Poppytwist

> "It's okay to talk to someone when you're feeling down. It doesn't make you weak, or make others think any less of you." - Poppytwist to Scampermizzle
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## Poppytwist

Ref: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/634553976 Base design by tfcrpbasedits/-Regal-Original design by @FoqMachine-

### Immediate Family

Frostdrift (Mother, Deceased) Cardinalplume (Mother) Gossamerhoot (Brother, Deceased) Ambermoth (Sister)

## Physical Appearance

### Pelt Colour

Ginger with dark ginger points, a cream mane, and cream speckles

## Physical Appearance

(Written and Designed by @FoqMachine-) Poppytwist is a very muscular cat. She has long curly fur, and although her ears are slightly longer than average, they are round and smaller than her siblings’. Her pelt is mostly ginger, with dark ginger points and a cream mane as well as cream speckles dotting her back and face. She has a patch of cream on her belly and tail and two dark ginger stripes crossing her stomach. Her eyes are wide and yellow with green irises, and she is about 11 inches tall.

## Personality

Poppytwist is a rambunctious and very extroverted cat who is not afraid to speak her mind. When she was young she saw everyone as amazing and a potential friend, but as she's grown and been through tragedy that outlook has largely disappeared. She still remains a largely kind-hearted and optimistic cat at heart, just one who is less willing to trust everyone. Once she decides someone is worthy of being her friend, the youthful, endlessly positive side of her emerges. Poppytwist doesn't have as much common sense as other cats and is certainly prone to making bad decisions, however, she has matured and grown more practical, if only by a little. She has also developed more of a temper and can be easily angered in arguments or by cats she deems 'mean'. Although she has suffered and been changed because of it, she still retains a bit of childish recklessness and a desire to cause mayhem, something that often comes out when she's around her best friend.

Main Traits:

**Positive-** Kind-hearted, friendly, optimistic

**Negative-** Gullible, full of herself, needy

**Neutral-** Rambunctious, extroverted, adventurous

## Life

### Kithood

Poppykit was born during leaf-fall to Frostdrift and Cardinalplume of WindClan. She was the firstborn, with her sister Amberkit second and her brother Gossamerkit last.

During her first or second moon, Frostdrift told her daughter not to leave the nursery until she turned three moons old, and to never leave camp until she was an apprentice. This upset the young she-kit before her mother suggested going outside with her for a few minutes.

Shortly after turning three moons, Poppykit wandered outside and met Creambranch. The queen gently informed the she-kit that it was too cold outside to play and was able to convince her to go back inside.

One late morning Cardinalplume returned to camp with prey and shared it with Poppykit and her littermates, who were excited for their first prey. Poppykit took the opportunity to practice her hunter's crouch.

When she was about four or five moons old, Poppykit woke early one morning and, initially attempting to doze until she could fully wake up, held a climbing contest with Gossamerkit. Upon winning and noticing her brother's disappointment, she suggested doing something else, but the two continued playing after he reassured her that he was fine.

During her eighth moon, Poppykit befriended Emberkit and the two bonded over their shared annoyance at still being in the nursery past six moons.

One night when she was unable to fall asleep, the also awake Frostdrift told her a story about her deceased friend Crackstep, gently telling Poppykit about the concept of death.

Shortly before the end of her kithood, Frostdrift died of hypothermia. While being informed of this by a distraught Cardinalplume, Poppykit remained stoic and calm, attempting to comfort her siblings. Later, however, she grieved for her mother alone and entered a period of emotional confusion.

### Apprenticeship

At eight moons old she became an apprentice along with her littermates and earned the name Poppypaw, being apprenticed to Birdglide.

The day after her ceremony, Poppypaw met up with Emberpaw again and they discussed visiting the RiverClan border together.

The next day she met her mentor for the first time, excitedly bombarding Birdglide with questions and training ideas.

About a week later, Poppypaw met the young Championkit while dozing in her nest. She thought that the tom reminded her of herself, and they talked for a little.

When she was about eight moons old, Poppypaw entered the medicine den with a cut paw pad and met Scamperpaw. They talked for a bit as he treated her, although she didn't tell him that she had injured herself while walking lost in thought. She decided to help the medicine apprentice find some yarrow and they wandered around the moor together for a while.

One morning she encountered her sister Amberpaw while watching the sunrise and they talked.

On another day Poppypaw and her mentor practiced battle training.

One time, Poppypaw was approached by Championkit again, who was upset about his sister Regalkit's disappearance and thought she was on an adventure without him. In an effort to cheer him up, Poppypaw suggested they sneak out of camp and visit the ThunderClan border, which they did before returning safely home.

When she was about 12 moons old, Poppypaw encountered Scampermizzle and encourage him to be more open with his more negative feelings, telling him about her experience losing Frostdrift.

Another day, Poppypaw witnessed Emberpaw collapse as he was hunting and became greatly concerned about his well-being. Emberpaw reassured her, however, and suggested they hang out, so the two visited a meadow Poppypaw had found.

Poppypaw met Peachpaw once and was very confused as to why some cats were being hostile towards him, as she didn't understand disliking someone without getting to know them.

### Warriorhood

When she was old enough, Poppypaw was named Poppytwist by Redstar. She was very happy about becoming a warrior and told everyone she knew.

About a day later, Poppytwist encountered her friend, the recently named Emberdrift, and confessed to him that she had been attempting to speak to her deceased mother. Emberdrift told her he had been doing the same with his family and the two bonded over their shared experience.

