PLEASE AVOID SPOILERS FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES AFTER THIS IN PUBLICATION ORDER
(Arc 4, Bluestar's prophecy are the next in terms of Publication order if that helps)

I made one of these posts about a week ago just to get my thoughts out somewhere and maybe start a discussion. I recently finished the third arc and was pleasantly surprised to find out that Power of Three does not in fact peak with Long Shadows. Like the other post, this has pretty heavy spoilers for everything up to this point in the series (Insane how the naming conventions mean names become spoilers)

Twolegplace & also Midnight just being gone
I was frankly super disappointed that Midnight was just nowhere to be found during this segment of the book. I know the mission was about retrieving Sol, but it would be cool for living clan cats to know that she was the reason Sol had all this knowledge of the future. Actually, now that I say that, I realize it would have killed the plot unbelievably fast if that happened. I get it now.

Jingo and the "clan" living in the abandoned twoleg nest wasn't a highlight when I was reading, but when I looked back over the novel as a whole, I kinda appreciated it. It was a good example of how the code isn't necessary for cats to live in harmony, and it was pretty touching when Brambleclaw called her Jingostar, even if it kinda contradicts the idea that the code isn't essential. The rogue clan was also a good demonstration of the type of damage that Sol does to communities if left unchecked. Poor Speckle. This is one of the segments I am most interested to hear opinions on. Did people like this part? It did kinda kill the tension sometimes to switch back to the twolegplace when Jayfeather had just discovered a new clue.
(Also Lionblaze is a nutjob for trying to solo like 9 dogs. Thank god Jingo showed up)

Honeyfern :( (& Birchfall)
Not much to say, but I felt like this deserved a section. Downright unethical to murder Honeyfern with a snake about two pages after she said she'd like to be a mother with kits. I hate Berrynose as much as the next guy, but why did this snake have to bite Honeyfern instead of him? And what was Leafpool staring at Cinderheart to do? Cinderpelt never saved anyone from a snake. She'd have been no use.

Birchfall was despairmaxxing dude. I just thought it was funny that he saw the dogs and immediately starting freaking everyone out by talking about how he'd never see his kits or wife again. Maybe funny isn't the right word but it was just such a deeply unsettling thing for him to be saying. Like keep that thought in your head buddy. You're gonna freak everyone else out.

Sol & Purdy
Ok, does anyone else feel like Sol could have just... not been in this arc without anything changing? He does one important thing in the duration of all three books he's in, and that's when he warns Thunderclan of the eclipse before it happens. And even that really led to nothing. Blackstar was already having a faith crisis, and the author definitely could have had him lead Shadowclan away of his own accord. He tells the Three that they have great power, to reshape the warrior code, but the prophecy already told them that, and the idea of existing outside a code was not foreign to them when he said this. My only assumption is that Sol ends up causing more problems later in the series (I get to read Bluestar's prophecy before arc 4. Hyped for that)

I was as happy as anyone when I realized they were bringing Purdy back to the camp with them, but it was frustrating that he was welcomed in with so little protest. Think of when Cloudkit or Daisy's kits were introduced to the clan. Everybody was pissed the freak off, and it still earns them snarky comments from some of the less open minded cats. But Purdy just walks in and becomes besties with Mousefur! It's not that big a deal, but it seems like a bit of an oversight. (Or maybe it's more relevant in arc 4. Who knows)

Leafpool & Jayfeather
After some thought, I have come to the conclusion that her cold behavior towards Jayfeather was just because of her incredible paranoia about him digging into the secret of his birth, and maybe a bit because of what she knew about Hollyleaf, but I'm still not satisfied. It seems like I missed something more that was interfering with their relationships. It was just so out of character when I read the scene where Leafpool beats the brakes off of Jayfeather for some "training" (W mom, Leafpool. Beating your blind son. Mother of the year).

Jayfeather investigating his birth was probably some of my favorite writing in the entire series so far. I had it put together since Outcast, but I think that actually enhanced my enjoyment of the rest of the arc. The authors are pretty heavy handed with the dramatic irony, but it's ok because of how humorous it makes reading the inner monologues. It's really cool how Jayfeather has matured and become a tolerable character through this arc. I was really worried that he was a POV character in The Sight. Couldn't stand him. Now I'd say he's my favorite of the Three. He had a pretty rough time in this book. Starclan made zero progress towards redeeming themselves by telling him to piss off and solve the mystery himself. What does Starclan even do? Freak those guys

Lionblaze
I don't know if his story beats were timed right. It was a strong opening to the book for him to defeat Tigerstar in cat hell, but it left him with no real struggle to contend with throughout the book. He seemed to care the least about who his parents truly were, so he felt a bit like a passenger in this book. I was OK with it, because he hogged a lot of the page time in the other parts of this arc, but I think it would have been better for the confrontation with Tigerstar to happen closer to the end of Sunrise. Other than that, nothing much of note happens with him. I guess Breezepelt is with Heathertail. Hopefully Lionblaze doesn't go Ashfur mode about that.

Hollyleaf
This entire arc I have been begging the authors for more Hollyleaf, but they haven't given it to me until now. She doesn't do much for the first 70% of the book, but once she starts going, she goes hard. I was wondering why they were trying to make Ashfur's death such a mystery after they made it so obvious that Squirrelflight did it in Long Shadows, so the scene where Leafpool and Hollyleaf confront each other went insanely hard. At first I thought Leafpool was mistaken, but then I had to reread the scene like three times because I could not believe what I was reading. It's mental to reveal a POV character offscreened someone just like that! I kinda have beef with Hollyleaf about how she handles Leafpool being her mother, but I can't judge her too harshly. They did lie to her for her whole life.

