Poppypaw / Apprentice of Thunderclan

[Mercia]

Name: Poppypaw
Short Description: A gray and calico she-cat with blue eyes
Age: 6 moons
Gender: She-cat
Family:
Mother: Spiderheart
Father: Owlfang
Littermates: Tigerpaw, Maplepaw, Shellkit(Deceased), Mottledkit(Deceased), and Sandkit(deceased)
Clan: Thunderclan
Rank: Apprentice

Personality:
Poppypaw is full of life, she is excitable and just generally happy with everything. Sometimes she can be very overbearing with her optimistic personality and she doesn't seem to know how to back off when someone isn't in the mood to deal with the young she-cat. She is also very rambunctious and even mischievous, she lives for adventure she wants to experience everything, see everything and it doesn't matter whether or not she is allowed too.

Even though she likes to tease anyone who isn't as cheery as her she is typically kind to everyone, she hasn't quite grasped the fact that not every cat she meets will be kind back. She gets confused and often distraught if she doesn't receive kindness back and is likely to mope. It isn't a good sign for her to be quiet, she is too confident to be shy and if ever she remains silent she either has a great amount of respect for who she is talking to or she may be afraid. There isn't much she is afraid of yet, she has yet to face any big enemies such as badgers or foxes, never been through a hungry leaf-bare, time will only tell how she reacts to tragedy, for now she is as light hearted and hopeful as they come.

History:
Poppypaw's mother was an elderly she-cat when she had kits. She was a senior warrior having her first litter, Spiderheart had always been a warrior who was too occupied with her present day life to settle down with her mate Owlfang but eventually she decided maybe it was time before she grew too old.

Owlfang was outside the entrance to the Nursery the moment she began to experience pain, pacing for he was not allowed inside.
Unfortunately for Spiderheart she needed him more than ever for her labor was going to the hardest challenge of her life. She had been very swollen with kits and now that they were coming it was proving difficult. It took all her strength and all the medicine cat's skills but she had six kits. Most had golden colored coats similar to their father, while a couple had darker colored coats looking much more like their mother. They were small, sickly kits. Still she and Owlfang were proud and named them the moment the medicine cat left.

The next morning though, only three kits survived the night. Poppykit, Tigerkit and Maplekit. Shellkit, Mottledkit and Sandkit died from unknown causes though the biggest theory would of been they were just too small.
However the three renaming kits grew healthy and strong.
Poppykit was a worry as the smallest of the three so her mother pushed her to be more spontaneous and introduced her to Owlfang who taught the little kit she needed to be as fierce as any legend. Under their encouragement she grew to be an excitable young apprentice.

She hasn't been an apprentice long but so far she is growing up rambunctiously and is likely to be someone to give their mentor plenty of trouble and mischievous. While Poppypaw is growing strong though, her mother is not. Spiderheart has remained in the nursery and while she is living she has never gained her strength back from having kits. It is known that she is too afraid to return to her duties and would rather remain a Queen even without kits even if it means the disappointment of her clan.


OOC name: Mercia
Other Characters: Crowstar

[edward ✿]

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