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theanoninyourinbox · 4 months
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NEW LONGSTAR AU - THE NOT-SO-LONG BALLAD OF FIRE AND FLAME
Before Fire Prophecy
Talltail seeks to kill the Loner that he believes killed his father.  With the help of a kittypet named Jake, he finds the strength to forgive, and instead saves Sparrow from the Monster, and returns to Windclan with new determination in his heart and a dear…friend…that he leaves behind.  It is with this new spirit that he protests the renaming of Hopkit, and he stays Hoppaw.  The two remain close friends throughout their lives.
In Riverclan, Stormkit is renamed Crookedkit, but Rainflower is also renamed – Rottenflower.  Crookedkit’s name is given as a sign of survival, and Rottenflower’s as a sign of her true heart.  Crookedkit still leaves for a time, still is haunted by the Geist Mapleshade, but with his head a little higher and heart a little clearer.
Tiny is playing on an old stump when the Thunderclan Patrol finds him, and Thistleclaw orders Tigerpaw to attack.  Bluefur intercedes, and the heavily injured kitten is brought back to camp to be treated.  Sunstar decides to keep the poor little thing, and Frostkit is semi-adopted by Bluefur. 
Yellowfang is about to bury Hopekit and Wishkit when the sounds and smells of Twolegs alert her.  She knows they will try to take her and her remaining kit, so she grabs Brokenkit and runs.  The twoleg, stretching their legs after a long car ride, finds the two kittens and sees signs of life in the little tortie.  They rush the cold kitten to a vet, and with time and effort, little Nutmeg thrives. 
As Frostkit heals, a moons-long process, he makes friends with Spottedpaw and Whitepaw.  Eventually he notices that Thistleclaw keeps trying to get Spottedpaw alone, and with the help of Thrushpelt, discovers the horrible truth.  Thistleclaw is dragged before the clan, and with Spottedpaw’s testimony, the Traitor is banished from the clans permanently.  Spottedpaw becomes a Healer apprentice, and Thrushpelt begins to mentor Frostpaw.
Nutmeg eventually is introduced to a handsome orange tabby named Jake, and falls in love.  He breaks her heart by leaving when she’s due to give birth, and swears to take care of her beloved bundles of joy by herself.
Raggedstar lies dying, with his daughter Brokentail laughing as she cleans the blood from her paws, and realizes the enormous mistake he made with the way he raised her.  He dies, and watches as Brokentail receives her lives from the Dark Forest. Watches her kill kits.  Watches her banish her own mother.  What has he done?
Longpaw is mentored by Frostfoot, making an unusual pair.  Longpaw is eventually named Longtail, and wonders what his future holds for him.  He does not see the starry crown behind his head, ethereal and light as a dream.
Bluestar and Spottedleaf sit together on a hillside, Leader and Oracle Healer, and a pair of stars fall burning from the sky.  Fire Will Save The Clans.
The Long Ballad of Fire and Flames
Rusty the kittypet has yet another strange dream, of a red-tailed bird falling from a rainy sky.  He and his friend Smudge discuss the happenings around the neighborhood.  Princess, Rusty’s sister, forbids Rusty from going to the forest by himself.  Later that night, Rusty tries to catch a mouse on the border and gets tackled by a gray tabby, who is impressed when Rusty flings him off.  After meeting his mentor Lionheart, Rusty agrees to meet them the next morning, to see the Clan.  Rusty tells Princess about this.
The next morning, Rusty sneaks past a still sleeping Princess and a worried Smudge, and meets Bluestar, Graypaw, and Lionheart. The Thunderclanners refuse to wait for his sister. They head off to camp, with Rusty leaving a subtle scent trail so Princess can find him.  Princess wakes up, and follows the trail with stealth and careful steps.
At camp, Bluestar introduces Rusty as a potential clanmate, and some cats take offense to that.  Darkstripe demands he be tested, but Frostfoot tells him to calm down, what, are you threatened by him? Really?  Lionheart gets inbetween them to break it up, but cocky Longtail challenges the kittypet before anyone can stop him.  Frostfoot is mortified.  Rusty accepts, and the two square off.  Longtail gets the upper paw almost immediately, and gets a hold of Rusty’s collar.  As he pulls, he hears a yowl of outrage.  And suddenly he is FLUNG bodily, his ear burning, the collar still in his mouth.
