Bumblesnap

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**Bumblesnap** is a mottled grey, white, and brown tom with lime-yellow eyes. He is currently a tracker.
**Bumblesnap** was born to Applebreeze and an unknown molly. His younger sister is Beepaw. He has served under Valleystar's and Dawnstar's

## Relations

Crush:

Friendships: Beepaw

Enemies:

Mentor: Unknown

Apprentice: Beepaw

### Crush

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### Beepaw

*"Beedung- Beefluff? I think Dawnstar outta take some of your suffix ideas and rename you, Bumblefluff fits you more than it would me!"*

-Beepaw after being teased by her older brother.

Beepaw and Bumblesnap have a very close relationship, and are always checking up on each other. Born only a few moons after him, Beepaw was immediately pulled under Bumblesnap's wing, even when the two were only kitten and apprentice. During a coyote attack that ultimately killed their father, Applebreeze, Bumblepaw saves his younger sister and runs to the nursery, where the two unfortunately watch their father be killed. As the moons continued, their relationship and bond grew closer. Later on, a tragic accident leaves Beepaw at death's doorstep, thrown into river after an unfortunate fall. Thankfully, she is saved by her brother and lives to tell the tale. Unfortunately, the accident has left one of her legs torn up and unusable. Bumbelsnap was made Beepaw's mentor, and two are as close as ever.

## Interests

*Likes*

spending long amounts of time with his sister, training, doing work and carrying out his responsibilities, taking chores and work from his clanmates, nightly walks, running across the moors, hunting and stalking, laying in a field of flowers, sunbathing, being busy, long talks.

*Dislikes*

water (less of a dislike, more of an extreme fear), too much free time and/or comfort, coyotes, unkept circumstances or dirty dens, long sleeps, attitudes, seeing a clanmate in danger or under stress.

## Skills/Faults

*Skills*

Because of his small frame, narrow shoulders, and small paws, he is quite the stealthy cat. This is one main reason he was chosen as a tracker at such a young age, that and his father ‘saw it in him’. He soon proved to be naturally good at tracking, chasing, and stealthy passing past predators, prey, and his own clamates. It has been remarked that he also would’ve made quite the good sentinel, with sharp claws and musculed legs for leaping and jumping. Though, he finds great honor and pride in his current role, and wishes for nothing else. With his empathetic and trusting tendencies, he is also great at making friends, and is at least acquaintances with almost everyone in the clan, even some of the most unagreeable cats of the bunch. With a great and strong sense of smell, he is also quite talented at tracking, assisting with his role in the clan. He is fairly good at keeping calm under a frusturating situation, especially one of failure. He rarely gives up on himself or others, instead forcing and pushing through until success is found. Quite the terrible liar, many find him to be quite trustworthy, simply because he couldn’t lie for his life.

*Faults*

Because of his lack in taking care of himself, he becomes sick more often than the average cat. As such, the nurse and physical medicine cat have become quite accustomed to healing and taking care of him. Though his sicknesses have never become quite overly severe, he worries that one day they will be. Despite his muscled legs and sharp claws, he is quite the poor fighter. His tendencies to care for all and assist anyone any way he can make him very cautious towards harming another soul, and as such, is a poor protector. However, this chanegs when he is protecting his sister. He is overly trusting of others, and has no precuations towards anyone. He makes friends with anyone, even strangers who could become dangerous. Additionally, when he comes in contact or near water, he becomes quite the different cat. He begins to fall apart mentally, his breathing becomes rapid, and he is unable to move, frozen in place just like that horrible evening… because of this, he is known to stay inside his den during the rain, and hates any territory that has more than a trickling stream.

