Oakstrike

"Being forgiven isn't enough. I have to make it right." - OakstrikeTemplate:TFC Cat Bio Template

## Physical Description

Oakstrike is a ginger tabby with leafy green eyes, white paws, and a fluffy tail. He also has a scar on his left ear, a scar on his front right foreleg, and a scar on his chest.

## Personality

Oakstrike is a fiercely loyal friend, and will not back down to protect his loved ones. He tries his best to be kind, though he sometimes comes off as a little awkward. He isn’t very sure in his abilities, and is extremely sensitive, though he hides his more deep and complex emotions. He carries a lot of grudges, and doesn’t let go. It usually builds up on him, and he has a mental breakdown every once in a while.

## Skill and Weaknesses

Oakstrike is an amazing fighter who is great and identifying strong and weak points. He always finds a way to improve himself, but maybe too often. Oakstrike usually overworks himself, and feels immense amounts of regret/guilt when experiencing certain things.

## Life

### Kithood

Oakkit was born to Duskfall and Brokenflight of Riverclan, with three other siblings, Hailkit, Softkit, and Sunkit. He quickly became friends with the other kits, especially Beechkit and Lynxkit.

However, a while after the Great Journey, Lynxkit left to Windclan, leaving Oakkit brokenhearted. To help get his mind off of it, he asked his mother, Duskfall, to teach him to hunt. Oakkit was an good hunter, and soon other kits started asking if he could teach them as well. He taught his siblings and Beechkit, and then suggested a game of who could hunt the most leaves. Sunkit and Oakkit found some leaves on top of the warrior's den, and of course, they decided to get them. The two kits tried to climb the den, but this resulted in Sunkit getting very injured, and his ceremony delayed, plus part of the warrior's den being destroyed. Oakkit never got any blame for it, but he always thought he should, making him feel severely guilty.

For some reason, he soon thought of the idea for Beechkit and himself to go out of camp and hunt real prey. He knew this was against the warrior code, but they did it anyway. Oakkit caught a sandpiper, but they were found by Hawkfire. They were tremendously punished and scolded, before Rippleheart and Pebblestorm saved them from too harsh punishment. However, this led to Hawkfire getting extremely angry at the two, and declaring that Pebblestorm wasn't her mother. Pebblestorm left, leaving Beechkit a small, colorful, heart shaped stone. Oakkit was punished with nursery confinement until he was an apprentice, and the worst jobs until he was one moon into apprenticeship. But the punishments were nothing compared to the guilt he felt.

It wasn't long before Brokenflight died and Duskfall got amnesia, not remembering her kits, or anything about Riverclan.

### Apprenticeship

Oakpaw's ceremony was performed by Badgerstrike, the newly appointed deputy. To his relief, he got Paleheart as his mentor, whom he looks up to. He spent his first moon as an apprentice doing the worst jobs, but he didn't mind since he felt he deserved it.

Soon he heard that Drizzlestar was taking a patrol of warriors to go fight the foxes that had been threatening their territory. Oakpaw asked if he could come, but was turned down by Mosslight because of his age. However, Scout got to go, and she was just as old as him. While he got to be second in command for defending the camp, he still felt bitter jealousy towards Scout.

When it was time for Beechkit and Sunkit's apprentice ceremony, he started acknowledging the way he felt for Beechkit and got extremely worried and upset, knowing that she might get hurt. This led to him getting angry and Sunkit and Beechkit for asking him what was wrong. He dashed out of camp to be followed by Beechkit, where she comforted him, and he apologized, telling Beechkit how he felt. Beechkit accepted this, but didn't exactly return his feelings. When they got back, Beechkit and Sunkit became apprentices.

That night, Oakpaw had a dream. He was in the place where he and Beechkit went outside the camp to hunt, but everything was stretched out, and had a purple hue. At first he thought it was a nightmare to torment him. Then he noticed Hawkfire sunning herself not far away, and then he thought it was a dream, if he didn't suggest to go hunting and none of this mess ever happened. Hawkfire presumed to comfort him, telling him that her and Pebblestorm's death wasn't his fault. It took a while of persuading, but soon he felt better about it and was determined to hone his hunting skills.