He gets up, and there is an ENORMOUS molly standing over the fallen kittypet, the warriors and camp guards at the ready to fight.  As Spottedleaf helps him to his feet, Longtail hears the Tortie scolding Rusty for leaving without her, I TOLD you there would be trouble but noooOOOooo you don’t listen to your sister!  You just listen to your silly dreams!! Bluestar interrupts, impressed with the boldness of the kittypet and interested with the dreams comment.  Princess introduces herself, and after Rusty says he agreed to the fight, apologizes to a still stunned Longtail.  Rusty explains he has dreams that come true sometimes, and tells Bluestar and Spottedleaf about the red-tailed hawk dream.  Spottedleaf asks to mentor Rusty in the arts of healing and Starseeing, and Bluestar agrees, asking is Princess would like to join as well. Frostfoot mildly scolds Longtail for leaping without looking, and Princess and Rusty become Flamepaw and Firepaw, with Bluestar herself mentoring Flamepaw.
And then Ravenpaw rushes into camp.  Redtail is dead, he screams, and collapses.  And pandemonium rises.
After Tigerclaw brings Redtail’s lifeless body back to camp, and the apprentices and kits are shielded from the sight by Whitestorm and Lionheart, the pair of siblings settle in.  Firepaw makes fast friends with Ravenpaw and Graypaw, and Flamepaw befriends Dustpaw and Sandpaw.  The pair drag Longtail into being their friend as well, which brings Frostfoot and eventually Swiftpaw into the equation as well.
Longtail begins to mentor Swiftpaw, and finds that he loves teaching.  With the help of Frostfoot and the other Mentor cats, he begins to become more humble and less cocky.  Longtail begins to appreciate his friendship with Firepaw and Flamepaw, and takes more time to live, not just be a Hunter and Mentor.
One day, while gathering herbs for the Healer’s Den, Firepaw is knocked off his feet by an old gray and yellow molly.  He springs to his feet, ready to fight, but the attacker is just…staring at him.  Like she’s seen a Geist.  He cautiously asks if she’s alright, do you need help ma’am?  And she moans something unintelligible, falling to the ground in a dead faint.  Firepaw panics, and drags her back to camp.  There, she is identified as Yellowfang by Spottedleaf, who tells Firepaw of her alleged crimes, and how she believes that Yellowfang was framed.  Said Healer wakes up, takes one look at Flamepaw coming in to drop off a mouse, and promptly wails in grief and pain.  The three of the get her to calm down, and she quietly apologizes, the siblings look like…patients she lost long ago.  Bluestar listens to her tale of Brokenstar being a False Star, and while still weighing the information, relegates Yellowfang to being a War-Bound for the time being.
Bluestar does not hear the story Yellowfang tells to the Healers and the Apprentice Brawler.  She does not see the siblings take the old molly to meet their mother.  She does not know a family has been made as whole as it will ever be.
At the Gathering, Brokenstar tells everyone how she ran out Windclan, and Bluestar realizes that Yellowfang was probably telling the truth.  As she had just revealed Thunderclan had Yellowfang as a War Bound, she begins to prepare for an attack, and she is correct – Shadowclan tries to kill Yellowfang, and succeeds at killing Lionheart and her dear friend Rosetail. Her heart grows a crack. She names the brave Tigerclaw, names Yellowfang part of Thunderclan, and tries to go on.
Then Ravenpaw leaves, begging shelter at The Barn with Bluestar’s old friend Barley, for reasons the apprentice refuses to communicate.  All his friends Graypaw, Firepaw, and Flamepaw will say is that he needed to be something that the Clans couldn’t let him be.  And the crack grows.
And then Shadowclan steals Frostfur’s kits, Lionheart’s kits. They kill Spottedleaf, Firepaw wailing over her body. She goes with her Warriors, Brawlers, and their apprentices to rescue the innocent.  They are met by Senior Warriors and other banished cats from Shadowclan, aided by Yellowfang in secret. Brokenstar is run out of the clans. Yellowfang takes over Firepaw’s training, and Flamepaw and Graypaw are named Flamewish (per her request) and Graystripe. Why is the crack still growing?
Flamewish, Graystripe, Longtail, and Swiftpaw are sent to retrieve Windclan.  It goes well, until a Riverclan patrol tries to fight them, and Whiteclaw falls off a cliff while fighting Graystripe.
