Littlecloud

Littlecloud is a supporting character in the Warriors book series. He was made a warrior apprentice as a kitten by Brokenstar, but in adulthood decided to leave his warrior life to become a medicine cat instead. He lived a long life, even outliving his apprentice Flametail, though eventually died without a successor.
==Appearance==
Littlecloud is a thin, tiny brown tabby tom with bright blue eyes. He has a brown nose and a light brown tail.
==Biography==
===Yellowfang's Secret===
Littlekit is born to Newtspeck alongside Wetkit and Brownkit. Later, Brokenstar has him and a few other kits participate in battle training, despite it being against the warrior code. As Brokenstar argues with the Clan's medicine cat Yellowfang, he tells Littlekit to use his hind legs in the battle move he's practicing. Soon after, the leader commands him and the other kits to attack the under-age apprentice Mosspaw with their claws unsheathed, which kills the kit.
Following Mosspaw's death, Brokenstar makes the other kits into apprentices three moons too early, with Littlekit - now Littlepaw - being assigned Clawface as his mentor. After ShadowClan drives out WindClan in a raid, Littlepaw goes to Yellowfang to get his bleeding paw treated after he had a claw torn out in the battle. he asks the gray she-cat if Badgerpaw, a fellow underaged apprentice, had died in the battle, which she solemnly confirms. Rather than being shocked or sad though, Littlepaw perks up at this, exclaiming that his friend is a real warrior now, and hope he's watching over him in StarClan, which greatly concerns Yellowfang.
===Exile from ShadowClan===
Before the raid to drive out WindClan, a ShadowClan elder named Nightpelt sees several underaged apprentices in the battle patrol, and is disturbed by how willing Littlepaw is to die for his Clan. Later, after he and the rest of the elders are exiled, Nightpelt spots Littlepaw and Volepaw hunting, shocked by how thin they both are. He overhears the small tabby tom mention that their mentors are waiting at the Carrionplace for their assessments where they'll have to battle a hoard of rats. Littlepaw then says that their mentors are the strongest cats in the whole forest, and he can't wait to be like them.
Nightpelt decides to accompany the two kits, worried for their safety. At the Carrionplace, Brokenstar, Clawface and Nightpelt watch as Littlepaw and Volepaw struggle to kill one rat before being swarmed by many more. Clawface and Nightpelt intervene, and though Littlepaw is only slightly injured, Volepaw is severely wounded. Brokenstar refuses to let the Clan's other medicine cat Runningnose treat him, so Nightpelt and Clawface must sneak him out of camp to be treated by Yellowfang.
===The Prophecies Begin===
====Into the Wild====
At Firepaw's, Graypaw's and Ravenpaw's first Gathering, they meet a few of the apprentices from RiverClan and ShadowClan, Littlepaw included. The kit asks Graypaw what the mythical TigerClan, LionClan and LeopardClan were like, and the fluffy gray tom gives him a description of the former, but gets stuck when trying to describe the latter. Littlepaw says that he heard they were like TigerClan, but had golden fur and manes like the sun's rays. Graypaw confirms this, then tries to describe what LeopardClan, to which his mentor Lionheart says LeopardClan is to thank for the Clans' speed and hunting skills. Littlepaw asks why that is, and Lionheart explains that the modern Clans are supposedly descended from the three mythical ones.
Lionheart then studies Littlepaw for a moment, asking if he's an apprentice and how old he is. The small tom hesitates and looks at the ground, nervously claiming that he's six moons old, the kits are supposed to become apprentices at. Lionheart replies that he's very small for six moons, and he claims that his mother is small too, before backing away into the crowd. Lionheart then notes that while the apprentice was tiny, he was curios about the Clans' history, telling Firepaw and Graypaw that he wishes they were the same.
