WingClan

Leader: Flockstar- Golden she-cat with emerald green eyes; four lives left

Deputy: Ripplefire- Red-brown tabby tom with white paws and long fur

Medicine Cat: Thymefur- Dappled brown she-cat with warm amber eyes

Warriors:

Raventalon- Silver and black she-cat with dark green eyes, Apprentice: Silverpaw

Redpool- Red-brown she-cat with a black underbelly

Lionscar- Golden tabby tom with midnight blue eyes; mate is Swanfeather

Skyflash- White tom with blazing light blue eyes, Apprentice: Rockpaw

Northblaze- Silver tabby tom with a white chest; mate is Fieryclaw

Leopardback- Pale golden tom with black spots and ivy-green eyes

Apprentices:

Silverpaw- Silver tabby she-cat with one amber eye and one green eye

Rockpaw- Dark brown tom with curved claws and green eyes

Queens:

Swanfeather- White she-cat with kind ice blue eyes; kits are Swiftkit and Sunkit

Fieryclaw- Dark ginger she-cat with narrowed amber eyes; kits are Lynxkit, Flightkit, and Whisperkit

Kits:

Swiftkit- White she-kit with shining light blue eyes

Sunkit- Golden tom with curious light green eyes

Lynxkit- Light ginger she-kit with gray eyes

Flightkit- Light brown she-kit with white paws

Whisperkit- White and silver tom with ocean blue eyes

Elders:

Crackedbark- Gray tabby tom with aching limbs

SplashClan

Leader: Driftstar- Blue-gray tom with amber eyes and large paws

Deputy: Cloudriver- White and gray she-cat with blue eyes, Apprentice: Salmonpaw

Medicine Cat: Maplefoot- Brown she-cat with amber eyes and patches of golden fur

Warriors:

Mudstream- Brown tom with fierce sea-green eyes

Darkstep- Light brown tabby she-cat with black paws, Apprentice: Flickerpaw

Tigerblaze- Golden brown tabby tom with blue eyes

Nettlegrowl- Black tom with a white stripe down his back

Bluebreeze- Blue-gray she-cat with tufts of dark gray fur

Apprentices:

Salmonpaw- Albino tom with sharp claws

Flickerpaw- Golden she-cat with patches of muddy brown fur

Elders:

Firetail- Ginger tom with blue eyes

Otterclaw- Calico she-cat with a short tail

Prologue:

A red-brown tom stood at the top of a cliff, looking down below. His apprentice, a scrawny white she-cat followed her mentor's gaze. Jagged rocks were under the cliff, jagged and cruel, and able to kill any cat who falls down into the hollow below. The white she-cat shivered and looked at the red-brown cat.

"Ripplefire, why have we come here?" she asked in a trembling voice.

The red-brown tom, Ripplefire, looked at his apprentice, with a crazy gleam in his eyes.

"I heard you telling the apprentices about my secrets," Ripplefire said in a low, intimidating voice. "You told them almost everything. Now... Now you will pay the price for telling those secrets of mine."

Ripplefire slowly unsheathed his claws. He lifted one paw up, letting the claws gleam in the moonlight. The apprentice stared at him, with scared eyes, already knowing what was to come. Ripplefire lunged at the apprentice.

The young she-cat scrambled away from Ripplefire, trying to dodge his terrible claws. She tried to keep out of Ripplefire's reach. Soon the white cat, was at the edge of the cliff. Ripplefire, pushed the she-cat, and the young apprentice fell, went to a painful and quick death.

Ripplefire stared down, seeing the white she-cat impaled on a jagged rock.

"Too bad you did that, Whitepaw, my apprentice," Ripplefire murmured. "Then maybe you wouldn't have to go to StarClan so soon."

The tom turned and walked away, his face not even showing grief for Whitepaw. He disappeared into the shadows.

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The former leader of WingClan, Sparrowstar, looked upon the scene from above. She blinked her hazel eyes, and turned towards the other dead members of StarClan.

"Ripplefire has gone too far this time," Sparrowstar whispered. "Killing an apprentice of all cats."

A mottled brown tom stepped forward. "What should we do with this fiend."

