#skybranch is twigbranch's new name

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

So I kind of want to wash away and reform AVOS. I'm split on the choice here.

Windclan!Needletail (or just a different cat, maybe Heathertail's rebellious child...?) Being the swap out here. Violetkit growing up in Windclan and their religious zealousness feeling like an outsider constantly.

Windclan suffers from Yellowcough plague and is denied help from Riverclan, putting some focus on them, with Shadowclan shutting borders down (because they get loads of focus in TBC and ASC and honestly Mistystar's sudden dickhead behavior could at least have a beginning here and make Mothwing extremely disillusioned with Riverclan life by the time ASC rolls around)

It's painfully obvious a bad choice gets made with Violet and Twig here too because is a skinny little thing, and Violet ends up chubby and bulkier. She can't run on the moor like everyone else instead of Shadowclan just... being assholes? It would make Windclan more agitated with Onestar too.

Also the Darktail situation is much more personal. That's not-Needletail's half uncle! Destroying Windclan and taking it over by promising he'll outperform his father, they don't have to be at the lazy and arrogant Onestar's command. Come Be Family, Be The Kin :)

Not-Needletail would try and show him fire to have cooked food like the Clans, and he uses it as a weapon to set Shadowclan's territory on fire, killing many cats (this would kill actual Needletail, and driving loads of Shadowclan, also dissatisfied with Rowanstar's passive leadership into Darktail's Kin would still push Berryheart into her Hate Spiral).

Riverclan reopens at Reedwhisker's command while Mistystar is at the Moonpool because "well you left me in charge, I was temporary leader and that meant my word was law and you love me so much mom"

It would be a huge actual battle all while these poor sisters are trying to find their family, Sparkpelt is grappling with her trauma and pressure to be Firestar 2.0, and Heathertail is watching her father deal with the monster he created.

Would the ripple effects be massive? Absolutely. I have no clue what this will entail for A Starless Clan, which already is rippling quite hard. Am I going to have to bleed Rowanstar's lives heavily? Yes, I might even still keep the Shadowclan plague and still have Onestar be a self-righteous fuckhead leading to both clans getting fucked over. Needletail could still be Heathertail's kid, whereas Sleekwhisker and Strikestone are Berryheart's kids and she watches her daughter get wrapped up in everything and becoming a horrible person. Windclan joins Skyclan and Shadowclan joins Riverclan setting up the tension suddenly present in ASC- "You didn't wanna be here before why the fuck are in our business now?"

It would take a LOT of work but it could work.