Ashwillow

### Aliases/Past Names

Ashie (Blossom's nickname for her)Ashstar (Nickname from Starlingpaw) Ash (Former name) Ashwife (WindClan's nickname for her)

## Physical Appearance

### Pelt Colour

Drak gray with lighter gray flecks/markings

## Birth and Death

### Physical description

She has slightly fluffy dark gray fur. She has lighter gray flecks on her back, neck, shoulders, and tail, and light gray markings around her eyes. Her unscarred eye is bright aquamarine. Her tail is very fluffy. She has three scars over one eye and three more on her stomach. As described by Starlingfade (before getting scarred), "Her eyes shone in the slight light of the moon... and the speckles on her back resembled stars in the sky against her dark fur."

### Personality

Ash can be very blunt and sarcastic when it comes to expressing her feelings, especially when it comes to things she doesn't understand. However, she is also very friendly and outgoing and loves to stop and chat, though mostly she just asks questions so that she can understand everything. She gets excited rather easily but she usually doesn't express it in 'normal' ways. She can very protective of her close friends and family because of how she lost the majority of her blood family.

### Skills and Weaknesses

#### Skills

Adaptability- She's very adaptable in most situations

Memory- She has a great memory, though she sometimes downplay's this ability because mixed with her blunt sarcasm, it can end up in wounded egos and hurt feelings

Speed- She's actually very fast, and can usually win every race without having to cheat as long as it involves running or climbing

#### Weaknesses

Hunting- She's not really great at hunting all that yet, she struggles at tracking and gracefully catching things and being quiet

Fighting- She doesn't like fighting and tries not to involve herself in it, so she struggles with physically besting any opponent

Grace- She's nowhere near the definition of graceful, she's run into and fallen off several things and hit her face a lot of times

### Life

#### Kithood

Ash was born in the forest outside of clan territory along with her sisters, Blossom and Cinder. They lived peacefully for about three moons with their parents, Briar and Soot. Ash preferred to play with Cinder, because even though she loved both her sisters, Cinder was just a little bit less reckless. Ash loved to follow Blossom around anyway. Blossom's recklessness was appreciated though, especially after the incident where during one of their races to the top of a tree, fox fox came and killed Cinder, Briar, and Soot. After that Ash was always close to her sister, scared to lose her. She tried to cling to a little bit to the normalcy of Blossom's recklessness, though it had increased since their family died.

When Ash and Blossom were about four moons old, they strayed onto ShadowClan territory. They raced each other a couple of times, and Ash ran into a tree and hit her face, getting an ant stuck in her nose. She managed to sneeze it out. After that they climbed some pine trees, getting caught by the ShadowClan cat Mousepelt. After Mousepelt introduced herself, Ash was silent throughout most of the encounter, baffled by the strange name, becoming even more baffled when she said that she had a home and didn't just wander around to wherever she liked. Ash and Blossom said no to Mousepelt's offer to join ShadowClan.

Some time later, Blossom approached Ash and expressed worry for Mousepelt on the grounds that they hadn't seen her for a while and suggested that they go look for her. Ash said no and that Mousepelt was kind of boring, and Ash temporarily won the brief argument that ensued, having Blossom help her with a flea in her tail. They jumped into a stream to get it out, and after they dried off, they went to go look for Mousepelt, which included shenanigans like sneaking into ShadowClan camp, getting into the nursery, and getting caught by ShadowClan's leader. They then joined ShadowClan, though they didn't take a "Pretentious Name" as Ash liked to refer to them as.

#### Apprenticeship

In the first few weeks in the Clan, Ash was next to either Blossom or Mousepelt at all times, not really sure about the other cats. She found the kits in the nursery endearing though, and liked to watch them. After a couple of days in the Clan, She was assigned a mentor, Bigheart. Bigheart took her on a tour of ShadowClan's territory, explaining it's landmarks to her as she asked questions about them.

After Ash was officially apprenticed, she became less reliant socially on Blossom and Mousepelt. However, the time she spent with Blossom was also spent interrogating the leader with questions about the Clan, the purpose of a leader, what happens if a leader and deputy die at the same time, etc. Ash got to know some other cats in the clan, including Bluethistle, Midgekit, Stormykit, Shinekit and Skipstorm. Ash called Bluethistle "Blue" carrying on her tiny tradition of calling cats by only their prefix to see how they would react. He held no reaction, and took her out hunting with him. Ash started sassing him when he voiced passive-aggressive contempt on her old eating habits, which irritated him. He taught her some hunting techniques. She nearly fell out of a tree trying to catch a bird. Ash adored the kits though, complimenting Stormykit his newfound ability to walk and being kind to Midgekit. Ash had a conversation with Shinekit about the different colors of various birds and why the sky was blue. Skipstorm showed her what a ladybug was and Ash was confused by the name, thinking it was just another "Pretentious" Clan name.

