Firestar

Firestar in the Ultimate Guide

## Book Appearance(s)

### Living

Secrets of the Clans, Cats of the Clans, Code of the Clans, Battles of the Clans, Yellowfang's Secret, Crookedstar's Promise, Bluestar's Prophecy, The Prophecies Begin Series, Firestar's Quest, Shattered Peace, A Clan in Need, The Heart of a Warrior, The New Prophecy Series, Warrior's Return, The Power of Three Series, Hollyleaf's Story, Omen of The Stars Series, Mistystar's Omen, Moth Flight's Vision, Starkit's Prophecy

### Dead

The Last Hope, Dovewing's Silence, Bramblestar's Storm, The Ultimate Guide, The Apprentice's Quest

**Firestar** is a large, bright, flame-colored tom with a pale orange belly, large ears, a long tail, bright, emerald-green eyes, and short, sleek, and thick fur.

**Firestar** was born as **Rusty** to Jake and Nutmeg, and lived a life as a kittypet. However, due to a growing interest in the forest beyond his Twoleg nest, he joined ThunderClan as **Firepaw**, and was mentored by Lionheart and Tigerclaw before being apprenticed to Bluestar. Later, he became a warrior as **Fireheart**, and became the ThunderClan deputy after Tigerclaw was banished, having mentored Cinderpaw before she became a medicine cat due to her injury.

As the deputy of ThunderClan, Fireheart mentored Cloudtail and Brambleclaw. After Bluestar's death, **Firestar** became leader of ThunderClan, fought in the battle against BloodClan, and killed Scourge. Later on, not long after the battle, Sandstorm and Firestar traveled to the gorge to rebuild SkyClan, appointing Leafstar as their leader. Many moons later, Firestar made the Great Journey, and later appointed Brambleclaw deputy after admitting that Graystripe was gone.

During the Great Battle, Firestar killed Tigerstar's spirit, fulfilling a prophecy. In StarClan, Firestar gave Bramblestar none of his nine lives, delivered prophecies to the medicine cats, temporarily entered Rootspring's body to kill Darkstripe, and participated in the battle against Ashfur.

## History

### Into the Wild

Rusty, hiding in a thick patch of undergrowth, locates a mouse and stalks it. He drops into a crouch and pounces on the mouse, but is woken by the rattles of food into his bowl, where it was revealed that he was dreaming. Rusty eats a portion of the food before going outside into his Twolegs' garden, making dirt under a bush and sitting on a fence post.

Curious of the world beyond his Twoleg nest, Rusty jumps off the fence post and lands on the other side, in the mysterious forest beyond. However, the bell on his collar jingles, and his neighbor, Smudge, goes over to him and warns him of dangerous wildcats in the forest. Though Rusty dismisses Smudge's warning, he is slightly nervous about what he might encounter in the wild.

He goes into the forest and is about to catch a mouse, but abandons it after curiously following a bushy white-tipped red tail, likely from a fox. However, before he reaches the tail, Rusty is attacked by a blur of gray fur, though the ginger tom defends himself swiftly. He prepares himself for another attack, but the gray tom stops fighting, introducing himself as Graypaw, a ThunderClan apprentice.

As Rusty is puzzled at the foreign words, Graypaw becomes exasperated at his ignorance of the wildcats of the forest. Suddenly, Graypaw scents cats from his own Clan and warns Rusty that they would not be happy to see him here. However, Rusty is too late, and two cats appear from the bushes, introducing themselves as Bluestar and Lionheart.

Bluestar compliments Graypaw for his ambush and Rusty for his self-defense, though Lionheart insists that they should send Rusty back to his Twolegs. Rusty points out that he has only come for a mouse or two, and that there should be enough to go around. Suddenly, Bluestar turns furious at Rusty for saying so, stating firmly that there is never enough to go around. Rusty, puzzled at Bluestar's sudden rage, apologizes and promises to never hunt in the forest again.

Bluestar and Lionheart relax, and Rusty continues to ask questions about Clan life. Bluestar suggests for Rusty to join ThunderClan, though Graypaw insists that he doesn't have warrior blood. Bluestar sighs that too much blood has been spilled lately. Rusty then wonders if he could have more time to decide, and Bluestar agrees to allow Rusty until sunhigh.

Later, the next day, Smudge complains that Rusty had been oversleeping. Rusty reminds him that he had been out in the woods. Smudge's curiosity grows suddenly, and he asks Rusty many questions of his time in the wild. Rusty informs him of his fight with Graypaw, his encounter with Bluestar and Lionheart, and his curiosity to join the wilderness.

Smudge is shocked that Rusty would want to join the forest cats, and insists it's a trick. However, Rusty is determined to join the wildcats, though he decides to spend one last morning together with Smudge. After saying their farewells, Rusty ventures into the forest once more, where he meets Lionheart and another ThunderClan warrior, Whitestorm.

Lionheart and Whitestorm escort Rusty into the ThunderClan camp, and though Rusty struggles heavily to keep up, he manages to arrive at the camp. There, Bluestar announces Rusty's arrival into ThunderClan, though several cats are angry at her decision. One of these cats, a young tabby warrior revealed to be Longtail, taunts Rusty, claiming that Twolegs would enter ThunderClan territory to look for a lost kittypet, the Clan term for house cats.

Rusty, furious at Longtail for his words, drops into a crouch and launches himself into an attack. The two cats wrestle each other in a frenzy of fur and claws, and Rusty gives Longtail a torn ear. Longtail pulls on Rusty's collar, choking him, but Rusty pulls forward hard, and his collar snaps in half. After the fight, Bluestar accepts Rusty's broken collar as a sigh of StarClan's honor, and renames him Firepaw in honor of his flame-colored pelt.

After his apprentice ceremony, Graypaw greets Firepaw with his new name, telling him that he'd spoiled Longtail's good looks. Firepaw replies that Longtail put up a good fight, and wonders where Longtail was. Graypaw thinks that Longtail headed off to Spottedleaf's den, explaining that she is their medicine cat and was younger and prettier than most. However, he is interrupted by Darkstripe, who scornfully remarks that Firepaw was lucky to become an apprentice as a former kittypet. After Darkstripe leaves, Graypaw remarks that Darkstripe is neither young nor pretty.

Suddenly, Ravenpaw enters the camp, and is staggering and bleeding from a deep wound on his shoulder. Graypaw quickly explains that Ravenpaw is another apprentice and Redtail, the ThunderClan deputy, is his mentor. Ravenpaw then scrambles up the Highrock and announces that Redtail is dead, and that Oakheart was in the battle. Graypaw gasps, noting that Oakheart was the RiverClan deputy, though he is silenced by Smallear, who had first sensed Ravenpaw's troubled return. Ravenpaw then explains how Redtail had challenged Oakheart for Sunningrocks, the location of the battle, and that the fight had been based on that, though he collapses before he can finish explaining.

As Spottedleaf tends Ravenpaw's shoulder wound, Tigerclaw appears

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