When the group returns, Flamewish and Graystripe receive their first apprentices – Cinderpaw and Brackenpaw.  Flamewish finds Mentoring difficult, and asks Longtail for advice.  The pair become close friends.  Firepaw and Sandstorm make bets as to when they’ll become mates.  Unfortunately, Cinderpaw is lured away from camp and gets hit by a Monster. (It’s a car, just – just call it a car!! -Firepaw) Firepaw saves her life, and Yellowfang bestows the name Fireheart upon him at the next half-moon.
Also unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), at seeing her apprentice so badly injured, Flamewish has an unusual reaction.  She goes into labor.  Seeing as Flamewish had no idea she was even a little pregnant (as she put it), things get a little crazy.  Longtail is flabbergasted, Bluestar is confused, Yellowfang is baffled, and Fireheart is delighted but also flabbergasted.  Flamewish does some calculating, then privately asks Fireheart to go bite Smudge in the face for her.
(This means Flamewish misses Graystripe meeting the gorgeously muscled Riverclan molly)
But it DOES mean she spends time in the Nursery with Brindleface, her kits Fernkit and Ashkit and Frostfoot and his kits Flykit and Coldkit.  Frostfoot who had just gone out one day and brought back the pair, claiming them as his.  Bluestar was frustrated and elated at the same time. 
The three become even closer when Brokenstar attacks, as they defend the Nursery together.  Longtail and Swiftpaw help drive off the Rogues together, and after Yellowfang blinds Brokenstar and leaves her Brokentail the War Bound, Swiftpaw is rewarded with his Adult Name – Swiftspirit. (Later, Longtail will see this as an omen, unknowingly given by Starclan through Bluestar…) Graystripe is later caught giving prey to Riverclan, and punished by having his apprentice taken away – Longtail is suddenly a Mentor again!  And Brackenpaw has so many things to learn!
Cinderpaw makes a nearly full recovery, but her time in the Healer’s Den had made her rethink her life – she wants to heal others.  Flamewish cracks a joke about her brother poaching her apprentice, but wishes her well.
And then Brokentail’s War Bound status becomes known.  And Thunderclan is attacked.  And Tigerclaw is at her throat, keen claws at her throat.  But as her heart shatters, a yowl of outrage rings through the air, and Longtail and Flamewish HAUL the Traitor off of her.  Bluestar banishes Him, and she holds the pieces of her heart and weeps – there are no stars in her tonight.  She waits too long, then names the astonished Longtail as Deputy.
Then Graystripe begs for the Healers to help him – they find the laboring Silverstream and do what they can, but Featherkit and Stormkit outlive their mother.  Graystripe leaves for Riverclan, refusing to abandon his kits.  Fireheart and Flamewish can’t blame him, but it still hurts.  And Brokentail is dead.  Yellowfang tells her leader that he dies of natural causes, but Bluestar does not see the look on Fireheart’s face.  (She will eventually learn that he just watched his grandmother kill his uncle) Then the fire. Oh the fire.  Patchpelt and Halftail, coughing and then forever breathless.  Fireheart and Flamewish race to find Yellowfang – to find their family.  She lies in a hollow tree, and blesses the Stars that she has enough time to say goodbye.  To say how proud she is of them – both her life paths.  I’ll always watch over you. (and Yellowfang keeps this promise)
Bluestar feels her mind failing, rain through the treetops instead of thoughts. So when she sees the Traitor leading Shadowclan as a False Star, she just…lets go. She watches Leopardstar rise and her clan move around her like a fever dream.  She watches the hawk impassively as it goes for Snowkit, and barely reacts when it takes Speckletail instead.  She doesn’t react when Longtail promotes Snowpaw to train under Brackenfur, or when Flamewish brings the elderly deaf kittypet Brahm to teach Snowpaw and Mistlepaw and others Pawspeak. She doesn’t react to the death of Swiftspirit or the maiming of Brightpaw, save to curse the Stars that left her broken by naming the poor thing Lostface.
(Longtail MOURNS.  He refuses to eat, has to be pried from his nest, and it takes a teary Flamewish admitting she misses the tom she loves for him to snap out of it.  The pair find solace in each other.  Fireheart and Sandstorm are too busy and too worried to exchange the mouse that they bet.  Neither ever says who won that bet)
Rabbits lead a bloody trail to poor Brindleface, and Longtail makes a plan to lead the dogs away from their den and over the river-cliffs.  Bluestar nods absently, but there’s a shining spark in her eyes that hasn’t been there in ages.  The runners lead the killer hounds up to the cliffs and away, but one grabs Longtail, pinning him and scratching his face.  But a blur of blue streaks onto the dog’s back, and overbalances them both into the river.  A pair of Riverclan warriors leap into action, and Bluestar says goodbye to her family, Frostfoot and Whitestorm having raced to the scene.
