Nightlight

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"That sounds like a wonderful goal, but in pursuing a goal to mimic a trait you admire in someone else, be careful that you do not lose who you are, for that is what truly makes you unique." -Nightlight when talking to Songcrash while sunning to dry out their fur from close proximity to Thunderfalls

## Physical Description

She's a Black pelted cat with grey stripes like her mother has, However, she has a White Tail tip, and ear tips, as well as Amber eyes, She's relatively lean with a bit more of an Agile look to her, her fur is slightly fluffier than average. She has two very thin scars on her left cheek that off a glance appear almost invisible.

## Personality

Adventurous, and slightly shy at first, Nightlight enjoys attempting new things, preferably with cats she knows, though she's willing to let others join in the fun, she's very energetic and often doesn't feel tired until later in the evening, though she can be headstrong when it comes to certain things, and is easily frustrated when things consistently don't work out, she also tends to be a bit of a worry wart on the matter of family, especially so after the death of Laurelivy and Thatcher. in her older years, she became almost like a mother for any who would have her, which coincidentally put her as a pseudo-mother for all of Thunderclan, always willing to offer advice, and what few answers she did have for the betterment of others.

## Skills and Weaknesses

Quick and quiet, Nightlight excels at sneaking around, though unfortunately, this comes at the cost of strength, and she can get easily pinned in a fight, that is, assuming you can manage to hit her, she is great at hunting and has some pretty good hearing, making her fairly adept at finding prey around in the forest, however as previously mentioned, in a fight, she'll definitely have to ask for help if she wants to get away without being too terribly injured

## Life

### Kithood

Born as the second one in the litter, Nightkit was very shy at first, and liked to stay near Skybright, she enjoyed the sound of Skybright's voice and found it comforting, as well as the sound of purring. As she got older, she began to be a little bit more adventurous, and energetic, and on a similar note, she began to observe a lot, she at one point wandered into the Elder's den where Honeypool, the only elder at the time, had answered her questions on the other clans, eventually leading into Honeypool telling Nightkit what she knew of Mudstar, what Nightkit understood to be a brave and noble leader of Windclan, and definitely a cat she wanted to learn more about. she continued in her adventurous curiosity into her apprenticeship.

### Apprenticeship

Made into an energetic and excited apprentice beside her siblings, Nightpaw worked hard to try to learn, at her first gathering, she ended up meeting Dreamshine, a Windclan warrior who seemed friendly enough, and was able to learn much more about the leader she had once heard Honeypool speak of, leading Nightpaw to idolize him. She also met the usually grumpy Furstar, whom she took a liking to surprisingly fast. However, times started to change when her Aunt, Laurelivy, and her Uncle, Thatcher, who also happened to be her mentor, both died, Thatcher being presumed dead when he disappeared. she began to be a little more sad, and pondered what had been the reason behind losing two cats close to her so soon, but eventually dismissed it as an unfortunate circumstance, and tried her hardest to move on, she was given a new mentor, Shimmersong, who she didn't quite feel as close to, but she learned well from anyway, Thornstar died and was replaced by Sunstar during this time. eventually, she became old enough to be a warrior, though at a gathering, where she tried to pull an angry and violent Hopepaw(Hopefire) off of a seemingly equally frustrated Windclan apprentice, she ended up getting clawed by Hopepaw, leaving two scars on her left cheek. in that same gathering, a disaster occurred, causing the forest to catch fire, and pushing the clans out of their territories and into No-Clan's-Land, where the clans regrouped, and began on the Great Journey. However, this sadly delayed Nightpaw's Warrior ceremony until about 3 moons late.

