Shattered Allegiances

This was written by Lady Mipha.

Oh well.

The show must go on!!!

### Now for the blurb.

In the short time since the four Clans left the lake because of the Great Disaster, ThunderClan has changed. How will shy ThunderClan apprentice Shypaw and outgoing ShadowClan apprentice Leapingpaw change ThunderClan back to the Clan it used to be, with assistance from ThunderClan's oldest slaves?

## Allegiances

### ThunderClan

 Deputy
 Medicine Cat
 Warriors
**Apprentice, Viciouspaw**
Bitestrong - silver-white she-cat
Fangblood - scarred tom with exceptionally large fangs permanently stained with blood, half-blind
Foxfury - ginger she-cat with black ears, paws, tail tip, and muzzle
Badgerblight - heavyset black tom with white stripes
**Apprentice, Stormpaw**
Darkfire - dark ginger she-cat
Angrypetal - reddish-pink/brownish tabby she-cat
Joyblood - bright ginger tabby she-cat
Hiddenviper - tortoiseshell she-cat
**Apprentice, Shypaw**
Snakestrike - swift dark brown tom
Poisonfangs - vicious brown tom
 Apprentices
Stormpaw - dark blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes
 Queens
Skyheart - silver she-cat with blue eyes, mother to Stonekit (muscular silver tom with dark gray eyes) and Streamkit (silver she-kit with blue eyes that have silver speckles)
 Slaves
Deafears - elderly gray tabby she-cat with almost no hearing
Twistedlegs - black tom with three twisted legs
Tailless - brown tabby tom with no tail

### ShadowClan

 Deputy
 Medicine Cats
Darktwig - young dark brown she-cat with dark brown eyes
 Warriors
**Apprentice - Pawpaw (LOL :-D)**
Shadefern - dark brown she-cat, sister of Shadeshade
**Apprentice, Fernpaw**
Shadewillow - cream she-cat
**Apprentice - Shadepaw**
Shadeheart - dark brown she-cat with bright yellow eyes (favorite quote is, "Is EVERY warrior she-cat in ShadowClan's prefix *Shade*???")
**Apprentice, Annoyingpaw**
Shadeshine - dark gray she-cat with silver splotches (favorite quote is, "Not counting the newest generation, YES.")
**Apprentice, Hyperpaw**
Shadefern - dark brown she-cat with dark brown eyes (favorite quote is, "Wow. Just, wow.")
**Apprentice, Hiddenpaw**
Shadecrazy - dark gray tom with lighter patches (favorite quote is, "Shadeheart, don't forget the toms! Jjfiojfiorejfiojfel foiae fjioae fjdjf dio\*)
**Apprentice is, Seriouspaw**
Shadenincompoop - black she-cat with brown patches, incredibly intelligent but likes to act dumb (that's how she got her name)
**Apprentice is, Leapingpaw**
Shadenine - dark gray she-cat ("Am I *really* the ninth ShadowClan warrior whose prefix is Shade in the allegiances?)
**Apprentice, Ninthapprenticepaw**
Shadeheart#2 - dark gray tabby she-cat with silver splotches (named Shadeheart#2 because there's already a Shadeheart. Often called #2.)
**Apprentice, Hyperpaw#2**
***THE NEWEST GENERATION BEGINS NOW. LOL.***
Willowsecret - sweet light brown tabby she-cat
Moonbeam - silver she-cat with light gray patches
 Apprentices
Fernpaw - dark brown she-cat
Shadepaw - dark gray she-cat with black splotches
Annoyingpaw - incredibly annoying brown tabby tom
Hyperpaw - brother from another litter to Fernfire, the calmest cat ever, yet Twolegs label him with ADHD. Brown tabby tom.
Hiddenpaw - black she-cat with black eyes
Seriouspaw - serious black tom
Leapingpaw - brown she-cat
Ninthapprenticepaw - brown tom
Hyperpaw#2 - Hyperpaw's younger brother from the same litter. Brown tabby tom.

\*Shadecrazy is often hyper and says random gibberish such as "Ddjfaewiohjfiodjfaio unieo fjiod jfaiojf ioe jf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hehehe... LOL.

