Cher

> "I'll never forget what Acornspirit has done for me."
>  - Cherrydust to Acornspirit
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Art: https://artfight.net/~croewteeth

## Physical Description

Cherry is a russet cat with striking, emerald green eyes. Their tail is short, barely reaching their paws when they sit. Their ears are about a quarter larger than their Clanmate's ears. Their whiskers are white and short due to chewing on them while stressed, although some have grown out with age. They have tabby stripes in their back stripe and white dapples around their face and back legs. Their paws are large and wide, giving them an advantage with snow travel, though they lack claws of any kind due to being declawed as a kittypet. They have tufts on the tips of their ears.

Their fur is short, except around their neck, with is oddly long. The feel of their fur is a mixture of soft and stiff, the later more so than the first due to the fact that they have Wirehair Cat blood.

They have a nick in their right ear, about halfway down and cut inward in a "v" shape, it's very noticeable but the flesh that's been cut on has been covered over in thin layers of fur.

## Skills & Weaknesses

* Big ears - Cherrydust often uses them to express their emotions, but they are also sensitive; louder noises come off with a slight ring or echo to them.
	+ They're also very prone to headaches
* Big paws - Cherrydust has large paws, which make snow travel slightly more manageable, but they're clumsy, and often trip over their own feet, literally. Their back claws used to dig into their paw pads, causing pain, discomfort and infections.
	+ When they became a kittypet, they were quickly declawed as a safety precaution
* Mentality & Maturity - Cherrydust learns at a slower pace than others, especially in their younger moons due to undiscovered autism. They are often seen as immature by the others around them, never having lost their childish charm.
* Memory - Cherrydust struggles to remember smaller details, often forgetting their name numerous times.
	+ They've actually forgotten that they had kittens with Petalwish
* Determination - Being very determined, once Cherrydust has a goal, it would take a great deal of strength to pry them away from their next quest.
	+ This still makes them reckless when it comes to completing tasks
* Intelligence - At face value, Cherrydust seems like an aloof and clueless fool, though that it far from the truth. They're highly strategic, often concepting plans mere moments after being informed of them. On top of that, they also have a heightened intelligence from sheer life experience alone.
* Kits & Pregnancy - While they still show discomfort around pregnancy, they're completely used to kittens, often goading over them and stealing kittens away from their parents to tell them stories.
* Honesty - They can't lie to save their pelt, what they say is what they believe to be the truth.
* Trust - Sadly, Cherrydust isn't as trusting of others as they used to be, having been tricked numerous times in their younger moons.
* Construction - Being Cherrydust's lifelong special interest, Cherrydust is able to singlehandedly build a den suitable for at least 30 cats
	+ On top of that, they can't hunt, nor fight

## Life

### Kithood

Cherry lived in a twoleg house until they were weaned, where they were quickly tossed to the curb with their littermates, who scattered just days after. One day, while resting in a box, Cherry came across a new smell and began following it, this led to Cherry meeting their first friend and later "big sister," Acornspirit.

#### !! Cherry is now 4 Moons !!

Cherry and Acornspirit came to ShadowClan, immediately being greeted by Brokenrose and later, Mousepelt and Buzzardstorm. While Acorn and Lakestar spoke about the old territories, Cherry socialized with their new friends. Brokenrose looked sad, so Cherry left Mousepelt to talk to her, then they spoke to Buzzardstorm and learned that he's Acornspirit's brother. Finally, they went back to Brokenrose, where they promised to find Brokenrose's mother (spoiler alert: they never will because she's dead - rip Furstar) and then got a ride to the nursery, but they didn't. Lakestar stopped the two and said that Cherry would be sleeping in her den with her and Acornspirit. At least they got a badger ride.

Meeting Frecklepool, Cherry learns the game "moss-ball" and gets positive feedback when they almost catch a hard throw. Cherry also tripped over their paws multiple times but shh.

After their nap, they found Acornspirit, who was returning from visiting Lilacfrost's grave (rip Lila u\_u), Cherry asked how Corn's journey was and then they badger rode to Lakestar's den to go find Corn's acorns. Cherry relearned that they'll be sleeping with Lake and Acorn, they tell Corn that them and her will be the best company to Lakestar ever. As Acornspirit spilled the names of all her acorns, Cherry thought they heard Corn say "Lilacacorn" instead of "Lakeacorn" so this sparks the idea to go find the perfect acorn to be Lilacacorn. When they reached a tree, Cherry learned that the acorns fall from the trees. Cherry's concerned that the acorns got hurt on their fall, Corn says that they fall so that nice kits can play with them. Cherry declares that the best acorns must be near the base of the tree, then tries not to step on any of the acorns "so that they'll still fall for good kits." They pick up a few and take them to Acornspirit, the acorns are dirty, so they begin looking for a puddle. Acorn calls Cherry "floppy ears" so Cherry calls Acorn "Acornfluff" then makes an adventure statement "Floppy ears and Acornfluff off to find a puddle!" ,,, this started a very interesting conversation about how Cherry and Acorn are defending ShadowClan, and acorns from getting dirty. They start telling eachother about the cats they've met since coming to ShadowClan's camp. After the acorns were clean, they finally had Lilacacorn, Mouseacorn and Freckleacorn. The two curled up next to a shady tree and took a nap.

Cherry met Azrael, who had just left the warrior's den, they then preceeded to talk the poor tom to "death" by asking question after question and making comment after comment. Some of the things they said were: Azraelstar, that, when they're a warrior, they'll have the biggest nest to fit all their friends, that Azrael and Brokenrose were super mega best friends, and more.

