The Lark Flies (Fanfiction)

***The Lark Flies** is a fanfiction by SpringclawOfFrostClan. If you see any grammar, spelling or capitalization mistakes, please tell me and I will deal with it. Do not edit the story without permission, but you may fix spelling errors in the allegiances section, if there are any.*

## The Lark Flies

### Succeeded By

Cinders Rising

<nowiki>Series Order

***This story contains scenes of kittings, gore and death. Read at your own risk. (You should be fine with this if you're okay with reading the canon*** **Warriors *books!)***

## Allegiances

### **FROSTCLAN**

**Leader** - Leafstar: Black and white she-cat with green eyes

**Deputy** - Blossomfall: Ginger tabby she-cat with amber eyes (Apprentice: Alderpaw)

**Medicine Cat** - Lionwhisper: Golden brown tom with amber eyes

**Warriors** - *(toms and she-cats without kits)*

Tansystep: Black she-cat with green eyes

Swiftfoot: Silver tabby tom with amber eyes

Adderclaw: Large black tom with yellow eyes (Apprentice: Badgerpaw)

Ashfeather: Dark grey tom with blue eyes (Apprentice: Tawnypaw)

Aspenroot: Ginger tabby tom with green eyes

Barkfang: Brown tom with amber eyes

Sparrowwhisker: Golden brown she-cat with green eyes (Apprentice: Honeypaw)

Greystrike: Grey tabby tom with blue eyes

Oakbreeze: Brown-and-white tom with amber eyes

Birchfall: Cream-furred tom with green eyes (Apprentice: Blazepaw)

Birdsong: Calico she-cat with amber eyes

Minnowleaf: Ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes

Bramblepebble: Brown and white tom with blue eyes

Cedartail: Dark grey tom with amber eyes

Dapplenose: Tortoiseshell and white she-cat with green eyes

Doveheart: Brown tabby she-cat with a white dash on her chest and green eyes (Apprentice: Berrypaw)

Fawnfeather: Very pale brown she-cat with green eyes

Hollowwind: Black and white tom with yellow eyes

Iceberry: White she-cat with amber eyes

Russetsong: Reddish-brown she-cat with green eyes (Apprentice: Yarrowpaw)

Thrushpelt: Golden brown tom with green eyes

Poppyfern: Dark ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes

Hollydapple: Brown and cream she-cat with blue eyes

Briarrose: Blueish-grey she-cat with blue eyes

**Apprentices** - *(more than six moons old, in training to become warriors)*

Honeypaw: Golden brown tabby she-cat with a white underbelly, paws and chest, amber eyes

Blazepaw: Golden brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Berrypaw: Cream-furred she-cat with blue eyes

Tawnypaw: Brown she-cat with blue eyes

Alderpaw: Ginger tabby tom with green eyes

Badgerpaw: Black and white tom with amber eyes

Yarrowpaw: Ginger and cream tom with green eyes

**Queens** - *(she-cats expecting or nursing kits)*

Brightleaf: Ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes (mother to Larkkit, ginger she-kit with a white-tipped tail, Heatherkit, brown tabby she-kit, and Halfkit, brown tabby tom)

Sorrelheart: Golden and white she-cat with blue eyes, nursing Bramblepebble's kits (Sedgekit, light brown tabby she-kit, and Sunkit, golden brown she-kit)

Ivymist: Pale brown she-cat with blue eyes, expecting Hollowwind's kits

**Elders** - *(former warriors and queens, now retired)*

Falcontooth: Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Nightheart: Black she-cat with green eyes

### **STORMCLAN**

**Leader** - Russetstar: Pale ginger tabby tom with yellow eyes

**Deputy** - Leopardheart: Golden brown she-cat with green eyes (Apprentice: Brightpaw)

**Medicine Cat** - Willowthorn: Pale grey tabby she-cat with green eyes (Apprentice: Marshpaw)

**Warriors** - Rosepelt: Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Smoketail: Dark grey tabby tom with amber eyes

Acornheart: Black tom with a white chest, paws and tail tip, green eyes (Apprentice: Skypaw)

Adderpelt: Dark brown tom with blue eyes

Redleap: Ginger tabby tom with yellow eyes

Minnowfrost: Small, calico she-cat with amber eyes (Apprentice: Featherpaw)

Silverheart: Silver tabby she-cat with green eyes (Apprentice: Dovepaw)

Snowsplash: Grey and white she-cat with blue eyes

Aspenfoot: Pale ginger tom with amber eyes

Sunfeather: Ginger tabby tom with green eyes

Reedfoot: Ginger and white tom with yellow eyes (Apprentice: Poppypaw)

Swiftflame: Black and white tom with green eyes

Littlefur: Small, pale grey tabby tom with blue eyes

Blackpool: Black tom with amber eyes

Shellclaw: Black tom with white flecks and green eyes

Starlingsong: Calico she-cat with green eyes

Finchcry: Brown tabby tom with a white underbelly and green eyes

Rowanshadow: Pure black tom with green eyes

Stagwind: Mottled brown tabby tom with amber eyes, former kittypet

Swallowfeather: Diluted tortoiseshell she-cat with hazel eyes

Shrewtalon: Dark grey tom with hazel eyes

**Apprentices** - Sparkpaw: Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Poppypaw: Ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes

