Baypaw (TC)

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## Baykit (TC)

### Immediate Family

Beeflight (Father), Beechberry (Mother), Barrenmeadow (Sister), Borealgale (Brother)

## Physical Description

A small and fluffy tortoiseshell tom with large bright blue eyes. While he is fluffy all over, like his father Baykit’s tail and chest are puffed out the most. The cartilage in his small rounded ears were weak at birth causing them to fold over.

## Personality

Baykit is an ambivert. He doesn't have a hard time speaking and having conversations, but he doesn't feel the need to speak as much as other cats his age. He likes to stay quiet, but that could be a fault of his. He's silent at times he shouldn't be. He's very impulsive and not the smartest. Baykit is good hearted, optimistic, and bold. He's angry that he's short and it's hard for him to perform like a normal warrior, but that anger eggs him on.

## Skills and Weaknesses

Baykit is very small and weaker than normal kits, making it hard for him to hunt or fight in the future. He has weak cartilage all over his body, making him hesitant to run, jump, and play He's very optimistic, though, so he sees himself pulling through in the future. Another weakness of his is his ears. They make him susceptible to ear infections and hearing problems, probably one of the reasons for his silence. He's also a male tortoiseshell, while not a weakness or skill, he's infertile.

## Life

### Kithood

Baykit was born to Beechberry and Beeflight of ThunderClan. He was a quiet tom, even after he was being born, only mewling quietly in search for his mother's warmth. He was born with no littermates.

Baykit met Peonykit and they stared at each other for a few moments. He had just opened his eyes and had no clue what was going on. He got to his paws ans realized that moving hurt, so he sat down. She eventually approached him, and spoke. He didn't know what speaking was, exactly, so he repeated what she said. He found that he didn't like speaking. They continued to stare at one another, and Baykit continued to be confused.

He met Peonykit's sister, Cricketkit. She came up to him and they spoke to each other. Baykit was learning to speak better, but he was still bad with vocabulary, and he was in no rush to start conversations. He learned what some new words meant, like what the beginning of his name meant, from her.

Baykit met Pinerush.

He was dozing in the sunlight when he met Splashstone. He learned that the only way to greet someone was not "Greetings".

He met Fallkit. Baykit was very confused with names, so he asked Fallkit what his name meant, but his vocabulary wasn't good, so it was a confusing question. They went back and forth, both very confused.

Tigerspark told him about TigerClan, LionClan, and LeopardClan.

Baykit saw his reflection in a puddle, and, being very scared for the adorable kit that was trapped in the puddle, called for his mother. He started to get angry at the kit, who kept on copying him like some kind of bully, so he started to splash, trying to get it out. Beechberry came to tell him that the cat in the puddle was in fact, him, but he didn't listen, and got scared when he saw that the puddle took his mom too. He finally understood that it was his reflection, then went to take a nap.

He was playing with a flower and got a petal stuck in his fur, when he met Craneleg.

While walking in circles around his nest in an attempt to make his joints hurt less, he met Blazeridge.

Baykit watched Perchkit explore camp. He wanted to explore too, but it hurt to move around.

Baykit spent some time with his father, where he told him about all the cats he met, then started to talk about a feather Beeflight was working to straighten. Baykit said it was pretty, so his father gave it to him. He took him to the warrior's den to get Beeflight's black feather, then they went to look into a puddle.

He was hiding under his nest because it was warm. Ivykit walked by and they interacted.

Duskbell was laying in camp. Baykit padded over, trying to explore camp. Duskbell asked him what he was doing and he replied with "exploring", so he asked the kit what he was exploring. Baykit said a tree, so Duskbell told him about how trees were dangerous. He didn't notice that the warrior was pretending to be amused the entire time.

He was trying to groom himself because he saw Peonykit doing it, but Beechberry came over and told him that Peonykit only did it because she was older than him. He said that it hurt (the areas around his joints) when he groomed himself, so she took him to Smokestorm. Smokestorm concluded that he had weak joints and needed to eat herbs every day. This scared Baykit, since he wanted to be just like his father when he was older.

He quickly realized that the herbs didn't work all the time, and he still spent most of his day in pain and stiffness.

He saw a very large cat in camp, who he thought was a badger, even though he had no clue what badgers looked like, so he hid inside of the prey pile. His mother walked by and saw him , so sbe asked him what was wrong. On an impulse decision, he decided to face the "badger", even though he thought he'd be eaten. She picked him up and he told her all about it. When she told him that there was no badger in camp, things calmed, and she had a talk about Smokestorm's herbs with him, before taking him to the nursery.

