MoonClan

MoonClan is one of the Mountain Clans in the Mountain Clan Prophecy situated in the Mountains, founded by Moonstar. It is known as the most peaceful Clan and continues to thrive for generations under good leadership.

## Cat Data

### Med. Cats ever in Clan

9 (Calmpond, Lilypool, Rainstorm, Birdwing, Kestrelpetal, Snowmist, Tallsoot, Kestrelcloud, Redsong, Greenseed)

### Leaders ever in Clan

10 (Moonstar, Snowstar, Maplestar, Birchstar, Sunstar, Windstar, Waterstar, Jaystar, Sprucestar, Cloudstar)

### Deputies ever in Clan

19 (Wisdomheart, Falconblue, Sealbranch, Blazesky, Maplestar, Birchstar, Whitestripe, Sunstar, Windstar, Deerstone, Sparrowleaf, Waterstar, Yarrowfeather, Jaystar, Leafrain (temp), Lilacflower, Sprucestar... ...Airmoon, Cloudstar)

## Creation

The Clan was started by a previous tribe leader named Moon. She was only twenty moons old when she paired up with two other Mountain Cats, Adder and Snow, who were also her only friends outside of the family. Together, they organized themselves into three Clans, MoonClan, AdderClan and SnowClan, and the three leaders renamed themselves to the leader names, Moonstar, Adderstar, and Snowstar. Moonstar appointed her brother, Wisdom, now Wisdomheart, as the deputy, which also made Snowstar and Adderstar appoint their siblings, Hailclaw and Clovergrass respectively, as deputy, too.

The three leaders weren't in harmony for long, though. They had fights with each other every once in a while and the fights usually got intense. MoonClan was the only Clan not to instigate a fight, though, since Moonstar believed in peace and negotiation. She also accepted refugees from other Clans. Snowstar also thought that she shouldn't help AdderClan anymore which made Adderstar angry.

## Snowstar's leadership

### Battle of Moonstar's Death

Most of the times, MoonClan was peaceful without much fighting from inside the Clan (unlike AdderClan or SnowClan). However, sometime around Moonstar's last days, her deputy after Wisdomheart retired, Falconblue, killed her, and tried to take over the Clan in tyranny but the MoonClan cats got angry and killed him. The cats, without a leader or deputy, quarrelled for some time until Snowpool, Moonstar's youngest child's mate, had everyone stop arguing. So the cats decided to appoint him as the leader, since he seemed like the perfect successor to Moonstar. Snowstar appointed his oldest child, Sealbranch, as the deputy.

Snowstar's daughter, Rainkit, became a med. cat apprentice some time after this, which secured the legacy of Moonstar, along with his other daughter being deputy. There were more problems when it came to invaders, however, and AdderClan wouldn't stop fighting. There had been a fox attack but MoonClan warriors managed to chase them off.

### Depressive Period

Snowstar also invited a few outsiders into the Clan such as a kittypet named Tina, who was renamed Spottedpaw.

#### The Dead Queen & AdderClan

Snowstar's youngest child, Birchpaw, also discovered some dire secrets that were Goldenlily (his mother's second cousin) and Peonyclaw (his uncle's mate, also his mentor)'s, whose secrets had to do with SnowClan, a sort of rival Clan. Later on, Goldenlily died due to childbirth, throwing MoonClan into turmoil and depression as it didn't happen often, especially her kits, Shadowpaw, Icepaw and Swanpaw. However, an AdderClan queen, Begoniaclaw, had arrived at the Clan due to be chased out from being accused of mating outside of the Clan. She had nursed Goldenlily's kits, Mousekit and Petalkit.

Mousekit, one of the two she-kits, had died due to too much mucus in her lungs and no knowledge of how to cure it. (MoonClan had learned how to treat it after Mousekit's death by the time another kit was born with her condition.) Sealbranch's sister, Sandleap's kits were born and Birdkit had a condition similar to Primrosepaw, which was very shocking to them. So they paid extra attention to her.

MoonClan was in a ton of depression and sadness, and it had morphed into shock when Stonetooth (Peonyclaw's daughter and Birchpaw's cousin) defected to AdderClan along with Begoniaclaw. Stonetooth had blamed her former mentor, Nightnose, for spending too much time at the nursery with his daughter and mate, Sandleap and Birdkit, and not teaching her.

#### The Fallen Two Battle

Sometime after, Birchpaw rescued Whitestripe (Peonyclaw's son and his cousin) and Swanpaw when they fell into the Creek of Blood and almost died between MoonClan and SnowClan, earning him the title Birchcreek. Rainpaw had also saved them using herbs, so Snowstar and Petuniaheart were very proud of them. When Whitestripe and Swanpaw had almost fully healed, she got her full name at fourteen and a half moons, Rainstorm. Swanpaw had to become a warrior a moon after the normal time, however, due to her severe injuries cutting her training, which was a half moon later. Whitestripe had managed to get an apprentice and mentor her which was Lilacpaw.

#### Bloody Raid of AdderClan & The Fox

When AdderClan attacked again, demanding bloodshed, Sealbranch got killed trying to defend her apprentice, Dandelionpaw, and her sister, Primrosepaw. Sealbranch's entire family mourned but they knew that she sacrificed herself for a good reason. Dandelionpaw and Primrosepaw's family were thankful to her. Snowstar appointed Whitestripe's father (also Petuniaheart's brother), Blazesky, as the new deputy. Birchcreek became Dandelionpaw's new mentor.

Hailstream, Sealbranch and Sandleap's sister, had also perished in a battle against foxes a moon later, and her apprentice, Primrosepaw, had become mentorless. The entire Clan mourned heavily, especially her parents, Petuniaheart and Snowstar, as two daughters were now dead at a young age. Quailclaw, Hailstream's brother and Primrosepaw's unofficial mentor ever since she was one moon old, was assigned as her new mentor.

#### Another Dead Queen

Icemoon, Swanstream's older sister, had died giving birth to Whitestripe's kits a half-moon later, and the closest family members to her had severely mourned, but so did Mountainstream, who wasn't really her family but still her friend. Sandleap already had another litter of kits so she nursed Icemoon's three kits. But the three deaths had severely dragged down the mood of MoonClan and duties went by very slowly. Later on, one of Sandleap's two kits in the second litter died, making the Clan have to go through the fourth death in a row.

#### Twin Dreamers Prophecy

Things had become better after some time, and they started to do normal things again. However, Birchcreek later on realized that he was having the same dreams as his medicine cat littermate, Rainstorm, when she told their father, Snowstar, about those dreams. He also remembered Rainstorm and him used to talk about the dreams they got that were the same when they were kits. So Birchcreek confessed to Rainstorm in private and they realized they had a innate StarClan connection from birth, and they could use it to talk in private and discuss StarClan dreams together. Rainstorm also predicted Birchcreek to be special as he got StarClan dreams, too, and he agreed. Birchcreek said he would keep it secret until there was something really dire he needed to do. The StarClan bond had helped them greatly in the future, especially with Rainstorm being a medicine cat.