Poppykit

is owned by Whiskers
Poppykit is a tiny black smoke she-cat.
==Description==
===Physical===
Even as an adult, Poppykit's size is significantly smaller than that of her clanmates. However, she is still incredibly nimble on her paws and is capable of using her miniature stature to her own advantage. The reasoning behind her tininess is unknown- she was well-fed and taken care of as a kitten. More or less, she was probably born as an unfortunate runt.
The feline wears a pelt that is coal-black in color and underlayered with bright, silver smoke patterns. Her fur is short in length despite being dense, giving rise to flase silver ghost-stripes across her coat. Poppykit does not have any white spotting. The she-cat has a pair of intense amber eyes that appear to glow against her dark fur.
===Personality===
Famed for her outstanding manners, Poppykit is a well-respected cat within her Clan who is often thought highly of. She isn't fond of others looking down upon her, so rather than snapping, Poppykit calmly explains what's troubling her, and attempts to make things work out with others. She's a silver-tongued diplomat as well, commonly used as a peace-maker when trouble is brewing within the Clan. However, because of her extreme politeness, she can be thought of as too up-tight, and one who needs to loosen up a bit and relax.
Poppykit is a kind-hearted cat who cannot stand the sight of blood, and as a result, isn't fond of killing things. This makes her a poor hunter at best, as well as a terrible brawler. Thus, she is looked upon for her wisdom and strategist skills. She's a well-organized cat who, no surprise, has often wished to become medicine cat, although that can't happen. Poppykit also prefers the position of a mentor, as her kind personality allows her to comfortably teach youngsters. Her great wisdom also makes her a fantastic mentor, to both the young and old.
Motherly at heart, Poppykit is easily mistaken for smothering others too much, as well as being a bit clingy. She truly means well, and is secretly hurt when others complain that she's too loving for her own good, as well as far too trusting. She's easily used by others and is easily hurt in the end. Despite her long fuse, Poppykit is easily offended and hurt by the words of others, and isn't all too well at hiding it. However, she's great at keeping her cool while speaking with others, for it seems to make her feel much better.
A serene character, Poppykit loves to be out and about in nature. Not necessarily exploring, but rather sitting around and listening to her surroundings and enjoyed what StarClan blessed her with. Not only does she respect her surroundings, but Poppykit has a very strong belief in StarClan, and looks down upon all who do not believe in them, or even respect them. The young molly greatly loves her home and Clan, and is thankful for anything she receives.
==History==
===Background===
The kitten was originally born into MistClan underneath an unnamed queen. Meanwhile, a queen of RainClan had lost her litter after they were delivered outside of camp, leading the she-cat to take desperate measures. Her name was Nightshade, and the sour-tempered she-cat had guts. She stole away Poppykit in the night, and brought her to RainClan to claim her as her own.
Currently, the kitten isn't aware that Nightshade isn't her real mother. She happily believes that she was born and raised in RainClan.
===Roleplay===
While being groomed by her obsessive false mother, Poppykit begs to go pick wildflowers. Redkit, who's almost an apprentice, boasts of his age and offers to take the kit out of camp. The she-kit promises to weave flowers in his fur and make him all sorts of pretty gifts for his kindness, to which he seems to ignore her blabbering. Palepaw crashes their party and insists on escorting the kits, to which Redkit and Poppykit protest. The apprentice argues that they'll run into a fox (to which Poppykit admits that Redkit looks deceivingly like a fox).
Redkit and Poppykit flee and decide to enter the river to hide their scents from Palepaw, which is where Poppykit realizes she can't swim. She manages to make it onto the other side and helps Redkit out of the water, only for them to realize that they're on enemy MistClan territory. They are captured by a MistClan patrol and taken captives. At first, Poppykit seems unbothered, telling the patrol that they smell funny and she isn't to talk to strangers. Redkit promises to protect Poppykit, before a MistClan warrior comments that Poppykit's mother was very wise. 
As she beings to protest, the patrol seizes the kit to ensure that she doesn't flee, to which she grows upset and whimpers about Redkit promising to protect her, and failing to do so. She is down-cast, and wails about wanting to go home. At this point, a queen breaks out of the MistClan nursery, claiming that Poppykit is "Shadekit", her long lost daughter. The tom on the patrol, who helped kidnap the kits, turns out to be Shadekit's father as well.
While Palepaw and Redkit get into several arguments, Poppykit is stuck in the nursery with her so-called littermates, who are bitter and force her out of the nest. Her mother snaps that Hailstar and the rest of MistClan will not use as her as bargaining chip with RainClan, as the rest of the kidnapped cats are to be. 
Poppykit eventually sneaks out of the nursery and tries to rescue the prisoners, although she has no real plan. Palepaw seems to (rightfully) blame the whole issue on Redkit and Poppykit, to which Poppykit defends their actions and deems Palepaw to be a "meanie". 
When she and Redkit attempt to flee, a crazy queen practically strangles Redkit with "love" and claims that he's her son, Barkkit. Poppykit uses her small kit brain and decides to see if she can convince the medicine cat to give the crazy queen poppy seeds, to put her to sleep so that she and Redkit can flee. 