### Adult Life

Made into a warrior at the definitely ready age of 17 Moons Old, Nightlight's Warrior life began with her solemn response of "I do," rather than the usual excitement that others show. Ready to help Thunderclan, she began with her duties, and has been trying her very best to assist her clan to the best of her ability in the new territory, she was met with despair when she discovered her mother, Skybright, dead in No-Clan's-Land, though she didn't know how Skybright had died, she then started to find new feelings for Darksparrow, a Tom about the same age as her, and had begun training an Apprentice, Lightpaw. A few moons after, Darksparrow, whom she'd grown close with, dragged Buzzardrose/storm, a former Windclan cat(Currently Shadowclan), into Thunderclan camp, and it was revealed that Buzzardrose/storm had murdered Skybright, at which point Buzzardrose/storm passed out, and they dragged him to the medicine den, Nightlight was very visibly upset, and wanted to kill the tom for killing Skybright, but Darksparrow stopped her, and instead she cried, allowing Darksparrow to comfort her. The two decided to go for a walk through the forest to help Nightlight calm down, but as she was padding through the entrance, she had realized that this was the other apprentice that she had dragged Hopefire off at the gathering with the fire, this caused her to be absolutely furious as Buzzardrose/storm was now not only responsible for Skybright's death, but in Nightlight's eyes, he was also partially responsible for the fire that forced them into unfamiliar territory, regardless, she went into the forest with Darksparrow to calm down, which worked a surprisingly good amount, it was in the forest that the two played a quick game of Catch me if you Can! and ended up confessing their feelings for each other, the two then went back to camp, Nightlight now being calmer, and Darksparrow asked to meet her at Moonhigh somewhere outside of camp, she agreed and Darksparrow padded back out the entrance while Nightlight padded to the warrior's den to wait for Moonhigh. When it reached Moonhigh, she met Darksparrow out in a clearing in the forest, where the two became mates and spent the night together, before padding back to camp the next morning. Afterward, Nightlight continued to train her apprentice, Lightpaw, and found out that Lightpaw was feeling unwanted in Thunderclan, and then promised to always be there for her. A little while later, Nightlight discovered that Darksparrow was in a coma and spent her days stressing and worrying for him and in the process, neglected to care for herself, causing herself an appearance that was disheveled, and unkempt. Despite her mate being in a coma, she continued on, eventually watching her apprentice Lightpaw, become a brilliant young warrior, Lightwing. However, unfortunately, shortly after Lightwing became a warrior, she was killed by a fox in Thunderclan territory, leaving Nightlight as the unfortunate finder of her body, her death took yet another close cat from Nightlight, leaving Nightlight devastated and broken. However, all was not lost as Nightlight was given another apprentice, Featherpaw, one whom she feared losing just like every other cat close to her, and then as she was beginning to give up hope when she came down with Greencough, and the recent failure of a patrol put together to chase out badgers, Her spirits were lifted when Darksparrow's coma lifted, giving her back one cat whom she believed lost. She fought against her sickness eventually overcoming her Greencough. a Short time later, Nightlight found she was expecting kits, and managed to Surprise Darksparrow with the news, however, despite the knowledge, she decided to continue doing her duty as a warrior until she no longer was able to, rather than immediately move to the nursery. She went on a patrol with Sunstar, and a few other warriors, ending up with seven total, to Windclan territory to try to help Shadowclan, who's leader had recently been chased out, and it was Windclan's border with Thunderclan where Nightlight asked about Dreamshine, and learned of her death. It was saddening news to know that the first cat she had met that was of a different clan had died, and it was only worsened by the fact that not only had she been very nice to Nightlight, and one of her two inter-clan friends, but the news was given by Dreamshine's very own niece, Petalpaw, making Nightlight feel absolutely awful, soon after, Lakestar then came and met with the patrol a few moments later, and denied Thunderclan's help with her efforts of regaining control of Shadowclan territory, and the small patrol went back to Thunderclan's camp, a few moons later, Nightlight was sunning herself outside the nursery spending time with Darksparrow, and though she didn't realize it at the time, it was the day before her kits would be born. The next day, Nightlight was relaxing in the nursery with her mate when all of a sudden, she was wracked with pain and shivers started running down her spine, the result of which was her four kits, in order, Thrushkit, Cloudkit, Rockkit, and Skykit, ending up with four kits total, of the four, only Cloudkit was a tom. After kitting, she fell asleep, evidently kitting takes a lot of energy Nightlight discovered. A moon or two passes, and Nightlight is already having to try and keep Thrushkit in camp, and Rockkit would refuse to clean her tail of all the dried moss bits in it. A few more moons pass and Nightlight's brother Mumblesong, and one of her kits, Thrushkit were attacked in the forest by a fox, that killed them both, Nightlight was once again, devastated by the loss, but tried to keep an air of confidence and poise for her remaining kits. she continued with her duties as a warrior as Cloudkit, Skykit, and Rockkit, all became old enough to become apprentices, and yet, her joy at their achievement was to be soiled a mere moon or so later as her mate Darksparrow was taken from her