Cloudjay

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**Cloudjay** is a 83-moon-old, grey tom, with patches of darker grey and black all over him, white ear fluff, a three-pointed hair poof, and yellow eyes. He has a scar across his back from a badger and a quill scar on his right cheek from a porcupine. He has the Bold trait and is a good fighter.

## History

Cloudkit was born in Year 8, along with his littermates, Spirekit and Shellkit (who was sadly born weak and died the next moon.) to Specklenose, their surrogate mother, and Ravenspot and Aspenlily, their two fathers. He was named after Potatocloud, whom the family loved after they heard how will he trained one of their older daughters, Patchwing. When he became an apprentice, he got Shrewpatch as his mentor, and when her and Brokentail got into a skirmish on their first patrol, he watched Shrewpatch defeat her. But later had to get a new mentor, as she was killed on one of their patrols, by dogs. Burdockstar was also there, and lost two lives to them, until a patrol came to save her and Cloudpaw, and drive out the dogs. He had been ordered to climb a tree, and had to witness the brutal event, not being able to do anything. His new mentor became Cinderpetal, who tried to comfort him, but unfortunately it didn't work much. He really liked Shrewpatch and though she was "cool and strong," so he was devastated to have to have watched her die. His sister, now Spirepaw, had also tried to get Cloudpaw to open up to her this year, but deflected and said she "should stop trying to be a mom." Because of his apprentice experience, he gained the Cold personality.

In Year 9, Cloudpaw became Cloudjay. He was still a bit cold, but finally let, now Spireflake, and the rest of his family in now. Since he had a lot of trauma related to dogs, he developed a phobia of dogs (which is formally called Cynophobia). Both his mentor, and this year, his surrogate mother died to them, and he was very fearful when Spireflake came back missing a tail from one. After Aspenlily's death, Spireflake had yelled at him, demanding "he stop dealing with these things alone, and that she and the rest of their family is there for him," which led him to breaking down a bit. (however he denies that he ever did.) He also had gotten an apprentice this year as well, Cinderpetal's adopted daughter, Wisppaw. She thought he hated her for a bit, but it was only because his cold nature made him a bit intimidating. Mintsplash had also tried telling both him and Spireflake that he had seen a sign from Starclan, but due to them knowing about his horrible behavior towards their older sister Fernheart, they did not believe him in the slightest.

In Year 10, During the Sharpclan battle, Cloudjay had been pinned by the, then SharpClan deputy, Sagefern, who was bragging about him being his second GalaxyClan kill (as he had killed Bubblespeck earlier in the year.) However, while Sagefern was monologuing, Cloudjay had reacted in self-defense, biting into his neck and killing him. He had stood up, shaking, remembering what Sagefern had done to Bubblespeck. Other than the battle however, both his sister and his dad died this year, due to drowning and greencough respectively, and it had made him even more angsty and closed-off. He wasn't very close to his remaining siblings (Fernheart and Cinderspeck at the time), and felt a bit lost and isolated. He had been caught staring into space multiple times after the battle, and was coming to terms that he had managed to kill another cat. He also ran into a dog, when he was on patrol with Ottertail, and while he is deathly afraid of them, Ottertail was a dog-slayer and always went for them. He ended up saving Cloudjay from it, and in turn, Cloudjay had gained a huge crush on the older tom.

In Year 11, Poppywish had given him an omen about the incoming clan fire, and got so scared, that he had ran off for the moon that it had happened. When he came back to the clan after the fire. he felt really guilty after seeing all of the destruction and lost lives it caused. Other than the fire drama, he asked out Ottertail this year, and they officially became mates. They had been doing cute things on patrols, like taking a run through the forest together, and watching the sunset together, where Cloudjay was looking at Ottertail and smiling instead. He had also snuck to sleep in the others nest one night. Ottertail noticed he was a bit jumpy this year, but didn't push it, due to his past experiences with his daughter, Swanleaf.

