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.