Cherry met Spottedbelly and made Spottedbelly wonder if spots could run away.

Cherry scared Squeakdawn,,then proceeded talk on and on about paws, expecially hurt paws, and Acornspirit's paws.

Meeting Charcoalheart, the two played a game of hide-and-fetch. (also known by Kris as "hide the pinecone") Cherry found it behind the warrior's den by stepping on it (and with the worst hunting crouch known to catkind) as Charcoalheart wondered if Cherry would be his next apprentice. It was Cherry's turn to hide it, they decided to hide it in the nursery, the nursery smelled weird and made their stomach churn. Charcoalheart finds it with "help" from Cherry. Char's turn again, he hides it behind a tree, Cherry bonks their head against said tree and finds two pinecones, one being the one that they were both playing with. Charcoalheart takes his pinecone and Cherry names their's "Charcone," so Charcoalheart names his "Cherrybomb." Cherry has now adopted,,a pinecone. They built (and decorated) a nice little den for the pinecones next to the apprentice's den, then they left the pinecones to "sleep."

They then scared Spotwhisker by approaching from her blind side, and then commented on how her name doesn't match her whiskers, not understanding the full concept of warrior names quite yet. Spotwhisker proceeds to tell Cherry that they don't look like a cherry, now Cherry wants to see a cherry, and I have now confused myself.

Cherry met Petal, they picked flowers together.

Cherry was sitting outside the leader's den when they saw Jaybrook, they both went away from the leader's den and started drawing, but because cats technically can't draw (and Cherry's a toddler) they made a mess in the dust and dirt, saying they drew Acornspirit, then they drew Jayfrost. Jay drew a bird and Cherry. Then Cherry started gushing about Charcone and Cherrybomb, which led to Jayfrost choosing to get her flower and feather named: Sparkles and Fluffy. Cherry then watched Jayfrost draw until they fell asleep, tired from all the cool new things they've been doing.

Not eating because they were afraid of breaking a rule, they met Leopardroar,,,and then began to start going on and on about the cool things they did with their new friends. Cherry learned that Leopardroar is missing a child.

Cherry had a bad dream and decided to shake it off by walking the pinecones and talking to Brokenrose. They talk about numerous things, like nine lives. Once that conversation is over, Cherry gets up and leaves.

Frecklepool died and Cherry saw her body right after she did, not understanding the situation, Cherry tried to offer the corpse help. Frecklepool's ghost comes to talk to Cherry, the enby doesn't understand why their friend is saying goodbye, but after a long conversation, they promise to meet again and Cherry walks away. They believe that "dead" means "going on a journey."

Feeding time for Charcone! Cherry strolled out of camp to find pinecone food, not knowing that, as a kit, it was against the rules to leave camp. They ran into Night, a mysterious stranger with ties to Brokenrose and Azrael in some way. Cherry keeps talking about Brokenrose and Azrael. Night doesn't like that, then, Cherry suggests playing a game, so Night says she'll bring them around the territory if they can find eachother. Cherry and Night circle the bush they were on oppisite sides of and Cherry runs into Night's leg. Night comments on Cherry's green eyes, Cherry comments on Night's pelt. Night asks Cherry if they know where they want to go, so Cherry says that they want to see a cherry tree in the Twolegplace. They start heading off and Cherry brings up the Brokenrose, nine lives thing, Night agrees that it seems a bit unfair that not everyone gets nine lives. Night says that friends are great and that nobody "already likes her," referring to how Cherry said that they just met everyone and everyone seems to like them already. Cherry says that they like Night in return. Night says that Cherry doesn't know anything about her, so Cherry says the same about themself. They reached the cherry tree and Night tries to teach Cherry how to climb, but Cherry was too afraid. Night got the cherry for them while they picked good leaves for them both to weave into their pelts. After staring at the cherry, the two headed off to Night's den. (all the while, Acornspirit is freaking out because she lost the child) Cherry's pretty tired at this point. They spent a bit in the den before starting to go back to the territory. Cherry tripped on a branch and fell into the poison lake, Night falling shortly after. Cherry began to sink and Night saved them, in the excitement, Cherry opened their mouth, not swallowing any of the water, except for a few drops, this was enough to make Cherry's stomach upset. Once on land, they hurry back to the territory, where they hear Acornspirit's frantic calls. As Night, Cherry and Acornspirit near eachother, Cherry vomits up the water, due to being a child and, well, poison lake. Night and Acornspirit talk for a little and then Acornspirit finds Cherry. :D Acornspirit asks why they're wet, so they said they fell into a lake. Corn tries to groom Cherry, but Cherry protests, beginning to lick their paw. Corn carries Cherry to camp and Cherry gives Corn the cherry.

Brokenrose scolds Cherry about avoiding Night, then offers to teach them out to climb trees. Brokenrose doesn't like her scars and this ticks Cherry off a little.

Cherry ate a frog and spoke to Swiftgaze, they played a game.

Cherry saw Petal again, becoming sick, but also picking flowers because that's what friends do according to the two.

Cherry met Hazelkit, a newborn, Cherry doesn't like babies, but tried to be friendly regardless.

Cherry saw Acornspirit sleeping in camp and curled up next to her, Acornspirit woke up from this.

#### !! Cherry is now 5 Moons old !!

Playing with their pinecone, Cherry meets Roosterchaser and shows Charcone off to Rooster. Rooster decides to find Cherry's weaknesses.