Longtail is escorted to the Moonstone by Fireheart, and finds himself in Starclan.  He receives his lives from Nightstar, Runningwind, Speckletail, Lionheart, Redtail, Silverstream, Yellowfang, Bluestar, and finally Swiftspirit.  Longstar vows to stop Tigerstar and his cronies.  He names Whitestorm as Deputy, and begins planning.
Tigerstar goes after Windclan, pinning and seemingly killing Gorsepaw, but as soon as the Shadowclan Battle Patrol leaves, he brings his head up and smiles weakly at his frantic mother. He will be scarred for life, but he will have his chance to live.
At Riverclan, Stonefur defends the apprentices to his last breath, and Graystripe rescues his kits from Tigerstar and Leopardstar.  Some Riverclan cats escape in the chaos, unwilling to follow their leader on this path.
Finally, with Windclan and Thunderclan united against the forces of Riverclan and Shadowclan, Tigerstar plays his deadliest card yet, as hordes of strange city Rogues appear.  Led by a figure some Thunderclanners recognize.  Thistleclaw.  But the rogues, no, the Bloodclanners, call him Tyrant.  Tigerstar boasts to the assembled clans how he killed Bluestar using the dogs and
Tyrant kills Tigerstar with a slash to the underbelly
Nine lives gone, in a single blow
The battle comes the next day, all four clans together – Longstar and Tallstar, Leopardstar and Blackstar.
Bone holds down Whitestorm, and is ripped of by a squad of apprentices, including his own, Brightheart.
Darkstripe goes after the Healers, and Graystripe strikes him down. His body is never found, and a gray tabby wanders desolate, his mistakes weighing on his soul.
Longstar strikes the final blow against Tyrant
And life goes on
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blimbo-buddy · 1 year
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Really scared that "A Thief In Thunderclan" might make Smudge CloudTail's dad despite Smudge being previously said to be neutered
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Kittypet Thunderclan AU
AU where Tiny/Scourge, Ruby, Socks, Smudge, Oliver, Princess, and Cloudtails Siblings, all join Thunderclan Tiny is taken in after the Tigerpaw attack. Obviously, he is on the side of Ravenpaw after Redtail's death, Icefrost is his name and I think I will hand him to Thrushpelt as an apprentice. --- Smudge, Oliver, & Princess, all join after Fire does. Just after they find out that Princess is pregnant so that they do not get separated, Smudge becomes Coalspot, Princess becomes Fawnheart, and Oliver becomes Lightflare (I wanted them to have names that tied them to Fireheart). Cloudtail is still named Cloudkit, but I am working on names for the other kits. --- Ruby and Socks join at the time they would have gone to Bloodclan for food, finding Tiny based on the words of two strays he lets get away with hunting for food(Bone and Brick), Ruby becomes Smokefall and Socks becomes Shadestreak. --- Icefrost finds out that Fireheart is his half-brother shortly after he joins when he asks about his family and finds out Jake is his father. Ice acts as an older brother figure to all of the younger members of the kittypet squad, Cloud loves his uncle Icefrost and can be found trying to convince him to take him on patrol. Icefrost still does not like Smokefall or Shadestreak but will be tolerant for the sake of his younger siblings and nieces and nephews. --- Ruby/Smokefall is the mother of Darktail in this au, Onestar is still Darktail's father. Icefrost despite his grievances with Smokefall, comforts her after Onestar rejects her and their son, one of the few times they have a long talk without any fighting.
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chipsterswc · 6 months
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Now that we have confirmation the graphic novels are taking some liberties with the source material, do you think they'll make Smudge the father of Cloudtail this time around (as he SHOULD HAVE BEEN)
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(side note: i'm obsessed with his little bow tie)
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wc-confessions · 1 year
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My least favorite Headcanon is the one where Smudge is the father of cloudtail
Like smudge lost his balls way before cloudtail was born,he is literally cannot have kids
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
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quiverpaw · 6 months
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DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET SMUDGE CANONIZED AS CLOUDTAIL'S FATHER IN THE GRAPHICS
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everybody-loves-purdy · 6 months
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the new graphic novel looks so charming, i love that they changed it to have princess and smudge in the scene together
I wonder if in the graphic novel universe they will leave out Smudge being neutered and lean towards him being Cloudtail’s father?