It was tragic to me when the author first assassinated Hollyleaf's character, and then assassinated her literally. She was being set up to be a very compelling character with different opinions than the other MCs until she tried to make her mother kill herself in the worst possible way (The only explanation is that the author was on substances). I feel like Hollyleaf could have done so much more in the story if they hadn't killed her off so soon after she became interesting.

Consequences of the Secret Getting Out
Crowfeather is a bum like he always is. I have a soft spot for him, but he makes himself hard to like. He clearly has depression or some other mood disorder, but he's just so, so awful to the people who love him. I guess it's a good thing that he is so fiercely loyal to Nightcloud and his son, even if he doesn't always get along with them. He was unnecessarily cruel to Leafpool and the Three though. I think he knows he's their father. He just can't accept it.

Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw have rough times ahead. They kinda split up after Brambleclaw expressed how betrayed he felt, but I really hope they stay close to eachother. Brambleclaw being angry and sad about this are completely valid, and she definitely should have told him, but it would be such a shame for them both to lose everything over this now that the secret is out. Time will tell.

Leafpool just kinda pisses off? Obviously it was really sweet what she said about never regretting having her kits, and how she will always love and be proud of them. Brought a tear to my eye. But after the second confrontation she has with Hollyleaf, she's not mentioned again. I am really concerned she ran off to die someplace. I was expecting a happy-ish ending for most of this arc where the Three realize they love Squirrelflight and can come to love Leafpool despite their complicated genetics, but it's pretty clear that's not going to happen now. I thought this was a kid's book, but this one was so incredibly dark.

Hollyleaf is (maybe) dead now. I hope she escaped in the collapsing tunnel, and isn't really dead. She was really starting to become interesting right before she died. It seems out of character for Jayfeather to move on so fast and instantly start wondering who could be the Third in the prophecy. I expect Dovekit and Ivykit will be the MCs of arc 4. Should be cool.

I don't think I missed anything big, but if I did, you should bring it up in the comments! Also if you have any advice for writing more of these. I'm very inexperienced at writing anything.

I'm being serious, how come Cloudtail doesn't believe in StarClan? Like Mothwing and Hawkfrost joined RiverClan still young, but old enough to have already formed their own opinions. But Cloudtail was raised in ThunderClan basically from birth. He was a newborn kit when Princess brought him, and was raised under the warrior code. So... Why?

Ok, so I just started reading these books maybe a few months ago and got incredibly hooked. I don't know what it is about them; I mean, no offense, but the writing is pretty terrible at times (I KNOW they're for middle schoolers, leave me alone). Anyways, I kinda wanted to share my thoughts on the books as I read them. I don't really have tons of friends interested in discussing the deep and meaningful themes of Warrior Cats. Anyways, these are my thoughts on Long Shadows, the fifth book of arc three. Heavy spoilers ahead for everything up to arc 3 book 5. (Oh also please please try to avoid spoilers for later books in publication order if you comment. I really hate spoilers.)
Also I'm gonna call Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze **"the Three" a bunch to save time**

Shadowclan's Loss of Faith
I honestly thought this was going to play a larger role in this book. It's a huge deal for Blackstar to lead his entire clan away from Starclan because of Sol's manipulation. I understand the writers were building Blackstar's own personal lack of faith starting in Eclipse, and that the omen of the eclipse served to break down his trust in Starclan, but it still seems drastic that he would lead his whole clan away from the warrior code with such certainty. I find it even stranger that he continues listening to Sol, even after it becomes apparent that the way of life Sol advocates for doesn't work for Shadowclan. I mean, Tawnypelt and her kits (who insist they are apprentices) are already described as thin, even though not much time has passed since Shadowclan broke from the code.

The more upsetting part is that Mothwing is never given any opportunity to express her thoughts on Shadowclan's departure from their ancestors. I believe she would have had very interesting opinions to share about whether or not it truly is important to believe in ancestral guidance, but for some reason they make sure she isn't present at the medicine cat meeting that happens before Jaypaw and his siblings execute their plan.
Speaking of their plan, I think Raggedstar and Runningnose appearing during the manufactured sign from Starclan cheapens the moment. It makes their sacrilegious actions too justifiable. It would have been much more interesting to see Hollyleaf grappling with the thought that maybe they acted outside their bounds when they brought Shadowclan back with a fake sign. Instead, we just get approval from ancestors who decided to wait until this very moment to help their clan. It may be excusable though, my theory is that the Shadowclan ancestors could only appear like that because the fake sign stirred enough belief in Blackstar to enable their visit. Who knows.

Besides that, I appreciate the approach the writers take with trying to bond the Three with their Shadowclan counterparts. It could lead to dramatic tension later if a confrontation must occur between the Three and Tawnypelt's kits.

Lionblaze's Nightmares
This is one of my favorite plot points from the whole series up to this point. I think Tigerstar is probably responsible for these, but the fact that we read so many of these nightmares when we get Lionblaze POV chapters really adds credibility to the idea that Lionblaze's will is being eroded by the nightmares. They're surprisingly horrific depictions for a series meant for children too. Poor Lionblaze has to see incredibly graphic visions of his ex situationship nearly every night. I thought it would lead to more when Lionblaze finally agreed to get the catmint despite his dread for what would happen when he went down in the tunnels, but he just goes in and out, and has a brief vision in the waking world of slaughtering Heathertail (To be fair I thought he actually did it for a second and audibly gasped).