One day, Paleheart asked Oakpaw if he could adopt them, since Oakpaw's father, Brokenflight, had died, and the two had a strong bond. Oakpaw accepted happily. A while later, when training with Paleheart, his mentor asked him an odd question: If he wanted a scar. At the time, Oakpaw was mooning over Beechpaw, so he said yes, thinking it might impress her. He earned a shallow but noticeable long scar, twisting from the back of his left ear to the front corner.

He finds Beechpaw crying, alone in the territory. He attempted to comfort her, when he saw Sunpaw coming back. He repeatedly asked why she was crying, but only after a long time did Sunpaw admit he liked Beechpaw. This shocked Oakpaw, and he dashed deeper into the territory in tears.

Soon, he found Scout and some other clanmates fighting off foxes. He joined the battle almost on instinct. Everyone was safe, though a lot of them got wounded and Drizzlestar had lost a life. When returning to the camp, he went into the apprentice's den, finding Beechpaw. She told him about what Scout had said to her, which fueled Oakpaw's dislike for her. However, after a while, Beechpaw changed the topic to what happened with her, him, and Sunpaw. He apologized, saying he overreacted, but he asked what she thought of him. She told him she loved him, and they hugged each other near tears of joy.

They made a plan to go to Scout, no matter where she was, and apologize. While Beechpaw protested, she finally agreed. However, Twig heard this, and stepped out of a bush, proclaiming that she and Beechpaw weren't friends anymore because of the things she said. Beechpaw cried, leaning against Oakpaw, but soon they heard an earsplitting noise in the territory. They raced over, seeing a badger had knocked out Twig. They fought the badger, which ended with Beechpaw getting a major injury in an eye, and Oakpaw killed the badger. Oakpaw carried Beechpaw back to camp, where she was tended to by Fogbright. Oakpaw soon went back to get Twig, but found she wasn't there. After some time looking, he finally found her. Twig had thought he forgotten about her, which made Oakpaw mad. He snapped at her, telling her how ungrateful she was that he had just saved her from being killed. She left angrily, and Oakpaw went back to camp.

Oakpaw and Beechpaw went out into the territory, searching for Scout. They saw Sunpaw and Scout, and both of them said their apologies to the former Riverclan apprentice. While Scout refused to come back, and told Sunpaw she didn't want a clan cat with her after he told her he wanted to go. Oakpaw, Beechpaw, and Sunpaw left, and Scout went in the opposite direction, but Oakpaw hoped he had mended at least a bit of their broken trust.

One day, Oakpaw was out practicing his fighting skills, when he heard yowls from nearby. He raced towards to the sounds to find Badgerstrike and Fearless defending Angelpaw from Dapple and Natasha. However, they were already done fighting, and Badgerstrike and Fearless were covered in wounds. He helped the group get back to camp, where he tended to Angelpaw.

Oakpaw was in camp, when he was barreled over by Sunpaw. Oakpaw sighed, believing that Sunpaw was yelling and angry at him because of Scout. However, Sunpaw revealed that he didn't care what Oakpaw did, and was in fact mad because Oakpaw thought he was mad. They both calmed down, forgave each other, and Sunpaw showed him a small, shiny, yellow rock that he wanted to make into a bracelet. Sunpaw prompted him to give it to Beechpaw. He stated that he was trying to help Oakpaw become her boyfriend.

Scout comes back to a Riverclan with Twig, and Oakpaw and Beechpaw are overjoyed. They try to make up to each other, though he knows it will take a while for Scout to fully forgive him and Riverclan, and that their friendship will quite possibly never be the same.

He and Beechpaw fish while on a hunting patrol, soon calling each other funny names. They threw a fish at each other playfully, but it accidentally fell into the river. They both dived in, swimming after the fish. Soon, Oakpaw caught it, but when they surfaced, they realized they didn’t recognize where they were. Pebblestorm’s spirit appeared to assist them, but she also brought terrible news. Twig had died in a battle with Windclan, before Oakpaw got the chance to apologize. Twig’s spirit appeared as well, and they both forgave each other.

After almost a moon, Oakpaw and Beechpaw get back to Riverclan. They were cared for by Mosslight, but heavily scolded by Mintrose.