He met Thrushperch, who tripped over him. They talked about Baykit's joints.

He woke up one day to the noise of a cricket, who was quickly killed by Smokestorm. He padded out to meet him, then Smokestorm gave him some herbs with honey, so the herbs wouldn't taste as bad. The honey didn't help, since Baykit hated the taste. Smokestorm got irritated with him, so he ate the herbs, pushed by the idea that he wanted to he like his father. The grump of a medicine cat calmed down, eventually coming to realize that he actually liked Baykit. Smokestorm introduced him to some herbs, including catnip, then he had a talk with Baykit about how drugs are bad.

He taught him about some herbs, and Baykit thought that Smokestorm was like 100 moons or something because of the way he acted and talked. Smoke said he was a good listener, so Bay said that he was a good talker, prompting a conversation about how Smokestorm didn't think he was a good talker, and thought the whole clan hated him. Baykit said he liked him.

He talked to Peonykit, who he dubbed "Ponykit" now. He showed her the feather his father gave him and they looked at flowers together.

Baykit was playing with a dead squirrel's cheeks, when he met Darkglow. He asked Darkglow what it was and he said squirrel. Baykit said, and I kid you not, that this dead creature was "cute!"

He asked Craneleg why he was grooming himself, and why he didn't ask his mother to do it for him, forgetting that older cats groomed themselves. Craneleg explained, then they fell into a conversation

He scented Rabbitfoot approaching when he was laying down. He was proud of himself. They talked, and Baykit declared that his father was the deputy of ThunderClan. He thought he needed to tell everyone.

Baykit saw Reddream, Rooktalon, and their dead kit, Sparkpaw. He was confused on why that kit was laying down. Reddream forced herself to smile at him, so he thought her tears were happy tears. Reddream then explained death to the kit.

Met Lilacstem.

Met Flickerdash. He told her about how his father is the deputy. He's very proud of Beeflight.

Baykit was trying to play with the moss ball. His joints were very stiff, and they ached, but he really wanted to be a normal kit, so he continued. He fell to the floor and started to cry, thinking that if he couldn't even play mossball, he could never be like his father. Smokestorm came over and told him that he was the strongest kit in the nursery, that even though he had health problems, he pushed through. Baykit and Smokestorm hugged, and he started to be happy and optimistic again.

He was trying to eat his first piece of prey when he met Mousefang. They talked about his father and Baykit said that he wanted to be deputy-medicine cat ans he wanted his warrior name to be Baybee.

He met Spiderpaw. He found out that his mentor was his dad!

He talked to Tigerspark, explaining his new warrior name. Tigerspark thought he said 'baby' for a moment.

Perchpaw was looking for Peonykit, but he couldn't find her anywhere. He asked Baykit where she was and he didn't know. Peonykit was being kidnapped by Heatbranch of ShadowClan. He began to worry.

He told his father that Smokestorm called him strong, and preceded to brag about how he was going to be a deputy when Beeflight was Beestar, and a medicine cat at the same time. Beeflight asked him where Sunstar would be, and not really understanding death, he said that he'd be an elder.

He met Snowkit. They played mossball together, despite Baykit having weak joints, and stopped when it became too painful for him.

Baykit tried to reach a mouse off of the prey pile, and Spicedrift got it for him. He asked her what spice was when she told him her name, and she explained it. He made a note to ask Smokestorm about it later.

He was sniffing at some crowfood and Tigerspark told him not to eat it.

Peonykit was returned to ThunderClan.

He was in the nursery, having ear pains, when he spoke to Ivykit. Ivykit offered to take him to the medicine cats den.

Peonykit went into the nursery, so Baykit followed her so he could ask her how she was doing, since she had been sick when ThunderClan kitnapped her.

Baykit went to Smokestorm's den to get his ear checked out, and he found out that he had an ear infection, a result of him staying out in the rain, the moisture getting trapped under his floppy ears. When Smokestorm gave him a remedy of ginger and garlic dripped into the ear, with warm moss applied shortly after.

While he was there, they talked about Tigerspark's cancer, since he was nearby. He didn't know what cancer was, except for some of the symptoms, so he didn't know that Tigerspark's cancer was fatal.