## Personality

Bumblesnap is an eager, talkative feline who always has something interesting to say to do! He never sits still, always talking, walking, or running around. Many describe him as often bouncing off the walls, energy coarsing from his fur like heat from the sun. His quite frinedly and trusting, a good-friend maker, and loves to introduce himself to newcomers. One of his favorite times of the year is the Festival, where he is known as a main welcomer, other than the leader herself. Though he is qutie the positive soul, none of this positivity goes towards himself. In fact, he has quite the negative outlook on himself, complaining about his appearance, skills, or ability to cats who are close to him. One of these is his own sister, who often snaps at him for any negative comment he makes. Despite Beepaw being younger than him, he looks up at her in a way he doesn’t talk about. He sees her as much more determined, excitable, and talented that he ever could be. However, he is unaware that Beepaw sees him in a very similar way. Speaking of his sister, he is more of a parent then a sibling towards her. He is always expressing his will, letting her know his thoughts about any activity she has planned. He is always over her shoulder, making sure she isn’t making any reckless decisions or hurting herself. Since the accident (noted below in backstory), he has become quite clingly to his kin, unless he is purposefully avoiding her own protective tendencies.

He is not one to complain or whine about anything, sticking through whatever he is given. If he is given an extra chore or punishment that includes harder work, he often seems overjoyed instead of annoyed. He is a dilligent worker and devoted to his role in the clan more than anything, even his own sister. He is known to skip meals and even avoid sleeping in the act of trying to help his clanmates, go on extra border patrols, or inspect any suspcious situation that arises. As such, he is seen as a great worked and a kind soul. Slowly, he is becoming a lot like Tauntingtear, in the respect that he is seen as the cat to go to if anyone needs assitance or help. However, Bumblesnap doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he loves the ability to help others, and cherishes it.

Bumblesnap is also severly empathetic, to a point where he is known to read the facial expressions of a cat to know if something is wrong. When asked about this odd ability, he simply replies that he doesn’t know where it came from. However, in his own mind, he blames it on the fact that he is a ‘cat pleaser’. He is afraid to hurt anyones feelings, and instead focuses on trying to make everyone’s lives as eays and pain-free as possible, before worrying about his own. So, he assumes he had adapted the ability over the moons as a way to quickly know how someone has reacted to what he has said. Since he worries so much about others, he has a hard time caring for himself and making sure he recieves the food, sleep, and mental rest that he deserves. However, Beepaw is quite good at making sure he at least gets part of the self-care he needs to stay sane.

With her eagerness comes a large sense of humor. Even in some of the most dire situations, he is known to crack a joke or do anything to get someone to laugh. This is his main way of cheering a cat up after a hard time, though he is also quite good at simple listening to someone complain and explain what is wrong. Over the moons, he has encountered and come uo with many jokes, so much so that he jokes that if he was still a trainee, he wouldn’t be able to remember any of his training because his brain was so full of funny phrases. So, as a result, when he is found in a truly sad and bland moment, it’s quite obvious to know that something is wrong.

## Detailed History

*Dawnstar's Reign*

**Moon 2**

## Detailed Appearance

Bumblesnap is a long-legged, well-muscled tom-cat with short fur and a long tail. He is quite thin, a result of his ‘forgetfulness’ when it comes to eating, though Beepaw is often on his tail about it. When looking closely, past his thick-yet-short fur, his ribs can be partially visible. His legs, however, are made thicker by large amounts of muscle. He has small, light paws, another quality to thank for his ease with sneaking throughout the territory and out of his den. Known for running aimlessly throughout the territory and jumping from hill to hill, he has become very strong in his legs. Additionally, he has high stamina and a ‘need for speed’. He is always moving, often not seen still. He also doesn’t sleep often, better known for taking a nightly walk under the moon. The rest of his body is narrow and a little bit shorter than the average cat, aiding in his stealthy observations throughout the border. Next to his younger sister, he is only taller, a point of mockery from her. He is known as quite the stealthy cat, and is able to sneak his way past everyone- except Tauntingtear and Dawnstar, and perhaps Lavendersnow. As a young apprentice, he took this skill as a high advantage. Unlike his parents, his coloring is very odd. In fact, he looks quite out-of-place next to his family. With mottled white, dark brown, and multiple shades of grey spanning across his fur, he looks more like a snow-white cat who rolled around in ash. However, his strikingly-lime eye color comes from his mother. Rimming his eyes are lines of a deep brown, much like human eyeliner. This rimming only accentuates his striking eyes further. Additionally, similar to color-point, the fur across his nose bridge and top of his muzzle is a darker color of brown that is found less throughout his fur. His ears are tall and pointed, with a similar color to his muzzle. His nose is a deep, obsidian-like black.

