DeadClans: Series 1 Book 1

DeadClan Series 1 Book 1

This fanfiction is by Splashcloud.

Allegiances
SnowClan:

Leader: Snowstar: White she-cat with green eyes. Expecting Whitetail's kits.

Deputy: Fuzzybreeze: Long haired black tom with amber eyes.

Medicine Cat: Moonstream: Gray she-cat with brown spots and Green eyes.

Whitetail: Golden tom with white tail and white eyes.

Specklefang: White tom with blak stripes and blue eyes.

Apprentice: Sandpaw: White tom with brown paws and amber eyes.

Runningfire: Silver tabby she-cat with amber eyes.

Swoopstrike: Brown tabby tom with yellow eyes.

Apprentice: Flamepaw: Ginger she-cat with blue eyes.

MoonClan:

Moonstar: Brown she-cat with a white throat and green eyes.

Deputy: Cherryrock: Tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes. Mother of Lichenkit.

Medicine Cat: Minnowbreeze: Black she-cat with amber eyes.

Sparrowfeather: White tom with gray paws and amber eyes.

Swiftleg: Silver tom with yellow eyes.

Apprentice: Finchpaw: Brown she-cat with a white throat and green eyes.

FeatherClan:

Leader: Featherstar: Ginger she-cat with blue eyes.

Apprentice: Smokepaw: Dark gray tom with black paws and green eyes.

Deputy: Sharpecho: Silver tom with blue eyes and gray paws.

Apprentice: Breezepaw: Tan she-cat with a black throat, white paws, and blue eyes.

Medicine Cat: Fernscar: Brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes and black ears and a long scar down her side.

Milkstripe: Gray she-cat with white stripes and green eyes.

BerryClan:

Leader: Berrystar: Gray and white tabby she-cat with one blue eye and one amber eye.

Deputy: Sorrelcloud: Tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes.

Apprentice: Smallpaw: Gray she-cat with white spots and green eyes

Medicine Cat: Brackendust: Gray and black tabby tom with green eyes.

Tallshade: Tall gray tom with darker patches and amber eyes.

Nightwhisker: Black tom with pale yellow eyes.

Prologue
There use to be one clan, SilentClan, ruled by an evil leader named Adderstar. He forced all the cats to do his bidding. He had a few cats who were as evil as him called, Badgerscar, Claw-eye, Snakestrike, and Lionscream who would murder cats Adderstar hated. Adderstar's mate had four daughters, Snowkit, Moonkit, Featherkit, and Berrykit. They rose against his evil leadership and created peace among the cats. Each of them started their own clan. Adderstar from the Dark Forest along with his followers who were also killed, put a curse on the clans that StarClan cannot stop. From now on, only one kit from each litter can survive to be an apprentice.

Chapter One
Runningfire looked at Swoopstrike. She was in love with him, and he loved her back. She wanted to be his mate and have kits, but the curse ruined everything. She didn't want to have kits that would all die. The kits that died because of the curse were always the strongest. The kit that was usually left, wasn't as strong. You always knew when a kit was being killed because of the curse. The kit would begin to cough, then their eyes would turn bright red, next thing you knew, they were dead. She remembered laying next to her brother, Jumpkit as he died and her sister, Redkit, as she died. Swoopstrike walked over to her and her heart longed for him. She looked around at the other cats in camp. SnowClan was so small and it needed more cats. Nightwhisker, the newest warrior, walked into camp with a squirrel. /Maybe I can be lucky and only have one kit/ she thought, but she knew that was unlikely. She turned to her mate. Her love for him was strong, but she was afraid, it might end up just hurting her more.

"Is she going to be all right!" pressed Swoopstrike as Moonstream hurried over to Runningfire two an a half moons later.

"Yes," Moonstream reassured Swoopstrike.

Runningfire sat there trying to push out her kits, as Moonstream helped her. /Please be one/ pleaded Runningfire. A spasm hit her and she let out a yelp. After a few moments, two she-kits laid next to her. /Well at least it isn't three or four kits/ she thought.

"What should we name them?" asked Swoopstrike.

"Poppykit," stated Runningfire pointing to a silver tabby.

"How about Pouncekit," commented Swoopstrike glancing at the other kit, a brown tabby.

"What are we going to do when one dies?" she asked her mate.

"I don't know," answered Swoopstrike, "I don't know,"

Chapter Two
Pouncekit looked around the nursery. Hawkkit, Snowstar's only surviving kit was hidding behind a bush at the entrance of the nursery. Poppykit padded by the bush unaware that Hawkkit was getting ready to pounce. Pouncekit off across the nursery. Hawkkit leaped out of the bush as Pouncekit jumped up into the air, knocking Hawkkit away from Poppykit.

"Heh," complained Hawkit standing up, "That wasn't fair!"

"Yes it is," retorted Pouncekit.

She took off as Hawkkit darted after her. Racing into the nursery, she leaped onto Runningfire's silver pelt, and landed on the other side. Hawkkit, two moons older, easily jumped over Runningfire. Pouncekit glanced behind her to see Hawkkit gaining. Legs flying, she headed towards a small hole in the nursery. Only kits younger then three moons could usally fit, Hawkkit at four moons probaly wouldn't. She dove through the hole, losing a few pieces of brown fur. Tumbling to a stop, she saw the brown spotted tom skid to a stop on the other side. He peered through the hole with his green eyes.

"I will get you," stated Hawkkit as he began to dig with his claws.

Pouncekit lifted her fluffy tail. The only bad thing about the hole, was that the way to SnowClan's territory was blocked by a huge rock. Pouncekit turned her blue eyes to her other side where the hole didn't block her way. Trotting along the side of the nursery. She arrived at the ferns that signaled the apprentice's den. A white tom apprentice exited the apprentice's den. He lifted his front brown paw and started to groom it.

"Sandpaw!" squeaked Pouncekit darting out of the ferns.

"Hi Pouncekit," he answered putting his paw down.

"Can you tell me what it is like to be an apprentice?" inquired the brown she-cat eagerly.

"Sandpaw, you are needed for a border patrol!"

Pouncekit turned her head to see Fuzzybreeze assigning patrols.

"I have to go. Maybe another time," Sandpaw walked off leaving Pouncekit alone.

Disappointed, Pouncekit sulked over to the nursery. She flattened her ears against her head as she sat down next to Runningfire.

"Do you want to play with..." Pouncekit began to cough. Her chest hurt and she started to feel sick.

"It is happening!" wailed Runningfire, she stood up and raced off.

Pouncekit stopped coughing and laid down. Two figures stood at the entrance of the nursery and Pouncekit was barely able to make them out.

"Are you sure there is nothing you can do?"