Later, after Clawface kidnaps three ThunderClan kits, Yellowfang explains to some of her new Clanmates that Brokenstar makes kits into warrior apprentices when they're only three moons old and sends them into battle soon after, which has gotten several of them killed. Everyone is horrified by this, and Firepaw remembers meeting Littlepaw at the Gathering, realizing that he was so small because he was still a kitten. When ThunderClan and ShadowClan's exiled elders raid the camp to recuse the stolen kits and drive Brokenstar out, the leader reveals that he had killed two kittens named Mintkit and Marigoldkit, framing Yellowfang for it so he had an excuse to banish her. Everyone is shocked by this, Littlepaw included, and soon after Brokenstar is driven out of the Clans, along with his supporters, one of which being Clawface.
=== Leopardstar's Honor ===
After WindClan returns home, RiverClan and ShadowClan team up to drive them out once more so they can claim their territory, with ThunderClan coming to the moor cats' aid. During the battle, Littlepaw - now a warrior named Littlecloud - attacks a WindClan warrior named Morningflower, and is chased off by Fireheart.
=== The Prophecies Begin (cont.) ===
====Rising Storm====
When a deadly sickness breaks out in ShadowClan, Littlecloud goes to ThunderClan with his friend Whitethroat for help. A patrol finds them sleeping and brings them to camp, where Fireheart sees that they're dirty, sick and starving. Yellowfang inspects them, recognizing the sickness they have as something that came from the Carrionplace, ordering them to leave at once. She explains that the sickness they have once wiped out many cats in ShadowClan, and if they stay, it could spread to ThunderClan. Littlecloud protests, saying that with his Clan's new leader Nightstar sick as well, Runningnose has been putting all his effort into saving the leader, with the rest of the Clan suffering as a result. 
Yellowfang's apprentice Cinderpaw wants to help the two, but ThunderClan's leader Bluestar listens to the old gray she-cat's warnings, ordering Fireheart and Sandstorm to escort the two sick cats out of their territory. Feeling pity for them, Fireheart catches a mouse for them, though neither eat much of it, and what they do eat is vomited back up soon after. The two then say goodbye to the ThunderClan warriors, with Littlecloud denying Fireheart's offer to escort them over the thunderpath dividing ThunderClan and ShadowClan. Fireheart and Sandstorm then follow them in secret, discovering that they used a tunnel under the thunderpath to get there.
Later, Fireheart finds Littlecloud and Whitethroat residing in a small cave in ThunderClan territory, and Cinderpaw explains that she's been trying to heal them in secret, not wanting to just leave them to die. The orange tom insists they be sent away to avoid their ailment spreading, but Cinderpaw refuses to let them leave until they're cured. Feeling sorry for the two ill cats, he allows the medicine cat apprentice to treat them in secret. Soon they recover and return to ShadowClan, with Cinderpaw giving them some herbs to treat their Clanmates with.
====A Dangerous Path====
At the next meeting of the medicine cats, Littlecloud shows up and tells Cinderpelt that he's now training under Runningnose. He then enthusiastically says that he was inspired to become a medicine cat after she had cured his and Whitethroat's sickness. He then adds that Whitethroat was scared to go back to camp in case he got sick again, even though they had herbs with them. Littlecloud then laments how he had found Whitethroat's body on the thunderpath after he'd been ran over, to which Cinderpelt comforts him. He and Cinderpelt then stay side-by-side as the medicine cats head for the Moonstone.
===Leopardstar's Honor (cont.)===
Following Tigerstar's death, Littlecloud and Runningnose prepare herbs for the upcoming battle against BloodClan.
===The New Prophecy===
====Midnight====
After Runningnose's retirement, Littlecloud is now the sole medicine cat of ShadowClan. At the next meeting, Cinderpelt's new apprentice Leafpaw comments that she scents a ShadowClan cat, and her mentor tells her that it's Littlecloud, who usually waits for her. Leafpaw then recalls how Cinderpelt had saved the brown tabby's life, and insipred him to become a medicine cat in the first place, which formed a strong friendship between the two. When they meet up with him, Leafpaw notes that he doesn't have an apprentice. He then springs to his paws and greets them, and at the Moonstone asks StarClan to show them all the destinies of their Clans.
