Hazel

Name - Hazel

Gender - She-cat

Clan - None

Rank - Rogue

Family - Stormclaw, Rainier, Meiji (ex-mates) Emberglow, Moon, Sorrow, Broken (daughters), Void, Shatter (sons), Dodger II (grandson), Shadow, Cinder and Midnight (granddaughters)

Friends - Hazel doesn't have friends

Enemies - At this point, probably Stormclaw. Indirectly, Sorrelseed. And **Hazel**, probably.

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Hazel is a slim brown she-cat with the same captivating green eyes as Emberglow. Her pelt has a slight ginger tint to it. There are a few scars on her muzzle and paws. Some of the more distinctive ones are nine small lines on her leg, where her father used to keep track of her age. She's so small that she's taller sitting then standing. She is blind in her left eye due to an injury and has scars all over her pelt. Her ears have plenty of nicks taken out of them.

#### Personality

Hazel is fierce and harsh. She has a belief in survival of the fittest and tends to ignore cats in need. She tried to teach her kits to be strong and showed them little to no love. She is brutally honest, always says what she thinks, barely pauses to think about the consequences of her actions. She's the type that would see a drowning kit and think 'serves them right.'

When she was younger, Hazel was an absolute paragon of sass. She learned to be more open and vulnerable around Stormclaw and let's be honest, that's kind of what landed her here. Good job Hazel.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Hazel's kithood was similar to the raising of her own kits. She grew up with her parents, Swan and Pecan, and her brothers. Pecan wanted his kits to be strong and fearless, so he taught them how to hunt and fight. His claws were always out and ready for someone to break the rules though. Scars on the face were for fighting mistakes and scars on the paws were for hunting mistakes. As the smallest in the litter as well as the only she-cat, Hazel was picked on more than any of the other kits. She was a poor hunter at first and got a new paw injury almost every day. But she learned and was soon able to out-hunt any of her brothers. She was a far better fighter, resulting in only a few scars on her face.

    She left home at the age of nine moons and found her way to Clan territory where she met Stormpaw. She injured his ear in a fight and made her mark, both literally and figuratively, on the young tom.

#### Adult Life

As she got older, Hazel ran into Stormclaw more and more often. The two became friends and, after the death of Reedstalk, Stormclaw even lived with her for a few days. He got in trouble for it, of course, but it didn't stop either of them from slowly falling for each other. Stormclaw visited her at night many times and she was very happy about this. She slowly accepted the fact that she loved him.

As time went on, the pair grew apart and Stormclaw visited less and less. Hazel found out she was going to have his kits, but he left permanantly before she got the chance to tell him. Over the next two moons, Hazel became bitter and lived in a state of constant resentment.

When her kits were born, she named them Moon, Void, and Night. It was clear from the beginning that Moon was her favored kit. But between Void's faint tabby markings and Night's green eyes, Hazel's other two children reminded her too much of her former mate. She started training them when they were only a moon old, secretly hoping that Night and Void would prove to be stronger than they seemed, the way she had. However, to her dismay, Night was a poor fighter on her best days and Moon could toss her around like fresh-kill on her worst. She wasn't fast enough to hunt rabbits and wasn't good enough at jumping to catch birds, so Hazel determined that Night was as good as dead once she left home. Void, on the other paw, was a fair hunter and decent fighter, though he only ever fought to keep Night safe. If it weren't for Void's loyalty to his sister, Hazel wouldn't have left him. As it was, only Moon was considered worth her attention after two and a half moons and by three moons, Hazel was ready to leave her weaker kits.

Hazel and Moon continued traveling for some time, until they reached the twolegplace where Hazel had been raised. When Hazel started looking for her brothers, Moon decided to leave her mother. Hazel was once again alone.

This didn't bother her. She eventually found her brother Rabbit, who was now living a comfortable life as a kittypet named Quentin. He was friendly enough to her, but his owners were unwilling to take Hazel into their home. She was a shrimpy, scarred she-cat with no interesting markings. Why would they want her? Even if they had, she wouldn't have stayed. She ended up wandering through twolegplace and ending up in a trap.

She couldn't figure out a way to escape, but that wasn't for lack of trying. About two bleeding paws later, she gave up and fell asleep. When she woke up again, she was in a small cage in a warehouse full of similar cages, about half of them containing cats. The cage nearest her contained a black and white tom named Meiji. He was friendly toward her and often snuck her extra food while she was recovering from her injuries. Turns out, she'd been captured by an illegal underground breeding center. Hazel didn't like this, understandably, but the people in charge had looked at her scars and thought she must be a strong, capable cat. So they kept her and stuffed her in the warehouse to wait until they had a suitable mate for her.

They eventually found one, a brown and white Ragdoll tom named Rainier. Rainier was a jerk to her and they fought a lot. They even had a repeat of Hazel and Stormclaw's first fight, in which Hazel tore out a good chunk of his ear. They did eventually have kits though, and Hazel was careful to keep them distanced from their father. Rainier didn't like this, but gave up trying to change it after Hazel clawed him a few more times.

