Falling Origins Book 1: The Clans

Thunderclan
Leader- Littlestar- Small Marbled she-cat

Deputy- Hollypath- Red she-cat with Hazel eyes

Medicine Cat- Redwhisker- Red she-cat

Apprentice: Thornpaw

Warriors
Gorgebush

Birchlily

Possumflight - Brown she-cat

Featherflight - Beautiful silver she-cat

Tornface - Yellow tom with a torn face from a dog fight

Swiftwing - Eldery white she-cat with amber eyes

Apprentice: Cinderpaw

Featherpool- Elderly Blue she-cat

Moleriver- Brown and white she-cat

Ferretcloud- Light Brown she-cat

Apprentice: Cloverpaw

Apprentices:
Thornpaw- Brown tabby tom with hazel eyes

Cinderpaw- Dark Grey she-cat with pale orange eyes

Cloverpaw- Bramble-coloured tom

Dirtpaw- Brown tom brother with Cloverpaw, Thornpaw and Cinderpaw

Queens:
Juniperclaw- Red she-cat

Elders:
Palefur- Pale orange tom

Blondefur- Blonde she-cat

Windclan:
Leader- Willowstar- Cream she-cat

Deputy- Snowrise- White she-cat

Medicine cat- Brightspirit- Light yellow she-cat

Warriors:
Berrypelt- Blue and silver tom

Apprentice- Wolfpaw

Echotalon- Brown she-cat

Herbwhisker- Talkative baige she-cat

Apprentice- Sparrowpaw

Pheonixfeather- Bright yellow she-cat, sister of Brightspirit

Elders:
Owlpetal- Brownywhite tom

Riverclan
Leader- Snakestar- Elderly, Long tailed red tom

Deputy- Greyclaw- Grey tom

Medicine cat- Ferntail- Greenybaige she-cat

Warriors
Mudfeather- Mud coloured tom

Tawnystripe- Blue she-cat

Apprentice: Foxpaw

Newtfoot- Black tom with white feet

Maplestripe- Brown she-cat with a white stripe

Apprenntice: Lemonpaw

Moleheart- Cream and Brown she-cat

Fishstorm- Blue tom

Queens:
Leapardstripe- Pale yellow she-cat with a brown stripe

Webflight- Grey she-cat

Apprentices:
Foxpaw- Red tom with blue eyes

Lemonpaw- Yellow she-cat

Elders
Stoneflight- Blue tom

Shadowclan
Leader- Furrystar- Bushy-haired tom

Deputy- Littlefoot- Small footed hazel tom

Medicine Cat- Stripyreed- Red and brown striped she-cat

Warriors:
Fawnpath- Baige she-cat

Crystalcloud- Silver she-cat

Apprentice- Dashpaw

Borrisflower- Striped tom (Cosmo)

Apprentice: Rabbitpaw

Apprentices
Dashpaw- Brown tom with a red stripe going up his head and along his back to the tip of his tail

Rabbitpaw- White she-cat with Hazel eyes

Cats outside clans
Spot- White tom with one black spot

Berry- Red tom

Lily- Light red she-cat

Hanky- Dust coloured she-cat

Log- Brown tom

Leaf- Greenybrown she-cat sister of Log

Jae- Gold tom

Fall- Greenyyellow she-cat

Rock- Grey tom

River- Blue she-cat

Prologue
It was a cold night, another misty one, like usual in this season of Leaf-bare. Every cat was tired, but the skies above stayed still in tension.

Down below, in the chilly night were two cats, one was a red she-cat, and one was a small white she-cat. "I... I had a dream last night" The red she-cat said, "it had a prophecy". "What was the prophecy about Redwhisker" the Little white she-cat said, she knew that the chilli air was keeping both Redwhisker and herself down on their knees, using the bushes to keep warm, although she was leader of Thunderclan and she had to be serious.

They were in the camp, the camp was silent apart from the distant snores of many cats around them, the accasional yawn or stretch or splutter, but nothing else - just the owls and prey shuffling around. The only cats that were awake at this time of night were them and the night patrol, and they were cold, "I would hate to be on the night patrol" she said, "I know" Redwhisker replied, "and that is why you didn't say Littlestar was going on it", "yeah" Littlestar replied. "So what was the prophecy?" Littlestar asked.

