Doeleap

> ❝ Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.❞
>
> ~ Doeleap

**Doeleap** a slim cat with large, black and white, fluffy fur. She has large, innocent emerald eyes being called ‘doe-like’.

## Personality

Doeleap is a hopeless romantic. She absolutely loves stories of love and happy endings, often retelling stories her father told her to the kits of the clan when she has a chance. She constantly dreams of having a ‘happy ending’ and living that happy life her father told her about. Unfortunately, due to never experiencing this herself she is oblivious to any sort of romantic interaction. Unless she’s explicitly told she will struggle to understand romantic gestures, although that goes for just about anything. She was extremely shielded as a child and apprentice therefore she is unable to tell if anyone is being negative towards her or others. She lives in her head with her fantasies. She dislikes it when people tell her to ‘get out of her head’ and ‘look at reality’ as she was often told that by her aunt. She hates being unable to tell signals properly, being called ‘dumb and ditzy’ by her aunt as well. She considers anyone a friend and has high respect towards her friends, doing almost anything to make them happy. One of Doeleaps favourite things is the rain, it makes her pelt a mess but she loves the feeling of raindrops on her fur.

## Backstory

As a kit, Doeleap was told countless fantasy stories from her father, Shadowdream. He would retell stories of Starclan cats falling in love and stories of him and her mother, telling them how they first became mates. That quickly became her favourite story. Honeyheart passed away giving birth to Doeleap, a touchy subject for her as she always longed for a mother.Her father kept her shielded from the negative in the world, removing her from any situation or lying if something went wrong. He wanted to raise her to be the happiest cat she could be, which he succeeded in. As a kit, her aunt, Flintbelly (NPC) disliked her father. In her eyes, he would never be able to give her a full childhood without a mother. An unrelated queen gave her milk and Flintbelly always tried to persuade Shadowdream to let her take over as mother. Shadowdream never let this happen, arguing with Flintbelly whenever she tried turning Doekit against him. Doekit would never follow her, loving her father with all her heart.

Growing up in the nursery, Doekit noticed the poor treatment of (ds name). It was something Shadowdream also noticed and something he hated every time he saw it happen. Unfortunately, it was something Shadowdream knew he wouldn’t be able to stop himself. He didn’t like to pick fights with the queens in the nursery in case he needed their help for anything. Instead, he took a fatherly role over this young kit. Often helping him, grooming him and treating him as a son of his own. This caused Doekit to grow fond of this cat. As he was a few moons older, she looked up to him. Following him around and acting as an ‘annoying little sister’ even going as far to begin to refer to him as a brother. He was, and still is, her closest friend.

As an apprentice, Doepaw had Gentleshard as a mentor. Gentleshard was extremely good friends with Shadowdream and followed his wishes of keeping Doepaw a happy go lucky cat. Although she didn’t hide everything. She taught her to hunt and fight, not being afraid to tell her why she may need to fight in the future and what that could mean, against Shadowdreams wishes. Doepaw understood this. She listened to Gentleshard and considered her a friend, respecting her greatly. She will always remember what Gentleshard did for her during training and always feels as if she has a debt to pay back to her in appreciation.