Allegiances
WINDCLAN
LEADER: Hawkstar- gray tabby she-cat with amber eyes
DEPUTY: Iceclaw- pale gray tom with green eyes
MEDICINE CAT: Rowanfoot- ginger she-cat with amber eyes
WARRIORS:
Grasswhisker- light brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Lichenheart- dark brown she-cat with pale green eyes
APPRENTICE- Quailpaw
Darkfang- dark gray tom with blue eyes
Jayfur- gray and white tom with amber eyes
Weaseltail- brown tabby tom with yellow eyes
APPRENTICE- Thornpaw
Plumfur- black she-cat with blue eyes
Bramblepelt- long-haired black tom with green eyes
Frostflower- white she-cat with pale green eyes
Hollywish- silver she-cat with yellow eyes
APPRENTICES:
Quailpaw- pale brown she-cat with amber eyes
Thornpaw- pale ginger tom with green eyes
QUEENS:
Leafwhisker- tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes. Mother of Jayfur's kits: Cinderkit (gray and white she-cat), and Emberkit (black tom)
Silverwind- pale gray tabby she-cat. Mother of Weaseltail's kits: Cloudkit (white she-cat), Runningkit (light brown tabby tom), and Robinkit (gray tabby she-cat)
ELDERS:
Sootspeck- brown tom with pale yellow eyes
Vixenheart- gray she-cat with green eyes
Yellowclaw- ginger she-cat with green eyes
THUNDERCLAN
LEADER: Ashstar- white tom with unusual gray eyes
DEPUTY: Leopardspot- tortoiseshell she-cat with ginger and black specks and green eyes
APPRENTICE- Rowanpaw
MEDICINE CAT: Starlingfeather- ginger tabby tom with amber eyes
WARRIORS:
Hazelpelt- black and white she-cat with green eyes
Featherflight- white she-cat with amber eyes
Willowpool- dark gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
APPRENTICE- Ivypaw
Moonfrost- black and gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Sunflame- ginger tabby tom with green eyes
Cloverpelt- brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
APPRENTICE- Whitepaw
Reedspeck- dark brown tabby tom with green eyes
Flamecloud- dark ginger tom with yellow eyes
Mouseheart- pale brown she-cat with amber eyes
Vinetail- gray tom with blue eyes
APPRENTICES:
Ivypaw- tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes
Rowanpaw- pale ginger she-cat with amber eyes
Whitepaw- silver tom with white paws and blue eyes
QUEENS:
Sandbreeze- pretty bright ginger she-cat with amber eyes. Mother of Reedspeck's kits: Redkit (dark ginger she-cat), and Mudkit (dark brown tabby tom)
Cherrycloud- cream and brown she-cat with blue eyes. Expecting Flamecloud's kits.
ELDERS:
Rosefall- reddish she-cat with amber eyes
RIVERCLAN
LEADER: Fennelstar- light brown tom with green eyes
DEPUTY: Mosstail- black and white tom with blue eyes
MEDICINE CAT: Primroseheart- pretty ginger she-cat with green eyes
APPRENTICE- Whiskerpetal- white she-cat with green eyes
WARRIORS:
Beetlewing- sleek black tom with green eyes
Icepelt- small white she-cat with amber eyes
Otterstripe- ginger and white she-cat with green eyes
APPRENTICE- Duskpaw
Hailfur- gray tabby tom with pale yellow eyes
Skyfish- nimble silver tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Timbercreek- muscular dark brown tom with yellow
eyes
Logtail- light brown tom with pale yellow eyes
APPRENTICE- Creekpaw
Gooseheart- gray and white tom with green eyes
Ripplefur- long-haired gray tom with amber eyes
APPRENTICE- Goldenpaw
Dawnbright- pretty ginger she-cat with green eyes
APPRENTICES:
Creekpaw- dark ginger tom with green eyes
Duskpaw- black and white she-cat with amber eyes
Goldenpaw- tortoiseshell she-cat with ginger paws
and pale green eyes
QUEENS:
Graymoon- tortoiseshell and white she-cat with blue
eyes. Mate of Hailfur.
ELDERS:
Blackclaw- black and white tom with amber eyes
Featherwing- gray tabby tom with green eyes
SHADOWCLAN
LEADER: Brightstar- black and white she-cat with blue eyes
DEPUTY: Owlheart- dark gray tabby tom with amber eyes
MEDICINE CAT: Dovefeather- gray tabby she-cat with yellow eyes.
APPRENTICE- Scorchpaw- white tom with dark blue eyes
WARRIORS:
Frogfoot- sleek brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Tigerfur- dark brown tom with green eyes
Ashwing- pale gray she-cat with yellow eyes
APPRENTICE- Badgerpaw
Quicktail- agile ginger tom with green eyes
Nightclaw- black tom with blue eyes
Briarfang- small dark brown tom with amber eyes
APPRENTICE- Wolfpaw
Pineflower- pretty light brown tabby she-cat with
pale yellow eyes
APPRENTICE- Graypaw
Snowpelt- white tom with pale blue eyes
Blossomfur- tortoiseshell and white she-cat with
green eyes.
