A/N: I'm so sorry this is late! I wanted to get it out earlier, but unfortunately, my computer had other plans. And, as many of you thought, the Clans are not descendants of the present Clans, but of the past Clans (a.k.a Thunder, Shadow, River, Wind, and Sky). I hope it turns out good, because I have a lot of ideas. And if I kill off your character/family of your character, don't blame me, it's what makes a story good. Ok, I think I'm done here.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Warriors, or any of the cats featured in this story.
Allegiances
FlameClan-
Leader- Birchstar- Light brown tabby she-cat with white paws and dark green eyes
Apprentice: Lightningpaw
Deputy- Shadowmist – Pure black she-cat with amber eyes
Medicine Cat- Rushfoot – Long haired brown she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice: Lilypaw
Warriors- Bristleclaw – Dark brown tabby tom with green eyes.
Apprentice: Fawnpaw
Clumsyfoot – Long haired light brown she-cat with green eyes
Jumpfoot – Brown tabby tom with light green eyes
Apprentice: Jewelpaw
Brindlefoot – Tortoiseshell tom with red ears and blue eyes
Icetail – Light gray tom with white tail and blue eyes
Apprentice: Darkpaw
Flowerstripe – Pale orange she-cat with darker stripes and icy blue eyes
Apprentice: Hawk paw
Lion jump – Reddish golden tom with green eyes
Dark claw – Dark gray almost black tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Tangle paw
Mousepelt – Dusky brown she-cat with blue eyes
Dewtail – Blue gray tom with green eyes
Apprentice: Bramblepaw
Riverheart – Light gray she-cat with dark gray paws and amber eyes
Apprentice: Sootpaw
Cherrystripe – Light ginger she-cat with darker stripes on sides and green eyes
Hollowclaw – Dark gray tom with blue eyes
Stripefur – White tom with black and brown stripes running around body and brown eyes
Orangetail – Tortoiseshell she-cat with dark ginger tail and green eyes
Apprentices- Hawkpaw – Golden red tom with ginger stripes on sides and green eyes
Lightningpaw – Ginger tom with stripes that look like lightning on sides and blue eyes
Jewelpaw – Brown she-cat with amber eyes
Darkpaw – Dark brown tabby tom with green eyes
Fawnpaw – Light brown she-cat with white paws, chest, tail tip and green blue eyes
Sootpaw – Light gray tabby tom with darker spots and yellow eyes
Lilypaw – Black she-cat with white tail tip and green eyes
Tanglepaw – Dark brown tabby tom with black stripes and green eyes
Bramblepaw – Black she-cat with white tail tip and icy blue eyes
Queens- Leafsky – Brown tabby she-cat with golden eyes. Mate – Dewtail. Kits – Redkit (Light ginger she-cat with amber eyes) Brownkit (Brown tom with blue eyes) Stripedkit (Tortoiseshell tom with golden eyes)
Featherheart – Light gray she-cat with blue eyes. Mate – Icetail. Kits – Darkkit (Dark gray tom with green eyes) Firekit (Dark ginger tom with blue eyes)
Swifthunt – Silver she-cat with amber eyes. Pregnant with Stripefur's kits.
Elders- Grassblade – Brown tom with golden eyes. Retired early as punishment for breaking the Warrior Code.
Heatstrike – Dark ginger tabby tom with amber eyes.
