New Home, New Clans (Tale of the Rogue Clans P. 1)

[Nightpool]

A/N: P.1 Stands for Part one. Anyways, this is also on FF.net if you want to read it there. If you want to add a cat to the allegiances, just let me know!

Allegiances

Leader - The current leader of the clans of loners

Goldhawk - A gold tom with a graying muzzle and green eyes. Mate of Twilightsky (deceased), father of Shiningrain, Falconfall, Graywolf, and Rosethorn.

Deputies - Cats that will become the leaders of the new clans.

Falconfall - A golden brown tabby tom with amber eyes. Son of Goldhawk and Twilightsky (deceased), brother of Rosethorn, Graywolf, and Shiningrain.

Rosethorn - A tortsihell she-cat with white paws, underbelly, and tail-tip. Wildpaw's mentor. Daughter of Goldhawk and Twilightsky (deceased), sister of Falconfall, Graywolf, and Shiningrain.

Graywolf - A shaggy, long furred gray tom with black tabby markings and blue eyes. Son of Goldhawk and Twilightsky (deceased), brother of Falconfall, Rosethorn, and Shiningrain.

Shiningrain - A silver she-cat with black tabby markings that look like raindrops and blue eyes. Daughter of Goldhawk and Twilightsky (deceased), sister of Falconfall, Rosethorn, and Graywolf

Medicine cats - Cats to become medicine cats of the new clans

Nightpaw - A black she-cat with silver-blue eyes. Used to be apprenticed to Larksong, but when she died, Moorwinds took over her training. She cannot receive her name, as only StarClan or the original mentor can give a medicine cat her name.

Moorwinds - A cream, long-furred she-cat with dark brown front paws. Lotuspaw's mentor.

Breezesong - A light gray tom with amber eyes. Pinepaw's mentor.

Peppersprout - A black and white tom with green eyes. Poppypaw's mentor.

Medicine cat apprentices - Cats in training to become the medicine cats of the new clans.

Lotuspaw - Gray and white tabby she-cat with green eyes. Moorwinds' apprentice.

Pinepaw - A ginger and white tom with black stripes and blue eyes. Breezesong's apprentice. Son of Mousetail and Tigerfang, brother of Quailpaw.

Poppypaw - A large, solid black she-cat with blue eyes. Peppersprout's apprentice.

Warriors - Cats to become warriors of the new clans

Dragonspirit - A light brown tom with a darker brown mask, paws, and tail-tip.

Lilactail - A gray, almost lavender she-cat with green eyes. Duskpaw's mentor.

Rockheart - A gray she-cat with darker spots and amber eyes. Has a scar shaped like an X over one eye.

Lavastream - A black tom with a red stripe going down his back and yellow eyes.

Tortoisecrawl - A tortishell and gray tom with yellow eyes. Splashdapple's mate, Pondkit's father.

Seascar - A she-cat with a dull pearly pelt and amber eyes. Has a scar on her eye and shoulder. Finpaw's mentor.

Icestorm - A she-cat who's pelt is black with white scratches and has blue eyes. Has many scars from the journey, including a shredded ear. Cloudpaw's mentor.

Ivoryflash - A silvery cream she-cat with amber eyes. Shellstep's sister.

Shellstep - A small, long-haired white tom with blue eyes. Ivoryflash's brother. Flickerpaw's mentor.

Snowstorm - A white she-cat with blue eyes. Fallowscream's mate, Icebreeze's mother.

Icebreeze - White tabby she-cat with amber eyes. Daughter of Snowstorm and Fallowscream.

Vineflower - Pretty light calico she-cat with blue eyes. Stormstripe's mate, mother of Cloudstorm and Frostcloud.

Stormstripe - White tom with light gray stripes. Vineflower's mate, father of Cloudstorm and Frostcloud.

Cloudstorm - White she-cat with gray markings. Daughter of Vineflower and Stormstripe, sister of Frostcloud.

Frostcloud - Small calico and white she-cat with blue eyes. Daughter of Vineflower and Stormstripe, sister of Cloudstorm.

Fawnflight - A brown tabby she-cat with white chest and paws with blue eyes. Birdpaw's mentor.

Blazetail - A ginger tabby tom with green eyes. Stonepaw's mentor. Hazycloud's mate, father of Birdpaw and Duskpaw.

Hazycloud - Dark gray she-cat with blue eyes. Blazetail's mate, mother of Birdpaw and Duskpaw.

