Shortstar

**Shortstar**

Shortstar

Shortstar is a very small, thin she-cat. Her fur is grey, almost black, with a white belly and two white legs. It is silky and semi-long. She has a circular face with narrow jade eyes. She has a bright voice and an aromatic scent. Shortstar has small ears. She is considered beautiful by most, especially in other Clans.

**Personality**

Shortstar values her ambition the most. She is slightly more extroverted. In conversations, she is amiable, genuine and hostile. She is guided by her heart, often rash and spontaneous. Her world view is mostly optimistic. She is firm, dynamic, absentminded, well-meaning, obnoxious and impractical. Shortstar is intelligent, which reflects in her decisions, skills and conversations. She has an allergy to spiders. Shortstar's opinions are easily swayed, but she speaks about them often. She has a mate and kits but would like to have even more kittens. She loves her family.

**Backstory**

Shortkit was born to her mother, Smallflight and her mother, Heatherspots. Smallflight was authoritative, while Heatherspots was kind. Shortkit was close to both of her parents. She often challenged an apprentice called Barkpaw to various hunting and fighting contests. Due to his age and training, Barkpaw won almost all of them, so Barkpaw felt like he was superior to Shortkit and was very mean to her. This created a dislike between them. During her kithood, Shortkit spent a large amount of time helping the medicine cat.

Shortkit reached the age of an apprentice and became Shortpaw. She recieved Cloverblaze as her mentor. He was lenient but somewhat ignored Shortpaw. Cloverblaze mostly focused on hunting while somewhat neglecting tracking. As Shortpaw became an apprentice, she started hating Barkpaw even more due to peer pressure. Eventually, their mentors had to get involved as their hatred was distracting them from learning.

Shortpaw became Shortpath at 16 moons. Unfortunately, Smallflight slipped while crossing a river and fell into the water, where she drowned. Shortpath missed her mother but coped quite well. While on a border patrol, Shortpath and her rival Barkwhisker stumbled upon a group of rogues. They had to work together and found out that with how much they had sparred and competeted, they make a good pair in fighting. Shortpath quickly realized that they know each other quite well due to their rivarly and initated a friendly conversation. This lead to them being friends, which lead to them falling for each other and starting a relationship. Shortpath had two kits, Goosekit, a lovely son and Mothkit, a beautiful daughter. She and Barkwhisker cared for them very well. Shortpath in particular enjoyed spending time with Goosekit and Mothkit, raising them, telling them stories and playing with them. They formed a beautiful bond that lasted until the end of their lives. Shortpath developed greencough during leaf-bare, spreading it through the Clan.

After becoming friends with a kittypet, Shortpath explored a two-leg house. She found it fascinating. Shortpath got an apprentice with the name of Tumblepaw. She became a deputy at the age of 34 because of her leadership skills after the old one died of an illness. Shortpath became a leader with the name of Shortstar at the age of 36 and is generally considered to be a good leader.