I don't know how I feel about Tigerstar's practice sessions with Lionblaze. On one hand, it was already done in the second arc, but I think this is different. Lionblaze's story seems to focus more on trying to escape unwanted visits and separate himself from his heritage, while Brambleclaw's dealt much more with struggling to accept his heritage. Either way, the sequences where Lionblaze wakes up with wounds from sparring in his dreams are very interesting. It must have something to do with the horrific mushroomy cat hell we know Tigerstar and Hawkfrost live in. Starclan never scratched anybody

Jaypaw and the Ancient Cats
Jaypaw is still a jerk in this book. He's getting better, and I do love his snarky remarks, but sometimes he drives me insane with his selfish thoughts and actions. It is so terrible of him to not even speak with Fallen Leaves for a few minutes when he sees him again in his dream of the cave. Fallen leaves has been alone down there for Starclan knows how long, and Jaypaw can't even spare a few seconds to comfort him or promise to come back or help or anything? Jerk.

Anyways, that's not the point. I know I've been complaining a lot, but I really do love this book and the characters in it. I'm gonna keep complaining now.

The dream/possibly time travel sequence where Jaypaw lives for a few days as Jay's wing was the weakest part of this book to me. It killed the momentum and tension of the sick cats slowly dying, and took too long to tell us what it told us about the Ancients. As far as I'm aware, what we get told in those chapters is that: The Ancients didn't have medicine cats or belief in their ancestors, they didn't have any rules to feed elders and queens first, they had cat democracy, and they lived near the lake until Jay's Wing led them to the mountains to become the Tribe of Rushing water due to a dream. It did get me a little emotional when Half Moon said goodbye to Jay's Wing and then we learned that the real Jay's Wing disappeared before making it to the mountains. She cats have it rough in this series.

Evil Plague of Doom and Despair
This was not funny at all for them to throw in. Disastrous cortisol spikes wracked my body every time the authors described Millie's condition worsening. My lifespan has decreased by 12 years due to this. Graystripe seems to exist for the sole purpose of being tortured by Starclan. And it's insane that Jaypaw spies into his memories AND THEN ASKS HIM ABOUT HIS FIRST DEAD WIFE wtf Jaypaw. I think the reason Millie got sicker than others is because her shots wore off, and she was fully exposed for the first time. Hopefully she is more resilient in the future.

Firestar's death is closer now too, though I can't really predict it. There's so many continuity errors in how many lives he has. I think in Firestar's Quest it said he had six left, but at that point he had only died to Scourge. Not gonna worry too much, it will happen when it happens.
I was kind of disappointed they didn't use the opportunity to kill off a few cats. It's already quite hard to remember every cat's name and appearance.

Probably What You've Been Waiting For (Heaviest Spoilers)
OK, I've seen one of these twists coming since Outcast, but the last forty or so pages of this book was a wild ride. First we learn that Ashfur is far beyond annoyance or anger about losing Squirrelflight. I really thought he was just prone to anger at Lionblaze because of his mother and father. I didn't realize he wanted Lionblaze dead. They did a good job of making him sound truly deranged in the thunderstorm scene. His hatred for Squirrelflight is on full display and honestly, quite frightening. (twist one is that Ashfur is truly willing to kill the Three to get to Squirrelfight. I had no foresight on this one).

Then, Squirrelflight reveals that she's not the mother of the three. (Who didn't see this coming. Hollyleaf? Jayfeather? Seriously?). They've been building this up since book one where we learn that Squirrelflight never had milk for her kits, and there's a whole heap of evidence, but Outcast really starts beating you over the head with the Three's opinions on Breezepaw and Crowfeather. Regardless, this being revealed in this scene was still a bit of a twist. I didn't know how they were going to get out of the situation, and it is a bit too convenient that Ashfur believes her and lets them go, but it is honestly OK because it enables what comes next.
I nearly cried when Hollyleaf and Lionblaze started cursing Squirrelflight for lying to them. They aren't wrong to be upset, but they need to understand that the love they share with Squirrelfight is real, regardless of their genetics. I really hope they get closer again in Sunrise. Also, I thought for sure Jayfeather would figure his ancestry out here, but it eludes him.

The best scene of this entire book comes right after Squirrelflight rejoins the gathering group after "fetching herbs near the Shadowclan border", and they all find Ashfur unceremoniously dead in the lake.
You as a reader instantly know what went down, without it ever being said. It's a heavy moment too. They really don't kill off cats lightly, and it's just a shock to see what Squirrelflight is willing to do to keep her secret. It perfectly breaks the tension that's been building as they all attempted to stop Ashfur from spilling their secret at the gathering. I mean, the dude deserved it but it's still so insane that she really murdered him just like that.

Ok, I think that's all. I might post more of these. I really wanna talk about this but IK it's like a 20 year old series and all these takes have already been made already. LMK if you have cool takes.

Since my last post got some people annoyed because of my spoilers, which I apologize for, this is a repost.

AGAIN! IF YOU DO NOT WANT SPOILERS, SCROLL AND DO NOT PRESS THIS!

Anyway, here I go…

Wouldn’t it make sense for the authors to have Morningkit take over Sunkit instead of getting Moonpaw pregnant?

I mean first off, Morningkit already used Sunkit before to make Moonpaw solve the riddle. Sunkit was the main answer for the riddle and she already manipulated him into leaving camp already, so Morningkit took a particular liking to him.

Also, both of them are orange tabby cats so it would make sense to have Morningkit take over a cat she that looks identical to her, so she could feel like she is in the same body.

