Gloomydream

Character by Logan, base by Chaseya

## **Description/Personality**

Gloomydream is a silver base dilute tortoiseshell with long fur and hazel eyes. She has long legs, and is growing into quite the beautiful cat. Her tail was bitten off by a fox, and is now a nub, which has done a number to her self esteem but otherwise only affects her balance.

She has eyes that seem so full of life it's hard to believe she was born in the midst of such trying times. Despite being so bright, a massive extrovert, Gloomydream is quite the pushover.

She is a reincarnation of Gloomyhollow, a previous Reedclan medicine cat who drowned after getting caught in weeds trying to save a kit who had gone into the water a little too early.

## **Life Events**

So far, Gloomykit has lived through the flood, which killed her parents. Other than that, she met Snakesoul, who became her foster father almost as soon as she met him.

Snakesoul taught Gloomykit to swim in a tide pool near the ocean. Shortly after, while playing "clans" with Bubblekit, Acornkit, Ferretkit, and Sunnypaw, she misjudged her ability and tried to swim in the ocean to gather seaweed for a game. Sunnypaw of Dustclan had to come to her rescue, but despite that she got up and continued to play with Bubblekit.

Gloomypaw was apprenticed not long before Cragpaw, Wavemask becoming her mentor. Snakesoul likely interferred with the choice process of her mentor, but she doesn't mind.

When she became a warrior apprentice, Gloomypaw experienced something strange. Her nagging fear of water disappeared, and so did her slight knowledge of certain herbs. She is no longer "possessed" by Gloomyhollow, and is free to live her own life, however there is a fear of water in the back of her head.

While out training with Wavemask, Gloomypaw wondered why she was no longer afraid of the water, but didn't dwell, pushing it aside as nerves. Later, Gloomypaw noticed something was off, and took off running towards the Gathering place. Wavemask chased her, and they came across the scene of Clearpaw's murder, (done by Larkpaw). Gloomypaw climbed down to Clearpaw's body, followed by Wavemask, and realized it all just smelled like Cavernclan. They brought Clearpaw's body back to camp.

While listening in to Goldenheart tell a story, she learned about the elderly she's past. She then learned about the gang wars, and became frightened of the formidible idea of the brutes. They began making parellels between the Society and the Gangs, and critiqued Hawthornstar on his plan to let the Society stay. Goldenheart told the apprentices about a fox den when Antpaw started acting up, and they formed a plan.

The next day, Gloomypaw met Wavelight, (Not Wavemask) while he was throwing a fit over a piece of prey. She said he was acting like a kit, and he turned on her, yelling at her about her not wanting to be a warrior with an attitude like that. It struck a nerve, and she shrunk back, apologizing profusly, when Antpaw appeared in the clearing, nudging past her and confronting Wavelight. They were joined by Wavemask soon after, both toms lecturing Wavelight about beating up on an apprentice for his own ego trip. Gloomypaw began to develop feelings towards Antpaw.

Not long after, Antpaw planned, and led Gloomypaw and Sedgepaw to the fox den that Goldenheart told them about, the three ready to try to drive the foxes out.. but there's three foxes and three apprentices. Antpaw pushed a stick into the den to rile the foxes out, and two babys came out, one jumping on Gloomypaw. Antpaw we to get it off of her then realized there's a third. The mother came out of the den and Antpaw, while realizing they fucked up attacked her. Gloomypaw battled one of the babies. The mother realized her child was being hurt, and left Antpaw, biting Gloomypaw's tail (which ends in her loosing it). Wavelight appeared out of the brush and jumped on the mother's back, as Gloomypaw killed the smaller of the two babies. The mother shook Wavelight off, took the other babe and fled the territory. Wavelight then got the apprentices back to camp. Gloomypaw blames herself and Antpaw equally for their injuries, the loss of her tail and the loss of his sight in one eye. She was lectured along with the other apprentices by Wavelight and Wavemask while in the medicine den. She feels like she failed Wavemask, and Snakesoul.

The next day, Snakesoul confronted her, and she snapped, when he yelled at Antpaw, lashing out at her father verbally in a tame way and storming back to the apprentice den. Leopardleap and Wavelight lectured Snakesoul about scaring her, and Leopardleap mentioned he might just be overprotective because she is his daughter.

Gloomypaw, during a rare quiet moment with her father Snakesoul, asked him about Tideheart (who was going to be his mate), and how he died in the same flood her real parents did. She learned that this was why he is so against friendships. She noticed that her father wasn't doing well, and realizing he was holding a lot of emotion back. She did her best to comfort him, despite realizing she didn't know her real parents, and likely never would. She vowed to make sure Snakesoul could make friends, and promised herself not to tease him about crushes. After learning that two more of his friends, Sandpath and Cottonpaw died, she felt an immense guilt over endangering herself attacking the foxes, and settled his outburst as valid.

Shortly after Antwatcher's warrior ceremony, Ravenstar called a meeting about votes. Gloomypaw didn't pay much attention, voting opposite of Snakesoul in the first round and with him in the second.

Foamsplash left the clan, but Gloomypaw didn't notice much.

Right after the meeting, Gloomypaw received her warrior name (too early): Gloomydream. She was confused, but happy at the name and her clan supporting her. Her attribute given from Ravenstar was sweetness.

The seeds of doubt in her leader were sown when Antwatcher was exiled shortly after receiving his warrior name. Her entire world was flipped upside down as she watched a cat she considered a friend and trusted spoke out against the leader and left the camp with Jester.

After Antwatcher, Wavemask approached Gloomydream after telling Ravenstar he wanted to leave. The elder, her former mentor, asked if she wanted to come out with him, the she-cat having no idea he wanted to leave. He told her so promptly, causing her to stop in her tracks and ask why. His reason, not enough for her, caused her to suddenly doubt *everything*, Ravenstar becoming the reason in her head. The soft, pure innocent kit in her heart crackled and imploded, leaving Gloomydream... changed. Matured, you could say.

While Gloomydream once wanted to have kits, she's now terrified to do so, at least in Reedclan.

## **Quotes**

"You're old!" - to Cherrywaters

"She's OLD, that's why she's an elder." - to Snakesoul

"I think life is gonna be really okay." - to Sunnypaw

"Everything leads to somethin better!" - to Bubblepaw

"I'd never think less of you, just like you don't think less of me for me bein' a fishbrain." - to Snakesoul

"Foamsplash, Antwatcher, you... what is going *on*? What is Snakesoul not telling me?" - to Wavemask as he left

"I don't want to be treated like a kit anymore.. I want to know things.." - to Wavemask

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr9Dv6ET7R8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErTIqZ8gyE&feature=youtu.be