It’s nice to see Princess, I’m guessing they had Rusty still be in touch with her to cut time where in the books he slowly figures out she’s his sister and he reintroduces himself etc
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once-a-kittypet · 7 months
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Hello! I'm Boomtowne and this is my Warriors design blog! The goal for this blog is for me to design every single named character in the series in order of appearance.
My Links
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The rules i'm following for this challenge are-
Generally, the actual books take priority over the allegiances, just because a character is listed in the allegiances section of a book does not mean that i'm going to be drawing them then, I'll instead be drawing characters when they officially appear/are named in the books. (Example: Boulder is listed in the allegiances of Into the Wild but doesn't actually appear in the books until The Darkest Hour, i'll be drawing him with the cats who first appear in that book rather than Into the Wild) The reason I do this is because I like to understand the context behind why a cat first appears or what they are actually like in the books before I draw them, I feel like it really adds to the design!
I draw cats in various stages of their life, so as a cat ages/changes ranks I'll be drawing them multiple times. The changes I'll draw are; Kits -> Apprentice -> Warrior/Med Cat -> Leader/Elder. Exceptions will be made for cats who go through very drastic changes (example; Brightpaw -> Lostface -> Brightheart or Stormkit -> Crookedkit) and also in cases where cats don't change a lot inbetween ranks (Boris and Cherry -> Sparrowpaw and Cherrypaw, or Yellowfang as a rogue -> Yellowfang as a TC medicine cat)
I take into account the family that a cat has before I design them, but to me the website family tree doesn't exist. If a familal relation is never explicitly confirmed in the books and exists only through the family tree, then it's not canon in my book and I won't be considering it for my designs. (Examples: Smallear being Goldenflower and Lionheart's dad, Robinwing and Fuzzypelt being Dustpelt and Ravenpaw's parents, and Whitestorm being Ferncloud and Ashfur's father)
The same goes for any cats who do appear or officially exist in the books but are only given names or designs through the family tree (Examples: Ashfur and Ferncloud's littermates, Firestar and Princess' littermates, and Cloudtail's littermates)
Rules for others
You are 100% allowed to use my designs for MAP's, fanart, or whatever else. Just make sure you give credit and feel free to tag/link me, I'd love to see!
If you'd like to follow me along and also draw the cats in order of when they first appear you of course can, i'd love to see the stuff you draw as well! Additionally, you don't at all have to follow the rules that I'm following, if you feel like my personal rules are too restricting feel free to adapt the challenge however you want to! This is all in good fun after all.
Please refrain from asking for a specific character to be drawn, I'll get to everyone as long as they're named in the books I promise! If you notice I've skipped over a character feel free to send in an ask or a DM letting me know! Just make sure you give me some information about when the character was first named (book title, chapter, page number, and the quote from the book would be great), this way I can double check and add them to my list!
Feel free to send in an ask or DM me if you have any other questions!
Current Book: Into the Wild
Already Done
Oakheart
Tigerclaw
Mousefur
Redtail
Bluestar
Spottedleaf
Rusty
Smudge
Henry
Graypaw
Lionheart
Whitestorm
Longtail
Firepaw
Darkstripe
Smallear
Ravenpaw
Goldenflower
Dustpaw
Sandpaw
Halftail
One-Eye
Dappletail
Yellowfang
Willowpelt
Frostfur
Raggedstar
Brokenstar
Speckletail
Clawface
Stonefur
Crookedstar
Tallstar
Blackfoot
Runningnose
Runningwind
Barley
Upcoming
Brindleface
Patchpelt
Rosetail
Ashfur (ShadowClan elder)
Nightpelt
Dawncloud
Brightflower
Graystripe (warrior)
Fireheart (warrior)
Next Books: Fire and Ice