## Kin

Mother: Unknown molly

Father: Applebreeze

Sister: Beepaw

Aunts: Bloompaw, Tansypaw, Cinderspots, Tulipstar

Grandmother: Valleystar

Grandfather: Torrentfocus

Distant Relatives: Distant Clan of Desolate Tundras and Clan of Rippling Streams ancestry.

## Backstory

The feline let out a soft sigh, and for a moment, the eager glimmer in his eyes faltered as he thought. However, it was a very brief moment, and he flicked his tail before responding, eyes narrowing only slightly. Embarrassment flashed through your mind as his suspicion replaced the eagerness. “ Anything interesting about my life has floated throughout this camp for moons. There is nothing new you will learn from asking me directly. “

He was born to Applebreeze and (UNNAMED MOLLY / OPEN TO CLAIM!), alongside a younger sister named Beepaw. The two were close growing up, and spent a bulk of their time together. Beepaw was eager to begin her training- she wanted to be just like her big brother, and one day she hoped she could stalk the forests alongside him. She looked up to him fondly, and took great pleasure when they trained together. The moments they trained together, Bumblesnap held close to his heart. From the moment his little sister had been born, he knew they would be close. The entire family was close for that matter, and Applebreeze loved every heartbeat spent with his kits. He was dedicated to training the two, and always promised to be there for them. Everything seemed perfect for the little family until a pack of coyotes attacked camp, the same pack that had been terrorizing them for moons. Bumblepaw, at the time a young apprentice, fought as bravely as he could, though the much larger predators terrified him. He attempted to fight beside his clanmates the best he could, being near his father for much of the fight. Beekit was nearly killed, but Bumblepaw saved her seconds before she would've been torn to shreds. She was horrified and ran back to the nursery, where her, Bumblepaw, and her mother watched Applebreeze fight, though he eventually lost the battle, his body left behind before them. For a very long time, the two siblings fought with the guilt of their father’s death, though they were unaware that their sibling felt the same. Everything seemed to slowly go back to normal eventually, though unfortunately one day during one of their many training sessions and goof-offs, Beepaw toppled over her own paws and plunged into a stream, being swept away by it's current. Bumblesnap had been frozen momentarily in terror, and had turned to get help, before he realized just how much danger his sister was in. Horrified, she had begun to kick out in an attempt to swim, but she was slowly losing consciousness. As she kicked and scrambled for freedom, her legs and sides were sliced up harshly by the rocks, and she broke her ankle in the experience. Bumblesnap, in a moment of pure heroics, had leapt into the river and grabbed his sister by the scruff. With sudden strength he had never known he had, he brought her back to the surface, throwing her onto the earthy ground. He had begun to slip back into the water as his strength vanished, but luckily, a clanmate had noticed their situation and dragged him out of the river. Though Bumblesnap blames the heroics on a sudden strength given to him by Silkstar above, Beepaw would have perished if it weren't for Bumblesnap, who came to her aid and saved her life when she'd needed him most. She was beyond grateful and although horrifically traumatized by the experience, she still is grateful and lathers Bumblesnap with praise and thanks, giving him gifts and fondly speaking of him to any cat who will listen. Bumblesnap is also horrified by the experience, though he has no injury or lasting effect. To this day, he is terrified of water, and is constantly worrying over his little sister.

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