Mosslight

> "No matter where we come from, we are all still cats."
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>  - Mosslight to Candy
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### Immediate Family

Brightstar (mother), Dustwing (father), Berrysky (brother), Heatherspirit (sister), Pebblestorm (sister), Reedwish (sister), Dewcloud (former mate), Paleheart (former mate), Hickoryfrost (mate)

## Physical Description

Mosslight is a pretty slender brown tabby with wide blue-green eyes. She has a small white smudge on her nose. Her tail is rather fluffy.

## Personality

Mosslight is the fierce and passionate deputy of RiverClan. She can often be lost in thought, which can make her lash out at times. She is too stubborn and doesn't trust easily. She is kind and selfless.

## Skills and Weaknesses

Mosslight is good at persuading and talking with other cats. She also is skilled at swimming and fishing.

Mosslight's protectiveness over her family is one of her obstacles. For example, when Thornheart and Magpiefeather attacked Brightstar, Mosslight was furious, but tried to see the side of Thornheart and Magpiefeather. Her protectiveness eventually got the best of her, and she didn't trust them for a while. She also has a fear of death ever since Reedwish disappeared/was thought to be dead. However, she is beginning to try to overcome it.

## Life

### Kithood

Mosskit was born to Brightstar and Dustwing. Unfortunately, her father died before her birth, so she doesn't know who he is. Mosskit and her siblings were very lively. She got her siblings into feathers. She also formed a strong bond with her sister, Pebblestorm. Then, Ivytail died. Mosskit laid a feather on her body, and decided to make Havenpaw her adopted sister. Then, Reedpaw died, earning the name Reedspirit. Mosskit realized that her own sister had just died, and felt heart-broken, until Emberdawn came and reassured her. As she grew older, Mosskit grew a bit more mature due to the deaths she had witnessed. When Leafstar died, she tried her best to encourage her mother, who was the deputy.

### Apprenticeship

Mosspaw and her siblings were apprenticed. Berrypaw to Badgerstrike, and Heatherpaw to Hickoryfrost. Mosspaw was apprenticed to Blizzardnose. During her apprenticeship, Mosspaw encountered Riptide, a rogue, attacking Pebblestorm, who was expecting kits at the time. Mosspaw yelled at Riptide for attacking a queen, and tried to stop him, but after that failed, Mosspaw went to get help from her Clan. She also makes friends from other Clans, such as Mosspaw, the medicine cat apprentice of ThunderClan, and Maplepaw, an apprentice of ShadowClan.

### Warrior Life

Mosspaw became Mosslight at 13 moons, along with Berrysky and Blazingstrike. She made new friends, such as Mistyrain, Hickoryfrost, and Blazingstrike. She got knocked off the gorge and managed to make it to No Clan's Land with Pebblestorm and later Brokenflight. While there, Mosslight rescued Maplepaw from a badger, and found Leafpaw, Tigerkit and Torrentkit while returning back. Eventually, she was delighted when Maplepaw became a warrior, Maplenose. She also was happy when Dewpaw, a RiverClan apprentice  became Dewcloud. Her happy life was not going to last long, though, as her older sister, Reedwish, died, followed by her mother, Brightstar. Mosslight was back into her grieving hole, but that didn't stop her from comforting others around her. Shortly after, Dewcloud, who was missing, returned, and Mosslight began to realize her feelings for him, and helped him out by getting him prey to eat. Later, the newly named Drizzlestar gave several apprentices mentors, and Mosslight ecstatically received Pondpaw as an apprentice. Then, Orchid was named deputy. Mosslight was approving, but she felt upset when her friend, Dewcloud, felt uncomfortable with the decision and decided to leave RiverClan. Mosslight tried to convince him, but after that failed, she could only hope that he would return. About a moon or so later, at the gathering, a fight broke out, and lighting struck, starting a fire, and marking the beginning of the Great Journey. The cats evacuated, but after a quick trip to her camp, Mosslight, along with Rippleheart, went back to save a trapped Badgerstrike, who was like a father to her. After a long walk to No Clans Land, Mosslight ran into Dewcloud, and the two talked for a while. Dewcloud blamed himself for the fire, and Mosslight said that it wasn't his fault, bringing the two closer together. Later, Dewcloud was following a butterfly, and bumped into Mosslight, sending them into a conversation about how butterflies were beautiful. It eventually evolved into a bit of flirting, and the two were even closer--until Dewcloud said he wasn't sure that whatever they had could happen, because he wasn't part of the clan. The cats also didn't want to lose what they had, and Mosslight decided to take action, convincing him to speak to Drizzlestar, to see if she would accept him back into the clan. After Drizzlestar agrees to let him back in, Dewcloud and Mosslight become mates. Not long after this, however, Berrysky, her brother, died of poisoning, leaving Pebblestorm and Mosslight as the only kits of Brightstar left, and Mosslight as the only kit left in her litter. The two sisters were distraught. It got worse, however. Mosspetal and Orchid, the medicine cat and deputy, both died, and Dewcloud, Blazingstrike and Rainpaw following shortly after. Mosslight was upset that her mate and close friend had died, but she decided that she needed to be strong for her clan. But, finally, after many moons of traveling, RiverClan arrived at their new home, and Mosslight was happy to finally settle in. Soon after, though, Poppyflower died, and the clan grieved. Mosslight knew that the former elder would be able to walk again, so she was happy that she could be at peace. Then, Ravengale, a friend of Mosslight's, was injured and was brought to RiverClan camp. One day, Mosslight came into camp to see that her adoptive father, Badgerstrike, had brought in a young kit, and was extremely worried. Mosslight did her best to help, but when she was how much Badgerstrike cared about the kit, her world broke a bit, as she realized how much she missed Dewcloud, and how she wanted to start a family with him. However, something inside of her changed, and she realized that the clan needed her now, more than ever. She returned to Badgerstrike and started directing the cats around to help the kit, as well as offering to help talk to Drizzlestar.

