The Life of Brindlestar series | ||
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Preceded by: The Life of Brindlestar: The Beginning |
The Life of Brindlestar: The Dark Ages | Succeded by: Coming Soon |
Allegiances (Updated regularly)
Riverclan
Leader- Hazelstar: Light brown tabby tom with greenish gray eyes
apprentice, Ravenpaw
Deputy- Boothe: Long haired black and gray tom with battle scars and abnormally large claws
Medicine Cat- Larksong: Brown tabby she-cat
apprentice, Pinepaw
Blood Warriors
Luna: Black she-cat
Pierre: Timid wiry brown tom
Foxheart: reddish tom with white splotches
Dustfoot: Golden tabby tom
Bolt: Big white tom
Pounce: small gray she-cat
Flame: pale ginger tom
Sabretooth: Massive golden tom with sharp teeth
Frost: Pure white she-cat
Fallen: Black tom
Crusade: Reddish tom
Sierra: Reddish-Ginger she-cat
Fuzz: Fuzzy tabby she-cat
Monaco: Calico she-cat
Bullfrog: Bright silver tabby tom
Warriors
Tigerfall- dark brown tabby and white tom with gleaming green eyes
Emberwing- Fluffy light gray she-cat, dark blue eyes
Ashfall- Fluffy light tom, dark green eyes
apprentice, Cloudpaw
Heatherspring- Ginger she-cat
Leafwhisker- dark brown tabby tom
Gorsefall- light grayish-blue tom
Furzeberry- Tortoiseshell and white she-cat
Sandfoot- pale ginger she-cat
apprentice, Aspenpaw
Lilyflower- brown and white she-cat with one blue eye and one gray
Oaktalon- Russet colored tom
apprentice, Brindlepaw
Rosefall- Tawny colored she-cat
Whiteclaw- White tom
Snaketail- Tortoiseshell she-cat
Berryflower- Reddish-Cream she-cat
Sorrelpelt- Golden Brown tabby she-cat
Graypelt- Dark gray, almost black she-cat
Darkspots- Black tom with white spots and tipped-tail
Apprentices
Cloudpaw- White tom with ice-blue eyes
Brindlepaw- light brown tabby tom with one blue eye and one grayish-green eye
Pinepaw- pale brown tabby she-cat with gray eyes
Ravenpaw- Tall black tom with white chest and paws
Aspenpaw- dark brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Queens
Stormfeather- Black with amber eyes
Mother of Ashfalls kits: Cinderkit (fluffy dark gray she-cat with light green eyes) and Thornkit (Black tom with bright green eyes) (5 Moons)
Poppyleaf- dark tortoiseshell she-cat with dark amber eyes, expecting Tigerfall's kits
Mother of Tigerfall's kits: Fallowkit (Black she-cat), Leopardkit (Dark brown tabby tom), Snowkit (white and tortoiseshell she-cat), Mintkit (white and dark gray tabby tom)
Elders
Pebblefoot- Very old dark gray tom. Grandson of the legendary Mistystar
Paleclaw- Very pale gray tom, with pale brown eyes
Nettleheart- brown tabby she-cat, green eyes
Littletail- short black tom with a stumpy tail with gray eyes
Birchpelt- short brown she-cat. Retired early due to unexplainable weakening of the muscles
Shadowclan
Leader- Ivystar: Small reddish-brown and white tome
Deputy- Bonestripe: White tom with odd thin black strip on his spine, amber eyes. Great-Grandson of Dawnpelt
Medicine Cat- Jaywing: young light gray tom
Warriors
Mousefoot- Gray tom with brown eyes
apprentice, Talonpaw
Eaglefrost- Pale gray tom
Berrystripe- Cream colored she-cat
Flowerstorm- White she-cat
apprentice, Fishpaw
Gingerpelt- Flame colored tabby she-cat
Ferretstripe- Black and gray tabby tom
apprentice, Stripepaw
Larkshadow- Dark brown tabby tom
Barktalon- Dark brown tabby tom
Queens
Breezecloud- Long haired light gray, with green eyes
Reedstorm- Tabby Queen
Elders
Dapplefur- small brown she-cat