Poppytwist met up with Championpaw, who had been recently apprenticed, and the two young cats officially declared that they were best friends before sneaking off on a "mission" to RiverClan.

Poppytwist met the recently adopted Bellflowerkit one day after she squashed a butterfly he had been watching, apologizing quickly for the act.

After her brother Gossamerhoot disappeared and was presumed dead following his case of redcough, Poppytwist was very distraught and mourned her littermate. She also spent time talking to Scampermizzle, who was his best friend, during their shared grieving.

One night not long after her brother's death, Poppytwist looked at the stars with Emberdrift telling him how she hoped both Gossamerhoot and Frostdrift were happier now.

On one of her better days since Gossamerhoot's disappearance, Poppytwist and Championpaw snuck into RiverClan territory and got into a brief scuffle with the warrior Sunflame, resulting in Poppytwist earning a scar across her nose.

Another day, Poppytwist helped a slightly sick Scampermizzle in the med den.

After an interaction with Regalpaw, Poppytwist's opinion of the apprentice as rude and too much was cemented, although she continues to tolerate Championpaw's sister.

Poppytwist met the RiverClan cat Swimpaw one day on the border.

After encountering Cardinalplume one day during a hunt, Poppytwist came out to her mother as demisexual, talking about how she knew she couldn't fall in love without having friendship be the first step. Cardinalplume reassure her that it was okay to feel that way and that there was no rush to find a mate, telling her about how she fell for Frostdrift in a similar way.

One day Poppytwist confessed to Championpaw about how much she missed Gossamerhoot, and her best friend suggested the pick flowers for him.

After finding Bellflowerpaw lost in the territory, she helped him find his way back as they chatted.

Poppytwist met Ghost one day and decided that the blind loner was pretty cool.

Emberdrift introduced Poppytwist to his adopted kits soon after they were brought into camp, and she quickly took it upon herself to guard them when their father wasn't around, growing quickly attached to the troublemaking Berrykit.

After Swan killed Redstar and took over WindClan, Poppytwist retreated into herself and hardly interacted with anyone, too scared she would accidentally do something stupid and that someone she cared about would be punished for it.

During the takeover, Poppytwist learned about the Rebellion from Regalpaw, but decided to stay out of it.

After Emberdrift was injured by Belladonna, one of the rogues who had come to camp with Swan, Poppytwist helped heal his wound and they grew closer.

One day when Poppytwist decided to venture out of camp, she encountered a rather strange loner named Aphelion. She was fascinated by him and hopes to meet him again one day soon.

When she found out that Championpaw had been living on his own in WindClan territory and refused to return to camp until Swan was gone, Poppytwist was upset at first but soon accepted his way of coping.

Poppytwist was a bit stunned when Swan was suddenly murdered, and didn't quite believe Badgeroak and Thrashercloud's story, but chose not to push the issue. She was, however, relieved to have Championpaw back in camp.

Shortly after Swan's death, she talked with Echomirth in the med den about how she was trying to help out by collecting herbs for the medicine cats, discussing her relative lack of ability to empathize with others in times of distress.

## Relationships

★ **Frostdrift - Mother, WindClan, Deceased -** Poppytwist had a very close relationship with her mother. Although she disagreed with Frostdrift's rules, she still respected them. Her death has left Poppypaw in a period of inner turmoil.

★ **Cardinalplume - Mother, WindClan -** Poppytwist loves her mum and has a positive relationship with her, although they are not as close as Poppytwist and Frostdrift were.

★ **Gossamerhoot - Brother, WindClan -** Poppytwist is close to her brother and enjoys spending time with him. She is also aware of his frailty and is careful with him while still trying to treat him like anyone else.

★ **Ambermoth - Sister, WindClan -** Poppytwist is not super close to her sister but still cares about her greatly.

★ **Emberdrift - Friend, WindClan -** Poppytwist met Emberdrift while they were still kits and thinks he's pretty cool. Even though he can be quiet, Poppypaw talks enough for the both of them.

★ **Scampermizzle - Friend, WindClan -** Poppytwist enjoys spending time with the medicine cat and believes he is amazing at his job, even if he doesn't quite believe it himself.

★ **Championfable - Best Friend, WindClan -** Poppytwist and Championfable are best friends and like-minded individuals who go on all sorts of fun (and sometimes illegal) adventures together.

★ **Bellflowerpaw - Friend, WindClan -** Poppytwist met him after pouncing on a butterfly Bellflowerpaw had been planning on catching himself.

**~ Birdglide - Former Mentor, WindClan** **-** Poppytwist liked her mentor well enough, although she wished the other she-cat had as much energy as she does.

**~ Faithbeam - Acquaintance, WindClan -** Poppytwist met the other she-cat once and thought she seemed awful sad.

**~ Creambranch - Acquaintance, WindClan -** Poppytwist is unsure yet whether or not she will like Creambranch as WindClan's leader.

**~ Peachtrance - Acquaintance, WindClan -** Poppytwist met the former kittypet and thought he seemed perfectly fine, not understanding why other cats seemed to dislike him.

## Skills and Weaknesses

Hunting: 10/10

Fishing: 0/10

Offense: 7/10

Defense: 5/10

Strength: 8/10

Stealth: 10/10

Stamina: 7/10

Climbing: 5/10

Swimming: 2/10

Charisma: 4/10

Leadership: 6/10

Intelligence: 7.5/10

Loyalty: 7/10

Herb Knowledge: 5/10

Belief in StarClan: 5/10