Erin Hunter - Into The Wild

Fireheart looked at the moon above his head. His orange coat glowed silver in the cold light. Around him, the bushes and trees were draped in mist that brushed damply against his fur. Fireheart closed his eyes and recalled the dreams of his kittenhood. The cool forest scents in his nostrils were real now, and the life of a warrior stretched ahead of him. He felt unrestrained joy flood up from his paws and surge through his body. Then he opened his eyes with a jolt. Another pair of eyes was shining back at him from the warriors’ den.

Tigerclaw!

Fireheart stared back without blinking. He was a warrior now. He had made an enemy of the Clan’s deputy, but Tigerclaw had made an enemy of him. Fireheart was not the same naive young cat who had joined the Clan all those moons ago. He was bigger, stronger, faster, and wiser. If he was destined to oppose Tigerclaw, then so be it. Fireheart was ready for the challenge.

THUNDERCLAN

LEADER

BLUESTAR—blue-gray she-cat, tinged with silver around her muzzle.

DEPUTY

REDTAIL—small tortoiseshell tom with a distinctive ginger tail. APPRENTICE, DUSTPAW

MEDICINE CAT

SPOTTEDLEAF—beautiful dark tortoiseshell she-cat with a distinctive dappled coat.

WARRIORS

(toms, and she-cats without kits)

LIONHEART—magnificent golden tabby tom with thick fur like a lion’s mane. APPRENTICE, GRAYPAW

TIGERCLAW—big dark brown tabby tom with unusually long front claws. APPRENTICE, RAVENPAW

WHITESTORM—big white tom. APPRENTICE, SANDPAW

DARKSTRIPE—sleek black-and-gray tabby tom.

LONGTAIL—pale tabby tom with dark black stripes.

RUNNINGWIND—swift tabby tom.

WILLOWPELT—very pale gray she-cat with unusual blue eyes.

MOUSEFUR—small dusky brown she-cat.

APPRENTICES

(more than six moons old, in training to become warriors)

DUSTPAW—dark brown tabby tom.

GRAYPAW—long-haired solid gray tom.

RAVENPAW—small, skinny black tom with a tiny white dash on his chest, and white-tipped tail

SANDPAW—pale ginger she-cat.

FIREPAW—handsome ginger tom.

QUEENS

(she-cats expecting or nursing kits)

FROSTFUR—beautiful white coat and blue eyes.

BRINDLEFACE—pretty tabby.

GOLDENFLOWER—pale ginger coat.

SPECKLETAIL—pale tabby, and the oldest nursery queen.

ELDERS

(former warriors and queens, now retired)

HALFTAIL—big dark brown tabby tom with part of his tail missing.

SMALLEAR—gray tom with very small ears. The oldest tom in ThunderClan.

PATCHPELT—small black-and-white tom.

ONE-EYE—pale gray she-cat, the oldest cat in ThunderClan. Virtually blind and deaf.

DAPPLETAIL—once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with a lovely dappled coat.

SHADOWCLAN

LEADER

BROKENSTAR—long-haired dark brown tabby.

DEPUTY

BLACKFOOT—large white tom with huge jet-black paws.

MEDICINE CAT

RUNNINGNOSE—small gray-and-white tom.

WARRIORS

STUMPYTAIL—brown tabby tom.APPRENTICE, BROWNPAW BOULDER—silver tabby tom.APPRENTICE, WETPAW CLAWFACE—battle-scarred brown tom. APPRENTICE, LITTLEPAW NIGHTPELT—black tom.

QUEENS

DAWNCLOUD—small tabby. BRIGHTFLOWER—black-and-white she-cat.

ELDERS

ASHFUR—thin gray tom.

WINDCLAN

LEADER

TALLSTAR—a black-and-white tom with a very long tail.

RIVERCLAN

LEADER

CROOKEDSTAR—a huge light-colored tabby with a twisted jaw.

DEPUTY

OAKHEART—a reddish brown tom.

CATS OUTSIDE CLANS

YELLOWFANG—old dark gray she-cat with a broad, flattened face.

SMUDGE—plump, friendly black-and-white kitten who lives in a house at the edge of the forest.

BARLEY—black-and-white tom who lives on a farm close to the forest.