Dawnsplash

> "You are a tom," Dawnsplash hissed. "You are not a mother. You have never dedicated your life to these perfect beings we call kits, only to find out that they have been torn away from you. You do not know what it's like. I'm sorry that you had such a hard time, but that doesn't mean that another cat tortured by fate is incapable of loving her own daughter!" -to Coalpaw, about Swiftpaw
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## Physical Description

Template:Template for TFCRP Infobox. Use this oneDawnsplash is a fluffy, long-tailed she-cat with reddish-brown and white fur and green eyes.

## Personality

When she's younger, Dawnsplash is a short tempered, stubborn cat, but as she aged she became unsure of herself and quieter, and developed anxiety. She never was very good at making friends, because of how quiet and stubborn she usually is. Dawnsplash is sensitive but usually doesn't show it. She also loses her temper sometimes. She tries to treat apprentices and young warriors as equals, because they give her equal respect, most of the time, in return. Towards the end of her life, she started to accept life as it came, getting happier and less anxious. She was quite selfless, though, rarely thinking about herself, especially when she has reasons to worry about someone else.

In StarClan, all the crazyness that had been trapped inside of her her whole life escaped. She joked a lot, mostly about haunting things, and overall got better at finding happiness in bad situations. Not that that's incredibly useful in StarClan (literally the opposite of a bad situation.)

## Skills and weaknesses

For her small size, Dawnsplash is suprisingly fast. She has a fear of drowning, and hates swimming, even though she's never needed to. She also has memory issues, hardly remembering anything before she became a warrior. She's good at tree climbing as well, presumably a skill that she acquired before her memory loss.

## Life

Dawnsplash has only one memory of her kithood- nearly drowning in a dark thunderstorm in leaf-bare. She doesn't even know how she was rescued, only remembering flashes of lightning as she was swept away in a river. After that, she vaugely remembers wandering around WindClan territory until some cat took her back to the camp and she had a warrior ceremony. Dawnsplash is very reluctant to talk about her young life.

Dawnsplash was satisfied with an ordinary warrior life, serving her Clan, until she met a rouge named Pine. They met almost daily for moons, and one day Dawnsplash found out that she was expecting kits. She started spending most of her time out in the territory, even sleeping there overnight as the kits came closer and closer. Pine wasn't the cat he was at first, though. Not only had he become an angry, bitter cat, he wasn't scared to fight a pregnant she cat- even his own mate. He tried several times to get Dawnsplash to leave her Clan, threatening her every time she admitted that she hadn't left. He also refused to tell Dawnsplash anything about his own life, not even vague things like whether he'd ever met a Clan cat before. Towards the end of her pregnancy, Dawnsplash stopped seeing Pine, fearful that he might lash out and injure the kits. She gave birth to two she-kits, but one was stillborn. When Dawnsplash brought the survivor to Pine for the first time she suggested naming her Swiftkit. Pine refused, insisting on calling her just Swift. Dawnsplash kept calling her Swiftkit in her mind, though. She kept Swiftkit in a sturdy bramble den hidden on the outer edge of WindClan territory, and hardly slept, hunting for the Clan by day and caring for Swiftkit by night. When Swiftkit was barely a moon old, Dawnsplash decided to take her to Pine one last time, intending to move her to WindClan and raise her there. As she carried Swiftkit along the border, she heard a RiverClan patrol coming and hid her in a clump of heather. Dawnsplash quickly dashed out of sight of the patrol and hid for a while, then returned to the heather to find that Swiftkit was gone. She looked for hours and even days, not daring to tell Pine that their daughter was missing, until she gave up. As it turned out, Swifty had followed the patrol back to RiverClan, but Dawnsplash was convinced that a hawk had taken her. Dawnsplash never saw Pine again, not that she wanted to.

