#blizzardstep

a wasting sickness afflicts the clans, and for reasons that will be explained there, rosestorm goes to thunderclan.

owlnose and yellowpaw die, yellowpaw presumably catching it from him.

rimekit, hackberrykit, and echokit also die.

birchpaw and pricklypaw are apprenticed to blizzardstep and sandclaw.

before the sickness hits, the clans also are hit by a great storm. during it, larchstorm has four kits, maplekit (mottled black tortoiseshell she-cat), gustkit (tom with white patches), galekit (spotted tom), and showerkit (black silver mackerel tabby tom with long fur). the kits are named after the storm.

larchstorm dies. the clan will never know what happened.

fogfang becomes a warrior. hemlockpaw, juniperpaw, moonpaw, and pinepaw are apprenticed to nettlerun, orangepetal, softpelt, and aspenstar, respectively.

blizzardstep, madronakit, and redkit die.

fadewillow has six kits, sprucekit (white and red shaded tabby she-cat with long fur), dandelionkit (pale tom), shadekit (red, faint tabby tom), freckledkit (pale-marked red tom), slugkit (red tabby and white tom), and pinekit (white and red shaded tabby tom).

greypaw is given to bluestrike.