MoonClan-
Leader – Ashstar – Dark gray she-cat with black spots and shining green eyes Deputy – Shadebrook – (look at Queens for description) Apprentice: Pinepaw Medicine Cat – Birdflight – Light brown tabby she-cat with green eyesWarriors – Yelloweye – Dark brown Tom with one yellow eye and one blue eye
Shadestalker – Black tom with amber eyes
Flamestorm – Ginger she-cat with bright green eyes
Apprentice: YellowpawDawnshadow – Black she-cat with violet eyes
Apprentice: WindpawStormheart – Dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Dovewing – Cream she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: DaypawBrambleslash – Dark tabby tom with honey eyes
Shimmerstrike – Silver she-cat with gray tail whose fur shines in moon and blue eyes
Apprentice: BloodpawEclipsedmoon – Black tom with half white half black face and amber eyes
Waspfur – Black tom with white stripes around body and bright green eyes
Apprentice: MudpawShinefall – Black tom with white feet and light gray eyes
Gingertail – Tortoiseshell she-cat with light ginger tail and yellow eyes
Apprentice: FlowerpawSnaketail – Gray tom black front left paw and belly and blue eyes
Apprentices – Pinepaw – Dark brown tom with yellow eyes
Yellowpaw – Pure white she-cat with yellow eyes
Bloodpaw – Dark ginger tabby tom with light green eyes
Daypaw – Pure white she-cat with amber eyes
Windpaw – Light gray tabby tom with bright blue eyes
Mudpaw – Dark brown tom with gray paws and yellow eyes
Flowerpaw – Pure black she-cat with indigo eyes
Queens – Shadowpelt – Pure black she-cat with blue green eyes. Pregnant with Yelloweye's kits
Shadebrook – Black she-cat with white star on forehead and blue eyes. Mate – Waspfur. Kits – Clawkit (Black tom with white spots on back and light blue eyes) Darkkit (Pure Black tom with light green eyes)
Graypool – Light gray with dark stripe from head to tail and blue eyes. Mate – Shinefall. Kits – Littlekit (Light gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes) Talonkit (Dark gray tom with blue eyes)
Elders – Onetail – Dark brown tom with light green eyes
SwiftClan-
Leader – Wolfstar – Huge white she-cat with pale gray stripes and multicolored eyes
Deputy – Tiger flash – Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentice: Ash paw Medicine Cat – Star heart – Dark gray almost black she-cat with white star on forehead and blue eyes Warriors – Flower stem – White she-cat with flowerlike patches and blue eyesJay gaze – Blue gray tom with silver tail tip and bright blue eyes
Apprentice: Prickle pawWhite frost – Snowy white tom with black patch on left shoulder and ear
Adder tail – Dark gray tom with green eyes
Lily whisker – Light tabby silver she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice: Feather pawIce whisker – Light silver she-cat with dark dapples on back and green eyes
Boulder pelt – Dark gray tabby tom with pelt with light green eyes
Apprentice: Horse pawWet pelt – Dark ginger tom with black feet and yellow eyes
White heart – Pure white she-cat with dark green eyes
Sheep foot – Light gray she-cat with white feet and gray eyes
Thorn grove – Ginger tom with amber eyes and claws like needles
Apprentice: RunningpawBlackfur – Pure black tom with yellow eyes
Dovewhisper – Black and white tortoiseshell with dove markings on sides green eyes
Apprentice: GraypawGoldenheart – Golden she-cat with green eyes
Lightningstrike – Black and white tom with green eyes
Angelwing – Pure white she-cat with green eyes
Apprentices – Featherpaw – Light silver she-cat with blue eyes
Pricklepaw – Dark ginger tom whose fur sticks up all over his body and yellow eyes
Horsepaw – Dark brown tabby tom with white paws and yellow eyes
Ashpaw – Light gray tom with darker tail tip, feet, and ears with amber eyes
Runningpaw – Reddish brown tom with green eyes
Graypaw – Golden tom with a light gray tail and blue eyes
Queens – Swiftwind – Light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes. Mate – Blackfur. Kits – Loudkit (Pure white tom with green eyes) Brightkit (White she-cat with light brown stripes on sides and green eyes) Barkkit (Light brown tom with white tail tip and blue eyes)
Featherdapple – Light silver, almost white she-cat with darker stripes running from forehead to tail and white paws with light blue eyes. Mate – Whitefrost. Kits – Rabbitkit (Light silver, almost white tom with gray stripes on back and blue eyes) Poppykit (gray she-cat with black spots and yellow eyes) Icekit (White she-cat with gray and black tail tip and blue eyes)
Amberflower – Pale red she-cat with tortoiseshell markings and blue eyes. Mate – Tigerflash. Kits – Cinderkit (Pale gray tabby she-cat with white spots that look like clouds and blue eyes) Seedkit (Pale ginger she-cat with small black flecks and dark blue eyes)
Ivygaze – White she-cat with squiggly orange lines on back and legs and dark green eyes with light green flecks. Mate – Jaygaze. Kits – Firekit (Orange tom with silver ear and bright blue eyes with green flecks) Patchkit (White she-cat with blue gray patches and purple indigo eyes)
Mistwhisker – Blue gray she-cat with blue eyes. Pregnant with Boulderpelt's kits.
