#y9-lf

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dovewing’s apprentice

Dovewing knew the newly named Onionpaw was watching her with distaste. She could practically hear the young she-cat’s thoughts: Dovewing wasn’t a warrior of ShadowClan, how could she be a good mentor?

Or maybe those were just Dovewing’s thoughts.

Tigerheart was encouraging her, a soft look on his expression that reminded her why she left ThunderClan. It was for this; it was for love. It started as love for Tigerheart, but it grew, as these things often do.

Onionpaw could doubt her, but when Dovewing was done, Onionpaw would be the best warrior ShadowClan had every seen.

Leaving started with love for Tigerheart, but it has grown so far beyond that. Loving meant sitting with kits and hunting and having friends who didn’t treat her as that-prophecy cat.

Let Onionpaw doubt her. Dovewing knew she would win her heart by the end.

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thunderclan — year nine — leaffall

lostface dies...she doesn't even get to see her kits become warriors...usually these aren't written in Strictly chronological order (they're written in "order i notice the changes unless i have a compelling plot")...but she dies before they become warriors.

probably in the battle that kills ashpaw of riverclan. why were thunderclan and riverclan fighting? because i hate that generational enemies don't share a border so they got together and had a fight for my amusement. jk. there's a reason. probably.

(and yes, dewnose and snowbush become warriors)

agoserisstrike also dies. squirrelstar is — great. now i just have lionblaze left. not that there's anything wrong with lionblaze. but also why did lionblaze have to be the durable one.

sorrelpaw and fernpaw are apprenticed to brambleclaw and squirrelstar.

and pinesong has four kits, ashkit (shaded she-cat with long fur), poplarkit (tabby tom with a pale undercoat), echokit (mostly white she-cat), and sprucekit (black tortoiseshell and white shaded tabby she-cat with long fur and dark eyes).

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windclan — year nine — leaffall

indigoleaf and yewcloud become warriors.

eddykit dies.

and...that's it.

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skyclan — year nine — leaffall

hurricaneleaf, cascaranose, and lacepelt become warriors.

poppypaw and scudpaw are apprenticed to mintfur and rabbitstar.

birdwing dies, after giving birth to snipkit, curlykit, and fidgetkit. (but not necessarily because of that.)

and, the latest bit detective work! pebbleshine wasn't on the events timeline, but i adore her, so i did some math. (i did math for hawkwing & co. too, but that's a little more straightforward. at least i think i did math for them. i delete the record of the math once the cat is born.)

anyway, apparently tinycloud is her canon mother? i neither knew that nor care, because tinystar is a good name. so, after doing some quick checks on family trees, pebblekit and parsleykit are born to bellaleaf and rabbitstar.

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shadowclan — year nine — leaffall

skyfrost and palenose become warriors. yarrowpaw and beepaw are apprenticed to poplarface and dawnpelt. (bluebellkit dies.)

berryheart and sparrowtail have one kit, needlekit.

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riverclan — year nine — leaffall

fadewillow becomes a warrior. congrats! riverclan now has four active warriors.

ashpaw dies...let's say, he dies in a battle? been a while since then. look, this is just a transition time between oots and avos. if i were the erins, i would just change up the allegiances since they haven't been updated for riverclan since the fourth apprentice.

owlpaw is apprenticed to sandclaw; jaykit dies.

poppyfish also dies. possibly due to a sickness, with jaykit.

bayheart has three kits: dapplekit (spotted mink tom with dark eyes), rainkit (small, blue she-cat), and birchkit (pale blue and cream she-cat with faint stripes and long fur).