Minnowstar

* Realistic
* Younger Minnowstream

Second-Litter Kits:

* Skullkit
* Reedkit
* Spiderkit

Adopted Daughters:

* Fawnlight †
* Saltflower †
* Minnowpaw
* Lilackit †
* Creampaw
* Mangokit

Adopted Sons:

* Goldenmane
* RiverRipple †
* Hareleap †

> Silverstream: "Tell me, Minnowkit, what do you want to be when you grow up?
> Minnowkit: "...Alive."
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## **Appearance**

Minnowstar is a colossal, white furred she-cat with clear blue eyes. Her left ear is torn and there's a large scar that runs across her right eye from when she was mauled by BloodClan cats.

## **Affiliations**

Current: RiverClan

Past: Kittypet, WindClan, Loner

Rank: Warrior (Formerly), Leader (Formerly, Rainstar999), Queen (Formerly), Deputy (Formerly), Leader (Current)

## **Names**

Kit: Minnowkit

Apprentice: Minnowpaw

Warrior: Minnowstream

Senior Warrior: Minnowstream

Leader (Formerly, Rainstar999): *Minnowstar*

Queen (Formerly): Minnowstream

Deputy (Formerly): Minnowstream

Leader (Current): Minnowstar

## **Education**

Mentor: *Former WindClan deputy* (Rainstar999)

Apprentices: Fawnlight † (Formerly), NightCloud (Formerly), Iris (Formerly), & Oceanpaw (Formerly)

## **Deputy Position**

Preceded by: *Flickerlight* † (Rainstar999)

Succeeded by: *NightCloud* (Rainstar999)

Preceded by: Adderfang

Succeeded by: N/A

## **Leader Position**

Preceded by: *Sharpstar* † (Rainstar999)

Succeeded by: *RiverStar???*† (Rainstar999)

Preceded by: Flamestar

Succeeded by: Hoppaw

**(Just a note from a Rainstar999 role player I vividly remember sharpstar being succeeded by Ripplestar, then Cavestar. I don’t remember Minnow ever becoming leader because of her very frequent absence or something)**

## **Author's Note**

If y'all are confused about the backstory, most of these events took place on another site (Rainstar999), so yeah. But this is her backstory :) Hope you enjoyed.

## **Minnowstream's Backstory**

Minnowstream was born in a Twoleg den among her three siblings, Whirlkit (Whirlpool), Darkkit, and Icekit. Her mother, Silverstream, was a RiverClan born cat who had began to live with a Twoleg named Jack. When Minnowstream was almost apprentice aged, she got tired of living life as a kittypet and snuck out, fortunately stumbling into WindClan, where she was mentored by the deputy.

### **Joining RiverClan**

When a deadly sickness spread through Windclan camp, young Minnowpaw, not familiar with the warrior code, fled. Upon arriving at RiverClan, Minnowpaw pitched in and helped save the clan from an infestation of rats, earning her a place as an apprentice in RiverClan. Nonetheless, the cats didn't trust her, and she ended up without a mentor, training herself. Minnowpaw later befriended Firepaw, Goldpaw, Poolpaw, and Whirlpaw during an attack in the med-den by a Dark Forest warrior proclaiming to be Whirlpaw's father. During this incident, Minnowpaw realized that Whirlpaw was in fact her long-lost sister, Whirlkit.

### **Whirlpaw and Leafpaw**

Whirlpaw informed her that Silverstream had disappeared in search of the young Minnowkit, and that Icekit and Darkkit had died due to sickness. Grieved, Minnowpaw wandered aimlessly for a while until she encountered a loner named Leafpaw at Fourtrees. She conveyed her troubles to him and he soothed her. After a couple of visits, the two of them became closer, admitting to having feelings for one another. Meanwhile, Whirlpaw had been visiting a WindClan apprentice named Runningpaw, and now bore his kits. Frustrated when Minnowpaw learned of her sister's secret, she left her sister to die at the edge of a WindClan cliff while Whirlpaw was giving birth. Oddly enough, Leafpaw disappeared that same night.