Ashfoot
Deadfoot
Onewhisker
Morningflower
Swiftpaw
Wetfoot
Blackclaw
Oakpaw (Oakfur)
Leopardfur
Nightstar
Ravenpaw (loner)
Barkface
Whiteclaw
Cinderpaw (Cinderpelt)
Brackenpaw (Brackenfur)
Princess
Silverstream
Shadepaw (Shadepelt)
Cloudkit (Cloudtail)
Brokentail (Brokenstar; elder/prisoner)
Sandstorm (warrior)
Dustpelt (warrior)
Forest of Secrets
Graypool (warrior; flashback)
Mudfur
Crowfur
Mudclaw
Tornear
Runningpaw (Runningbrook)
Mistyfoot
Graypool
Thornpaw (Thornclaw)
Brightpaw (Brightheart)
Cinderpaw (Cinderpelt; post injury, new med. cat apprentice)
Cinderfur
Greenflower
Stumpytail
Brackenfur
Tawnyspots
Thistleclaw
Cloudpaw (Cloudtail)
Rising Storm
Bramblekit (Brambleclaw)
Tawnykit (Tawnypelt)
Cinderpelt
Ashpaw (Ashfur)
Fernpaw (Ferncloud)
Littlecloud
Whitethroat
Webpaw (Webfoot)
Mudfur
Mosspelt
A Dangerous Path
Pack Leader
Tigerstar
Snowkit
Speckletail
Gorsepaw
Leopardstar
Cloudtail
Lostface (Brightheart; post dog attack)
Tawnypaw (Tawnypelt)
Bramblepaw (Brambleclaw)
Featherkit (Feathertail)
Stormkit (Stormfur)
Featherpaw (Feathertail)
Stormpaw (Stormfur)
Firestar
The Darkest Hour
Boulder
Bone
Scourge
Sorrelkit (Sorreltail)
Thornclaw
Brightheart
Sootkit (Sootfur)
Rainkit (Rainwhisker)
Heavystep
Jaggedtooth
Runningbrook
Webfoot
Oakfur
Shadepelt
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marmotclaw · 1 year
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Firestar (Fireheart)
Name meaning: Ginger, passionate, determined, strong beliefs
Bright, flame-colored agouti tom with a pale orange belly. He has short, sleek, and thick fur, large ears, a long tail, and bright, emerald-green eyes. As a kittypet, Firestar had a blue collar with a yellow bell on it.  Prior to his death, he was also battle-scarred with a scar on his flank and had a torn ear.
Cause of death: Struck by lightning at 8 years
Voice claim: Elijah Wood
Leader info
Lionheart-Courage (killed by Scourge)
Redtail-Justice (killed by rats)
Silverstream-Loyalty (killed)
Runningstep-Tireless Energy (crushed by a tree)
Brindleface-Protection (killed by a snare)
Swiftpaw-Mentoring (Greencough)
Yellowfang-Compassion (killed by a fox)
Spottedleaf-Love (Killed by Russetfur)
Bluestar-Faith (struck by lightning)
Family and Education
Mother: Nutmeg
Father: Jake
Brother: Tommy
Sister: Princess, Luna
Sibling: Filou
Half Brothers: Scourge, Socks
Half Sister: Ruby
Mate: Sandstorm
Daughters: Leafpool, Squirrelflight
Mentors: Longtail, Bluestar
Apprentices: Cinderpelt, Cloudtail, Bramblestar
Unofficial Apprentices: Brackenfur, Cherrytail
Nature
ENFJ
Social Good
Social
Platonic Love: Bluestar, Bramblestar, Cinderpelt, Cloudtail, Gorsepaw, Leafpool, Nutmeg, Princess, Squirrelflight, Tallstar, Whitestorm, Yellowfang
Romantic Love: Sandstorm
Best Friend(s): Greystipe
Friend(s): Brackenfur, Brightheart, Dustpelt, Longtail, Morningflower, Ravenpaw, Runningstep, Smudge, Spottedleaf
Mixed feelings: Onestar, Scourge, Silverstream
Enemies: Clawface, Darkstripe, Tigerstar, Zealstar
Favourite food: Mouse
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box-o-foxgloves · 1 year
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Shipping Smudge x Princess but not in a 'he's the father of Cloudtail' way, more in a 'Smudge had already been fixed long before his first meeting with Princess, but the two developed a deep and loving relationship anyway' kind of way.
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Book 1 Chap 1: Prologue
Princess trotted down to her mother, Nutmeg’s, housefolk’s den.  She and her siblings had decided to visit their mother.  The tabby she-cat sighed.  Well, almost all her siblings.  Firestar, formally Rusty, had left the forest a while ago, and she missed him and her son, Cloudtail, everyday.
“Princess!” a call sounded.  Princess let out a purr when she saw her brother Tommy.  Tommy was the second oldest in the litter, preceded by Luna, but came before Filou, herself, and Firestar.
“Tommy! How are you doing?” Princess said, and gave her brother’s ear a lick.
“Great!”  the chocolate tom replied.  “Come on! Filou and Luna are already here!”  the two padded the rest of the way side by side.
