Firestar

Firestar is an orange tomcat with green eyes.

Firestar used to be called Rusty. He was a kittypet and lived with housefolk. One day, he strayed from his house and into the forest. He fought with Graystripe, then Graypaw, and instead of running away like most kittypets, he turned and fought. Graypaw was impressed, and so was the Clan leader Bluestar. She invited Rusty to join ThunderClan, and he accepted.

When he got to the camp, Bluestar announced his presence to the Clan. Longtail, a warrior, challenged him. Rusty accepted the challenge by fighting Longtail. In the fight, he lost his kittypet collar and won his honor. Bluestar renamed him Firepaw and took him on as a ThunderClan apprentice.

Firepaw found out that a ThunderClan patrol had been fighting. Ravenpaw, another apprentice, came back and announced that the former ThunderClan deputy Redtail had died. Firepaw and Ravenpaw became friends, and Ravenpaw said he had seen Tigerclaw (a warrior and Ravenpaw's mentor) murder Redtail. Tigerclaw is a very respected warrior, and Bluestar doesn't believe Firepaw.