Another reason is because they have similar names, with Sunkit being Sun and Morningkit being morning. In fact, I think it would be interesting to ready Morningkit possessing Sunkit and trying to convince the clan to change her name to Morningkit so she can claim the both as officially hers and hers only.

Does this sound interesting

My little brother, he's eight, he had been reading some of the warrior books, but he quit and is reading other books now, I think diary of a Wimpy Kid, and I showed him the boxes of Series Two mystery figures. He asked me why Jayfeather's eyes looked like that. I explained he was blind, and this kid (had not read to Jayfeather) told me he wanted to get Jayfeather. I asked him why. Because the stick is apparently used for poking other cat's eyes out so they are ALSO blind and he isn't the only one. Congratulations, Jayfeather. New stick use for you.

Hi! I wrote an AU where Rusty joins a rainforest Clan called FeatherClan instead of ThunderClan! I would really appreciate feedback and ideas. The main plot of the story is that the FeatherClan deputy, Birdtail, died, and everyone thinks it was an accident. Everyone except Falconpaw and Firepaw, who have to uncover the truth. It's called The Rise Of FeatherClan 1# - Into The Canopy

Here is the alliegiances & prologue:

Allegiances

FeatherClan

Leader

Smallstar – A small tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes.

Deputy

Birdtail – A white and gray tabby tom with green eyes.

Medicine Cat

Frostfang – A silver she-cat with gray stripes and blue eyes.

Warriors

• Goldfur – A ginger she-cat with green eyes.
• Sprucetail – A light brown tom with a darker tail and amber eyes.
• Mudbeak – A dark brown tabby tom with a light brown nose and light yellow eyes.
• Twigtail – A brown tom with dark brown paws, a light brown tail, and green eyes.
• Seastorm – A silver-gray she-cat with a light gray belly and blue eyes.
• Windstripe – A light ginger tabby tom with white stripes and blue eyes.
• Blazefur – A bright orange tabby tom with brown stripes and green eyes.

Apprentices

• Silverpaw – A silver she-cat with dark and light gray stripes and blue eyes. Mentor: Seastorm.
• Eaglepaw – A light brown tabby tom with a slightly lighter brown tail, darker paws, and dark yellow eyes. Mentor: Goldfur.
• Falconpaw – A black-and-white she-cat with amber eyes. Mentor: Twigtail.
• Featherpaw – A light ginger she-cat with lighter paws, a ginger tail, and green eyes. Mentor: Windstripe.
• Waterpaw – A light gray tom with blue eyes. Mentor: Frostfang

Queens

• Stormleaf - A dark brown she-cat with ginger stripes. Green eyes.
• Palmwhisker - A light brown she-cat with a white tail and ginger paws. Amber eyes.

Elders

• Scorchedpelt - a black tom with a scorched pelt. Green eyes.
• Crippledleg - A grey she-cat with a crippled leg. Blue eyes.
• Twistedfoot - A white tabby with ginger paws. Yellow eyes.
• Whitenose - A orange she-cat with white around her nose. Green eyes.

ThunderClan

Leader

Bluestar

Deputy

Redtail

RiverClan

Leader

Sapphirestar

Deputy

Oakheart

WindClan

Leader

Tallstar

Deputy

Deadfoot

Prologue

Falconpaw sliced the WindClan warrior's muzzle with her claws. Around her, the other WindClan and FeatherClan cats were fighting at the border.
"Over a stupid pile of rocks with a cliff at the border of the rainforest", she thought. She leapt onto the rocks on FeatherClan territory. She began climbing up to the top, were Birdtail, Twigtail, and Deadfoot were fighting. The fight had started when WindClan claimed that the huge pile of rocks on FeatherClan territory, Cliffnest, belonged to them.
"Who would want a pile of rocks with a small cliff?" she thought, as she leapt onto the highest ledge where Twigtail was currently busy slicing Deadfoot's pelt. Down below, she could see her best friend Featherpaw trying to get up, but a ginger WindClan warrior held her down. Falconpaw sighed. She raced back down, but slipped and fell onto Tallstar, who was shredding Sprucetail. Sprucetail immediately took the chance and leapt away from Tallstar, helping Goldfur fight the WindClan warrior Emberpelt and a WindClan apprentice named Copperpaw. It looked like FeatherClan was winning. More and more WindClan warriors were running back onto their territory as Tallstar realized they were outnumbered. Then Falconpaw heard a yowl from the top of Cliffnest. She ran up and up, bumping into Eaglepaw and Windstripe. Smallstar was back at camp, as always. Falconpaw could see Deadfoot, Twigtail and Birdtail fighting over the edge. As Tallstar called for retreat, Deadfoot scrambled down. Falconpaw was so focused on the battle, she slipped and fell down. Falling, she saw another cat, a white and grey tabby, falling beside her. Twigtail was looking over. Falconpaw thought she saw a smile on his face. Then she hit the rocks below. Luckily she didn't fall from the highest ledge that Birdtail and Twigtail were on. Falconpaw stood up, her head bleeding, and looked at the cat that fell beside her. It was Birdtail.

If you want the other chapters, you can find it on wattpad and fandom, and I'm planning to put it on AO3 soon! I'd love to know what your favorite character is, and any feedback you have besides spelling errors.

tw for spoilers throughout the modern clan books!!! (6-9)

the modern clans are overhated,

"oh but they dont give off the feeling of the og books!"

okay, uh fair enough, but still; the newer characters have intresting backstories and lore, all types of protagonists, etc.

i mean- last time i checked Hawkfrost didnt have the lore of darktail (im getting flashbacks to darktail`s judgement, ouch.) ashfur`s mind-control powers, nor moonpaw`s dead sibling haunting her. (i like the starless clan, i just didnt put splashtail in the comparison since it would be quite repetitive using the word "haunt" again, lolz.)

i keep hearing people say that all the characters have lost personality, WHICH IS NOT TRUE!!!

uhh idk what else to put, anyways hello reddit im new :D

Warriors is a children's series, and they want to keep their cast likeable, so they're not going to touch on certain ethics. At the same time, the Clans are a war cult of feral cats who use teenage soldiers.

