A/N: Thanks to Grayshadow Warrior, catspider12, and HHQFandoms for their ocs
A sharp yowl pierced through the air, awaking Charredkit from his sleep. Looking around, and waiting for everything to get into focus, he saw that his nursery-mate, and foster brother, Sunkit, was already awake, and looking around.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"It's Cloudfoot, he's limping!"
Charredkit raced over to stand next to Sunkit, sure enough, Cloudfoot was limping, and he could see gashes on his shoulder that were still oozing blood.
"I wonder where Lostpaw is," Charredkit meowed, noticing that Cloudfoot's apprentice was nowhere to be seen.
"Be quiet and listen, maybe we'll find some stuff out," Sunkit hissed.
After a quick nod of agreement, Charredkit angled his ears towards the warriors, trying to pick up what happened.
"It was Adder, that StarClan cursed rogue, I was out looking for Lostpaw," Cloudfoot let out a small hiss, "that cat could get lost on his way to the dirt pile!"
"Did you find him?" Scorchpelt asked.
"No, I didn't have time to look long before Adder jumped out of the bushes and attacked me."
"If he hurt Lostpaw..." Blazestorm growled with his pelt bristling.
Charredkit wasn't sure what he was going to say, but he knew it couldn't be anything good.
"I thought Adder only messed with AirClan," Charcoalfur meowed.
Blazestorm nodded.
"That's right, back before Charcoalfur and I joined FireClan, we were sort of allies with Adder, and he constantly talked about how much he hated the smell of AirClan cats."
"Yeah, and he mostly stayed near their territory when he wasn't hunting with us," Charcoalfur meowed.
"But why would he attack a FireClan cat?" Antclaw asked.
"He attacked me, I used to be in AirClan, maybe I still carry a bit of their scent," Cloudfoot meowed.
"You don't think he'll hurt Lostpaw do you? I mean, he's not an AirClan cat, but he's still a vulnerable apprentice out there on his own," Scorchpelt meowed fretfully.
"Charcoalfur and I will go out and look for him," Blazestorm meowed.
Scorchpelt nodded, and touched her nose to her mate's.
"Be careful."
Charredkit's heart pounded with fear as he thought of his father and his father's brother out there, by themselves, searching for a cat who seemed extremely dangerous by the way they were talking about him.
Sparkflower, his mother, must have noticed his fear, because she meowed.
"Charcoalfur and Blazestorm are the best fighters in the clan, you have nothing to worry about."
"But what about the FireClan curse?" Charredkit asked, remembering a story that Firepelt had told him and Sunkit a few sunrises ago. It was about how FireClan was cursed, and how some number of moons before he was born, a mysterious illness wiped out over half of FireClan.
After that, Redstar decided to start taking in rogues, and then, some time after that, a fox broke into the camp, and killed even more cats.
After that attack, everything seemed to look fine, everything seemed back to normal. The mysterious illness hadn't came back, and greencough had even failed to rear its ugly head that leaf-bare. Cats had begun to think that maybe their curse was over. That was until shortly after Sunkit was born, and his parents disappeared. Patrols were sent out, day and night, to search for them. They looked for moons, but no sign of them were ever found.
No cat knew where they went, some said the fox had come back, and had killed them, others claimed that they were taken by twolegs.
Charredkit didn't know what happened to them, on one paw, he hoped they were okay, and that they could reunite with Sunkit again, on the other, he kind of hoped they never came back, he didn't want to lose a brother.
His mind drifted back to the curse that Firepelt spoke of, was FireClan really cursed? Were they destined to have bad stuff happen to them, until they finally just fell apart?
He shook his head, it didn't seem fair. From overhearing things from the warriors, it seemed like WaterClan and AirClan continued to grow bigger, and bigger, while FireClan barely even had enough cats to form patrols.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Charredkit turned his attention back to the action, and saw that Cloudfoot was trying to push his way past Antclaw and Scorchpelt, who were blocking his path.