Sparrowstar shrugged. She hadn't a slightest idea what she could do to help WingClan, her former Clan, while she had still been alive.

Then a calm voice came. "I know what to do."

Sparrowstar saw a white she-cat pad over to the crowd of StarClan cats. It was Whitepaw!

"Just listen to me," Whitepaw continued. "Ripplefire has killed too many, and I have a plan that will hopefully get rid of him, but it involves me."

Sparrowstar pricked her ears. "Let's hear it then."

Whitepaw dipped her head, and went into a plan. It was so simple, yet could possible bring down Ripplefire.

 Chapter One:

Swiftkit woke up to see the morning sunlight filter into the WingClan nursery. She opened her tiny mouth into a yawn. The white she-kit stretched her legs. Her brother, Sunkit, pushed her away, forcefully.

"Stop moving," Sunkit complained, glaring at Swiftkit with tired, light green eyes. "I feel like sleeping for a moon, and I don't want someone always disrupting my sleep."

Swiftkit twitched her whiskers in amusement.

"Stop acting like some cranky elder," she purred, and licked one white paw.

Sunkit flattened his ears and turned his back on Swiftkit with a huff.

"You're no fun," Swiftkit complained. "You only play with Flightkit, and she barely pays attention to you."

Swiftkit turned and leaped out of the nursery, without a backwards glance. She raced across the clearing, over to golden tabby tom, who was the only one awake besides her. He looked at Swiftkit with amused, midnight blue eyes.

"Father!" Swiftkit mewed, and stopped at the tom, who was Lionscar, right at his paws.

"Hello, Swiftkit," Lionscar purred, looking down at Swiftkit with proud eyes. "Where's Sunkit?"

Swiftkit sighed. "He won't come out. Sometimes I wonder if he's an elder in disguise."

Lionscar chuckled. "Yes, I wonder that too."

Then, the warrior turned his head at the sound of a yowl. A red-brown tom was behind him.

"Lionscar, I want you to lead a hunting patrol. Bring three more cats with you," the red-brown meowed, with an air of authority.

Lionscar dipped his golden head. "Of course, Ripplefire."

The golden tabby, then, disappeared back into the warriors den. Swiftkit looked at Ripplefire for a moment, who was looking back at her with intense amber eyes. Swiftkit held his gaze for a moment, then turned her head away. He seemed strange when he stared at me, like I was some ghost of some cat. Swiftkit pushed the thought away, then walked back to the nursery, to gather some friends to play with.

Chapter Two:

"You can't catch me!" Swiftkit yowled, running away from Whisperkit, who was chasing after her.

They were playing a friendly game, where Swiftkit was prey and Whisperkit was a warrior, hunting her. Swiftkit was very amused by this game, because she won almost all the time, with her speed. Nobody will ever catch me! Swiftkit thought to herself. No one can, for I will be the best warrior in this whole Clan, one day, because of my speediness!

Whisperkit leapt at Swiftkit, trying to grab Swiftkit's fluffy white tail. Swiftkit nimbly leaped away. Whisperkit groaned.

"Can't we play another game?" he asked in a pleading voice. "This one's too tiring."

Swiftkit shook her head.

"Come on, Whisperkit! This might help you become very skilled before the time when we become apprentices," Swiftkit mewed.

Whisperkit pricked his ears. "Okay then."

The white and silver tom, ran at Swiftkit, at full speed. His ocean blue eyes, shone with bright determination. Swiftkit desperately tried to get out of his way, but she failed. Soon, she was held down by large Whisperkit.

"Ha! I won," Whisperkit said, his voice clearly showing his triumph.

"Yes, you did," Swiftkit replied. "Now will you please get off me?"

Whisperkit realized that he was practically squishing Swiftkit, under his heavy weight.

"Sorry," he mewed.

Whisperkit stepped off of Swiftkit, mewing a few more apologies.

"It's okay," Swiftkit said every time.

Whisperkit looked at Swiftkit with his blue eyes.

"I'm going off to see my father," he announced. "He promised to teach me how to properly do the hunting crouch."

Whisperkit scampered off, his silvery-white tail held high in the air, towards the warriors den, where his father, Northblaze, was. Swiftkit watched them go. How she wanted to become an apprentice already!