Final Days to Live – Warrior Cats AU (Part 1: Blood in the Water)

I want everyone to know, this is a work in progress. I've only posted Allegiances, description and prologue for now. Please don't harass me about the lack of content. Admins, please don't edit this page I'm working hard on this fanfic... -\_-; Also, this is only Part 1 of the AU, I might release the other parts under different pages

**!!!WARNING!!!**

This AU story is intended for audiences of the Erin Hunter series Warriors, sometimes known as Warrior Cats by fans. This story will contain some minor spoilers for the first arc of the series.

This fanfic also describes battle, blood and deadly sickness, which could all be potentially triggering topics. Reader discretion is advised.

## Allegiances

### **RiverClan**

 Deputy
 Medicine Cats
 Warriors
Lionfang - Golden tom with thick neck fur and amber eyes
Wrenclaw - Brown tabby she-cat, amber eyes
Apprentice, Thunderpaw
Islandtail - Tan tabby she-cat, green eyes
Starface - Blue-gray she-cat with white speckles
Apprentice, Goldenpaw
Mosslight - Brown-and-white she-cat with pale green eyes
Minnowswift - Brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Graysky - Gray tom with both light gray and dark gray spots; blue eyes
Wetmoon - Silver tabby she-cat with white feet and blue-cyan eyes; formerly the rogue Dew
Skyfire - Silver tabby with blue eyes
 Apprentices
Goldenpaw - Golden-tawny she-cat with amber eyes
 Queens and Kits
 Elders
Dovetail - Gray she-cat with a white tail and green eyes; retired due to broken back legs

### ThunderClan

 Deputy
 Medicine Cat
 Warriors
Apprentice, Ashpaw
Lightwing - Gray-and-white tom with green eyes
Apprentice, Maplepaw
Skytalon - Blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes and white paws
Apprentice, Beechpaw
Spruceclaw - Brown tom with amber eyes
Tigerblaze - Orange tom with black stripes and green eyes
Goldpelt - Golden she-cat with green eyes
Leafclaw - Light-brown-and-white she-cat with black paws, green eyes
Birdtalon - Gray-and-brown she-cat, amber eyes
Rowanjay - Brown tom with dark blue eyes
 Apprentices
Maplepaw - Calico she-cat, yellow eyes
 Queens and Kits
 Elders

### ShadowClan

 Deputy
 Medicine Cats
 Warriors
Hollyheart - Brown-and-black she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice, leopardpaw
Pineclaw - Dark brown tom with dark green eyes
Darknose - Golden-brown she-cat with black paws, tail and nose splotches, green eyes
Apprentice, Sagepaw
Blackwind - Black tom with amber eyes
Bluefoot - Gray she-cat with blue-gray paws and blue eyes
Greyclaw - White-and-gray cat with gray paws, yellow eyes
Birchheart - Tan tabby tom, yellow eyes
Duskheart - Dark brown tom with tawny eyes
Apprentice, Quailpaw
 Apprentices
Leopardpaw - Golden tom with black spots, green eyes
 Queens and Kits
 Elders
Eagleheart - Dark gray she-cat with green eyes

### WindClan

 Deputy
 Medicine Cat
 Warriors
Finch-heart - Gray spotted she-cat with yellow eyes
Runningdust - Orange-gold tabby with orange eyes
Patchpelt - Calico tom with yellow eyes
Petaltail - Dark brown she-cat with blue eyes
Larchneedle - Dark brown tom with blue eyes
Strikeclaw - Gray she-cat with white paws, yellow eyes
Raintail - Black tom with gray tail, blue eyes
Sunnyshade - Golden-brown tabby she-cat, amber eyes
Blackwing - Gray tom with black splotches, green eyes
Fernfoot - Brown she-cat with white paws, green eyes
Smokewhisker - Gray she-cat with dark gray splotches, green eyes
Greystorm - Gray tom with green eyes
 Apprentices
 Queens and Kits
 Elders

### SkyClan

 Deputy
 Medicine Cat
 Warriors
Apprentice, Leafpaw
Lichentail - Mottled brown she-cat with light brown tail and green eyes
Firecloud - Ginger tom with amber eyes
Apprentice, Dustpaw
Stonetail - Gray tom with black markings, yellow eyes
Cleartail - Dark gray she-cat with white tail and green eyes
Rivertail - Blue-gray tom with long tail
Leafsong - Russet she-cat with green eyes
Mothfoot - Black she-cat with white tail and paws, green eyes
Apprentice, Ferretpaw
Oaktail - Light brown she-cat with brown tail, green eyes
Aspenpelt - Wiry brown tabby tom, green eyes
Longclaw - All-black tom with unusually long claws, yellow eyes
 Apprentices
Leafpaw - Ginger-brown she-cat
 Queens and Kits
 Elders
Snipwing - Black she-cat with a white chest and navy-blue eyes