She is greeted by the MistClan deputy named Larkfur, who's the son of the crazy she-cat. He explains that his brother, Barkkit, had died, and that his mother wasn't well. It is then that Poppykit learns that Larkfur is her biological father, or at least, Shadekit's father. Poppykit gives him a super motivational speech, so that he can confront his mother (Whitetail) and free Redkit.
Slowly, Poppykit begins to accept that this is her family, and finds herself greatly pained when she asks Larkfur why he didn't look for her when she went missing. He claims that he thought she was dead. 
When Lionstar finally enters MistClan's camp to get the missing RainClan kits back, Poppykit's biological mother and father ferociously refuse to give up Poppykit, but will trade the others. Two of the kits, Redkit and his brother, Acornkit, are Lionstar's son. The entire group is shocked when Lionstar refuses to give up territory in order to get the lost kits back, and leaves. 
Poppykit wants to pick flowers again, but argues that she should go independently, since she's bad luck when others accompany her. 
Larkfur, her father, takes her out to pick flowers. She caves and weaves flowers into his tail, asking if he likes it. Poppykit declares that her father is the prettiest cat in all of MistClan.
In the nursery at night, Poppykit greets a despair-looking Redkit, who hides his purr because he's clearly very tough. He vents about hating MistClan, mostly because his brother has feelings for an apprentice named Dapplepaw. Poppykit is disgusted and comments that tom's have cooties, surprisingly not offending Redkit, who simply agrees and goes on about how disgusting his brother's relationship is. Poppykit gets distracted by a bug, only for Redkit and Dapplepaw to begin arguing. She's merely glad that Redkit wasn't talking to her while she was distracted, because she doesn't want to be impolite. 
Poppykit tires to talk to butterflies. When they don't respond, she admits that it's ok because she's shy, too. She eventually hears Hailstar hacking up a lung, and curiously checks on the tom and asks if he's ok, despite the leader being her enemy. Unfortunately, she discovers that he's very senile. 
Camp starts on fire, and Redkit rushes in to save Poppykit. Despite getting picked on by her littermates, she protests to Redkit's actions, arguging that her mother and so-called siblings are still inside. She does not get to save them.
When Redkit leaves, she's lost in the smoke. She stumbles upon a very weak and coughing Hailstar, who agrees that they need to find the clan. The two, young, lost, and senile, try to find their way back. Poppykit is very concerned for the tom's health. When he blacks out, she fearfully remains by his side, so as not to lose more cats like her littermates and mother.
It is Larkfur who calls for her, to which she finally calls him "daddy". The father and daughter duo are reunited, and Dapplepaw helps the three cross the river. Poppykit, fearful of water, is overwhelmed and passes out.
==Relationships==
===Family===
Unnamed Mother & Littermates:
:Although Poppykit struggled to come to terms with the fact that her family was MistClan cats, she couldn't deny an underlying feeling that they really were her family. Nonetheless, they didn't seem like nice cats, and she was grateful to be taken away from them. Part of her wishes that they actually cared and missed her- they seemed to a little, but it wasn't quite convincing. Why didn't they continue to look for her? Better yet, why are they so...crazy? However, when the fire burned across MistClan's camp, Poppykit was desperate to attempt to save them. Even if they weren't perfect, she decided that they were family. Family wasn't supposed to be perfect. 
Larkfur:
:Her biological father, as it turns out. Poppykit was rightfully skeptical of the tom at first, seeing that he was on the patrol that forced her into MistClan's camp. She wasn't certain about getting close to the tom, and was shocked to learn that he was her sire. However, she began to feel close to him, and after spending time with him in the flower fields, she began to love him as her father. However, Poppykit is nervous about admitting it to her RainClan clanmates. What if they disapprove of her growing love for the father she'd been missing all her life?
Nightshade:
:She had loved the obsessive queen for several moons, as she obliviously lived under the thief's care. Most everyone did find the she-cat quite odd, but Poppykit had always accepted her as her mother and therefore blindly loved her because of it. She still finds it difficult to move on and no longer consider the queen her parent, considering she lived in her care for the beginning of her life. At the same time, she also finds Nightshade scary now. 
===Friends===
Redkit:
:WIP
===Love Interests===
None
===Others===
Hailstar:
:The enemy leader who has kept her and her fellow nursery-mates hostage, but Poppykit can't help but to respect the tom. Naturally, she has some disliking towards the leader for permitting the kits to be kidnapped into camp, but Poppykit doesn't believe in explicit hatred. All cats are capable of being good, and she believes that Hailstar is no exception. He really is pretty decent company- she's learned a lot from him, and has therefore grown to have some respect for the wise old cat.
Dapplepaw & Acornkit:
:WIP
==Images==
===Life===
===Art===
poppypaw.png|by Silverwhisker (do NOT STEAL)
Poppykit_and_dad_larkfur.png|by Silverwhisker
==Trivia==
*She's hemophobic (fear of blood) and will become "uneasy" around water since her encounter with MistClan.
*Her warrior name will be "Poppyshade", in honor of her original name.
*She will struggle to choose between MistClan and RainClan. 
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