Snaketail

## Description

Snaketail is a light gray tom with white paws with dark green eyes and blind in one eye, he is a warrior of Leafclan and is very brave, grumpy, and sarcastic.

## Affiliation

Current: Starclan

Past: Rogue, Leafclan

## Names

Kit: Snakekit

Apprentice: Snakepaw

Warrior: Snaketail

Starclan Resident: Snaketail

## Family

Mother: Lilyheart

Father: Spottedhawk

Brother: Shrewstar

Sisters: Brambleheart, Eagleclaw

## Education

Mentor: Rosewing

Dark Forest Mentor: Sootfire

Unofficial Mentor: Nighteye

Apprentices: Fidgetflake

## Background

Snaketail was born in Leafclan to Lilyheart but his father was a Stormclan warrior named Spottedhawk. As a kit Snaketail was extremely close with his sister, Bramblekit [later Brambleheart], but when they were apprenticed Brambleheart was always better at Snaketail at fighting and hunting and this made Snaketail jealous. One night while he was an apprentice Snaketail was visited by a gray tom named Stormstar who was from the Dark Forest, the tom said he could train Snaketail how to be a better warrior than any of his clanmates including Brambleheart. Eager to get out of his sister's shadow Snaketail agreed to train with Stormstar and Stormstar apprenticed him to another Dark Forest tom named Sootfire.

Snaketail trained hard in his dreams and when he was awake and when Brambleheart asked him why he seemed so tired lately Snaketail told her he just wasn't getting enough sleep. One night while he was in the Dark Forest Sootfire was training him very hard and raked his claws along Snaketail's pelt. Suddenly Snaketail was awake that night looking up at Brambleheart who told him he had been bleeding in his sleep. After that Snaketail told Brambleheart the truth, when Snaketail was done explaining Brambleheart tried to convince him to stop.

Snaketail thought that Brambleheart was just jealous and refused to stop going to the Dark Forest. A few days later Brambleheart tried again to convince Snaketail to stop going to the Dark Forest but this time their brother, Shrewpaw [later Shrewstar] overheard their conversation and when he asked what they were talking about Brambleheart told him everything. Snaketail was furious at Brambleheart for telling Shrewstar despite him telling her not to and when Shrewstar also tried to convince Snaketail to stop going to the Dark Forest he was even more furious. A few nights later while Snaketail was in the Dark Forest he spotted Brambleheart there, when he asked her why she was there she told him that if he wasn't going to worry about his safety she was.

Snaketail didn't believe her, he thought she was only there to prove that no matter what Snaketail did she would always be better than him. Moons later Snaketail and Brambleheart were still training in the Dark Forest when Brambleheart got in an argument with Sootfire then Sootfire attacked Snaketail. He was going to kill Snaketail when Brambleheart tackled Sootfire and accidentally killed him in the struggle. After that Snaketail realized how far Brambleheart was willing to go to protect him and the next day he apologized for the way he had treated her and Brambleheart forgave him.

The next night at the Dark Forest Brambleheart told Stormstar that she and Snaketail wouldn't be coming to the Dark Forest anymore, this made Stormstar furious and he attacked Brambleheart saying that the only way she was leaving the Dark Forest was if she was dead. Stormstar was about to kill Brambleheart when Snaketail stepped in and together the two cats defeated the Dark Forest tom and never went back to the Dark Forest. Moons after Snaketail and Brambleheart left the Dark Forest their sister, Eagleclaw, was taken by twolegs so Snaketail, Brambleheart, and Shrewstar went to Twolegplace to find her and met with a Kittypet named Hefty who Snaketail and Brambleheart had saved from a twoleg a few days before. He told them that his twoleg had taken Eagleclaw to a farm far away from the clans and so, following Hefty's directions Snaketail, Brambleheart, and Shrewstar followed the Thunderpath to the farm.

On the way to the farm the group was caught in an avalanche and almost died, then they finally made it to the farm where they found Eagleclaw living with a group of loners. While they were there they helped the loners with another group of loners that was threatening them then they headed home. On the way home they ran into a fox which attacked Snaketail and blinded him in one eye. After the attack Snaketail didn't think he would be a good warrior to his clan until Nighteye, another Leafclan warrior, trained him.

Nighteye was also missing an eye that had been scratched out by a rat many moons ago and he knew what it was like to be half blind, so he trained Snaketail on how to fight half blind and Snaketail became a better warrior than he had been before. Moons later Snaketail's mother, Lilyheart, admitted to him and his siblings that Spottedhawk, a Stormclan warrior, was actually their father. Like the rest of his siblings Snaketail was furious at his mother for lying to them then a few days later Snaketail, Brambleheart, Eagleclaw, and Shrewstar went on a moonhigh patrol with Redstar and Lilyheart. Redstar and Lilyheart went one way while Snaketail and his siblings went another, they were supposed to meet back at a clearing near the Leafclan camp but when Redstar and Lilyheart didn't come back after awhile Snaketail and the others went to go find them.

They found Redstar and Lilyheart each laying in a pool of their own blood, Redstar had two lives left and survived the attack but sadly Lilyheart didn't. Snaketail was devastated at his mother's death but unlike his siblings he didn't let it show. Moons later Brambleheart admitted to the clan that she had actually killed Redstar and not a Mountainclan patrol. When Shrewstar asked her why she did it she just told him that he wouldn't believe her so Shrewstar banished Brambleheart from Leafclan.

Later that night Snaketail also left the clan along with Sunstripe and Eagleclaw because he believed that Brambleheart had been banished unfairly and Snaketail knew that his sister would not have killed Redstar without a good reason. Two days later Shrewstar caught up to Snaketail, Brambleheart, Sunstripe, and Eagleclaw on their way to Twolegplace, he explained that Lilyheart ad visited him in a dream and explained to him what really happened with Redstar and he let them back into the clan. Moons later Snaketail was helping his clanmates rescue Shiverkit [later Shiverpool], Cloverkit [later Clovertail], Singekit [later Singetail], and Cottonkit [later Cottonfoot] from a cave when the cave started to collapse. Snaketail managed to keep the cave from completely caving in by using a large branch to prop up the entrance long enough for his clanmates to escape with the kits but sadly the cave collapsed while he was inside and Snaketail died.