====Moonrise====
As twolegs begin to tear the forest down, a group of ThunderClan cats is sent to speak to ShadowClan's leader Blackstar about what to do. Blackstar scoffs at the idea of leaving the forest, saying that his Clan has all the prey they need in the Carrionplace, but Littlecloud protests, reminding the leader of how easily the rats there can infect the Clan with sickness, and how he himself nearly died from a sickness like this. Blackstar angrily silences him and retorts that the sickness was a punishment from StarClan since Nightstar was never an official leader, claiming there's no danger in eating rats from the Carrionplace now. Cinderpelt argues back that there's danger if a leader silences their medicine cat or acts like they know more about StarClan's will than them.
At the next meeting, the medicine cats of RiverClan and WindClan are running late, and Littlecloud assures Cinderpelt and Leafpaw that they'll arrive soon. He then hears Leafpaw's stomach growl due to the dwindling forest's lack of prey, and gives her a sympathetic glance. The brown tabby then informs Cinderpelt that Blackstar has had his cats start eating rats from the Carrionplace, and that though there hasn't been any outbreaks of illness yet, it's only a matter of time before there are. He adds that he tried warning his Clanmates not to eat any of the rats, but they don't listen since Blackstar is the one who gives all the orders, and they're too hungry to care anyways.
====Dawn====
As the forest continues to be destroyed, Littlecloud struggles to help his Clanmates without any herbs. He escapes with everyone else when ShadowClan's camp is torn apart, and they all take up residence on the Sunningrocks when Firestar offers. Once they get to the Sunningrocks, Blackstar orders him to do whatever he can to help the Clan, and the leader is persuaded to let Cinderpelt, Leafpaw and a kittypet named Cody help the small tom. The four Clans then accept that the forest is no longer habitable, and they must travel somewhere else. As they all leave in the morning, the medicine cats prepare traveling herbs for the journey.
When Tallpoppy's son Marshkit is saved from an eagle on the journey, Littlecloud tends to the scratches the bird's claws left. As the Clans pass through the mountains, they come across another group of cats known as the Tribe of Rushing Water, who offer to shelter them for the night. Blackstar asks Littlecloud what they should do, and the blue-eyed tom encourages the leader to take the Tribe cats' offer, as the kits and elders need a break from walking. After spending the night with the Tribe, the Clans continue on, and eventually settle around a large lake.
====Starlight====
At the first medicine cat meeting around the lake, Littlecloud asks WindClan's medicine cat Barkface how his elderly leader Tallstar is doing. he then wonders if the lake is the right place for them to live, as they have found nothing like the Moonstone to communicate to StarClan through here. He then suggests they start restocking their herb supplies while waiting for StarClan to speak to them, adding that they'll all need lots of horsetail, as quite a few cats have gotten scratches and scrapes during their travels.
Later, as the medicine cats explore the new territory, RiverClan's medicine cat Mothwing suggests that they hold Gathering at the small island in the lake, but Littlecloud disagrees since only RiverClan cats would be able to swim to it. At the next meeting, he wonders if StarClan is trying to send the Clans signs of what they need, but Barkface calls this idea preposterous. Littlecloud then worries that StarClan didn't want the Clans to settle at the lake before asking Mothwing if her Clan's elders have recovered from their illness, which she hesitantly answers yes.
After Leafpaw and her friend Sorreltail discover a large pool of water known as the Moonpool, which functions just like the Moonstone, the medicine cats all begin meeting there every half-moon. At the first meeting at the Moonpool, Leafpool earns her full name in honor of her discovery, and Littlecloud cheers for her with everyone else.