"Lostpaw is my apprentice, I should be out there looking for him with Charcoalfur and Blazestorm."
"You are injured, you're no shape to go out there right now, you need to see Smokefur," Scorchpelt meowed.
It was at that moment, Redstar stepped out of his den.
Charredkit stared at the large, broad-shouldered tom, with admiration, I hope that I can be that strong someday, he thought to himself.
"Scorchpelt is right," Redstar meowed in his strong commanding voice.
"But I can't just sit here, and do nothing," Cloudfoot protested.
"Your injuries are too severe, who knows if Adder will come back to finish you off? We don't need to worry about you as well as Lostpaw," Redstar meowed.
Antclaw nuzzled Cloudfoot's cheek.
"Will you please go and see Smokefur for me? Lostpaw will be okay, Charcoalfur and Blazestorm are formidable warriors," she shook her head, "I remember when they first came here, I wasn't too fond of them, I wasn't set on the idea of accepting rogues into the clan, but after getting my tail kicked in a sparring match against Blazestorm, I knew that it was the right thing to do."
"Fine, I will go, but keep me posted," Cloudfoot grumbled, before limping over to Smokefur's den.
For what seemed like moons, Charredkit paced around the nursery, he knew he should be sleeping, but he was too distracted by what was going on.
He half expected Sunkit to tell him to stop pacing, when he looked over at him, to see that he was pacing as well.
Sunkit must be as worried as I am, he though to himself, remembering that Sunkit also thought of Charcoalfur as his father.
"We found him!"
Charredkit stopped pacing, and perked up at the sound of his father's voice, and he started to race out to him, when Sparkflower grabbed his tail gently in her teeth, pulling him back.
"This is no time for kits to be out, you can see your father in the morning."
She then stood up, and padded out of the nursery to go greet her mate. Charredkit turned to Sunkit, who was now playing with a leaf. He wondered if he was jealous of the fact that he still had both of his parents, whereas, his had disappeared. Did he even remember his parents? Charredkit opened his mouth to ask him, but he stopped, if he didn't remember his parents, then it wouldn't be a good idea to bring them up again.
Instead, he decided to pounce on the other kit, causing him to let out a small oof.
"You're getting really fat," he grumbled, "I mean, you're a moon younger than me, and you're already heavier than me."
"Maybe you're just a runt," Charredkit teased, rolling off of Sunkit and lightly slapping his nose with a sheathed clawed paw.
The other kit let out a playful growl, and cuffed him over the ear.
"No, I think it's because your father is HUGE, I heard that every cat was scared when he and Blazestorm first joined the clan, no one had ever seen cats that big before."
"Oh, I remember that story! Emberpaw told me that everyone thought they must be part lion or something," Charredkit exclaimed.
Sunkit nodded.
"FireClan cats may be bigger compared to the cats of the other clans, but no cat can hold a candle to Charcoalfur and Blazestorm."
"You're right," Charredkit agreed, feeling a bit foolish for ever being worried about Charcoalfur and Blazestorm. With their size, and Blazestorm's fighting skills, a lone rogue like Adder was no match against them, they could probably take on hundreds of rogues!
He turned his attention back to the older cats to see that Blazestorm speaking to Lostpaw. Charredkit couldn't hear what he was saying, but by the ashamed look on Lostpaw's face, it couldn't have been anything good.
"Come on, stop being nosy and go to sleep, Sunkit is having his apprentice ceremony tomorrow," Sparkflower meowed, as she made her way into the nursery.
"I am?" Sunkit gasped.
Sparkflower let out a mrrow and shook her head.
"I can't believe you forgot, it's all you've been talking about this past moon."
"I know, it's just that, I can't believe the time as finally come!"
Letting out a loud purr, Sparkflower nuzzled the top of Sunkit's head, and Charredkit felt a jolt of jealousy shoot through him.