Featherpaw: Pale grey she-cat with blue eyes

Skypaw: Pale grey tom with blue eyes

Owlpaw: Brown and white she-cat with yellow eyes

Marshpaw: Brown tabby tom with amber eyes

**Queens** - Cinderflower: Dark grey tabby she-cat with blue eyes, nursing Redleap's kits (Tawnykit, brown tabby she-kit, and Emberkit, dark ginger tabby tom)

Icesplash: Black and white she-cat with yellow eyes, nursing Aspenfoot's kits (Amberkit, ginger she-kit, Smokekit, dark grey tom, and Elmkit, brown tabby tom)

Hollybreeze: Black she-cat with green eyes, expecting Sunfeather's kits

**Elders** - Jayfur: Dark, blue grey tom with blue eyes

Dovewind: Brown and white she-cat with blue eyes

Sandsky: Ginger she-cat with white paws and green eyes

### **PINECLAN**

**Leader** - Crowstar: Dark grey tom with a white dash on his chest and blue eyes

**Deputy** - Smudgetail: Black and white tom with amber eyes (Apprentice: Willowpaw)

**Medicine Cat** - Mapleberry: Calico she-cat with green eyes

**Warriors** - Fernpelt: Brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes

Rowanflame: Large black tom with green eyes (Apprentice: Sootpaw)

Brindleheart: Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Eaglegaze: Large brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Hollystorm: Black she-cat with green eyes (Apprentice: Minnowpaw)

Snowsplash: Small cream furred she-cat with yellow eyes

Baretail: Pale grey tabby tom with a stumped tail and blue eyes

Swiftstep: Grey and white tom with blue eyes

Hollowflame: Ginger tabby tom with green eyes

Nightwhisper: Dark grey tom with green eyes (Apprentice: Littlepaw)

Redfoot: Ginger and white tom with yellow eyes (Apprentice: Reedpaw)

Deerleap: Brown tabby she-cat with green eyes

Rainfall: Tortoiseshell and white she-cat with blue eyes

Squirrelfur: Dark ginger tabby she-cat with white paws and green eyes (Apprentice: Copperpaw)

Marshpelt: Dark brown tom with amber eyes

Harespring: Pale brown and white tom with yellow eyes

Crookedwing: Black and grey tom with amber eyes

Mistyfall: Dark grey she-cat with white speckles and blue eyes

Willowblaze: Pale grey tabby she-cat with amber eyes

**Apprentices** - Reedpaw: Silver tabby tom with blue eyes

Littlepaw: Small, black and white tom with green eyes

Sootpaw: Dark grey she-cat with blue eyes

Minnowpaw: Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Copperpaw: Ginger tabby tom with yellow eyes

Willowpaw: Pale grey she-cat with blue eyes

**Queens** - Silverfur: Silver she-cat with green eyes, nursing Baretail's kits (Dapplekit, tortoiseshell and white she-kit, Hazelkit, golden brown she-kit, and Greykit, blue grey tom)

Doveshine: Brown and white she-cat with blue eyes, nursing Crowstar's kits (Cinderkit, tortoiseshell she-kit, and Nightkit, black tom)

**Elders** - Moonclaw: Black tom with yellow eyes

Leopardsight: Golden brown tabby she-cat with green eyes

### **CLOUDCLAN**

**Leader** - Elmstar: Ginger tabby tom with amber eyes

**Deputy** - Raintail: Black and white tom with green eyes (Apprentice: Windpaw)

**Medicine Cat** - Blueshine: Blue grey she-cat with a white tail-tip and green eyes

**Warriors** - Smudgepatch: Black and white tom with green eyes

Halfstrike: Brown and white tom with amber eyes (Apprentice: Cinderpaw)

Willowspot: Pale grey she-cat with darker spots and blue eyes

Splashpool: Dark grey tom with silver tabby stripes and blue eyes

Crowsky: Speckled, light grey tabby tom with blue eyes (Apprentice: Softpaw)

Flashstorm: Ginger tabby tom with yellow eyes

Briarheart: Dark ginger she-cat with yellow eyes (Apprentice: Dapplepaw)

Thornwind: Golden brown tom with amber eyes (Apprentice: Dovepaw)

Sorrelstorm: Tortoiseshell and white she-cat with green eyes

Smokestream: Smoky grey tabby tom with a white-tipped tail and amber eyes

Badgerclaw: Black tom with white stripes along his back, unusually long claws, and yellow eyes

Eaglestep: Large brown tabby tom with white paws and amber eyes (Apprentice: Tallpaw)

Pebblewhisker: Silver and white tom with green eyes

Rustclaw: Ginger tom with green eyes (Apprentice: Brokenpaw)