Badgerstrike leads a patrol, including Beechpaw, Scout, and Oakpaw, to invade Windclan territory. Oakpaw fought with Emberheart and Poppyblaze, but never hurt them, only blocking them from hurting his clanmates. After a while of battling, Oakpaw, Beechpaw, and Scout tried to talk them out of fighting. Windclan refused, and Poppyblaze held down Badgerstrike. Oakpaw and Poppyblaze argued for a while, Oakpaw trying to get her off Badgerstrike. However, he was silenced by Scout, and Oakpaw complied to her in trust. They soon retreated, and were tended to back at camp.

It wasn’t long before Oakpaw found out that Mosslight was having kits, and that he was becoming a warrior.

### Adulthood

Oakstrike’s ceremony was performed by Drizzlestar, along with Sunflame and Hailstream. During his vigil, Beechpaw came out of the den, telling him she couldn’t sleep and thought he was lonely. Oakstrike couldn’t argue, due to his vow of silence, and accepted it as Beechpaw stayed with him the rest of the vigil.

Mosslight had kits soon after, and Oakstrike bonded with a particular kit, Blazingkit.

Oakstrike found Beechpaw and her siblings at the River Ledge, and was overjoyed to hear that she was finally becoming a warrior. She became Beechstorm, and her siblings earned their warrior names as well.

Soon after, Oakstrike and Beechstorm met outside. As fireflies danced around them, crickets sung their quiet symphonies, and the moon peeked out of the clouds, Oakstrike asked to be Beechstorm‘s mate. She accepted, and they watched the sunrise together.

Since Drizzlestar, now Drizzleshine, lost her memory and leader status, Ravenpaw didn't have a mentor. She was apprenticed to Oakstrike, and admitted she couldn't swim, so Oakstrike offered to teach her later. He took her to the river, where she quickly learned the basics. He took her to a deeper part of the river, and they practiced there as well. Oakstrike warned her not to go too close to the part with the quicker current, but with Ravenpaw being an apprentice, she did. She hit her head on a rock and fell unconscious. Oakstrike grabbed her and took her back to camp desperately, and was aided by Fogbright and Mosslight.

Ever since Oakstrike became the stand-in deputy while Mosslight took care of her kits, he always veered away from putting Beechstorm on patrols. She told him she was going to save Ravenpaw from Shadowclan, since apparently she was captured, and he went into panic mode, but didn't show it. Right when she left, Oakstrike followed the patrol from the trees, not knowing Beechstorm saw his eyes at one point. When the patrol came back with the apprentice, Beechstorm questioned him on it. Oakstrike refused multiple times, making her annoyed. Oakstrike stormed off to the warrior's den, where he was followed by the spirit of Pebblestorm. She insulted him, calling him a selfish coward for not taking care of her daughter, which only made him more angry, causing him to yell at her and dash out of camp, the words finally taking a toll on him.

He sat next to the river, emotions flooding through him but none showing on his face, and he gave himself a scar on his chest, telling himself that he deserved it. He was soon confronted by his mate, and they had a long talk where she tried to comfort him. It somewhat worked, though he denied it for some time. They walked in the territory together, talking, and Beechstorm soon asked if he wanted to race to the river. Oakstrike agreed and dashed over, Beechstorm on his tail. However, she soon slowed down, and Oakstrike went back to ask her what was wrong. She told him he was expecting kits, and he immediately made a dad joke.

Later, Oakstrike was given his adoptive brother, Blazingpaw, as an apprentice. He showed him around territory, and later met with Brookpaw, his adoptive sister, partially revealing that he weaved nests for upcoming warriors in his free time. He also met Stormriddle, Beechstorm's sister, on a patrol.

Oakstrike came with Beechstorm to the river meeting with her sister, pestering her on and on about how she might have her kits at any moment. True to his statement, she started having them while she talked with Stormriddle. He found Pinekit during this time, and slipped him next to Beechstorm, explaining to her that they'd say he was a biological kit, so that no drama needed to happen, and there was enough right now. Beechstorm understood, and gave birth to three kits, Birchkit, Juniperkit, and Twigkit. Beechtalon and Pebblestorm showed up, and at first he didn't notice them, but Oakstrike and Pebblestorm immediately broke out into a fight when he saw her. They argued for some time before Beechtalon broke it up. Oakstrike apologized to Beechstorm, and they took the kits back to camp.

