Ferretpaw

*Ferretpaw has a brown and black spotted coat, with striking grey eyes. Like her mother, Mistyhope, her back legs are slightly longer. This makes speed and agility more natural for her.*

## **Server History**

Ferretpaw was born as the daughter of Mistyhope and Tumblebreeze. She grew up in Shadowclan with little to no backlash on her heritage due to Mistyhope being an ex-loner. In apprenticehood, she became the medicine cat apprentice to Elkflight.

## Kin

### **Kit-hood**

Ferretkit had quite a decent kithood. Her first friend outside of her parents and siblings was the medicine cat we previously knew as Peonyshine. She found herself interested in learning as much as possible at a young age. Peonyshine taught her a bit about herbs, which inspired her to want to learn more. However, as she asked for the medicine cat to teach her more, the warrior Weaselscreech had burst into the den. She announced that Maplestar had been horribly injured by a fox. Elkflight and Peonyshine left quickly to assist him.

It was later learned that this whole ordeal was a prank. It angered many cats, but evidently, to Ferretkit's dismay, was brushed off. She continued on though, taking prey to some of the older cats and helping wherever she could.

A little bit later, Peonyshine had died. This severely saddened Ferretkit, but she stayed strong. She knew Peonyshine wouldn't want them to be sad. She had comforted Elkflight and Maplestar to the best of her ability, and made herself a silent vow that she would make Peonyshine proud.

### **Apprenticeship**

***W.I.P***

When Ferretpaw became a medicine cat apprentice, she was ecstatic. There were so many new things to learn for her, and she wanted to collect all possible knowledge. Immediately, she was thrown into the thick of what it's like to be a medicine cat. There had been a border skirmish, leaving quite a few of their clanmates injured. She assisted in the healing of these clanmates, and thought that all would be well. Everything seemed fine, at first. A few days later, two patients, Bearclaw and Dogtooth, had died from complications. Ferretpaw would keep her chin up however, not wanting to show that this bothered her at all.

Not long after this incident, came another. There had been a few instances of certain cats causing trouble within the medicine den. Because of this, some precautions needed to be made. With that, she witnessed Heatherwhisper , Weaselscreech, and Wispstorm be banned from ever entering the medicine den again. With that ban, if they violated this, they would not be treated unless it was life or death. She agreed with this punishment, as she had witnessed two of them create trouble over and over. She's heard stories of what Wispstorm had done in his apprenticehood, but never experienced them herself. She continued on normally, leading herb patrols and learning from her mentor how to hunt.

## **Character Development**

***W.I.P***

As a kit, Ferretpaw wanted to learn as much as she possibly could. She looked forward to her apprenticeship, and becoming a warrior apprentice to defend the clan and learn to hunt and fight. When she met Peonyshine, she found herself asking the medicine cat about various herbs. This caught her interest, as she found there was so much more knowledge to learn on different herbs and their uses. This is what inspired her to want to become a medicine cat, along with watching Peonyshine save the life of Weaselscreech. She wanted to help people as much as she seen the medicine cats do. With that, she began her path of a medicine cat while her siblings walked the path of warriors.