Waspflight- dark ginger tom with green eyes
APPRENTICES:
Badgerpaw- black and white tom with blue eyes
Graypaw- gray tabby tom with amber eyes
Wolfpaw- dark gray tom with green eyes
QUEENS:
Bluestorm- gray she-cat with blue eyes. Mother of
Nightclaw's kits: Crowkit (pale gray tom), and Softkit
(black tom with very soft fur)
Petalwhisker- ginger tabby she-cat with yellow eyes.
Mother of Tigerfur's kit: Cedarkit (brown tom)
Mistmeadow- silver tabby she-cat with green eyes.
Expecting Snowpelt's kits.
ELDERS:
Ivywing- gray and white tom with blue eyes
Jaggedclaw- brown tabby tom with amber eyes and
one claw twisted backwards.
Tawnymouse- reddish brown she-cat with amber eyes
Shrewfoot- pale ginger tom with pale yellow eyes
CATS OUTSIDE THE CLANS
Stormy- ginger tabby tom with green eyes
Lily- pale ginger and white she-cat with amber eyes
Dominic- dark ginger tom with green eyes
Chase- ginger and white tom with amber eyes
Clio- white she-cat with pale ginger paws and green
eyes.
Denny- black tom with green eyes
Scorch- gray tabby tom with yellow eyes
PROLOGUE
"Hawkstar!"
A gray tabby she-cat with burning amber eyes emerged from her den in Tallrock.
"Rowanfoot? What is it?" she padded over to the ginger she-cat sitting in the middle of camp.
Rowanfoot glanced at Hawkstar, her leader, and gestured with her head upwards toward the sky.
Hawkstar looked at the dusk sky. The sun had just set and the sky was beginning to darken. Leaf-fall was approaching. Soon the warm, long days of Greenleaf would be over, and the shorter, cooler days would begin. All of the Clans struggled through the winter, but WindClan was strong. If not the strongest!
Hawkstar admired the beautiful sunset, but why was that so important to Rowanfoot?
She cocked her head at the ginger she-cat. "What did you need to show me?" she asked.
Surely my medicine cat wouldn't have called me out of my den to see a sunset?
Rowanfoot shook her head. "I believe this moon is the last peaceful one we will have for a long time, Hawkstar."
Hawkstar's amber eyes flashed. "What do you mean? Has StarClan sent you a prophecy? Is something wrong?" she fired the questions rapidly.
The WindClan medicine cat purred. "Oh, Hawkstar. Of course something is wrong." Rowanfoot said the words so calmly that Hawkstar almost didn't hear her right.
"Did StarClan send you a prophecy?" she repeated urgently.
A strong wind blew across the moor, and ruffled the two she-cats fur. Hawkstar noticed that the moon was already making its journey into the deep blue nighttime sky.
Rowanfoot turned to her leader. "Yes," she blinked. "Our ancestors have told me that the Clans have much deep trouble to come."
She gazed brilliantly at the shining silver moon.
"By the next full moon, we will all be in serious danger." The ginger medicine cat explained softly.
Hawkstar jumped to her paws. "Danger? What kind of danger?" Her neck fur bristled and her claws unsheathed.
It unsettled her and bothered her that Rowanfoot was so calm about this news!
"StarClan does not know for sure. But visitors will come, seemingly seeking help from the Clans. Little do we know, they have a secret. StarClan is blind to that secret for the time being. All we can do as a Clan is wait."
Hawkstar flattened her ears and closed her eyes shut, lowering her head to take all of this in.
"B-but surely StarClan can tell us more than that!" she spat angrily. She stared at Rowanfoot, who was gazing mesmerizingly into the moonlight.
"Hawkstar, I think you are misunderstanding who StarClan is. They are the spirits of our dead ancestors. They are not an all-powerful group of cats that can tell our future. They can only glimpse what is to come, and warn us before it happens. That is what they do. One day both you and I will be up there in Silverpelt, watching over generations and generations of cats to come."
The WindClan leader lashed her tail. "I did not haul myself out of my den to be lectured on the powers of StarClan! What do I need to know about this danger?!" she spat angrily.
Rowanfoot locked eyes with Hawkstar. "All you need to know is that your precious Clan is in danger. All of the Clans are in danger! Now you can sit here and demand for answers like a pouting kit, or you can pick yourself up and listen to your medicine cat!"
Hawkstar flattened her ears to her head, and lowered her eyes. She shut her mouth, and turned away from Rowanfoot. She lashed her tail and whispered," You don't own me," and padded back to her den in silence.
The medicine cat rose to her paws. She took one last look at the bright silver moonlight.
Rowanfoot flicked her tail dismissively at the full moon. Last night was the Gathering. By the next Gathering, Hawkstar would understand what Rowanfoot was trying to tell her.
She sighed, and trudged back to the medicine den.