#fernflight

[cavernous--curses]

moon 1 ꕥ spring

letters

events

Hollyhock has reached six months of age and completes his Cavern Trial, receiving the name Hollyhockpaw and choosing to worship Bubo. He's apprenticed to Star Ravenfeather.

Howlpaw's wound has become infected.

Splinterstem thinks Dustypaw hasn't been honest lately.

Fernflight, Dustypaw, and Ravenfeather meet a HeartClan patrol at the border.  Relationships are improved.

Sandyfur and Burdockripple collect oak leaves.

[amberstarangelle]

stardew valley characters - warrior cats names

maru - rustspark

leah - leafybreeze

penny - littlepoppy

abigail - boldshard

emily - crystalglow

haley - sunflowergleam

alex - russetclaw

elliot - sunsetwave

harvey - fernflight

sam - lightningleap

sebastian - ravendrop

shane - blueburr

pierre - cedarfur

caroline - mintleaf

robin - robinbark

demetrius -

linus - wildfur

marlon - silverfang

clint - flintstrike

evelyn - sweetbloom

george - pepperpelt

gus - orangebriar

marnie - cowheart

jas - berrypaw (jump)

lewis - graystar (fall)

jodi - swiftwillow

kent - basaltcrackle

vincent - zappaw (fluff)

willy - fishpatch

pam - goldencurl

wizard - eclipsewatcher

krobus - smallshadow

[your-internet-parental-unit]

I totally didn't find others doing this while searching for specific ships and decided to do it myself lol

All of the above/j Purple.

Ohhh that arc has so many good cats ughhhhhh it's hard to pick. In no particular order, Redtail, Firestar, Cloudtail, Brightheart, Ravenpaw

Nope, I think she was fine without one, and Dovewing is my baby, and her story wouldn't be the same without her power

Silverstream, I have to say

God, I don't actually know- GreySilver have sentimental feelings associated with them but I don't really have any strong feelings towards a lot of them(Unless you count the mention of Mousewhiskers crush on Minnowtail, then that one because I love Mousewhisker)

How fake of a fan am I if I say I didn't keep up with that? But I do know the designs and I'mma have to say either Lionheart or Longtail

I think it depends on how serious the RP is, sparkle designs can be a lot of fun but I usually do more "serious"(slightly more canon aligned) rps so my designs lean more realistic

Ok I joined deviantart really late in the game (I've only been on there for 3 years and I barely use it) so I think it's been Mushroom1Mack2 the entire time, but I used Amino a lot more, and I went by RadioAngel101 there

Jayfeather x Hazeltail is probably the closest to a crackship I have (I swear I think I'm the only person to ship them) or Brambleclaw x Leafpool for an AU (actually I have a lot of AU ships that probably count as crackships)

Her name was Speckledsong, and she was actually my WC sona for a while. She was a russet colored she-cat with black speckling/spotting along her back and face with a black tail tip and grey-blue eyes. She was a warrior of my fan clan Hawkclan and she had the ability to feel when something was right/if she was doing something right by a sensation of water running over her (very specific I know). I ended up revamping her into my OC Nightshade.

Bestie my brain does not remember that far back. The oldest AMV I remember liking was the My Mom Breezepelt AMV by Orion Fujiwara, and that was posted in 2015

He had POTIENTAL. He coulda been GREAT. But NO THEY MESSED HIM UP AND NOW I HATE HIM

How dare you not let me include skyclan/j/lh Windclan > Riverclan > Bloodclan > Shadowclan > Thunderclan

Dovewing 100% I love her she's my baby

YAY DAISY

I did not! I didn't have my own PC or laptop til last year, and before that I used aesthetic pics I found on pinterest for phone and tablet backgrounds

I think I'd be a former kittypet named Fluffy who joined Skyclan and ended up with a name like Fluffyheart or Fluffyflower or maybe even Fluffyash

I gotta say Mothwing. I love my atheist med cat

I never intentionally named any cats after canon characters, but I did give some feral cats around my grandparents house warrior names(Fernflight, Sproutkit, Owlkit, and Frecklestorm are just some of the names I gave cats)

I'm sorry I gotta pick Swiftpaw, I made an entire AU out of him and his littermate Lynxkit living to become warriors together, I have to choose him

Old School Warriors Ask Game

I haven’t made one of these before but I thought it would be fun >:3c I couldn’t ask obvious ones like “who do u think the 4th cat is” but I tried to keep these centered on heated discussions around 2009ish

1. what color is scourge’s collar?