Later, as she was hunting, she met a RiverClan apprentice called Beepaw, who expressed curiosity first at the fact that Ash's name was not clan-like, and than surprise at the fact that Ash just joined ShadowClan.

When Ash found out that Mousepelt went missing, she was distraught and sought out her sister Blossom's comfort. Blossom raced her up a tree and speculated about clan life to help Ash feel better.

When Mousepelt came back, Ash was asleep at first, but when she woke up, she was shocked that Mousepelt was back and started crying in relief.

Ash hung around Mousepelt a lot after she came back. When Mousepelt questioned this, Ash said that everything was fine now that Mousepelt was back.

Later, Ash left the camp for a little bit to think. She met the kind WindClan apprentice Starlingpaw and they talked for a long while about various things until Ash pointed out that Starlingpaw was going to be missed my his clan, so they parted ways.

A little after talking with Starlingpaw, Ash met Caneclatter along the ThunderClan border. They didn't talk for long, and Ash quickly went back to camp.

After a couple days, Ash decided to go look for Starlingpaw. She crossed the border into WindClan and soon found Starlingpaw, who was hunting. They raced across the territory because Ash said she could win any race and they wanted to test that theory. The race ended in a tie. After that race, Ash became interested in a small cluster of Morning Glories. She took a small vine and wrapped it around her leg to keep because she thought they were pretty. After that, Starlingpaw showed her Rabbit Meadow, where they looked at more flowers. Soon Starlingpaw suggested that they should each go home before they got in trouble, and Ash agreed. They parted ways near the Gathering Place.

Ash went home after talking with Starlingpaw and heard Mousepelt coughing in the nursery. She was having an asthma attack, and Ash panicked a little bit because she thought that Mousepelt was going to die. After a little bit of help from the medicine cat, Mousepelt stopped coughing and Ash was able to stop panicking.

Ash went to the Gathering a few days later, meeting her friend Starlingpaw there. They talked with each other for a bit, occasionally being approached by other cats.

Soon after the gathering, Ash received the warrior name of Ashwillow. Though not as epic as she wanted, it was very pretty, so she decided to keep it.

#### ~Adulthood~

After receiving her warrior name, Ashwillow went to WindClan to find Starlingpaw and tell him the news. Starlingpaw was happy and they took turns guessing at what Starlingpaw's warrior name could be. They played Clan for a little while where Ashwillow was leader and Starlingpaw was deputy (nicknamed Starlingnight). Ashwillow soon had to go home though, and they parted ways with a smile.

Soon after going to see Starlingpaw, Ashwillow had some free time to talk to Blossomspark about their new warrior names, as both of them had been too busy with their new duties to spend any real time together. They decided to go on a walk together so that they could talk outside the loudness of the camp. They wandered to the Burn Scar and talked about what could have happened to cause such destruction. Soon after this Blossomspark brought up the vine of morning glory flowers wrapped around one of Ashwillow's front legs. Ashwillow asked her sister if she could keep a secret and then told her about how she'd been sneaking into WindClan to meet with her friend, Starlingpaw. Blossomspark was interested in seeing WindClan, so Ashwillow promised to bring her with her next time she went. Blossomspark then took Ashwillow to the grave of Mousepelt's former mate, Clawlight. They talked about the types of flowers on the grave and decided to look around and see how many different types of flowers there were around the meadow that the grave was at. They decided to weave some flowers together to make a flower crown per Blossomspark's suggestion. However, neither if them knew how to make flower crowns, so they decided to go back to camp and ask for help. Blossomspark had to pause on the way there to find a more convenient way to hold her flowers. Ashwillow went on ahead and went back to camp without her after asking if she needed help.

Once back at camp, Ashwillow decided to talk to her adoptive brother Shinepaw, who was grooming himself. She asked him if he knew how to make flowers and he taught her how to make them.

Later, Ashwillow held to her promise to take Blossomspark with her on her next trip to WindClan territory. She introduced Starlingpaw and Blossomspark to each other, then decided to race around when the topic turned to that. They also decided to play Clan as they told Blossomspark about how they had done that last time. Blossomspark choose the name and position of Blossomfrost the Medicine cat, while Ashwillow and Starlingpaw choose the same names as last time. Ashwillow and Starlingpaw went hunting and brought back a rabbit for them to eat as a clan.

