Thornstep

Thornstep is currently a warrior of HorizonClan.

Name- Thornstep

Gender- Tom

Clan- OrchidClan (formerly), HorizonClan

Rank- Warrior

Family- Wrensong (mate), Hootheart, Grasspaw, and Robinpaw (sons), Briarpaw (daughter), Junepaw, Fringekit, and Tabbykit (adopted daughters), Moonmist (sister), Sandslip (mother, deceased), Shadefeather (father, deceased), Mistykit, Palekit, and Sageblossom (nieces)

Friends- Conifercob (formerly)

Enemies- Slash, sort of

## Appearance & Personality

#### Personality

He’s generally good-natured, but serious. He’s a good warrior and loyal to the core, very brave and sacrificing, and he’d do anything for those he cares about. Around his family and friends, though, the serious front breaks and he’s more of a humorous and fun-loving cat.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Thornkit was born to Sandslip and Shadefeather in OrchidClan alongside his sister Moonkit. Things were chill for a pretty long time. Thornkit and Moonkit didn't do much.

He liked teasing his sister about her crush on Lionkit. She sometimes accused him of liking Cornkit, except he didn't, so it wasn't very effective anyways. He got along fine with his parents. He had fun disliking Palekit (not to be confused with his niece). Everyone probably had fun disliking Palekit. Palekit was rude. Anyways, everything was relatively chill for, like, three moons.

Then Brightbark died, leaving two older kits in the nursery - Coniferkit and Leafkit - without a mother. They were watched over by Lionkit's mother, Beechspring, although they were still pretty unhappy. Thornkit befriended Coniferkit in an attempt to cheer him up, but he was pretty lonely after Coniferpaw and Leafpaw moved into the apprentices' den.

When they were five moons old, a lot of stuff happened. Sandslip was once going for a walk with Shadefeather and told Leafpaw to watch Thornkit and Moonkit. That was chill. They were just playing around. But then an owl spotted them and attacked. Leafpaw was able to protect them, but she got several notches torn out of her ears. Thornkit felt kind of bad about that, but he was more impressed. He thought it was cool how she'd defended them.

Unfortunately, though, later that moon, Shadefeather died. Sandslip had wanted Thornkit and Moonkit to get a taste of squirrel before they became apprentices, and so she'd asked Shadefeather to go catch one for them in HorizonClan since the squirrels were better there. Shadefeather tried to do as he'd been told, but he accidentally fell off the tree he was climbing and died. That was sad. Thornkit and Moonkit were pretty traumatized, and Seedslip got kind of depressed and started neglecting her kits' needs. She didn't even leave the nursery den for their apprenticeship ceremony, much to their dismay.

#### Apprenticeship

Thornpaw was apprenticed to Stickstripe. He was glad to be back where he could train with Coniferpaw. He was still tight with Moonpaw, although his relationship with his mother was suffering. He trained well with Stickstripe, though. He didn't do much at first.

At his second gathering, he and Moonpaw met a new HorizonClan apprentice named Wrenpaw. She was the same age as them, and they soon became friends. Thornpaw thought she was kind of pretty, and sort of got a crush on her. She'd come to visit OrchidClan occasionally, and whenever she did that, Thornpaw used the opportunity to flirt with her. He did a very bad job of it, but she thought it was cute. One time, she decided to spend a night in OrchidClan, and Thornpaw offered to share his nest with her. They did that. It was sweet.

Unfortunately, when Thornpaw was nine moons old, Sandslip was found dead in her nest one morning. Thornpaw was pretty devastated by that, and he actually became a bit less close with Moonpaw, because their grief divided them rather than brought them together. He found some comfort in Wrenpaw, though. He was also pretty lonely once Coniferpaw moved to MarshClan and Leafshine, Palestep, Lionspark, and Cornflower became warriors.

He just existed and moped around for the next few moons. Poor Thornpaw.

#### Warrior Life

Thornpaw passed his assessment and earned the warrior name of Thornstep. That's probably the dumbest name known to mankind, but I created him at like 4 in the morning and I thought it sounded cool, so hush. He started seeing Wrensong more and more often, and they eventually established an actual official relationship. When he was only fourteen moons old, he moved to HorizonClan in order to be with her, finally getting over his fear of the territory since Shadefeather's death.

They became mates eventually and vibed for a while. Thornstep remained friends with Conifercob. He visited Moonmist in OrchidClan for a bit after two of her daughters died and her mate left her, because he felt bad for his sister. When the plague happened, he was somewhat saddened to learn of Cornflower's death, but he was glad that Moonmist had volunteered to take care of her remaining kits. Things were chill.

Then Wrensong had Thornstep's son, Hootkit. Thornstep was thrilled about that. It was great, and they were sweet. Only a few moons later, Junekit was found alone in HorizonClan's territory. Since she was the same age as Hootkit, Thornstep and Wrensong decided to take her in and raise her.

They vibed for a while. Thornstep got his first apprentice, Asterpaw. He was really excited about training her, and he did the best he could. He also joined the OrchidClan rebellion at Leafshine’s request, because he was pretty miffed that Lavenderstar had closed the borders. Since he doesn’t live there, though, and the plague caused *everyone* to shut their borders down, there wasn’t much that Thornstep could do. But either way, he became a part of it, and worked under the orders of Leafshine and Palestep.

Junepaw and Hootpaw became apprentices eventually, and he was excited about that. He celebrated by getting Wrensong pregnant again. Way to go, Thornstep. For three moons, he just spazzed around and spoiled Wrensong beyond belief. Once Grasskit, Briarkit, and Robinkit were born, he was of course thrilled. But then wave three of the plague struck... and it killed Junepaw. He was far less thrilled about that. He was pretty devastated, in fact. But he did his best to vibe. On the bright side, Hootheart became a warrior. So that was nice. *That* made him thrilled.

Also, Asterfall became a warrior. That was nice. He was proud of her.

Then his second litter became apprentices, and he and Wrensong decided to have their third and final litter. So they did that. Wrensong got pregnant again. Woohoo. Unfortunately, the excitement was sort of dampered by the news that over in MarshClan, Conifercob had caught the plague and died. That sucked. Thornstep was sad about that. But he and Wrensong were still gonna have babies, so he couldn't be sad for too long.

Not long afterwards, a queen named Snowstripe died, leaving her daughters - Tabbykit and Fringekit - without parents. So Wrensong decided to be their mom, and Thornstep agreed to be their dad. He’s really hoping they won’t end up dying like Junepaw.

Currently, Thornstep is still existing and vibing with Wrensong in the nursery most of the time, trying to sort of bond with his new daughters. Good on him.

## Other

#### Trivia

* He has a really stupid name. Why did I name him Thornstep?
* He is going to have eight billion babies with Wrensong. They’ll be giving Skyflower a run for her money. Just you wait.