while on patrol by another fox. Nightlight comforted Her children as best as she could, and tried to take solace in the fact that she would see her mate again in Starclan. Shortly after, Sunstar was picked up by a hawk and dropped somewhere in the territory, Nightlight helped to locate the missing leader, and carry him back to camp, only for her and her clanmates to discover that Sunstar would be in a coma, She tried to keep Beeflight's self-esteem up as cats from other clans were making fun of Sunstar's choice at a gathering, and making Beeflight feel worthless, Nightlight gave him a few words of encouragement and some good advice to help him to see himself as she saw the new deputy, a cat full of promise, and potential, rather then what others would have him think of himself, now determined, and with new purpose then just raising her kits more and protecting those she loves, Nightlight took it upon herself to be one of Beeflight's supports, and to believe in him, even when others didn't. Some time later, Nightlight was privileged to be able to see her three remaining kits grow into fierce warriors, and she was very proud of them, not even a moon later, a fox managed to get into camp, and Nightlight fought to try and drive it out. A few short moons later, Nightlight and the rest of Thunderclan were attacked by Shadowclan, and driven out of their camp into No-Clan's Land. Nightlight tried to help provide for Thunderclan, but ultimately, ended up mostly wallowing in misery at the prospect of being once more, pushed out of her home. Time passed, and as expected, Sunstar, Thunderclan's leader, decided it was time that they take back their camp, and set specific parameters to keep their current location guarded while they launched a counter-attack, Nightlight was excited, but wary, she knew the dangers of battle, but was eager to re-take their home, as well as their rightful place among the clans. The time soon came, and she fought fiercely beside her clanmates to try and retake their home. It was a long fight, but in the end, Thunderclan won, taking back their territory and camp, though wounds were many, and several warriors were left weakened, Nightlight included. With time, Thunderclan adjusted back to their camp, for the most part, A few cats began to have some weird repeating dreams, and others lost their memories, and still yet others died, but Thunderclan persevered, and Nightlight was eventually given yet another apprentice, Songpaw, and hoped that she would be able to teach the younger she-cat to be one of Thunderclan's best warriors, as well as a cunning and graceful warrior. Secretly she feared that what had happened twice now in the past would happen once more, and that Songpaw would either not survive long after becoming a warrior, or that she would choose a different path, and so she made herself a promise, that no matter what, if she could help it, that she would teach Songpaw to be a great warrior. Roughly a week or so later, Nightlight encountered Buzzardrose/storm at the border, and got into a heated argument with him about the time he killed Skybright, which resulted in a fight between the two where Nightlight broke Buzzardrose/storm's leg and ultimately won, the two mutually agreed that they hoped to never see each other again. Afterwards, Nightlight continued with clan work, though she began to lose heart in the things she cared for, she couldn't see what was left for her in the monotony of day to day clan life, and she wasn't sure if she could fix it. It only got harder when she learned of the death of another one of her kits, Rocktooth, by unknown means,(But actually inactivity), she had just finished a conversation with Rooktalon beforehand on his kits, and had given him advice, before she went to mourn in a corner of camp. It eventually came to a point once more, where death was a common occurrence in Thunderclan, one of these being her kit Clouddust, and it was at this time that Nightlight realized, that death was an inevitability, and few could resist Starclan's summons, this brought a small measure of comfort to finally understand, but with it came the understanding that she was no longer a Young she-cat, and that her own time until Starclan's call was getting shorter and shorter by the moon, bringing with it a new strand of uncertainty that she didn't quite know how to deal with. At one point later, Nightlight was out hunting, but she had gotten distracted and had crossed from Thunderclan territory to the gathering place, and almost into Riverclan territory, when she snapped out of her distracted daze, right before she crossed the border, she looked up to see Songcrash, her past apprentice who had left for Riverclan, who looked very troubled, she held no ill against Songcrash, and instead ended up catching up, and offering comfort to the young warrior's concerns, mostly about how she didn't feel at home in Riverclan, but was scared that Thunderclan wouldn't want her back, she stayed and talked with Songcrash for a time to try and help her to be where Nightlight could tell her heart lay, in Thunderclan. By the time the conversation was over, Nightlight asked Songcrash to come with her back to Thunderclan, and Songcrash accepted, She came back, and was accepted back by several cats, though whether that was the feeling of the whole clan was another question not yet explored completely. With time, came Songcrash's kits, but also the loss of several warriors, bringing the clan down, to lift them up with the prospect of new kits. At one point, while out on patrol, Nightlight discovered Splashstone, bloody, and almost half-dead, she dragged him back to camp in a panic, and ran to grab herbs and Cobwebs to try and help him as much as she could, with help from Baypaw as Smokestorm had recently disappeared to be later revealed that he had died, Splashstone survived, and Nightlight found out from him while dragging him back to camp that it was Rosepaw of Shadowclan who had