Cherry coughs and Acornspirit's sickness sirens go off, so off to see Squeakdawn we go!

Seeing Charcoalheart again, Cherry and him talk for awhile.

Cherry helps Squeakdawn sort herbs, although Cherry wasn't able to help much.

Playing with a grasshopper, named Hoppy, Cherry killed it. They decided that Hoppy was tired so went to show off their new friend to Acornspirit, who, not wanting to destroy Cherry's happiness and explain that they killed Hoppy, decided to suggest building a den. Cherry. loves. building. dens.

Casual Cherry being too sad for me to remember because I hate sad Cherry, but basically they fear that literally everyone they love is going to get lost and so they start clinging to the cats they love. Thanks Heatbranch, you broke a child.

Charcoalheart tells Cherry that they need to hope he gets better, reasonably, like a mature cat...Cherry starts to cry their eyes out.

They speak to Petal, Petal's in the medicine den so Cherry decides to make sure she's not lonely.

Family time! Cherry and Acornspirit have a badger ride to Lakestar, something's wrong with Lakestar, but nobody really knows yet, Acornspirit has a suspicion though that Lakestar may be tired. Cherry and Corn pretend to be the scariest badger and Lakestar tells Cherry that they're one of the scariest badgers she's seen, this makes Cherry h a p p y. They all decide to play mossball.

Cherry asks Buzzardstorm casual things like apprenticeship.

Cherry was picking up leaves and sticks when they found a pinecone, which they named Pinelake, in honor of Lakestar.

### Apprenticeship

#### !! Cherrypaw is now 6 Moons !!

Cherrypaw met Pigeon, a loner, and caught a butterfly for her.

Cherrypaw kept Heatbranch company.

They decided to "draw" Stormstep.

After gathering sticks for little to no reason, Cherrypaw helped Brokenrose repair the elder's den. This is just the beginning of Cherrypaw's love of building dens.

They met Stormriddle and the two discussed pranks.

Goldenstride scares Cherrypaw with the idea of war.

Acornspirit and Cherrypaw have their first training session together: exploring the territory!

Cherrypaw was exploring alone when they met Creekblight, a ThunderClan warrior. Their demeanor threw Cherrypaw off and, when asked to be their friend, Cherrypaw declined. Creekblight then told Cherrypaw that they'll always be their friend. This scared Cherrypaw so they ran and whined to Swiftgaze and Brokenrose.

#### !! Cherrypaw is now 7 moons !!

Charcoalheart died, leaving Cherrypaw so upset that they destroyed the beloved den the two had made together.

Cherrypaw proceeds to wake up Leafjump by screaming.

Shortly after Lakestar lost one of her lives, Cherrypaw saw her watching them as they began building a small den, a surprise for their big sister and their big sister's mama.

Cherrypaw decorated a sleeping Brokenrose's fur.

Cherrypaw woke Petalpaw up.

Flintstream got moss and sticks for Cherrypaw's den.

Cherrypaw scares Lichenpaw, Lichenpaw doesn't like Heatbranch. Heatbranch is one of Cherrypaw's friends.

Rosepaw returned to ShadowClan and hung out with Cherrypaw for a bit.

Cherrypaw helps Midgeburr.

Snagtail praises Cherrypaw's den.

Cherrypaw helps Petalpaw out when she's doubting if she'll ever become a warrior. They picked flowers, and while Cherrypaw was decorating Lakestar and Acornspirit's nests, Petalpaw decorated Cherrypaw's nest.

Cherrypaw scares Squeakdawn.

Cherrypaw almost fell off of a cliff due to the rocks being slippery. When they got up (using Brokenrose's tail) they clung to Acornspirit and just cried.

They spoke to Rosepaw again.

#### !! Cherrypaw is 8 moons !!

Cherrypaw accidentally kidnaps Baykit of ThunderClan.

Cherrypaw was upset, they felt like they couldn't save anybody (Here's the rp-starter) Cherrypaw lay in camp, their chin resting on their right paw. They had washed their pelt after arriving to camp, the scent of the territory still clung to their pelt, they didn't mind though. They enjoyed sleeping under the tree root, spending all way studying different plants and testing to see how they'd work with one another. They sighed, their mind had been so occupied recently, how were they supposed to have fun if they were focussed on other things? Their nicked ear flicked, a grim reminder that they weren't strong enough to put up a fair fight. Their claws unsheathed as they thought about that cat, then shifting to Creekblight and Thrushperch. Tears edged their eyes, /I'm not strong enough..if something happens to Acornspirit, or Lakestar, o-or Petalpaw, I won't know what to do!/ They thought about their friend, Petalpaw, she seemed to know what she was doing, right? She was training almost daily. Sadness pricked at Cherrypaw's heart, there was less time for them to hang out together now that they were both apprentices. They looked down, when was the last time they played with their pinecones? Or played as the brave Floppy Ears with Acornspirit? Tears started falling, they didn't want to grow up! They didn't want to lose what they loved. They wanted to be a kid, but at the same time they wanted to learn how to fight, how to defend their friend and family. Cherrypaw left lost. -- Petalpaw was there to comfort them. Giving them a flower that they now protect with everything they have. They nuzzled eachother.

Cherrypaw met Spottedbelly. (rip Spottedbelly, you were a good kitty)

Cherrypaw scared Squeakdawn again.

Cherrypaw was exploring the territory, looking for their friend, Petalpaw, who was swept away by the torrent and into RiverClan. They looked at Deer Meadow with Brokenrose.