“Finally!” a she-cat yowled.  “We thought you were never coming!”  Luna was a chocolate and ginger tortoiseshell with green eyes.  She had toms tripping over themselves for her affections, but as far as Princess knew, Luna hadn’t taken a mate.  Beside Luna was their brother Filou.  He was a light ginger tabby with green eyes.  (All of the siblings had green eyes.)
“My kits!” a voice shouted.  It was their mother Nutmeg.  She was a pretty chocolate and white tabby with green eyes.  She ran over and licked them all.  
“Mother!” Tommy protested. “We’re not kits anymore!”
“To me you are.” she flicked his nose with her tail. Then she realized something.  “Wait, where’s Rusty?”  Nutmeg looked around for her youngest. Princess looked at her paws.
“I haven’t seen him for moons.” Luna said. “It’s like he vanished off the face of the earth!”  Tommy drew a paw over his ear as Princess shuffled her paws.
“I know where he’s at.” she meowed softly.  Her littermates and mother stared at her.  “You know those tales of wild cats in the forest, before it was torn down?”  They nodded.  “Well, Rusty decided that he wanted to join them, and he did.  Last I saw him was when the Twolegs were tearing down the woods, and Smudge told me that Cody told him that the wild cats, who live in Clans, decided they had to leave or they would have all starved.”  That left her family speechless.
“So…” Filou said.  “Rusty’s gone?”  Princess nodded slowly.
“He didn’t die, at least, not yet.” she reassured them.  Nutmeg sat on her haunches, looking numb. Luna began licking their mother’s head.
“I wish we knew what happened to him.” Tommy said.  They all nodded. 
Suddenly, the wind picked up and swirled around.  A bright burst of stars momentarily blinded them, but when everything settled down, they realized they were now no longer alone.
“Jake!” Nutmeg purred as she and her mate touched noses.  Jake had died a long time ago, and she missed him dearly.  But, it wasn’t just Jake that was with them now.  Jake’s mother Crystal (Who was also dead) was there too.
“Princess?” said cat turned and saw a white tom.
“Oliver!” Oliver was Princess’s mate, and the father of Cloudtail and the rest of their kits.  Speaking of their kits, the other four were there as well.  Taylor and Zach, both toms, and Livy and Nami, both she-cats.
“Mother! Father!”  Oliver and Princess’s kits greeted them.
“F-father?” a voice stuttered.  Jake recognized it.
“Ruby? Socks?” he said.  It was.  Two of the kits he had with Quincy were there. Ruby had died when a monster ran her over, but Socks had found a new housefolk to live with.
“What’s going on?” a she-cat asked.
“Hattie!” Princess exclaimed.  “Smudge! Cody!”  Once the greetings were done, everyone looked around, seeing they were in a sparkly forest, and confused at why they were all there at all.
“Hello.”  everyone jumped.  Sitting there was a blue she-cat with some silver on her muzzle and a mangy gray she-cat with amber eyes.  What confused the kittypets even more was that they both had stars in the fur.  The blue furred cat stepped forward.
“Greetings, I am Bluestar, former leader of Thunderclan.  The clan who lived the closest to this Twolegplace.  Yellowfang,” she gestured to the mangy cat “and I heard you wanted to learn about what happened to your littlemate Rusty.”
“Umm,” Smudge said. “Why are Hattie, Cody, and I here then?”
“Well youngster,” Yellowfang said. “All three of you have met Firestar at one point.  The only ones who have no clue who he is are those two,” she flicked her tail toward Ruby and Socks. “Now, here is something those mouse-brained Twolegs call a book, and it contains a part about Firestar.  You won’t have to read it, you can just listen and whenever someone speaks, it will stop reading and wait until the conversation is finished.  What is read out will appear for you to watch. Good day!”  Bluestar and Yellowfang disappeared in a shower of stars.
“Well…” Jake said slowly.  “I guess we should start.”
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solargoose · 2 years
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So Cloudstar tells Firestar that he was waiting for a cat that wasn’t related to any of the cats who banished his clan, and I know they meant that no or not many kittypets or rogues had joined the clans since Skyclan had been forced to leave, but I’ve decided to believe that every other kittypet and rogue in the area has clan blood, whether recent or distantly.
Jake was born in the neighborhood but his parents came from elsewhere. Nutmeg’s mother was a pedigree show cat, and her father was some stray she met while traveling for a show. 
