Ibiscreek

## Appearance

Ibiscreek is a mottled gray, white and black tom with blue eyes. His fur is medium-length. He is shorter than average and quite lithe. He has a long, thin tail with a fluffy white tip. Due to a training accident early on in his apprenticeship, half of his left ear is missing.

## Personality

Ibiscreek is a gullible and easily manipulated apprentice, most of his opinions coming from other cats. His inexperience in most things causes him to listen to any cat older than him. Despite this he is good-hearted and tries to do what he thinks (and what others tell him) is right, always eager to act on these beliefs. He also has a habit of speaking his mind, even during battles, which can cause him to become distracted. His impulses and gullibility can land him into some serious trouble, but he usually means well.

## Kithood

After greencough quietly moved through Shadowclan, Ibiskit's mother, Weaseltail, succumbed to the disease. Soon after, Ibiskit's father Lightcloud had the same fate, both dying within two moons of each other. Shocked by this, Ibiskit found himself slowly secluding himself from the other kits in the nursery as he sorted through his grief. The closer his apprenticeship came, though, the more he realized he couldn't stay like this forever. He forced himself out more, forced himself to become a part of his clan once more. Two moons later he was able to put his grief aside and let himself try to move on from his parent's deaths. He opened up to those around him, and found himself enjoying the company of his clanmates more than he expected.

## Apprenticeship

Ibispaw was mentored by Cardinalbreeze. He jumped at the chance of training, specifically battle training, to try and better himself. Losing part of his ear during training only made him want to train more. While he was excited to become a full warrior, he still had fears that he wouldn't be prepared as a warrior and wouldn't be good enough for his clan. He especially worried over future battles due to his size and past failures in battle.

He met Torrentcreek early on in his apprenticeship while the deputy was looking for eager and easily manipulated apprentices. Unfortunately for Ibispaw, he was exactly what Torrentcreek was looking for. Torrentcreek was the apprentice's first introduction to the idea that Shiverclan was wrong, and he quickly ate up the Windclan warrior's words. Torrentcreek spun stories of glory and high praise into the apprentice's mind, these stories consuming the gullible apprentice. He began to believe that Shiverclan *must* go down, and the apprentice pledged his allegiance to Torrentcreek without a second thought. Soon after, Ibispaw was soon given his first task: attack the Riverclan warrior Howlfire, and try to push her to join Windclan. As soon as Torrentcreek left Ibispaw alone, the apprentice ran off to complete what was asked of him. Once he reached Howlfire, though, he began to realize the mistake he made.

The Riverclan warrior was twice his size, and had twice the skill. With Torrentcreek's praise fresh on his mind, though, he leapt into battle with the warrior. It didn't take too long for Howlfire to overtake the small apprentice, and through tears, Ibispaw admitted defeat. Ibispaw had taken worse damage compared to Howlfire, damage that was too much for the inexperienced apprentice to handle. The only significant wound Ibispaw gave to Howlfire was a small scar on one of her hind legs, right next to a much larger scar. This was accidental though, and he wouldn't know about the scar until later on. He returned to Torrentcreek the next night, and quickly told Torrentcreek about his failure. His pride was injured, and his spirit was broken. The deputy realized Ibispaw alone couldn't handle a full-grown warrior, and asked the apprentice for any willing warriors he may know. That's when Ibispaw told Torrentcreek about Cardinalbreeze, and soon, they had added another member to the plot to weaken Shiverclan.

When Ibispaw ran into Howlfire again, he was too scared to fight the warrior. He began to back away, looking for an escape route. The wind began to blow Howlfire's fur back, and his eyes landed on the scar, now revealed. Ibispaw was horrified and he stumbled over his words, unsure of what to do. He was then interrupted by the wind suddenly stopping and a loud scream that made even the forest freeze in fear. Howlfire and him were left in a shocked, scared silence, staring at eachother in confusion. The Riverclan cat caught sound of a commotion nearby, and lead the apprentice out to the beach.

At the beach Riverclan and Shadowclan cats encircled a large blood puddle, murmuring to each other. Ibispaw's stomach dropped when he saw all the blood, and panic filled his mind. He began crying out in fear, fur raised and eyes wide. As the blood seeped into his paws, murmurs of Starclan dying reached his ears, and his body went numb. He screamed and begged nearby cats, feeling as though his mind, body and voice was running on autopilot. Suddenly, he felt a cat grab his scruff and carry him to the ocean, helping him clean the blood off his paws. The cat tried to soothe the panic rising through the apprentice, taking pity on him. To Ibispaw's surprise, it was Howlfire who showed him kindness. The cat he attacked, the cat he scarred, took pity on him and helped him despite what he did to her. Panic was replaced by guilt. His eyes watered not from fear, but from regret. He was now torn between Torrentcreek, the first cat who showed pride in him, or Howlfire, the first cat who showed him kindness. Ibispaw finally made up his mind, and apologized to the Riverclan cat for what he did to her. The apprentice then left, now questioning Torrentcreek's authority.

## Warriorhood

To Ibispaw's shock, he was given the name Ibiscreek by pure chance. His body went numb as his clanmates shouted his name, none of them knowing the turmoil inside the new warrior. Ibiscreek mistook this as a sign from Starclan, a sign that Torrentcreek was just in his actions and that it was Ibiscreek's destiny to follow him. Ibiscreek still felt guilt for what he did to Howlfire, but he couldn't defy Starclan, right?

After meeting with Torrentcreek that night and telling him about the "sign" from Starclan, Ibiscreek suggested bringing Sparkstream into their plans and future meetings. They also decided on a new meeting spot for the group.