====Twilight====
On the way to the next meeting, Littlecloud gives a cordial greeting to Cinderpelt and Leafpool, seeming distracted when the former asks him how his Clan is doing. Leafpool then asks where Mothwing is and if she's coming with him, to which he explains that she was going through WindClan territory instead this time. After visiting StarClan, Littlecloud suggests they discuss the strange visions they've been given, as they're more cryptic than usual, shuddering as he describes his as a voice warning him of danger and death. As the group starts heading home, he suggests once more that they talk about their dreams at the next meeting if they find more information.
At the Gathering, he tells the other medicine cats that he's been having the same dream warning him of danger over and over. He then asks the others if something similar has happened to them. He concludes that the danger couldn't have been about two hostile kittypets harassing ShadowClan, as the problem has already been dealt with.
====Sunset====
At the next meeting, Littlecloud is shocked and grief-stricken when Leafpool tells him that Cinderpelt had died defending newborn kittens and their mother when badgers attacked the camp. He says that he owed Cinderpelt his life, and Leafpool reflects on how her former mentor had cured him of a deadly sickness and inspired him to become a medicine cat. After the meeting, he thanks StarClan that the badgers hadn't attacked ShadowClan, and offers to help Leafpool now that she's ThunderClan's only medicine cat, though she declines. Later, when ShadowClan belittles ThunderClan for perceived weakness due to the badger attack, Brambleclaw blames Leafpool for telling Littlecloud about it. He later finds out however that it wasn't Littlecloud who told the rest of ShadowClan, but Hawkfrost, who informed them when encountering a patrol.
===The Power of Three===
====The Sight====
Littlecloud greets Leafpool cordially at the next meeting, which surprises her new apprentice, Jaypaw. The small tabby asks her if her Clanmates have recovered from a recent battle against ShadowClan, and Jaypaw listens for a hint of triumph in his voice, but finds only concern. Littlecloud then says that one of his Clanmates, Oakfur, is still limping from the fight, to which Leafpool suggests he uses comfrey, but he tells her that he's run out and Blackstar won't let him go to ThunderClan to get more. Leafpool then promises to leave some comfrey for him at the border between the two Clans the next day. As Leafpool introduces her apprentice to everyone, Littlecloud asks Jaypaw if he likes being a medicine cat, and is impressed when his mentor says that he's memorizes all the herbs already. Once Barkface arrives, Littlecloud asks him where his new apprentice Kestrelpaw is.
After the group visits StarClan in their dreams, Littlecloud and Barkface start pacing anxiously around the Moonpool. As they all leave, Leafpool says she'll remember to leave the comfrey for him, which he thanks her for. He later goes with Barkface to RiverClan to ask for some catmint. At the next Gathering, Littlecloud announces that he's had a vision of a stranger entering ShadowClan camp with a peice of prey, which maggots crawl out of when they bite into it. Blackstar assumes it means that someone is trying to poison the Clan, but Leafpool reasons that it could be a warning to look out for rotten prey.
====Dark River====
During the next meeting, Littlecloud reports that ShadowClan's apprentices have been itching, telling Barkface that he's already tried to treat it with comfrey when the older tom suggests it. Using his powers, Jaypaw reads the small tabby's mind and finds out that he blames the itching on the apprentices not keeping their fur clean. After hearing strange voice, Jaypaw asks the others if they heard it too, Littlecloud assumes that it was just the wind.
====Outcast====
Littlecloud arrives late to the next meeting, but Leafpool assures him that they would'nt go on without him. When Kestrelpaw starts bothering Jaypaw, the latter starts walking beside Littlecloud to avoid him.
====Eclipse====
Littlecloud reports at the next meeting that ShadowClan has been doing well, but the dock at the lake has been crowded with twolegs lately. Mothwing replies that one of the comforts of leaffall is that twolegs stop coming around as often, which he agrees with. He congradulates Mothwing's apprentice Willowshine when she earns her full name, saying that StarClan will be eager to visit her.
