Ravenstar

Ravenflight is a grey, almost black she-cat with long fur and burning amber eyes.

## *History*

### *Blood-Red Moon*

*"Why do THEY get to go hunting? They're barely a moon older than me!"*

-Ravenkit to Moonlily, *Blood-red moon, chapter unknown*

Ravenkit was born to Moonlily and Ripplefin during a storm that nearly destroyed Riverclan. Ravenkit was a lively and determined kit, always encouraging her littermates, Runningkit and Adderkit to escape camp with her or put slugs in the warriors' nests. Moonlily, her mother, would often wonder where she was. Ravenkit was jealous of the older kits, who got to be apprentices first, Pebblepaw, Darkpaw and Greypaw. She thought that if THEY could hunt, why shouldn't she?

When Ravenkit was apprenticed by Shellstar to Frozenclaw, a white tom, Ravenpaw was excited. She thought that being a warrior was all about hunting and fighting, but to her disappointment, it wasn't. She would often complain that the elders could 'clean their own nests' and that she was 'better than that', which she got scolded for by Frozenclaw. However, Ravenpaw was an incredibly skilled fighter and hunter, winning the respect of some of her clanmates. One day, Pebbleray brought home a kittypet, Little, and persuaded Shellstar to let her into the clan. During a clan meeting, Ravenpaw speaks up her views on letting a kittypet into the clan:

"*A kittypet? What has Riverclan turned into? A bunch of mouse-hearts?"*

-Ravenpaw at the clan meeting, *chapter unknown*
She then got told off by Frozenclaw, who told her that it wasn't up to her to make decisions for the clan. Ravenpaw then knew her ambition- To be the leader of Riverclan.

### *Darkness rising*

*"What about us, Adderpelt?"*

Ravenflight to Adderpelt, *Darkness rising, chapter unknown.*

Ravenpaw soon got her warrior name, named Ravenflight for her confidence and passion. Her littermates were given the names Adderpelt and Runningstream. Ravenflight and Adderpelt would often go hunting together, or go swimming in the river. They became very close, almost spending all their time together, until Adderpelt met Swiftotter, who then became his mate. Ravenflight became less and less included in his life, although they were still close at heart.

Pebbleray had managed to bring Little into the clan, but not everyone was happy about it. Darkthrush, Mistclaw, Bambooleg and Brokenwing being a few of these. Ravenflight often stayed with these cats and they hunted together, but she became particularly close with Darkthrush, who then became her mate. Little then became Littlefish, and her and Pebbleray became mates. Ravenflight and her friends would often sneer and tease at them, but they didn't seem bothered by it.

Close to this time, The Dark forest saw this as their chance to add to their power. They invited Ravenflight to join them, and she willingly started training with them. Her dark forest mentor was Pythonsand, a young Shadowclan warrior, who took a liking to her. They spent their nights training, but Ravenflight knew she was torn between Darkthrush and Pythonsand. However, then she realised that Darkthrush would be a better mate whilst she was living, and Pythonsand when she was dead. Of course, none of the other cats knew about this, other than Northstar of Peakclan, who had seen her with Addersand. Although, Ravenflight had seen Northstar with Darkstripe so she knew that Northstar wouldn't challenge her.

### *Needs of the Few*

*"Starclan!? How could you have done this to me?"*

-Ravenflight to Starclan, *Needs of the few, chapter unknown.*

Ravenflight was becoming a strong and independent warrior, and had set her eyes on the next deputy. However, she had competition. Pebbleray was also going for deputy.

But, soon, she became pregnant with Darkthrush's kits. She set aside her ambitions for a few moons, as she knew that she would become deputy one day, but that could wait. Soon enough, she gave birth to 4 kits: Silverkit, Moonkit, Shadowkit and Strikekit.

Around one year later, when Pebblestar was leader, Ravenflight was sheltering from a storm. Her four kits, now Silvermoon, Moongaze, Shadowsun and Strikefur were out hunting with her brother, Adderpelt. When they came home, Silvermoon told her that Adderpelt had been struck by lightning. As cats believed that lightning was caused by Starclan, Ravenflight was so lost in her grief that she rejected them completely. She grew angry, but then controlled it, shaping it to drive it into ambition. Pythonsand encouraged her, telling her it would be her turn to be deputy next.

### *Flight of the raven*

*"I was right. It was your turn next. Now make Riverclan feared again!"*

Pythonsand to Ravenflight, *flight of the raven, chapter unknown.*

Later on, Strikefur, moved to Skyclan to be with his mate, Mistysky, who he had secretly been meeting up with. This made Ravenflight even more angry, making her more ambitious. She knew that she had to make Riverclan strong again if it wanted to not be betrayed any longer by it's members. Ravenflight consulted Pebblestar, but he turned her down. But after that, Littlefish and Pebbleray decided to leave riverclan and their kits to find a new home (Deepclan). This then made Streakstar the leader of Riverclan. He knew that Ravenflight had been through a lot and will still going, and that she was an exceptional hunter and fighter, so he appointed her as deputy. Ravenflight couldn't believe this, and she happily accepted.

In the dark forest, Pythonsand declared she had finished her training. She then grew the respect of her dark forest clanmates by saying she would kill Streakstar. Pythonsand praised her for that.

