#aus.trey

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i call this the "bramblestar somehow killed squirrelflight and it made her realize that maybe he shouldn't be in power so she recruits ashfur to help get rid of him" au

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we've all heard of black firestar

but what about: amber firestar the clans find this pretty normal looking kitten, and he joins temporarily, maybe under a different name (i'll use...idk pinepaw, thank u sn0wshimmer) he's treated pretty much the same, but he doesn't know what he's capable of yet- though the higherups in the clan quickly notice his spirit and courage. how just maybe.. he could be the fire that would save them.

soon, he's accepted fully into the clan, really finding his place there as bluestar declines. he learns of the prophecy, something that's become more and more public knowledge, and he begins hearing the murmurs of cats who have started doubting his role. their leader's mind and health is failing, but it doesn't take long for tigerclaw to make a move, more aggressive than usual due to his anger at some random kittypet receiving his father's name. pinepaw, now pineheart, fights to save bluestar like in canon, and is named deputy.

by this point, cats have already begun to notice something- pineheart's changing color. and has been, slowly, for months. and, especially now that he's deputy, their whispers about his role in the prophecy are impossible to ignore. he does everything right, to the best of his ability- but bluestar's distrust in starclan leads her to be the one to question the prophecy itself the most. the killing brought by the dogs, though, is the final straw- in her dying breaths, she addresses her children, and gives pineheart his leader name, firestar, which she tells him represents her trust in him to lead these cats- whether starclan said so or not.

the cat that tigerstar sees during the final battle between the clans is not the cat he once knew- firestar, once a small, well-fed kitten, has really grown into a cat worthy of prophecy. there's no doubt, now, that he is indeed the fire that'll save the clan- and his amber coat, shifting from a regular brown to a truly firey red, marks his transformation into the saviour that starclan foretold.

ALTERNATE:

i'm not extremely familiar with pinestar, so i can't say exactly what sort of impact the name would truly have. however, if he's a very notable leader, you can shift the story a few ways- perhaps pinepaw grew up in his shadow, to some extent, or maybe he grew to resent him for the things he did. and maybe, just maybe, he even rejects the name firestar- going against his leader for the sake of his individuality. "i don't know if i'm the prophesized cat, but i don't think i want to be. i don't need a prophecy to do my best, regardless of who i'm compared to", or something like that. i dunno. go wild, if you read this.

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this one doesn't have art but (tbc au)

au where instead of willowshine dying, bristlefrost takes her place- she isn't killed off, but she's put into a similar state to dying shadowsight, where her spirit is dragged into the dark forest. rootspring is soon brought down after her, and finds her waiting.. except bristlefrost isn't being controlled by bristlefrost, and rootspring is too relieved to see her again to notice. they even have a talk about their relationship- deciding on ways to make it work despite clan law, only for bris to remember none of it when she wakes up. bristlefrost gradually comes to the realization that ashfur got ahold of her ghost, using it to do possibly unspeakable things("what did he say to root?"), while rootspring has an existential crisis as he realizes how easily he was manipulated("i didn't even recognize that she wasn't herself"). neither of them feel like they can trust themselves any longer, questioning the validity of their feelings and how much they really know about each other.

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shadowsight gets a bf au. his name is gladetrail

edit: this was his history, but i'm rewriting it now that i've finished darkness within glade is fairly upbeat and falls into a bit of a "class clown" role, attempting to make light of bad situations when appropriate, and he's also silently very analytical, leading to an often critical view of the lives lead by unquestioningly loyal clan cats. despite this critical view, he's also not very confrontational. and being yelled at freaks him out- so, he keeps quiet about what he thinks most of the time. feel free to ask me about him if you somehow find my blog, also, but this is getting long, so i'll stop here