As the medicine cats sleep by the Moonpool, Jayfeather spies on Littlecloud's dreams and sees the spirit of Runningnose asking him questions. The tabby blurts out that Blackstar relies on his deputy Russetfur to do everything, and wonders once more if the Clans were meant to come to the lake. Runningnose then warns him that Blackstar has begun losing faith in StarClan ever since a solar eclipse showed that they weren't all-powerful, and Littlecloud must help him regain it. Later, when a rogue named Sol comes to ShadowClan and tells everyone that they should stop believing in their ancestors, Littlecloud leans forward in shock.
====Long Shadows====
As Sol tries convincign ShadowClan that StarClan is powerless, Littlecloud protests that he's visited their ancestors many times, refusing to belive they could be weak. Sol retorts that StarClan is good at deception, and reminds the Clan how they didn't warn of the solar eclipse, which quiets Littlecloud.
He doesn't attend the next meeting, and Barkface says he probably won't be coming at all, adding that he though Littlecloud wouldn't fall for Sol's manipulation like the rest of his Clan had. Willowshine suggests that maybe he's able to visit StarClan in his dreams from all the way in ShadowClan camp. Runningnose then tells Jaypaw in his dreams that he's visited his former apprentice, and the small tom still retains his faith in StarClan, but struggles to convince his Clanmates to as well. He then adds that Blackstar has forbid him from speaking about their ancestors or going to the Moonpool, asking Jaypaw to help him restore ShadowClan's faith in their ancestors.
Jaypaw and his siblings Hollyleaf and Lionblaze later sneak into ShadowClan, and with the help of three of the Clan's apprentices - Flamepaw, Dawnpaw and Tigerpaw - they create a fake sign from StarClan. Tigerpaw then goes into camp and asks Littlecloud for help, and he comes laog with Blackstar. When they get there, a tree falls in front of them and Jaypaw starts speaking like a StarClan cat from his hiding place. Littlecloud's eyes widen in awe, and the spirits of Runningnose and the past ShadowClan leader Raggedstar then appear before the two. 
After this, ShadowClan regains their faith in StarClan, and exile Sol for manipulating them. Blackstar apologizes to Littlecloud for doubting him, admitting that he was right all along. Littlecloud responds that the warrior code lives within every cat in the Clan, and one cat alone cannot change that.
====Sunrise====
Littlecloud now has an apprentice in Flamepaw, who goes to his first meeting excitedly. After the tabby announces that he'll have StarClan make Flamepaw's apprenticeship official that night, Jayfeather touches his tail to the orange tom's shoulder and congradulates him, remembering how Blackstar wouldn't allow him to become Littlecloud's apprentice while Sol was in ShadowClan. Mothwing and Willowshine then arrive late, explaining that they had to get a thorn out of Petalkit's eye, and Littlecloud suggests they treat the injury with celandine once they get home.
Following Flamepaw's apprenticeship becoming official, Littlecloud remakrs that the apprentice did well for his first time visiting StarClan. Later, Jayfeather visits ShadowClan to ask Littlecloud about an herb Mousefur had said was on Leafpool's pelt. The small brown tabby informs him that it's parsley, which stops a mother from producing milk, and comments proudly that Flamepaw has already memorized several herbs. Jayfeather then realizes that Leafpool is his birth mother and used parsley to cover it up, and abruptly leaves when Littlecloud asks him what's wrong.
===Omen of the Stars===
====The Fourth Apprentice====
At the Gathering, the leaders all dicuss a harsh drought, and agree to send a couple of cats from each Clan to investigate the cause. Littlecloud states that this mission isn't the same as the one a group of warriors went on before the forest's destruction to the sun-drown place, as they had been chosen by StarClan. The other medicine cats say their ancestors haven't sent them any signs of who to send now, so he asks who will choose the cats to send. Firestar says that the leaders should decide, since although the medicine cat has a point, StarClan would've already sent them a message if they were planning to.
