#<- that’s the tag for all things I’d put into a hypothetical rewrite hehe

[animalechochamber]

A long standing tradition of formal duels has been around since the old age, brought in originally from the cats who lived on the moorlands that merged with the forming clans.

A duel must be agreed upon by both parties and have at least one witness to have a clear record of what went down. While some are duels till the other taps out most are to the death, as those who’d even risk that much honor on a duel would rather die in the fight then admit they are weaker. Most often it’s been used between two particularly hard to choose deputies but also to nip foreseen wars in the bud. One fight instead of many, that usually end cleanly, and settle things once and for all.

-This is all expanded for the idea of R!Bluefur, Bluemoon and Thistleclaw having a duel to end their competition once and for all. They agreed though beforehand that neither would kill the other, as both had children (Whitekit, Mosskit, Mistykit, Moonkit). But Thistleclaw didn’t follow their one rule of honor. And she in trying to subdue him, ended up shoving him too far. The poisoned warrior would fall into the river unconscious and end up drowning, his body never found as it floated off to the gorge where it smashed against the rocks. This is where she receives her iconic shoulder scar. From his thorny claws which would cut a lighting across her fur. The observer for them was actually Rosetail, who despite being Thistleclaw’s kin, said that he had slipped and fell into the river by his own mistake. She saw who her brother really was and was even relieved that he went out before he was completely unrecognizable to her. Even if it hurt.

Blue and Rose raised Whitepaw, later Froststorm after she comes out (yes transfem Whitestorm is real I love her), and Blue becomes deputy without the competition of Thistle. Unlike canon where it turns out there was no competition there actually was here as Thunderclan was left entirely leaderless without an appointed deputy. So the two were the candidates to take over entirely without having been deputies before.

Notes:

-Sunfall dies before he’s even able to get his lives. I’m thinking either by Thistleclaw OR in a freak accident that really divides the clan apart

-Bluemoon becomes leader and makes R!One-eye, renamed Mottledeyes, her deputy to have a more wise but trustworthy figure on her side. Though she later retires after her daughter Speckletail brings her the first of her grandkits to be born, being Mistlekit.

-Her kits are still OakBlue kits but were given up to secure a peace treaty between the two clans. This both made tensions less high and damaged her reputation. Mistykit and Moonkit went to Oakheart while Mosskit, the first born, stayed with her. Mosskit would end up dying though in an attempt to sneak out to go to her littermates, freezing in the snow. Moonkit renames himself at his apprentice ceremony to Stonepaw to try and distance from his mother as he blames her for the disaster that is their “family”

-She never was a prophecy cat. No great destiny laid out in stone for her. Her uncle Goosefeather did say she would have many hardships but never anything too specific. She got herself to where she is and would go, though the faithful side says it was all preplanned, leading to her shattered beliefs later on

-Dies the same. Leading the dogs off the gorge into the water. She is pulled out by her kits and says sorry for what she put them through, and to her son Fireheart that he will never forget that he has his own trail to blaze. Not one already cleared out to follow.