Brightstep

> "I've never really cared about what other people think is 'impossible'."
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## Physical Description

Brightstep is rather small compared to the other cats that she knows, and shows no sign of an incredible growth spurt that will take her up to the height of other cats. She has light ginger fur with a tiny white splodge on the tip of her nose, a dainty white left forepaw. She is rather fluffy, displaying her kittypet heritage, but not so fluffy that it becomes a huge problem. Her eyes are a teal colour that stand out rather fiercely against the flames of her pelt.

## Personality

Brightstep is ardent and bubbly, a ray of sunshine through the clouds on a rainy day. She is incredibly intelligent and very energetic, always putting effort into things that she enjoys doing, but can get easily sidetracked if she thinks that something else is more interesting or more likely to be worth her time. She is determined and ambitious, wanting to achieve her goals above all. She is outgoing and cheerful, and often far too trusting of others as she likes to see the inherent good in them. She could be considered quite off-beat and weird, and always goes out of her way to try to help others. She is incredibly brave and is prepared to put her life on the line for causes--or people--that she cares about.

However, she is often viewed as audacious and reckless because of her disregard for rules, only following the ones that seem really important or fair. Despite her usually cheerful demeanor, she is ferocious when angered and is a fierce campaigner for justice, hating nothing more than when things aren't fair. She is hot-tempered, blunt and adventurous, never the first to back down from a fight. She can also be pushy, judgmental and blunt. She is also frequently underestimated because of her size and her exuberance, leading many to think that she must be stupid.

## Life

### Kithood

Brightkit grew up as a kittypet until she was three moons old, being called by the name Freddy Bright, as her mother--a pure-bred kittypet--had been Virtue Bright. She grew up on tales of the Clans and she and her siblings always wanted to explore and find them. At the age of three moons, she went out to explore the world and find her father, a loner, but was caught in the currents of a river and swept downstream to RiverClan, where she was found by the medicine cat, Tidecrash, and allowed to join as Brightkit. When she was four moons old, wanting to impress him, she left camp to find herbs that might be useful for him and Fawngaze, meeting a ShadowClan kit named Fallenkit along the way. Despite their playful banter, they became fast friends. Upon returning to camp, Brightkit discovered that Tidecrash was afflicted with yellowcough; determined to help Fawngaze in any way that she could, she grabbed the catmint that Fawngaze said would be useful but couldn't find any lungwort. She felt awful for not being able to help properly, causing her to be determined to learn all that she could--especially about herbs like that--so that she wouldn't fail again. Her competitive spirit caused some discord between her and another kit, Honeybun, who wanted to be the medicine cat apprentice.

She and Fallenkit, who became Fallenpaw soon after they met, continued to meet up and become even better friends. He taught her the fighting moves that he was learning in the Dark Forest and they began to form training and battle strategies in hopes of improving. She was warned about the moves that she was using by StarClan, due to her 'connection' with them, but chose to ignore them and decided that it wasn't bad if they were using the battle moves for good.

Wanting to prove to Stormpaw, an arrogant RiverClan apprentice, that she wasn't just a 'dumb kittypet', she sneaked onto ThunderClan territory with him and killed a squirrel at five moons old, just before her apprenticeship. They were found by Hopepetal and taken to Thornstar, where Brightkit protested that she only wanted to prove herself. Stormpaw, angry at the prospect of being told off by another Clan, attacked her and called her 'nothing but a low-down, good-for-nothing *pet*!', which caused Blazingfrost, a previous (now deceased) deputy of ThunderClan and Hopepetal's mother to spring to her aid. Brightkit was surprised at this, as the StarClan cats that she had met before had rarely appeared in front of others.

She stayed with ThunderClan for a while until the blizzard began to ease up, then left for RiverClan at the first chance that she got. She arrived back and was immediately attacked by Vinepaw, who left her with nasty cuts. Though Brightkit fought back valiantly by using what she had learnt from Fallenpaw, she was no match for the much older apprentice.

