Four Clans, One Loyalty

Ok here it is the fanfic I promised it's my first one so please don't flame me. However, I do wish that you to give me tips on how to improve my writing. Please note that all though they had no part in writing the following chappie (with the exception of the grammar, Allegiances, etc.) my co. authors are Snowstorm25 and Kagemayuki. After a certain point this story will become three stories one in Leafpaw's prospective, one in Rainpaw's prospective, and one in Snowpaw's prospective. I would also like to say a thank you to all those other fan fiction authors who have inspired me to write over the past few months. I have chosen a few of you to honor by giving a cat in my story your name (either your username or a name of a cat in your story). This list states the first few. If you would like your name featured in this story or one of the existing cats dedicated to you all you need to do is review. I will read your story and see if I like it, if I do your name will appear in this story. If I used your name with out asking you it was strictly an accident and I apologize. If this has happened to you simple let me know if you wish your name removed.

Mistystream- Sootfur's Loyalty: Mistystream

Rosepelt: Rosepelt

Littlewhisker: Littlewhisker

Gingerwing: Tabis The Tabby

Amberfoot: cpcakes are fancy

Patronus Charm

Disclaimer- I do not own the warriors series, however the plot and cats (with the exception of those listed above) belong to me, Snowstorm25, and Kagemayuki.

Allegiances

ThunderClan

Leader: Smallstar- small ginger she-cat, the youngest of the four leaders.

Deputy: Heatherfur- tabby she cat with eyes the color of heather.

Medicine Cat: Littlewhisker- small dusky brown she-cat and Smallstar's sister.

Warriors:

Nightclaw- Black tom with amber eyes.

Apprentice- Silverpaw

Browntail- brown tabby tom with a white chest. Mate of Heatherfur.

Rabbitstep- gray she-cat

Apprentice: Graypaw

Frostpelt- white tom with blue eyes.

Apprentice- Cloudpaw

Birdfeather- ginger tom

Apprentice- Honeypaw

Blackstripe- black-and-white tom with green eyes.

Goldenstripe- golden colored tom

Flowerpath- blue gray she-cat with hazel eyes.

Mistystream- tabby she-cat

Ashcloud- black she-cat

Apprentices:

Honeypaw- golden colored tom. The only kit of Heatherfur and Browntail.

Silverpaw- Gray tom

Graypaw- gray tom with white on the tip of his tail

Cloudpaw- black tom with a white chest and tail.

Queens:

Rosepelt- tabby queen. Mate of Birdfeather.

Kits- Chasekit

Blueflower- gray she-cat with blue eyes. Mate of Browntail.

Kits- Fawnkit, Runningkit

Reddawn- red colored queen. Mother of Mistystream, Graypaw, Silverpaw and, Ashcloud. Mate of Frostpelt.

Elders:

Darkwing- black she-cat. Mother of Heatherfur and Nightclaw.

Fawnpelt- tabby she-cat. Blind. Oldest cat in ThunderClan.

Mouseheart- small brown tabby tom. Oldest tom in ThunderClan

ShadowClan

Leader: Brownstar- elderly brown tabby tom.

Deputy: Hawkfur- Brown tabby tom with a white chest and paws and green eyes.

Apprentice- Dustpaw

Medicine Cat: Silverwing- silver tabby she-cat with brown eyes.

Apprentice- Mintpaw

Warriors:

Sootpelt- black tom

Apprentice: Orangepaw

Darkfur- dark tabby tom. Sootpelt's brother.

Apprentice- Larkpaw

Kestrelclaw- brown tom with black stripes.

Molefur- brown she-cat with white ears and paws.

Apprentice- Marshpaw

Fogfoot- white tom. Partly blind in one eye.

Apprentice- Tanpaw

Nightstorm- long-haired black she-cat

Apprentice- Sunpaw

Volefoot- tabby tom

Applefur- dappled she-cat

Apprentice- Mousepaw

Thrushflight- ginger she-cat

Apprentices-

Dustpaw- brown tabby tom

Mintpaw- small white she-cat with beautiful hazel eyes.

