Blood Moon: Rising Shadows

Allegiances

ThunderClan

Leader: Hazelstar—small gray-and-white she-cat with a lean, whippy tail

Deputy: Blizzardpeak—off-white tom with faint tabby stripes

Medicine Cat: Leafwing—pretty tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

Warriors

Oakshade—mottled brown tom with a black tail-tip and ear-tips

Apprentice, Fogpaw

Nightfeather—thin-furred black tom with a pale gray muzzle

Lionstrike—golden-brown tabby tom with thick fur around his neck

Cherryfrost—red-ginger she-cat with frosty blue eyes and a white muzzle and paws

Mistyshadow—pale blue-gray she-cat with brilliant blue eyes

Goldenclaw–dark chocolate-brown tom with wheat-yellow paws

Apprentice, Foxpaw

Emberstorm—orange tom with big dark ginger paws

Smoketail—long-haired sleek black tom with a long, fluffy tail

Apprentice, Wolfpaw

Petalflight—rose-cream furred she-cat with faded blue eyes

Apprentice, Splashpaw

Brackenstep—golden-brown tabby tom with a graying muzzle

Sunstream—golden tabby she-cat with a white chest and paws

Cloverfang—calico she-cat with green eyes and a long tail

Squirreltuft—flame-colored dark ginger she-cat with a plumy tail

Snowpetal—pure white she-cat with aqua blue eyes

Darkscar—black tom with shiny silver tabby stripes and a scarred pelt

Rosedust—pale pinkish-gray she-cat with glittering blue eyes

Juniperstrike—small black tabby she-cat with a short fluffy tail

Apprentices

Splashpaw—brown, golden, and black flecked she-cat with warm brown eyes

Foxpaw—handsome russet tom with a white tail-tip

Fogpaw—pale gray she-cat with bold, broad black stripes

Wolfpaw—pale gray tom with a white underbelly

Queens

Sparkfur—orange tabby (mother to Emberstorm’s kits: Flamekit, fiery ginger tabby tom-kit, Blazekit, pale ginger tom-kit with one black paw, and Copperkit, light brown-and-dark ginger she-kit)

Silvermist—light silver coat (mother to Blizzardpeak’s kits: Dewkit, slender silver-and-black tabby she-kit, and Swankit, sleek white she-kit with silver markings)

Elders

Frostwhisker—big white tom with long, drooping whiskers

Poppystem—tortoiseshell she-cat with a once-beautiful dappled coat

Mothwind—frail dusty brown she-cat with long legs

ShadowClan

Leader: Pebblestar—dark gray tabby tom with a white mark on his chest

Deputy: Crowtalon—jet-black tom with unusually long front claws

Medicine Cat: Marshfoot—dark brown tabby tom with a twisted paw

Apprentice: Briarleaf: misty gray she-cat

Warriors

Ravenfeather—feathery-furred black tom

Jaggedtail—black-and-white tom with a spiky-furred tail

Apprentice, Cedarpaw: dark gray tabby tom

Falconwing—brown-and-white tom

Russetdawn—ginger tabby she-cat with pale ginger swirls

Nutfall—brown tom

Badgerface—black-and-white tom with a striped face

Rowanflame—dark ginger tom with a scar on his face

WindClan

Leader: Swiftstar—swift dark gray-black tom with a long tail

Deputy: Willowfrost—very pale gray she-cat

Medicine Cat: Slatestone—dark blue-gray tom with a ringed tail

Warriors

Kestrelwind—dappled cinnamon she-cat

Sedgewing—pale, marbled cream-furred tom

Sleetsong—pale gray she-cat with blue-gray patches

Tawnypetal—mottled pale tortoiseshell she-cat

Crowshadow—short-tailed black tom

Hareleap—pale gray-and-white tom

Gorsespots—thin gray tom with smudgy brown spots

RiverClan

Leader: Reedstar—slick, dark brown tom with golden markings

Deputy: Ottercreek—slender light brown tabby she-cat with a torn ear

Apprentice, Finchpaw: reddish-brown she-cat

Medicine Cat: Troutshine—patchy she-cat with different shades of gray on her pelt

Apprentice, Lakepaw: silver-and-white she-cat

Warriors

Stormwhisker—gray tabby tom

Apprentice, Salmonpaw: pinkish-gray tom

Minnowstream—small smoky black she-cat

Shimmerwing—shimmery silver she-cat

Pikeclaw—long-haired silver-gray tom with white chest fur

Apprentice, Ripplepaw: handsome oily silver-and-black tom

Feathershine—glossy snow-white she-cat

Dustwillow—pale ginger tom with fur that gets darker on the sides

Blacktail—white tom with a pitch-black tail and dark silver flecked eyes

Apprentice, Skypaw: pale blue-gray she-cat

Spottedfern—white she-cat with ginger patches

Leopardstripe—young golden tabby tom with tawny stripes

Shellfur—pale gray tom with thin white flecks

Prologue:

The moon shone brightly in the sky, giving off beams of silvery light. A light silver tabby leaned into the shoulder of her mate, purrs racking her body. “I have something very special to tell you, my love,” she meowed, glancing at her slightly swollen stomach. She hesitated for a moment, before plunging right in. “Blizzardpeak, I’m expecting your kits.”

“That’s wonderful, Silvermist!” the off-white tom exclaimed, nuzzling his mate’s cheek. “Our kits will be perfect, beautiful and clever like you, strong and handsome like me...” Blizzardpeak puffed out his chest. “I can’t believe I’m going to be a father! Ever since Oakshade and Nightfeather said I would never have kits, I always believed them.” He cracked a smile. “But it turns out they’re wrong. Oakshade and Nightfeather are the ones who don’t have kits.” Blizzardpeak chuckled softly, before raising his head to lap at Silvermist’s ears. The warm, strong rasps of his tongue moved quickly down the silver warrior’s back, cleaning her pelt thoroughly. “Do you know when the kits are due?”

“In about a moon,” Silvermist answered, her voice almost a murmur. She wrapped her tail around her paws and bent down to press her nose to her stomach. “Hear me, little kits? I am your mother, and with the power of a mother’s love, I will promise to love you, forever and always.” Her paws ached with such love that she thought she might burst with the deep feeling. With Blizzardpeak by her side, she felt as if she could handle anything, and that was how she felt about her kitting, only moments of heartwarming love.