### Apprenticeship

Brightpaw was apprenticed to Poppyflower, who she had come to think of as her adoptive mother, and vowed to train hard as a warrior. Her first act as an apprentice was to expose Vinepaw's attack, hoping that this would protect other kits who were not 'perfect', such as Mintkit, a mountain cat who she had come to think of as her sister, and Petalkit, a partially deaf cat. Due to the heavy blizzard that had begun to pick up again, it was decided that Vinepaw's punishment would be decided upon at a later date, but that she would be kept under heavy surveillance. Brightpaw was surprised to find out, upon probing Tidecrash, that Vinepaw was his daughter.

Unsettled by the stunning revelations and determined to prove her worth, Brightpaw left for the territory to hunt, only to find Fallenpaw instead. The two talked for a while, sharing each Clan's experience with the blizzard, and when he left Brightpaw went on to catch some prey.

She returned to camp with the prey and proudly impressed Poppyflower who then demonstrated some battle moves to her. Eager to show Fallenpaw, she rushed off to the ShadowClan border where she met Thriftpaw, a deaf ShadowClan apprentice who she became friends with. Upon returning to camp, she found that Fawngaze had been injured during the blizzard due to leaving to find herbs in No Clan's Land and Leafwing was suffering from bloodcough. Desperate to help, she managed to get Fawngaze enough herbs to treat her injuries so that the medicine cat could treat her friend. It was then that she finally realised, though she wanted to help as much as she could, she would far prefer to be a warrior than a medicine cat.

Brightpaw constantly left the camp to catch as much prey as she could, wanting to provide for her Clan during the harsh winter months. She began to think that visits from StarClan had passed, as she was now well into her apprenticeship at eight moons old and had yet to receive another one. She was, in fact, wrong, and talked to a cat by the name of Swiftbreeze, who had once been a RiverClan warrior but had left to fight for a new Clan, called BeachClan, and had eventually become deputy. He warned her that many StarClan--and Dark Forest--cats would attempt to live vicariously through her, and that she should be careful to follow her own path and not fall into the traps that they presented; the irony being, of course, that he was one of those cats attempting to influence her path. Scorning his wisdom and advice to remain close to her Clan for the rest of her life, Brightpaw left for ShadowClan and met a young apprentice called Hazelpaw, also of kittpet heritage, who she taught how to hunt properly.

A moon or so later, Brightpaw awoke from uneasy dreams, plagued by StarClan and memories of her family. She saw Vinepaw on the highledge and was incredibly surprised, wondering why Vinepaw sat, uninvited, where only Miststar and Swiftflight, being the leader and deputy, were generally allowed. Her questions were soon answered when the majority of the Clan awoke and Vinepaw addressed them all, telling them of her true parentage and her love for Stormpaw, inviting him to join her in her exile. Confronted by Poppyflower and rejected by Stormpaw, Vinepaw, driven by rage, attacked Brightpaw in an attempt to kill her again. Not fighting her hardest because of her reluctance to harm Vinepaw, she was ultimately saved by Poppyflower and Stormpaw's choices to step in to stop the battle, Poppyflower through force and Stormpaw through words.

She had a heart-to-heart with Fawngaze about her power, trying to figure out ways that she could use it for good in warrior life. Excited by the prospect of being a warrior and enthused by her conversation with Fawngaze, she went to talk to Morningpaw and Mintkit, who was still yet to be made an apprentice despite being seven moons, two younger than Brightpaw. Mintkit claimed that Poppyflower completely ignored her whilst Brightpaw angrily countered that she had more important things on her mind than making Mintkit an apprentice. Storming out of camp angrily, she saw Mintkit about to jump off the gorge, only just able to save her and pull her back from the edge. Returning to camp, she was just in time to see Miststar's death; she will always blame herself for this, though deep in her heart she does know that she would only have been able to save Mintkit or Miststar.