Finchkit – Light gray she-cat with brown spots and amber eyes. (Brother – Branchkit. Mother (Brownheart) and father (Thundertail) in StarClan)
Branchkit – Light gray tabby tom with light brown tail and amber eyes
Elders – Viperbelly – White tom with black belly and ears and green eyes
Lightstep – Cream tabby she-cat with white feet and amber eyes
WaterClan-
Leader – Sparrowstar – Chocolate tabby tom with tan legs. Darker stripes on tail and legs, with a lighter chin and softer lines on face. Sand yellow eyes borderline on green and hazel
Apprentice: WildpawDeputy – Hollowpool – Light brown she-cat with dark brown marking and bright green eyes
Medicine Cat – Brindlefur – Light brown tortoiseshell she-cat with black cape on neck. One white foreleg with a white muzzle and tan fur surrounding face, curving down to almost reach the eye. Long gash on right foreleg and sand yellow eyes
Apprentice: SilentflowerWarriors – Poppyheart – dark brown she-cat with black paws and light green eyes
Eagleswoop – Dark gray tom with light blue eyes
Apprentice: Riverpaw
Orangespots – White she-cat with orange spots and purple eyes
Apprentice: Tigerpaw
Emberstorm – Dark ginger she-cat with gray paws and gray eyes
Reedstripes – Light brown tom with darker stripes and dark blue eyes
Apprentice: Bramblepaw
Splashclaw – Pure white tom with amber eyes
Owlleave – Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Honeyclaw – Light brown tabby she-cat with golden paws and amber eyes
Apprentice: Greenpaw
Adderfur – Dark gray, almost black tom with amber eyes
Mosswhisker – dusty brown she-cat with light blue eyes
Apprentice: Scalespaw
Cliffpelt – Light brown tom with orange stripes and yellow eyes
Rainstrike – Blue gray tom with black stripes on legs and green eyes
Apprentice: Nightpaw
Frostclaw – Brown tom with white paws and blue eyes
Apprentice: Lightpaw
Kestrelfur – Dark tabby tom with sand yellow eyes
Apprentice: Cougarpaw
Frostwhisker – Tortoiseshell she-cat with white muzzle and belly and piercing blue eyes
Apprentices – Tigerpaw – Dark ginger tabby tom with black stripes and amber eyes
Greenpaw – Tortoiseshell she-cat with large light green eyes
Lightpaw – Light gray she-cat with blue eyes
Riverpaw – Dark gray tom with white tail tip and blue eyes
Wildpaw – White she-cat with light gray mask and blue eyes with yellow flecks
Bramblepaw – White tom with dark brown face and blue eyes
Cougarpaw – Light brown tom with dark crown legs and yellow eyes
Nightpaw – Pure black she-cat with violet eyes
Scalespaw – Reddish brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Silentflower – Light gray she-cat with silver stripes on tail and light blue eyes
Queens – Emberheart – Dark ginger she-cat with dark green eyes. Mate – Frostclaw. Kit – Sandkit (Light ginger she-cat with light green eyes)
Bluefur – Blue gray she-cat with yellow eyes. Mate – Cliffpelt. Kits – Shykit (Light gray tabby she-cat with darker stripes on face and blue eyes) Dawnkit (Pure white she-cat with yellow eyes)
Jadeheart – Brown tabby she-cat with green eyes. Mate – Rainstrike. Kits – Jumpkit (Dark brown tom with light brown eyes) Fawnkit (Light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes) Emeraldkit (dark brown tom with shining green eyes) Stonekit (Light gray tom with green eyes)
Rosepetal – Cream she-cat with darker flecks and amber eyes. Mate – Emberstorm. Kits – Skykit (Pale blue gray she-cat with white paws, chest, and tail tip and green eyes) Rainkit (Blue gray she-cat with silver paws and green eyes) Pantherkit (Black tom with dark gray paws and belly with yellow eyes)
Thundercloud – Light ginger she-cat with dark blue eyes. Pregnant with Splashclaw's kits.
Elders – Featherfur – Fluffy light gray she-cat with darker flecks and green eyes
Cats Outside Clans:Anger – Pure black tom with amber eyes. Rouge
Lost – Dark brown tabby tom with white patch on throat. Lives on SwiftClan territory. Rouge
Misery – Light brown she-cat with blue eyes. Formerly Shadowbright of MoonClan. Rouge
Straw – White tom with blue eyes. Former kittypet. Rouge
Falcon – Silver tom with white tail tip and sky blue eyes. Forced to live as rouge when CloudClan was defeated
Fang – Black tom with white spots and tail and ice blue eyes
Crystalclaw – Dark gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes. Exiled for breaking the warrior code
Henna – Reddish brown she-cat with green eyes
Bow – White she-cat with black stripes and amber eyes. (Brother – Arrow). Kittypet
Arrow – Black tom with white paws and amber eyes Kittypet
Oreo – Black tom with white belly, paws, chin, and nose with yellow eyes
Tigger – Light ginger tabby tom with darker stripes on sides and amber eyes
PrologueCrouching on the bank of a clear pool, a silver she-cat with stars in her fur looked into its depths seeing a group of cats chasing after a rabbit on the moors. She smiled, and it grew wider when two kits joined her.
"Hello, Cricketkit and Lionkit. Do you wish to hear how the Clans you were to live in became? I was there" Lionkit nodded vigorously.
