MaplePaw

**Name: MaplePaw (Previously known as MapleKit)**

**Gender: Female**

**Status: Deceased (StarClan cat)**

**Cause of death: Killed by a fox protecting their cubs.**

**Background: Clan born within SlateClan**

**Occupation: Former Warrior apprentice**

## **Description**

MaplePaw was a light brown she-cat who had a maple leaf birthmark on their chest, a stubbed tail, and maroon eyes. MaplePaw was known for having a kind personality and being very good with looking out for the other kits within SlateClan. MaplePaw was killed by a fox that was protecting her cubs during a patrol.

## **Backstory**

MapleKit was born into SlateClan, she was given the name "Maple" because of her maple leaf-like birthmark on their front leg, and because of her maple leaf-colored eyes. When it was leaf bare, MapleKit ended up getting frostbite on her tail and had to get the majority of her tail removed by the healer. Once MapleKit reached 6 moons old, she received her apprentice name "MaplePaw" and her mentor, WrenWing. WrenWing promised MaplePaw that he would train her into becoming a great warrior of SlateClan, MaplePaw trusted WrenWing to lead her into a bright future. MaplePaw enjoyed her training sessions with her mentor and other apprentices, she didn't mind helping the elders, and she loved playing with the other kits and gathering fresh kill for her clanmates. One day, MaplePaw came back to camp after a hunting trip to learn that her leader had lost their final life, MaplePaw was very distraught to learn this news. However, she knew she had to move on from this and be ready to serve under a new leader. The new leader was known to be cruel by the apprentices, he wouldn't let them hunt for themselves, or rest, and he would make them work from dawn to dusk, even during leaf-bare. One day, the new leader, HemlockStar, made MaplePaw go out on a patrol alone to check the border. MaplePaw was told by WrenWing that he had tried to convince the leader to not let her go alone on this patrol, but he was unable to. The last word that MaplePaw heard from her mentor was to be careful on the patrol, and if her gut had gotten a bad feeling during the trip, to trust it and to run back to camp to get help, despite her leader's words. MaplePaw's patrol was ok until the she-cat ran across a fox and her cubs. The fox attacked and killed MaplePaw, and her body was founded by a patrol when she didn't return back to camp. MaplePaw was guided to StarClan and the she-cat reunited with her grandparents and ancestors.

MaplePaw was one day confronted by the StarClan cat, DarkCreek, about a prophecy that he had been given. The tom believed that the prophecy meant that the warrior, SunSpots, would become the new leader of a new clan which would be known as HollowClan. MaplePaw and 7 other StarClan members traveled with DarkCreek to find the group and tell SunSpots about this prophecy, once they arrived in SunSpots dream to tell them the prp[jecy, MaplePaw, and the other StarClan cats gave SunSpots his 9th lives. MaplePaw gave SunSpots his 7th life, which was his life for kindness. after the ceremony had ended, MaplePaw and the other 7 StarClan cats returned back to StarClan, while DarkCreek stayed back to guide SunStar's group to the location where HollowClan would be formed. MaplePaw continues to spend time with her ancestors on StarClan's territory.

## **Family**

Family: Unknown

Former Mentor: WrenWing

## **Gallery**

MaplePaw, as a StarClanMaplePaw, a former Apprentice of SlateClanA comic that showcases MaplePaw's death