In Year 12, Cloudjay changed personalities, from being Cold, to Bold. This change was chalked up to being Ottertail helping him get out of his shell a bit more. He and Ottertail also had a litter of four kits this, with some help from a surrogate outside the clan, named Ermine. They had 3 sons; named Mudkit, Forestkit, and Stagkit, and a single daughter named Yarrowkit. Unfortunately, after 2 moons of them being born, Ottertail, Mudkit and Forestkit all died. Ottertail of being caught in a storm, and freezing to death, and the kits to greencough. He had also told him about his fire omen as well, and he asked for his advice on how to fix his mistakes, to which Ottertail just told him to "just be a good warrior now, and live for his clan." After his mates death, he has been pretty angry and snappy to everyone except his kits and his sister, Fernheart, who was also in the nursery with her own kits. He also was appalled at Umbercurl this year, who had asked to be his mate the moon after Ottertail's death, and he has been furious with her ever since. He also had been on a patrol, where he found a Bugclan cat hiding in a tree, from a dog. It was found out later, that Mintsplash had been whispering in his ear, taunting him over the death of his loved ones. He got really angry, and to prove himself, he charged the dog and defeated it.

In Year 13, Cloudjay was taken by twolegs in the initial kidnapping, that had happened in the beginning of the year, which had also included the cats: Cinderpetal, Flamebear, Wispbreeze, Brindlehail, Flaxroar, and Rainpaw. He is still currently lost, and was trapped in a twoleg-den (house) for the majority of the time, but very recently escaped, and thought he had saw Pricklefleck. During his time lost, he was hopping the clan's kits were safe, most likely thinking about Stagkit and Yarrowkit, his own son and daughter.

In Year 14, Cloudjay returned on the first moon of the year, and then got a side scar from a badger, and a quill scar on his cheek from a porcupine. He was ecstatic to see his daughter, and was sad to hear that his son had gone taken while he was away. He had also been chosen as deputy to Hollowstar, after Brightstar's death. A little while into the year, he had a nightmare about a rushing river, and a moon later, a horrible flood happened at the end, killing off 8 cats, including 2 kits. Yet he hadn't realized his dream was a warning, and feels really guilty for not telling anyone. He did, however tell the clan that "Mintsplash had whispered in his ear once, but he chose to ignore it," when all the Dark Forest drama had come out., and admitted that "he thought he was making up the voice in his head." Cloudjay isn't the happiest with Hollowstar's decisions, but he's determined to be the best deputy he can be, and to be there to support his remaining family, who he is very protective of now. While he did reject Umbercurl's advances towards him, he was grateful for her trying so hard to find him while he was lost, and is saddened to see her die, as she was swept away in the flood. He is also crushing on the newcomer Ragged, who came from the mountains.

## Trivia

* In Year 11, it is revealed that Cloudjay secretly cuddles when he sleeps, just like his father, Aspenlily.
* Since cat litters can have multiple fathers in real life, Nyoko made halves of their litter Biologically theirs. Both Mudkit and Forestkit were biologically Ottertail's, and Stagkit and Yarrowkit were biologically Cloudjay's. Tragically, both of the kits that were biologically Ottertail's had died of greencough alongside him.
* Cloudjay is shown to have a type with prominent, requited love interests, as both Ottertail and Ragged are older toms.

## Gallery

Cloudkit with his siblings, fathers and mother! (Year 8)Cloudpaw watches as his mentor, Shrewpatch wins against Brokentail after she picks a fight (Year 8)Cloudpaw witnessing the brutal death of his mentor, Shrewpatch, and his leader, Burdockstar, after they ran into dogs on patrol. (Year 8)Cloudpaw's new mentor, Cinderpetal, tries to comfort him after Shrewpatch's death. (Year 8)Cloudpaw in Year 8Mintsplash trying to manipulate Cloudjay and Spireflake into believing he had a dream from Starclan (Year 9)Cloudjay looks at his apprentice, Wisppaw, in dissapointment, as she wasted time following her own footsteps, in the harsh leaf-bare. (Year 9)Cloudjay in Year 9Cloudjay in Year 10Cloudjay and Ottertail have a cute run through the forest. (Year 11)Poppywish gives Cloudjay an omen about the upcoming clan fire. (Year 11)Cloudjay and Ottertail in Year 11.Cloudjay and Ottertail have 4 kits: Forestkit, Yarrowkit, Mudkit and Stagkit! (Year 12)Cloudjay charges a dog after Mintsplash taunts him. (Year 12)Cloudjay with his remaining kits; Stagkit and Yarrowkit. in Year 12.Cloudjay in Year 13Cloudjay in Year 14