She began to close herself off, outwardly seeming like the usual, cheerful cat that everyone knew, but inside deeply terrified that everyone who she cared about would die. This was only furthered by the death of Tidecrash at the claws of a hawk, after which Brightpaw totally lost it with StarClan, yelling at her most frequent companion, Blazingfrost, about how she could have saved him.

Visited more frequently by StarClan cats now, as though they were beginning to taunt her, Brightpaw began learning medicine with Vinepaw's mother, Willowspirit. Whilst she disliked how Willowspirit constantly made excuses for her daughter's murderous tendencies, she enjoyed learning more about how to care for her Clan. She desperately devoted herself to each of her Clanmates--even Stormpaw--in hopes that none of the rest of them would die, though she still met up with Fallenpaw near-constantly.

Wanting to catch her breath, she decided to simply hang out with the kits and teach them some hunting tricks, deciding to take them outside of camp given that the snow was finally beginning to melt. She taught Petalkit and Ripplekit a hunting crouch, but was continuously haunted by StarClan cats until she yelled at them. Ripplekit, thinking that she was angry with him, rushed away into ThunderClan territory, Brightpaw following him. She found him under a bush, injured, and stayed with him for a while until another cat--Creekfrost, a ThunderClan warrior--arrived. After that, she raced to get herbs to make a poultice for the wounds on Ripplekit's head and brought him back to camp.

Leaving the camp one day to meet with Fallenpaw, she instead encountered Hopepetal again. The ThunderClan queen was clearly ill, and as RiverClan camp was closer than ThunderClan, Brightpaw offered to take Hopepetal to her home for Fawngaze to look her over. She then left to meet with Fallenpaw, encountering a small kit--Badgerkit--who she had known from when she got stuck in ThunderClan. The kit was being hunted by foxes, and she forced him up a tree into safety before leaping down to help Hopepetal--who had heard the commotion--fight the foxes. The ThunderClan queen and kit were hurt, causing Brightpaw to rush back to camp and tell Leafwing, the new deputy. Leafwing assigned her and Stormpaw to a patrol to help the injured ThunderClan cats before going to get the ThunderClan medicine cat as well, who joined the patrol quickly. Bringing both ThunderClan cats back to camp to heal them, they encountered a new surprise; Vinepaw had returned.

Brightpaw remained on edge, becoming slightly tetchy and rude to the ThunderClan guests as she tried to adjust to the presence of her would-be murderer in the Clan. At Vinepaw (Vinecrash) and Stormpaw (Stormclaw)'s warrior ceremony, she was talked to by Vinecrash, who wanted to speak with her in the territory after the ceremony. Still apprehensive and not prepared to trust the cat who had attempted to kill her twice, Brightpaw refused angrily, insulting Vinecrash, who then rushed out of camp in tears. Feeling awful and remorseful, she followed Vinecrash out and decided to give her a fair chance. It was then revealed that Vinecrash have MPD, making Brightpaw far more sympathetic to her plight and regretting being so rude to her upon her return.

She decided to become even more dedicated to her Clanmates, going out hunting and practising every battle move possible. She met with a cat named Nightshade, from ThunderClan, in RiverClan territory, who revealed that there were tunnels beneath the Clans that allowed cats to get from one territory to another. She decided to remember that, but would not reveal it to other Clans for fear of an easy war. That night, she awoke in StarClan, confronted by several cats who she didn't know--these were not the ordinary guardians who protected her. They said nothing but this:

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> One will find and fight.
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> One will flee and fall."
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### Adult Life

Surprisingly, Brightstep was made a warrior two moons early, at eleven moons old. Excited, she couldn't help but rush to tell Fallenpaw--now Fallenclaw- meeting Blazingpaw, Blazingfrost's disowned granddaughter on the way. The new warrior was surprised that someone who bore the name of a cat who she knew loathed ShadowClan so much could be in that Clan, but pushed it to the back of her mind when talking to Fallenclaw. She then returned back to RiverClan, talking to an older apprentice named Flintpaw about fathers and what hers was like.