For example, I wouldn't put it past StarClan to send a warrior to the Dark Forest for committing suicide. They threatened to condemn Leafpool of all cats, after all. With all the talk about putting your Clan above yourself and how little is understood about mental health, they might consider it cowardice.

Or StarClan might damn a cat for mass-converting their clanmates into kittypets during a famine. Oakstar got away with breaking that rule, but if you encouraged multiple cats to do it, that might be Dark Forest-worthy.

The Theme of Mothers in ASC

I absolutely love love love LOVE how ASC wrapped up!! I’ll admit, I was bored near the start but everything did add up gorgeously.

Our three protagonists: Frostdawn, Nightheart, and Sunbeam all have “mommy issues”. But it’s done pretty well, at least in my opinion.

Nightheart has Sparkpelt. Though this is the “simplest” relationship out of the three, it’s also pretty nicely done. Sparkpelt obviously had depression related to her children’s birth and Larksong’s death. Nightheart is a frustrated young adult who yearns for independence and his own name away from his family legacy and members who, in his mind, have done nothing for him. He grows up later, though, and seems to realize how important his family is to him. His relationship with Sparkpelt mends, and while it’s not a “happily ever after” necessarily, as they lost that time together, but things are ok now.

Frostdawn has Curlfeather. A she-cat who loves her daughter but ultimately puts her drive for power over her daughter’s own well-being or a personal relationship built on honesty with her. She doesn’t see where she went wrong even after her own brutal death and knowing the trauma her daughter went through. Frostdawn experiences the pain of loving someone while they were there, only to learn new information later and left to wonder whether she hates her or not.

Sunbeam has Berryheart. A mother that she, similar to Nightheart, is frankly quite embarrassed and frustrated by. She, like Nightheart again, leaves to get away from her place underneath her, and makes her own life on her own terms. She is left conflicted by her mother’s death. Berryheart died protecting her, but she’ll never get closure nor truly get over her feelings of shame and guilt for what could have been. Who knows if Berryheart would have recovered like Sparkpelt?

In the end, ASC has a repeating theme of controlling mothers- either through legacy, a trauma response, or manipulating their own path and fate.

Do other arcs have themes like this? I know AVoS plays a lot on child naivety and how easy that is for the wrong people to take advantage of if given the opportunity, but I’m not sure about the others.

Asking because I'm writing a fanfic of the seconed arc with Feathertail's pov and I can't find a mention anywhere so if there's a cannon one let me know of not tell me your headcannons

Prologue

The stillnes of the black river that sliced the land, and encircled the entire camp of RiverClan, reflected the pale full moon. Light green grass stalks that shimmered silver, danced as a strong wind pushed through.

Like a silent ghost departing from the forest, a slender she-cat of golden fur stepped lightly. Her dark cream colored chest rising and falling with each breath she took as dark green eyes flitted across Sunningrocks.

Billowing around her like a cloud, a light blue slit skirt that reached her hindlegs, caressed her fur softly. A feathery blue tunic completed her formalwear. Around her left forepaw, a feathery charm.

Whiskers twitched at the slightest wind changes, and she parted her maw to taste the air. There was no one around.

Turning her head back to the bushful of fronds, Windchaser held out a paw, her tail twitching nervously as she held her breath. She could feel her blood roaring loudly in her ears as her fear began to spread.

“Don’t be nervous now,” she meowed to whoever was in the bushes.

More rustling sounded as a small kit that barelty reached her hindlegs, slowly pushed himself out. Dark amber eyes reflected the moon as he clung to his mother’s hindleg with black paws.

Long narrow black ears swivled at the sounds of crickets joyfully chirping in the long grass as his black tail nervously wrapped around his legs. 

“Don’t be nervous,” Windchaser tried sounding confident, but there was a large lump in her throat that made her choke a bit. 

The young kit clutched his mother’s paw even harder as they walked further away from the forest line, their tails swaying behind them.

“Y-you sure we’re going to be s-safe?” Stuttered the small kit as his ears flicked and pricked a little, his eyes nervously glancing around. 

Windchaser didn’t answer him for her eyes swept across the clearing. Focused on searching for something- or someone. 

“Tiger-”

“Took you long enough,” gruffed out a deep voice from above them. 

Turning her head upwards, and as the small kit pushed himself behind his mother, Windchaser held her breath.

Standing on top of a bunch of granite boulders, huge body barely visible as he stood in front of the moon, Tigerpelt looked down at her with soft amber eyes.

Muscles rippled beneath a light golden fur covered in spots as a fitted oak brown vest that was strapped with golden bronze oak leaves. A black high collared coat, embroidered with gold and bronze leaves, was swung over this.

Dark brown with twisting golden yellow vine forearm straps rested against his forearms while his tail flicked gently behind him.

“It wasn’t easy getting here,” Windchaser meowed a bit sharply as her eyes still drank in the sight of Tigerpelt. There were times when she wanted to rest against his chest. Feel his heartbeat thrumming loudly in her ears as she slept.

“We were worried that we would be caught on the way here.” she continued breathlessly. 

We? 

With a grace that did not match his stature, Tigerpelt leaped from the boulders before landing in an all four crouch several paw-lengths from Windchaser who had yet to move.