### **Poolflood's Offer**

Moons passed, and Minnowpaw, now named Minnowstream, assumed that both her sister, and her former lover, had died. Time wore by as Firepaw, who was named Fireblaze, left the clans to live as a kittypet named Wood, while Goldpaw, now named Goldlight, forgot of her friendship with Minnowstream. The only one who Minnowstream could turn to now was Poolpaw, better known as Poolflood. Unknown to Minnowstream, Poolflood had developed feelings for her. Over time, Minnowstream began to treat Poolflood like a sister, and when Poolflood asked Minnowstream to be her mate, Minnowstream at first declined. Poolflood, embarrassed and deeply saddened, slipped away. Two days later, Minnowstream apologized, and mostly peer-pressured into the choice, accepted Poolflood as her mate. As if history were repeating itself, Poolflood disappeared the following morning.

### **Meeting Flamestar**

Minnowstream, not wanting to lose someone so dear to her again, set out to find her friend, only to end up at a stream where she found a nearly drowned Shadowclan warrior named Tinytail and a panicked Flamewind (Flamestar) pacing at the shore. After helping Flamewind save Tinytail from drowning, Minnowstream confused the two unfamiliar warriors in her grieved state and dragged Flamewind back to camp instead of Tinytail. Realizing her awkward mistake, Minnowstream apologized, brought Tinytail back to camp, and then left after befriending Duskstar, the ShadowClan leader at the time.

### **Warrior to Deputy & Silverstream's Return**

Overtime, her status rose and Minnowstream was selected to become Sharpstar's deputy. One morning, Minnowstream woke up to find Silverstream in the midst of camp. Overjoyed, mother and daughter shared their travels and experiences, reliving their memories again. The same day, still feeling elated, Minnowstream rushed out of camp to hunt, only to encounter Flamewind on Riverclan territory and stealing prey. Seeing how skinny he was, she let him go with a warning. A couple of moons passed and Silverstream was killed in a fox fight. Flamewind had joined Riverclan by then, and Minnowstream had become relatively close to the fire colored tom.

### **Minnowstream & Minnowstar**

For a long while nothing happened, until RiverClan's warriors began to feel that Sharpstar was not a satisfying leader. Forcing her to step down, the Clan then turned to Minnowstream, who had been given her nine lives by StarClan and was then Minnowstar. Overwhelmed with stress, Minnowstar stepped down from her position, and after offering Flamewind a brief explanation mostly full of apologies, she fled from RiverClan and disappeared.

### **Arrow**

Every day after that was a living misery. Her heart ached with pain. She wanted to return, but what would they call her? A deserter? A pathetic cat who couldn't withstand stress? Minnowstrem assumed that Flamewind probably hated her for leaving now, and with those negative thoughts in her head, she fainted with exhaustion. Arrow, a passing loner, spotted the unconscious she-cat and took her to his den, hunting and feeding her while she lay unmoving and continued to grieve. After a while she began to trust him and told him her story, still weak from the journey. He listened in silence and said nothing, neither advising nor criticizing her. They lived together for a while, and he nicknamed her Min, whereas she called him Row. Their relationship became that of a brother and sister, always looking out for one another.

### **Minnowstream's Return**

One night Minnowstream had an odd dream, and as if in a trance, she left Arrow's den in the middle of the night. By morning, she had staggered into RiverClan, and had finally snapped out of her trance. Believing it all to be a hallucination, Minnowstream was only convinced that it was real when an overjoyed Flamewind asked her to be his mate. She consequently agreed. Soon after that, Flamewind became Flamestar and chose Adderfang as his deputy.

### **An Odd Sight**

A couple of moons later, Minnowstream was patrolling when she came across Adderfang and Blackpaw discussing Hawkpaw's attack. She overheard them confessing to the crime but was threatened into silence by the deputy.

### **Kits**

Throughout her life, Minnowstream never had kits of her own. Because of this, she frequently took to adopting and raising stray or unwanted kits. But now, finally, she has had Flamestar's kits named Cardinalkit, Azurekit, Redkit, & Spiralkit.

## **Trivia**

* Minnowstream's backstory consists of many events from another Role-play site called Rainstar999
* On Rainstar999, Minnowstream received her lives from StarClan two times, so she would have had 18 lives...
* On this site, Minnowstream refused getting her nine lives from StarClan, instead insisting that she could lead with one life.

## **Fan Art**

Art by Mossystar16 of Mosspaw with Minnowpaw of their interpretation of the first book coverArt by Mossystar16 of Flamewind and Minnowstream saving Tinytail (interpretation of design).Art by Silverware of Flamestar and MinnowstreamArt by Silverware of Minnowstream