Determined to see Fallenclaw again, she sneaked out of camp in the middle of the night only to get lost in No-Clan's Land. There, she saw Flintpaw training with an unknown cat very viciously. Stepping out to confront him about it, she was, in turn, confronted by Fawngaze, who had followed her out of camp and wanted to know where she was going. She refused to reveal the truth, but managed to return to camp with the help of Flintpaw's knowledge of the place.

A few moons later, she met a young kit in camp who proclaimed their name to be Duskkit. The kit was alone and without a family, reminding Brightstep an awful lot of herself and leading to her adopting the kit, despite not knowing the first thing about such things. Soon after, she and Fallenclaw became mates. Excited, Brightstep rushed home, only to encounter Mintpaw. The young she-cat was obviously in turmoil, and argued with Brightstep until she retaliated, yelling at the cat who she considered her sister. Horrified at what she had done, she attempted to sort it out, but Mintpaw was already gone. Wanting to get some air, Brightstep left camp and found a young cat named Cypress, who had clearly just been attacked and needed help immediately. She brought her back to camp, much to the chagrin of Ripplepaw, who insisted that Brightstep was naive for bringing a loner to their camp. Brightstep retaliated, stating that if it hadn't been for the kindness of RiverClan then she may have been dead, and that it was her duty to show this cat at least a little bit of the compassion that she had been shown. They had an argument and did not speak to each other for a moon.

Brightstep became mentor to Drizzlepaw, another RiverClan cat who had previously been a kittypet, just as she discovered that she was expecting Fallenclaw's kits. Worried about what the Clan would think of half-Clan kits, she began to plan ways that she could hide both her early pregnancy and the true father of her kits, she went for a walk along the ThunderClan border--as far away from ShadowClan as possible--and met her sister, now called Lightningstrike. The two had changed greatly since kithood and struggled to find common ground, but still felt a strong bond as sisters and were determined to meet again soon.

Returning to her Clan, Brightstep realised that it was impossible to keep the secret of her kits from her Clan for long and revealed it to Dustwing, a close friend of hers. Dustwing was rather judgemental about the whole affair at first, but agreed to help Brightstep by pretending to be the father of her kits. Wanting to protect her kits and her reputation, Brightstep visited Fallenclaw and told him that she had to end their relationship, for the sake of their families and Clans. They parted ways on frosty terms, and Brightstep returned to camp in hopes of having a nice, peaceful time. No such luck, as during her conversation with Bumblefire he revealed that he had feelings for her. She rejected him as kindly as possible, telling him that she was with Dustwing, but he seemed furious with her. Exasperated, she returned to camp, only to find out that ThunderClan had declared war on the Clan for a simple border skirmish.

Preparing for the coming war, she helped Swifstar and Leafwing to form an original plan, but this was betrayed to ThunderClan by an apprentice named Skypaw, who had pretended to be on their side. She learnt this from her sister when she and a ThunderClan 'traitor', Petalfire, were patrolling the border. Angry, she encouraged Lightningstrike to join them and formed a new plan that would be much more difficult to crack.

A moon later, ThunderClan did indeed attack. Brightstep, having planned many various things involving squadrons in camp, was confident in their ability to win, but rushed out in anger when her sister, Lightningstrike, was killed by her adoptive sister, Mintpaw--now Minkstrike, and fighting on ThunderClan's side. She and Mintpaw engaged in a battle, the forces of StarClan and Dark Forest rallying behind each respectively. Getting ever closer to the gorge, Mintpaw fell down off it, and in an instant the spirit cats had vanished. Distraught, she leapt back into the battle until lightning struck the camp, beginning to burn. The entire Clan took refuge in ShadowClan, where she gave birth to her kits--Reedkit and Pebblekit.