Aspenfall - A ginger tom with green eyes. Lilyfern's mate, father of Lionkit, Poppykit, and Sandkit.

Sedgefur - A brown and white tom with yellow eyes. Robinpaw's mentor. Skyshard's mate.

Rowanblaze - A sleek russet tom with gray eyes and a scar along his side.

Leafstorm - A Dark gray she-cat with brown paws and blue eyes.

Gorgewhisker - A lean tawny she-cat with green eyes.

Rainspots - A dark brown she-cat with silver splotches and green eyes. Drizzlepaw's mentor.

Featherfur - A gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes. Likes Nightfall.

Nightfall - A dark gray tom with yellow eyes. Likes Featherfur.

Heavyheart - Silver and black tabby she-cat with green-ish yellow eyes. Mate of Tigernose (deceased), mother of Thistlepaw, Easypaw, and Leafpaw.

Tornpetal - White she-cat with a light brown mask and blue eyes. Mate of Loudfoot, mother of Rabbitfoot. Easypaw's mentor.

Denseshadow - Dark gray tom with green eyes. Leafpaw's mentor. Used to be Longfeather's mate, until they decided to go to different clans. However, he still loves her.

Rustedeyes - Silver gray tom with amber eyes. Thistlepaw's mentor.

Emberfrost - Dark gray tom with white splotches and hazel eyes.

Nightsong - Black she-cat with blue eyes. Likes Eaglestrike.

Eaglestrike - Small dark ginger tom with white under belly and paws and amber eyes. Likes Nightsong.

Loudfoot - Pale ginger tom with green eyes. Mate of Tornpetal, father of Rabbitfoot.

Rabbitfoot - Pale ginger tom with dark striped and blue eyes. Son of Tornpetal and Loudfoot.

Sandpit - An older, sandy brown tom with green eyes, almost ready to retire to the elder's den. Shadowdancer's mate.

Duneshadow - A gold and brown tabby tom with red paws and green eyes. Ivyrose's mate.

Mousetail - A small gray tabby she-cat with green eyes. Tigerfang's mate, mother of Quailpaw and Pinepaw.

Tigerfang - Dark ginger tabby tom with amber eyes. Mousetail's mate, father of Quailpaw and Pinepaw.

Sprucefall - Creamy-brown tabby tom with yellow eyes. Quailpaw's mentor.

Beechwing - A sandy golden-brown tom with green eyes.

Sunshimmer - A lean ginger she-cat with amber eyes. Ashpaw's mentor.

Stonefeather - A dark, brownish-gold tom with brown eyes. Likes Sandjourney.

Forestwhisper - A white and dark brown splotched she-cat with green eyes.

Sandjourney - A golden cream striped she-cat with amber eyes.

Falconflight - A ginger red tabby tom with amber eyes. Frostfeather's mate, father of Wildkit and Hawkkit.

Thornfang - A light grey tom with black paws, a black chest, and blue eyes. Grapefrost's mate, father of Blankkit, Dunekit, and Shatteredkit.

Coalfeather - Black she-cat with dark gray eyes.

Blackwind - Black tom with one gray paw. Appletail's mate.

Fireflower - Beautiful flame-colored she-cat with green eyes.

Steelstrike - Massive black tom with golden eyes.

Equinoxdivide - A bizzare half white, half black she-cat with blue eyes. Lost her twin brother Riskheart on the journey.

Ashblaze - A dark gray tom with black paws and dark gray eyes.

Flamewhisker - A ginger tom with white paws and green eyes. Lizardheart's mate.

Redclaw - A red tom with darker tabby markings and amber eyes. Amberpaw's mentor.

Firespots - A white she-cat with ginger spots and black eyes.

Charredfang - A dark gray tabby tom with yellow eyes. Ashenbreeze's mate.

Embercoal - A gray tom with yellow eyes. Flamepaw's mentor. Likes Frostburn.

Frostburn - A silvery gray she-cat with blue eyes. Jaggedpaw's mentor. Likes Embercoal.

Ravenclaw - A black tom with green eyes. Blazefeather's mate.

Sootwind - Black tom with a scarred muzzle and ear.

Apprentices - Cats six moons and older in training to become warriors

Rainpaw - White-ish gray tabby she-cat. Shiningrain's apprentice.

Finpaw - A white tom with a gray spot on his back and gray eyes. Seascar's apprentice.