Cherrypaw is uncomfortable around Mousepelt.

Cherrypaw talks with Squeakdawn at midnight.

Upset over Petalpaw's disappearance, Cherrypaw proceeds to assume Azrael doesn't care about his daughter.

Cherrypaw proceeds to spend the whole time Petalpaw was away in the territory, but one day, they had enough, jumping into the river with the intention of drowning. Sparrowpaw of RiverClan rescued them and was there when Squeakdawn got Cherrypaw breathing again.

Petalpaw returned and the two nuzzled, Cherrypaw crying, asking her to never leave again.

Feeling stressed, Cherrypaw told Acornspirit that they needed to leave. They left the Clan, going off to explore. There, they met a loner named Twist, who takes them to a den. There, Cherrypaw spends their time away with the loner.

#### !! Cherrypaw is 9 moons !!

Returning with Acornspirit, they asked Swiftgaze to tell Brokenrose to meet them by the Burn Scar, there, Cherrypaw learns that they have a crush on Petalpaw, Brokenrose's daughter.

Cherrypaw went to pick flowers for Petalpaw, falling asleep before she woke up. The two saw eachother and cat-hugged, giving gifts to the other.

Cherrypaw dragged a loner named Lance into the camp, who was promptly renamed Lancepaw and was given to Swiftgaze.

Cherrypaw congratulated Rosewing on becoming a warrior and then helped her move her nest to the warrior's den.

Cherrypaw was trying to catch their short tail when Jaybrook came up. They innocently asked about love and Jaybrook proceeded to get sad.

Cherrypaw and Midgeburr spoke about food.

Shatteredbreeze was introduced to Cherrypaw's pinecone collection.

Cherrypaw met Ferretflower.

Lancepaw and Cherrypaw talked about leaders and getting tall.

Cherrypaw and Rosewing spoke about cats going missing, remembering when they tried to off themself due to the fear of Petalpaw potentially being dead when she went missing, Cherrypaw quickly warned Rosewing to avoid the water.

#### !! Cherrypaw is now 10 moons !!

Cherrypaw accidentally broke a hole in the warrior's den while goofing off, so Buzzardstorm helped them patch it up.

They went out to territory to study sticks, Leafjump watching them.

Cherrypaw and Stormstep talked about StarClan.

Feeling sad and lonely one day, Cherrypaw and Swiftgaze left camp, bringing Brokenrose (much to the detest of Cherrypaw) along, the three proceeded to get captured by Twolegs. Cherrypaw blamed themself entirely for charging towards the footsteps without much thought.

Having nail coverings, they broke a layer of glass with their head.

Petalpaw was exploring the Twolegplace one day and saw Cherrypaw in one of the windows, meeting eachother by the back door, Cherrypaw got out of a small gap in the door, the pair thought up a plan to free Brokenrose and Swiftgaze. Re-entering the den, Petalpaw got hurt and Cherrypaw just wanted to leave. Helping Swiftgaze through the hole and avoiding Brokenrose and her new demon child Ladybug, Cherrypaw asked if they should go get ShadowClan help, then Cherrypaw and Petalpaw ran to the territory. Cherrypaw told Petalpaw how they feel, Petalpaw tells the enby that she feels the same way about them. This makes the two happy and momentarily forget about why they're in the territory. Hurrying off to camp, they find Azrael, Brokenrose's mate, and gets him to help free the two she-cats still trapped at the Twolegplace. After everyone is free, Cherrypaw sits back and scolds themself on not being a good apprentice.

#### !! Cherrypaw is now 11 Moons !!

Cherrypaw scares Squeakdawn again again.

While playing in the snow, they met Buzzardstorm and Ladybug. With Ladybug, they stayed far away from the child, often referring to her in conversation as a monster, it's just easier that way as it made them think about something they wouldn't want to be around, rather than a living, breathing kitten.

They became snowcat and snowcat jr. with Acornspirit.

Overhearing Brokenrose complaining about a leak in the den, Cherrypaw went to fix it, basically trying to make it an in-and-out job.

Cherrypaw tried to boss a warrior around in territory. It went about as well as you think, they left to find supplies for the dens, leaving Azrael alone.

They feel out of place for awhile.

#### !! Cherrypaw is now 12 Moons !!

Gingershine and Cherrypaw built a snow-den together.

Cherrypaw and Squeakdawn "played" in the snow, they later saved him from a bug.

Cherrypaw met Cloverpaw, a RiverClan apprentice who seems to prefer the forest over the river.

Chewing on ice, Cherrypaw explained to Swiftgaze that they wanted to meet Acornspirit at the entrance the moment she got back. Cherrypaw stayed at the entrance until nightfall before Acornspirit returned to camp and Cherrypaw shows her their little den gift.

#### !! Cherrypaw is now 13 Moons !!

Visiting the Twolegplace, Cherrypaw met Donald Duck. They totally 100% hit it off immediately uh huh, yup.

Cherrypaw and Petalpaw had a sweet moment where the two went out to build a den, but ended up watching a feather and having a heart-to-heart about becoming warriors. Petalpaw doesn't know what she wanted to do when she becomes a warrior, but Cherrypaw knew they wanted to repair dens. Petalpaw told them that she would like to learn it too and Cherrypaw teaches her.

Swiftgaze tells Cherrypaw to go to sleep, who promptly refuses, a little while later they pass out from exhaustion so Swiftgaze lays them down in their nest.

