Weaseltail

Weaseltail is a brown she-cat with a black tail-tip and pale amber eyes.

## **History**

### **Backstory**

She was born as *Weaselkit* to Mouseclaw of WindClan and Ambereye of ShadowClan alongside her brother Harekit, receiving WindClan blood from her mother and ShadowClan blood from her father. Due to their mixed heritage, Weaselkit and Harekit were looked down upon by some members of their birth Clan, including the other kits. However, Earthstar, then WindClan's leader, didn't allow any discrimination towards cats with mixed blood and permitted the kits to stay. Upon becoming apprenticed, Weaselpaw was given Finchwing, one of the cats who mistrusted her, as a mentor. The two initially didn't get along, but learned to improve their relationship as Weaselpaw got older. However, unlike Harepaw, Weaselpaw struggled to fit into the Clan; she didn't like the open terrain of WindClan territory, and she was tired of her Clanmates constantly whispering about her due to her ShadowClan blood. After meeting her father at a Gathering, she grew fascinated by what he told her about ShadowClan. However, she knew she still had to remain loyal to WindClan and trained extra hard, passing her assessment. She then received her warrior name of Weaseltail.

After becoming a novice warrior, however, Weaseltail still felt like she didn't belong. Her pull towards ShadowClan grew stronger when she met the ShadowClan novice warrior Frogleap and subsequently fell in love with him. Not wanting to break the warrior honor code, but also wanting to maintain the relationship, Weaseltail went to Earthstar and told her she wanted to join ShadowClan to be with Frogleap, as she never felt she'd belong in WindClan due to her mixed heritage. Earthstar warned her that she'd have to face the same challenges that she did in WindClan, but Weaseltail, knowing she was prepared to face that, insisted on switching anyway. Understanding the young warrior's predicament, Earthstar consented. After informing the rest of the Clan she was leaving to join ShadowClan, many of her Clanmates were outraged, including her brother Harepelt, who labeled her a traitor. Angered by this, Weaseltail coldly denounced her loyalty to WindClan due to all the stress her Clanmates, especially her brother, had put her through, and that she wouldn't miss them when she was gone. She then disowned her brother, calling him a fool for his refusal to understand how she felt due to putting his immense desire to prove himself above the wellbeing of his own sister; this led to them becoming bitter enemies ever since. After a cold farewell, Weaseltail left WindClan territory for the last time.

She reached the ShadowClan border and waited until a patrol consisting of Ambereye, Dragonfang, and Newtstripe showed up. When Ambereye asked what she was doing there, Weaseltail told him that she'd left her birth Clan to join ShadowClan and asked for him to take her to Graystar. The three ShadowClan cats reluctantly agreed and brought her to their camp. After speaking with Graystar, the leader told her she would need to pass a hunting assessment in order to join the Clan. Weaseltail eagerly accepted the challenge, and was given Wolfsong as a mentor due to her unfamiliarity with the territory. She quickly picked up ShadowClan's hunting and fighting techniques, allowing to pass the assessment with flying colors. Everyone in the Clan was impressed, and Frogleap was especially happy that she was willing to go through all these hardships just for him, leading to him taking her as a mate. As a reward for Weaseltail's efforts, Graystar named her an official ShadowClan warrior, elating her. She came to fight in many battles for her new Clan, and was horrified when Harepelt killed Ambereye during a skirmish with WindClan. In a blind rage, she attacked her brother and beat him to near-death; she was only stopped when Wolfsong separated the two. After burying her father, Weaseltail vowed vengeance on Harepelt; however, when Ambereye visited her in a dream, he convinced her to let go of her grudges so that she and Harepelt could make amends when they joined StarClan. Although Weaseltail promised not to attack her brother again, she never forgave him for killing her father. She fell into depression, but later snapped out of it and resumed her warrior duties. She also spent more time with Frogleap and eventually became pregnant with Frogleap's kits.

Weaseltail later gave birth to two kits: a son named Nutkit, and a daughter named Cliffkit. Nutkit was very weak compared to his sister. One winter day a month later, the kits fell ill with pneumonia, and Nutkit, due to his weakness after birth, succumbed to the disease, leaving Cliffkit as the sole survivor. Weaseltail and Frogleap mourned heavily for Nutkit's death and became overprotective of Cliffkit as a result. However, they learned to let go when Dragonstar reminded them that all kits would eventually grow up and become independent.