Redwhisker cleared her throat and began - "Clover can save the forest" she said...

Chapter 1- The Long Wait
Cloverkit was getting annoyed of his littermate, all of his littermates were way younger than him - he couldn't wait until he was to become an apprentice! Redwhisker and Littlestar had been visisting everyday since he was born, but he just thought that it was because he was born in Leaf-bare, lots of kits die in that time of the year. "Stop it" he cried to Cinderkit his younger sister who was dead excited because she could actualy see. She was blind - like every other kit - and only became able to see a few hours ago, and boy did she go skitzy!

"Mum", he said with a sigh - "i'm going to see Littlestar and Redwhisker" he said, "Well you take caution" his mother Juniperclaw replied. "I will" he said, and he walked out the entrance.

He went over to the medicine den and found Redwhisker and his older brother Thornpaw, sorting out herbs and plants. "Redwhisker?" Cloverkit asked, "What is it you are worried about with me?" Cloverkit said questioningly. "That - my young one is something you must find out when you are a little bit older, you are far too young for the answer now" she replied, "But aunty Redwhisker" he complained, "no" she replied. Cloverkit sighed and moved on - 'now to test on Littlestar' he thought, and walked on.

He walked towards the Leaders' Den with his tail high in annoyance. "What are you doing" Moleriver asked, "going to ask Littlestar something" he replied. "Ok" Moleriver finished as he walked away.

By the time Cloverkit reached Littlestar's den, his legs were tired, he was half the size of any of the warriors, so he had to walk twice as far as any of them, and he'd never been around the camp like that before. Littlestar was at the entrance, as if she were expecting him. "Hello Cloverkit. What is your problem?" she asked kindly. "Why am I so impotant, you see me nearly everyday" he said, a slight tone of anger in his voice, "that is something you need to find out when you are older Cloverkit - it would be a disaster giving you all the information when you are only a kit, when you get older, i promise i'll tell you" she said camly. Now Cloverkit was really mad. 'Why did this have to be so hard?' he thought, he dipped his head in his legs and walked sadly back to the nursery where Cinderkit pounced on top of him, "I can see!" she shouted out loud, "Stop it" he cried.

Chapter 2- The Apprentice ceremony
The next day finally came. Cloverkit bounced out of his moss bed and ran over to Juniperclaw who was sitting in the corner with his littermates all around her. "Have I grown?" he asked, "Definately", "you are just the right size". Cloverkit was asking this because he was to become an apprentice. He liked Ferretcloud, Moleriver was fun, he wasn't meant to be a medicine cat, so who would it be? Cloverkit jumped around, and landed in the soft moss bed.

That afternoon, Littlestar walked up to the Highrock, "Could everyone old enough to catch there own prey please come to the highrock", Cloverkit pounced up to her, "Cloverkit is now too old to be in the nursery with his mother, he will now be an apprentice. Cloverkit, from this day and on, you will be known as Cloverpaw - Ferretcloud would you like to mentor Cloverpaw?" she asked. "Yes", "do you promise to teach him everything you have learned?" "Yes" she replied again. "Then Ferretcloud will pleasingly mentor Cloverpaw - you can go out training tomorrow", she said, "Thankyou", and they walked off.

Cloverpaw walked towards the leader's Den, and Littlestar noticed, "Please can i be told?" he begged, "when you are a warrior" she replied stubbornly.

Cloverpaw walked out of the den - 'What am i to do now' he thought, 'i'm not even aloud to know my own specialness!' he trudged towards the apprentices den, and sat down outside. Thornpaw was already there - although he's been going there for nearly a moon. As he stood outside, he felt a drop of rain on his face, and then a shower started, so he trotted inside, and lay down to sleep.

The next morning it was bright and sunny, 'wow' Cloverpaw thought as Thornpaw came and sat next to him, "It is a sign from Starclan that the Dry-season is coming" he said. "I've never been in such warm weather" he said amazed, "that is because you were born in mid Leaf-bare, the wet season." That was when Cloverpaw realised, everyone was out doing stuff in the hot sun, even Cinderkit and another of his littermates called Dirtkit were out enjoying it.