Cherrypaw met Driftwind, a RiverClan warrior, and played on the ice with him.

Trying to cheer Stripesnap up, Cherrypaw offers to become his friend and the two play in the snow together. In an attempt to dump as much snow as they could onto Stripesnap, they climbed a tree. Their rocking caused the branch to crack a little, and in a split-second decision, they dropped from the branch, breaking their left front leg. The two went to Squeakdawn, where Cherrypaw was accidentally misgendered and was confined to the medicine den until their leg healed.

While in the medicine den, Hazelpaw comes in seeking Squeakdawn due to having a leg injury.

They hear a kit meowing and start to freak out. While freaking out, Brokenrose comes in to try and de-escilate the situation.

Gingershine ruined their game of mossball, then proceeds to creeps them out to the point where Cherrypaw is nearly crying.

### Adult Life

#### !! Cherrydust is still 13 Moons !!

Cherrypaw was named Cherrydust by Lakestar, it was a private ceremony in the medicine den. They were named after their facial flecks.

The first cat Cherrydust saw after the ceremony was Mousepelt, who was outside the warrior's den. Cherrydust was bursting with joy the whole time.

Swiftgaze came into the medicine den to congratulate Cherrydust, Cherrydust complained about being cooped up in the medicine den.

They had a conversation with Heatbranch.

Cherrydust met Flamepaw, Heatbranch's son and Hazelpaw's brother, for the first, and last time.

They sorted herbs with Squeakdawn.

Stormstep and Cherrydust had a nice conversation on random things like the weather and ceremonies. Stormstep brought up his deceased sister once.

#### !! Cherrydust is now 14 Moons !!

Cherrydust met Smokecloud.

Cherrydust was playing mossball in the medicine den, got worried that they were bothering Squeakdawn, and lied, saying they were bored and decided to help Squeakdawn sort herbs again.

Cherrydust saw their friend, Cloverpaw near the camp and the two hung out, gawking about old leaders and now cool Blazingwing is. Also, how Cloversneeze is a bad name. They then decided that they should make a hideout somewhere in either ShadowClan or RiverClan's territory where they could be spies and learn about secrets.

Jaybrook and Cherrydust go hunting, or, well, Jaybrook hunts, Cherrydust just,,sits there. Before Jaybrook catches a squirrel, the two find a jaybird, upsetting Jaybrook beyond belief. Cherrydust offers to host a kitty-funeral for the bird and the two bury the jaybird together.

Cherrydust watched Songoak die and was forced to drag her to camp with Brokenrose. Once the shock factor was over, Cherrydust felt a little guilty but ultimately realized that this couldn't be prevented, as it was a tree branch that cracked and broke, crushing and killing Songoak.

While stretching their legs, Lakestar saw Cherrydust and padded over. The two talked about weird, random things, like snow, melted snow and repairing dens. Lakestar was a little surprised when Cherrydust said they like to repair dens, and offered to make them the "official den-repairer" and Cherrydust basically frothed at the mouth like a puppy getting bribed with a treat. So now Cherrydust is in charge of repairing and building dens.

Mousepelt and Cherrydust went searching for Lichenmist, only to find out that she froze in the leafbare cold. Cherrydust begs Mousepelt to take time off to grieve for the lost warrior, who caves when Cherrydust tells her to at least take a day off.

Cherrydust was stretching and thinking about the recently named Petalwish, because that's normal. Soot (formerly Heatbranch) walked up, Cherrydust learned about Soot's punishment. The two decided to play in the snow, after a little convincing from Cherrydust. This took a turn however when Cherrydust brought up how cats had been lost recently. Songoak, Flamepaw, Lichenmist...

Cherrydust was crying while trying to somehow communicate with Petalwish, using thickets as their cover story. Brokenrose was awoken by this and tries to get Cherrydust back into the dens. When Cherrydust refused and said that Petalwish might not be able to hear them if they go into a den, Brokenrose feared the worst and Cherrydust started sobbing.

Getting found by Soot, they lied to him, but their mood brightened as they learned that he would be repairing a den. After repairing the den, Soot seemed worried about the safety of the apprentices, so Cherrydust suggested that Soot guard the den, he later took up that offer.

Cherrydust met Sparrowsong while considering becoming a lizard.

As Mousepelt was worrying about her kits, Cherrydust decided to become "Cherrylizard" and the two had a nice conversation about apprenticeship and mentors.

Cherrydust and Midgeburr made up a story together. It was about a badger, a large badger, possibly the biggest badger. His name was Pinecone and his goal was to find someone who would outrun him.

#### !! Cherrydust is now 15 Moons old !!

While pretending to be Floppy Ears, guiding IceClan on their quest to help protect ShadowClan, they met Beetlewatcher.

Shortly after, Cherrydust saw Jaybrook bring an injured ThunderClan warrior to camp while they were getting ready to move to the warrior's den. After Squeakdawn shows up, Cherrydust straight up leaves.

Meeting Charpaw--I mean, Messenger, Cherrydust decided that they didn't like dealing with drama and went to the frog marsh. Messenger followed Cherrydust and the two just chilled.

Walking around the camp, Cherrydust encountered Mousepelt, the two spoke a bit about mentorship.

Eating a lizard, Cherrydust and Buzzardstorm spoke about how the freshkill pile is dwindling.

#### !! Cherrydust is 16 Moons !!

Cherrydust and Morningpaw had a conversation.

