Warrior Tales: A History

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I have decided to finally post some bits of my history of my many cats; namely,she-cat, Snowypelt, the mother of Speckletrout & Snowwhisker of this forum. Possibly the history views of her apprentice, Snowball, and snowball's mate Shadowclaw.

Snowypelt
Born to parents Foxtail (so named for her red and bushy pelt) and Lionfur, Snowypelt was the only daughter in a litter of three. she grew up being close friends with Ghostpaw, Heatherkit, and Mistpaw. She was a diligent hunter, taking advantage of her white coat, over her kin's brown coats. Snowypaw and her two she-cat friends all fought for Ghostpaw's affections, Snowypaw being the only one to know of his family problems. (Ghostpaw was being raised to only abide by the warrior code when he needed to, and being harmed by kin if he didn't follow these rules.) Eventually, she won him over, shortly after gaining her warrior status. (The other toms were jealous he got the beautiful Snowypelt)

At 18 moons, they had their first litter of kits: Starkit (Later had her name changed), Moonkit, and Glitterkit (so named for her glossy coat.) One moon later, with help from her original mentor, she becomes mentor of Snowpaw (Snowpaw's mother was Snowy's mentor, continuing to mentor after having kits). However, at the age of 5 moons, Glitterkit is found dead -- and half-drowned -- as Ghostfleet carries her limp body back to camp. Snowypelt was devastated -- even more so when she finds out, around 5 moons later, that Ghostfleet killed her -- especially when a Leafclan apprentice came with worse news. Snowball's long-time friend, Shadowpaw, told about the events of that day, saying he was to flee that night after informing (Snowy was shocked by both news bits, and again when she saw the sheer devotion and longing in the eyes of the tom and her apprentice), and going with his mentor. Snowypelt decided to leave "for the safety of my unborn kits", leaving with Snowball, pleading with her still-apprentice daughters to stay, "It'll be better this way, I promise," She told them, while Snowball said her goodbyes to her kin.

Withing 1 moon, Snowypelt reached a region that was home to Fernclan, and had 3 kits there: Mistkit, Specklekit (showing her long heritage in her brown spotted fur), and son Moonkit. By the time they were 2 moons, Snowball had claimed Specklekit for an apprentice, and was teaching these Iceclan-born kits to swim, to fish, even to identify vital herbs. Snowypelt thrilled in her kit’s learning, and even happier when Shadowpaw (now Shadowclaw)) returned. He explained his late warrior naming, being only two and a half moons different from Snowball. (At this point, Snowball is 20 moons and Shadowclaw is 17 moons). Only a few moons before apprenticeship, Snowypelt trekked back to Iceclan, her kits in tow. She returned to the tribe cabin for a few days to wait for the twoleg vessel, catching it to get home. She was happy to see that little had changed, except that the place now had order, and Ghostfoot was deputy, she heard. She only stayed long enough for her kin to get to know her kits; this time was long enough for the medicine cat apprentice, Tumblepaw, to be absolutely smitten by the beauty and grace of young Specklekit. Snowypelt left by the ed of the first passing moon, knowing she would see Tumblepaw again.

By the time the kits reached apprentice age, Snowball found out she was expecting, and tried to go through with making Specklepaw her apprentice, Moonpaw hoping to go to Shadowclaw; this had been pre-arranged by the two mentors and Snowypelt. (However, Snowball’s expecting changed those plans). Sadly for Snowypelt, her kits left Fernclan shortly after being given their warrior names, all with their own reasons, their own journeys. Mistfur left with friend Oakpelt; Moonclaw with his dear friend Honeyblossom (a full 9 moon difference!), and her lone daughter; Speckletrout (so named for her build, colouration, and Riverclan-worthy skills) left without reason or company, claiming she was to meet with her old friend Tumblepaw (not knowing he was Tumblefur yet). Snowypelt knew her story was over then, her being just another clanmate, almost ready to leave after Ghostfleet (formerly named Ghostfoot) became deputy of Iceclan, almost 4 seasons later.
((Next character story in next post ))

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The full story
this is the overall story, individual ones will be separate

The whole story started...maybe 13 seasons ago, I’d figure by now. Might be more, if I decided to continue after the kits leave. This was back when a young queen had three kits; these kits were Snowykit and her less-important kin, Whitekit and Mudkit. About 3 moons later, she met the handsome and mischievous Ghostkit. By the time they were apprentices, Snowypaw and her closest friends – Heatherkit and Mistpaw – weren’t the only ones to fall for the troubled tom’s charm. Almost everyone was oblivious to his parents history, and poor treatment by his own kin. His mother died shortly after he and his brother were born. His father and his father before him were raised to distrust all, fear one’s kin, and cover up breaches in the code; Snowypaw learned all this from Ghostpaw’s brother, Blackpaw. Blackpaw fled shortly after; he didn’t follow his father’s rules, and knew what the penalty would be. Everyone knew he only had 2 trusted friends in the clan, and 2 outside the clan; only Snowypaw knew where he fled; she knew there was a Waterclan she-cat he’d become close friends with, so he was going to her. When Snowypaw and Ghostpaw got to go to the next gathering, nobody mentioned Blackpaw’s flight openly, but when she spoke to the Waterclan cats, they were buzzing about it. “I finally got to meet sis’s friend!” One of the older toms exclaimed. Snowy figured he was, maybe, 14 moons. She learned, that night, that her mentor was also expecting, but keeping things quiet. “You know, it’s common in this clan for queens to mentor. We could still stay together!”, Snowy had said quietly. The next moon, when her mentor was almost due, she got her warrior name, and was all but claimed by Ghostpaw (Moons later, she would regret this, but be proud of their kits). She had set her eye on her mentor’s last kit, Snowkit, as a possible apprentice by the time she could see and walk. Her mother, Lightfoot, was absolutely thrilled by this. And then, about 5 moons later, Snowypelt found herself expecting kits. Under special circumstance, she still got Snowpaw; she was under split-mentoring, and was given the status right after Snowy had kitted. Her first few moons were basic medicine cat training, the rest would be under Snowy’s mentoring.

When the kits were 2 moons, Ghostfoot (dubbed Ghostfleet by his father) went out to battle against leafclan. He returned carrying their eldest warrior, Russetclaw – he refused to become an elder, even though he had more moons than many of them – with fatal injuries. “It was all so crazy...I was fighting one of them, then found my claws hit a clanmate...” he said, voice shaking. Only a Leafclan apprentice and his own kit saw what really happened. That night, Snowpaw was caught sneaking out.
“Where are you going?” Snowy asked her.
“To see a friend.”
“In the middle of the night?”
“Well he’s...he’s...” Snowball took a deep breath. “Leafclan.”
that was enough to silence the young queen. “Well...It’s your risk then.”

((to be continued...))