He walked with Thornpaw around the camp, and Thornpaw decided to go into the elder's den, so Cloverpaw followed. When they got inside, Cloverpaw was horrified to find Palefur Screeching. Redwhisker and Littlestar were already there, and Thornpaw was there to help. "Just tell me what happened!" Redwhisker shouted. Finally Palefur caught his breath, "I have got a blocked throat" he said his chest high for breath. Cloverpaw didn't want Palefur to die because he was Cloverpaw's Great-Grandfather. Thinking about that, it suddenly came to Cloverpaw who his father was, he had never been told, only that he was a kittypet. "I'll get the honey" Thornpaw said, "and the water" he replied, "good" and Thornpaw walked off. Palefur looked okay now although, he was still panting and Heaving for breath. "Hello Cloverpaw" Blondefur, Palefur's wife said, "you're such a big boy now, eh?" she replied, "yes, I am" he replied, 'And alot older than when you last could even walk to the nursery and see me' he thought. His job here was done, he wasn't a medicine cat, he couldn't help being Horrified, he hadn't seen anything like this in his entire life. After a long stare, he walked away and ran off to the apprentices' Den.

Chapter 3- The Prophecy
Cloverpaw ran across the open moorland, chasing a rabbit down a hill, he was going to catch it, just a little bit closer, a little more and, and - his dream was broken, and he fell into darkness, complete darkness, that was when a white tom appeared, "Hello Clover" he said, "There is a kitty called k-" and his dream was broken, "Get up you lazy furball!" the deputy Hollypath shouted. "Ok" he replied and he trotted out to the entrance were he spotted Ferretcloud speaking to Littlestar. "Hello Cloverpaw" Littlestar said, "you need to go on your training session today, it has been two days since I made you an apprentice, that is too long" and she nodded her head towards Ferretcloud. He liked Ferretcloud, she was a beautiful Baige she-cat with green eyes, and she was only 2 moons older than him, and only became 'Ferretcloud' a few hours before he was made Cloverpaw.

When they reached the training hollow, Cloverpaw sat down on a flat and shiny rock, and thought about his dream, 'A kitty called K' he thought, then it came to him, Starclan has sent me a mission, but why, why when I am so young? 'It must be part of my evolution' he thought. He needed some one to go with him, and now it was just Ferretcloud and him, they could go. Cloverpaw would wait until after his training session before he would inform Ferretcloud.

"Alright, do you know anything about fighting?" she asked, "Of course" he replied, "good, give me a strike" she said. Cloverpaw did just as he was told and pushed at Ferretcloud, but Ferretcloud dodged him by moving to the right. "You've got to do it quickly, give your opponant no time to think" she said and as soon as she had finished, he striked at her and pinned her down, "very good, you've mastered the strike! Now, do you know how to push a rock? This move comes in very handy when you are trapped somewhere and it makes you strong and muscely. When doing this, you put you front paws on the face of the rock and push with all your might", Cloverpaw did just that, and pushed a huge rock straight off the place it was settled in. "Wow, you are a natural, give me a fight" she said. Cloverpaw pounced at her pinning her to the ground, but she curled over and tried to get him under, but he slipped out the side and stood hissing. He then striked at her using the move he had only just learnt and pinned her down, Ferretcloud quickly got back up and lead him into a cave. She pushed a rock on the entrance, and Cloverpaw was stuck in a dark cave. He pushed against the rock, using the other move he'd just learnt, and ran free to the spot were Ferretcloud was waiting for him. "You really can do alot after 1 training session, I might have to cut your schedule time of becoming a warrior" and she started to walk away.

"Wait!" Cloverpaw shouted, and Ferretcloud came walking back, "what is it?" She asked. "I had this dream, it-it- it said, 'A kitty called K'. I am soppused to find this Kittypet, because it is part of my understanding as I have worked out. This is very important for me, and I need a warrior I can take, and I've chosen you ..."

"Could you come with me on my quest to find the one special cat?"