"It all began with dreams; weird ones," the she-cat began. Both kits had quieted down and were listening intently. "A cat would come to me, stars in his fur, and say 'Loning is no more. It is time for four to rule the forest!' I would try to chase after him, but he always ran faster, and soon his tabby pelt disappeared over the mountains.
"My father, Thunder, would always comfort me when I awoke panting. He would also joke that I could never get a good night sleep like my sister, Snow. Flower, my mother, would always purr at our bickering.
"'Sleek,' he'd always chuckle, 'if you don't stop thrashing around your nest, I'll make you sleep outside the den!' But he never did.
" He never knew that I would sneak away every night to see Talon. He was Shadow's son, and my best friend. Talon and I would always laugh at Eagle, River's son, Leaf, Wind's son, or Blue, Sky's daughter. Together we were happy."
"Thunder? Shadow? Wind? River? Sky?" Cricketkit asked. "Weren't they the first leaders of the Clans-of-Long-Ago?"
"Yes, Cricketkit, that is where our tale begins. 'It would never last' I thought," The she-cat continued, "'All of these loners can't survive together. What would happen in leaf-bare?'"
"Leaf-bare is always hard." Lionkit interrupted, " right Cricketkit? That's how we came here! But Emberheart didn't come with us."
"Do you want me to continue," the she-cat asked crossly. Both kits nod, so the she-cat continues with her story.
" Then the battle came. All were driven hard by their family. Flower fought furiously with Snow and I, urging us on. I saw my father grappling with River in the underbrush, but I would not join him; it was his fight. Unfortunately, our fighting was not enough for my mother. Wolf, Talon's brother, killed her. I killed him with Snow in vengeance, and Talon never knew.
"The fighting only ceased when the dead -"
"The dead?!?" Cricketkit squeaked.
"Yes," the she-cat explained calmly, "you know them as StarClan, such as me, you, and Lionkit. Yes, the dead came to see us, the stars in their fur. Wolf was by my mother, quietly saying that he was sorry.
"Together, StarClan and the loners created five Clans, named after my father, River, Wind, Shadow, and Sky. Technically I was Talon's worst enemy now. Rules were created. The warrior code as you know it. Other than the rules, Clan life was good, for a while. I became Sleekpelt, and Snow became Snowflower, after my mother.
"Soon I became restless. I had kits, beautiful kits named Redkit and Birdkit, but it didn't help my restlessness.
"At a Gathering one night, I announced to all that I was leaving. Anyone wishing to join me could.
"Thunderstar was speechless. His own daughter, leave the Clans? All the other leaders were smug, until their own cats spoke up, Talonshade included. With a flick of my tail, I picked up Redkit and left, the cats that wished to leave following me. Talonshade never left my side, always carrying Birdkit; his kit. He once told me that we had enough for two small Clans, I felt joyful.
"Together we crossed the mountains, and we found a lake. But that lake didn't hold the needs for all cats, so we moved on.
"By the time we had enough cats for three Clans, we had found the place. Forests, bigger than the ones at home, resided next to a marsh. Many creeks and a bigger river flowed through one territory, and usually ended in the others. Lastly, there was a drier patch of marsh, with a few trees. It was perfect for all.
"The Clans grew, and separated into the territories we felt most comfortable in. Unknowingly we created four more Clans.
"Fights broke out inside each Clan for leadership. Flameclaw was victorious in our Clan.
"Flameclaw found out that Mooneyes, Swiftcatch, Waterstep, and Cloudfur were victorious in their own Clans. That's how we became MoonClan, SwiftClan, FlameClan, WaterClan and CloudClan."
"Lionkit and I were supposed to be in MoonClan." Cricketkit announced.
"Yes," Sleekpelt said, "I was in FlameClan. Now let me finish. The CloudClan cats had lived with us for countless seasons and many generations, but after a harsh leaf-bare, they were driven out. MoonClan cats had died because of lack of prey, and they recruited the other Clans to help. In the end, they were successful, and each Clan got a section of the territory to help feed themselves. Many CloudClan cats died, but some survived as rouges. The other Clans were guilty in driving out the CloudClan cats, but pushed it away, because finally they were happy; far away from the original Clans, starting their own.
"The beginning of the Clans was rough, but it smoothed out. I just wish…" Sleekpelt sighed, "I just wish that some weren't out to ruin it all."
"I like that story," Lionkit meowed, "I'll tell it to the other kits, ok?"
"If we want to tell it to them, we got to hurry!" Cricketkit said, "Bye Sleekpelt! Thanks for telling it to us!"
'Kits,' Sleekpelt thought as she watched them bound away, but she changed her mind when a better thought bounced around her mind. 'At least they know of the Clans now, even if they don't get to live in them.
With a sigh she turned back to the pool, intent on the cats chasing yet another rabbit.