Dawnsplash became more involved in Clan life after that. Without a mate or kit to slow her down, she joined every patrol she could, hoping to get an apprentice. That never happened, though. At one point she ended up in a patrol that had a fight with a RiverClan patrol, which included Badgerstrike, the future leader of RiverClan. She got agitated very quickly, but Quailberry, who was also in the patrol, helped her calm down a bit. When Dawnsplash sensed a fight coming, she fled to find another patrol, but ended up wandering around guiltily until she returned to the fight scene to find that two WindClan cats were killed. Dawnsplash blamed herself, saying that if she hadn't left, she could have protected her Clanmates better. Dawnsplash helped Quailberry, who had passed out due to a slash in her stomach, back to camp, and told her that Twig and Kestrelsong had both died.

Dawnsplash started going out to a specific hill in WindClan territory to watch the breeze blow through the grass, and taking long walks through the territory. She rarely attended Gatherings anymore, scared that she wouldn't be able to hold back her anger towards the RiverClan cats. Her anger faded away, though, and Dawnsplash almost completely forgot how she'd felt at the battle.

One day Dawnsplash was wandering near the RiverClan border when she heard the sound of an apprentice hitting the ground after pouncing. She pushed through the brush between her and the border to see Swiftkit, now Swiftpaw. Dawnsplash didn't tell Swiftpaw who she was, and instead they had a long conversation that was mostly sadly talking about how they didn't feel like they belonged where they were. Dawnsplash, now knowing that her kit had lived, started thinking about moving to RiverClan, but decided not to say anything until Swiftpaw knew who she was. Dawnsplash didn't want to be there unless Swiftpaw wanted her.

At a Gathering, Dawnsplash met Beechstorm, Swiftpaw's adopted mother. Dawnsplash didn't know who she was, and they talked for 2 minutes about how they wanted their Clans to have peace with each other and how full of kits and apprentices their Clans were.

Dawnsplash and Petalpaw both wanted to rescue the captured ShadowClan cats from the tyrants. They discussed possible ways to do so, including storming ShadowClan's camp. Petalpaw mentioned Honeypaw, and Dawnsplash thought that was just too cute, but didn't say so. Eventually they came up with a good plan- a small patrol would distract the tyrants, while another small patrol, including Petalpaw and Dawnsplash, would free the prisoners. They met a ThunderClan patrol at the border, and Dawnsplash tried to figure out if any of them would be useful for the plan.

Dawnsplash met Finchkit, who should have been an apprentice by then. They had a short but emotional conversation, and Finchkit said the most perfect thing: “... the amount of friends don’t matter, Dawnsplash. If you only ever made one friend who cares!? It’s the quality of a friendship that matters most.”

What seemed like a random roleplay suddenly turned into something. Petalpaw and Dawnsplash started calling each other Petal and Dawny, and bacically Dawnsplash told Petalpaw everything about Swiftkit/paw and Pine.