### WindClan

 Deputy
 Medicine Cat
 Warriors
Snowcloud - white tabby she-cat with black paws and tail tip
Wirybreeze - wiry brown tabby she-cat
**Apprentice, Nuzzlepaw**
 Apprentices
 Elders
Honeysuckle - honey-golden tabby she-cat with calm blue eyes

### RiverClan

 Deputy
 Medicine Cat
 Warriors
Littleheart - small white she-cat
Grayeyes - gray she-cat with gray eyes
Graynoeyes - gray tom with gray eyes that seem to say NO no matter what
Graytom - gray tom

## Prologue

Many long years ago, there was a cat named Darktail.

He was a strong cat.

A mean cat.

A *fierce* cat.

Darktail had been told many times over "Do not trust the Clans. Do not like Clan cats. Hate the Clans over all else. Especially WindClan. Especially *a cat whose name's prefix is One.*"

Darktail had survived all these years, in the wild with his band of rogues.

One day, he started a terrible battle.

For many long days and nights Darktail's Kin and the Clans fought, until Darktail overpowered WindClan's leader, his father Onestar. Until he shattered ThunderClan's core.

Bramblestar and Squirrelflight.

Both died because of him.

Both died in front of their kits.

Both died in agony.

Darktail's mantra was his mother's words.

*But what if I **changed** the Clans?* he thought. *What if I turn, at least one, into my own image?*

So he swore an oath of loyalty to the warrior code.

So he trained as an apprentice.

So he rose up the ranks until he became deputy.

So he killed his own leader, six times over.

So he gained his leader name, Darkstar.

And he raised ThunderClan into the Clan it is today, a Clan of slaves and masters. His rogue friends died in worthless battles started on Darkstar's own behalf.

But their legacies still live on.

And so do mine.

Because I still live, still walk across the earth, still feel the warmth of greenleaf and the chills of leaf-bare.

Because I am Darkstar.

## Chapter One

*"No, no, no!" Hiddenviper yowled. "Shypaw,* what are you, a - a puny Twoleg who runs at the slightest breeze?"

Shypaw recoiled. "I - I'm s-sorry, H-Hiddenv-viper."

"Don't forget again, or I'll have you demoted to slave for a few days!" Hiddenviper screamed. *"DON'T FORGET TO UNSHEATHE YOUR CLAWS!!!* A *TRUE* THUNDERCLAN WARRIOR NEEDS TO LEARN *TRUE* SKILLS, AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH *SHEATHED* CLAWS, YOU LITTLE WEAKLING!"

"Eep!" Shypaw squeaked.

"NOW GET MOVING, YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A CAT!" Hiddenviper screamed, swiping at Shypaw with her claws.

"C-can I go to the m-medicine c-cat to - to g-get m-my w-wounds t-t-treated f-first?" Shypaw asked, half-whispering.

"NO!!!!!" Hiddenviper bellowed. "PROVE TO ME THAT YOU. *ARE. TRUE THUNDERCLAN!* SHOW ME THAT YOU ARE *STRONG!!!!!!!!!!*"

Shypaw closed her eyes and dabbed at the cut above her eye with her paw. *Eeep!* she thought. *I - I can't beat **Viciouspaw** in training without my eye!* She took a deep breath. *Alright, Shypaw. You can do this. Remember Fangblood's one-eyed training. I have one eye, two ears, four paws, one nose, and my whiskers to work with. You can do this, Shypaw.* She could hear the wind on her right side pushing against Viciouspaw. The ground made a scraping sound as Viciouspaw's claws pushed off.

Shypaw tensed her muscled as she heard Viciouspaw get closer and closer, and then she fell onto the ground and rolled to the side. Viciouspaw's eyes followed her in surprise, and before he could adjust his descent back to her, he crashed into the ground face-first.

Shypaw narrowed her eyes. She ran towards Viciouspaw, slicing his side.

Viciouspaw raised his paw into the air, prepared to rip off the other side of Shypaw's face. But the passing wind from his paw brushed Shypaw's whiskers. She ducked as Viciouspaw's claws whistled through the space she had been in moments before, and then bit Viciouspaw's leg.

"Alright, that's enough!"

Shypaw let go of Viciouspaw's leg and raised her head, blood still dripping off of her eye. Viciouspaw scrambled to his paws, trying to look dignified.

"Hiddenviper, Bloodsun, how could you let them train like this?" Violetshine fussed. "I swear, ThunderClan is getting more and more ruthless each day. Shypaw, you're coming to the medicine den with me. Viciouspaw, you too. I'll treat you after I deal with Shypaw!" She walked off, muttering, "Wow, the ideas that Darkstar is coming up with lately! I'll bet he's gone cuckoo in the head, yeesh!"