done this to him, only adding to her hate of the rival clan. In time, Leaf-bare came, and with it snow and more death in Thunderclan, and also, the revelation to Nightlight that Songcrash had killed someone, an old clanmate in fact, Nightlight found it troubling, but didn't judge, and instead loved Songcrash still, as she could tell that it couldn't be changed anyway. As leaf-bare wore on, several things began to happen, Sunstar caught Greencough, and two of Songcrash's kits, Almondkit and Birchkit (Birchpaw) went missing, as well as, you guessed it, more deaths, Songcrash, worried and distraught, brought Nightlight along to a couple of the other clans in search of the missing kits, but they couldn't find them, instead asking Redstar, the new leader of Windclan, as well as a very curt and still somewhat angry at Thunderclan Lakestar, to keep an eye out for the kits, before returning to camp for the time being, and at this time, Nightlight was once more given another apprentice, Hollypaw. though her fears of losing apprentices were now gone, and then, a moon or so later, Birchkit returned with Peonypaw, who had secretly gone out in search of the lost kits. Nightlight, now ready to retire when Hollypaw was finished training, was outside the camp keeping guard in the cold and snow when her fellow clanmate, Craneleg, came out and decided to join her, as he couldn't sleep, the two talked about how they wish Leaf-Bare wasn't so cold, and eventually, Nightlight started to reminisce about the old forest, However it was cut short when she remembered that it had burned to the ground, which put a bit of a damper on the previously joking mood, and she tried to raise it again, not wanting to dwell on such depressing memories. She likewise had conversations with Ravenheart about the old forest in later moons, with the both of them wishing things could have been different, the time soon came that Hollypaw became Hollysmoke, but instead of retiring, Nightlight decided to remain a warrior for a little longer, and Leaf-bare ended sooner than she expected. A few more moons past, and Nightlight noticed that Hollysmoke was thinking very hard, and it seemed it was something that was bothering her, so being the cat she was, Nightlight padded over to talk it out with her former apprentice, she discovered that, Much like Songcrash and Lightwing, Hollysmoke didn't feel quite like she fit in, something that by this point, Nightlight was beginning to wonder about, though she resolved to try and help if she was able. Alas, Hollysmoke ended up leaving to find where she belonged, leaving Nightlight feeling a little more empty then she would have thought, however, disaster soon struck as a large and violent storm rolled through Thunderclan's camp and territory, it struck two trees which fell into camp, pinning down Thunderclan's leader, Sunstar, the whole clan worked to try and free the old leader, but despite their best efforts, it was all in vain, as Sunstar ended up joining Starclan, crushed by a tree in his own camp, Nightlight felt devastated, but managed to pull herself together enough to try and comfort clanmates that she felt needed it more, starting with Rabbitfoot, the next day, Beeflight became Beestar, and called the clan together to see who would be the next deputy, Nightlight joined the meeting, but for a separate reason than to hear who would be the deputy, she announced, after the clan learned the Gorseburn would be the new deputy, that she would be retiring to the elder's den, and that she looked forward to seeing the good brought about by Beestar and Gorseburn. She then proceeded to move to the elder's den, though it made her slightly uncomfortable with how empty it had been for the last few moons. A little bit of time passed, and Hollysmoke and Songcrash both visited her frequently, Eventually, news spread that Hollysmoke was carrying kits, although no-one seemed to know the father of those kits, and Nightlight suspected that Hollysmoke had a mate outside of Thunderclan, but didn't have enough evidence to support it, and so, didn't say anything, at one point, while sitting in the elder's den, Nightlight got a very strong feeling of longing to see the old territory again, and had padded to the border to sit and stare off towards the horizon which hid her old home from view, Songcrash followed Nightlight, and stayed awhile to listen to Nightlight reminisce about the old forest, before the pair started back to camp, on the way, Songcrash had some questions for Nightlight, and Nightlight's answers caused her to think about some things, once back at camp (Nightlight had guided Songcrash back) the two lay down to share tongues, during the conversation, the topic of Songcrash's kits came up, and it was reflected on just how fast kits grow up, which in turn, reminded Nightlight of the fact she now had 3 dead kits, and one who left after Sunstar's death, Nightlight cried a little, and tried to pull herself back together, but Songcrash encouraged her to let out bottled up feelings, and so instead, Nightlight cried for several long moments, Songcrash nearby for comfort. Moons past, and Nightlight got older, ever closer to what she was sure was her passing, only to wake up morning after morning, she didn't complain, as that meant more time with those she still had, though she often wondered if they would fare alright without her. after a moon more, Nightlight had to wonder no longer, as she was padding to get some prey from the fresh-kill pile, she collapsed in camp, her legs no longer able to support her through a pain in her chest, Songcrash, Ferntuft, and Hollysmoke all tried to help her, Hollysmoke by bringing moss, and Ferntuft and Songcrash by trying to get her to the medicine den, but it was all in vain, Nightlight pulled Songcrash close to comfort her before she passed to Starclan, her last words being "Be safe... And don't.... forget... me..." and then died, surrounded by those she loved at age 97.

