The White Raven

SwiftClan
Leader:
 * Crowstar - black tom

Deputy:
 * Greywhisker - very pale silver tabby she-cat

Medicine Cat:
 * Rainpelt - grey tom

Warriors:


 * Suntail - speckled golden furred she-cat
 * Acornfall - light brown tabby tom
 * Gorsenose - grey tabby she-cat, amber eyes
 * Bluepelt - blue-grey she-cat
 * Brackenheart - longhaired ginger tabby tom
 * Thornfrost - golden-brown tabby tom, white patches
 * Brightflame - pale ginger she-cat, amber eyes
 * Firpelt - dark brown tabby tom
 * Cinderfur - dark grey tom
 * Hawktalon - brown tabby tom, white patches
 * Yellowclaw - golden-brown tabby she-cat
 * Snailtooth - brown-and-white tom
 * Tawnyfang - tortoiseshell she-cat
 * Spotmuzzle - white she-cat, brown spots

Apprentices:


 * Cricketpaw - pale tabby tom
 * Honeypaw - golden-brown she-cat

Queens:


 * Hollyspots - dark brown tabby she-cat, black flecks, mother to Cedarthroat's kits: Ravenkit (black she-cat, white patches), Dovekit (white she-cat, black patches).
 * Sleektail - black-and-white she-cat, green eyes, mother to Firpelt’s kits: Antkit (dark brown tabby tom), Redkit (dark ginger tom), Finchkit (golden-brown she-cat).
 * Feathercloud - white she-cat, expecting Greywhisker’s kits

Elders:


 * Duskypelt - dark brown tabby tom, lighter patches
 * Oakfall - brown tabby tom

EchoClan
Leader:
 * Mossstar - grey-and-white she-cat

Deputy:
 * Larkheart - pale brown tabby tom

Medicine Cat:
 * Nightfur - thick furred black she-cat

Warriors:


 * Emberfur - black she-cat
 * Reednose - dark brown tabby tom
 * Flamesong - dark ginger tom

Ivystripe - pale tabby she-cat

Sparkheart - pale ginger she-cat, darker patches

Firefoot - big ginger tom

Sweetfang - pale grey she-cat, darker flecks

Willowflight - grey she-cat

Smokestep - dark grey tom

Mouseleap - brown tom

Flintfeather - dark grey tabby tom

Longleg - pale brown tom

Whitetail - white she-cat, dark brown eyes

Apprentices:


 * Scorchpaw - dark grey tom
 * Beetlepaw - dark brown tabby she-cat
 * Pebblepaw - pale grey she-cat

Queens:
 * Eagletalon - brown she-cat, mother to Smokesteps kits: Owlkit (white tom), Turtlekit (dark brown tabby tom).
 * Clovetail - long-furred black-and-white she-cat, mother to Larkheart's kit: Larkkit (brown tabby she-cat)

Elders:


 * Hazelfoot - brown tabby she-cat

Prologue
The moonlight shone upon the cat, the white brightness of it's light in stark contrast to the cat's black fur.

"This is got to stop." The black tom boomed out. "I am your leader, I have been since Twilight was killed."

The many cats gathered below him stayed silent, and he frowned. "Do you doubt my claim? I wasTwilight's deputy, so that makes me your leader."

A lithe grey tom ran his tounge through his pelt, then got to his paws. "Crowstar, we all support you."

Crowstar snorted. "I wouldn't be saying this if that were true. Another has been killed tonight." He watched as gasps of shock ran through the gathered cats, searching for a group of cats who seemed unsurprised by this. His yellow eyes rested on Bluepelt, who was watching him with cold, knowing amber eyes. He hissed.

"Bluepelt."

The blue-grey she-cat nodded, and stood. "Crowstar." A tom sitting beside her, Acornfall, whispered something to her that Crowstar couldn't quite hear, but Bluepelt seemed to ignore him.

"Crowstar." She hissed up at him. "You are not our leader. You sit on that rock like it is a throne, like SwiftClan is still in the clutches of Twilight. You are no leader of mine." She spat a gob of spit at the foot of the High-Rock, causing a lot of titters to spread around the crowd. Bluepelt turned to the rest of the Clan.

"Yes, he was Twilight's deputy. But Twilight wasn't a leader! She was never blessed by StarClan! Our last true leader was Lionstar!"

Yowls of approval rose up from figures Crowstar couldn't identify. He pinned his ears back, and hissed his reply.

"Lionstar is dead! Yes, Twilight never got nine lives, but I did. I think you will find that that makes me your leader."

Bluepelt shook her head. "No! Lionstar had a son."

Crowstar frowned. Where was the she-cat going with this? Cedarthroat was ''dead. ''"But Cedarthroat is dead. He died yesterday."

Suntail glared at Crowstar when he said this, and Crowstar understood why. Cedarthroat was her son, it was natural for her to be angry when he mentioned him. SwiftClan usually didn't mention the deceased names for a moon after they had died, for it was thought that mentioning the name would call the dead back, and stop them from reaching StarClan. Crowstar dipped his head apologetically to the old she-cat, then turned back to Bluepelt. She was watching him with narrowed eyes.

"Yes, he is ''dead!" ''She called out. "But his blood remains. Hollyspots had his kits just before you summoned us here."

Crowstar blinked. Was this true? He flicked his tail to Snailtooth, which he understood as the command, 'Check if this is true.' The brown-and-white tom nodded, anfd slunk away, heading for the nursery.