
"I suppose the same goes for me." He mews.
"Hawkpaw, have you ever fought Moonclan?" I ask.
"No. But once, before you were brought to the clan, Moonclan attacked us. I heard the fighting. It was... terrible." I'm almost certain I see hm tremble. "The smell of blood hung around camp for days. My mother's youngest sister was killed. She was only just apprenticed. Hazelpaw, they aren't afraid to kill anyone. Will you promise me you'll be careful?" He asks, his bright blue eyes lighting up as a sliver of sunlight comes into the den.
"Yes. I'll be careful."
I force a mouse down, even though I feel sick. Hawkpaw's story made me upset. I can't believe it. Moonclan, they've always been like... like a fire. I know that they're dangerous, but they aren't going to touch me. I'm safe from them in the clan. But not anymore. I have to go fight them. My legs will hardly hold me up, a.d Snakesong notices.
"Oh come on Hazelpaw. It'll be okay. Just finish your mouse, and you'll be okay. Starclan is on our side." He says, his tail flicking down my back. I still feel sick.
When the sun is almost up on top of the horizon, we go out onto the moor. We fight past Moonclan's heavy scent markers, and get to the beach. Our paws sink into the wet sand, and we cross the swollen river by a twoleg bridge, rickety and slimy beneath my paws. Nightpaw walks beside me, and he is gloating. Since we are going into their camp, he feels as though he won the argument with Bouncepaw. And that's good too, because Nightpaw doesn't like not winning.
It's a bit hard to navigate Moonclan's swamp. There are deep dips everywhere, filled with cold swampy water. It smells gross, like there is animals' dirt everywhere. My legs are covered in the swamp water and mud by the time their scent grows strongest.
We've found their camp.
It's in a drier cluster of tall pine trees. Their camp almost stands as an island. We get onto the island, and all shake out our fur. We decide to warm up for a few moments, and then delve into the forest.
The forest floor is littered with spiky pine needles. The ground is just barely wet until it rises in a small hill. We see a bunch of plants all crowding a ring of trees.
This is it. This is really their camp. Its time to fight.
We wait for a few moments, and Tunnelstar divides us into three groups.
I get put into a group, led by Skyhunter. We have Adderfur, Blackwing and Hawkpaw, Lightreign, Frostheart, Stormfang, and Greystorm. Each group has about seven or eight cats, and are led by Tunnelstar, Skyhunter, and Tigerfang. Tunnelstar has the best fighters with him, Skyhunter has regular fighters, and Tigerfang has quick cats, best for hunting. I'm sure he's not happy about that.
Tunnelstar says that his group will go in, and when he yells for Skyhunter, we will go in after him, then Tigerfang. We're not to kill unless they are trying to kill us.
Wow, that's a great rule, considering they'll all be trying to kill us. Good going, Tunnelstar. Really smart.
As soon as the sun has fully risen over the horizon, Tunnelstar silently leads his group into their camp.
The battle has begun.
A/N im actually a lot more into writing this now, so it'll be updated more frequently (i'll try anyway)
the next chapter is the battle!
will cats die?
who will win?
what will Moonclan do next?
guess you'll have to follow/favourite/review to find out!
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~Kat