She's my mother, not his, he thought, shooting a glare at him. As soon as he did though, his pelt burned with shame and regret, he shouldn't be jealous of Sunkit, it wasn't his fault that his parents disappeared, and that his mother decided to foster him. He should be happy that he had a brother, and happy for his brother that he would be getting his apprentice name tomorrow.
"I'm happy for you," he meowed. It wasn't a lie, he really was happy for him, and he couldn't wait until his own apprentice ceremony.
EarthClan
Leader: Stonestar - thickset dark grey tom with amber eyes
Deputy: Buckwind - thin, long legged, light brown tom with yellow eyes
Medicine Cat: Skunkstripe - fluffy black and white tom with skunk-like markings and green eyes
Warriors:
Mudfrost - brown tom with white flecks and icy blue eyes
(apprentice: Warrenpaw)
Russetfang- reddish brown tom with yellow eyes
(apprentice: Sandpaw)
Cedarwhisker - dark brown she-cat with really long whiskers and green eyes
Apprentices:
Warrenpaw - light brown tom with green eyes
Sandpaw - light brown tom with yellow eyes and really long whiskers
Queens:
Slatefeather - fluffy grey she-cat with amber eyes (mother of Mudfrost's kits, Shalekit and Flintkint)
Sunflight - light ginger she-cat with amber eyes (mother of Firekit, Flamekit, and Snowkit)
Elders:
Dustnose - black tom with a brown muzzle and amber eyes
Kits:
Shalekit - grey she-cat with a dash of white on her face, shoulder, and a white back left paw; blue eyes
Flintkit - thick furred brown tom, with a white muzzle, chest, belly, white front paws, and a white right back paw; amber eyes (main kit)
Firekit - ginger tom with long fur and watery blue eyes
Flamekit - ginger tom with amber eyes
Snowkit - white she-cat with icy blue eyes
FireClan
Leader: Redstar - red tom with yellow eyes
Deputy: Scorchpelt - light grey and orange she-cat with yellow eyes
Medicine Cat: Smokefur - dark grey tom with blue eyes
Warriors:
Blazestorm - black tom with green eyes (former rogue)
Charcoalfur - dark grey tom with green eyes (former rogue)
(apprentice: Flarepaw)
Antclaw - red and black she-cat with yellow eyes
(apprentice: Emberpaw)
Cloudfoot - black tom with white paws and blue eyes (former AirClan/rogue)
(apprentice: Lostpaw)
Apprentices:
Flarepaw - orange tom with yellow eyes
Emberpaw - grey she-cat with yellow eyes
Lostpaw - grey tom with yellow eyes
Queens:
Sparkflower - tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes (mother of Charcoalfur's kit, Charredkit, foster mother of Sunkit)
Elders:
Firepelt - orange tom with yellow eyes
Kits:
Sunkit - yellow tabby tom-kit with white paws and green eyes
Charredkit - grey tom-kit with blue eyes (main kit)
WaterClan
Leader: Mothstar - large, thick-furred, brown she-cat, golden eyes, golden patches, webbed paws
Deputy: Mackerelstripe - blue-grey striped tabby tom with green eyes
Medicine Cat: Bramblesky - soft-furred, pale brown and white she-cat, blue eyes, feathered webbed paws, tufted ears
Warriors:
Copperclaw - large, broad-shouldered, mottled black and ginger tom, copper eyes, tufted ears
(apprentice: Lakepaw)
Strikeclaw - large, thick-furred, broad-shouldered, brown-tabby tom, copper eyes, battle scarred pelt, large paws
Bluefire - large, thick-furred, blue-sliver she-cat, blue eyes, webbed paws
Snowcloud - small, soft-furred, white she-cat, blue eyes, pink nose, tufted ears, scarred nose
Piketail - grey-tabby tom, golden eyes, mottled ginger hind paws
Milkpelt - short-furred, milky coloured she-cat, green eyes, tufted ears, short legs
Breezetail - white tom with one gray front paw; pale green eyes
(apprentice: Hollypaw)
