User blog:Silentpaw of DayClan/Rising Stars Book 1: Destruction

ALLEGIANCES

DAYCLAN

Leader: Owlstar - a dark brown tom with amber eyes.

Deputy: Brookfrost - pale gray she-cat with green eyes

Medicine Cat: Birchshine - dusky brown tom with amber eyes (Brother of Owlstar)

Warriors:

Dreamwing - golden tabby she-cat Apprentice, Silentpaw

Poppyspirit - long white haired tom. Apprentice, Finchpaw

Blackfire - black she-cat Apprentice, Spiderpaw

Ratfrost - small light brown tom (brother of Owlstar and Birchshine) Apprentice, Flamepaw

Reedspirit - pale tabby tom (Brother of Dreamwing)

Nightstripe - dark gray tom with black streaks (Brother of Blackfire) Apprentice, Lynxpaw

Swiftflame - tortoiseshell she-cat Apprentice, Smallpaw

Brighttree - russet colored she-cat (Owlstar's mate)

Apprentices:

Silentpaw - pale gray she-cat with darker gray tipped tail and ears with pale violet eyes (Former rogue and raised as Nightstripe and Swiftflame's daughter)

Smallpaw - a light gray she-cat

Flamepaw - ginger furred tom

Finchpaw - light brown she-cat with a ginger tail

Spiderpaw - black and white tom (Son of Nightstripe and Swiftflame)

Lynxpaw - tortoiseshell and white she-cat (Daughter of Nightstripe and Swiftflame)

Queens:

Lavenderheart - pale gray she-cat (Mother of Ratfrost's kits: Rosekit and Greenkit. Sister of Brookfrost)

Elders:

Yewpelt - light brown tabby tom (Father of Dreamwing and Reedspirit)

Dawnfrost - mottled dark brown she-cat (Mother of Owlstar, Birchshine, and Ratfrost)

Berryheart - long gray haired tom. (Father of Poppyspirit)

NIGHTCLAN

Leader: Dapplestar - tortoiseshell she-cat

Deputy: Ravensnow - black tom

Medicine Cat: Ebonyhaze - creamy white she-cat Apprentice, Tawnypaw

Warriors:

Daisysun - light ginger she-cat

Coldflower - white furred tom. Apprentice, Poisonpaw

Mouseshine - light brown tom

Juniperspots - white she-cat with grays spots (Sister of Coldflower)

Windmoth - black she-cat (Sister of Ravensnow) Apprentice, Duskpaw

Smokefog - smoky gray tom

Apprentices:

Tawnypaw - golden she-cat (Daughter of Mouseshine)

Poisonpaw - light gray tom (Son of Smokefog and Juniperspots)

Duskpaw - dark brown tom (Son of Mouseshine)

Queens:

Russetfang - russet furred she-cat (Mother of Coldflower's kits: Icekit, Snowkit, and Darkkit)

Elders:

Thrushfire - light brown she-cat (Mother of Tawnypaw and Daypaw, retired due to going blind after being injured in a battle)

Rabbitsoul - white tom with a gray tail (Father of Coldflower and Juniperspots)

GRASSCLAN

Leader: Rabbitstar - pale tabby tom.

Deputy: Iceclaw - white tom with gray paws Apprentice, Shimmerpaw

Medicine Cat: Goldenfire - golden she-cat

Warriors:

Ashtail - smoky gray tom with a white tail. Apprentice, Sootpaw

Meadowpool - tortoiseshell she-cat Apprentice, Volepaw

Lilyfrost - dark brown she-cat

Runningmoon - golden brown tabby tom (brother of Fernstep and Goldenfire)

Fernstep - light golden she-cat Apprentice, Patchpaw

Heavyflood - large dark gray tom Apprentice, Hopepaw

Apprentices:

Shimmerpaw - light gray she-cat (Sister of Sootpaw and daughter of Heavyflood)

Sootpaw - smoky gray tom (Brother of Shimmerpaw and son of Heavyflood)

Volepaw -light brown tom (Brother of Hopepaw)

Patchpaw - black and white tom (Son of Iceclaw)

Hopepaw - dark brown she-cat (Daughter of Lilyfrost)

Queens:

Emberleaf - dark ginger she-cat (Mother of Ashtail's kits: Clearkit, Cloudkit, and Quietkit. Sister of Fireflower)

Fireflower - light ginger she-cat (Mother of Runningmoon's kits: Flowerkit and Songkit. Sister of Emberleaf)

Elders:

Secretfur - light gray she-cat (Former Medicine cat)

WATERCLAN

Leader: Sunstar - light ginger tom

Deputy: Copperdrop - rust colored she-cat

Medicine Cat: Featherstreak - black she-cat with white markings

Warriors:

Daisywind - dusky brown she-cat (Sister of Ratpelt) Apprentice, Blossompaw

Fishshade - light gray tom (Brother of Wildfall and Risingsun)

Wildfall - dark gray tom (Brother of Fishshade and Risingsun)

Springclaw - pale tabby Apprentice, Raccoonpaw

Tinyleap - white she-cat

Ratpelt - dark brown tom (Brother of Daisywind)

Risingsun - gray tom with white ears (Brother of Wildfall and Fishshade)

Apprentices: 

Blossompaw - light brown she-cat (Daughter of Daisywind and Wildfall)

Raccoonpaw - black and gray tom (Son of Fishshade)

Prologue

The young she-cat yowled, her pelt trembling as another contraction hit. She pushed, and sighed when the pressure let up as a slick body slide out. She turned, breaking the sac around the kit's body before licking the fur. It was a she-cat, with light gray fur and darker gray swirls. A small patch of white started behind her left ear and went down to just below her eye. The mother purred before standing on shaky paws and picking up the small kit.

