#gingerpetal

[femme--de--lettres]

still thinking about @impishtubist's fantastic gingerpetal fic that she wrote....

(when do we get more imp)

[wc-nightfall]

Gingerpetal

A large, thick-furred dark ginger tabby molly with unusual blue eyes and large paws.

Gingerkit -> Gingerpaw -> Gingerpetal

Medicine cat of FernClan, mentor to Barleypaw

Even from a young age, Gingerkit had no interests other than learning to become a medicine cat. Her dam, Snowstar, was overprotective of her and Ashkit due to losing their sibling, Blizzardkit. The two remaining kits were unable to explore and get into trouble like most kits, so they settled for bothering the warriors. Gingerkit spent most of her time in the medicine cat den with Spruceberry and Jayflower, learning anything she was allowed to. After a particularly difficult moon, Spruceberry decided to step down, leaving the medicine cat apprenticeship open to the newly-named Gingerpaw.

The young molly earned her full name in a time of sickness, finding a previously-unknown patch of herbs and working out how to solve the epidemic. She can be rather possessive over her stock of herbs, freaking out if any cat other than herself or Barleypaw even looks at them, and being wary of helping other clans if she feels there might not be enough herb stock to go around. Although both her mentor and apprentice were skilled with growing herbs, Gingerpetal found herself frustratingly lacking in that department, even the hardiest of plants wilting under her neglectful and challenged care. She is currently in the process of trying to train Barleypaw, though there’s struggle from both ends on that endeavor.