A moon or so later, her adoptive brother, Swiftstar, began a downward spiral. After he attacked her kit, Reedkit, his mate, Leafwing and Leafwing's kit, Silverkit, she decided that something needed to be done. Gathering followers who supported both her and her cause, she began to organise a coup against the leader. It was around this time that Minkstrike, now renamed Mintcry, arrived in the Clans. Though originally hesitant, Brightstep learnt to trust her again and was happy to have her support during the deposition of Swiftstar. Arriving in camp with her mate, Dustwing, and her friend, Leafwing, at her side, she leapt up on to the river rock and began to rally the rest of the Clan against Swiftstar.

Two moons later, Swiftstar--reformed and bloodied--stumbled into camp, losing a life that was taken by Lionstorm, the WindClan deputy. Panicking, Brightstep managed to calm down Leafwing before asking Sunstreak, a nearby warrior, to get her some herbs. Whilst calming down Reedkit, who had stumbled over, Brightstep noticed Sunstreak treating Swiftstar with completely the wrong herbs and method. Rushing over, her nerves formed in anger as she snapped at the older warrior, managing to treat her brother herself. Sunstreak, clearly offended, berated her, but Brightstep fought back verbally, reprimanding Sunstreak for treating Swiftstar without having received any sort of training in medicine. Swiftstar, wanting the pair to sort out their differences, sent them on a patrol together. It worked, for the most part.

One day, however, Brightstep entered camp and was surprised to find that both Swiftstar and Sunstreak had disappeared. Expecting the worst--that a fox had taken them, or they had been captured by twolegs--she made it her mission to find them, even alone.

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Now leader, Leafstar made Brightstep her deputy. Not everyone was happy with that decision, however, and Bumblefire attacked her kits, prompting Brightstep and Dustwing to leap into action. Brightstep exiled Bumblefire on behalf of Leafstar, who was out travelling to the Moon Pool to get her nine lives, but not before he could badly hurt Hailkit and Pebblekit. Bumblefire refused to leave and insulted her family, causing Brightstep to attack him, both cats being injured badly in the battle that ensued. Dustwing jumped in to help Brightstep, with Swiftflight taking the kits out of harm's way as the battle became ever more bloody. In the heat of the battle, Dustwing was struck down by Bumblefire and killed. Bumblefire then rushed away, taking Hailkit with him as a hostage.

Following Bumblefire to No-Clan's Land, Brightstep confronted him about what he had done, and the two fought again. Brightstep managed to rescue Hailkit and bring him back to camp, vowing that if Bumblefire ever so much as crossed the RiverClan border he would face the consequences. Upon Leafstar's return, she told her friend this.

... (bla bla blah Skyspirit was killed write this up later)

Brightstep returned from the Two-leg Place to find that Sunstreak had dragged Bumblefire's dead body back to camp. Rather puzzled by this, she asked why. It was soon discovered that he was killed in cold blood, and that Sunstreak had brought him back to RiverClan for a warrior's burial. Leafstar refused this privilege, and Brightstep heatedly backed her up. This caused Sunstreak to run away to WindClan, Leafstar warning her that she now had no right to ever return. Shaken and horrified, Brightstep left the camp for a while to take some time to herself, running into Fallenclaw by the ShadowClan border. He admitted that he still had feelings for her but she turned him down, still in love with the late Dustwing. She told him about the woes of RiverClan, to which he was completely unsympathetic. This angered her, as she made a point of always caring for others, despite their Clan, and wondered out loud why she ever loved a cat so selfish. They argued, and she returned to camp.

Soon after, her second litter of kits was born, this one truly being Dustwing's. She named them Violetkit, Heatherkit and Mosskit, after the plants that predominantly grew on her mate's grave. Out on a visit to his resting place, she was attacked by several foxes, but thankfully Leafstar arrived to save her.

