Warriors 04 - Rising Storm

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WARRIORS
RISING STORM
ERIN HUNTER

To Denise—this is as close to a song as I could get

Special thanks to Kate Cary

Contents

PROLOGUE

An agonized groan echoed across the moon-bleached floor of a…

CHAPTER 1

Warm shafts of sun shine streamed through the canopy of…

CHAPTER 2

Fireheart saw a ripple of pale amber fur and looked…

CHAPTER 3

“Have you seen Cloudpaw?” Fireheart emerged from the fern tunnel…

CHAPTER 4

Soft paws padded through Fireheart's dreams that night. A tortoiseshell…

CHAPTER 5

The ThunderClan leader had reached the top of the ravine…

CHAPTER 6

“StarClan grants us safe passage,” Bluestar repeated stubbornly.

CHAPTER 7

“Bluestar, it's been a quarter moon since we returned from…

CHAPTER 8

Mews of alarm and the pounding of paws in the…

CHAPTER 9

“Where have they gone?” Fireheart gasped.

CHAPTER 10

Fireheart held his breath as the Twoleg door opened. He…

CHAPTER 11

“Cinderpelt! What are you doing here?” Fireheart spun around to…

CHAPTER 12

“Help! Don't let them take me!” Fireheart heard Cloudpaw's desperate…

CHAPTER 13

“Is Cloudpaw okay?” asked Ashpaw.

CHAPTER 14

Over the next few days, the streams in ThunderClan territory…

CHAPTER 15

Fireheart carried the ball of wet moss gently between his…

CHAPTER 16

Fireheart's claws felt rooted to the Thunderpath as he stared…

CHAPTER 17

Fireheart padded heavily back to the Thunderpath. The smell of…

CHAPTER 18

“Not as long as Fireheart is alive,” Cinderpelt argued.

CHAPTER 19

“Ravenpaw!” Fireheart sprang forward to give his old friend a…

CHAPTER 20

Fireheart heard grass swishing behind the hedge and tensed his…

CHAPTER 21

“Quick! This way!”

CHAPTER 22

“Fireheart?” Bluestar looked up as he pushed his way through…

CHAPTER 23

“Fire! Wake up!” Fireheart yowled.

CHAPTER 24

“Yellowfang!”

CHAPTER 25

Fireheart dropped Speckletail's kit at Whitestorm's paws and turned to…

CHAPTER 26

Fireheart felt as if he had slept for only a…

CHAPTER 27

By late afternoon the lingering smell of smoke had been…

CHAPTER 28

With a tender lick, Fireheart closed the medicine cat's eyes…

CHAPTER 29

The sky stayed gray and cloudy over the next few…

CHAPTER 30

The air in the clearing was heavy with the scent…

THUNDERCLAN

LEADER

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

DEPUTY

FIREHEART
—handsome ginger tom
APPRENTICE, CLOUDPAW

MEDICINE CAT

YELLOWFANG
—old dark gray she-cat with a broad, flattened face, formerly of ShadowClan
APPRENTICE, CINDERPELT
—dark gray she-cat

WARRIORS

(toms, and she-cats without kits)

 

WHITESTORM
—big white tom

 

APPRENTICE, BRIGHTPAW

 

DARKSTRIPE
—sleek black-and-gray tabby tom

 

APPRENTICE, FERNPAW

 

LONGTAIL
—pale tabby tom with dark black stripes

 

APPRENTICE, SWIFTPAW

 

RUNNINGWIND
—swift tabby tom

 

MOUSEFUR
—small dusky-brown she-cat

 

APPRENTICE, THORNPAW

 

BRACKENFUR
—golden-brown tabby tom

 

DUSTPELT
—dark brown tabby tom

 

APPRENTICE, ASHPAW

 

SANDSTORM
—pale ginger she-cat

APPRENTICES

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

 

SWIFTPAW
—black-and-white tom

 

CLOUDPAW
—long-haired white tom

 

BRIGHTPAW
—she-cat, white with ginger splotches

 

THORNPAW
—golden-brown tabby tom

 

FERNPAW
—pale gray with darker flecks, she-cat, pale green eyes

 

ASHPAW
—pale gray with darker flecks, tom, dark blue eyes

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

 

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

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

NIGHTSTAR
—old black tom

DEPUTY

CINDERFUR
—thin gray tom

MEDICINE CAT

RUNNINGNOSE
—small gray-and-white tom

WARRIORS

STUMPYTAIL
—brown tabby tom

 

APPRENTICE, BROWNPAW

 

WETFOOT
—gray tabby tom

 

APPRENTICE, OAKPAW

 

LITTLECLOUD
—very small tabby tom

 

WHITETHROAT
—black tom with white chest and paws

QUEENS

DAWNCLOUD
—small tabby

 

DARKFLOWER
—black she-cat

 

TALLPOPPY
—long-legged light brown tabby she-cat

WINDCLAN

LEADER

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

DEPUTY

DEADFOOT
—black tom with a twisted paw

MEDICINE CAT

BARKFACE
—short-tailed brown tom

WARRIORS

MUDCLAW
—mottled dark brown tom

 

APPRENTICE, WEBPAW

 

TORNEAR
—tabby tom
APPRENTICE, TAWNYPAW

 

ONEWHISKER
—brown tabby tom
APPRENTICE, WHITEPAW

 

RUNNINGBROOK
—light gray tabby she-cat

QUEENS

ASHFOOT
—
gray queen

 

MORNINGFLOWER
—tortoiseshell queen

RIVERCLAN

LEADER

CROOKEDSTAR
—huge light-colored tabby with a twisted jaw

DEPUTY

LEOPARDFUR
—unusually spotted golden tabby she-cat

MEDICINE CAT

MUDFUR
—long-haired light brown tom

WARRIORS

BLACKCLAW
—smoky black tom

 

APPRENTICE, HEAVYPAW

 

STONEFUR
—gray tom with battle-scarred ears

 

APPRENTICE, SHADEPAW

 

LOUDBELLY
—dark brown tom

 

GRAYSTRIPE
—long-haired gray tom, formerly of ThunderClan

QUEENS

MISTYFOOT
—dark gray she-cat

 

MOSSPELT
—tortoiseshell she-cat

ELDERS

GRAYPOOL
—thin gray she-cat with patchy fur and a scarred muzzle

CATS OUTSIDE CLAWNS

 

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

 

BLACKFOOT
—large white tom with huge jet-black paws, formerly ShadowClan deputy

 

BOULDER
—silver tabby tom, formerly of ShadowClan

 

PRINCESS
—light brown tabby with a distinctive white chest and paws; a kittypet

 

RAVENPAW
—sleek black cat who lives on the farm with Barley

 

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

 

TIGERCLAW
—big dark brown tabby tom with unusually long front claws, formerly of ThunderClan

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