It gave an indignant squeak and squirmed slightly in her mouth.

The mother, a white-she cat with sparkling blue eyes, flicked her ears nervously. The forest wasn't safe, especially not at night. She had to get her kit somewhere safe. She was now unable to look after it. She padded through the forest silently. She could smell other cats, although it had been a few hours since the scent wasn't quite fresh. Other smells hit her nose, including the scent of prey and the stale scent of a fox.

She had heard of the cats that lived by the lake from the cats living at the Horseplace, but she had traveled far from there, over the moors into a dense forest. The sound of water lapping at the shores of the lake still hit her ears the deeper she went.

"Why are you here?"

She turned, fur bristling.

A pair of cats stood nearby. The gray she-cat stared at her with piercing green eyes, her own pelt bristling.

"She has a kit," a dusky brown tom said around a group of leaves clamped in his jaws. "Newborn from the look of it. Leafbare is a hard time to bare kits."

The pale gray she-cat, flicked her tail. "I see that, Birchshine," she meowed, eyes showing her irritation. "Why are you here, rogue?"

The white cat placed her kit down. "Please, I cannot look after her, I must return to my home far from here. If my brother were to find out I'd had a kit, she'd never have a good life. She needs to be somewhere she can be looked after and cared for. She will not find that with me."

"Brookfrost," the brown tom, Birchshine, meowed to the gray she-cat. "Perhaps we should take the kit with us."

Brookfrost sighed. "Well, Swiftflame and Brighttree are both in the nursery. One of them should be able to take this young kit."

"Perhaps Swiftflame, as her kits were just born today as well," Birchshine said with an air of finality.

Brookfrost nodded. "Owlstar might not like this."

Birchshine flicked his tail and padded forward to pick up the kit. "Get the herbs," he meowed around the small body. "I'll deal with my brother, but something tells me he'll be fine with it. She kind of looks like Nightstripe, anyway."

The white she-cat turned and ran off without another word, leaving the two Clan cats staring after her before they just shook their heads and continued on their way. When the pair entered Thunderclan's camp, heads turned, obviously catching the scent that kit was giving off.

"What is the meaning of this?" a small light brown tom growled as he approached. "Where did you get this kit?"

Brookfrost placed down the herbs and glared at the tom. "That is none of your business, Ratfrost. Take these herbs to the medicine cat den. Birchshine, you take that kit to Swiftflame in the nursery."

He nodded and padded away with the kit as Brookfrost turned and leapt up the Dayrock, entering the leaders den.

...

Swiftflame licked the small kit gently, staring down at it with adoring eyes. It wasn't her kit, no, it was the kit Birchshine and Brookfrost had brought back when its mother had just left with them because she couldn't care for it. She heard pawsteps approaching and her mate, Owlstar, entered.

His dark brown fur rippled as the cold air hit him. "I should have the warriors patch up the holes," he murmured, amber eyes shining with concern as he padded over. "Is this the little one? She has a beautiful coat."

"She looks like Nightstripe," Swiftflame purred, flicking her tail. "She looks like she would have his pelt. Something I wished I'd had instead of my father's russet colored fur. As for the new little one, the darker gray tips and the swirls on her chest are absolutely gorgeous."

"They are," Owlstar agreed. "She will be a fine addition to the Clan. She may make a great warrior or a fantastic medicine cat one day. Have you named her?"

"Yes," Swiftflame nodded. "With all these other kids as loud and noisy as thunder across the sky, this kit is rather quiet. It's refreshing. I've decided to name her Silentkit."

"Silentkit," Owlstar repeated, the name rolling off his tongue. "It's perfect for her. Silentkit."

The little kit purred as she kneaded Swiftflame's belly.

"Yes, she will be something special," he murmured, bending his head down and giving the kit an affectionate lick on the head. "She is just as important to me as she would be if she were born in this Clan."

Swiftflame looked up at her leader. "She's a part of this Clan now. She is part of our extended family."

Owlstar let a smile cross his face and nodded. Silentkit was now family.

...

Birchshine growled impatiently as he called to Silentkit again. It had been three moons since the young kit had been found and he was quickly noticing something wrong. Something that was off about her.

"Silentkit!" he yowled. "Come here!"

The kit, oblivious to his shout continued to play with the fallen leaf. She let out a quiet giggle when it landed on her head after she had failed at pouncing on it.

Birchshine paused, a thought of sadness striking him.

Silentkit was deaf.

Birchshine.

Birchshine's ears pricked and he turned his head, looking at the starry figure of the white she-cat who was now staring at him.

"Whitepool?" he whispered, staring at his former mentor. "Does StarClan have a message for me?"

She nodded. ''The sky will fall and the intruder will rise to power within the shadows. Peace cannot be found until the flower wilts and the echoes of the past will save the future as one cat's desperate Wish saves all.''

She began to fade as Birchshine stood. "Wait, Whitepool! What does that mean? Tell me more!"

However, she was gone.