## Friends and Family

Mumblesong(Brother TC(Former) StC), Shadefang(Sister TC(Former) StC), Skybright(Mother TC(former) StC), Bang(Father Rogue Deceased), Dreamshine(Friend WC(Former) StC), Furstar (Friend, sort of, I think? XD SC(Former) StC), Laurelivy(Aunt TC(Former) StC), Thatcher(Uncle TC(Former) StC), Darksparrow(Mate, TC(Former) StC), Lightwing(Apprentice(former), TC(Former) StC), Feathermist(Apprentice(Former), TC(Former) Stc), Thrushkit(Daughter, TC(Former) Stc), Clouddust(Son, TC(Former) Stc), Rocktooth(Daughter, TC(Former) Stc), Skyspirit(Daughter, TC(former) Stc), Songcrash(Apprentice(Former), TC(Former) Deceased), Hollysmoke(Apprentice(Former), TC(former), Loner(former), Stc), Ferntuft(Friend, TC(Former) Stc).

## Notable Quotes

"A word of advice, always tell the truth, worst case scenario, you get in some trouble, best case, you get told off, but don't lie, when you do you create a whole host of new problems," Nightlight to Duskfall

"She's dead! No medicine cat can help her now!" -Nightlight when grieving over Skybright

"It's not about fair, it's about efficiency, we can't exactly defend our territory if we rely on fair all the time now can we?" -Nightlight to Hokori when she caught him trespassing

"Darksparrow, I..... Of course you big fur-brain, I thought you'd never ask." -Nightlight to Darksparrow when asked if she would be his mate

"I promised her that I would be there for her, and when it mattered most I wasn't, so what good am I?" -Nightlight to Leafshine while grieving over Lightwing's death

"...it's always good to keep in mind that you don't have to like someone, just because they like you. Not everyone will have the same feelings for each other, if the world were that perfect, it would be boring." - Nightlight to Beeflight while they were talking about how to sort emotions to see if you love someone

"It's not easy, I shouldn't think, to be the deputy or leader, and have to look confident for everyone else's sake," - Nightlight to Beeflight when Beeflight was stressed over Sunstar's coma

"If there is one thing I've learned in my relatively decent life, it's that things take time, it's not all going to come at once, and I for one, enjoy the reward much more when it comes a little later." - Nightlight to Beeflight after giving him an esteem boost

"Switch me! Even a blind elder could see you're wearing yourself out!" -Nightlight to Ravenheart during a fox attack in camp

"You have grown so much, both of you, your father would be so proud of the warriors you've become." -Nightlight to Rocktooth and Clouddust when talking with them before the battle to retake Thunderclan's territory

"Just do one thing for me okay? Love them shamelessly, and don't take anything for granted, you never know how long it will last," -Nightlight when talking with Rooktalon about his kits, and how great of a father he'll be

"Maybe so, but if it's in the past then it shouldn't matter, I've done some things I'm not entirely proud of myself, but that doesn't define who I am, just as your past actions don't define who you are, and if Thunderclan can't see it, then I'm afraid there are more fools there than I've cared to admit." -Nightlight to Songcrash on things of the past

"Come back with me, you're not happy there, and it shows." -Nightlight when she asked Songcrash to come back to Thunderclan

"It's okay to regret things, To wish things were different, but don't let those thoughts consume you, it will only cause you more grief, instead, focus on what you can do," -Nightlight when discussing regrettable past decisions with Songcrash

"That sounds like a wonderful goal, but in pursuing a goal to mimic a trait you admire in someone else, be careful that you do not lose who you are, for that is what truly makes you unique." -Nightlight when talking to Songcrash while sunning to dry out their fur from close proximity to Thunderfalls

"Have you ever seen a whole forest burn? the graves of those you loved? Because I have, and I hope for the sake of all clans, that no one ever has to ever again." -Nightlight to Vexscar when discussing Dark stories, and the loss of the old forest