Mosslight, one day, went out of camp with a tom that was around her age, Paleheart. The supposed hunting patrol turned into a play fight, and Mosslight realized this is the most fun she has had since Dewcloud died. However, unknown to Mosslight, Pebblestorm had left the clan after a fight with Hawkfire. When she did find out, she was devastated, but Duskfall reassured her. One night, Mosslight woke to find that an outsider had been destroying some of the herbs. She, along with Stormtalon and Badgerstrike, confronted him and chased him out. Mosslight decided it would be a good idea to have two cats guard the camp each night, and both toms agreed. Badgerstrike and Mosslight had a meaningful conversation, and Mosslight finally revealed that she loved Badgerstrike as a father, and inside her head, she knew she wouldn't want anyone else. Later, Mosslight informed Badgerstrike that he was the deputy, and the two talked for a while. After an attack from foxes, Mosslight has a flashback to Heatherpaw's death, and asks Badgerstrike if he could give her dead sister her warrior name. He agrees, and gives her the name Heatherspirit. Then, the unthinkable happened-- Pebblestorm died, leaving Mosslight as the only biological kit to Brightstar left. She was heartbroken, but became mates with Paleheart. They adopted many cats along the way, including Oakpaw, Paleheart's apprentice. Mosslight received a second apprentice, Pearpaw, but she died after becoming a warrior, shortly after, her third apprentice, Stonepaw died. Then, Twig, Mosslight's niece, was killed in a battle with WindClan. Mosslight secretly blamed herself for what happened. Then, something happy happened- She found out that she was expecting kits. At first, she was terrified, but then she eventually calmed down with the help of Vixencloud and Badgerstrike. Then, something horrible happened. Paleheart had been playing with Oakstrike when he fell off of the gorge. Mosslight almost threw herself off to save him, and with the help of her adopted son, they were able to get him back, but not without a price--Paleheart was in a coma. And soon after, Mosslight had her kits- Blazingkit, Poolkit, Dewkit and Adderkit. Beechpaw became a warrior, and Mosslight teased Oakstrike and Beechstorm about their young love. Then, suddenly, Badgerstrike became leader after Drizzlestar got seriously injured and had to step down. Mosslight prayed to StarClan that her former leader would be able to perform warrior duties again. Then, Coalkit joined RiverClan, and Mosslight immediately adopted him