2. top 5 the prophecies begin characters

3. should hollyleaf have had a power?

4. millie or silverstream?

5. favorite forbidden romance

6. favorite sss warriors design

7. realistic or sparkle designs for roleplay?

8. first deviantart username

9. favorite crack ship (ex. revengeshipping)

10. describe your first warriors oc

11. favorite amv prior to 2014?

12. is brambleclaw a good main character?

13. rank the clans (excluding skyclan, including bloodclan)

14. dovewing or ivypool?

15. daisy: yay or nay?

16. did you ever use fanart as your pc wallpaper?

17. what would your warrior name be and what clan would you belong to?

18. favorite medicine cat? (cutoff being oots)

19. did you name/want to name a pet after a character?

20. swiftpaw, gorsepaw, or shrewpaw?

[coyotix]

warrior cats oc lore

littlebriar is a small light brown tom with a white muzzle and freckles and black paws. his tail is short and fluffy like a rabbit’s, and his eyes are yellow.

pumpkinpatch is a tortoiseshell tom. he is very tall and has green eyes. his fur is mostly brown with a few red spots.

rattletail is a cream molly with brown patches and a short tail. her fur is long and fluffy, and her eyes are brown.

cherryswirl is a ginger molly with dark stripes and short fur. she has a long scar streaking from her left ear to her right jawline. her eyes are amber.

briarburn is a dark grey-blue molly with slightly lighter stripes. she is very tall and has a broken tail. one ear is ripped, and her eyes are a striking bright blue.

fernflight is a black tom with a missing front left paw. he has short messy fur and green eyes.

littlekit of shadowclan was born to pumpkinpatch of thunderclan and rattletail of shadowclan. he and his father pumpkinpatch were often shunned by the clan, for being a product of or partaking in a mixed clan romance, so when he became littlepaw, his mentor cherryswirl was very lacking in enthusiasm about teaching him. she often neglected to teach him things like the hunting crouches for different prey or fighting moves for a cat taller than him.

littlepaw got into an argument with cherryswirl for refusing to teach him, and that night, his dreams were visited by a molly named briarburn. she claimed to be a better way for him to learn and would actually teach him, because she was cast out for being half clan too. in her exile, she was struck by a falling tree during a tornado, which broke her tail and killed her. she asked littlepaw if he would like to train with her in the dark forest. overwhelmed with excitement that finally someone wouldn’t shut him out, he agreed.

two moons after meeting him, briarburn took littlepaw (now 9 moons old) to meet other dark forest cats- apprentices and their mentors. she paired him up with a tom named fernpaw. he’s the same age as littlepaw, and he was training there because he was missing a paw. windclan had trouble reaching him how to fight with only three paws, so he was learning how to do that on his own as well as getting taught how to keep balance on his hind legs- that way he could use his front paw for swipes. the two started training alongside each other for a few moons, and briarburn watched him grow up and train like a proud mother.

now here’s the thing.

briarburn is a dark forest cat, but she isn’t evil. i know. you probably thought she was gonna be mapleshade and littlepaw was crookedpaw. well guess what? nope!

briarburn eventually noticed how close fernpaw and littlepaw were. she saw how littlepaw would always volunteer to train with him. she knew littlepaw liked fernpaw.

so when littlepaw became an official dark forest warrior, she held fernpaw’s ceremony at the same time.

fernpaw could fight just as well as any four legged cat, and littlepaw was still short but he was buff now too.

when littlepaw’s shadowclan name ceremony came, he left a piece of briar bark outside his leaders den, because what better sign could show that his name should honor his true mother? fernpaw became fernflight for, in his leaders words “the way he flies while he rest of us walk”.

and look at that

it is possible for me to write a nice dark forest cat and a character with a nice happy life.

and it is possible for a disabled character in the wc universe to go to the dark forest, train, and not do it for revenge on those who wronged them. it’s also possible for them to learn how to fight.

