what's ivypool up to in your au? i absolutely love her so im excited to see your plans for her!
Hi, thank you for asking! I actually love talking about my Ivypool :3!!
The beginning of her story isn't quite so different. As Ivypaw, she's recruited into the Dark Forest not by Hawkfrost, but by two mollies: Hopeshatter and Wishrot. These two are used to being shafted out by their sibling, and relate to Ivypaw feeling left out and left behind. (Bonus points to whoever can figure out who these cats are lol)
She trains in the Dark Forest, and the cats there breed her hatred; she finds herself hating her sister Dovepaw, and wanting to be stronger than her at any cost. Once she delivers the "sign" to Goldenstar and starts the battle with Shadowclan, she really realizes where she's gone wrong.
So she plays spy. When Tigerheart begins to make advances on her, now Ivypool, she plays along, only to grow angry when she realizes that Tigerheart has also been making advances on her sister, Dovewing. She never had feelings for Tigerheart, but the fact that he's playing both of them, as sisters, doesn't sit right with her at all.
Before The Great Battle, Ivypool reconnects with Dovewing, and they talk out their differences; Ivypool is glad to have her sister back, and wants to catch up, but something seems... off, about Dovewing.
With the return of Hollyleaf, Ivypool sees her a lot; she connects with her about feeling unwanted, out of place with their only siblings in a prophecy. They actually bond a lot! And Hollyleaf says something damning: she doesn't think Starclan is listening.
This is a lot to think about for Ivypool, and as The Great Battle begins, she fights at her sister's side. And the end of the battle shakes her to her very core.
As Hawkfrost is killed in battle by his father, Tigerstar, his spirit immediately rises from his body. However, it's chained to the living world, as Starclan and the Dark Forest stop fighting; a live trial, to decide where Hawkfrost's spirit will go. Fawnshine fights for his character, and as Yellowfang gives her essence to make a neutral afterlife, Ivypool's faith is challenged more than it ever has been or ever will.
After a third of Thunderclan leaves with Hollyleaf after the battle, desperate to find a new life away from Starclan's scrutiny, newly made Bramblestar announces Ivypool as his deputy. She takes her duties extremely seriously, and is proud of her position. But when Dovewing disappears from the clans (see: Tigerheart's Shadow), she becomes a wreck, desperate for the return of her sister. Tigerheart returns alone, with two kits, and Ivypool berates him, threatening to send him to the Dark Forest herself if she ever finds out that he hurt even a hair on her pelt.
In A Broken Code, when Bramblestar is possessed by The Impostor(Ashfur), his body decays and rots, ripping him of all 9 of his lives as soon as Ashfur stops possessing the body. So Ivypool becomes Ivystar, and names Mousewhisker her deputy.
And currently, all the way up to Changing Skies, Ivystar stays leader!! Thank you for asking about her, I love Ivypool and Dovewing and I'm so happy to talk about them ^_^!!!