Baykit was confused. Everyone was dying so fast, and the clan was so sad all the time. He didn't want the clan to be sad, and he definitely didn't want his family and friends to die. He had to warn them not to die, not knowing that one cannot control their death. Peonykit noticed he was sad, so she padded toward him and he warned her about the new epidemic of "dead", and he told her about how you "dead". He said that if you're hurt or old, you die. Then he told her that dead cats went to StarClan. Peonykit said that her father, Rooktalon, was hurt, so Baykit told her to warn him not to die.

Then, the two innocent kits ran off to find Rooktalon to warn him about death. When they got there, Rook asked what they were doing, so Peonykit started to wail, telling him not to die. He told his daughter that he would go to StarClan if he died, and that it would be okay. Peony noticed she hadn't seen her mother in a while, and asked where she was, Baykit was very scared, wondering if Reddream died. She did, but Rook explained it as her being in a better place. Baykit and Peonykit didn't understand that.

After witnessing Songcrash kill Breezerunner, Perchpaw passed out in camp and started to have a seizure. Baykit saw this and dashed to his side, from across camp, possibly the longest run he'd ever done. He kept prodding the tom and trying to figure out what was wrong. He knew he should call Smokestorm, or get him, but he was too far for the kit's joint problems, and he was just too quiet. Finally, he gained the courage, and in the loudest screech he could do, he called out to medicine cat to help Perchpaw, who was foaming at the mouth. Smokestorm came over and gave his friend, who he called, "Buddy", a task. Baykit was supposed to get water and some dandelions. He walked off, despite his pain, and returned shortly. They fixed Perchpaw up.

Streaksnout was lounging in camp. Baykit stumbled over and Streaksnout forced a smile, but the kit didn't notice. They talked, Baykit corrected his English from "Am Baykit." to "I'm Baykit.", and then he bragged about how he'd be deputy like his father.

Baykit was worried for Peonykit because her mother died.

He was munching on some grass one day while he spoke to Creekblight.

He watched Milkwisp weave flowers into the dens, and he was fascinated.

He waited for Smokestorm to pop into his den when he met Gorseburn. She told him that he shouldn't have to experience cats getting hurt or dying.

Baykit was watching the clan, feeling the heavy cloud of grief over camp, when Darkglow came over. Darkglow told him that Tigerspark was dying, so Baykit got sad and gave him a hug. They wholesomely played mossball.

He spotted Snowkit itching her eyes and he asked if she needed to see the medicine cat.

In the nursery, he was looking for Peonykit or her siblings, feeling like he needed to offer his condolences. Peonykit was ignoring him, though, so for the first time in almost forever, he reached out to someone. He then noticed she was crying, so he put his tail over her and tried to comfort her.

At night, when he should've been sleeping, he watched the night sky and an angry Hawkflame from his place atop the den hill in camp.

He messed up his sleep schedule that night, so he was tired during the day when he talked to Nightlight.

Watched Snowkit play while he ate too much mouse. chubby boy.

Baykit NEEDED to talk to his mother!! So when she spoke to him, he told her, seriously, not to "dead", then used Reddream as evidence as why it was SUPER bad to die.

Smokestorm was in his den, getting herbs ready for his little buddy, while Baykit was outside, telling StarClan and Star Cats about himself.

*"Hi. Name is Baykit. Papa is deputy. Are you listening to me?"*

Smokestorm asked him what he was doing, so Baykit told him, and then he explained StarClan to the little kit.

While Baykit was sleeping in front of the warrior's den, Forestseeker came over and got annoyed that he was there, so she told him to wake up because the camp was on fire, so he'd wake up and move. It worked, but he was freaking out, since when she told him it was a joke, he didn't hear. She told him a second time and he called her mean.

## Quotes

"Papa is deputy!" -Baykit to everyone ever.

"Deputy medicine cat!" - Baykit's future rank in his head.

"Don't dead! Dead is bad!" - Baykit to Rooktalon.

## Friends and Family

*Beeflight - ThunderClan, tom, deputy, father*

*Beechberry - ThunderClan, she-cat, warrior, mother*

Bar*renmeadow - ThunderClan, she-cat, warrior, sister*

*Borealgale - ThunderClan, tom, warrior, brother*

*Peonypaw - ThunderClan, she-cat, apprentice, friend*

*Ivypaw - ThunderClan, tom, apprentice, acquaintance/almost friend*

*Smokestorm - ThunderClan, tom, medicine cat, friend/role model*

*Darkglow - ThunderClan, tom, warrior, friend?*