Allegiances
WonderClan
Leader: Sunstar - Pale ginger she-cat with light blue eyes.
Apprentice: Ashpaw
Deputy: Flashmark - Pale golden-brown she-cat with large blue-green eyes.
Apprentice: Honeypaw
Medicine Cat: Leafshadow - Dark brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes.
Apprentice: Sagepaw
Warriors
Thornclaw - Dark brown tabby tom with pale blue eyes.
Mistysun - Grey she-cat with friendly yellow eyes.
Tanglewhisker - Dark brown-and-white tabby tom with pale yellow eyes.
Apprentice: Petalpaw
Whitepelt - Large white tom with pale blue eyes.
Apprentice: Foxpaw
Dapplefur - Brown-and-white she-cat with dark amber eyes.
Apprentice: Duskpaw
Oliveleaf - Dark tabby she-cat with deep green eyes.
Larkpelt - Black tom with pale blue eyes.
Apprentices
Sagepaw - Pale tabby she-cat with deep green eyes.
Petalpaw - Pale red tabby she-cat with dark amber eyes.
Foxpaw - Dark red tom with bushy tail and amber eyes.
Honeypaw - Pretty golden she-cat with pale blue eyes.
Ashpaw - Pure black she-cat with grey eyes.
Duskpaw - Handsome black tom with vivid green eyes.
Queens
Sandwhisker - Pale ginger she-cat with light amber eyes, mother of Whitepelt's kits.
Kits
Snowkit - White she-cat with a sandy-coloured front paw.
Stormkit - Dark grey tom with sandy-coloured splotches.
Lightkit - White she-cat with pale yellow eyes.
Elders
Palemist - White-and-grey tabby she-cat with blue eyes.
Spottedpelt - Spotted brown-and-black tom with amber eyes.
GorgonClan
Leader: Talonstar - Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes.
Deputy: Nightflash - Jet-black tom with grey patches and sea-blue eyes.
Apprentice: Dustpaw
Medicine Cat: Cavelight - White-and-grey tom with amber eyes.
Apprentice: Skyflight
Warriors
Duststreak - Rusty golden-brown she-cat with blue eyes.
Apprentice: Littlepaw
Vinecloud - Light brown tabby she-cat with dark green eyes.
Apprentice: Birdpaw
Darkbranch - White-and-brown tom with green eyes.
Apprentice: Wildpaw
Swallowtail - Dark brown tom with a white-tipped tail and amber eyes.
Apprentice: Redpaw
Feathersky - Bright silver tabby she-cat with light blue-grey eyes and darker paws.
Raggedpelt - Huge dark brown tom with yellow eyes.
Moongaze - Grey she-cat with white underbelly, a black stripe along her back, and bright blue eyes.
Silvertoes - Pale grey tom with amber eyes.
Apprentices
Skyflight - White she-cat with light blue eyes.
Birdpaw - Dark grey, almost black tom with green eyes.
Wildpaw - Calico she-cat with amber eyes.
Littlepaw - Attractive small, skinny white she-cat with flowing fur, a strikingly pink nose, and deep blue eyes.
Dustpaw - Long-haired brown she-cat with pretty amber eyes.
Redpaw - Dark ginger tom with deep amber eyes.
Queens
Birchheart - Tortoiseshell she-cat with dark green eyes and a fluffy tail, mother of Silvertoes's kits.
Kits
Deerkit - Pretty brown she-cat with a dappled pelt and amber eyes.
Wolfkit - Small tom with a light grey pelt and blue eyes.
Crowkit - Black tom with blue eyes.
Elders
Tumblefoot - Dark brown tabby tom.
Duckleap - Pale ginger she-cat.
MoonClan
Leader: Maplestar - Orange tabby she-cat with dark amber eyes.
Deputy: Waterwing - Blue-grey she-cat with light blue eyes.
Medicine Cat: Silverpad - Silver tabby she-cat with ice-blue eyes.
Apprentice: Autumnfall
Warriors
Sunheart - Yellow-brown tom with blue eyes.
Apprentice: Darkpaw
Hawkclaw - Black-and-white tom with green eyes.
Apprentice: Riverpaw
Tigerfur - Black-and-orange striped tabby tom with dark amber eyes.
Apprentice: Dewpaw
Lilyfur - Silver she-cat with vivid green eyes.
Apprentice: Cloverpaw
Birdflight - Grey tom with brown paws, a white muzzle, and yellow eyes.
Waveheart - Dark grey tom with blue eyes.
Pebbleheart - Pale grey she-cat with blue eyes.
Bluetalon - Dark blue-grey she-cat with pale amber eyes.
Apprentices
Autumnfall - Orange-brown she-cat with pale blue eyes.