TAKE NOTES ERINS

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Flowerstar

Aliases / Nicknames: Kit-killer, Flowerleaf, Big Sis,

Gender: female

Sexuality: asexual lesbian

Family: Cloudrunner (mother), Deerstar (father), Fluttertail/star (littermate), five unnamed siblings

Other relations: Crookedrunner (mentor) Acorntail (former apprentice), Fallenpaw (apprentice)

Clan: Lineclan

Rank: leader

Characteristics: bloodthirsty, great speaker, her death was celebrated widely, killed litters of kits that weren’t announced publicly

Number of Victims: 24

Number of Murders: 13 (directly), 1 (indirectly)

Murder Method: drowning, poisoning, shaking, breaking neck

Known Victims: Squirrelstar, Copperpaw, Strikekit, Flowerkit, Oatpaw, Fallenpaw, Murkkit, Meadowkit, Shadekit, Lizardaster, Birdfrost, Cinderpaw, Fernflight, Oatwhisker, Crouchpaw (murder victims), Fluttertail, Lakefoot, Chivescar, Rootspirit, Flypounce, Duskacorn, Downfur, Crookedrunner, Houndlilac, Cloudrunner (emotional damage victims)

Victim Profile: unannounced kits, cats that helped her, former leader

Cause of Death: killed by group of rogues

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

The announcement tradition had gone on since the time of the legendary Shadowstar!

How dare the ‘Noble’ Squirrelstar deviate!

He didn’t require litters to be announced so that the Clan could keep track of members, didn’t require that queens stay in the nursery so their pregnancy would be safe.

She couldn’t stand it.

It was easy to trick the apprentices into leading the old, blind leader into a two-leg yard. She had watched from a fence, feeling no joy in knowing that she was going to have to dispose of the apprentices next.

She took care of that chore quickly, and returned to the camp, demanding that Flypounce, the medicine cat, accompany her to the Moonstone.

She returned as Flowerstar, not realizing that she had not been given nine lives.

And thus began the reign of the worst leader in Lineclan history.

Her brother’s litters were the first to go. Five mewling bundles. She pushed past him and shook each one, stopping when the snapping did.

Oatwhisker was next. The obnoxious young warrior had been chattering so much that they distracted the patrol. This simply couldn’t happen.

Over her reign, she had spiraled into a state of paranoia, and became more erratic.

One leaf-bare day, she stumbled into the Twolegplace, only to find rogues instead.

And they were out for blood.

Additional Information:

--Submission by @ambitiousauthor​

--Of her murder victims, one was her brother, four were her nieces/nephews, one was her cousin, one was her uncle, and the rest were also related to her in some way (complete breakdown coming soon).

--Classified by rank, she killed one leader, one elder three warriors, four apprentices, and four kits

She was succeeded by her brother, Fluttertail

[warriors-name-generator]

for the ask game: birdpaw, butterflywatcher, stormcatcher, fernflight, foglight, and ashswirl?

Birdpaw: a white cat with yellowed paws, stained from grass and mud.  they have a black patch of fur on the top of their head that goes down over their shoulders, they have another smaller patch of black fur on their chin and a series of small black streaks going through their otherwise white chest fur.  They have deep, dark brown eyes and a light pink nose/pawpads with a short albeit not bobbed tail. 

Butterflywatcher:  a long furred, mostly black, calico tom.  he has white freckles on his face and small, round, black ears that are ginger-tipped but on the back of each ear is a white circle, similar to a tiger’s eyespots.  his back is marked with ginger patches and on his haunches he has identical circular ginger patches on each side that are surrounded with white freckles.  he has a long, completely white bushy tail and all of his paws are also white.

Stormcatcher: a muscular, long legged, short furred, light grey tabby cat with dark marbled stripes.  they have a white underbelly, paws, chest, throat and face.  their tail has dark rings and a small white tail tip.  their eyes are a bright yellow color, their nose/pawpads are dark pink and their whiskers are long.

Fernflight: a tall, short furred, white tom with light brown classic tabby patches on his shoulders that vaguely resemble wings.  he has a few small brown patches scattered around his face and a single brown paw.  he has long legs and a long white tail marked with light brown rings.  his eyes are a pastel green color while his nose and pawpads are speckled.

Foglight: an elderly, long furred, munchkin breed, pale grey mackerel tabby she-cat with silver streaked fur.  she has a white underbelly, paws, legs, chest and throat.  her tufted ears are quite torn and she has many scars from past fights.  her eyes are a pale silver color and her nose/pawpads are dark grey.

Ashswirl: a long furred she-cat with soft, wispy fur and black smoke tabby points. the rest of her pelt is a greyish-white color except for her large paws which are completely white.  she also has a small, white smudge of fur on the left side of her nose and on the left side of her long, black smoke tail.  her round eyes are a light, sky-blue color.

[sharkstorm-the-vile]

This is Fernpaw. Her warrior name is Fernflight. She has a quiet manner and is always sitting off to herself in thought.