Oakstrike went to Swiftpaw's warrior ceremony, where she was named Swiftbird. He was later informed that his adopted brother, Dewpaw had died, and his adopted sister, Brookpaw, recently named Brookstep, was taken by twolegs.

He woke up in Starclan that night, met by Beechtalon, the Starclan cat from the kitting. They properly introduced themselves, and she confronted him about his grudge with Pebblestorm. He admitted he did something wrong, but that she didn't need to go and manipulate his whole life. Beechtalon seemed to understand, and told him to apologize. Oakstrike was reluctant, and said he needed to talk with Beechstorm about it. As they talked, Beechstorm encouraged him to do the right thing, although he had the idea that Pebblestorm cursed Birchkit to become deaf.

## Family and Friends

### Family

Duskfall - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, mother

Brokenflight - Riverclan warrior, tom, father (Deceased)

Hailstream - Riverclan warrior, tom, brother

Softpaw - Riverclan apprentice, she-cat, sister (Deceased)

Sunflame - Riverclan warrior, tom, brother

Paleheart - Riverclan warrior, tom, adopted father, former mentor (Deceased)

Mosslight - Riverclan deputy, she-cat, adopted mother

Rainpaw - Riverclan apprentice, she-cat, adopted sister (Deceased)

Mistpaw - Riverclan apprentice, she-cat, adopted sister (Deceased)

Beechstorm - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, mate

Poolpaw - Riverclan apprentice, tom, adopted brother

Blazingpaw - Riverclan apprentice, tom, adopted brother, apprentice

Adderpaw - Riverclan apprentice, tom, adopted brother

Dewpaw - Riverclan apprentice, tom, adopted brother (Deceased)

Coalpaw - Riverclan apprentice, tom, adopted brother

Quillpaw - Riverclan apprentice, she-cat, adopted sister

Blizzardpaw - Riverclan medicine cat apprentice, she-cat, adopted sister

Brookstep - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, adopted sister (Taken by twolegs)

Swiftbird - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, adopted daughter

Pinekit - Riverclan kit, tom, secretly adopted son

Birchkit - Riverclan kit, tom, son

Juniperkit - Riverclan kit, she-cat, daughter

Twigkit - Riverclan kit, she-cat, daughter

### Friends

Lynxpetal - Windclan warrior, tom, friend (Deceased)

Badgerstar - Riverclan leader, tom, friend, adopted grandfather

Fearless - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, friend, adopted grandmother

Angel - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, friend (Deceased)

Scout - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, friend

Hawkfire - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, friend (Deceased)

Fawnshine - Riverclan warrior, tom, friend

Twig - Riverclan apprentice, she-cat, friend (Deceased)

Ravenflight - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, former apprentice

Stormriddle - Shadowclan warrior, she-cat, friend

### Enemies and Frenemies

Mintrose - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, frenemy

Pebblestorm - Riverclan warrior, she-cat, enemy (Deceased)

## Quotes

"U-Uh, Paleheart. You're, uh, sleeping. On top of me." ~Oakpaw to Paleheart

“You will. And even if she doesn’t come visit, when we’re apprentices, i’ll help you look. If we can’t find her, i’ll look the next day, and the next day, and the day after that.” ~Oakkit to Beechkit about Pebblestorm leaving Riverclan

"Beechkit... I-I care for you. I worry you'll get hurt." ~Oakpaw to Beechkit, confessing his love

”No, no it’s my fault. I overreacted... It’s fine if you like him, I want you to be happy with whoever you choose.” ~Oakpaw to Beechpaw about her choosing Oakpaw or Sunpaw

"Sunpaw... We're still brothers. I'm always here for you." ~Oakpaw to Sunpaw

"There's no reason to fight. We've all been hurt, but just because we have, doesn't mean we need to hurt others." ~Oakpaw during the battle with Windclan

"If you want peace, don't provoke fighting." ~Oakpaw to Poppyblaze during the battle with Windclan

“I have fish throwing SKILLS, thank you very much.” ~Oakstrike to Beechpaw

"Being forgiven isn't enough. I have to make it right." ~Oakstrike to Beechstorm

"...HI EXPECTING KITS, I'M DAD." ~Oakstrike making the amazing dad joke to BeechstormTemplate:Infobox episode