Riverpaw - Blue-grey tabby tom with blue eyes.
Darkpaw - Dark grey tom with ocean-blue eyes.
Dewpaw - Light creamy-brown tom with a white tail-tip, paws and underbelly and amber eyes.
Cloverpaw - Dark brown-and-white she-cat with amber eyes.
Queens
Streampelt - Sleek silver she-cat with light blue eyes, mother of Tigerfur's kits.
Kits
Owlkit - Large light-brown tom with dark brown paws.
Elders
Wadefoot - Pale grey tabby tom.
Fireblaze - Dark ginger tom with amber eyes and a fluffy tail.
AshClan
Leader: Beestar - Black-and-grey tabby tom with pale yellow eyes.
Deputy: Cricketclaw - Brown tabby tom with green eyes.
Apprentice: Badgerpaw
Medicine Cat: Streamheart - Light grey tom with yellow eyes.
Warriors
Blacktail - Black-and-white she-cat with amber eyes.
Gorseclaw - Brown tabby tom with green eyes and a white muzzle.
Apprentice: Nightpaw
Pinemist - Grey tom with green eyes.
Apprentice: Bramblepaw
Finchpelt - Sleek, small ginger tom with light tabby stripes.
Brightclaw - White she-cat with brown patches.
Mousepelt - Dusky grey tom with blue eyes.
Smoketalon - Sleek grey tabby tom with black paws, a white chest and muzzle and brown eyes.
Apprentices
Bramblepaw - Brown tabby she-cat with one white paw and sparkling green eyes.
Nightpaw - Charcoal grey she-cat with green eyes.
Badgerpaw - Black-and-white tom with long fur and blue eyes.
Queens
Pearlwish - Cream she-cat with blue eyes, mother of Pinemist's kits.
Foxcloud - Light ginger she-cat with white belly and tail-tip, going to have Beestar's kits.
Kits
Lilykit - White she-cat with beautiful blue-green eyes.
Marshkit - Small brown tabby tom.
Elders
Snowtree - White-and-grey tabby she-cat with light amber eyes.
Swiftclaw - Grumpy brown tabby tom with amber eyes.
Prologue
"This is... ridiculous." Forestpaw rolled his eyes.
"Oh come on, guys, it's only a little stream," Leopardpaw promised. She was already waiting on the other side, water dripping off her fur and pooling by her feet.
"You call that a little stream?" Mistpaw asked, her yellow eyes wide. "It's a lake, for StarClan's sake."
Wetpaw padded forwards cautiously, touched the edge of the water with one paw and leapt back with a squeak.
"Well we're not scared, are we Birdpaw?" Smokepaw said loftily. "ShadowClan don't mind getting their paws wet."
"Oh, let's not start again," Forestpaw sighed. "Leopardpaw, did you have to swim at all?"
Leopardpaw shook her head. "Nope. Wading all the way."
"Alright then," Forestpaw said decisively. As the only tom in the group, as well as the oldest apprentice, he had become the natural leader, although that didn't mean the others always listened to him. "Let's go."
Carefully, Smokepaw stepped out into the water, followed, after a moments hesitation, by Birdpaw. The freezing water swirled around their fur, and Birdpaw shivered. "It's cold!" she complained.
"At least it's not leaf-bare any more," Smokepaw muttered. "I don't think I've ever been so happy to see melting snow in my life!"
Forestpaw hurried along the bank until he was standing beside Mistpaw. As the shortest apprentice, her smaller legs might have difficulty reaching the bottom of the stream, and the two WindClan cats were the least used to water.
"Come on, then," Wetpaw decided, and she stepped into the water ahead of Mistpaw and Forestpaw.
Forestpaw jerked his head in the direction of the water. "It won't get any warmer," he said softly, and Mistpaw nodded, gazingup at him.
"I know," she agreed, and the two cats splashed through their first few steps.
Forestpaw felt the water soaking into his belly-fur, and couldn't hold back an involuntary shudder. Birdpaw was right, the stream was cold, and the water felt like ice, parting his fur and freezing his skin. But it wasn't too large, and before long, he felt rough pebbles under his paws, and then he was clambering out onto the bank, shaking his water-logged pelt and shivering.
"See?" Leopardpaw mewed, bouncing around the shaking cats. "I told you it wasn't so hard!"
"Let's keep going, quickly," Forestpaw suggested, his teeth chattering.
"You don't have to ask me twice," Smokepaw muttered.
As the six cats trooped away from the mountain stream, and deeper into the grasslands, they glanced up, at the horizon ahead of them, where sharp, jagged peaks were outlined against the sky.
"Great," Birdpaw snorted. "More mountains."