Cloudtail’s father had a Thunderclan ancestor. Henry, the old tabby that is mentioned maybe once, is secretly Pinestar. Quince’s grandmother was a Shadowclan cat. Bone and Smudge are both Patchpelt’s sons.
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blimbo-buddy · 1 year
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Smudge and Princess being together can only work if it isn't one of those "Smudge is the father of CloudTail!" things
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7. What is your deepest joy about writing?
Sharing it! I had been writing throughout my childhood, but I always use 2011 as the year I started writing stories because that's the year I fell in love with it because me and a couple of friends starting sharing stories with each and just hyping each other up. Like I very do much write for myself, but I love seeing other people love my stories too.
40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.
Choosing To have joy Is not Naively thinking Everything will be easy. It is Courageously believing That there is still hope, Even when Things get hard. Here's to living joyously And holding hope closely. Today. Tomorrow. Always.
Technically it's a greeting card message, but it's poetic and I love it. Also the card had watercolor monarch butterflies on it, which is always the best decoration choice tbh.
17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.
Time Travel Fix-it except Firestar fucks straight over to Windclan- because it's the most self-indulgent and really fun, and I should write more of it.
The #1 biggest thing to know is that StarClan is spending this entire timeline pressing the Big Red Prophecy button over and over again because clearly something's broken
Other highlights are under the cut for length:
Brokenstar/Firestar rivalry because "Rusty" gunned straight for Brokenstar during the WindClan-getting-chased-out-of-their-territory Battle and took one of his lives, probably his first if I can swing it
"Rusty" also definitely snatches Badgerfang in the chaos and wow isn't this apprentice like really tiny? Almost like he's too young? Guess he's ours now :3
WindClan now yeets all the way to SkyClan's neighborhood and SkyClan descendents help them out. Firestar returns post-Brokenstar to help rebuild SkyClan, for reasons currently unknown Dustpelt and Sandstorm follow him
Timeline gets squished because there's no reason Arc 1 took 3 years
Out of the original 5 canon ThunderClan apprentices: Graystripe is in RiverClan, Dustpelt and Sandstorm end up in WindClan because Firestar has two paws, and Ravenpaw actually stays in ThunderClan I think
Redtail lives long enough to succeed Bluestar and become Redstar. Tigerstar then spends the time between that and arriving at the lake, whittling down his lives, which means both him and Firestar are brand new leaders when they reach the lake
Literally both Oakheart and Redtail live because "Rusty" took a walk through RiverClan territory and distracted the Sunningrocks patrol
Initial lake territory leaders are drastically different: Firestar of WindClan, Oakstar of RiverClan, Whitestar of ShadowClan, Tigerstar of ThunderClan
Both RiverClan and ThunderClan have lost a generation of medicine cats each, ThunderClan may have lost two Actually, scratch that, I'm kicking Leafpool out with her kits, so ThunderClan just doesn't have a confirmed medicine cat after Yellowfang because I haven't decided how the dominoes fall in regards to Cinderpelt yet
Also means Lion/Holly/Jay litter is in WindClan
Literally have no idea who's left to make up ThunderClan's ranks at this point (That's a lie, I do have some idea, but man they're loosing all the cool kids lol)
Kin of your kin prophecy not only still applies, but is actually given to Tigerstar as a threat
No idea how I'm getting Cloudtail into the clans
Smudge may end up a minor villain
My initial plan was for Tallstar to take "Rusty" under his wing, but Barkface showed up first and well now Firestar's probably going to have two dads
The more I think about this, the less the time-travel is relevant but also like the entire set-up needs the time travel. So clearly I just need to sprinkle in more future knowledge shenanigans
Also I think Warrior Cats should have a matrilineal kinship system because of the whole "Queens don't have to name their litter's father" but that also definitely throws a wrench into everything, so it's probably not going to get touched on for this AU
40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.
Choosing To have joy Is not Naively thinking Everything will be easy. It is Courageously believing That there is still hope, Even when Things get hard. Here's to living joyously And holding hope closely. Today. Tomorrow. Always.
Technically it's a greeting card message, but it's poetic and I love it. Also the card had watercolor monarch butterflies on it, which is always the best decoration choice tbh.
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toastysnoodle · 1 year
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Warrior cats number 3, Smudge!! I headcanon Smudge as Cloudtails father, it just makes sense to me.
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i dont know, i think smudge could well have fathered cloudtail right before he got neutered. the series isn’t great with realistic time frames anyway, we all know how kits seem to be born knowing how to form full sentences and open their eyes.
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