Yellowtail- Very pale ginger she-cat
Thunderclan
Leader- Oakstar: Bright ginger tom with white paws and tail. Grandson of Lionblaze and Cinderheart
Deputy- Mosswhisker: Brownish gray and gold tabby tom with hazel brown eyes
Medicine Cat- Minnowflight: Slender mottled gray she-cat with blue eyes
Warriors
Stormbreeze: dark gray tom
Streamclaw- Gray tom
Poppyshade- Black she-cat
apprentice, Robinpaw
Nightfrost- Black and white she-cat
Silverheart- Blueish gray tabby tom
apprentice, Starlingpaw
Tigerfoot- Dapple brown tom with gray eyes
apprentice, Fernpaw
Willowflower- Sleek light silver she-cat
Whitepelt- Large Black tom with white splotches and a white-striped tail
Blackstorm- Black tom
Grayfeather- Feathery Gray tom
Dustfur- Light Brown tom
Goosefeather- light gray tabby tom
Queens
Mintfeather- Pale gray queen
Rowanheart- Light Ginger tabby
Elders
Sunblaze- bright ginger tom
Frostheart- Pale gray she-cat
Dovewing- Pale gray she-cat, very very old
Windclan
Leader- Birdstar: Pale ginger tom
Deputy- Lakestorm- Dark, watery black, tom with brilliant blue eyes
Great-Grandson of Breezepelt and Sunstreak
Medicine cat- Cherryspring- dark reddish-cream she-cat
apprentice, Frozenpaw
Warriors
Sproutpetal- Ginger and white she-cat
Orangefur- Oddly colored orange tom with no tabby stripes, green eyes
Leopardpelt- Brown she-cat
apprentice, Brownpaw
Rainwing- Dark gray tom
apprentice, Cloudpaw
Moleflight- Dark brown and gray tom
Foxstep- White she-cat with reddish-brown paws
Firetail- bright ginger she-cat
Harepelt- Small, furry brown she-cat
Skyheart- Off whitish-blue tom
Mothshade- golden brown tom
Queens
Hawkeyes- Sharp brown she-cat with white ears, chest, two front paws and tipped-tail. Over-protective of hers (and all) kits
Daisystem- Skinny tortoiseshell with green eyes
Elders
Leopardstep- spotted golden tom
Coldleap- Dark black, watery black, tom. Green eyes. Grandson of Breezepelt and Sunstreak
Map
Prologue
- Two blue-gray she-cats were looking in a pool in the center of the grounds, with cats around them. They were grieving. Every time they looked, a black mist would cover it, and the smell of blood would fill their nostrils.
- The younger looked down at her paws, "I feel like its all my fault, we shouldv'e done something about Hazelstar. Oh." Mistystar sounded frustrated, "Why did we allow him to get nine lives? Its going to be almost impossible for him to die!" cats were starting to look panicky.
- "Now listen," her mother, Bluestar, scolded her, "It is not your fault. We couldn't have done anything about it, except give advice to Brindlepaw. You know things will come from him, whether good or bad, it's his choice.
- "To all the cats who are listening, listen up! I want to advise all of you to guide your clan-mates, especially you!" she pointed her tail to the group of RiverClan watching, "Things are about to change around the lake! Some of them, Permanently!" The cats gasped, and a tortoiseshell she-cat walked forward to speak.
- Bluestar dipped her head, "Spottedleaf would like to speak."
- "Bluestar, Cats. These times may be hard, but we will survive." her eyes clouded with wisdom, "There will be one cat, different from all the rest, that will start and end these times of cruelty and bloodshed."
- The cats around looked anxious, as Spottedleaf went on, "But for now, as I am horrified to say, I believe the clans have entered a time that was only experienced once. Yes, cats, we have entered the Dark Ages."
