The New Prophecy
Warriors
Starlight
Erin Hunter
Special thanks to Cherith Baldry
Allegiances
THUNDERCLAN
FIRESTAR—ginger tom with a flame-colored pelt
GRAYSTRIPE—long-haired gray tom
CINDERPELT—dark gray she-cat
APPRENTICE, LEAFPAW
DUSTPELT—dark brown tabby tom
APPRENTICE, SQUIRRELPAW
SANDSTORM—pale ginger she-cat
CLOUDTAIL—long-haired white tom
APPRENTICE, SPIDERPAW
BRACKENFUR—golden brown tabby tom
APPRENTICE, WHITEPAW
THORNCLAW—golden brown tabby tom
BRIGHTHEART—white she-cat with ginger patches
BRAMBLECLAW—dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes
ASHFUR—pale gray (with darker flecks) tom, dark blue eyes
RAINWHISKER—dark gray tom with blue eyes
SOOTFUR—lighter gray tom with amber eyes
SORRELTAIL—tortoiseshell and white she-cat with amber eyes
SQUIRRELPAW—dark ginger she-cat with green eyes
LEAFPAW—light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
WHITEPAW—white she-cat with green eyes
SPIDERPAW—long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes
FERNCLOUD—pale gray (with darker flecks) she-cat with green eyes
GOLDENFLOWER—pale ginger coat
LONGTAIL—pale tabby tom with dark black stripes, retired early due to failing sight
MOUSEFUR—small dusky brown she-cat
SHADOWCLAN
BLACKSTAR—large white tom with huge jet black paws
RUSSETFUR—dark ginger she-cat
LITTLECLOUD—very small tabby tom
OAKFUR—small brown tom
APPRENTICE, SMOKEPAW
CEDARHEART—dark gray tom
ROWANCLAW—ginger tom
APPRENTICE, TALONPAW
TAWNYPELT—tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
TALLPOPPY—long-legged light brown tabby she-cat
RUNNINGNOSE—small gray and white tom, formerly the medicine cat
BOULDER—skinny gray tom
WINDCLAN
TALLSTAR—elderly black and white tom with a very long tail
MUDCLAW—mottled dark brown tom
BARKFACE—short-tailed brown tom
TORNEAR—tabby tom
APPRENTICE, OWLPAW
WEBFOOT—dark gray tabby tom
APPRENTICE, WEASELPAW
ONEWHISKER—brown tabby tom
CROWFEATHER—dark gray, almost black tom with blue eyes
ASHFOOT—gray she-cat
WHITETAIL—small white she-cat
MORNINGFLOWER—tortoiseshell she-cat
RUSHTAIL—light brown tom
RIVERCLAN
LEOPARDSTAR—unusually spotted golden tabby she-cat
MISTYFOOT—gray she-cat with blue eyes
MOTHWING—dappled golden she-cat
BLACKCLAW—smoky black tom
APPRENTICE, VOLEPAW
HEAVYSTEP—thickset tabby tom
APPRENTICE, STONEPAW
HAWKFROST—dark brown tom with a white underbelly and ice-blue eyes
SWALLOWTAIL—dark tabby she-cat
MOSSPELT—tortoiseshell she-cat
DAWNFLOWER—pale gray she-cat
CATS OUTSIDE CLANS
SMOKY—muscular gray and white tom who lives in a barn near the horseplace
DAISY—she-cat with long creamy brown fur who lives with Smoky
FLOSS—small gray and white she-cat who lives with Smoky and Daisy
Maps
Prologue
Moonlight washed over the hillside, casting heavy shadows around a thick wall of thornbushes. The bushes surrounded a hollow with rocky sides that sloped down steeply to a pool in the shape of a full moon. Halfway up the side of the hollow, a trickle of water bubbled up between two moss-covered stones, glimmering like liquid starshine as it fell into the pool below.
The branches rustled and parted as cats emerged at the top of the hollow and began to pick their way down to the water’s edge. Their pelts shone with a soft, pale light, and their pawsteps left a frosty glitter on the moss behind them.
A tortoiseshell she-cat was the first to reach the pool. She looked around with glowing eyes. “Yes,” she purred. “This is the place.”
“You’re right, Spottedleaf. When we chose the four cats to lead the Clans out of the forest, we chose well.” The reply came from a blue-gray warrior who was approaching from the other side of the hollow. She leaped down from a jutting rock to face the tortoiseshell across the moonlit water. “But the Clans still have a hard task ahead of them.”
Spottedleaf dipped her head in agreement. “Yes, Bluestar.
Their courage and faith will be tried to their limits. But they have come this far—they will not give up.”
More starry warriors joined them, clustering around the water until the hollow was lined with their sleek, shining shapes.
“Our journey was hard, too,” one cat meowed.
“We felt the pain of leaving the paths we had walked for so long,” added another.
“Now we must learn to walk in new skies.” Spottedleaf’s voice was full of confidence. She sat on a rock near the tumbling stream and wrapped her tail around her paws. “We must guide our Clans to this new meeting place, where we can speak to the leaders and medicine cats. Then this will truly be home for all five Clans.”
A murmur of agreement rose, and a gleam of hope shone in the eyes of the cats around her.
“They will catch fish from the lake,” one cat meowed.
“And prey is running in the hills and beside the water,” another put in. “All the Clans will find food, even in leaf-bare.”
The blue-gray warrior still seemed uneasy. “There’s more to life than fresh-kill,” she mewed.
A bracken-colored tom thrust his way to the front of the crowd. “They’re not kits,” he pointed out impatiently. “They know how to avoid Twolegs and their dogs. Foxes and badgers, too.”
“Not all trouble comes from Twolegs,” Bluestar snapped.
She swiveled her head to glare into the tom’s eyes. “And not from foxes or badgers either, Oakheart. You know that as well as I do. The Clans bring trouble within themselves.”