Flickerpaw - A small, silver she-cat who's stripes look like flames in the sunlight and has odd, lavender-blue eyes. Shellstep's apprentice.

Cloudpaw - White she-cat with brown ears, tail, and paws. Icestorm's apprentice.

Wildpaw - A brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes. Rosethorn's apprentice.

Stonepaw - Dark gray tom with lighter gray stripes and green eyes. Blazetail's apprentice.

Birdpaw - Dark gray tabby tom with green eyes. Fawnflight's apprentice. Son of Hazycloud and Blazetail, Duskpaw's brother.

Duskpaw - Dark tortishell she-cat with amber eyes. Lilactail's apprentice. Daughter of Hazycloud and Blazetail, sister of Birdpaw.

Robinpaw - A tortishell and white she-cat with blue eyes. Sedgefur's apprentice.

Kinkpaw - A small, light brown tom with green eyes and a slightly crooked tail. Featherpelt's son, Lynxpaw's brother.

Lynxpaw - A golden brown she-cat with green eyes. Looks like a small lynx. Featherpelt's daughter, Kinkpaw's sister.

Drizzlepaw - A Light gray she-cat with yellow eyes. Rainspots' apprentice.

Thistlepaw - White she-cat with ginger and black patches and dark brown eyes. Rustedeyes' apprentice. Daughter of Heavyheart and Tigernose (deceased).

Easypaw - Dark ginger tabby tom with yellow eyes. Tornpetal's apprentice. Son of Heavyheart and Tigernose (deceased). Likes Nightsong.

Leafpaw - Silver tabby she-cat with green eyes. Denseshadow's apprentice. Daughter of Heavyheart and Tigernose (deceased).

Quailpaw - Pale tabby ginger she-cat with green eyes. Sprucefall's apprentice. Daughter of Mousetail and Tigerfang, sister of Pinepaw.

Ashpaw - A small soot gray tom with one white paw and green eyes. Sunshimmer's apprentice.

Amberpaw - A small, ginger she-cat with green eyes. Redclaw's apprentice.

Flamepaw - A dark ginger tabby tom with amber eyes. Embercoal's apprentice. Jaggedpaw's brother.

Jaggedpaw - A jet black she-cat with amber eyes and a kink in her tail. Frostburn's apprentice. Flamepaw's sister.

Queens - She-cats expecting or nursing kits.

Splashdapple - Silver she-cat with lighter gray flecks and blue eyes. Tortoisecrawl's mate, mother of Pondkit.

Echobreeze - A silver she-cat with white paws and blue eyes. Mother of a rogue's kits, Spraykit and Oceankit.

Lilyfern - A golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes. Aspenfall's mate, mother of Lionkit, Poppykit, and Sandkit.

Featherpelt - A light gray she-cat with pale gray eyes. Expecting a second litter of kits, her first being Kinkpaw and Lynxpaw. Isn't telling who the father is.

Skyshard - Silver she-cat with darker patches. Sedgefur's mate and is expecting his kits.

Shadowdancer - A pitch black she-cat with amber eyes. The oldest queen in the nursery. Sandpit's mate, is expecting his kits.

Emberheart - Ginger she-cat with amber colored eyes. Her mate died on the journey, and she has two kits: Snakekit and Brackenkit.

Ivyrose - A white she-cat with reddish-orange spots and amber eyes. Duneshadow's mate, and is expecting his kits.

Grapefrost - A light ginger tabby she-cat with small white paws and green eyes. Thornfang's mate, mother of Blankkit, Dunekit, and Shatteredkit.

Frostfeather - A gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes. Falconflight's mate, mother of Wildkit and Hawkkit.

Longfeather - Sandy tabby she-cat with small white paws and yellow eyes. Was Denseshadow's mate until they decided to go into different clans, but is expecting his kits.

Lizardheart - A large, dark gray she-cat with green eyes. Flamewhisker's mate, is expecting his kits.

Appletail - A golden she-cat with blue eyes. Blackwind's mate, is expecting his kits.

Ashenbreeze - A light gray dappled she-cat with green eyes. Charredfang's mate, is expecting his kits.

Blazefeather - A gray she-cat with a ginger underside and amber eyes. Just recently moved to the nursery. Ravenclaw's mate, is expecting his kits.

Kits - Cats six moons and under that live with their mothers in the nursery.

Pondkit - Silver and gray she-cat with green eyes. Daughter of Tortoisecrawl and Splashdapple.