### BloodClan (Known Cats)

 Deputies (Captains)
 Fighter Cats (In order of age)
Claw - Black tom with white paws and amber eyes
Storm - Mottled gray tom with yellow eyes
Wolf - Gray-and-white tom, amber eyes (Secret spy/traitor)
Blade - Silver tabby tom with amber eyes
Nightmare - Brown tom with green eyes
Frost - Ragdoll she-cat with blue eyes
Winter - White she-cat with frost blue eyes
Raven - All-black she-cat with dark blue eyes
Crow - Black tom with white chest and paws, amber eyes
 Queens/kits

### Twolegplace Rebels

Simon - Sand-colored tom with green eyes

Wolf - BloodClan traitor mentioned above.

Frisk - Brown-and-gold she-cat with blue eyes

Aries - White tom with amber eyes

Aquarius - Blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes and white splotches

### Cats Outside Clans

Rain - Blue-gray tom with blue eyes, BloodClan supporter

Tawny - Golden-brown she-cat with amber eyes

Spirit - White tom with faint gray spots and green eyes, BloodClan escapee

Cookie - A golden-brown she-cat with chocolate-brown speckles, yellow eyes

It should be noted that here, everything proceeds as normal. Clan wars come and go. Leaders gain lives and lose them. Seasons come and go. Kits are born and elders are lost.

Except, it doesn’t.

In this AU, instead of ThunderClan refusing to give SkyClan back the territory they gave them (see Code of the Clans, Code 13), they instead gave SkyClan back that old territory. As well as that, the Twolegs stopped expanding into SkyClan territory before it became too big of a problem. SkyClan just moved camps, and everything was peaceful.

SkyClan was eventually exiled from the forest by BloodClan in the time of Firestar, and the other four Clans drove out BloodClan. SkyClan had gone to the gorge as normal, but scattered all the same. Firestar reassembled SkyClan and helped them return to their home.

Now, many, many moons later…

The story of Firestar has faded into an ancient legend. The Twolegs never came to the forest, so the Clan cats never moved to the lake. Some curious, rebellious cats developed their own groups in those territories, completely cut off from the Clans and Highstones, and by proxy, StarClan.

The true Clans, meanwhile, have been getting an increase in kittypet and rogue activity. Forest fires, floods, wars and other disasters have left them semi-weakened, but the Clans still believe they can stop the rogues before they go too far. Little do they know that this is the beginning of another BloodClan war…

## Prologue (Spirit)

Three cats padded through the forest, waiting for the sun to set. The first, a black tom with white paws, looked around, before beckoning for a brown cat beside him to join the third, a snow-white cat. As the three cats padded forward, the black tom spoke.

“Now, Nightmare, can you smell anything?” the black tom asked.

The brown tom sniffed the air. “Nothing unusual, just the ThunderClan border. And–” He sniffed again. “Wait. I smell Spirit!”

“Nightmare! Winter! Stay close!” The black tom said to the other two cats.

“Right, Claw!” The white she-cat - likely Winter - answered.

At this point, Spirit began to be afraid. She knew that the three cats would catch and kill them; after all, they had become no more ruthless than BloodClan, he had heard. So fearing for his new kits’ lives, he ran to the hollow in which they slept.

The two kits - a silver tabby she-cat and a black tom - lay fast asleep. The black tom was younger than the tabby, as he had been adopted by Shade after the death of her brother.

Shade, the leader of BloodClan, who was now hunting down the kits.

A short time later, the kits were awake and moving.

"Come on, you two!" Spirit hissed. "We need to leave, NOW!"

"HALT, TRAITOR!"

The shout had come from the top of the slope. The three warriors stood there, staring down at the white tom.

"Spirit! You are a traitor to BloodClan for leaving, and now you are wanted for stealing the kits of the leader Shade! You will pay for this offense!" Nightmare shouted.

"I WILL NOT YIELD!" Spirit yowled, and the two cats leaped at each other.

Spirit's first strike was at Nightmare's ear. The black tom dodged, and slashed Spirit along his side. The white-and-gray tom hissed in pain when the dog-tooth claws touched his skin.

That was enough for Nightmare. As soon as he heard Spirit hiss, he thrust his claws into the light tom's throat.

Spirit gargled, blood streaming out of his neck. His once-white pelt now glistened with red in the dying sunlight. As he let out his last breath, Nightmare yowled in triumph and moved to take the kits.

At that moment, a patrol of warrior cats from two Clans - ThunderClan and RiverClan, by their scents - came thundering over the slope. Three from Thunderclan, four from RiverClan. They took one look at the rogues and attacked.

And that's the end for now, hope you enjoy it. Leave suggestions in the comments, I may implement some of them but no guarantees. I might also accept OC's, but only BloodClan, rogues and kittypets.