When the kits were around four moons old, they started getting sold off. Hazel didn't know what was going on and tried to stop the two-legs from taking her kits, but they ignored her and sold the kittens anyways. Hazel was very upset about this, but at least she never saw Rainier again. Which was honestly better for him than for her, because he did nothing to try and save their kits so Hazel was about ready to straight up murder him if he tried to talk to her again.

She was returned to her cage in the warehouse and continued being somewhat nice to Meiji. She had a few more kits with a few more mates, but tried to stay unattached to them. After what had happened to her first litter here, she didn't want to go through any more pain than she already had. There's only so much a girl can take, even if that girl is Hazel.

This went on for some time until finally, Meiji gathered his courage and asked her to be his mate. Now, both of them were getting along in moons and they didn't have much time before the two-legs tossed them out on the street. Hazel was torn and struggled with the decision for a few days. On the one paw, Meiji had been genuinely kind to her and she would need a friend when she finally got to leave. On the other, she was certain Stormclaw still loved her and all it would take to get him back was a heartfelt apology. But she wasn't sure she'd ever see him again, so she said yes to Meiji.

They were happy for a bit, but sadly, their time was still running out. Hazel, never one to be tossed around by fate, thought up and escape plan and managed to get herself and Meiji out- literally the day before Meiji was scheduled to be removed from the warehouse. Good job Hazel.

The pair wandered the city for several moons. Eventually, just as Hazel was convincing him to leave twolegplace with her, Meiji was hit by a car. Hazel was understandably upset. When their kits were born only a moon later, she gave them suitably Hazel names: Sorrow, for the crushing sadness Hazel still had for both Meiji's death and Stormclaw's betrayal (yes, she's still mad about that); Broken, for their now broken home; and Shatter, for the way her life had crumbled around her every day since Stormclaw left. Basically, Hazel pulled a Yellowfang/Stagheart and named her kits after how messed up her life was. Good job, Hazel.

Anyways, she took care of them as best she could, constantly moving them around the city and even popping in on Quintin occasionally to make him babysit. All was well and good until Shatter caught a real bad sickness and died. That really upset Hazel, mostly because Shatter looked the most similar to Meiji of the three kits and his personality reminded Hazel quite a bit of Stormclaw too. So losing him was like losing both her mates again. The kits were about five moons old then, so she decided it was time to leave. Having no other ideas of where to go, Hazel decided to take the kits back to her old home. The one where Moon, Void, and Night had been born. The one where she'd been happy, even if that happiness only lasted a few moons.

It took two moons to get there, but they eventually did. Hazel took Sorrow and Broken to the heather patch, which was starting to grow back from the fire (see Moon's page for more about that) and they settled in. Hazel continued teaching them how to hunt and fight and every day, she looked down at MarshClan and waited as she used to for Stormclaw. He never came, surprise surprise, so Hazel and her kits are just chilling on that hill until she can come up with a reason to go looking for Stormclaw.

A few moons after settling there, Firsong and Rillwing happened across the heather patch. Broken tried to get them to fight her, but Hazel stepped out instead and told Broken to leave them alone. When Rillwing mentioned MarshClan, Hazel asked them about Stormclaw. Rillwing mentioned that Stormclaw lived with his daughter and Hazel was kinda mad at that, assuming that the daughter in question was someone else's. Remember, she didn't know the whereabouts of Moon or the fate of Night and Void at this point, so she didn't think it was Night/Emberglow who lived in FallClan.

Either way, she told the MarshClan cats to tell Stormclaw to go to the old island. We'll have to wait and see if he does, because Fir and Rill aren't back in the Clans yet.

And there it is. That's the tragedy of Hazel.

## Other

#### Trivia

* She had four brothers: Chestnut, Mallard, Rabbit, and Robin. All but Rabbit have at least one kit in RP. Collectively, they're called the smol Hazel relatives.
* She has a variety of nicknames for Stormclaw, though she usually just called him fish-cat.
* Her headcanon voice is Meg from Hercules.
* Paper Rings is totally the HazelStorm ship song. Seriously. 100%.
* Personality-wise, she's a cross between a Cancer and an Aries. (I, Warrior, am also a star sign nerd, just less so)
* She can rap. It's canon. Fight me.
* She hates fish and water and everything having to do with those things.
* This is one angry midget
* Yeah, she's still around.
* Also, this is completely irrelevant, but when Hazel and Rainier had kits, Hazel wasn't technically allowed to name them. Rainier made sure she knew that. But in her head, the she-cats were named Aurora and Heather, and the toms were Storm and Everest
* Basically, Hazel's life sucked after Stormclaw left. And before Stormclaw left. Hazel's life sucked. Good job Hazel.
* New headcanon: the majority of Hazel's ancestors were Singapuras and/or Munchkins. How else do we explain her tinyness?
* Young Hazel kinda reminders me of Azula from Avatar. Her headcanon voice may need to change to Azula.
* Another great HazelStorm song is One Last Time by Ariana Grande.
* I'm working on a HazelStorm playlist and I'm going on a wild tour of the 2000s and 2010s. The list has a disproportionate amount of Taylor Swift on it. Maybe it's not too surprising. I have mentioned that Lover is basically a HazelStorm album.