Orangepaw- ginger tom with some orange flecks.

Larkpaw- tortoiseshell she- cat with amber eyes.

Marshpaw- tabby tom

Tanpaw- long haired tan colored tom

Sunpaw- golden tabby she-cat

Mousepaw- small brown tom with blue eyes.

Queens:

Amberfoot- tortoiseshell queen with dashing amber eyes. Mother of Larkpaw, Thrushflight, and Marshpaw. Mate of Volefoot.

Kits- Blackkit, Seedkit

Gingerwing- ginger she-cat. Mother of Orangepaw, Sunpaw, and Applefur.

Streamflower- golden she-cat. Mother of Nightstorm, Tanpaw, and Dustpaw. Mate of Sootpelt.

Kits- Breezekit

Elders:

Foxclaw- elderly tabby tom.

RiverClan

Leader: Minnowstar- gray she-cat with white paws

Deputy: Skystream- white she-cat with a tinge

of blue

Medicine Cat: Shortstripe- brown tom with small stripes

Warriors:

Spottedpelt- silver she-cat with white spots

Apprentice- Smallpaw

Nightheart- Black long-haired tom

Apprentice- Shadowpaw

Sunstorm- beautiful ginger she-cat

Apprentice- Amberpaw

Lightfeather- white she-cat with an orange tint

Apprentice- Icepaw

Smokefur- Big gray tom

Moontail- handsome white tom

Apprentices:

Shadowpaw- black tom with silver at paws and end of his tail

Icepaw- Small blue colored she-cat

Smallpaw- Ginger tom with white paws

Amberpaw- Gray-white she-cat with silver on the tip of tail

Queens:

Hollyflower- Ginger she-cat

Kits- Whitekit, Streamkit

Flowerpelt- Gray she-cat

Kits- Cloverkit

Lilyheart- Tabby she-cat with lily mark on belly

Kits- Timberkit

Elders:

Goldtail; Ginger tom with golden paws and belly

ScarfacePale tabby tom with scars on his face

Cloudfur; Gray tom with white spots

Waterpelt blue tom with some white.

Wildheart: Black tom

WindClan

Leader: Eaglestar- elderly tabby tom with bright yellow eyes.

Deputy: Ravenpelt- sleek black she-cat with green eyes.

Medicine Cat: Windfur- gray she-cat with a white chest and paws.

Warriors:

Kestrelwing- tabby tom with fur the color of moor grass.

Apprentice- Eaglepaw

Birchpelt- white tom

Oakfall- red colored tom with a very long tail and one white back paw.

Apprentice- Icepaw

Whiteheart- black-and-white tom

Apprentice- Pinepaw

Poppyfur- black queen. Mother of Eaglepaw and Icepaw. Mate of Kestrelwing.

Brackenclaw- small brown tom with ragged fur.

Apprentice- Foampaw

Dawnflower- gray queen. Mother of Lillypelt, Pinepaw, and Foampaw. Mate of Birchpelt.

Stormheart- gray tabby tom

Bramblepelt- small long haired tom

Lightcloud- dappled cream and brown she-cat

Apprentices:

Lilypaw- long haired tortoiseshell she-cat

Pinepaw- ginger tom with white forepaws and tail.

Foampaw- blue-gray tom with amber eyes.

Icepaw- gray she-cat with ice-blue eyes

Eaglepaw- tabby tom with bright amber eyes

Queens:

Berryfur- brown queen. The sister of Stormheart and the daughter of Eaglestar. Mate of Brackenclaw.

Fernheart- white she-cat with blue-eyes.

Elders:

Mousetail- ginger tom with one eye missing.

Squirrelfur- tabby she-cat. Oldest cat in WindClan

Ok now it's time for the actual story….