Blah blah blah helps Raindash out after dog attack

The whole Ivytail's death, Pebble leaving for ShadowClan fiasco, Mintcry's return

Following her second litter of kits, Brightstep grew gradually more and more depressed. On a hunting patrol with Pebblepaw and Rippleheart, she met a pretty kittypet named Blossom, and invited her to stay in RiverClan camp whilst she healed from her wounds. The pair hit it off immediately, but Brightstep remained in an awful mood, meeting up with Fallenclaw again only making her feel worse--she believed that her kits should know their real father, but didn't want to ruin the reputations of the entire family. At only twenty three, she felt as though she had wasted her life, and wanted more from it. Brightstep decided to accompany Blossom back home. On the way there, they got talking, and Blossom, with an extensive knowledge of illness due to her twolegs being doctors, quickly worked out that Brightstep was suffering from postnatal depression. Brightstep was stunned and glad to have closure, but still worried about how to help herself. Blossom promised to stay and help her work it out, flattering Brightstep. On the way back, however, they saw Reedpaw and another young apprentice, Flintpaw, being circled by foxes and chased towards the gorge. Brightstep leapt in to protect them, but was unable to save Reedpaw, who was pushed off the gorge in her attempt to flee the foxes.

Anger at Leafstar

Fallen's death and family reveal

Afterwards, Badgerstrike asked to be her mate whilst she was comforting Heatherkit and Pebbleeyes--a particularly bad time, causing Pebbleeyes to snap at him. Despite Brightstep's best efforts, a full-on fight ensued, ending in Badgerstrike proclaiming that he hated her. Immediately siding with Pebbleeyes, Brightstep led her daughters away from the cat that she had trusted.

Blah blah, gathering where Furstar is salty, meets with other Clans for to confirm alliances, meets with Furstar at the border.

Leafstar's death shook Brightstep to the core--it seemed that StarClan seemed determined to take even more cats from her. Nevertheless, she was determined to press on for the sake of her Clan, receiving her nine lives from StarClan: understanding, thoughtfulness, strength, good judgement, joy, forgiveness, \_\_\_, \_\_\_ and \_\_\_. She swore to lead her Clan well, and made Poppyflower her deputy. Her first true act as a leader was to change Pebbleeye's name to Pebblestorm, wanting the name to show the fact that, in this new era, no cat would be devalued. She also accepted Brokenflight, a ShadowClan cat, into RiverClan, causing some discord between her and Pebblestorm, who revealed that she was pregnant.

Wanting to clear her head, she went hunting, where she met Fawnflower, a ThunderClan she-cat. The two hit it off immediately, and met several more times. Upon seeing her friend being attacked by foxes, Brightstar saved her and dragged her back to RiverClan, being bombarded with questions from Hickoryfrost, Heatherpaw and Mosspaw.

Became mates with Badgerstrike, causing an argument with Pebblestorm.

Any tensions that had already been running in the Clan were heightened by the death of her youngest daughter, Heatherpaw. Blinded by grief, Brightstar began lashing out at all of the 'traitors' that she thought were involved, only marginally consoled when it was revealed that her older daughter, Reedspirit, was not dead and had returned to camp. The family - Brightstar, Pebblestorm, Ripplespirit, Mosspaw and Berrypaw - managed to work out several of their differences, venting to each other about all manner of problems, though Pebblestorm did put up a fight.

Reedspirit left again, to finish something out by the edge of the forest, and Clan life returned mostly to normal. Brightstar managed to find the courage to break it off with Badgerstrike, and he took it better than Bumblefire, certainly. It was all going well. Until the rats attacked.

A ShadowClan warrior named Honeymoon

After Poppyflower's death, Brighstar decided to introduce a new system, so that the Clan would never have to worry about having no cat for leadership. As well as making Drizzleshine her deputy, she appointed Pebblestorm, Hickoryfrost, Rippleheart and Emberdawn as Councillors, who would advise and help her and Drizzleshine in their decisions.

meets Blazing at gathering

Taunted by Furstar and the ghosts of her past, Brightstar began to go mad with grief, spiralling out of control and attacking two of her warriors, Magpiefeather and Thornheart, after an argument during which Thornheart attacked and killed her. The young she-cat who had once been blessed by StarClan was now being tormented by the evil of the Dark Forest, seeping in around her. Waking in StarClan, Leafstar didn't make any of it much better, yelling at Brightstar who, in the end, was defended by Almondnose.

