Aspenstep

== Appearance ==
Aspenstep is a cream-coloured she-cat with yellow eyes.
== Personality ==
Aspenstep is a kind and caring she-cat who strives to do her best, though she can get caught up in her worries and doubts whether if she's doing a good job or not.
== Names ==
WindClan Warrior: Aspenstep
WindClan Queen: Aspenstep
AdderClan Prisoner: Aspenstep
== History ==
=== Backstory ===
Her mother and father had passed away just before they could see her earn her warrior name. Troubled, Aspenstep took a stroll through the moor. It was then that she met a loner at the edge of WindClan's borders. He consoled her, and it was not long before she was sneaking out every night to meet him. The two became good friends and eventually mates. Aspenstep would give him short tours around the edge of WindClan, and in return, she would want him to show her beyond the territory. One day while exploring close to two-leg territory, she strayed too close to the thunder-path out of curiosity. As a monster neared her, she froze. The tom pushed her out of the way but was fatally wounded in the process. Knowing she would feel some guilt, he asked her to promise not to dwell on the past and to stay happy. Despite how much she wanted to, she knew she couldn't save the tom. "I'll see you in StarClan, then?" Aspenstep tried to smile for him as tears streamed down her face. The tom looked up at her, a weak, sad smile telling her everything she needed to know. "I'm sorry.. I don't believe in StarClan."
Shortly after, Aspenstep realized she was bearing his kit. She wished she could've told him but reminded herself to look towards the future. Though knowing nothing about motherhood, she made a third promise: to try her best to raise the kit. 
=== AdderClan Prisoner ===
Aspenstep is about to follow WindClan as they retreat but turns back when she realizes that Wolfshadow is unconscious and Brackenclaw and Crowpaw are still at AdderClan camp. She runs back to help them retreat but, AdderClan captures them and shelters them in an empty den temporarily. Brackenclaw worries that WindClan may not get to them in time, and so the two devise a plan to distract AdderClan before catching up with Wolfshadow and Crowpaw. The plan semi-fails and, Panther demands them to join AdderClan or to die. Brackenclaw sacrifices himself and takes on Panther, giving the others time to escape.
=== Brackenclaw's Ghost ===
Before Brackenclaw goes to StarClan, he speaks to Aspenstep in hopes of raising her spirits. 
"But isn't it unfair? That you don't get to talk to your loved ones again while I can. [...] I can't help but wonder; if I had turned back to help you, would it have made a difference?" -Aspenstep to Brackenclaw's ghost
== Trivia ==
* Aspenstep started to show a small amount of attraction to Brackenclaw but didn't know if he felt the same and never realized it fully.
== Fan Art ==
File:Aspenstep-Silverware.png|Art by Silverware of Aspenstep.
File:Swirlpaw and Aspenstep.png|Art by Silverware of Aspenstep and her son Swirlpaw
Category:WindClan
Category:Characters