Somewhere in here, this happened, but since I'm not exactly sure when, I'm putting it here. Dawnsplash was sulking at the RiverClan border when she heard some cats rustling around. It was Swiftpaw, Coalpaw, and Ravenflight. She didn't notice them until Swiftpaw, breaking the awkward silence, said "Oh, it's you again." Dawnsplash could hardly believe it- Swiftpaw was here! The one time she thought for sure that she'd be alone in the wind, Swiftpaw came. Ravenflight politely introduced herself, and Dawnsplash did so as well, asking how RiverClan was. After that, Dawnsplash awkwardly tried to figure out what the trio was doing there, and the trio awkwardly tried not to give anything away. But Dawnsplash slipped up, almost calling Swiftpaw "my daughter." Coalpaw caught it. Dawnsplash stalled for as long as she could, but eventually knew that she had to tell them. "Swiftpaw, you've found your mother," she announced. Swiftpaw's reaction was about the exact opposite of what Dawnsplash had always thought of when she dreamed about being reunited with her kit. Swifty shouted, “WHY did you not tell me sooner? Why did you DO this? Who was my father? Wh-“ her voice broke here, “why did you...why did you leave me?!” Dawnsplash was too heartbroken to awnser anything but the last question. She told Swiftpaw her exact memory of the day she'd lost her, ending with the fact that she had no idea Swiftpaw had survived. Crowpaw accused Dawnsplash of not loving Swiftpaw enough. This was a mistake. They basically yelled at each other for a while. Dawnsplash said that he had no idea what it was like, losing your kits and your mate. Not that she wanted Pine at the end anyway, but she was still sad to see him become such a terrible cat. Of course she didn't say any of that part. Coalpaw retorted that he did know what it was like, and RiverClan loved Swiftpaw more than Dawnsplash could. That was also a mistake- it set off Dawnsplash's temper for the first time in a while. She told him that, since he was a tom and could never be a mother, Coalpaw didn't know what it was like. She tried to explain why she'd waited to tell Swiftpaw that she was her mother, and asked Coalpaw to let her try to make up for her mistakes. Eventually Swiftpaw couldn't take it anymore, and got them to stop, telling them to apologize with each other and saying that she'd give Dawnsplash another chance. And then, this is the exact post: A few tears slid down Dawnsplash's face. "Thank you," she whispered to Swiftpaw. She looked up to Coalpaw. "I never had a problem with you," she admitted truthfully. "I was just trying to get you to see my side of the story. I should've been more reasonable." She took a few deep breaths, almost surprised that she'd lost her temper over this. Everything started to sink in, and she felt kind of dizzy. "Coalpaw seems like a good cat to watch out for you, Swiftpaw," she said shakily- "don't lose him!" She gave a little chuckle, still out of breath from the shock of everything that had just happened. Of course the moment they all come to some kind of agreement, Dawnsplash immediately ships SwiftCoal. Everyone calmed down very quickly, and Swiftpaw said that they probably should be leaving. Dawnsplash and Coalpaw agreed, and Dawnsplash hesitantly stepped over the RiverClan border for the first time and gently nuzzled Swiftpaw, telling the trio to be safe.

Dawnsplash got Finchpaw as an apprentice. She was thrilled but didn't really know what to do. Dawnsplash forgot to touch Finchpaw's nose at the ceremony, to Finchpaw's disappointment. Dawnsplash then neglected her apprentice for a few hours. This was turning out to be a very interesting apprentice/mentorship, as Dawnsplash hardly remembered being an apprentice. Within a moon, Dawnsplash gave Finchpaw one training session, where she taught her to pounce on someone and pin them down. After that, they had a random hunting practice, because Dawnsplash spotted a rabbit. Finchpaw caught it on her first try!

Dawnsplash came to Petalpaw- now Petalfrost- twice, ending up talking about Finchpaw. The second time, Petalfrost said she'd help Dawnsplash with lesson plans, since she doesn't specifically remember learning things. As an example, Petalfrost mentioned teaching Finchpaw how to sharpen her claws, and Dawnsplash didn't remember learning that. After Petal described it, Dawnsplash tried it out and it came naturally. (Is this kind of memory loss a thing? I don't know. Oh well, it is now!)

At some point, Dawnsplash was stalking around for no good reason, and tackled some poor, unsuspecting warrior who happened to be more experienced then her. They both quickly realized that they were in the same Clan, quickly leading to what was probably the most awkward moments of Dawnsplash's life.