Chapter 4- Stilton The Rogue Who knows the way
Cloverpaw and Ferretcloud stared at each other, "what are the others going to think?" she asked, "they will be fine, trust me" he replied. They started to walk, "I do hope so". They walked out towards the twoleg place, although they weren't any were near yet.

"I am glad for you Cloverpaw. I am only two moons older than you. Back before you were born, back before you were alive, Littlestar had a prophecy, it said Clover can save the forest, so when Juniperclaw came back and said that she had married someone, that someone had called you Clover, then when you were taken to the camp, you were made Cloverkit." She said. "So that is why they keep on visiting me" he said, "yes, Littlestar told me to inform you. No one knows who your father is, although who ever this kitty is, he might know". 'It does all fit together' Cloverpaw thought, atleast I know that it was because of a prophecy, although that answers as many questions as it makes. Who was my dad, Who is this person we are going to find, What does the 'K' mean, What was the prophecy, and why me? Cloverpaw just continued on. He didn't think they would be long on their journey because The twoleg place wasn't far away.

They walked past bushes and trees, and finally after what seemed like ages, they reached Tallpines. They could see the Twoleg Place. There was heaps of Twoleg nests, everywhere was a bunch of them. "Lets see if he is in one of these" Cloverpaw said, and he dropped into a hunters' crouch along the edge of a twoleg nest boundry, (a fence). The first one they got to was a tall brown figure. Cloverpaw scrambled up the boundry and found some Twolegs feeding some pet rabbits. Shew, shew said one of the twolegs, so he and Ferretcloud went down again. They walked along the side of the thunderpath, until they scented Kittypet.

Finally they came across one. Ferretcloud and Cloverpaw jumped onto the top of the boundry. A Russet-coloured tom with blue eyes was in the twoleg nest's garden. "Hello, What is you name" Cloverpaw said. "I am Cosmo, what buisness do you have here?" He asked, But Cloverpaw and Ferretcloud jumped down. "How long is this going to take" Ferretcloud asked, she jumped onto the twoleg boundry, and walked along it. "Come up here, you can see forever!" she said. Cloverpaw obeyed and leaped on top just behind Ferretcloud. They walked along until they came upon a small forest, suddenly, a large silver and blue rogue tom came out of the bushes. "What is your name?" Ferretcloud asked, "Do you know a Dark Brown tom starting with K?" Cloverpaw said after Ferretcloud. "I used to know a tom just of your explanation, he left with a red She-cat, my name is Stilton by the way." Stilton said. "Juniperclaw! The red she-cat was Juniperclaw!" Ferretcloud said jumpily. "Can you show us were he went?" Cloverpaw asked,

"Of course, he was my best friend, this way!"

Chapter 5- The camp's problem
"Were are Cloverpaw and Ferretcloud?" Cinderkit who was now a lot older asked. "I don't know, they've gone missing. But I know my son and I'm sure the two are ok". "I do hope so" Cinderkit replied.

"Could everyone old enough to catch their own prey please come to the highrock" Littlestar shouted out. Cinderkit and the youngest of Cloverpaw's littermates Dirtkit bounded out to the clearing, next to the highrock.

"Cinderkit is too young to be a kit. Cinderkit, from this day and on, you will be known as Cinderpaw, Possumflight, you will be her mentor. Do you agree to pass on everything you have learnt?" she said "Yes", "Then by the power of starclan I name you Mentor and Apprentice, see me in my den. Dirtkit is too young to be a kit. Dirtkit, from this day and on, you will be known as Dirtpaw, Spottedthroat, you will be his mentor. Do you agree to pass on everything you have learnt?" she said "Yes", "Then by the power of starclan I name you Mentor and Apprentice, see me in my den".

Dirtpaw and Cinderpaw stalked across with their mentors' to the Leader's den and sat down inside. "Alright, Palefur has been choking lately, and Cloverpaw and Ferretcloud have disappeared, we don't want to let anything else happen Ok?" Littlestar said, "yes" Cinderpaw and Dirtpaw replied. "You, will all go together to patrol the borders because three cats is enough, we didn't ask for it ok?" "Yes" Cinderpaw and her brother Dirtpaw with their mentor's Possumflight and Spottedthroat. Cinderpaw fealt uneasy, where are Cloverpaw her older brother and their close friend Ferretcloud?