Ravenflight was a hardworking deputy, always pushing her clanmates to the limit of their ability. A lot of the clan respected her, including her closest friends, who were now Bambooleg, Darkthrush, Mistclaw, Brokenwing, Shadowsun and Splashpaw, her apprentice. Splashpaw was always eager to follow her orders, and she showed him the best moves, including the killing bite in battle and how to blind your opponent in battle, which Pythonsand taught her. Their group was respected by most of the cats in Riverclan, apart from the medicine cats, kits and Streakstar.

Splashpaw then became Splashleaf, who then became mates with Ravenflight's kit, Shadowsun. Ravenflight and Splashleaf had a close connection, and she felt that she could trust her.

Ravenflight then decided that when she became leader, she wouldn't just become leader of Riverclan, she would become leader of *all* the clans. She knew this would take a long time, but she longed to feel power and respect like she did in the dark forest.

### *The code destroyed*

*"It was a terrible accident.. He just.. Fell."*

-Ravenflight to Riverclan, *The code destroyed, chapter unknown.*

Streakstar leads a patrol around the east border, with Ravenflight, Bumbletail, Wetpelt and Splashleaf. During the patrol, a dog chases them and they have to climb up trees. Streakstar and Ravenflight are up the same tree. She sees this as her chance, and whilst the others aren't looking, she pushes Streakstar out of the tree where he is attacked by the dog and killed.

When she returns to camp, putting on a sense of grief, she sadly tells the others of Streakstar's death. Then her and Quailegg travel to the moonpool, where she receives her 9 lives from starclan. That night, in the dark forest, the warriors congratulate Ravenstar and then Pythonsand makes her his deputy.

On the next full moon, Ravenstar tells the other clans at the gathering that any cat found trespassing on Riverclan's territory will be taken hostage. Not all of the clans are happy about this of course, but Ravenstar's followers were ready to challenge anyone who objected. Thunderclan then declared that they had had a recent victory over Windclan, and that's why there weren't so many of them. Ravenstar took this all in, making a plan in her head about her next move.

The next sunrise, Ravenstar lead an attack patrol to Windclan. They fought, and Riverclan easily won as Windclan was mostly wounded. Ravenstar asked Windclan if they would join her and Riverclan, to make the new 'Darkclan'. She said that any Windclan cat found there who was not darkclan would be killed. Most accepted out of fear and confusion, but some of them spat insults and left the territory.

At the next full moon, Darkclan attended the gathering. Ravenstar announced that if any cat was trespassing, not only would they be taken prisoner, but if the clan did not surrender to her by the next sunrise she would order them to be killed.

Ravenstar had a lot of close followers, who she called her 'Elite warriors'. Only her elite warriors were allowed to hunt on all the territory, and all the rest were given a small patch of land to hunt on with not much prey. Most of her clan became hungry, but alot of them also started to follow her as they wanted prey.

One day, Bambooleg caught Sunhawk from Thunderclan chasing a squirrel over the border. She took Sunhawk back to Ravenstar, who took her hostage. She sent a message to Thunderclan, asking them to surrender in exchange for Sunhawk. Thunderclan sent a rescue party, but they were discovered and also taken hostage. Thunderclan was forced to give in, and most of the cats were made to join Darkclan, but some ran off the territory like the windclan cats. Ravenstar chose her deputy to be Splashleaf, as she was always there to support Ravenstar.

### *The final storm*

*"Unite with me, Darkclan! We will be the rulers of not only the forest, but ALL the territories!"*

-Ravenstar to Darkclan, *The final storm, chapter unknown.*

The moon after Thunderclan surrendered, Darkthrush, Ravenstar's mate, ran away from Darkclan. Ravenstar was heart broken, but then took Pythonsand as her new mate in the dark forest. Darkclan were strong, so Shadowclan, Peakclan and Skyclan joined forces to take them down. They also rescued all the cats from outside the territories who were driven out.

Ravenstar then decided that once she had taken down the other three clans, she would take down the tribe of rushing water and deepclan. She knew that the other clans were forming a plan against her, so she trained her warriors extra hard. However, most of her warriors were weak and starving, but she still made them train all day and all night.

Then the final battle came. A patrol on the old thunderclan border with skyclan was ambushed, and attacked by all 3 clans. Ravenstar lead Darkclan into the battle, without realising that most of her warriors were switching sides. She was driven back towards the Quarry, where she fought with Hawkstar, the Skyclan leader, and he threw her off the top into the thunderclan camp, where she lost her remaining 5 lives in the force of the impact (Hawkstar had already killed her 4 times, and she killed him 5). Splashleaf, Bambooleg, Brokenwing, Mistclaw and most of the rest of her elite warriors were killed. Only Splashleaf and Ravenstar were sent to the Dark forest.

Ravenstar was welcomed to the dark forest, where she was promoted to become leader alongside Darkstripe, Mapleshade and Pythonsand. Her and Pythonsand were mates.

### *The fallen sun*

*"Go, my kits, and spread the darkness over the clans!"*

-Ravenstar to Nightkit and Darkkit, *The fallen sun, chapter unknown*

Ravenstar and Pythonsand manage to have kits, but they are unable to grow up in the dark forest so they are sent to the clans. Ravenstar wills her kits to spread darkness over the clans that rose against her and create a second Darkclan.