Welcome to Tinystar's Beginning: Fire and Ice! I'm so glad to be able to write this, and I'm really excited for you all to see the changes I've made. This story, like the one before it, will stick to the main plot of the original Fire and Ice book – but there will be some differences. What are they? You'll have to read to find out!

If you haven't read Tinystar's Beginning: Into the Wild, you ought to - but you won't be lost if you haven't. These stories follow the main plot of the books, with my own deviations, and most things that happened in the previous installment are covered in the first chapter of this book.

Today is my birthday, too; I thought it fitting to do myself a favor and finally post this story. Enjoy!

ALLEGIANCES:

THUNDERCLAN:

Leader: Tigerstar – big dark brown tabby tom with unusually long front claws

Deputy: Bluefur – blue-gray she-cat with a silver muzzle (expecting kits)

Medicine Cat: Yellowfang – old dark gray she-cat with a broad, flattened face; formerly of ShadowClan

Warriors:

Oakheart – a reddish brown tom (Bluefur's mate)

Whitestorm – big white tom (Sandpaw)

Darkstripe – sleek black-and-gray tabby tom (Dustpaw)

Longtail – pale tabby tom with dark stripes (Brightpaw)

Runningwind – swift tabby tom

Willowpelt – very pale gray she-cat with unusual blue eyes

Mousefur – small dusky brown she-cat

Graystripe – long-haired gray tom with a dark stripe along his spine (Cinderpaw)

Tinyclaw – very small black tom with one white paw (Brackenpaw)

Apprentices:

Dustpaw – dark brown tabby tom

Sandpaw – pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

Brightpaw – white-and-ginger she-cat

Cinderpaw – fluffy gray she-cat

Brackenpaw – golden brown tabby tom

Queens:

Frostfur – white-pelted she-cat with beautiful blue eyes (mother of Cinderpaw, Brackenpaw, Thornkit, and Swiftkit)

Brindleface – pretty tabby (mother of Ashkit and Fernkit)

Speckletail – pale tabby, eldest queen (mother of Brightpaw and Snowkit – deaf white tom)

Elders:

Halftail – big dark brown tabby tom with part of his tail missing

Smallear – gray tom with small ears, eldest ThunderClan tom

Patchpelt – small black-and-white tom

One-eye – pale gray she-cat, eldest cat in ThunderClan; virtually blind and deaf

Dappletail – once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with a lovely dappled coat

SHADOWCLAN:

Leader: Nightpelt – black tom

Deputy: Cinderfur – thin gray tom

Medicine Cat: Runningnose – small gray-and-white tom

Warriors:

Stumpytail – brown tabby tom (Brownpaw)

Wetfoot – gray tabby tom

Littlecloud - small tabby tom

Whitethroat – black-and-white tom

Apprentices:

Brownpaw – mottled brown-and-ginger tabby tom

Queens:

Dawncloud – small tabby

Brightflower – black-and-white she-cat

Elders:

Ashtail – thin gray tom

WINDCLAN:

Leader: Tallstar – black and white tom with a very long tail

Deputy: Deadfoot – solid black tom with a twisted paw

Medicine Cat: Barkface – a short-tailed brown tom

Warriors:

Mudclaw – mottled dark brown tom (Webpaw)

Tornear – tabby tom (Runningpaw)

Onewhisker – young, lithe brown tabby tom (Whitepaw)

Apprentices:

Webpaw – dark gray tabby tom

Runningpaw – light gray-and-brown tabby she-cat

Whitepaw – small white she-cat

Queens:

Ashfoot – a gray queen

Morningflower – tortoiseshell queen

RIVERCLAN:

Leader: Crookedstar – huge light brown tabby with a twisted jaw

Deputy: Leopardfur – unusually spotted golden tabby she-cat

Medicine Cat: Mudfur – long-haired light brown tom

Warriors:

Blackclaw – smoky black tom (Heavypaw)

Brambleclaw – big dark brown tabby tom (Shadepaw)

Tawnypelt – tortoiseshell she-cat

Loudbelly – a dark brown tom (Silverpaw)

Silverstream – pretty slender silver tabby she-cat

Apprentices:

Heavypaw – stocky, thickset tabby tom

Shadepaw – very dark gray she-cat

Silverpaw – solid silver-gray tom

Queens:

Graypool – a thin, very dark gray she-cat with a scarred pelt

Elders:

Goldenflower – pale ginger tabby she-cat

CATS OUTSIDE THE CLANS:

Rusty – handsome ginger tom with green eyes; kittypet

Fiona – lovely long-haired white she-cat with pretty blue eyes; kittypet

Cloudkit – ginger-and-white she-kit with long fur, pale blue eyes

Smudge – plump black-and-white kittypet

Barley – black-and-white loner, lives on the farm close to the forest

Ravenpaw – skinny black tom with a white chest and tail-tip; formerly of ThunderClan

Brokenstar – long-haired dark brown tabby; formerly of ShadowClan

Blackfoot – large white tom with huge black paws; formerly of ShadowClan

Clawface – battle-scarred brown tom; formerly of ShadowClan

Russetfur - dark ginger she-cat; formerly of ShadowClan

Boulder – silver tabby tom; formerly of ShadowClan