Chapter 1: Uncertain Fate

The full moon shown brightly in the sky as rain poured over the WindClan camp. One of WindClan's nursing queens, Fernheart sat alone in the nursery, waiting for her Clan to return from the gathering. Her kits would be born any time now and she was worried, very worried. Aside from being her first litter, there were several reasons that suggested that the kits should not be born at all. In an average case, the queen is of pure Clan blood, and so is the father, this was not so for Fernheart. She and her sister the WindClan medicine cat, Windfur, were half RiverClan. Their mother had been a WindClan she-cat named Gingerpelt and their father a RiverClan tom named Whitethorn. Gingerpelt had died bearing her kits. Fernheart feared the same thing would happen to her. She wasn't afraid of dieing. She was scared that her kits would be left without a mother. She was the only nursing queen in WindClan, with the exception of pregnant Berryfur, she would not be able to feed the kits for another moon at least. Fernheart wondered if the ambitious queen would even expect the kits. Many thought that she should never have kits in the first place. If she was half Clan she would pass on the RiverClan blood to her kits making the kits half Clan as well.

Fernheart let out a long sigh. Passing on the RiverClan blood was the least of her problems. If the Clan ever found out about her secret.. She shuddered to think about what would happen. She and her sister had enough problems in from being half-clan, imagine what problems her unborn kits would have to face if WindClan ever found out about their father. The kits father was none other than ShadowClan's deputy, Hawkfur, another half-clan warrior. Hawkfur was half ThunderClan. Fernheart feared that StarClan would be angry after all, the kits had no pure Clan blood in them. These kits would have ancestors in all four Clans. She knew her relationship with Hawkfur was wrong, but something about him wouldn't let her leave him. She let out another sigh. Hawkfur was the only cat in all four Clans who really understood her. Being half-clan she always had to fight twice as hard and catch twice as much prey. Some cats still didn't trust the two sisters. No one really wanted Waterpelt to take Windfur as an apprentice.

"We want a loyal cat as our medicine cat," they would say "not some piece of half-clan crow-food".

Many warriors refused to train Fernheart as well. They didn't think it was worth it to train a half-clan cat.

Fernheart recalled the day when she was still an apprentice and she had over heard Thistleclaw, a young ambitious warrior, complaining about being given a half-clan cat to train as his first apprentice.

"Why should I waste my time and my skills training an apprentice who might turn on me or the clan in battle. Having a father in an other clan and all. What if she had to fight him, huh? What if she chose to save his life and not one of her one of her own clan mates?"

Fernheart remembered that day all her life. It hurt her that her own mentor couldn't trust her. She had had no control over the matter. She had always felt loyal to WindClan, not to Whitethorn or any other RiverClan cat. Hawkfur understood what that felt like. He knew what it was like, having to prove your self every day of your life. Many cats still don't expect him as ShadowClan deputy. He knew what it was like, having other cats doubting your loyalty just because of who his parents were. They shared so much yet, it was wrong for them to be together.

Fernheart was terrified of what would happen if WindClan found out about the kits father. She didn't want her children to have to go though the same things she did. Of course the only cat in WindClan who knew about her relationship with Hawkfur was her sister, Windfur. No one else expect Hawkfur, new who the father of her kits was. If a queen does not wish to tell, that is her choice. No cat said anything, no cat asked funny questions. As far as she knew no cat suspected a thing.

Fernheart gazed at the stars from the entrance to the queen's den. She prayed that Windfur's dream of the dying queen did not refer to her. " Oh, StarClan", she prayed", "let me be wrong! Let my kits know their mothers face!" What ever misgivings she had, Fernheart was certain of one thing: Her kits were coming now!

Blood. Blood everywhere. Windfur let out a blood-curdling scream as she backed away from the spot were the silver queen had vanished. It was the same dream she'd been having for months now, expect worse. Now when the faceless queen vanished, leaving three kits to cry helplessly for her, while blood filled the tiny enclosed den.. She screamed again. Blood filled her nostrils, it's harsh reek making it almost impossible to breath.

"Help me!", choked Windfur as the blood soaked her neck fur, "I'm going to drown!"