“What do you mean ‘we’?” He slowly asked with a hard meow.

Windchaser didn’t reply ttto his question. Her body was already moving to the side, and as her shadow removed itself and allow the moonlight to shine upon the small kit; Tigerpelt sucked in a hard breath.

His amber eyes swept across the dark golden fur that was covered in darker spots. Save for the  slightly tail, ears that were narrower and long, and the paws. All of which were a solid black.

It made his own bushy tail sweep the ground, scattering the dead brown leaves in every direction.

“Windchaser,” Tigerpelt started to meow, but the she-cat beat him to the draw.

“He’s three moons old, Tigerpelt,” Windchaser meowed as she ran her tail across the brown tunic the kit was wearing. She could see the question having started to form in his eyes. “He’s yours.”

Tigerpelt didn’t know when he had gotten to one knee, but he could feel the dewdrops from the grass stalks soaking and matting his fur. He had to suck in as sharp breath as his eyes darted to Windchaser again.

“Why now?” tigerpelt croaked. It felt as though claws were raking his heart through his chest. “Why bring him here?”

But her silence answered his questions more than any words could. With a low growl, Tigerpelt rose to his paws again before tilting his head towards the pile of boulders.

Nudging her son forward gently, Windchaser began following behind Tigerpelt until they were directly underneath Sunningrocks.

“What’s his name?” Tigerpelt asked as he began grooming his fur.

“I named him Leopardkit,” Windchaser meowed with a happy purr. “Because of his pelt, and that I can see him him being swift like the wind.”

“Windchaser-” 

“Don’t,” her whiskers started to quiver as her eyes turned to him. “I don’t have the strength to keep myself calm. He needs to be safe.”

“But with me?” Tigerpelt spun his head sharply in her direction, his amber eyes glittering like hard stones. “Whatever danger is coming for you, I can protect you both. You just need to trust me.”

Windchaser felt like she had been slapped by his claws. Her teeth gritted in a deep grimace as she stumbled backwards. Without saying a word to him, the she-cat turned towards her son, who had been watching them with wide eyes. Unsure of what was going on.

“You seem tired, Leopardkit,” Windchaser hoarsely meowed as she removed her shawl from her shoulders and began spreading it upon the ground in a makeshift nest. 

“I’m not-” Leopardkit was soon interrupted by a large yawn that revealed the pinkness of his mouth.

Being ushered by his mother, Leopardkit found himself curling up in a ball while Windchaser wrapped him up before planting a light lick across his ear.

Silent as the wind so as to not disturb him, Windchaser stepped past her sleeping son and crossed the hollow in a single bound. But she didn’t speak when she got to Tigerpelt.

Instead, she wrapped her paws and held them on his cheeks as she leaned forward to brush her muzzle gently against his.

“I do trust you,” she meowed breathlessly, his scent of fresh oak and spice invading her nostrils and making her head dizzy. Yet, she held onto her composure. “I trust you to keep an eye on our son. To make sure that he grows up strong and with no fear of ibeing hunted.”

“Those cats are going to keep coming after him because your blood runs strongly in him,” Tigerpelt insisted as he pushed his forehead against hers. “I can’t lose you. Not again.”

Windchaser gave a dry chuckle which made Tigerpelt nip at her ear gently.

“It’s not funny,” he growled deeply, his voice thundering in her chest.

“It kind of is,” she lightly admittted as she ran a paw through his somewhat thick fur. “I’ve been able to outpace them for moons. They haven’t caught up to me yet. I made sure of that.”

“Why must you WindClan cats always play such risky games?” Tigerpelt breathed as he planted another nuzzle on her forehead.

The silence that started to roll in that hollow was palpable. It made both cats’ tails twitch nervously as they twined with one another.

“Are you going to say goodvbye to him?” The question made Windchaser turn her eyes upon him. At first those dark green pupils softened before narrowing and hardened.

“You’re expecting me to just leave Leopardkit with no goodbye,” she snarled lightly as she clenched her paws into fists in his chest, her claws slightly flexing out a bit.

“I-”

“What do you mean by saying goodbye,” Both warriors forze as Leopardkit spoke out. His voice eerily echoing off the stones of the hollow.

Sighing as she gave Tigerpelt one last look, Windchaser turned her body around to find Leopardkit sitting straight up and facing them with wide eyes. Eyes full of tears that darkened and made them glitter at the same time.

Windchaser strided over to Leopardkit and knelt before him. Taking a small paw into both of her own, she tried to find the right words.

“I have to go, Leopardkit,” Windchaser meowed soothingly. Her eyes didn’t miss how his tail suddenly stiffened or how his eyes darkened even further.

“Can I come with y-you?” His voice started to shake as he clenched onto his mother like a desperate kit trying to keep her there with him.

Windchaser tilted her head as she gave a sad smile while running a paw through his fur on his head.

“My strong Leopardkit,” she purred while pulling him to her chest. “Where I’m going–it won’t be safe for neither of us. That’s why I have to do it alone.”

“B-but,” Windchaser began to feel the wet drops leaking and matting her fur as Leopardkit started to tremble and quake. “You can’t leave me alone!”

Windchaser could not stop her own tears as she hugged her son tighter.

“I’m not leaving you alone,” she whispered in her ear as she pulled away from him to look him dead in the eyes. “You are going to be in the paws of a frined of mine. Someone that I trust with all of my heart.”

As if summoned by her, Tigerpelt strided up to them until he was a whisker-length behind Windchaser. Leopardkit gulped deeply as he shrank against his mother.

