Hollyheart

Opposite of Hollyleaf

Hollyheart was a ShadowClan warrior who served under Hopestar's, Sageflower/star's, and Slatestar's leaderships from Sixth to before Future Generations. She was born to Redbreeze and Brightpelt alongside Oddkit, Waspkit, and Tigerkit, and was fostered by Sparrowdawn after her mother's death. She was mentored by Wishsong, and mentored Bumbleheart, Hatchfur, and Bayblaze. She was mates with Twigstorm of RiverClan and had Shrewkit, Stormkit, and Mudkit. Her cause of death is unknown.

# Appearance

Red ~~and brown tortoiseshell~~ tabby she-cat with a white tail tip.

# History

Hollykit’s mother, Brightpelt, died when giving birth to and her sisters, Oddkit, Waspkit and Tigerkit. They grew up with a protective, clingy but depressed father. Hollykit and Waspkit were always the go-getters of the sisters, the competitive ones who dared each other to sneak out of camp or leave bugs in Hopestar’s nest. The two were well-known for their mischief and challenges. When the two became apprentices, it remained no surprise they were just as competitive. But while Wasppaw was just a playful show-off, Hollypaw was more likely to bend the rules or flat out break them. It should have been no surprise when she began meeting a RiverClan apprentice named Twigpaw. He was similar to Hollypaw- a rule-bender, competitive, and boastful, but where she was hot-headed and straight-forward, he was sneakier, calmer and even shyer. The two started off as friends who just wanted to compete to see who was better, but slowly they realized they had affections for each other. While Twigpaw was hesitant, Hollypaw was blunt and direct with her love for him, showing no qualms at being in a forbidden relationship. Twigpaw eventually tucked away his worries and followed the bull-headed she-cat’s pawsteps.

When she became Hollyheart and had Twigstorm’s kits, she kept their father a secret until they were five moons, where she happily revealed their father without care. She seemed unfazed by her clanmates’ shock and disdain. Eventually, her clanmates accepted the fact, seeing as they had bigger problems to worry about and… nothing bad had seemingly arisen from the cross-clan relationship. Hollyheart was a very accepting, forward and to the point cat not afraid to voice her opinions, traits which passed down to her apprentices if not all of her kits. The clans all knew about the relationship from gossip and when Shrewpaw left to join her father’s clan, but Hollyheart stood with a high head, unfearing of others’ opinion of her. Her mate and her daughter, Shrewheart, were not as carefree, more paranoid of others’ opinions of them, which ended up harming Hollyheart’s relationship with them. Eventually, she mended her relationship with her daughter, and she and Twigstorm still remained good friends.

Hollyheart became an amazing and well-known warrior of ShadowClan, as well as a good advisor of Hopestar’s. Some even said she would make a good deputy, but, of course, Sageflower and Slateclaw had that position covered for her. Others thought she should join WindClan since they were full of forbidden relationships left and right. Regardless of that and her rule-breaking tendencies, she was a loyal ShadowClan cat through and through.

# Fun Facts

* She has distant WindClan blood through her great-great-grandfather, Windclaw, on her mother's side.
* She has kittypet blood through her grandfather, Deerflame, on her father's side.