Suddenly, the dream changed. Windfur was standing at the Fourtrees. Three stars shown in the sky. Windfur could still smell the reek of blood. Windfur look at the three stars again. The began to move coming closer and closer to the ground. They became three cats. One silver, one white, and one a tabby with a white chest and paws. A voice sounded in her ear. Children of Wind, Shadow, River, and Thunder shall walk different paths yet, there paws will shape the future of the Clans. The voice faded as the starry cats walked away leaving starry paw prints as they went.

Windfur jerked awake. The young apprentice, Foampaw stood over her, a look of concern plastered a crossed his face.

"Windfur?', said Foampaw in a worried voice "Are you ok. You were moaning in your sleep".

"Yes. I-I'm fine Foampaw", She lied. Windfur staggered out of the nest. She could still smell the harsh reek of blood. "Did you take prey to the elders and queens like I asked?"

"Yes but I-"

"Good. Than you can go back to the apprentice den and leave poor Windfur in peace!"

"No that's what I wanted to talk to you about!," said Foampaw who was now shaking wildly, "It's Fernheart she-"

"What's wrong with Fernheart!", screeched Windfur, now wide awake and in poor Foampaw's face

"I-I don't know", stammered Foampaw taken back at the way the normally gentle and sweet Medicine Cat was yelling at him "she-she was moaning an-and there was a lot of blood. I-I didn't know what to do."

"She's kitting you idiot!", Screamed Windfur! As she snatched a bundle of leafs form the corner of her den and backed toward the entrance. "Follow me and grab as many cobwebs as you can carry!"

With that she raced out of then den into the pouring rain. Foampaw followed, as he was to scared to do anything else.

Windfur ran faster than she had ever had in all her life. Foampaw was at her

heels struggling to keep up. All the while her mind raced. She was scared. The dream of the faceless queen fading away to leave the kits in a world of blood and terror could only mean one thing: a WindClan queen would die giving birth to her kits. The second part of the dream only confused Windfur. She had no time to ponder on that thought just now. Her sister's fate was going to be decided In the next few minutes. She could only pray that StarClan was not calling her beloved sister and only family member in WindClan to join them tonight.

Windfur pushed her head into the small nursery, her soaking wet fur plastered to her body. The reek of blood hit Windfur like a well aimed blow to the back. Fernheart lay on her side near the entrance to the den a powerful rippling down her body. She was wailing loudly.

Windfur's fear scent was overwhelming. She dropped her bundle beside Fernheart, who to her dismay seemed to be growing weaker.

Behind her, Foampaw let a out a whimper. It was obvious he wanted to leave the horrible seen. Fernheart let out another high pitched wail. Foampaw dropped the cobwebs and bolted out of the den like a startled squirrel.

In no time Windfur had one tiny kit in her jaws. It's pure white fur caked with blood.

Fernheart desperately tried to raise her head.

"S-Snowkit," she murmured.

"Hang on Fernheart there's another one coming any moment now", said Windfur as she licked Fernheart's trembling flank.

Finally after what seemed like days to Windfur, there were four tiny kits next to there mother who was still bleeding heavily. Fernheart's breathing had slowed. Her eyes were glazed with pain as her body convulsed into regular spasms, which to Windfur's dismay seemed to be growing weaker.

"Fernheart, you need to sallow this herb", said Windfur in an urgent whisper. There was panic in her voice, "We must stop the bleeding!"

"No Windfur", said Fernheart weakly "Herbs won't help me now. I..I.. go.. to-to join StarClan".

"NO!!", Windfur wailed, "Don't leave me! Don't leave your kits, they need you, I

need you!"

But it was too late, Fernheart heaved a heavy sigh and took a gasping breath.

"Gingerpelt, have you come for me? I am ready."

"NO", wailed Windfur

Fernheart took one last breath as her eyes closed for the last time, leaving Windfur to wail in grief. "Do not grieve for me, Windfur, said a voice in Windfur's mind. Take care of my kits. I will watch you forever."

Love From Patronus Charm
Rainstar of ThunderClan
Brave, loyal, smart Gryffindor Seeker