====Fading Echoes====
After an apprentice named Briarpaw has a tree fall on her and paralyze her back legs, Jayfeather visits ShadowClan to ask Littlecloud what to do. The small tabby tells him that when he was an apprentice, a warrior named Wildfur, who had a similar injury, died due to fluids building up in his legs. he suggests Briarpaw go through some excecises every day to avoid this.
At the next meeting, he asks Jayfeather how Briarpaw is doing, and learns that she's alright, and has become a warrior named Briarlight, which surprises him. He then asks how Leafpool is, as she had stepped down as a medicine cat ever since the secret of her having kits was revealed, which annoys Jayfeather. Littlecloud then complains about how cold it is, and Kestrelflight teases that he sounds like an elder, saying it might be warmer around the Moonpool. Flametail then adds that his former mentor nearly is an elder.
====Night Whispers====
Following Russetfur's death in a battle against ThunderClan, Flametail asks where Littlecloud is during her vigil. The Clan's new deputy Rowanclaw tells him that the small tom is resting, exhausted from treating wounds all night, and will speak to Russetfur's spirit at the Moonpool that night. Flametail then checks up on the sleeping tom in the medicine den, who wakes up when he enters. The orange medicine cat notes that his former mentor's pelt is warmer than usual, and his eyes are wide, but he insists that he's fine.
The two medicine cats are then called into the leader's den, where Blackstar asks if either of them have had a dream warning them of the battle Russetfur had died in, though neither of them have. Blackstar then says that ThunderClan was too close to their camp when the fight started, but Littlecloud points out that the neighboring Clan hadn't stolen any territory since they arrived at the lake. Feeling uneasy about letting the blue-eyed tom go to the Moonpool in his feverish state, Flametail offers to go in his place, which he allows.
Once Flametail returns from the Moonpool, he tells Littlecloud and Blackstar that StarClan old him their Clan must stand alone, and he and the brown tabby should cut contact with the other medicine cats. Littlecloud argues that the medicine cats can't turn on each other after so many moons of helping each other, and the orange tom is confused as to why he won't accept StarClan's words. At the next meeting, neither of ShadowClan's medicine cats show up, which worries the others.
Soon Littlecloud falls ill with greencough, which worries everyone in the Clan, Flametail especially. While speaking to him about ThunderClan, the orange tom then realizes that his former mentor's friendliness with their neighbors is because of the close bond he and Cinderpelt had, and he wishes to repay her for saving his life by helping her Clan. He's shocked when Flametail brings up Cinderpelt's death, and insists that he cannot abandon the Clan that she loved. Later, when Flametail falls through the ice of the frozen lake and drowns, Littlecloud mourns his loss with the rest of his Clan.
====Sign of the Moon====
Blackstar repots at the next Gathering that Littlecloud is suffering from a minor case of whitecough. The cats of ThunderClan, however, know that it's actually greencough, and Blackstar had lied to avoid making ShadowClan seem weak.
====The Forgotten Warrior====
At the next Gathering, Flametail's sister Dawnpelt accuses Jayfeather of drowning him, and Littlecloud is unsure of what to think. Mistystar, Blackstar and Onestar all suggest demoting Jayfeather until he can prove his innocence, which the other medicine cats all agree with. Jayfeather then retorts that they can't tell him what to do, intent on remaining ThunderClan's medicine cat.
====The Last Hope====
To prove his innocence, Jayfeather joins all the other medicine cats into one big shared dream, where the spirit of Flametail appears to them. Littlecloud is relived to see his former apprentice again, and asks why he didn't find him in StarClan before. Flametail admits that he was hiding out of embarrassment for the way he died, then tells everyone that Jayfeather didn't kill him, and had actually been trying to save him. The medicine cats then discuss uniting the living Clans as well as the factions of StarClan for the upcoming battle against the Dark Forest. They plan a meeting for all the leaders and deputies to unite, and Littlecloud promises to bring Blackstar.
