#antlerrose

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I think antlerrose and bunnysplash should make out

GAY STYLE?!

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The starter cast of the Clan!

In order: Flipstar, Dustrustle, Antlerrose, Chaffincheye, Fuchsiapelt (with the two kits he’s stuck watching, Roarkit and Wisteriakit), Branchpaw, and Cedarfish

Not shown: Lightpaw, the Starclan guide, and Russetbrush, who was banished for being too hard to draw

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Antlerrose living refs!

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Dark Forest Resident: Antlerrose

Aliases / Nicknames: ??

Gender: she-cat

Sexuality: polysexual

Family: Ploverfur (mother), Silverstripe (father), Brightshimmer, Palesplash (sisters), Lizardpaw, Kitekit (brothers)

Other Relations: Timberfeather (mentor)

Clan: ThunderClan

Rank: warrior

Characteristics: elegant, cunning, prefers to be left alone, prone to bursts of anger

Murder Motive: wanting to be left alone

Number of Victims: 1 (accidental)

Number of Murders: 1 (accidental)

Murder Method: shoving

Known Victims: Palesplash

Victim Profile: her sister

Cause of Death: drowning

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story: 

Tragedy began before her mind could fully register what it meant.

Kitekit had eagerly lead Antlerkit, Palekit, Brightkit, and Lizardkit out of the territory while their mother slept. It was a fun adventure filled with cool new smells and amazing sights and so many sounds. It was so cool!

That was, until they heard barking. The kits ran but their legs were still short and stubby. They sprang up a tree, climbing easily thanks to their sharp kitten-claws. But Kitekit had bravely helped each of his littermates up the bark before he joined, but by then it was too late, and his siblings watched in horror as the dog snatched him up in a single bite, silencing his wail.

The kits would stay stuck in the tree, shivering and crying, until they were found by a patrol and returned to camp.

It was hard for them to process the trauma when they were still too young to fully process it. They knew that Kitekit was dead, they knew what that meant, and they had seen it themselves--but having to see it while they still had kitten fluff in their ears?

But they held onto each other--and their mother--and as the moons passed, the nightmares slowly seized.

Then came the second tragedy.

Like Kitekit, it had come suddenly. Lizardpaw was here one day, gone the next, thanks to a storm that broke while he was out on patrol.

It was harder now to accept that there were even less of them. The only upside with Kitekit's early demise was that, though they loved him dearly, they didn't share a lot of memories with him that would make his loss harder.

The same couldn't be said with Lizardpaw. There would be no more training together, no more sharing prey, no more waking each other up at night to look at the stars. No more anything.

But they still had each other, and that's what they leaned on.

The third tragedy was their mother, killed in battle. Only a moon after came the fourth when Brightshimmer succumbed to an infection.

Only Antlerrose and Palesplash were left. Like every sorrow before, they held onto each other. But this time there was only one cat to hold on to, and Palesplash just held on so tightly.

Antlerrose loved her sister, and the thought of losing her too was agony. But she needed time alone, she needed space, room to breathe, to think, to be.

Even when the grief lessened, Palesplash clung onto her like a bur. It wasn't that Antlerrose didn't understand why. They only had each other left, of course her sister was terrified of losing her too.

But it was just so suffocating.

Antlerrose couldn't go on a patrol or a simple walk without Palesplash insisting on being there too, and then she would spend the entire time looking around cautiously.

Anything that could even have the remote possibility of being a danger would cause Palesplash to spring into action.

Antlerrose is fighting a cat in battle? Palesplash pushes her out of the way so that she could handle it and protect her sister from getting a scratch.

A bird sings out of nowhere? Palesplash is tackling Antlerrose to the ground to save her from a swooping hawk.

Antlerrose sneezes or coughs? Palesplash is dragging her by the scruff to the medicine den and refuses to let her go until she is treated--whether or not the medicine cat tells her everything is okay.

Palesplash treated her like she was no stronger than a delicate feather able to be blown away with a kit's breath.

It was frustrating. Angering.

So Antlerrose woke extra early, hoping to go on just one hunt without her sister there. But she only made it to the top of the ravine before Palesplash was calling her name, and hurried toward her.

Antlerrose couldn't take it, she snapped at Palesplash to leave her alone, and distraught and hurt, her sister snapped back. Both were mad. Both were hurt.

Palesplash cried that she only want to make sure that Antlerrose is safe.

Antlerrose cried that she didn't need her to protect her from a cough or a little scratch. Moons of frustration built up and Antlerrose pushed her.

She regretted it instantly. Palesplash lost her footing and tumbled down the ravine. Antlerrose hurried after her, but then Palesplash hit her head on a rock with a sickening crack and Antlerrose froze.

Her sister.

The only littermate she had left, the only family. Dead.

Because of her.

The piece and quiet that Antlerrose had craved for so long had become a burden.

She couldn't eat without missing the sound of her sister's chattering next to her.

She couldn't sneeze or cough without missing Palesplash's fretting.

She couldn't...she couldn't do anything.

She was so alone.

When another battle came, Antlerrose let out all her grief and rage on the warriors she fought. Because of that, they fought harder against her, pushing her closer to the edge of the rocks until she lost her footing and fell into the water below.

Additional Information: 

--If it wasn't clear, the fight was with RiverClan and the rocks were Sunningrocks.

--Her father is from ShadowClan, and she is Half-Clan