Every villain has a beginning. His birth came as a warning, but no one ever imagined what Falconkit could become. He started as a driven cat, wanting nothing more than to earn his warrior name and become a fierce and respected warrior. However, as he grew was never able to get a true handle on his emotions. Told to hide his rage, told to suppress his emotions. Faced with brutal deaths and a seeming endless burning rage inside of him. Evil is not born, but when everyone around him fails to see the rage and darkness growing inside of him- what else could he become?

"You are our future..." Three sisters born into the most ferocious Clan in the forest, their entire lives of ahead of them. Riverkit is ambitious with a touch of arrogance, she dreams of leading her Clan one day and idolizes Goldenstar, often forgetting about the thoughts or feelings of others. Her skills are sharp and she is celebrated by her Clanmates, getting all the praise she desires. Echokit wants nothing more than to be the best warrior she can be, but it seems that everyone has turned their backs on her before she ever has a chance to prove herself, growing up in AshClan is a desperate attempt to prove her own worth Moonkit is guided into the medicine cat den by StarClan, but is very quickly given a prophecy warning that one of her sisters will follow a violent path, and she must stop them before its too late. Three well known cats within the forest, all with very different fates. Learn just how Riverstar earned her place as AshClan's leader, and what drove Echoheart down a dark and violent path of revenge.

Can you trust your own judgement..? The forest is peaceful, the four Clans are living in harmony and everything seems perfect. Flowerkit is born during this peaceful time, and is excited to begin her life as a warrior, and dreams of being leader. As she climbs through her Clan, facing struggles along the way she soon learns that darkness from each Clan threatens the peaceful forest. As a warrior, Flowerpelt must fight to keep her peace but battle against what she thinks she knows. From evil rising from within her own Clan, as well as the others she risks everything to protect her home and family.

"When the forest is in danger, a new dawn will blaze brighter than the sun." Dawnkit is born into SunClan with a bright future, along with her littermates she wants nothing more than to serve her Clan. However, tragedy strikes at a young age when her sister, Willowkit dies. Dawnkit makes a promise to her dying sister to become leader of SunClan, no matter what but as she grows she learns that becoming leader isn't easy, and it may not be what she wants. As a warrior, she learns that a dangerous foe is threatening her Clan, and she realizes she must do everything she can to protect the Clan she loves.

The most important choices sometimes hurt the most Jaggedkit has everything he could possibly want in live, a loving family and a best friend. He dedicates himself as a powerful and strong warrior to LichenClan, rising through the ranks until earning the name Jaggedtail. Jaggedtail soon realizes that while he had a happy life, not everyone close to him did. He sees that darkness has driven its way deep into the heart of his beloved friend, Elmheart. This darkness drives Elmheart down a shadowy path and Jaggedtail is soon faced with the most difficult choice he has ever had to make.

Crowkit is born into tragedy, his sister dead before she ever had a chance to live and the only cat his mother blames is him. Despite the pain, Crowpaw does his best to focus on being the best warrior he can be, but after another tragedy strikes his life Crowpaw loses himself. Scared, alone and in pain Crowpaw believes the only way to find happiness is away from MoonClan, a place he doesn't feel he belongs. Crowpaw sets out a personal mission to find his strength, and along the way finds himself in a world unknown.

Take a look into the stories of three very different cats, as each of them must face their own struggles and rise from the darkness that surrounds them. Snakewhisker is one of SunClan's most noble and respectable warriors, known to be loving and caring. However, Snakewhisker has face many harsh losses in his life, see how these struggles affected him and how he overcame the darkness of death. Timberstar is LichenClan's well respected leader, but also the son of Branchfur who turned down a dark and violent path. Watch Timberstar grow up under his father's influence and fight against his teachings. Thornstar was one of the most violent cats to live amongst the Clans, his story is one of abuse, fear and terror. Discover not only how Thornstar turned down this dark path, but how he started one of the bloodiest battles in Clan history.

Experience some of the darkest stories from some of the Clan's most damaged warriors through their own perspective. Squirreltail was an incredibly loved and skilled warrior. Her bright future suddenly turns to a world of darkness as she loses her vision to a fire. Squirreltail must learn to live her life without vision, or get consumed by the darkness inside her heart. Poppypaw wanted nothing more than to be a medicine cat and train under the guidance of Honeywing. She realized that the sacrifices a medicine cat must make are almost too much as she meets the handsome LichenClan warrior, Branchfur. She believes he could give her the world, but he takes everything away from her. Branchfur was trained under one code: LichenClan comes first, always. He had no problems following this rule until he sees the beautiful SunClan medicine cat, Poppyfur. Branchfur forgets this code, but when he learns that Poppyfur loves her Clan more than him, he does everything he can to make sure she regrets her choice.

"When the blood covers the moon, peace will drown in the ashes of war." The traveling cats have returned to the mountains with an entire new Clan, StarClan's mission has been completed but there is darkness shadowing all five Clans as they attempt to establish stability in their lives. In AshClan, Slatepaws's sharp attitude and ego is finally catching up to him and he is forced to go through a very harsh wakeup call which forces him to change his perspective, despite his reluctance. In MountainClan, Mountainstar's life has changed completely in only two moons and she struggles to be a good leader while trying to build confidence, pride and respect within her Clan of rouges, kittypets and loners. In MoonClan, Leopardpaw is happy to return to her normal life as a warrior but tensions and unrest are brewing a storm within the normal peaceful Clan and as an apprentice, she fears there is nothing she can do to stop it. In SunClan, Blossompaw is fighting a constant battle with her self-worth and second guessing all of her skills, always pushing herself to the brink of exhaustion and still never feeling good enough, just desperately trying to be a good SunClan warrior. Owlpaw has finally set her paws on the path of a medicine cat, but despite her best efforts she still feels out of place and in the way, and to make things worse she is faced with another mission from StarClan, and if she fails this one; death and violence could consume all five Clans.

An Impossible Task... The travelling cats have been given their task, and it seems impossible. Owlpaw faces the challenge of convincing Sheer Mountain, a cat who does not believe in StarClan to leave her life behind and start a new life as a Clan leader. Sheer Mountain struggles with her decision, questioning everything she thought she knew. A cat who doesn't believe in the stars and does not believe in destiny. With four cats already depending on her, Sheer Mountain wonders if she's able to find the strength to make the right decision. Back in SunClan, Owlpaw's sister Blossompaw lives on. She fears for her sister's safety and struggles to find her place in SunClan, feeling as if she can't compete with her brothers. The Clans are changing, and weighing heavily on the shoulders of Owlpaw and her travelmates, as well as Sheer Mountain's decision. What they do will completely change the future of all four Clans.