Berrystripe

**Berrystripe** is a MoonClan warrior known for being the paternal grandmother of the sixth leader, Windstar.

## Physical Description

### Namesakes

Prefix: Most likely her fur color.Suffix: Her mentor, Maplestripe.

## Education

### Mentor

Maplestar

She is also known for having a father that died soon after she was born. Berrystripe was a little sad about her father, especially when she watched other cats' fathers die or turn out to be from other Clans, but since she didn't remember Lionrain that much, she thought it was mostly okay.

She was usually painfully shy, but was comfortable speaking to cats she knew very well, such as her mother, Orchidmoon, future mate, Mountainstream, and a younger friend, Thymeclaw. Sometimes she had an urge to say something in front of others if she thought it was really important, such as when she became an apprentice and a warrior, but generally she kept quiet most of the time. She was known for being an extremely good listener, however, being able to hear out others' problems and not worry about it, but instead help them with it. This also helped her with dealing with hardships.

Berrystripe usually reminded Birchcreek, one of Mountainstream's close friends, of four other of his kit friends, Whitestripe, Stonetooth, Mountainstream and Primrosestorm, who were very shy as kits, but the former first and latter two warmed up to Birchcreek and his friends when he invited them to play.

Birchcreek had sometimes tried to talk to Berrystripe but she usually only talked to him when Mountainstream or Thymeclaw were with them, and he figured that she was pretty similar to Stonetooth who only wanted to talk to others about things she thought were important and ignored everyone else (except for her littermate, Whitestripe).

When she was a kit, she didn't talk to anyone but her mother, and neither did Zebrakit, Stonekit or Mountainkit. Zebrakit and Mountainkit only talked sometimes as they were maternal cousins. However, Mountainkit later got invited by Birchkit into his games and they became good friends, and he became more outgoing after this. Mountainkit decided to pass on the favor to Berrykit and made the initiative to become friends with her.

When she became an apprentice, she warmed up more to her mentor, Maplestripe, and Mountainstream's grandmother, Honeyflight. Just a moon later, Thymekit was born, and for a peculiar reason, Mountainpaw and Berrypaw had gotten a liking to him ever since, which was pretty unlike the latter. Thymekit was also outgoing as he talked to the other kits, Primrosekit, Dandelionkit, Robinkit, and Soarkit, but mostly Dandelionkit as Robinkit and Soarkit were as shy as Berrypaw was (perhaps even more as she at least became friends with Mountainpaw) and Primrosekit was still shy towards cats she didn't know well, again like Berrypaw, only talking to the apprentices. Thymekit even talked to the apprentices. Thymekit being outgoing like Mountainpaw had been might have been a reason for Berrypaw liking him a lot more. She usually didn't cheer loudly for other cats' ceremonies, but she was one of the cats that cheered the loudest for Thymekit when he became an apprentice and warrior.

When Berrypaw was going to soon become a warrior, she revealed to Mountainpaw and Thymepaw that she usually didn't talk much or have many friends as she usually felt burdened by having to talk so much, and she was afraid what other cats would think if she talked to them originally and then stopped suddenly. She didn't want to be pressured for that reason, but she said that with Mountainpaw and Thymepaw, she could talk as less as she wanted with them as they didn't expect her to talk a lot, as they did all the talking for her, and she could just listen and reply when needed. She also said that other cats didn't interest her that much as she was comfortable being by herself. Berrypaw also said that she was happy that Mountainpaw warmed up to her as a kit since she *was* getting a bit jealous of other kits having so many friends and playing group games all they wanted. She also said that she was grateful for Birchcreek as he indirectly inspired Mountainpaw to pass on the favor.

When Thymepaw asked Mountainpaw and Berrypaw if they loved each other since they were the same age and hung out the most with each other alone, they joked that he was being a little hypocritical since he claimed to not be in love with anyone but he usually hung out with other she-kits and apprentices. However, they did say that they were good friends due to their bond since kithood and they had the most understanding, so they hung out with each other the most.

Berrypaw also became closer to Soarpaw since Thymepaw also wanted to be friends with her. Berrypaw empathized with Robinpaw and Soarpaw more than any other cat since their situations were a lot like hers; they lost their fathers before they could even know him and they were painfully shy as kits, until Icemoon and Mountainpaw befriended them when they were close to being apprentices. However, like Berrypaw, they weren't that outspoken, either, only talking when necessary or important, but they still befriended more of Icemoon and Mountainpaw's friends, such as Quailclaw who was usually always kind and caring to all his Clanmates, and their kit friends Primrosepaw and Dandelionpaw.

After they became warriors, Birchcreek wondered when Mountainstream and Berrystripe were going to get teased and even asked the usual romantic teasers, Shadowclaw, Rainpaw, Primrosepaw and Dandelionpaw, about it. But they said that Berrystripe didn't seem like the type of cat who would like to be teased or shipped, so they were doing it out of respect. Birchcreek was secretly relieved at this, but when he brought up Quailclaw, Whitestripe and Primrosepaw being shipped even though they weren't very comfortable with it, they (excluding Primrosepaw, of course) said it was different. Whitestripe happened to be listening in, but so were Mountainstream, Berrystripe and Thymepaw in a different location where the original five couldn't see them. Of course, Mountainstream was embarrassed that Birchcreek brought it up, but Thymepaw just replied that they all must have had the same idea as himself. Berrystripe said that she was neutral towards it, but she said that she was glad she wasn't very close to them since they might have teased her like they did with the usual three.

Berrystripe was friendly with her kits, Thrushkit, Hollykit and Ravenkit, and even though she was usually quiet to them, she liked to answer their questions.