Brookflower - dilute calico she-cat with green eyes
(apprentice: Dovepaw)
Eeltail - skinny brown tom with a long tail
(apprentice: Foxpaw)
Apprentices:
Hollypaw - skinny, dark tortoiseshell she-cat, green eyes, lean tail, nicked ears
Dovepaw - white she-cat, blue eyes, sliver-tabby stripes, feathered paws
Foxpaw - skinny, bright ginger-tabby, tom, copper eyes, scarred flank
Lakepaw - grey she-cat with green eyes
Queens:
Pebblewing - brown tabby she-cat with sleek fur; blue eyes (mother of Breezetail's kits, Whorlkit and Otterkit)
Lilyfeather - fluffy white she-cat with green eyes (mother of Minnowleaf's kit, Driftkit)
Elders:
Minnowleaf - brown tom with green eyes (father of Brookflower and Driftkit)
Kits:
Redkit - lithe, muscular, long thick-furred, red and creamy-tabby she-cat, blue eyes, tufted ears, feathered webbed paws
Wildkit - board-shouldered, white tom, green eyes, black-tabby stripes
Whorlkit - light gray tom-kit with white markings; light green eyes
Otterkit - light brown she-kit with white paws; green eyes (main kit)
Driftkit - grey and brown mottled tom with amber eyes
AirClan
Leader: Swiftstar - cream-coloured tom with green eyes and long legs
Deputy: Frostheart - white tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Silverwing - beautiful grey tabby she-cat with long fur and watery blue eyes
Warriors:
Jaynose - cream-colored tom; amber eyes
Rainfall - tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat; soft blue eyes
Rockfall - black tom with amber eyes
Shatterwind - grey, black tinted, tom with white tail tip, paws, belly, and chest; green eyes
(apprentice: Rainpaw)
Windfur - grey tom with long fur and a dark grey tail
Blazestream - bulky white tom with ginger patches and amber eyes
Dewheart - light grey rom with watery blue eyes
Rocknose - dark grey tom with cold amber eyes
Stormbreeze - grey tabby tom with long fur and blue eyes
(apprentice: Owlpaw)
Icewish - white she-cat with long fur and watery blue eyes
Ashfall - grey she-cat with a dark grey tail-tip
Silverfrost - light silver tabby tom with white chest and paws; piercing yellow eyes
(apprentice: Glowpaw)
Berrywhisker - brown she-cat with white markings of face and back; blue-gray eyes
Frondtail - soft, long furred yellow tabby she-cat with a hint of white; light amber eyes
(apprentice: Amberpaw)
Apprentices:
Owlpaw - brown tom with huge yellow eyes
Glowpaw - small light ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Rainpaw - long furred grey she-cat with a long tail and small ears, with wide, open blue eyes
Amberpaw - golden she-cat with blue eyes
Queens:
Clayfur - light brown and white tabby she-cat with blue eyes (mother of Rockfall's kits, Willowkit, Icekit, Sandkit, and Cloudkit)
Coldwhisker - white cat with grey, black, yellow, and amber spots on her back; blue eyes (mother of Shatterwind's kits, Rainkit, Icekit, Blackkit, and Whitekit)
Shiverflight - beautiful grey tabby she-cat with long fur and watery blue eyes (expecting Frostheart's kits)
Elders:
Lilystream - completely silver she-cat with slightly shaggy fur; amber eyes with yellow tint
Goldenleaf - dark brown tabby tom with white chin and tail-tip; pale green eyes
Robinclaw - light brown she-cat with a red belly and green eyes
Kits:
Willowkit - pale gray she-cat with amber eyes
Cloudkit - white tom with green eyes
Sandkit - ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Icekit - pure white she-cat with sky blue eyes
Rainkit - grey tom with dark grey paws and black tints
Blackkit - black tom with green eyes
Whitekit - white she cat with grey paws; green eyes (main kit)
Other:
Adder - lithe yellow tabby tom with brown markings and fern green eyes (rogue)