RC- Smokestar SPeaks- Before the Clans

My name is Smokestar. You know me as the first leader of RiverClan. But many don’t know what I was before the Clans. ThunderClan and WindClan have the fancy success stories of a Clan being born, me? I was just a kittypet. Named Smoke.

I lived in Twolegplace with my housefolk. It was a comfortable, but boring life. I would do nothing but sleep and eat all day.

Then one morning, sitting on the fence of my garden, I saw a she-cat. The most beautiful she-cat in the world. She said her name was Golden, and she was sent by some cats named Breezestar and Hawkstar to find some cats to make a Clan.

She explained to me what the Clans were and that they were being just created by some cats. There were only two right then, HawkClan (This was the first name of ThunderClan) and WindClan.

The two leaders asked her if she wanted to make a CLan of her own, and she agreed. Now, she was finding cats to join her.

Golden asked me to leave my comfortable kittypet life to live a life of adventure. Of course, I said yes! Being a kittypet was not for me. I wanted some thrill, something to live for. And a Clan seemed perfect for that.

Many seasons later, RiverClan was thriving. I was chosen as a leader and became Smokestar, and Golden became Goldenspeck. We had a litter of kits, Frostkit and Rosekit, and there were more cats that we found to join.

RiverClan was named after the beautiful body of water by our home; we all enjoy the river and it is our source of prey.

RiverClan is unique, and I will always be grateful for my decision to leave.