#### Quotes

*"We're not playing, oh great wild cat. We're going to the death."*

*"And I'm proud of that scar I left you with. I bet if I had told you my name, you wouldn't have forgotten it."*

*"Aw, it's so cute that you think that, fish-brain."*

*"Stupid cats are adorable."*

*"Well, Mother always did care about formalities. And you deserve to know the name of the cat who's about to shred you. The name's Hazel."*

*"No. I don't think I will."*

*"Guess not, which is a shame. It looked like you had plans today."'*

**Stormclaw:** *"Well, at least you're honest. I guess it doesn't really matter what I do, then. I can't stop you from coming here either way. Is that what you're telling me?"*

**Hazel:** *"That's exactly what I'm saying."*

*"Wow. Forgetful little fish-cat you are. Yes, it's Hazel."*

*"Right. Stormclaw. Great. I can go back to insulting you now, right?"*

*"Ha! I don't think you can fully comprehend the satisfaction that gives me."*

*"You can stop explaining how important fish are. The only fish I've ever insulted is you."*

*"Who cares about rules? They can't control who you talk to."*

*"It's been one day since I last saw you. Were you expecting me to disappear overnight?"*

*"It's called friendship, Stormclaw."*

*"So which of your weird rules are we breaking today?"*

*"You're the first cat that's interested me enough to care about you."*

*"That's fine. Walking is good for you."*

*"Of course I am. Don't be stupid."*

*"You just are. Stop arguing with me."*

*"You're still a stupid fish-cat. But you're a good hunter. I can respect that."*

*"Maybe just talk? Or does that sound as stupid out loud as it did in my head?"*

*"You could have lived on the moor and chose the water instead? And you wonder why I call you fish-cat."*

*"Well, the challenge is not telling the same story again and again. I don't remember any of these coming from something other than my father."*

*"Life's harsh, Stormclaw. You can't trust your family members, you can't trust anyone. It's an important lesson."*

*"No one checks beyond their borders."*

**Hazel:** *"I've been taking care of myself for a long time, Stormclaw. I can take care of wounds."*

**Stormclaw:** *"Oh. You don’t have to do that.”*

**Hazel:** *"I know."*

*"I'm trying to make sure you don't die, you can thank me when you're in a better mood."*

**Hazel:** *"Rabbit ahead. I'd shut up if I were you."*

**Stormclaw:** *"Shutting up."*

**Hazel:** *"Good fish-cat."*

**Stormclaw:** *"Oh yes, that's very aha-worthy indeed."*

**Hazel:** *"You be quiet."*

*"Um... let's, um, let's go find that rock then."*

*"Wow, I wonder where to find a bush. Why not, I don't know, the forest down there?"*

*"You're an idiot."*

*"Well, the closest river is FallClan, sooooo... noooo..."*

*"A lot of things. If you're asking about rabbits specifically, no."*

**Hazel:** *"There. I'm awake. Happy now, ya stupid ball of light?!"*

**Stormclaw:** *“Whatever did the sun do to you?”*

**Hazel:** *"I'd yell at you too if you woke me up."*

*"...right. Hunting. That... that's why we're out here."*

*You're just going to get attached and he'll leave you like everyone else.*

*"W-we can share this one if you want, it's pretty big."*

*"It'll be fine. I'll see you tomorrow, after all. I'm just being silly. I bet you're excited to see... what's her name? Sorrelspeck?"*

*"Try not to get shredded. I won't always be here to heal you."*

*"No, no, no, getting mad at ridiculous things is my job. We can't both do it."*

*"Please Stormclaw. Don't make this harder than it needs to be."*

*"I love you, but you need to go."*

*Nice going, Hazel. I thought we agreed to keep that to ourself.*

*"Well, depends. Can you find your way back on your own or do I have to lead you?"*

**Hazel:** *"Dunno. I've got some great places for star-gazing. My parents taught me a lot about the stars."*

**Stormclaw:** *"The stars are smarter than the sun, I presume?"*

**Hazel:** *"They don't blind me or wake me up, so yes."*

*Patience. My third least-favorite thing.*

*"So this is the great fish-cat? Wow. How special."*

*"Well, that's because I know what I'm doing out here."*

*I am officially in love with my strange little fish-cat.*

*"I love you, fish-cat."*

*"One time only. Had to swim a few times. It was unpleasant."*

*I was trying to make you happy! You like fish, so I was trying to let you do something you like for a change. But I'm done pretending. I appreciate the thought, but really. Keep. The. Fish."*

*Good job, Hazel. You've taken the one thing that matters to you in life and you've ruined it.*

*"Thanks for coming tonight, fish-cat."*

*"No, we have to fix it. I don't know what's wrong, I don't know what's going on, but I... I can't lose you. I can't lose this."*

**Stormclaw:** *"If you have any better ideas, then hit me with them!”*

**Hazel:** *"I'd rather hit you."*

*"I don't want it to be easy! I want you to care, Stormclaw! If I ever meant anything to you, please, please stay!"*

*"Wouldn't be my first bad decision and won't be my last. Now, who are you and why are you here?"*