Sparklepaw

## Appearances

### Comic Pages

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### Living

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### Dead

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Sparklepaw was a WindClan apprentice that served under the leadership of Birchstar.

#### Appearance

Sparklepaw is a pale sand-colored tabby she-cat with green eyes. As a ghost she has a dark purple aura around her as well and hollow black eyes with black tears running down her face.

#### Family

Sparklepaw is the daughter of Redstripe and Thorntail, and the sister of Bubblepaw and Willowpaw. She has two younger brothers, Forestkit and Puddlepaw, but died before they were conceived. She is the granddaughter of Snowfoot and Speckleear.

#### Comic Involvement

Sparklepaw is first shown as a newborn kit, sitting next to her brother and sister.

When we next see her, she is playing a game of "Rocks" with Bubblepaw and Sparklepaw, and accidentally hits Coldkit, who was previously sleeping, on the head with a pebble. He wakes up and starts an argument with Bubblepaw, which Sparklepaw tries to quell. Birchstar interrupts, though, and punishes the three apprentices by keeping them in camp during the gathering that night. Sparklepaw looks very distraught about this.

She is next seen in the apprentice's den, in tears, trying to be consoled by Redstripe. She tells her mother that she has to meet Silverpaw at the gathering tonight because she broke her ankle. Bubblepaw cuts in, saying that nobody cares about Silverpaw's ankle. Sparklepaw retaliates, telling him that it was his fault they were all in trouble in the first place. Redstripe then leaves, promising to talk to Silverpaw for her daughter.

Sparklepaw is next seen by Redstripe while she's talking to Silverpaw, as a ghostly apparition in the bushes on the gathering island.

Earlier that night, Sparklepaw wakes Bubblepaw up because she can't sleep, and she claims something feels "off." The two get into an argument over this and about why Silverpaw is so special to Sparklepaw, which wakes up Willowpaw. Willowpaw leaves the den, telling her siblings she's going to sleep in the warrior's den. Soon afterward, Bubblepaw and Sparklepaw's quarrel is interrupted by a blood-curdling scream coming from Willowpaw. Birchstar then bursts into the den and pins Bubblepaw to the ground. As the leader is telling Sparklepaw that Willowpaw is dead, the apprentice scratches her claws across Birchstar's face, saying to her *"I won't let you hurt Bubblepaw!"* In response Icesplash manifests as a ghost in the den and wraps his long tail around Sparklepaw, restraining her. Birchstar kills Bubblepaw, then slashes Sparklepaw's throat, and Icesplash lets Sparklepaw fall to the ground. As Sparklepaw dies, her last thoughts are *"Wait... no... I need to... I need to tell... Silverpaw..."*

Her body is discovered by Goldentail when the clan returns to camp, in a pile with her siblings.

She next appears in a dream with Silverpaw. The two run over the moors of WindClan before stopping at the lake. The dream is going well, until Silverpaw's subconsious warps the dream, and Sparklepaw is now being choked and killed by Birchstar. Silverpaw then wakes up and the dream ends.

During the argument between Silvertail and Batstar over attacking WindClan, Sparklepaw is briefly seen watching the fight from the den's entrance.

#### Personality

When alive Sparklepaw usually kept to herself, and generally followed the rules. She wasn't afraid of confrontation, but regardless would always try to break up any fights. As a ghost her sadness and pain created a purple aura around her. She misses her friends, she misses her family, she misses her life, and now all she can do is watch her loved ones live in a world where she no longer exists.

#### Relationships

Silvertail: Sparklepaw loved Silvertail more than anything, and always wanted to make sure she was okay. As apprentices they had plans to move into the same clan - with Silvertail leaving ThunderClan to be with her. As a ghost Sparklepaw follows Silvertail's steps, unable to move on without telling her how much she loved her.

Bubblepaw: Their relationship is complicated. They generally get along well but Bubblepaw is very easy to pick fights with other cats and even occasionally gets his sisters in trouble. She obviously cares for him, but she also doesn't really trust him enough to tell him about her love for Silverpaw.

Willowpaw: Sparklepaw and Willowpaw have a pretty good relationship. Due to Willowpaw being more reserved it's easy to assume she has a better relationship with her than with Bubblepaw.

Redstripe: Redstripe is a very trustworthy figure for Sparklepaw, Sparklepaw could confide in her whenever she was upset and Redstripe would always try to come up with a solution. After her death she followed Redstripe to the gathering to see her and Silvertail one last time.

#### Fun Facts

* Sparklepaw's warrior name would have been Sparkleheart.
* Sparklepaw got her pelt color from her father, Thorntail.
* Sparklepaw is sapphic, or wlw, as confirmed by the comic's creator.