“You don’t need to be afraid of me, Leopardkit,” Tigerpelt purred in a disarmingly way as he held out a paw. “I won’t hurt you.”

“A-are you, a w-warrior?” Leopardkit meowed so low that it was difficult hearing him at first.

“A warrior from ThunderClan,” Tigerpelt nodded as he lowered his paw now and looked at the young kit. He still couldn’t believe that he was meeting his son for the first time.

“That means you’ve killed other cats with those claws of yours,” Leopardkit felt his stomach start doing somersaults at the thought.

Tigerpelt nervously gave a hard laugh that made his entire body tremble with each wave of laughter. Rubbing the back of his head with a sheepish paw, the ThunderClan warrior twitched his tail a little.

“No,” he finally meowed as he looked at the small kit seriously. “No warrior goes around killing other Clan members or rival Clans. It is only as a last resort to use our claws and against the warrior code.”

“Are you the strongest warrior then?” Though it was an innocent question from Leopardkit, he couldn’t help the flicker of curiosity in his chest.

“Sadly no,” Tigerpelt grunted. “There are others that are stronger than me.”

As they deepened the conversation, Windchaser let Leopardkit get closer to his father while she watched them from the side. She was happy. But it was painful at the same time.

The moon started to climb higher in the night sky, increasing its pale light so it stretched across the forest further.

“I have to go now,” Windchaser whispered as she rose up to stand on her paws. 

The bonding moment between Tigerpelt and Leopardkit was instantly shattered as the ThunderClan warrior rose up as well before crossing the hollow to pull Windchaser into a tight hug.

“You be safe out there, Windchaser,” he muttered in her ear. “And don’t say you will and you turn up in StarClan in my dreams. I wouldn’t forgive you for that.”

“Then promise that you will make him a fine warrior and guide him like you would any apprentice in ThunderClan,” she whispered back before giving his ear a slow lick as though she wanted to take his scent with her.

“You know Firestar would never allow any kit to be harmed in ThunderClan under his watch.”

“You didn’t answer my question, Tigerpelt.”

“Neither did you.”

Rolling her eyes at his dry chuckle, Windchaser reluctantly pulled away before walking over to Leopardkit to give him one last hug and lick.

“I want you to take this to remember my scent, Leopardkit,” Windchaser meowed as she wrapped the shawl around the upper body of her son.

Tears once again threatened to drip down her cheeks as she smiled at her kit.

Leopardkit didn’t know if he should be begging her or watching her go. He was feeling emotions that stunned him, his words clogged in his throat.

“W-will I see you again?” He finally whispered as he shifted his dark amber eyes towards Tigerpelt. 

“I can’t promise when, but I will never lie that I won’t see you again. Until we see each other again, my little Leopardkit, we will be together again.” Windchaser’s eyes also drifted to Tigerpelt who swallowed the pleas that tried to form in his throat.

Without another word, she rose to her paws before sprinting out of the hollow, her pawsteps silent as she disappeared.

Both Tigerpelt and Leopardkit watched in silence, the scent of Windchaser already fading away as the night continued onwards.

A loud squeak caused the ThunderClan warrior to turn his body, and had to suppress a smile.

Leopardkit was rocking back and forth on his paws, his eyes fluttering open and close as he tried staying awake. But he was failing.

“Alright, Leopardkit,” he meowed as he stooped to gather the small kit into his arms, making sure to wrap the shawl of Windchaser around his body a bit tighter. “ThunderClan isn’t far from here.”

“M-mo-” Leopardkit meowed before giving a huge yawn while nestling his head deepr into the chest of Tigerpelt.

Tigerpelt felt his ears droop a bit as he left the hollow of Sunningrocks, and began making his way towards ThunderClan.

“StarClan be merciful and watch over us until Windchaser returns to us,” Tigerpelt prayed as the night swallowed them up.

Unbeknownst to them, and hovering near some brambles just several fox-lengths from where the piles of boulders met the black river, a pair of blood red eyes blinked several times. 

Partially emerging from the brambles themselves, a sleek black and silver tabby flicked her ears before slipping into the undergrowth as her scent faded. A dry chuckle echoing in the night.

I plan on making fanfiction with my OC Infinity and I've been wondering to do it in canon or do it with just a bunch of OCs. Plus this will take place In a Disorted Reality were Firestar Is Evil.
The main reasons I wonder which one will be easier is

1. Who will be his parents?
2. Who will be there?
3. When will it take place?

Every time I see Brambleclaw MAP Here I am, my heart just starts breaking because it highlights his life from a kit to the death of Firestar his father figure and it makes my heart light with an angry flame at how the writers screwed up his character (and so many other characters)

Though it's still early in my fanfic, what would be a good fear for a protagonist to have? And what kind of villain would test his growing romantic bond with Leafpool (whose a warrior and not a medicine cat) and Fireheart (a female version and where Brackenfur is deputy of ThunderClan and Bluestar is still alive)

Also I might reveal that my protagonist is Half-clan as one of his parents is from Windclan, considering he's more speed related rather than strength related

https://www.reddit.com/r/WarriorCats/s/dmOImpzETr

This is the link to the original post on the other warrior cats sub I was planning on reposting it here since its 10 days old but it didn't allow me to probably because there is a image of their Main Camp to anyone reading this if your willing to put in the time of reading the post you will not regret it and please if you do enjoy it make a comment on the post I'd love to talk more about the Bone Tribe

Sorry for the [Radio Silence] to make a long list of excuses short, summer made me lazy and the beginning of school made me busy.