Cinderpaw, Dirtpaw, Possumflight and Spottedthroat stalked out of the camp. It was a chilli afternoon like all, although it was coming to Green-leaf and she couldn't wait. Cinderpaw and Possumflight split up with Spottedthroat and Dirtpaw and started to head towards the twoleg place boundry. They walked past some bushes when suddenly, Cinderpaw smelt something, Mouse! She dropped doing just what Possumflight said, "Get down low, lift your feet off the ground, and when you are a tail-length from it, pounce on it and kill it by biting it hard in the neck". Cinderpaw dropped down and walked lightly across the surface of the leafs, she came eye-to-eye with it, it was only a tail-length infront of her so, pounce! She bit it hard in the neck and killed it. "Wo hoo!" she shouted, "very good now - " there was a voice. Cinderpaw had never heard the voice, it wasn't Cloverpaw's, it was a twoleg! "Lets get out now! Hide!" Possumflight shouted, but they were too late. The twoleg spotted them and came running after her. She ran and ran towards the camp, there would be more warriors there who could defeat him she thought. She ran towards the camp, and by the time she got there the warriors were ready. The twoleg wailed, Palefur came out of the den to see what was happening. "No get back in" Cinderpaw desperately shouted, but too late. The twoleg scopped the ancient antique up and ran off.

"Palefur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Chapter 6
Ferretcloud, Stilton and Cloverpaw walked along, when suddenly a twoleg monster came raoring past. The twoleg inside chucked something out, it was Palefur! "Palefur" Ferretcloud shouted, "what happened?". "Twoleg steal me, camp looking for you, Cloverpaw", and he fell ito silence. "No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cloverpaw shouted. But the silence only made him realise, Ferretcloud realised it to, Palefur was dead.

"Who is this?" Stilton Shouted, "this is my grandfather, but he seems to have been stolen, oh, the clan needs us, they're goners with the twolegs!" Cloverpaw shouted, "The 'Clans', 'Twolegs' - What?" Stilton said confused. "Oh you mean Kittycarers!" He said, "Uh- yeah" Ferretcloud said after a while. Stilton continued on leaving them behind, "well come on, we better get crackin' !" he said loudly, "we cant just leave him here!" Ferretcloud shouted, "well go back to your 'clans' and bury him!" he shouted stubbornly. "But our clans are a moon away!" Cloverpaw said, Ferretcloud and Cloverpaw picked up the still body and carried all the way until they found a forest. "Lets bury him here" Ferretcloud said, but before they could, a stripey tom came running along, "Father!" He shouted, "who are you!" Cloverpaw shouted, "I am Cosmo, that is my father you've got there" he said, "that means that you must be Cloverpaw's Uncle!" Ferretcloud said, "hey stilton, my old buddy" he said purring as he touched noses with Stilton, "good to see you" Stilton simply replied. "Come to my den, I have a lot to tell you about Kile and more!" Cosmo said.

They walked further into the forest until they came across a rock with a slit in it, "this is my den, come in!" he said. They all sat inside and listened, there were more cats in there aswell, "Kile left to the other side of the forest so you are nearly there, I am Kile's brother and me and Kile were both clan-born. Kile was Cliffkit and I was Borriskit, we were then stolen by the Kittycarers or the twolegs as you warriors would call it, and ended up here, it would be my pleasure the join you three to find Kile and bring him back", he said confidently. "Yeah, and I'll be the Rogue group leader when you have gone to join the Clans again!" a cat shouted from the crowd of rogues, "yes you will Jae, when I am gone, you will be leader." he replied, "and I can not wait to be second in comand!" Berry shouted, "No - I'll be in charge!" Spot replied angrily. "No fighting guys!" Cloverpaw said, "Hey you are not our leader!" Log said viscously, "Yeah - don't you agree Hanky!" Lily said, "Yeah!", "Shush guys. I am your leader, but from now and on - you have got to follow Jae, not me. But only from when I leave does Jae become Leader" Cosmo said calming everyone down. "Thanks alot", Ferretcloud said, "yeah", Cloverpaw replied, "It is getting late now, I think you are going to have to stay here for the night!" Cosmo said.