Morningcloud

Lovestruck

Morningcloud was a ShadowClan warrior who served under Dapplestar's and Frecklestar's leaderships during the Reverse Generations. He was born to Silverspring and Brownpetal alongside his brother, Cloudkit. He was mentored by Frecklespeckle. As a warrior, he became mates with Thistlesong of SkyClan and raised and mentored one of her kits, Ashpaw, in ShadowClan. He also had a litter with her consisting of Silverkit and Shadekit. He was drowned by Thrushleaf and Thistlesong when he attempted to join SkyClan to be with them. He entered StarClan, but eventually left to wander the Dark Forest to be with Thistlesong when she died. He gave lives to Boulderstar, Gravelstar, Ashstar, Silverstar, and Hopestar.

# Appearance

Round black and white tom with short legs and blue eyes.

# History

He was always very close to his parents, and his brother, Cloudtuft, and his brother’s kits, Quailfoot and Hawkhollow. He was very family-oriented and cherished his kin closely. As a young warrior, Thistlesong of SkyClan approached him. He had always found her cute, but he had never been a code-breaker. That is, until she swept him off his paws and made him fall head over heels like she used a love potion on him. It started off as what he thought was a harmless friendship, but she complimented his dedication to his family, his care of the kits in his clan, and his undying love for those he trusted. She would give him flowers, would show an interest in his life in ShadowClan, ask how his family was doing, support him when he needed to mourn. Soon, he was madly in love with her, and she knew it. They met nearly every day at the border, and when Thistlesong couldn’t come, Morningcloud would still wait at the border every night, just in case. She would trust him with information, just little admissions of guilt, and he would never tell a single soul. One day, he approached her with one of her kits, Ashkit. He knew she had had a litter, and that they had supposedly gone missing. She said this was one of her surviving kits, but that she wanted him to be raised in ShadowClan, with him. Morningcloud eagerly took him into ShadowClan and raised him as his own. He begged Frecklestar, current leader of ShadowClan, to let him be Ashkit’s mentor, and was ecstatic when he was allowed to be. He never questioned Thistlesong when she said she wanted to met her son. He always let Ashpaw do whatever he wanted. He always had a suspicion that Gravelpaw of WindClan and Boulderpaw of ThunderClan were hers too, but he never asked her. He still loved them too. He couldn’t be prouder, couldn’t be happier.

When Thistlesong got pregnant with his kits, and birthed them, Morningcloud desperately wanted to join SkyClan to be with them. He begged Thistlesong relentlessly to let him join, and could never understand why she wouldn’t let him. He was practically going mad, not being able to see his new kits. His brother and family couldn’t understand his frustrations, although his brother, Cloudtuft, always had a suspicion, and had followed Morningcloud out one night. He knew about Morningcloud and Thistlesong’s relationship, but he kept tight-lipped about it, hoping his brother would maker the right choice. When Cloudtuft heard Thistlesong had a new litter, he finally confronted Morningcloud about it. Morningcloud asked him to stay silent, and admitted to everything, even saying he wanted to join SkyClan. Cloudtuft reluctantly stayed quiet.

When his daughters became apprentices, Silverpaw and Shadepaw, he couldn’t stand it any more. He bolted into SkyClan camp and begged the current leader, Honeystar, to let him be apart of SkyClan, to let him be with his mate and kits. The sudden confession of what had happened shocked both SkyClan and ShadowClan, and the rest of the clans when they heard it. Honeystar said she would think about it, but that it wasn’t likely. Thistlesong was enraged and lashed out at him. She claimed Morningcloud was a liar, but the suspicion over her kit’s lack of known father, and her previous two litters having gone missing, was too much, so no one believed her lies. Honeystar ended up sending Morningcloud back to ShadowClan, and he woefully went, feeling distraught. He would sneak out to the border still, though, and beg to be let in. Eventually SkyClan became used to his presence and ignored him.

One day, he was by the lake, when Thistlesong and Thrushleaf, medicine cat of SkyClan, approached him. He rushed to met Thistlesong, but she snarled at him, saying he had betrayed her by doing that. That he had ruined all her plans. Thrushlead pinned him down, pushing him into the water with Thistlesong helping and watching. He drowned after a long struggle. He went to StarClan and unhappily watched his family from above. When Thistlesong died and went to the Dark Forest… he couldn’t help himself. He craved her companionship. He ran to the Dark Forest and cried, asking her to let him stay with her. She reluctantly let him. He learned everything then, every plan she had. Her first mate, Goosestar, and their kit, Waterstream, now Waterstar. Her second mate, Driftleap, father to Gravelpelt, Ashstone and Boulderclaw. Although, most cats assumed he was the father to them, and those who suspected Waterstar was Thistlesong’s also wondered if she was his too. As a technical StarClan cat, Thistlesong had him approach Poppystar and convince her to make Boulderclaw her deputy after the death of her previous one, Furzestep.

A part of him always knew what Thistlesong was doing and what she had done was wrong, but he ignored it in favor of loving his family. He put them all above everything else. He never held anything against Goosestar, Driftleap, Thrushleaf, Thistlesong or anyone else. He supported his kin whole-heartedly, good or bad. He gave a life to Boulderstar, Gravelstar, Ashstar, Silverstar, and Hopestar when they became leaders, practically forcing himself into their leader ceremonies. As the drama of Thistlesong’s legacy wore out, he remained watching over all of her kin- even those who didn’t realize they were distantly related to her. Sometimes he would enter their dreams and try to cheer them up when they were upset.

# Fun Facts

* He is the only cat who knows every cat who is related to Thistlesong by name.