[my-warrior-cat-name-ideas-blog]

Names 9

Fawnflower

Slateskip

Toadtooth

Cloudfall

Silverspark

Spottedwish

Featherwatcher

Poppytalon

Jaggedpounce

Lynxleap

Fernflight

Frostbelly

Sagesight

Sparrowslip

Ambergaze

Cedartalon

Twistedriver

Palepelt

Fernfire

[triggeredcollin-blog]

Brindlefeathers Path | Allegiances

Cloudclan Leader: Cloudstar - White and Gray She-cat with Piercing Green Eyes Deputy: Stonebreeze - Dark gray tom with white ears, paws, and tail; has yellow eyes Medicine Cat: Leafwish - Brown tabby she-cat with green eyes

Warriors: Skytail - Light gray tom with a white muzzle; has yellow eyes Cloudfoot - Fluffy white she-cat with silver paws; has blue eyes Cloverpelt - Russet colored tom with yellow eyes One-ear - blue-gray tom with one torn ear; Has green eyes Emberfeather -  Black and white she-cat with yellow eyes Needlewhisker - Silver and white tom with one yellow eye and one blue eye Acornpelt - White and brown she-cat with green eyes Tigerfoot - White tom with green eyes and brown paws and black spots

Apprentices: Featherpaw - Slender silver she-cat with green eyes Bluepaw - Blue-gray she-cat with yellow eyes Thistlepaw - Gray tom with spiky fur; has yellow eyes Thornpaw - Orange tabby tom with green and yellow eyes

Queens: Violetpool - Dark gray she-cat with white stripes (kits: Alderkit - black and white tom, Sparkkit - white and gray she-cat with fire eyes, Brindlekit - White tabby she-cat with Blue eyes) Plumtail - Cream colored she-cat with pale blue eyes (Kits: Foxkit - orange tom with white paws and a black tail, Wolfkit - Cream she-cat with gray paws and tail)

Leopardclan Leader: Leopardstar - Tan she-cat with a spotted tail Deputy: Softflower - White fluffy she-cat with green eyes Medicine Cat: Runningbreeze - Brown tabby tom with yellow eyes Warriors: Thistletooth - Gray tom with black stripes Beepelt - Yellow and black striped tom with blue eyes Mudpool - Brown tom with yellow eyes Sandfeather - Black and Gold she-cat with blue eyes Larktuft - blue-gray she-cat with green eyes Yellowheart - Golden she-cat with white paws, chest, and ears; has green eyes Blazestorm - Brown and white she-cat Brownsong - Brown tom with yellow eyes Crowwing - gray she-cat with black  eyes

Apprentices: Graypaw - gray tom with green eyes Juniperpaw - White she-cat with a black tail Spottedpaw - Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Queens: Featherflower - White tabby with blue eyes

Elders: Silvertail - Silver tom with a white tail. Snoweye - Snowy she-cat with a fluffy tail.

Lightclan Leader: Lightstar - white tom with yellow eyes Deputy: Maplesong Medicine Cat:  Hollystripe - Black she-cat with green eyes

Warriors: Branchclaw brown tom with amber eyes Molebush light brown tom with blue eyes Hollysong Black she-cat with amber eyes Treeclaw - Brown tabby tom with amber eyes Goldenfire: yellow tabby tom Larktail - Blue she-cat Yellowtooth - Yellow tom with yellow teeth

Apprentices: Snowpaw - White she-cat with green eyes Purdypaw - Brown tom with white spots

Queens: Cherrywhisker - Orange she-cat with a white tail (Kits Stormkit - Gray and white she-cat, Fernkit - Brown tom with black stripes, Daisykit - Creamy she-cat, Flamekit - Firey tom with green eyes)

DarkClan Leader: Darkstar- Black she-cat with green eyes Deputy: Talonwing- Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes Medicine Cat: Feathersplash - Silver she-cat with green eyes

Warriors: Adderheart: Dark brown tabby tom with yellow eyes Cloudheart: White tom with blue eyes (main coon) Jayden: silver tom with blue eyes Owlwhisker- Brown tabby tom Aspenchest: Orange she-cat with a brown chest Snowflight - White she-cat with blue eyes Fernflight - Gray speckled tom with amber eyes

Apprentices: Littlepaw: Black and white tom with blue eyes Gingerpaw: Ginger she-cat with A White chest and White Paws Spottedpaw: Calico she-cat with yellow eyes

Queens: Gooseshade: Gray speckled she-cat with blue eyes (Kits Marigoldkit: White she-cat with orange spotted legs, Swiftkit: black and white tom)

Flameclan Leader: Flamestar: Orange tom with yellow eyes Deputy: Thimblefur: Black tom with a white chest Medicine Cat : Jaysong: Silver tabby tom with blue eyes