After a few days back at camp, Ashwillow was criticized for her eating choices by Stagbranch after he vocalized his dislike of frogs. Ashwillow defended herself then went to go eat her frog in peace.

A couple days later, as Ashwillow was sneaking out to go find Starlingpaw again, she stepping on a large thorn. She went back to camp and tried to find a medicine cat, but Mousepelt saw her and started mothering her. They somehow eventually got the thorn out and Ashwillow went to the medicine den to find some herbs for her paw.

Ashwillow found Starlingpaw in ShadowClan, crying because of his difficult situation back in WindClan. She did her best to calm him down and showed him a few places around the territory, including her new hideout where she waited for him whenever he came to ShadowClan. It was up in a tree near the Gathering Place, decorated with flowers and moss. Ashwillow said it wasn't done yet and that she was planning on making a net-like floor made of vines to make it more secure. Ashwillow and Starlingpaw agreed to start on doing that next time he came.

One morning, Ashwillow shared brief conversation with her adoptive brother, Riddlepaw, who was looking forward to his training.

While hanging around the border one day, Ashwillow came across the WindClan apprentice Thrushpaw looking for his friend, Starlingpaw. She offered to help him look for him, but he said no on the grounds that it would be tresspassing.

One day Ashwillow brought some food to her adoptive mom Mousepelt, later realizing as Mousepelt had a panic attack that she did not really know her mother that well, because they rarely spent time together. Ashwillow did her best to calm her adoptive mother down.

The next day, Ashwillow talked to her sister, talking about how much they'd distanced themselves from each other accidentally and how they needed to talk more. They decided to go hunting, but ended up racing in the marsh instead. Ashwillow accidentally tripped them both into a pool of water, and they spent the next couple moments coughing up the mud.

One day as Ashwillow was hunting, she caught the scent of Starlingpaw and her adoptive brother Riddlepaw, who were looking for her after Riddlepaw decided to bring Starlingpaw to her after finding him on ShadowClan territory looking for her. She ran to them and accidentally knocked over Starlingpaw because of her inability to stop in time.

Ashwillow was hunting for her clan a couple of days later, when she again smelled Starlingpaw's scent. She followed it to her hideout to find a distressed Starlingpaw. She asked what happened and why he was bleeding, and he explained what had happened back in WindClan, about his ceremony had happened and then he'd gotten into a fight with his siblings. She did her best to keep calm and help him feel better.

Ashwillow came back to the tree a few days later but had a panic attack when she found Starlingfade wasn't there. Her adoptive brother Shinepaw heard her cries and went to comfort her. Once she calmed down, she went to search for Starlingfade, taking his amber tail wrap that he'd left behind and keeping it as a token until she found him.

Ashwillow went into WindClan territory to look for Starlingfade. She came across the WindClan medicine cat Mallardripple, who also happened to be Starlingfade's father. Mallardripple took her to WindClan camp where she reunited with Starlingfade.

Ashwillow was hanging around the border a couple days later, where she found Starlingfade and Burrpelt looking for her. Ashwillow had another reunion with Stalingfade while Burrpelt wandered off to give them a moment. Starlingfade had a panic attack, which caused Ashwillow to panic because she had no idea what was going on. Ashwillow stayed with Starlingfade until he calmed down.

She was by the border again when she heard Starlingfade's distraught cries. She found him and tried to help him feel better, resulting in a conversation on how neither of them believed in StarClan. Afterward they went on a walk to calm themselves down, and they settled with a nice view to RiverClan territory. They started arguing when Starlingfade got self-depreciating, but they both apologized and talked about how they could stop themselves from arguing with each other. They then decided to do a project that they'd been wanting to do for a while, putting a floor in their tree so that it would be more stable. After a little bit they decided to settle down and watch the stars.

Ashwillow came into camp after a succesful hunt one day, seeing her adoptive mother Mousepelt, and stopped to chat. When Mousepelt got sad, Ashwillow tried to cheer her up to no avail.

Ashwillow was looking for Mousepelt one day and came across fellow warrior Seedpounce in the warriors den. She decided to stop and chat.

As Ashwillow was eating one day, she saw Ivykit sneaking back into camp after sneaking out of it, but she was very lenient with the kit and did not get her into trouble. The kit came over to her and expressed her excitement for her apprentice ceremony, saying that she wanted a mentor who would teach her how to properly get revenge on thorn bushes.

Later that day, Ivykit became an apprentice, her mentor being Ashwillow. The next morning, Ashwillow brought Ivypaw on a tour around the territory.