Spraykit - Gray tom with white flecks and blue eyes. Echobreeze's son, Oceankit's brother.

Oceankit - Dark gray she-cat with dark blue eyes. Echobreeze's daughter, Spraykit's sister.

Lionkit - Golden tabby tom with amber eyes. Son of Lilyfern and Aspenfall, brother of Poppykit and Sandkit.

Poppykit - Ginger she-cat with green eyes. Daughter of Lilyfern and Aspenfall, sister of Lionkit and Sandkit.

Sandkit - Ginger tabby she-cat with blue eyes. Daughter of Lilyfern and Aspenfall, sister of Lionkit and Poppykit.

Snakekit - A steely gray tom with green eyes. Emberheart's son, brother of Brackenkit.

Brackenkit - A golden tom with brown spots and green eyes. Emberheart's son, Snakekit's brother.

Wildkit - Tortishell she-cat with green eyes. Daughter of Frostfeather and Falconflight, sister of Hawkkit.

Hawkkit - Brown tabby tom with amber eyes. Son of Frostfeather and Falconflight, Wildkit's brother.

Blankkit - Light grey tabby she-cat with a white tipped tail and pale blue eyes. Daughter of Thornfang and Grapefrost, sister of Dunekit and Shatteredkit.

Dunekit - A light brown tom with a white mask and green eyes. Son of Thornfang and Grapefrost, brother of Blankkit and Shatteredkit.

Shatteredkit - Small black she-cat with ginger patches and green eyes. Son of Thornfang and Grapefrost, sister of Blankkit and Dunekit.

Sharpkit - A small brown tabby tom with green eyes. Both his parents died during the journey.

Elders - Former queens and warriors, now retired

Fallowscream - A golden tabby tom with amber eyes. Retired early due to an infected badger scratch. Snowstorm's mate, Icebreeze's father.

Mintgaze - A small she-cat with a cream colored pelt and green eyes.

Frostheart - A white tom with blue eyes. Would be a young warrior, but is deaf.

Creepingvine - Dark ginger tom with a white chest and paws and hazel eyes. Blind in one eye.

Honey - A small golden-brown she-cat with a white muzzle and golden eyes. Slightly crazy.

Poisonscar - Brown tabby tom with a scar down one leg.

Goldfire - Ancient gold tom with green eyes.

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[Nightpool]

Prologue

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They started off merely as a group of cats, living and traveling together to help each other survive. After all, five heads are better than one, and fifty better than five, and a thousand better than fifty. They hunted together, cared for each other's sick, took turns watching the kits and keeping watch. Thus, they were able to survive, flourish, even.

As the old in this group started to live longer, and more kits were born alive and survived, the group grew. As kittypets and loners heard of this group, they also wanted to join. They saw that it would be better, safer, to travel together. Though more cats meant more mouths to feed, it also meant more claws and fangs to feed the group with, so the group welcomed them gladly.

But, a group like this could be cumbersome to travel in, and traveling inconspicuously was impossible. Even the Twolegs noticed an up in the stray cat population whenever they came around. There was also conflicts over leadership and how decisions in the group would be made. And, of course, disease. No cat knew how to cure the frightful fits of coughing that overtook the group every winter and left many cats dead. Some knew a few basic remedies, but they were little help to most things. However, the cats continued to journey like this, for lack of any other way of life. They did not know, could not remember, how to survive without the group.

Then, they found the lake.

A large lake it was, with forests on one end and moors and rivers on the other. It was beautiful, with prey practically sitting on their paws, waiting, begging to be eaten. There were few Twolegs here, except for the few that splashed in the lake and hung around the fluffy white animals on the moors.

To the cats of the traveling group, this place seemed like paradise. However, paradise was ruined quickly by a new discovery: cats already lived there.

The group was furious. How dare these cats invade this place, which was destined to be their home! Yowls of fury went up. They would attack these cats, drive them out, take what was supposed to be theirs! However, these cats were not mouse-brained. They knew that these cats had ways that were different than theirs, and could very well be stronger than them. And, even though the group had more cats than these cats living around the lake, they knew than sheathed claws and soft paws used by an experienced fighter could easily beat claws and teeth of a cat who didn't know how to use them.

So, they sent out spies. Feigning hurt, pretending to lose their way, and sending pregnant queens with "no other place to go", the cats around the lake took pity on these few spies and allowed them to join their group, or, at least, stay with them until they were prepared to move on.

