Moonclans Assistant Medicine Cat
Siblings- Mudfang, Blazekit
Kits- Duskpaw, Sunpaw, Pinepaw
Dawnflower is a very caring and kind-hearted cat and loves helping cats in need. She started out as a warrior with a fierce and fiery spirit and as a young warrior fell quickly for Briarheart, a tough, ambitious tom who matched her bold personality. The two were a good match for each other at the time and enjoyed each other’s company, they could often be found playfully sparing each other or racing each other across the territory. But as Dawnflower began to reach adulthood she no longer enjoyed being a warrior as much as she used to and disliked the violence she had to use with other cats and didn’t want to fight others anymore. This caused Briarheart to drift away from her as their interests began to differ from each other and he still very much enjoyed his role as a warrior in the clan, and he couldn’t understand why Dawnflower didn’t feel the same.
Dawnflower then fell pregnant with Briarheart’s kits and she was delighted to be able to retire her warrior duties and instead spend her time in the nursery or close to the camp. Briarheart was happy but by this time they weren’t spending nearly as much time together as they used to and they had drifted from each other so much that cats could hardly call them mates.
Still Briarheart checked on Dawnflower regularly and though they weren’t as close as they used to be Dawnflower was still happy to see he was interested in his future kin. Whilst Dawnflower was more around the nursery and the medicine den she began to become interested in herbs and could often be found in the medicine den talking with Oddeye about them and how he used them.
Moons went by and Dawnflower gave birth to three healthy kits, afterwards Briarheart came to see her and the newborns in the nursery the moment he was allowed to and naming the kits was a joint effort between them.
As the kits grew Dawnflower was glad to see that Briarheart stuck around the camp a little more to help raise them, but she would often catch him urging the kits more towards being warriors over the other jobs within the clan but she didn’t think too much of it.
Duskkit and Sunkit had taken an interest in being warriors since they were very small, however Pinekit had always leaned more towards being a scout and his father’s pushing and persuading made him uncomfortable. When it came time for the kits to choose their future duties within the clan Duskkit and Sunkit chose to be warriors whilst Pinekit chose the scouts. Briarheart wasn’t very happy with Pinekit’s decision but Dawnflower fully supported her son and scolded Briarheart for not doing the same.
Soon after the kits apprentice ceremony Briarheart and Dawnflower decided to officially split as mates as they felt their relationship was not what it once was and that they no longer worked well together as mates. The kits left the nursery and moved into the apprentice den to start training for their chosen duties and Dawnflower had to also go back to her duties, but she didn’t want to continue being a warrior and instead requested that she become an assistant medicine cat.
She now helps Oddeye in the medicine den or spends time helping out in the nursery looking after the clan’s queens and kits and will gladly babysit kits whilst queens take a break to stroll outside the camp.
