Flaxpaw

**Kithood**

Flaxkit was born to Squirrelstripe in MountainClan in early Greenleaf. As a kit, he often felt lonely and stressed about his future. Would he be a warrior, a medicine cat, a rogue, or would he even live to choose? Most of his stress and restlessness stopped when MountainClan‘s leader, Wavestar, had two kits, Slatekit and Duskkit, both toms. To him Duskkit seemed too quiet and meek to play with, but Slatekit was way too obnoxious, killing any small creature he could get his paws on. Nevertheless, Flaxkit found refuge in the gray tom, even finding interest in his unusual behaviours. One day he found a spider’s nest, obviously telling Slatekit. After messing with the nest too much, Flaxkit got a severe bite, having seizures and blacking out. Unbeknownst to him, the MountainClan apprentice Somberpaw made the long and hard dash to GlacierClan, retrieving the Clan’s youngest medicine cat, Wishwillow. Somberpaw was never seen again, but to this day he longs to thank her for her kind deed, wherever she is. Wishwillow cared for him in MountainClan for the day, but seeing it getting dark, and his wound infected too severely to be left alone she took him back to GlacierClan with her to be watched closely. Days laying in the same nest, unable to get up, made him restless and sick. Desparation took a turn for good when he met Fawnkit, the happy, bouncy younger kit had lots of patience and got him to look at the brighter side of life. After playing a weak game of moss-ball one day Flaxkit fell and jammed his leg, dislocating it and infecting it even more. After a few days the matter became too bad, resulting in his leg being amputated by Wishwillow. Because of this he went into a mild depression and shut out Fawnkit. Fawnkit seemed too happy to notice though, as she bouncily offered to go with him to ask Snowstar for a GlacierClan apprenticeship, being accepted. He still felt bitter to Fawnkit, partly blaming her for the amputation of his leg, even though it wasn’t her fault.

**Apprenticeship**

Flaxpaw was Apprenticed late due to his leg amputation. He was made an Apprentice in late Greenleaf, his mentor being the encouraging She-cat Blackblossom, taking time and patience with the three-legged tom. Restless nights in the apprentice den resulted in him sneaking out of camp, unknowingly followed by Fawnkit. He heard a screeching in the distance, following it, finding a small white-and-brown She-kit, not even knowing her name. After learning Fawnkit had followed him he became angry at her, claiming she should just keep her nose out of his business. Letting it go, he found a sharp thorn in the kit’s side and pulled it out, taking the miserable scrap of fur back to camp to Wishwillow. As the small kit got better he became close to her, sharing prey with her, playing with her, and naming her Barkkit. Barkkit did not entirely love Flaxpaw, claiming he was like a queen fussing over her kit, of course not completely meaning it due to her happy, bouncy, funny nature. She reminded Flaxpaw of Fawnkit, therefore only then regretting his bitter nature to her then. He tried to apologize, but he felt it was too hard, never making amends. One peaceful day in camp Flaxpaw was resting in his nest in the apprentice’s den when a dark prophecy came. As a result, massive whirlwinds came across the camp, causing nests to blow out, bushes to collapse, and even a tree to fall on the apprentice den, falling on his upper body. His respiratory system damaged, he was brought to the medicine den for critical care, having seizures from time to time. Seeing that Fawnpaw was also residing there, he taunted her for always having something wrong with her. After this, he had a final severe seizure before his breathing stopped and he ascended to StarClan.

**Appearance**

Flaxpaw is a pale gray tom with dark gray flecks, ear tips, paws, and tail tip. He is missing his front left leg. He has a long tail, broad shoulders and dark green eyes.