Finchpaw's whitecough became greencough, and she told Dawnsplash that she thought she might die because of it, also admitting a bunch of her other problems. /No apprentice should have to deal with this,/ Dawnsplash thought. Later, she looked in the apprentice den, hoping to take Finchpaw out training again. She wasn't there. Dawnsplash ran around camp for a while yowling her name, but she wasn't there. She checked the training area, and then the place where Finchpaw had hunted that rabbit, but still didn't find her. Dawnsplash kept running, and skidded to a stop in front of a lone tree. In the branches, she spotted Finchpaw. Dawnsplash began climbing after her, surprisingly well for a WindClan cat. Finchpaw climbed away from her, ending up on an unstable branch. Dawnsplash heard it crack, and heard Finchpaw cry "Dawnsplash!" She responded, "Hang on!" and kept bounding toward her. But she was too late. Finchpaw fell out of the tree, getting knocked out and sustaining several scratches from the branches. Dawnsplash jumped down and tried to wake Finchpaw up, and when she didn't she got Finch onto her back and carried her back to camp. A few hours later, Finchpaw woke up. She recognized the cats who were there- Dawnsplash, Poppyblaze, Shadepaw, and Brindlepaw- but didn't seem to remember anything. Brindlepaw was convinced that Finchpaw was joking, and Dawnsplash was convinced otherwise. Dawnsplash and Brindlepaw argued back and forth for a while, and Finchpaw explained what she could. She said that she remembered a few flashes of memory, and Dawnsplash asked if that was it, ignoring Brindlepaw and Shadepaw. Unfortunately, it was.

Finchpaw also managed to get hit by a monster, losing one of her legs and getting a large scratch on her back. Dawnsplash was the only cat to treat it, sticking on a bunch of cobwebs that fell off quickly. They continued training, without much success. Eventually, leaf-bare happened, and Dawnsplash caught whitecough from RiverClan at the Gathering. Despite Finchpaw and Petalfrost both telling her to get treated, she repeatedly used the excuse that she didn't want to bother Mapleburn.

After a few uneventful moons, everything happened at once. Finchpaw was captured by Twolegs, and Dawnsplash was scared that she'd never see her again. (Little did she know...) Her whitecough got worse, but not quite to greencough level. One day she went out for a walk along the RiverClan border, and Petalfrost joined her. Swiftbird also appeared, and Dawnsplash introduced her two favorite cats in the world. It was slighty awkward, but Dawny didn't notice. She then scented a fox, and her and Petal immediately started talking about "don't die," and "no you don't die," and "if you die I'll kill you," and "wait what?" Somewhere in here Ravenflight showed up. Dawnsplash told Petal to keep an eye on Finch, and the fox jumped out of nowhere and killed her.

Of course, Dawnsplash couldn't just dissappear. When she went to Starclan, she didn't see any other StarClan cats for a while, instead finding Petalfrost, Finchpaw and Brindlecloud. At first she was bored and depressed about dying, but that ended quickly.

## Quotes

"Being different isn't easy. I made some mistakes when I was younger, and even though no one knows, I can't forgive myself. All I can do is try to make sure everything turns out alright for the cats involved." - to Swiftpaw at their first meeting at the border

"Sometimes I just wish I could live alone, with the cats I love."- also to Swifty

"I'm Dawnsplash." -to literally everyone she ever met

"So, sorry if it seems strange for me to care, but how's RiverClan? I wish we could be more peaceful with each other than we are now." -Dawnsplash to Beechstorm at a Gathering

"It sounds like it could work, but at the same time, I feel like it's not worth the risk. Who knows... maybe we'd end up in the same situation as ShadowClan." - to Petalpaw about having WindClan storm ShadowClan's camp to rescue the cats captured by the tyrants

"I... I don't really remember much about being an apprentice. That's why I don't really know how to be a mentor." - to Petalpaw about m e m o r y l o s s

"Life isn't fair," she said sympathetically. "I guess some of us just... have more trouble then others." - to Finchpaw

"Swiftpaw, you've found your mother." -to Swiftpaw

"You are a tom," she hissed. "You are not a mother. You have never dedicated your life to these perfect beings we call kits, only to find out that they have been torn away from you. You do not know what it's like. I'm sorry that you had such a hard time, but that doesn't mean that another cat tortured by fate is incapable of loving her own daughter!" -to Coalpaw about Swiftpaw

"You don't have any idea what it's like. One of my kits died at birth. My mate rejected me and Swiftpaw. I had /nothing/ left." -to Coalpaw

"Maybe it won't come. Maybe it's just... passing through." -to Petal and Swifty, about *the* fox

"Petal, if something happens, keep an eye on Finchpaw for me, 'kay?" -to Petalfrost