Ashwillow was looking in WindClan for Starlingfade one day when she was caught by Willowpool, the WindClan medicine cat. After a little while though, the medicine cat let her go because she wasn't causing any harm, and Ashwillow continued looking for Starlingfade.

The next day, Ashwillow was caught sneaking into the camp early in the morning with one piece of prey by Softkit, who came over to talk to her. Ashwillow noticed later that Softkit was feeling lonely and brought her some small flowers to help her feel better. Ashwillow also tried to help her loneliness by playing mossball with her. Afterward they talked about Softkit's apprentice ceremony coming soon. Soon after, Softkit went to bed.

Ashwillow brought Ivypaw out to training again the next day, showing her some more hunting techniques and then trying to use them for real.

Blossomspark caught Ashwillow as she was sneaking back into camp early in the morning, and was suspicious of her sister. Ashwillow later explained that she was hanging out with Starlingfade, and admitted her feelings towards him to her. Blossomspark encouraged Ashwillow to tell Starlingfade about it, and Ashwillow fretted about him potentially refusing to be her friend if he didn't return the feelings, though eventually she agreed to tell him.

Ashwillow was sneaking out to find Starlingfade again when she and Vineshade, who was nearby, got cornered by a fox. Ashwillow distracted the fox while Vineshade got help. Before he, Beetlestar, and Cherryleaf could find her though, she was injured, blinded in one eye and scarred on her stomach.

As Ashwillow was healing in the medicine den, Scarstone brought her a mouse to eat. They both showed concern for the other when they saw each others' scars. Ashwillow was upset when she found that Scarstone's name was that way because it had been changed when she got her scars, and Scarstone quickly left so that she wouldn't upset her further.

~To be Continued~

### Family and Friends

Blossomspark ~ Sister

Cinder ~ Sister

Briar ~ Mother

Soot ~ Father

Mousepelt ~ Adoptive mother

Stormytalon ~ Adoptive brother

Shinesprout ~ Adoptive brother

Morningthorn ~ Adoptive sister

Midgedawn ~ Adoptive niece

Starlingfade ~ Best Friend and Crush

Riddlesnap ~ Adoptive brother

Ivypaw ~ Apprentice

### Other

#### Fun Facts

~ Ash thinks Ashstar would be a really cool name, even though she is not interested in the leadership position

~ Ash's and Blossom's family were killed by the same fox that killed Dreamriver and Stormstep, the former characters of myself and Blossom's roleplayer

~ Ash hates pond scum with a passion, to the point that she'll avoid any water that has any in it

~ Ash has always thought it would be fun to learn how to swim

~ Though Ash agrees with the sentiment that ShadowClan is the best Clan, she wants to meet several cats from the other Clans first before she agrees with the "All other Clans are bad, ShadowClan is the only good Clan" sentiment

~ Ashwillow doesn't believe in StarClan

#### Quotes

"I think there's a bug stuck in it" - to Blossom, referring to her nose

"And we're supposed to just sit here with who knows how many other cats just on the other side of this tree?" - to Blossom, as they are sneaking into ShadowClan camp

"That's a crazy plan. But I guess we're doing it." - to Blossom, also as they are sneaking into ShadowClan camp

"We're both tiny." - to Blossom, hiding in ShadowClan camp

"Well, I think that's a dumb idea. If we were separated, and one of gets caught, one would be stuck here while the other escapes. And the other cats could be mean to us. Why should we split up?"/"I don't want to be separated" - to Blossom, as they are searching ShadowClan camp for Mousepelt

"So... really, REALLY young?" - to Mousepelt, referring to her newborn kits

"So... you choose long names for the sole purpose of telling them they are young? Why would you do that?"/"Is that why your name is also stupidly long?" - to Mousepelt, knowing nothing about clan tradition

"...?" - to no one in particular, being confused

"Don't cross the borders and we won't get hurt. Got it." - to Bigheart, on a tour of the territory

"-We don't have to hunt beetles unless everything else is too hard for you to catch." - to Bluethistle, as he's showing contempt for her old eating choices

"That's no excuse to claw your littermates' face off / There's never an excuse for that." - to Starlingfade as he's explaining how he left WindClan

"You can't blame yourself for the effects of the war / It's not fair on anyone." - to Mousepelt as she's having a breakdown

"Well, typically the best plan of attack on a thorn bush would be to avoid it. Deprive it of the blood of its enemies and it will completely die out." - to Ivykit, trying to give advice on revenge of thorn bushes