Book 10 - Prolouge

All the cats of Fishclan were arguing from sun up to sun down. Most of the time the clan couldn't find peace even if they left the clan. The cats were arguing over who was loyal to the clan and then whether or not a certain cat knew something about another cat. One day a spirit came from the stars and asked the living cats what they know about their clan mates. If they know their true story or why they were acting why they were. "After the roars of the lions and the cries of the birds you will find peace in the truth of words" they said. "Each cat has a story a story that has made this chaos, if those stories are told and no secrets are kept then the clan will find peace." All the cats looked at each other confused and they became even more confused when two unexpected visitors came by, two cats that the clans thought they would never see again. Cloud, (Blossomfur's sister) and Rissa (Darkfinch's sister).

In between Books 9 - 10

Many moons/months passed and the clan was fine. Every month was the same, summer weather brought more food and warm weather to the clans and they were grateful. One day it was the warrior ceremonies for some cats. "We have reached a place where we are going to stay  for a while, which means it is a perfect time to make some new warriors and apprentices of our clan. Blackpaw, Mintpaw and Foxpaw it is time to become a warrior of Fishclan. Do you promise to uphold the warrior code with the cost of your life and defend your clan no matter what the cost?" The apprentices nodded, I do and you can count on us Fishclan rang throughout the hollow. "Blackpaw you will now be known as Blackmint, Mintpaw you will now be known as Mintwish, and Foxpaw you will now be known as Foxflash. Fishclan honored your fighting skills and hunting techniques and we welcome you as a full warrior of Fishclan." The clan cheered for the three new warriors and then fell silent when Cedarstar padded towards the kits "Oceankit, Moonkit and Cherrykit are ready to become apprentices. Rivera you will be mentor to Oceanpaw. Mintwish you will be mentor to Moonpaw. Breezebolt you will be mentor to Cherrypaw." All the cats looked around at the clan. "We have one more announcement. There will be more warriors to feed our growing clan still. For Seedwhisker's 4 kits have been named Thistlekit, Thornkit, Bramblekit, Talonkit. Ashstorm has two fine she cats which she has named Lemonkit, and Mangokit. Darkflower has given us a young tom named Stormkit and a fine she cat named Peacekit. Then finally Silverfrost has given us 3 fine toms named Lionkit, Leopardkit, and Tigerkit. Another kit that Skyleap has said she will take care of on top of Mistkit and Dustkit is a kit named Mosskit. No kit knows where he was born and he won't tell us who his parents are saying he is loyal to his parents above anything."

Everycat in Fishclan has a story that the rest of the clan doesn't know but all of that will change when a storm and a prophecy forces then to make amends and share the truth.

Whiteclaw's Tale - Chapter 20

Many more moons passed before Darkfinch and his cats saw more cats. He had recruited more cats and was watching the clan travel. Soon he gave the command to move and they went and followed the clan of cats as it trekked over the mountains.  Darkfinch made a deal with them fight and then the winner gets 3 cats from the other side. Liontail won against not one cat but two so Darkfinch chose 6 cats and turned and walked away over the cliff. One day Darkfinch saw that the clan was being attacked, he pointed his tail at Liontail who went and helped.  Darkfinch demanded payment since Liontail had just saved their clan. Then Darkfinch had a thought, he said that he would forget their payment if he could let one of his cats becomes the senior warrior of his clan. Berrystar looked uncertain before glancing at his clan. Then Darkfinch spoke again, "You can either keep all your cats and let one of my cats become the senior warrior or let my warrior stay here and lose another 3 of your cats." Berrystar nodded and let a cat join Fishclan. Darkfinch turned and flicked his ears at Whiteclaw and then the clan departed. That was when Whiteclaw realized that Darkfinch still didn't trust him with any responsibility other than hunting in his group. This was his way of banishing him but making it look like he wanted a cat from his group in the clan. Whiteclaw knew that Darkfinch knew what he was doing. Whiteclaw would live with the clan but the clan cats wouldn't believe him if they said that he wasn't loyal to Darkfinch. They would believe he was a traitor to their clan just because he lived with Darkfinch and was ordered to live with them. Darkfinch knew that the leaders and the clan cats wouldn't trust him and they would never want to follow him if he every became the of Fishclan. They would think that they were spying on them to report back to Darkfinch whenever possible. Whiteclaw knew this but he didn't care, Darkfinch was nothing more than a traitor to everything living. Whiteclaw turned and settled down to try to live amongst a clan once more.