The warrior wanted to help their friend, Stripesnap, feel better. Going into the medicine den to talk, Cherrydust suggests that the warriors play a game where they grab random herbs and eat them until they get sick. Stripesnap intentially ate deathberries and died.

Cherrydust was repairing the apprentice's den and saw Hazelpaw. They told Hazelpaw that Stripesnap died.

They met Forgotten.

They met Robinsong.

They saw Clovershine, formerly Cloverpaw, and the two hung out.

Lynxcatcher and Cherrydust became fast friends.

They spoke to Buzzardstorm in the medicine den. The two thought of doing something together, but they couldn't figure out what. After a conversation on how smart Acornspirit is, Cherrydust questions the validity of StarClan after Buzzardstorm says that trying to walk across the Endless Salt Lake is a bad idea.

Burrthistle was injured, so Cherrydust helped them out. They then sat with him and the pair chilled.

Cherrydust and Charfrost, formerly Messenger, played hide-and-seek.

Cherrydust and Swiftgaze chilled.

Cherrydust met Mellow, and they became fast friends.

#### !! Cherrydust is now 17 Moons !!

Cherrydust met their Clanmate, Sparrowsong.

Cherrydust met Pebbledusk.

Cherrydust caught up with Sparrowflight, formerly Sparrowpaw, of RiverClan. They helped the tom escape RiverClan and get out in the open space as a loner.

Cherry's stress begins! While having a nightmare in which Petalwish is dead, they get woken up, and Brokenrose apologized to them for the fight the pair had prior after freaking them out unintentionally.

Cherrydust and Lancespark catch up, Cherrydust is stressed about the dens collapsing in on themselves due to reaching capacity.

Cherrydust had a bit of relaxation while chatting with Lakestar. They finally got to show Lakestar the den! Tiny-den! The two then made plans to someday collect supplies to extend the warrior's den.

They spoke to Hazelblossom.

While in No Clan's Land, looking for den supplies, they smelled something familiar, Petalwish, their beloved friend and crush. Reuniting with her, the two had a heartfelt moment of sobs and cat-hugs. Cherrydust found comfort in their friend. Taking her to the Deer Meadow, the enby proposed to her. She said yes! The new pair arrived at camp to Brokenrose sorting the prey to find a good meal.

Cherrydust then proceeded to meet Thinsprout, fall into a bush, get scarred and get told that Thinsprout almost started a war.

Cherrydust met Fireflypaw.

Cherrydust met Rapidscorch.

Cherrydust and Petalwish talk about the new season, until Cherrydust begins to mock cats in the nursery, resulting in Petalwish growing nervous. She doesn't tell Cherrydust what's going on until later, where they compromised on one litter if Petalwish wanted.

Cherrydust sought out help from Swiftgaze.

Rapidscorch agreed to be the surrogate!

Cherrydust went searching for Acornspirit, wanting to ask her about the day the two met. They tell Cherry that they didn't want to be a mother without Lilacfrost around, and that she was really scared. This put Cherrydust's mind to ease a little.

Cherrydust had a horrible nightmare, one where they were forced to watch their new family get killed before their eyes. This shakes Cherrydust to their core, frightening them to the point where everything seems like a threat, every noise, every pawstep, every passing cat. Ladybugpaw came to try and talk to Cherrydust.

Cherrydust met Furzepaw.

Cherrydust and Lakestar collected supplies for the dens.

Cherrydust met Sproutkit.

#### !! Cherrydust is now 18 Moons !!

Petalwish woke them up to announce the conformation of her pregnancy, Cherrydust is delighted by this, and says that they'll go out and find the perfect gift for the kittens, once they'd left the border, they were scooped up by Animal Control.

Fearful for their life, Cherrydust attacked the human and ran off, fleeing into the twolegplace and meeting up with a black and white tomcat, who offers them free food and warm shelter. Inside the den are two newborn kittens. The tom introduces himself as Hamlet, though, after scenting ShadowClan on the russet cat, comments about how they're Acornspirit's kid, and reintroduces himself as Bouncestream.

Cherrydust is renamed Fluffy and locked inside the Twoleg den, they're furious and accuses Bouncestream of kidnapping them, but eventually Bouncestream apologizes.

A few days after arriving, Fluffy is getting ready to leave and head back to the Clans, but Hamlet convinces them to stay if just for Mittens and TuTu. They learn that Hamlet isn't a good father, and doesn't trust himself to raise the twins right. This works, and Fluffy agrees to stay.

#### !! Fluffy is now 25 Moons !!

Fluffy is taken to the vet to get declawed.

#### !! Fluffy is now 30 Moons !!

Hamlet died with Fluffy, Mittens and TuTu by his side. Fluffy made a promise to Hamlet to return to ShadowClan once they recieve a sign and tell Brokenrose, Leopardroar and Swiftgaze what's happened to him. Hamlet is thankful and smiles as he passes away.

#### !! Fluffy is now 50 Moons !!

TuTu is hit by a car and killed on impact, Mittens is destroyed at the loss of her brother and the two spend the night in the garden to mourn his death.

#### !! Fluffy is now 70 Moons !!

Mittens is diagnosed with a brain tumor, so Fluffy stays by her side in her final days.

#### !! Fluffy is now 71 Moons !!

Mittens passes away in the night, the final thing she said to Fluffy was that she couldn't have asked for a better life with "Uncle Hammy" and "RenRen Fluffy," Fluffy buries Mittens beside her brother in the garden.