The spies quickly learned about these groups of cats. They seemed to refer to themselves as "clans". There were four of them living around the lake: ThunderClan, who lived in an abandoned Twoleg hole dug into the ground in the middle of the forest, ShadowClan, who lived in a hollow in the middle of a marshy pine forest, RiverClan, who lived in the wetlands by the river, and WindClan, who lived in a dip in the hills on the open plains and moors. It was not their names which entranced the cats, though. It was their way of life.

To the spies, the way the clans lived was unnatural, weird. Why would a cat give up the food they had caught by themselves to an older cat who could no longer support themselves? To kits, yes, any self-respecting cat would gladly go without food for a while if it meant to feed kits, yours or someone else's, but the older cats, who had nothing to offer to the clan? And how did they have cats so old? Usually, cats were killed off by the dreaded cough that flew through the group each winter before they got too old, but these cats were ancient! And the dreaded cough wasn't half so dreaded here! When a cat coughed, the spies would jump up, bristling, intent of staying away, but a cat would come up each time and offer an herb to them, and the cough was gone in a few days.

And the leaders! To watch the leaders and their second in commands left the spies green with envy. How could they do everything so efficiently? Nothing could get done in the group without an argument and at least a few hisses, if not an all-out fight.

One night, a few of the spies snuck out to where the rest of the group was hiding in the Twolegplace. There, they gave their report, and all told of the amazing things these clans would be able to achieve, of all the things they did achieve! They should not attack them, they should learn from them! The cats among the group nodded, agreed. That night, they chose a leader and a cat that would learn to heal and connect with StarClan, called a medicine cat by the clans. That night, a ginger-orange tabby tom named Aries traveled to the Moonpool and became the first cat in the group to receive a clan name. StarClan saw his intentions, and named him Risingsun, in hopes that he would guide the group to become great, to keep them safe, as they would have a long journey. Then, nine cats stepped forward, some from Risingsun's past that had joined StarClan when he had made his decision, and some that were descended from the four clans, and gave him his nine lives and his full name as a leader of the group: Risingstar. However, they warned him that he would be the last leader to receive the name "star" and nine lives until he, his descendants, and the descendants of the group had accomplished what they wanted to do.

Then, the other cat, a young white tom with a ginger and black tail stepped forward. He told the starry warriors in front of him that his name was Nova, and he wanted to learn how to handle herbs and interpret StarClan's prophecies. He wanted to become a medicine cat. From the group of starry warriors stepped out a white she-cat with golden stripes and eyes. She told Nova that her name was Mothflight, and she had been the first medicine cat of WindClan. She understood how it was to have to discover things on her own, and how difficult it was, so she would travel with him, to teach him the herbs, to speak to him in his dreams. And so, she gave him his apprentice name, Brightpaw, in hopes that he could help Risingstar lead the group to a bright future. She also told him that he would need to train four medicine cats, and each of these medicine cats would need to train one medicine cat under them.

And so, Risingstar and Brightpaw returned to the Twolegplace to tell the group of what they saw, and their plan.

Less than a moon later, the Gathering occurred on the island, under the light of the full moon. Cats from the clans spoke and mingled. The cats that used to be spies were also among them.

When all four leaders announced that they had found loners and taken them in, a hush fell over the clans. All of the clans taking in rogues? It was unheard of! It was uncommon for any clan to take in a loner, but all four at once? Suspicious cats glared at the "loners". There had to be a connection!

Then, through the trees, out stepped Risingstar. Right behind him came the group of cats. Every throat hissed and every back arched among the clans. What were all these loners doing on their territory? Worse, the group of loners outnumbered the cats among the clans. Fear was in the eyes of all the clans cats.

However, Risingstar merely dipped his head peacefully. Then, he spoke.

"As you can see," he meowed, "we had sent cats among you not too long ago. It was originally our intention to take this lake, to make it ours, so we sent spies among you to learn you're strengths and weaknesses. However, we have found we respect your way of life, and would like to live it. So we shall leave this place and find our own home, find a place to make four new clans. Thank you for all you have done for us." With one final dip of the head, he turned and left. The cats of the group followed after him, leaving behind four very bewildered clans.

However, not even Risingstar could predict that this journey would take so long that his grandchildren would be dead before they got to their new home, so long that no one could remember the names of the first leader and medicine cat, and tales of the clans around the lake and the group of loners became a legend.
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