Chapter 1
- Ice cold rain dripped down onto Brindlepaw from the roof of the den. He already had a cough, like everyone else, and it was torture for him to have to sleep in the cold and rainy. He wasn't the only one. The other warriors, apprentices, and queens were moved to different dens a quarter-moon after Hazelstar took over.
- Ever since Hazelstar was appointed leader, things have changed drastically for regular clan members. The warriors and apprentices, when not on patrol or hunting, were ordered to construct a den nice enough for the Blood warriors, the rogues that listened to Hazelstar. IT was made from perfect Holly Bushes, all in a round circle, with leaves hanging from thin stems over the ceiling.
- While the blood warriors were all nice and settled, the apprentices were forced to sleep in a single Ivy Bush that bordered the new training ground (Which made it easier for Hazelstar to supervise the training of his clan), the queens also slept under two ivy bushes, but they were right next next to the big river (Hazelstar extended the camp boundaries), so it was easy for a stray kit to slip on the shiny moss and fall into the river. The warriors slept under a mixture of different kinds of bushes, right in the entrance.
- And Hazelstar had the luxury of sleeping in a tree. He had his other warriors fit wood on the branches so Hazelstar could sleep in the tree comfortably, without falling out, and the branch where he made his announcements was right under him.
- Brindlepaw and Cloudpaw hated their father so much, that the only thing that made them not kill their father was the fierce Blood Warriors. He was so angry, that he didn't realize that he kicked his hind leg out and sprayed Ravenpaw with moss.
- "Hey!" he hissed, "Watch it!".
- "Sorry." he meowed in reply. Ravenpaw settled down again and quickly went to sleep.
- It didn't take much to set off a cat these days. Hazelstar had all the "others" in such a deep state in anxiety that stepping on a twig outside the nursery would have a queen screeching bloody murder in your face. Brindlepaw looked in dismay at Ravenpaw, Hazelstar is slowly turning all of us against each other!... he thought, ...and us "others" are all we have left.
Chapter 2
- "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join under Home Tree for a clan meeting!" yowled the voice Hazelstar. Brindlepaw looked up, he was sharing a fish with Darkspots and Cloudpaw. When they gathered around they noticed this oddly shaped rock. It was smooth, and had pawprints and lines on it.
- "I have called you here to introduce a new system of rules."
- Shocked murmurs swept through the back of the clearing. The other warriors were ordered to sit in the back, while the blood warriors sat in the front. Some of them turned around to glare at the others, as to silence them.
- "From now on, you have to follow these rules: All cats must listen to their leader, failure to do so will result in execution, no matter what age." He glanced over at the kits, who looked on with round eyes.
- "Prey is eaten by the leader, then the Blood warriors, then the others'. Failure to do so will result in no food for a week." he added with a hiss.
- "You must have the permission to the leave the camp by the leader or the deputy. Failure to do so will result in execution or," he added psychotically, "exile. Depending on what mood I'm in." he laughed coldly.
- "And finally, any cat planning to rebel, cause harm, or do anything against the clan leader, will result in immediate execution in the most painful and humiliating way.
- "Meeting dismissed." he meowed, jumped off the tree, and gathered his blood warriors for a private meeting. The other cats left in the clearing looked shocked and scared. The warrior code meant everything to them- it was the only thing they had left that was their before the take over- and now they couldn't follow it. Brindlepaw looked to his left and saw that Cloudpaw looked scared. He touched his nose to his shoulder, "Don't worry," he meowed gently, "we still have each other, and mom." he added. His mother was blankly staring at the tablet with round eyes. She saw him watching and padded over to him. Cloudpaw looked up, "Mom, does this mean were not a real clan, because we can't follow the warrior code?" he looked up at her with his brilliant blue gaze. She looked down with her blue and green one.
- "I don't know Cloudpaw," she rested her head on his side, "I just don't know."
- The other warriors were circled around the fresh-kill pile, looking down at something. Brindlepaw just got back from a training session with his new mentor,