Bouncefoot

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### Sibling(s):

Ghostbriar, Cinnamonpaw (adoptive), Pepperboulder (adoptive), Mintcloud (adoptive), Sugarnose (adoptive), Hazelkit (adoptive), Honeypaw (proclaimed sibling)

## Appearance

Bouncefoot has rather fluffy and silky fiery red fur, which is adorned with somewhat darker red tabby markings. Her underbelly is a sandy color, and her eyes are a determined new-leaf green.

## Personality

Bouncefoot is very determined in all of her pursuits and doesn’t tolerate much disrespect. She has a little bit of trouble with controlling her temper, and relies on her brother Ghostbriar to help keep her calm sometimes. She is intuitive and likes to look at all of her options if she has the time. She has a strong sense of justice and is bold and unafraid of speaking her mind.

## Kit-Hood

She was born to Rosepaw, the medicine cat apprentice of GlideClan at the time, but retained no memory of this since her mother died while kitting. Her father was a PuddleClan warrior named Russetpool, and so she and her littermates were taken to Puddleclan. Dovemask raised her, and she never doubted that she was her mother despite the fact that she looked very different from Dovemask. She was an energetic kit and got into a great deal of trouble, until later in her kithood when her brother Ghostkit helped rein her in. Swallowcry, or Swallowtalon as he later became known as, joined the clan when she was a kit, and she was always curious about him and had to be warned to stay away from him numerous times.

## Apprenticeship

She possessed a natural talent for jumping, which her mentor noticed when she was apprentice, and her mentor helped her develop her own fighting style that focused around her jumping. She did learn the usual moves taught to apprentices as well however. Around her later Apprenticeship it was revealed to her and her littermates that Dovemask was not their mother, but she couldn’t hold a grudge. While Rosepaw was her brith mother, and she does respect and love her, she will always consider Dovemask to also be her mother since she raised her.

## Warriorship

When she received her Warrior name she was beyond proud and excited. She felt honored, and wears her name with pride. She was deemed Bouncefoot in honor of her jumping abilities, and her two virtues were Determination and her Skill in Battle. She lived through the Tribe’s attack, and was among those who worked to drown them as they attempted to cross the river to get to them. She was wounded in that fight, and has a scar on her right shoulder from it, but was reasonably lucky. Her daily life is usually spent with her brother or adoptive siblings and a few of her other friends in the clan, along with her other warrior duties that she eagerly tackles. One day her adoptive mother, Dovemask, passed away. She was absolutely devastated when Dovemask died, but her determination and being with her family helped her continue to be her instead of being consumed by grief. She and her brother bonded with a kit named Honeykit not long after, who had no littermates, and ended up adopting her as their little sister. After Honeykit became Honeypaw she was apprenticed to her brother, Ghostbriar, and not to long after that the sky was filled with bright lights and loud noise. She happened to be out of camp at the time and remained in the river as it seemed like the sky had been lit on fire. Stormstar came looking for all of the cats out of camp at the time, and found her next to a small crevice near camp that a soaked kit was in. Bouncefoot eventually managed to get him out and cleaned him up in the Warriors Den once they all got back to camp. Turns out that the kit’s name was Dusk, and she’s been keeping an eye out for him ever since then. Her strong sense of justice came to a boil when Ryestar’s kit, Snowkit, went missing and all trails of evidence pointed to Mallowheart. From her knowledge of the previously Hollowclan she-cat is that she wouldn’t kidnap a kit. For three days Puddleclan searched and came up with nothing, and so Ryestar returned and began to make due on his promise to tear appart their lands and shred Puddleclan to find her. Anger was all she felt when she found out that Barracudafang sacrificed himself so that Puddleclan could have more time to locate Snowkit, who was found moments after Barracudafang died. Her anger boiled in her veins when Ryestar wanted them to hand over Mallowheart, and she was tempted to lash out at the Hollowclan patrol. At this point in her life she felt powerless to stop what she knew was unjust and rash, and as a result is determined to never forgive Hollowclan, and especially never forgive Ryestar. She hates him in fact. Her adoptive siblings came to a revelation only a few days after, and on the same day she went on a patrol and stumbled across four kits than an apprentice is determined to care for. Cinnamonpaw, one of her adoptive sister who she long thought was dead, showed up in camp briefly before she darted away looking frightened. Her whole family gave chase, and they fought a horrid cat named Deisel that had been abusing Cinnamonpaw and their kit. It was a wonderful feeling to her to meet her niece, Basilkit. And Dovemask ventured down to visit them all briefly. It felt good to hear that her biological parents were proud of her as well. Once she returned to camp she was met with another surprise, with Dusk calling her Mama. She felt like a part of her was been completed, and her family is beginning to all come together at last.

## Quotes

“Family isn’t dictated by blood, but by the bonds that we forge with others.” *-- Bouncefoot to Ghostbriar.*

## Trivia

* Bouncefoot is a half-clanner; born to Russetpool of PuddleClan, and Rosepaw of GlideClan, making her half GlideClan half PuddleClan.