#### !! Fluffy is now 90 Moons !!

Their Twolegs surprise them with two moon old kittens named Axolotl and Salamander. Fluffy is immediately accepting of Axolotl and Salamander and cares for them, teaching them all that they know about kittypet life, though their eyes keep drifting to the forest.

Fluffy runs away from their Twolegs with the kitten, hiding away by the Moonpools and starting to build the pair dens. Kittypets gifted them the items that they've started gifting to others.

#### !! Fluffy is now 91 Moons !!

Fluffy renamed themself back to Cherrydust, Axolotl wants a special name too, but Cherrydust says that they don't need a name to be special.

Cherrydust learns that Salamander is deaf.

Cherrydust teaches Axolotl the virtues of life.

#### !! Cherrydust is now 92 Moons !!

Cherrydust, Salamander and Axolotl take refuge in ThunderClan, as Cherrydust wanted to teach the duo about Clan life.

#### !! Cherrydust is now 94 Moons !!

Cherrydust snuck out of camp to meet up with Swiftgaze, there they learned something that they didn't want to: Brokenrose and Petalwish were dead, but Acornspirit was alive.

Cherrydust and Axolotl spoke about "home" and Acornspirit.

Salamander and Cherrydust went swimming together in Thunder Falls.

They met Joypaw.

Cherrydust woke up to the screaming and immediately rushed out of camp, getting bombarded by rats on all fronts to the Edge of the Forest, waking up the loners, telling them to get their friends and run to the Gathering Place. Once everyone was evacuated, they turned their gaze to RiverClan, running out to warn Blazingstar. When they get there, they join Blazingstar in evacuating RiverClan, there, they don't sleep from the chaos of the recent events.

Cherrydust met Thrashercloud in the midst of searching for their daughters the following morning, they explained their situation and Thrashercloud wished them luck before rushing off to find his family.

Some time had passed, about 12 hours since this, and they paused their search to aid the cats and collect help. Climbing the Gathering Tree, they called an announcement to try and get backup. Badgeroak, a WindClan warrior, offered his help, to which Cherrydust gratefully accepted.

Cardinalpine, a RiverClan warrior, was building nests, when Cherrydust asked for his help weaving the barrier, they agreed on leaving during the rain at nightfall to collect enough brambles and moss to last enough cats for basic nests.

Ducklingmarsh was next, the ShadowClan warrior was surprised to hear that Cherrydust knew of his alliegiance, and he thought that they were going to mock his kin. Instead, he was met to a grateful ranting of Cherrydust, explaining the history of ShadowClan.

Fawn and Cherrydust had a talk about vegetarianism nd pescatarianism, plus strawberries.

Wasppoppy, a mute warrior of a Clan Cherrydust has yet to figure out, and Cherrydust had a friendly conversation about Clan life.

Ocean and Cherrydust met up once more, they were both wounded, and Ocean wanted Cherrydust to patch up their wounds, but they assured her that they were fine.

Cherrydust and Creamstar spoke about the current events.

Cherrydust ran back to ShadowClan's territory to save Peachkit, a little tomkit who was left behind in the chaos because he had snuck out just an hour prior to the rats ambushing the Clans. They sustained a severe wound to the primordial pouch.

Reuniting with Acornspirit, Cherrydust is more than eager to tell their big sister about Axolotl and Salamander after a tearful embrace.

## Relationships

### Family

Acornspirit - ShadowClan, Demigirl, Warrior, "Big Sis(ter)" (Adopted Mother), Former Mentor

Acornspirit was the one who initially brought them to ShadowClan, having met in Twolegplace, Acornspirit is the closest thing Cherrydust has to family, and they're perfectly content with that.

**[ Deceased ]** Lakestar - ShadowClan, She-cat, Leader, Grandmother

Lakestar is Acornspirit's mother, these two shared a close bond that persisted after the death of the leader. She gave Cherrydust their warrior name, taught them many things and both recognized and encouraged Cherrydust's fondness of building dens.

**[ Deceased ]** Lancespark - ShadowClan, Tom, Warrior, Best Friend / Adoptive Cousin

There was nothing stopping this duo; Cherrydust and Lancespark were together since kithood ever since Buzzardstorm adopted Lancekit. Their unstoppable friendship endd in Lancespark's death.

