Fernfrost

> You were the only parent who I thought cared. I was actually stupid enough to trust you. And then you left, and it got so much worse. She got so much worse. And you think you can just come back and apologize? You think it'll all be fine? - Fernfrost to Stoneleaf
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Fernkit was born to Moonstorm and Stoneleaf with his siblings Birchkit, Dovekit, Acornkit, Specklekit, Falconkit, and Briarkit. From a young age he learned that being one out of seven meant that he wasn't going to be paid attention to most of the time. After Birchkit passed away from greencough, things didn't seem to get much better, as Moonstorm had been stuck in a depressive state and had only sunken deeper into it over the death of her kit. However, she made no attempt to get herself out of it, leaning on Stoneleaf for support and almost entirely ignoring her children, her few interactions with them often not being positive. Fernkit quickly learned that there were certain traits that his mother associated with kits, her kits especially, and he wasn't exactly a cookie-cutter mold of that. At first he outright resisted her attempts to form a connection with him, but once she quickly gave up, it did hurt a bit. He eventually adopted some of her rules and toned down a bit, but his mother had long abandoned him, claiming that he was "simply too hard to deal with". This would haunt Fernpaw through apprenticeship and up until present day, as he spent most of his kithood thinking of himself as a burden and needing to stay out of the way, which solidified a lot of his beliefs on life. Stoneleaf leaving only made it worse, as his father had been one of his only support networks and one of the first cats that he had really grown to trust.

He became an apprentice to Bristlerose, who also taught him quite a few things about well, fighting and life. She had had a brother who had been quite similar to Fernpaw in many ways, and he begrudgingly opened up to her more farther into his apprenticeship. During that time, Dovepaw also dies, which throws a wrench in his apprenticeship for a while. He becomes allies, then acquaintances, then eventually friends with Nettlepaw, the pair of them setting aside their kithood rivalry. Fernpaw also realizes that he's definitely not straight, as his crush on Sprucepaw grows (And Nettlepaw at the time, but he's oblivious to that), and he eventually starts meeting the Risingclan tom at the border close to when they become warriors. However, Briarfang goes missing not long after, and Fernfrost's warrior ceremony is sombered by the news of his brother's disappearance. When Briarfang returned he was happy, but didn't outwardly show it due to never being close with his brother.

Sprucesun and Fernfrost meet at the border for about six moons after he becomes a warrior before the Risingclan cat eventually breaks it off, ending Fernfrost's first real relationship, which was also with his first ever crush. Fernfrost was is devastated by this. He was comforted by Nettleclaw and eventually entered a polyamorous relationship with him and his mate Tarrantspirit.

Due to declining metal health, Fernfrost distanced himself from his mates. This came to a head when Nettleclaw announced he was joining Fireclan as a spy. Fernfrost was upset with his mate but realized he hadn't really been there for him, even after the death of his mother figure, Rosebush. He promised to take care of Tarrantspirit for Nettleclaw as they both knew of the tom's fragile mental state and acted as his mate while pretending to despised Nettleclaw the "traitor" in front of his family and clan. He was greatly upset by Nettleclaw informing him his mate in Fireclan, Swanfall, was expecting kits but knew the situation was complicated for his mate as he'd been forced into the relationship by his mother, the Fireclan deputy Mintshade.