DarkClan

> "*It’ll be like our own camp! We could be DarkClan! I’ll be leader and you can be my deputy!”*"
> ― Heatherpaw to Lionpaw[source]
>
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**DarkClan** is an imaginary Clan made up by two apprentices, Heatherpaw of WindClan and Lionpaw of ThunderClan, for the purpose of entertaining themselves while playing in the tunnel network running under the Clan territories.

## History

### In the *Super Editions*

#### *Crowfeather's Trial*

When a patrol goes down the tunnels, Crowfeather remarks to
Heathertail that she knows the tunnels very well. The she-cat guiltily
admits that she used to explore the tunnels as an apprentice.

#### *Bramblestar's Storm*

After the ThunderClan camp floods, Ivypool suggests using the tunnels as shelter. Lionblaze inhales sharply, as he almost drowned in them as an apprentice.
### In the *Power of Three* arc

#### *Dark River*

Heatherpaw discovers the tunnels where Fallen Leaves had drowned
 during the underground ground flooding of the river. She encourages
Lionpaw to follow her down there. They enter a cave where light flows
through a small hole in the roof. The WindClan

apprentice declares herself leader of DarkClan, Heatherstar since she

found the cave. Soon they doze off, but wake up just before dawn and go
home.

They meet up soon after, and Heatherstar gives Lionpaw his
'warrior' name, Lionclaw. They start to play fight, and Heatherpaw
starts to get curious about the other tunnels. She wishes to explore
them, but Lionpaw doesn't want to. They continue to play fight until
they have to leave. They try to plan another night meet up, but
Heatherpaw has a training assessment. Lionpaw starts to realize that
WindClan and ThunderClan may soon go to war and that he needs to catch
up on sleep.

The next night, he leaves Heatherpaw early so he could sleep
more. Their next meetup, Heatherpaw is late and Lionpaw worries that she
 left him. She shows up, stating that Gorsetail's kits

had tried to follow her. She asks how Lionpaw is doing and when he says

 that his sister is missing, she reassures him that she is not in
WindClan. They leave each other, but Lionpaw gets in trouble by Tigerstar and Hawkfrost for sharing their battles moves with her.

Later, they get in a skirmish with a WindClan hunting patrol,
and Lionpaw is relieved that Heatherpaw isn't in it. That night, he
meets her once more in the cave. Lionpaw realizes that he is falling
behind in his training and decides to stop seeing Heatherpaw. At their
final meeting, Lionpaw tells Heatherpaw this, and she is shocked, saying
 that they don't have to meet every night.

Later, he thinks about how much he misses hanging out with
Heatherpaw and being a DarkClan warrior. When Gorsetail's kits are
missing, he realizes they might have followed Heatherpaw to the tunnels
and might be trapped there. Jaypaw, Lionpaw, Hollypaw, Breezepaw,
 and Heatherpaw all go into the tunnels, looking for the kits. They go
down through a tunnel that leads to a dead-end. Heatherpaw feels very
guilty and is about to turn around when Hollypaw hears squeaking.

The apprentices rescue the kits but before they can leave, they
hear rushing water from inside the cave. The river where Lionpaw and
Heatherpaw had played at is overflowing. They try to get out but both
main entrances are blocked. Deciding they have to swim, Jaypaw and
Heatherpaw jump into the raging waters. They follow the current and it
leads them to the lake, where they get out safely. While the apprentices
 and kits are walking back to camp, Jaypaw thinks about how Lionpaw has
broken the warrior code liking Heatherpaw, but there was no mystery in
knowing he liked her.

When she leaves Lionpaw's camp, he realizes that he will never
see her again as a DarkClan warrior, as he cannot have all that and his
Clan.

#### *Outcast*

On a border patrol, Lionpaw passes the tunnels and is reminded
of DarkClan. he wishes he could go back to the time of Heatherstar and
Lionclaw. He hesitates, wanting to go in them, but Berrynose calls him
away.

## Known members

* Lionpaw
* Heatherpaw