But that's besides the point. I'm back! And that's what matters. Now... "MIKE! THE MUSIC PLEASE!"

Blind Eye: https://onlinesequencer.net/5530401

What? think you can come up with a better name for Jayfeather's theme?

This one's kind of just a byproduct of GONE WITH THE WIND as I needed to establish a motif for The 3. Very happy with how the bassoon portrays Jayfeather's grumpy nature

Fight To Prove Your Strength: https://onlinesequencer.net/5502119

This went through a major style change.

It was originally inspired by Spear of Justice but I thought it was too fast pace and didn't fit with the my other more mellow ThunderClan tracks.

I changed the inspiration too to "Hornet" from Hollow Knight as I felt like that fit a lot more with the other songs I've made so far (they're also both strong female characters tied to lush green areas)

Now the main reason this update took so long to get out

GONE WITH THE WIND: https://onlinesequencer.net/5442637 (Listen here in case of lag https://vocaroo.com/1bdNkdaluiOM)

Now I know what you're thinking "What on Earth is MEGALOVANIA doing in Warrior Cats?"

. . . I just think it's kind of funny (I'm also an undertale fan if you haven't picked it up yet)

I actually made a whole post about this LINK that goes more in depth but to sum it up,

I chose Breezepelt because of one perfect scene I had in mind. His confrontation with Jayfeather at the moon pool. He completely drops his morals just to make jayfeather and his siblings suffer just because he thinks it's right.

It's that moment that makes me think of the Genocide route in undertale.

Two particular sections gave me a lot of trouble. For a solid month straight, I couldn't think of any good melodies for The 3 so much so that I had to make an entire track dedicated to one of them. For the other I couldn't get a good sounding electric guitar for a while. (I was also in the middle of two projects at the time so it wasn't exactly a top priority)

As for what I'll be doing next, it'll probably be Riverclan's area theme as I still want to work towards the battle between Riverclan and Windclan in Fire and ice, but I've also been thinking about the Thunderclan camp.

But they'll be all for now. Time to disappear for another 3 months (joking hopefully)

Central Post with the rest of the current OST https://www.reddit.com/r/WarriorCats/s/z2DG760pUm

Edit: TYPO IN THE TITLE ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME

For those that dont know the Leopardus tilcayo (the tilcayo tiger cat), a brand-new species of wild feline native to Bolivia's Yungas cloud forest. It was found 10 years ago, thought to be a lost kitten and taken in as a house cat for a year but was destructive and feral so given to an animal sanctuary. They sent dna samples out and found the cat is a new species that split off 1.4 million years ago from any known species and it is a new species that is a tiny tiger.

It is a tiny cat at only 3lb as an adult 10 year old cat. And I believe they have found 1 other since

How would the clans react if they ran into a Tilcayo tiger cat? Do you think they would fight or the group of tiny tigers could join the clans?

Which clan do you think would be most open and which would be most hostile to the tiny tigers?

I feel if the tilcayo joined they would be the best defenders of the kittens, they are small enough they can lead the kittens to safety and vicious enough (i assume) they can defend if someone tries to attack them

Or more generally, what would happen if a victim took revenge on their killer, even if they redeemed themselves to get into StarClan?

If this happens, I don't know how to react to this. The idea is that on October 23rd, Bright Guardian Akira releases a Warrior Cats Challenge video called "A Warrior Cats fanfiction only using words in Warrior Cats books." The rules for the challenge would be: Every single word has to be in a Warrior Cats book of some kind, except for one single word. It is pretty much a PG-13 film and the F word. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE IN THE ENTIRE THING. The one word that is never used in a Warrior Cats book can't be worse than crap and has to make sense to be in a Warrior Cats book. There would also be a challenge within the video where the viewer has to guess which word has never been used in a Warrior Cats book, and there would be a link within a link within a link within a link within a link within the description of their playthrough of Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest, all to reveal the one word in the fanfiction that has never been used in a Warrior Cats book. Also, the fanfiction has to be about Hollyleaf. I swear, if I get a comment from them, I won't know how to react, but you might as well just say random words in Warrior Cats books just in case that they use this post for some of the words. If you want, I can also use this as a word cloud.

Firestar saved ThunderClan. He brought SkyClan back (not to the territories though). But he hasn't saved StarClan. And he's been in StarClan so long, I'm disappointed in him for not shaking sense into them.

Anyone have any idea how he could manage this?

[Reposted since the original post got removed for some reason]

You could go to any point of time in the series. You could tell the Clans anything, but what you tell them can change the plot!

I would teach them the proper way to cross a Thunderpath

What do yall think?

I really like her and she's one of my favorites 😍 How do y'all feel about this character? I know she's a huge mess in terms of writing but I like how she gives the "Do what makes you happy" message.

Squirrelflight would give you a look of utter confusion and disgust and say "What the foxdung are you talking about? Mates bicker all the time, would we be any different? Why are you even looking so deep into our relationship, you creep." And Bramblestar would either not care at all because he doesn't care about what an outsider he doesn't even know thinks about him and his relationship, or he would care so much and be deeply hurt and insecure because you just opened some hidden deep wounds, and there's no in-between.

https://www.tumblr.com/lazybramble/827567084556926976/short-summaries-of-guiding-light-spoilers-all-of

so bluestar trusted tigerclaw a lot and they made a good leader and deputy combo but i think bluestar going into depression would have been more effective if tigerclaw had been bluestar apprentice cause tigerclaw is part of one of starclans dumb prophecies so it would make tigerclaw more villanous if he had a great mentor like bluefur but still ended up evil instead of becoming evil cause he was that old creep thristleclaws apprentice..