Forced to exile Thornheart for murder, Brightstar decided to give him only three moons. Magpiefeather went with him, and the Clan thought nothing more of it. A sunrise later, however, it was discovered that Pebblestorm had fallen off the gorge whilst fighting a fox; a body, presumed to be hers, had been found. Determined that her daughter couldn't be dead, Brightstar enlisted the help of Blazingivy to find her in No-Clan's Land. Losing a life to a badger in order to save Blazingivy and a kit, she walked with a limp for much of the rest of the journey.

Returned after being found by Pebble, lost life fighting fox to save Willowfall

Went on patrol to find Hawk and lost life

Loses a few more lives

By this time, she and Blazingivy were meeting up regularly, and they eventually decided to run away together. Revoking her name, Brightstep persuaded Badgerstrike to cover for her, telling the Clan that she was dead, before leaving for No Clan's Land with Blazingivy.

## Friends and Family

Fallenclaw - StarClan, tom, warrior, ex-mate

Dustwing - StarClan, tom, warrior, mate

Blazingivy - ShadowClan, she-cat, warrior, mate

Blossomsong - StarClan, she-cat, warrior, best friend

Leafstar - RiverClan, she-cat, leader, best friend

Nightflight - RiverClan, she-cat, apprentice, adoptive sister

Duskfall - RiverClan, she-cat, apprentice, adoptive sister

Rippleheart - RiverClan, tom, warrior, friend

Sandgaze - RiverClan, tom, warrior, friend

Vinecrash - RiverClan, she-cat, apprentice, friend

Mintcry - she-cat, loner, friend

Petalpaw - RiverClan, she-cat, apprentice, friend

Drizzleshine - RiverClan, she-cat, warrior, friend

Pebblestorm - RiverClan, she-cat, warrior, daughter

Reedspirit - RiverClan, she-cat, warrior, daughter

Hailstrike - StarClan, tom, warrior, adoptive son

Poppyflower - RiverClan, she-cat, warrior, adoptive mother

Swiftflight - RiverClan, tom, ex-leader, adoptive brother

Marlon - tom, loner, father

Peggy - she-cat, kittypet, mother

Lightningstrike (Benny) - StarClan, she-cat, apprentice, sister

## Quotes

"Yes, I'm the daughter of a kittypet and a loner. But I'm more of a Clan cat than you'll ever be." - Brightpaw to Vinepaw during their second battle.

"We'll be best friends forever! And--and we'll both become leaders, and then even our Clans can be best friends!" - Brightpaw to Fallenpaw at one of their many meetings.

"You're not a bad cat, Vinecrash, and--I'm sorry." - Brightpaw to Vinecrash after the truth about her MPD was revealed.

"You underestimate me, Flintpaw. I know that anything is possible if you believe it to be." - Brightstep to Flintpaw on the subject of battles.

"I'm not just going to be important. I'm going to be a legend!"

"Family isn't about who you're born with. It's about who truly cares about you. Who you would die for." - Brightstep to her youngest kit, Reedkit, on the subject of family.

"I may not be the cat who you thought would rebel. I'm bubbly, I'm cheerful, I'm naive. But I can promise you that, when such events as these occur, no one should simply stand by and allow them! The quiet must roar, the cheerful must become determined, the shy must fight! We must all stand up against cats who seek to destroy us, and our families. And as much as it pains me to say it, Swiftstar is not fit to lead against these types of cats when he is turning into one himself." - Brightstep to the Clan at the coup of Swiftstar.

"It might not seem like it's going to be okay to start off with, alright? But everything turns out fine in the end. The universe'll fix it." - Brightstep to Nettlekit, Sunstreak's daughter, after Nettlekit's mother left.

"I've never really cared about what other people think is 'impossible'." - Brightstep to Sunstreak, after setting out on her journey to find Reedpaw, whether dead or alive.