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@ambitiousauthor​

Finally done!

He’s missing a toe. I like to think that it was either one of the boys or Bella-May (the story amuses him now).

I imagined Bella-May looking at him when they met, thinking him hot, and thinking something like “I’d bet he would taste great.”

Which leads me to wonder--which one was the cannibal first?

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Butch lesbian cat

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DUDE I FOUND SHARKSTAR'S CONCEPT

Shark's first ever concept, which he was called Mockingstar after Mockingbirds!

Then Sharkstar's second concept, which I ended up going with!

It's so weird seeing his first concept like "HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ORANGE??????"

OH DAMN

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I messed up lol

beautiful!

@frightnightindustries

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Dark Forest Resident: Snowpaw

Aliases / Nicknames: Snowy, Snow, Air-for-brains

Gender: genderfluid (he/she/they, they/them prefered)

Sexuality: pansexual-asexual

Family: Cavernwhisper (mother), Unknown Father

Other Relations: unknown mentor

Clan: Chasmclan

Rank: apprentice

Characteristics: playful, adores praise, foolish, sheltered as a kit, unaware of what they’re doing wrong

Murder Motive: wanted to play with kits outside of camp

Number of Victims: 5

Number of Murders: 4 (unintentionally)

Murder Method: putting victim in danger unknowingly

Known Victims: Canyonkit, Poolkit, Tunnelkit, Jackdawkit, Hickorykit

Victim Profile: kits they wanted to play with

Cause of Death: attacked by Briarblossom

Cautionary Tale: do not smother your kits, for they may grow up unaware of danger

Story:

Snowkit was always told it was a miracle they were alive. Whenever the medicine cats tried to elaborate, they were shooed away by Cavernwhisper--not wanting her beloved kit to know of death so early. She spoiled her only surviving kit, born despite all the odds being stacked against them--whatever they wanted, she’d get, and whatever she felt they didn’t feel ready to know, she kept secret. Snowkit was never in trouble, and was such a good kit! They loved being called a good kit.

And then, they got a fun idea once they became an apprentice. They were able to leave camp now, right? Why not take their friends out to play? Surely there’s no harm in it!

Canyonkit and his siblings were eager to see the outside early, and stifling their giggles, the kits snuck out with Snowpaw to go see Chasmclan’s caverns. They lost track of them in one of the mineshafts, but eventually found Canyonkit laying on the ground--he must’ve gotten tired and fallen asleep! 

Silly Canyonkit. 

So they brought Canyonkit with them in search of the other two kits, eventually finding them asleep as well. So they sneakily brought them back to their mother, and hurried back into the apprentices’ den so they could wake up to play again tomorrow.

Yet, they woke up to an uproar in the nursery, and the three kits were gone. That’s weird… Maybe they went out to play again! They’ll return later, they were sure. Jackdawkit was envious of their little adventure, and Snowpaw didn’t want any of his friends to feel left out! So he brought Jackdawkit out into the territory, careful not to disturb his sleeping siblings. The two played throughout the day, but Snowpaw was too nimble in their game of tag--jumping over a ledge that Jackdawkit was too small to follow. He fell down, and Snowpaw laughed and laughed! Jackdawkit stayed there--probably upset by how funny Snowpaw found it--and Snowpaw figured he knew the way back by himself, so they went home.

Finally, Hickorykit was looking bored. So they offered to take her on their adventures! She seemed a bit nervous, but agreed so she could get ahead of her friends on learning the territory. 

So out the two went! 

But while Snowpaw was trying to get Hickorykit to play tag with them, they suddenly felt a sharp pain in their neck and someone--Briarblossom?--was screaming to get away from their daughter. They felt tired, so instead of crying from how much it hurt, they decided to be a big apprentice and sleep it off.

Additional Information:

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--Their warrior name would definitely be Snowfox or Snowyip, due to their foxlike appearance.

--Cavernwhisper and Briarblossom had one hell of a screaming match once Briar and Hickory got back to camp with Snow’s body.

--Snowpaw’s scent is hard to distinguish from their Clanmates, being the only reason they didn’t get caught.

--Yet another song based oc from Umbra! This one is based off of The Good Child and The Fox Spirit by Kikuo.

--Doesn’t realize that they died, so they’re wandering around the Dark Forest trying to explore and play with the residences, thinking that they’re cats from the other Clans in their home, and calling out for their mother only to be confused when she doesn’t arrive. Very kitlike in personality, basically.

--Has been missing their right eye from birth. Constantly squinting because their eyes are sensitive to sunlight.

--Would get along with Magpie, who also caused kits to die by taking them out of the camp, not realizing how dangerous it is--at least if they ever realize they’re in the DF.

--BEAUTIFUL.

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Waspheart and his father!

Wapheart's mother was a kittypet that gave her kit to Deepwater to live a great life as a warrior.

Deepwater: I found this kit abandoned in the woods. I'm taking him in as my son.

Everyone: *can clearly see their similarities but decide not to ask questions* ok.

Also, I imagine Deepwater was a freshly named warrior at the time of Gorsedaisy's Nightmare. His prefix comes from his dark eyes, and his suffix might be something related to the upcoming flood. Maybe he was able to pass his assessment even when there was unexpected, sudden rain in the middle of it and still caught a lot of prey?

Another possible thing is that the mother also had another kit. She knew that her Twoleg would only let her keep one at the most, so Deepwater took one and she kept the other. The family still kept in touch, and Waspheart's sister always had the chance to also join ShadowClan if she wished, but she preferred living with her mother as a kittypet.

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Waspheart's ref was drawn by @ambitiousauthor he's the one Alder caught Myrtle biting the throat of.

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By Turukhan and Supernovae on DeviantArt, respectively

@ambitiousauthor @starfalcon555 @wills-woodland-warriors @elementaldeityoffood @umbranoxs

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Myrtle’s one daughter with Nightfly!

@ambitiousauthor

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