### Deputyship

Mosslight was made the new deputy of RiverClan at 38 moons. She was surprised at first, but it soon turned into joy. She immediately got to work after her kits were old enough, by setting out patrols and helping the cats of her clan out. Mosslight was then struck by another death, harder this time. Paleheart was now dead. Mosslight had lost so many cats, so she didn't know how to feel about it. Around a moon later, Mosslight was informed by Silvermoon that ShadowClan was taken over by a tyrant, Crowbite. Mosslight, horrified, promised her that RiverClan will help and ran to talk with Badgerstar. When she did, Hickoryfrost, Scout, and Quillpaw joined the conversation, Scout giving helpful ideas. Meanwhile, Mosslight was thinking of doing something that could risk her life--what if she went into ShadowClan's camp? What if she could work her way inside? Scout seemed to answer this with a tactical approach, and only a few days later, was captured by the Tyrants. Mosslight's dislike of Crowbite grew, and as much as she wanted to kill him herself, she knew that the real ShadowClan should probably take care of him, not a RiverClan deputy. Mosslight met with Silvermoon again, learning that there were many injured cats. The deputy, horrified and disgusted, ran off to her camp, making plans. Scout returned, bringing useful information. Around a moon after ShadowClan won their territory back, Mosslight received her fourth apprentice- her step-brother/adopted-brother, Hawkpaw. During this time, Mosslight began to spend more time with Hickoryfrost, since she was one of the longest friends she ever had. Tragedy struck one day when Mosslight discovered Brookstep, her adopted daughter, had been taken by twolegs, and her son, Dewpaw, was killed by a snake. Mosslight fell once again into despair. Roughly a moon later, a kit, Raven, was brought into camp. After a while, Mosslight learned that she was Hopefire's kit. Badgerstar wasn't too happy about this, but agreed to go with Mosslight, resulting in Badgerstar losing a life. A few days later, Mosslight came into camp one day to see Ravenflight and Brightblaze standing on the River Ledge, Mosslight wasn't in the best of moods and was unamused, thinking that this was a prank. Brightblaze thought it was too, but Racenflight went crazy, knocking Mosslight off of the river ledge, causing her to break her leg. A few nights later, Mosslight had been sitting under the stars, wondering if she was failing. To her surprise, her sister, Pebblestorm, came down and told her that she was Mosslight, the deputy of RiverClan. That she helped Pebblestorm get through rough times. Mosslight got her fierce, determined attitude back, and decided that she needed to stop questioning herself and be strong for her clan.

This proved to be useful, when Mosslight returned from a successful hunt to find that Ravenflight had been attacked by Quillpaw. Calling Quillpaw over, she gave out her first punishment- Quillpaw would have to clean out the warriors and apprentice dens. A few moons later, Mosslight tell into a coma. It was a low chance that she would come back. She soon died.

## Friends and Family

Brightstep - StarClan,she-cat ,former  leader, mother

​​​​​​Dustwing - StarClan, tom, warrior, biological father

Berrysky - StarClan, tom, warrior, brother

Heatherpaw/spirit - StarClan, she-cat, apprentice, sister

​​​​​​Pebblestorm - StarClan, she-cat, warrior, sister

Maplenose - ShadowClan, she-cat, Warrior, close friend

Reedwish - StarClan, she-cat, medicine cat, sister

Havenbriar - RiverClan, she-cat, warrior, adopted sister

Blazingstrike - StarClan, she-cat, warrior, close friend

Mosspetal- StarClan, she-cat, medicine cat, friend

Dewcloud - StarClan, tom, warrior, ex mate

Badgerstar - RiverClan, tom, leader,  stepfather

Pondflurry- StarClan, tom, warrior, apprentice

Hawkfire- StarClan, she-cat, warrior, niece

​​​​​​Torrentspark- StarClan, She-Cat, warrior, niece

Poppyblaze- WindClan, She-Cat, warrior, close friend

Ravengale- StarClan, Tom, warrior, friend

Hickoryfrost- RiverClan, She-Cat, Warrior, Best Friend

Rippleheart, StarClan, Tom, Warrior, Friend

Paleheart, StarClan, Tom, Warrior, Mate

Oakstrike, RiverClan, Tom, Warrior, Adopted Son

Rainpaw/blosom, StarClan, She-Cat, Adopted Daughter

Mistpaw, StarClan, She-Cat, Adopted Daughter

Goldenkit, StarClan, Tom, Adopted son

Blazingpaw, RiverClan, Tom, Son

Adderpaw, RiverClan, Tom, Son

Poolpaw,  RiverClan, Tom, Son

Dewpaw, StarClan, ?, Kit

Brookstep/Applesause, ???, She-Cat, Adopted Daughter, Kittypet

Coalheart,  RiverClan, Tom, Adopted Son, Warrior

Silvermoon, StarClan, She-Cat, Friend, Warrior

Hawkpaw, RiverClan, Tom, Apprentice, Apprentice

Quilldawn, Riverclan,She-cat/Non binary, Adopted, Warrior

Blizzarddawn, Riverclan, She-cat, Adopted, Medicine cat

## Notable Quotes

"It's so soft. Maybe it will make you feel better!" - Mosskit to Reedwish

"I will survive for you." - Mosslight to Pebblestorm

"Just stay strong, and think of something that makes you want to hold on." - Mosslight to Ravengale

"And the time you two were together let me realize that I do know my father, and he's right next to me." - Mosslight to Badgerstrike

"But it taught us how to be stronger, didn't it?" - Mosslight to Badgerstrike

"Did you find any fish friends yet?" - Mosslight to Paleheart

"We shouldn't turn and flee from our mistakes. We should face them like true warriors."

"I want him to see our kits." - Mosslight about Paleheart

"Mosslight! Mossli- wait- me?!" - Mosslight during her deputy ceremony

"Well, heck Crowbite!" - .Mosslight to Silvermoon