Fawnfrost: Light brown she-cat with darker spots and amber eyes

Gorsesong: Dark grey tom with spiky fur and amber eyes

Eaglewing: Big light grey she-cat with amber eyes

Firestripe: Pale ginger tabby tom with green eyes

Ravenpelt: Pure black tom with green eyes

**Apprentices** - Cinderpaw: Very light ginger she-cat with green eyes

Softpaw: Pale grey tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Dapplepaw: Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Dovepaw: Small brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Tallpaw: Large, pale grey tom with yellow eyes

Brokenpaw: Dark brown tabby tom with yellow eyes

Windpaw: Cream-furred she-cat with amber eyes

**Queens** - Sootfeather: Light grey she-cat with darker speckles, nursing Raintail's kit (Thistlekit, blue-grey tom)

**Elders** - Littletail: Black and white tom with a stumped tail and green eyes

Bramblethorn: Golden brown tabby tom with amber eyes

## Prologue

It may have been pitch-black outside, the only visible light coming from the half-moon above, but in this place it was brighter than ever. The golden brown medicine cat Lionwhisper quietly spoke with another tom, this one with faint beams of starlight all through his pelt. This starry appearance didn't put the amber-eyed cat off-guard even for an instant, as he was used to seeing cats such as Volestream on nights like this.

"I see you have your doubts about the future of FrostClan, Lionwhisper," Volestream began, noticing the prickling pelt of his living companion. "Some may say you are right to worry, but I... I know these cats will succeed in fulfilling their destiny. They must."

"They are newborn kits! How are a bunch of young cats ever going to make peace?" Lionwhisper spat. "It's worse than it looks, Volestream! I used to trust you more than anyone, brother, but it seems your judgement is clouded."

"Speak for yourself." Volestream let out a hefty sigh. "Kits grow up," he said, keeping his voice calm. "These ones will live and become strong warriors, don't you see?"

"You cannot be certain of this, can you? What if one of these 'special' kits doesn't do what their supposed to in your view of the world. Your whole glorious plan will be ruined."

Volestream, getting tired of this argument, finally let his anger get the better of him. "Let me speak, Lionwhisper!" he demanded. "You have seen one of these kits for yourself, have you not? You even helped Brightleaf with the kitting, I saw it with my own eyes." The other tom just nodded. "Then surely you can understand the energy pulsing from her? The feeling that she is special, and that she will do something important?"

"Yes, but I cannot say the same for the other kits, they-"

"They are the same," Volestream rasped decidedly. "I have spoken with the others, and they have admitted that they, too-"

"The other medicine cats?" Lionwhisper guessed, cutting him off, and Volestream nodded.

"Right, them," he agreed. "They felt this same satisfaction when the kits were born, so now I'm sure that I'm correct about this prophecy. Return to your Clan now, speak with Leafstar. She will want to hear all of this. But don't tell anyone else, not just yet. It's too early on."

The two brothers brushed up against each other, their pelts touching. When Volestream spoke, his voice no longer sounded like his own, "Help these cats follow their destiny, or claws of blood and terror will rein forever."

## Chapter One

***Four moons ago...***

*He's disappeared...* Brightleaf couldn't believe it. After many moons with her mate, he'd just left the Clan territories completely. Who could have seen it coming? Perhaps StarClan, she thought with a twinge of anger. They should have told her, she could have stopped him if she'd tried. She just still couldn't believe he would go without a trace, without telling *anyone*.

Lionwhisper was saying that her kits would be due in a moon, but she thought it felt closer. She could feel them now, more than ever, and she struggled to sleep with this discomfort.

As Brightleaf laid in the nursery, trying to get into a position that wasn't painful, hopefully somewhat comfortable, she felt a stab of sudden pain. *No... It's too early... way too early... I'm not ready... not without him...* The exhaustion flooded through Brightleaf, and she yowled for help. The other nursery queen, Sorrelheart, was supervising her two kits, Sunkit and Sedgekit, not far away. She heard her denmate's wails and came dashing over, her kits apparently too absorbed in their game to care.

"Lionwhisper!" Sorrelheart cried as she bounded towards the medicine den. "Lionwhisper, Brightleaf is kitting!" *No... no... too early... I can't do this...*

"Brightleaf!" Soon enough, the deep voice of Lionwhisper caught her attention. "Stay calm, I'll help you. I'll help you and your kits through this." He held out a firm, sturdy stick to her. "Grab this and hold on tight."

Brightleaf didn't engage in the next moments. She was aware of extreme pain, and herself bleeding, and the frantic calls of the cats in the nursery, but she ignored everything until finally, finally, it was over.

"Two she-cats and a tom, all healthy," Lionwhisper announced. He dipped his head. "I'll leave you be."

She looked down at her kits and pure love flooded her heart. She felt instant protectiveness for these kits, and she vowed to never let anything happen to them.

Sorrelheart turned to her. "So, who *is* the father, anyway?" she questioned the other queen. Seeing Brightleaf's hesitance, she added quietly, "It's okay, you don't have to tell me."

Brightleaf sighed. She didn't want to tell anyone that, she wanted that to be private information, only known to her and her mate. But she trusted Sorrelheart, and she knew that she wouldn't tell anyone if Brightleaf didn't want her to. So she told her friend everything.