During the battle, Littlecloud rushes to injured warriors' aid, panicking about losing more warriors than they already had. Blackstar looses a life during the battle, and Graystripe orders some cats to find moss and cobwebs for Littlecloud to stop the bleeding with. Once a ThunderClan patrol arrives in ShadowClan camp to back them up, the medicine cat reports that their arrival must have chased most of the Dark Forest spirits off. Kinkfur then hands him a cobweb, and he thanks her before applying it to Scorchfur's wound. Eventually the Dark Forest retreats, though ShadowClan loses Applefur, Cedarheart, Olivenose, Shrewfoot, Starlingwing, Tallpoppy, Toadfoot and Weaselkit in the process.
===Dovewing's Silence===
Littlecloud attends a meeting between all Clans to dicuss what to do with cats who trained in the Dark Forest, where both he and Blackstar appear frail from age. Later, during an outbreak of greencough, he visits ThunderClan to ask Leafpool and Jayfeather for some spare catmint.
===Crowfeather's Trial===
At the next meeting, Kestrelflight is escorted by his Clanmate Crowfeather, and Willowshine tells him not to go with hsi escort to the Moonpool, threatening to claw him if he does. Littlecloud agrees that he wait nearby, but reminds Willowshine that medicine cats don't attack.
===Bramblestar's Storm===
Bramblestar, the new leader of ThunderClan, visits ShadowClan with a patrol, where they see Littlecloud looking worried. He approaches as the patrol leaves, asking how Leafpool and Jayfeather are. Leafpool's sister Squirrelflight is about to answer, but Bramblestar snaps at her and apologizes to Littlecloud, who watches in disappointment as they leave. Squirrelflight asks the leader on their way back home why he snapped at her not to answer Littlecloud's question, and he responds that they aren't medicine cats.
Littlecloud and Rowanclaw show up in ThunderClan a bit later, the former greeting Bramblestar and explaining that they're going to the Moonpool tonight. He adds that he isn't sure if the flood had damaged the Moonpool, hoping it's ok since it on a high up hill, and worries for the Clans if it had been. As they leave, Jayfeather then realizes that Blackstar had died in the flood, and Littlecloud is taking Rowanclaw to the Moonpool for his leadership ceremony.
Later, Leafpool goes to ShadowClan's camp to talk to Littlecloud, noticing how old and frail he's become, with his gaze unfocused. The brown she-cat asks him how he is, and he reports that he and his Clanmates are alright, and the apprentices are gathering herbs for him. She offers to check his herb storage, as she may have some herbs to spare, and he thanks her for it, eyes glimmering, and leads her to the storage. Afterwards, Leafpool asks to stay and help him out, since his supply is so small, and Littlecloud says she can only stay for a few days. Cinderheart wonders how long she's actually going to stay though, as the tabby tom hasn't had a successor since Flametail's death.
===A Vision of Shadows===
====The Apprentice's Quest====
At the next meeting, Jayfeather urges Leafpool, Mothwing and Willowshine to walk faster, as Littlecloud and Kestrelflight are ahead of them. At the Moonpool, Littlecloud greets everyone, thinking they wouln't come for a moment. Jayfeather hears the brown tom's rasping and hitching breath, reminding him of how old the ShadowClan medicine cat is. He then thinks about how he doesn't have anyone to take his place when he dies, and how ShadowClan has plenty of young cats to take as an apprentice. As they sleep by the Moonpool, the medicine cats all find themselves in a shared dream, standing in a lush feild. Littlecloud shakes his head and says that it's very odd, and a group of StarClan spirits then show up, with Flametail sharing a warm reunion with his former mentor while Blackstar's spirit looks on apprvingly. The medicine cats are then given a propehcey: "Embrace what you find in the shadows, for only they can clear the sky."