Warriors: Feathershade- White she-cat with a brown tail Pinewhisker- Brown tabby tom with white paws Blazewhisker: Fire-like tom with a yellow ear Fire-eye Orange tom with one green eye and one yellow eye Whiteflower: White she-cat with yellow eyes Breezetail: Black she-cat with blue-eyes Poppytail: brown and white she-cat

Apprentices: Leafpaw: Brown tabby tom Alderpaw: Ginger tom with green eyes

Queens: Dawnfur : Black and white she-cat (kits Tawnykit: Tawny colored she-cat, Tigerkit: Pale tom with black stripes)

[cavernous--curses]

MOON 0 ꕥ SPRING

letters

events

Dustypaw complains to Fernflight that she hasn't been able to sleep due to the long shadows and dark figures in her dreams.

Howlpaw is attacked by a fox and gets a mangled leg.

Sandyfur gathers thyme with Star Ravenfeather as her escort.

[cavernous--curses]

ALLEGIANCES - YEAR 1

[cavernous--curses]

moon 2 ꕥ spring

letters

events

Midge has reached six moons and survives her Cavern Trial, receiving the name Midgepaw and choosing Aegolius as her god. She is apprenticed to Fernflight.

Dustypaw and Fernflight have a successful hunt.

Sandyfur and Burdockripple tend to TalonClan's graveyard and gather some rosemary.

[triggeredcollin-blog]

The Darkest Secret | Allegiances

DarkClan Leader: Adderstar: Dark brown tabby tom with yellow eyes Deputy: Yellowtooth: Black Tom With Blue eyes Medicine Cat: Owlwing: Brown She-cat with amber eyes Warriors: Cloudheart: White tom with blue eyes (main coon) Littleheart: Black and white tom with blue eyes Gingertail: Ginger she-cat with A White chest and White Paws Spottedsong: Calico she-cat with yellow eyes Gooseshade: Gray speckled tom with blue eyes Wolfdawn: gray tom with yellow eyes Jayden: silver tom with blue eyes Aspenchest: Orange she-cat with a brown chest Brightnight: Black She-cat with white spots all over her face and tail Swiftclaw black and white tom Apprentices: Brokenpaw: Black tom with dull eyes Ivypaw: Silver, black, and white tabby she-cat Softpaw: White she-cat with yellow eyes Queens: Gingerflame: Ginger and white she-cat with green eyes (Kits: Blazekit - Orange, black, white she-cat with green eyes, Blackkit - White tom with black spots all over him, Featherkit silver she-cat with dark gray stripes on tail) Marigoldsong: White she-cat with orange spotted legs (Kits: Russetkit - Black tom with blue eyes, Foxkit - White she-cat with an orange dot on her head, Icekit - Blue she-cat with  a white tail) Elders: Snowflight - Mangy she-cat with blue eyes Fernflight - Gray speckled tom with amber eyes Flameclan Leader: Dawnstar : Black and white she-cat Deputy: Bloodclaw : Black tom with a scar from his ear to his neck Medicine Cat : Brownleaf : Brown tabby she-cat with a white chest and paws Echopaw: Beautiful Silver striped she-cat Warriors: Silverpool: Silver she-cat with white drooping fur on her back Grayfoot: White tom with gray feet Breezetail: Black she-cat with blue-eyes Tawnyheart: Tawny colored she-cat Leafwind: Brown tabby tom Tigerfur: Pale tom with black stripes Blazewhisker: Fire-like tom with a yellow ear Spotnose: Calico she-cat with a black and pink nose Whiteflower: White she-cat with yellow eyes Aldertail: Ginger tom with green eyes Queens: Sand: Creamy she-cat (kits: Spiderkit - Black tom, Yellowkit - Orangey yellow she-cat, Petalkit - Yellow she-cat) Elders: Poppytail: brown and white she-cat Fire-eye Orange tom with one green eye and one yellow eye Lightclan Leader: Maplestar: light calico she-cat with yellow eyes Deputy: Goldenfire: yellow tabby tom Medicine Cat:  Flamepounce: Orange tom with green eyes Ferntail: Gray she-cat Warriors: Fernwillow Mottled brown she-cat (kits are Applekit yellow tom and Splashkit creamy-like she-cat) Branchclaw brown tom with amber eyes Cherrywhisker Orange she-cat with a white tail Molebush light brown tom with blue eyes Snowmoon White she-cat with green eyes Ambernose Blue she-cat with teal eyes Hollysong Black she-cat with amber eyes Fernstripe Brown tom with black stripes Daisyheart Creamy she-cat Purdystripe Brown tom with white spots Queens: Stormtuft: Gray and white she-cat (whitekit - White she-kit with blue eyes , Silverkit white and gray she-kit with blue eyes) Elders: Larktail - Blue she-cat Yellowtooth - Yellow tom with yellow teeth Leopardclan