Whiteclaw's Tale - Chapter 19

Many moons passed and Darkfinch had been serious about his role as a leader. Although some cats distrusted him because he was the cat who caused Cinderstar's tragic end. As he enforced more and more rules, more and more cats started to believe he was disloyal to Nightclan. The cats who were alive when it was revealed that Darkfinch was visiting the Dark Forest started to believe that he was loyal not to them  but to the dark forest. Darkfinch believed in unsheathed claws in training, he also believed that discipline was a major part of being in a clan. Soon Darkfinch was limiting the food supply for all cats believing that all cats should have a fair share. Eventually Darkfinch begin to kill off the cats that betrayed him or disobeyed him. Hollytail gave the clan cats a plan and fled to Princess. Liontail had replaced her. Many of the cats were fearing for their lives. Many cats were dead and some were fleeing into the woods. Soon some of the cats decided to follow Hollytail's example and execute her plan. Darkfinch was driven out taking, Lionstripe, Hawkpelt, Whiteclaw and many others with him. Whiteclaw settled into his new home quite easily and soon they were up and about hunting for the rest of the cats and ambushing Nightclan patrols whenever they could. So far 3 Nightclan cats were dead because they weren't watching where they were going on the hunting patrol. Darkfinch's cats stole their prey and retreated into their makeshift camp. Darkfinch trusted him but Whiteclaw knew that he was never Darkfinch's favorite cat in the world. Lionstripe and Hawkpelt were his favorites. Whiteclaw had dropped in rank as soon as Darkfinch had learned that it was him who had talked to Princess's garden. Whiteclaw soon didn't believe that Darkfinch trusted him at all. Darkfinch probably doubted his loyalty to the group. Darkfinch was always sending him further away then the others on hunting patrols and letting him patrol the dangerous boundaries. Whiteclaw served Darkfinch and the other cats with his life making sure that he always hunting for the group before his himself. Whiteclaw still followed the warrior code he just pledged to be loyal to other cats now. Darkfinch suddenly stood up. "Cats I have decided to make a new rank in this group. There will now be a senior warrior, if something happens to the deputy then the senior warrior will take his or her place. Our senior warrior is going to be Hawkpelt." Then he turned and stalked back to his nest. 

Whiteclaw's Tale - Chapter 18

Before the patrol left a call from the elders den stopped them. "Longswoop died, he ate to much no star feed and he wasn't treated soon enough with the proper dosage." Cinderstar looked at his medicine cat.  "Whiteclaw you are a dedicated warrior but unfortunately you have caused the death of a clan mate. You may say goodbye to your clan mates when I return you must go and live the life of a loner." Whiteclaw stared but nodded as the patrol  raced out of camp. Whiteclaw turned and snuck out of the camp and after the patrol of fighting cats. He watched as the clan cats fought against the intruding cats. Darkfinch let out a yowl and charged at the largest cat which seemed to be the leader. As soon as the large cat was gone then the rest of the intruding cats fled after their leader. Soon the other cats padded towards Darkfinch. "You have a choice," one cat hissed. "You can either kill Hollytail or Cinderstar," said another. Darkfinch glared. "If you don't we will kill all 3 of you." Darkfinch looked around and launched himself at Cinderstar. Cinderstar flopped sideways an fell limp. All the cats backed away from  Darkfinch and the dead Cinderstar. All the cats fled back to the camp Whiteclaw included. Darkfinch got back to the camp and all the cats looked up. "Lionstripe," he called. "Cinderstar has died a tragic death and I need to go and get my leadership from our ancestors." Lionstripe looked up from the poultice and instructed Frozenmint to give it to Hawkeye when it was done. The next day Darkfinch got back from the camp with Lionstripe by his side. "Clan mates much to soon Cinderstar met a tragic end. I have earned my leadership from our ancestors and I have kept my warrior name I wish to prove that I am nothing special and that I am always going to be one of you." The clan looked at each other and nodded. "The time has come to name my successor and the deputy of Nightclan, ancestors above our head by my authority as clan leader I appoint Hollytail as the deputy and next leader of Nightclan." The clan whispered and turned back to Darkfinch as Hollytail made her way to her brother's side. "I will serve Nightclan for as long as I live, and I promise that if my time has come to soon to move to the stars then it will be after defending my clan." the clan nodded and approved of Hollytail's words. "One thing that Cinderstar did before he died was banish Whiteclaw. I disapprove of that and as long as Whiteclaw can prove that he is loyal to Nightclan for now he has permission to stay. The same goes for all of you, you all must prove you are loyal to Nightclan." With that Darkfinch whipped around and stalked into his den.