At the Gathering, Rowanstar announces that the medicine cats have an important message for all the Clans. They all confer for a moment before Kestrelflight announces the prophecy, though none of them know what it could mean. Cloudtail asks if the prophecy was meant for all the Clans or just Jayfeather, and Littlecloud says that's a good question, followed by Jayfeather saying it was for all of them.
Later in ThunderClan, Squirrelflight asks where Leafpool is, and Jayfeather irritably says she went to help Littlecloud again, not understand why she's always going to ShadowClan just because the old tom isn't feeling well. Squirrelflight retorts that she's just trying to help, but the blue-gray tabby states that ShadowClan has plenty of apprentices Littlecloud could train to take his place instead of borrowing one of ThunderClan's medicine cats. Squirrelflight then reminds him that a medicine cat apprentice needs to be just the right cat.
The next day, ThunderClan's medicine cat apprentice Alderpaw asks Leafpool how Littlecloud is once she returns, and she tells him that he's fine, and just has a case of whitecough. She then admits that she's worried about him, since there's no one in his Clan to help him. Alderpaw murmurs that StarClan must have sent a sign for a new medicine cat apprentice by now, but Jayfeather snorts that ShadowClan cats are too focused on battle to look for signs. 
At the next meeting, Alderpaw notices that Littlecoud arrives last, exhausted from the walk to the Moonpool. Leafpool introduces Alderpaw to the others, Littlecloud says nothing, only looking at the ginger tom enviously, with Alderpaw hoping that he'll have a new apprentice soon.
====Thunder and Shadow====
Littlecloud is now dying of old age, and Rowanstar asks ThunderClan for help in caring for him. Leafpool agrees to do so, going to ShadowClan to be there for the tabby tom in his final days, while also acting as the Clan's subsitiute medicine cat. Despite all of Leafpool's and Dawnpelt's efforts, Littlecloud dies a few days later, leaving the Clan without a medicine cat. After his Clan sits vigil for him, Leafpool thinks that the reason he didn't take a new apprentice after Flametail's death is because all of the current apprentices are only interested in fighting. Leafpool then stays in ShadowClan as their temporary medicine cat, and later trains Littlecloud's successor Puddlekit.
===Tigerheart's Shadow===
After Rowanclaw steps down as leader and dies, Tigerheart succeeds him as leader. During his leadership ceremony, Littlecloud appears to grant him his seventh life. Tigerheart is happy to see him again, and the small tom tells him that leadership is in his destiny. He adds that the new leader has been held back far too long by his fear of failure, and that he shouldn't be afraid of it. he then gives Tigerheart a life of acceptance, telling him that if he accepts what cannot be changed, his fear will disappear.
===Squirrelflight's Hope===
After getting caught in a cave-in, Leafpool and Squirrelflight visit StarClan while teetering on life and death. There, a trail is held to determine whether or not they belong in StarClan after breaking the code and lying to their Clanmates. Littlecloud is one of the six cats in the trial, and initially doesn't want Leafpool to be let in due to breaking the code, claiming she has no respect for it. Leafpool retorts that she is a medicine cat, not a warrior, and she sacrificed everything for her Clan and her kits. The small tom asks angrily what the point of having a code is if cats break it all the time. After being convinced by Yellowfang though, he and the others then decide to let the two stay, though Squirrelflight goes back to the living world instead.
==Trivia==
*Author Victoria Holmes has stated that she doesn't think Littlecloud and Cinderpelt were ever in love, but rather had a sibling-like bond.
**During this statement, she also mistakenly says that Cinderpelt is much older than him, when they're actually around the same age.
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Category:Fantasy Heroes
Category:Male
Category:Animals
Category:Anthropomorphic
Category:Healers
Category:Doctors and Scientists
Category:Priests
Category:Cure-Bringers
Category:Non-Action
Category:Bond Creators
Category:Bond Protectors
Category:Localized Protection
Category:Predecessor
Category:Successors
Category:Mentors
Category:Apprentice of Villain