Fireswan

Fireswan is a orange she-cat with three legs and green eyes.

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## Personality

Firepaw has OCP, which causes her to be obsessed with perfection and order, to the point it takes over her entire life, though she's gotten it as under control as she can. Other than that, she's a caring cat who wants to be the best medicine cat she can be for Bluemoon and Liondusk. Also for her mostly dead family and her sister who is also a medicine cat apprentice, Hailpaw. She will always give everything her all and is very proud of her title as HollowClan's next Medicine Cat.

## Kit-Hood

Her kit-hood was quite normal. She had a great mother, Littleswan, and delightful siblings too, whom she loved dearly.. when they had clean pelts, that is. Falconkit was her rival since every time they played KitClan, he was the leader of "DirtyClan" while she was the leader of "CleanClan". One memorable moment in her kit-hood was when they all played KitClan and Bluemoon assisted her in dunking the members of "DirtyClan" (all of her siblings and Liondusk) into a pool in the medicine cat den. Firepaw never really expressed interest in herbs at that age, but she was always awed by the storage and how neat it was and she also adored Bluemoon. She never really expressed interest in becoming a warrior either.

## Apprenticeship

### *Warrior Apprenticeship*

Her apprenticeship was when her life began to fall apart. She was apprenticed to Ryewatcher, a cat obsessed with order. At first glance, he may seem like a loyal cat, but his obsession with the warrior code and order drives him to murder cats who have broken the warrior code, and commit acts similar to the sort. Firepaw ,of course, didn't really know this, but she was still scared when she got apprenticed to him. For the time that she trained with him, Hailpaw and Ivorypaw (her two sisters) were both attacked by a fox when Hailpaw wandered into a den. Hailpaw was severely injured. Ryewatcher was upset by this news, as he was training her as well. Due to this, Firepaw was put through very hard training, which caused her to lose her emotion and happiness, becoming drone-like. Littleswan, her mother, fell apart at the news of Hailpaw's current state, struggling to move from her nest in the medicine den, which didn't help at all with Firepaw's silent suffering. Firepaw had shown to be an excellent fighter and this continued on for some time, until two badgers attacked the camp. During the fighting, Firepaw's left foreleg was almost taken completely off by a badger, causing her to have to move to the medicine cat den. The wound was not properly taken care of since Bluemoon was not present. Shortly after the incident, Hailpaw and Ivorypaw left camp.

Firepaw secretly snuck out of camp after seeing them leave, stopping in shock as she saw that Hailpaw was trying to leave. Firepaw had to try to convince Ivorypaw that Hailpaw had spoke about wanting to leave the clan for some time, leading to Hailpaw finally leaving. Feeling as if Ivorypaw weren't there for Hailpaw, she began to panic, which lead to a heart attack. She shortly passed away, leaving Firepaw all alone in the forest, her sister's limp body right in front of her paws. Firepaw began to have a panic attack, her body unable to take hold of the situation, she almost blacked out. Soon after, Lightning dragged a barely conscious Firepaw to his den (she was in shock and almost lost consciousness). Firepaw stayed in his den for a long time and began to become very ill. Her leg was infected. Lightning knew that her leg was far too gone to be saved, so he had only one option left: to take it off completely. Firepaw's condition improved after proper care of the new wound. One day, Bluemoon, the medicine cat, noticed Firepaw's absence in the clan and went out to look for her. She found Lightning's den and got into a heated argument over Firepaw. In the end, Firepaw went back to the clans with Bluemoon, where she began to develop a strong bond with Bluemoon and Liondusk. Bluemoon then asked Firepaw a question that would soon change her life: 'Would you like to be my apprentice?'. Firepaw was overjoyed with the offer, and quickly accepted it.

### *Medicine Cat Apprenticeship*

Bluemoon began to train Firepaw, about a moon later, a devastating fire struck, driving all the clans from their camps. HollowClan and PuddleClan stayed at the Gathering Tree, making little contact. Hailpaw had come back as well, joining HollowClan once more. They both then noticed the disappearance of their mother, Littleswan. Hailpaw and Firepaw both went out to look for her, but had no success. Firepaw refused to believe she was dead. Later, Hailpaw found out that Firepaw had become a medicine cat apprentice and became jealous, and just after that, she left once more. Shortly after, they were cleared to move back to their camp and they began rebuilding. Ryewatcher's hate for Firepaw became more recognized as he treated her with complete disrespect and sent nasty looks her way whenever she passed. Their camp was rebuilt, but this wasn't a time for happiness because Liondusk, who was quite a supporting cat in her life, became injured and fell sick. Unfortunately, he did not notify Bluemoon of his injuries and sickness, which lead to his death right in front of Bluemoon and Firepaw. They buried him at the bend of a river, which caused Firepaw more sadness because she had just lost someone close. Not too long after that, her grandmother, Swanfeather, walked out of camp. Firepaw didn't find much reason to be concerned about it, until she hadn't returned for about a day. Out of fear, Firepaw went looking for her and found her dead, surrounded by the spirits of her family.

She saw her mother, Littleswan, and sister, Ivorypaw, as spirits. As they disappeared, Firepaw mourned and walked away aimlessly. She ran into Hailpaw's den who she shared with another cat, Firefly. She had told Hailpaw of what she had seen and tried to convince her to come back to HollowClan, but she declined. After that, Firepaw returned to camp for a while, continuing her Medicine Cat training. One day, she wandered by the border they shared with GlideClan, picking up the scent of Hailpaw. She followed the scent and fell upon her sister, who told her that she had just joined GlideClan. Firepaw was disappointed, but glad her sister was safe. They met up multiple times at the border and one day, Hailpaw had told her she thought she found their father. Firepaw went into GlideClan camp to meet the possible father, Thrushleap, who was in denial. On this same occasion, Hailpaw was made the medicine cat apprentice, which made Firepaw ecstatic. After this, life went smoothly. Firepaw represented her clan twice at the gathering, which earned her even more glares from Ryewatcher, and completed her medicine cat apprentice training. Bluemoon then took her to the MoonShard and she recieved her medicine cat name, Fireswan, continuing the family name of Swan.