**[ Deceased ]** Petalwish - ShadowClan, She-cat, Warrior, Mate

**[ Deceased ]** Lakefur - ShadowClan, Tom, Warrior, Son

**[ Deceased ]** Pinefoot - ShadowClan, Tom, Warrior, Son

**[ Deceased ]** Cedarclaw - ShadowClan, She-cat, Warrior, Daughter

**[ Deceased ]** Junebugpetal - ShadowClan, She-cat, Warrior, Adopted Daughter

**[ Deceased ]** Mittens - Kittypet, She-cat, Adopted Daughter

**[ Deceased ]** TuTu - Kittypet, Tom, Adopted Son

**[ Deceased ]** Hamlet - Kittypet / ShadowClan, Tom, Best Friend / Uncle Figure

Axolotl - Clan Hopper, She-cat, Adopted Daughter

Salamander - Clan Hopper, She-cat, Adopted Daughter

### In-Laws

#### Petalwish's Family

**[ Deceased ]** Furstar - ShadowClan, She-cat, Leader, Brokenrose's Adoptive Mother, Never Met

**[ Deceased ]** Brokenrose - ShadowClan, She-cat, Elder, Adoptive Mother-In-Law, Close Friends

**[ Deceased ]** Azrael - Loner, Tom, Father-In-Law, Dislikes

**[ Deceased ]** Ladybugflutter - ShadowClan, She-cat, Medicine Cat, Sister-In-Law, Distrusts

**[ Deceased ]** Bluebellpelt - ShadowClan, Tom, Warrior, Brother-In-Law, Never Met

**[ Deceased ]** Furzestream - ShadowClan, Tom, Warrior, Brother-In-Law, Never Met

**[ Deceased ]** Fireflypaw - ShadowClan, Tom, Apprentice, Brother-In-Law, Never Met

### Friends

Peonystar - ThunderClan, She-cat, Leader, Friend

Sootriddle - ShadowClan, Tom, Deputy, Distant Friend

Swiftgaze - ShadowClan, She-cat, Elder, Friend / Mother Figure

### Neutral

Mousepelt - ShadowClan, She-cat, Warrior, Former Friend

### Dead People

These are cats whom Cherrydust was impacted by, either through friendship, love, enemies, ect.

**[ Deceased ]** Frecklepool - ShadowClan, She-cat, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Charcoalheart - ShadowClan, Tom, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Spotwhisker - ShadowClan, She-cat, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Jaybrook - ShadowClan / Dark Forest, She-cat, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Night - Loner / Dark Forest, She-cat, Neutral Relationship

**[ Deceased ]** Rosewing - ShadowClan, She-cat, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Sparrowflight - Loner, Tom, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Stripesnap - ShadowClan, Tom, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Clovershine - RiverClan, She-cat, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Charfrost - RiverClan, She-cat, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Lynxcatcher - ShadowClan, She-cat, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Mellow - Kittypet, She-cat, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Burrthistle - ShadowClan, Tom, Warrior, Former Friend

**[ Deceased ]** Thinsprout - ThunderClan, Tom, Warrior, Former Enemy

## Quotes

"Your whiskers don't /look/ spotty." - Cherry to Spotwhisker

"Yea! I do,,and,,you have a dark pelt,,like the shadows!" - Cherry to Night

"I won't, and that's a promise! Next time I see you, I'll have found the best mossball for our game!" - Cherry to Frecklepool's ghost

"Well, you don't look like you're gonna hurt me, so I don't have to be afraid of you!" - Cherry to Night

"You don't know that, maybe I don't hate cats because of their then, but because of their now." - Cherry to Night

"Well, I like it!" - Cherrypaw to Brokenrose about patching dens

"Thanks! I met Acornspirit when I named Cherry, and Lakestar named me Cherrypaw!" - Cherrypaw to Stormriddle

"I,,have no idea." - Cherrypaw to Stormriddle

"B-but then I can't sleep with Acornspirit and her mama if we're at war?" - Cherrypaw to Goldenstride

"Some 'ThunderSomething' cat, he wanted to be my friend,,but the way he said it and the look on his face,," - Cherrypaw to Swiftgaze about Creekblight

"Have you ever loved somebody?" - Cherrypaw to Jaybrook

"There's Pinelake, she's the biggest one, and she's named after Lakestar, Acornspirit's mama. Acorncone was named after my big sister," Cherrypaw paused, looking at Petalpine. "This one is named after my best friend, Petalpaw." - Cherrypaw to Shatteredbreeze

"Well, maybe second tallest," Cherrypaw coo'ed. "Nobody can be taller than Acornspirit~" - Cherrypaw to Lancepaw

"Don't go near the water!" - Cherrypaw to Rosewing

"Let's go get help from ShadowClan." - Cherrypaw to Swiftgaze

"I..told her how I feel around you," ... "S-she told me I..have a crush on you." - Cherrypaw to Petalpaw

"I'm like bramble," they whispered, grabbing a small chunk. "Hard, out of place and sometimes hurts to touch,," they looked at the dens. "But important to the Clan." - Cherrypaw to themself

"Well, yea, it's snow silly!" - Cherrypaw to Squeakdawn

"Yea! Sorry is only for really bad things like,,,cheating in a game or grabbing the last lizard before someone else." - Cherrypaw to Squeakdawn

"It's Cherry\*dust\* now! I'm a warrior!" - Cherrydust to Mousepelt

"I'll never forget what Acornspirit has done for me." - Cherrydust to Mousepelt

"Yes! I wanna fix dens all the time!" - Cherrydust to Lakestar

"Well, I don't think we'll let the snow change \*this\* Clan!" - Cherrydust to Lakestar

"Ooo! What if,,you're Agent Sun, because RiverClan can see the sun easier than ShadowClan can?" - Cherrydust to Cloverpaw

"If you need anybody to talk to, I'm here." - Cherrydust to Soot

"I can get you poppyseeds, I can make your nest soft!" - Cherrydust to Mousepelt

"Hi Mousepelt! I'm Cherrylizard today!" - Cherrydust to Mousepelt

"I will, but I don't want to!" - Cherrydust to Stripesnap

"She's everywhere and nowhere. Drama is garbage and I don't think she wants to be anywhere near it. Camp is seeping with drama." - Cherrydust to Buzzardstorm about Acornspirit

"Mmm...freezing." - Cherrydust to Mousepelt

"My big sister lives in ShadowClan, my mate and her family too. Lakestar is my grandmama, Beetlestar my uncle. I have a high respect for ShadowClan, even though I left their ranks many moons ago." - Cherrydust to Ducklingmarsh

"Making sure every cat here is safely accounted for is more important, besides, it's just a few scratches and torn tissue, nothing to concern over." - Cherrydust to Ocean