Whiteclaw's Tale - Chapter 17

Whitepaw couldn't believe it, his warrior ceremony already? Cinderstar beckoned for him and his littermates to step into the center of the clearing. "Today marks the day for 3 apprentices. I have talked with Blackpaw and Brownpaw's mentors and they both believe that they are ready to become apprentices. Darkfinch do you believe that Whitepaw is capable of being a warrior worthy of Nightclan?" Darkfinch glanced at the assembled clan before nodding, " Whitepaw has made many mistakes but he has learned from them and he has corrected them. All warriors make mistakes no one is perfect. Whitepaw is ready to be a warrior of Nightclan he will not let us down." Cinderstar nodded. "Whitepaw, Blackpaw, Brownpaw do you promise to uphold the code of our ancestrors and the code of our clan and promise to defend our clan even at the cost of your life?" The cats nodded. Then by the power and authority I have as clan leader I give each of you your warrior names, Blackpaw you will be known as Blackstorm we honor your keen eyesight and hearing. Brownpaw you will now be known as Brownwish we honor your hunting skills and Whitepaw. Whitepaw you will forever be known as Whiteclaw we honor your fighting skills and techniques into Nightclan. May you serve your clan well until you retire into an easy life in the elders den." Cinderstar flicked his rars signaling the end of the clan meeting and the cats began to depart. One day Darkfinch was ordering patrols for Nightclan when a patrol raced into the camp. "There are intruding cats in our territory the litterally walked over the scent line not caring and they knew that it was a border for our territory." Darkfinch turned and looked at the cats of his clan and ordered, "Everycat forget what I ordered you to donwe must go and fight off these invading cats." All th cats nodded. Suddenly Cinderstar padded forward, "I am going with you to battle these invading cats. I will not see my territory belong to anyone but my clan." Darkfinch looked surprised before nodding. "Every cat let us go and fight for what is ours." called Darkfinch. Whiteclaw looked bitter, what does that mean our territory or the position of leader he thought. Whiteclaw knew that his mentor wanted to be the leader of Nightclan and wouldn't wait much longer to get it.

Whiteclaw's Tale - Chapter 16

Rissa filled in Lionstripe said "goodbye Whitepaw," and left. Many moons passed and soon Whitepaw had grown into a fine warrior. He contributed to the group and he soon became an impressive apprentice. Cinderstar grew to trust him with more important tasks. One day he was driving a badger from it's nest inside of Nightclan territory when Darkfinch came up behind him and startled him. "Where have you been, I told you we were to go hunting today. I don't know how much of you I can trust. I still feel like you have loyalties elsewhere." Whitepaw growled, "You don't trust me because I talked to your mother?" Darkfinch turned on his apprentice with an unsheathed paw, "I don't trust you not because you talked to my mother but because you into a human garden which is one of many of your simple mistakes that could have been fixed." he snarled. Whitepaw hissed, "Many mistakes so it is my mistake that I gave Hawkeye and Longswoop the mice that you had put death berries in?" Darkfinch glared at his apprentice, "It is time you grew up and learned to be a proper warrior Whitepaw. A proper warrior does not blame other clan mates for their actions and a proper warrior certainly doesn't accuse a clan mate of framing them. You are lucky that Rissa knew the cure for no star feed otherwise you would be fending for yourself out in the forest right now. Cinderstar would have you banished I would have made sure of that." Whitepaw recoiled and ducked his mentor paw. "You would banish your own clan mate that you framed. So I need to grow up and be a warrior. If anything you are the cat who needs to learn true clan loyalty." he snapped. This time Whitepaw couldn't duck his mentor's paw. It caught the side of his ear. "You don't deserve your warrior name," he hissed now we have to go back to camp Cinderstar called a clan meeting and I need go be present which means I cannot have my apprentice frolicking in the woods." Darkfinch turned and marched with Whitepaw dragging his feet in the dust by his side. Darkfinch glared at his apprnetice one last time and loped back to camp for the clan meeting. Cinderstar looked at all ghe cats assembled around him. "Cats of Nightclan it is time for us to let the old step aside and let the young come in. It is time to make  3 new apprentices." Darkfinch shot a look at Whitepaw that made him tremble on his paws.