Leader: Softstar - White fluffy she-cat with green eyes Deputy: Spottedfeather - Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes Medicine Cat: Runningbreeze - Brown tabby tom with yellow eyes

Warriors: Thistletooth - Gray tom with black stripes Beepelt - Yellow and black striped tom with blue eyes Mudpool - Brown tom with yellow eyes Sandfeather - Black and Gold she-cat with blue eyes Larktuft - blue-gray she-cat with green eyes Graystorm - gray tom with green eyes Junipertail - White she-cat with a black tail

Featherflower - White tabby with blue eyes Brownsong - Brown tom with yellow eyes Crowwing - gray she-cat with black  eyes Apprentices: Yellowpaw - Black tom with yellow paws Tallpaw - White she-cat with green eyes Queens: Blazestorm - Brown and white she-cat Elders: None

[coyotix]

i lied they aren’t angst free briarburn defended littlebriar in the dark forest battle and died completely and then fernflight battled her killer

warrior cats oc lore

littlebriar is a small light brown tom with a white muzzle and freckles and black paws. his tail is short and fluffy like a rabbit’s, and his eyes are yellow.

pumpkinpatch is a tortoiseshell tom. he is very tall and has green eyes. his fur is mostly brown with a few red spots.

rattletail is a cream molly with brown patches and a short tail. her fur is long and fluffy, and her eyes are brown.

cherryswirl is a ginger molly with dark stripes and short fur. she has a long scar streaking from her left ear to her right jawline. her eyes are amber.

briarburn is a dark grey-blue molly with slightly lighter stripes. she is very tall and has a broken tail. one ear is ripped, and her eyes are a striking bright blue.

fernflight is a black tom with a missing front left paw. he has short messy fur and green eyes.

littlekit of shadowclan was born to pumpkinpatch of thunderclan and rattletail of shadowclan. he and his father pumpkinpatch were often shunned by the clan, for being a product of or partaking in a mixed clan romance, so when he became littlepaw, his mentor cherryswirl was very lacking in enthusiasm about teaching him. she often neglected to teach him things like the hunting crouches for different prey or fighting moves for a cat taller than him.

littlepaw got into an argument with cherryswirl for refusing to teach him, and that night, his dreams were visited by a molly named briarburn. she claimed to be a better way for him to learn and would actually teach him, because she was cast out for being half clan too. in her exile, she was struck by a falling tree during a tornado, which broke her tail and killed her. she asked littlepaw if he would like to train with her in the dark forest. overwhelmed with excitement that finally someone wouldn’t shut him out, he agreed.

two moons after meeting him, briarburn took littlepaw (now 9 moons old) to meet other dark forest cats- apprentices and their mentors. she paired him up with a tom named fernpaw. he’s the same age as littlepaw, and he was training there because he was missing a paw. windclan had trouble reaching him how to fight with only three paws, so he was learning how to do that on his own as well as getting taught how to keep balance on his hind legs- that way he could use his front paw for swipes. the two started training alongside each other for a few moons, and briarburn watched him grow up and train like a proud mother.

now here’s the thing.

briarburn is a dark forest cat, but she isn’t evil. i know. you probably thought she was gonna be mapleshade and littlepaw was crookedpaw. well guess what? nope!

briarburn eventually noticed how close fernpaw and littlepaw were. she saw how littlepaw would always volunteer to train with him. she knew littlepaw liked fernpaw.

so when littlepaw became an official dark forest warrior, she held fernpaw’s ceremony at the same time.

fernpaw could fight just as well as any four legged cat, and littlepaw was still short but he was buff now too.

when littlepaw’s shadowclan name ceremony came, he left a piece of briar bark outside his leaders den, because what better sign could show that his name should honor his true mother? fernpaw became fernflight for, in his leaders words “the way he flies while he rest of us walk”.

and look at that

it is possible for me to write a nice dark forest cat and a character with a nice happy life.

and it is possible for a disabled character in the wc universe to go to the dark forest, train, and not do it for revenge on those who wronged them. it’s also possible for them to learn how to fight.

TAKE NOTES ERINS