Squirrelflight

### **SPOILERS AHEAD!**

**Squirrelflight** is a dark ginger she-cat with one white paw, a squirrel-like, bushy tail, and green eyes.

## Kin

### Sons:

Alderkit, Ashcloud, Flamekit, Hawkkit, Graymist, Marshfur, Sandpelt, Whitefrost

### Daughters:

Dapplepelt, Goldenpelt, Hollyfur, Milkkit, Sparkkit

## Deputy position

### Preceded by:

Brambleclaw

**Squirrelflight** is the current ThunderClan deputy under Bramblestar's leaderships in the lake territories. She was born as **Squirrelkit** to Firestar and Sandstorm alongside Leafkit. As an apprentice, **Squirrelpaw** was mentored by Dustpelt. While her sister was calm and patient, Squirrelpaw was independent, brave, and fiercely passionate, which often got her into trouble. She followed Brambleclaw on the journey to the sun-drown place, where two grew close. When the Clans arrived at their new home by the lake, she was given her warrior name, **Squirrelflight**. She and Brambleclaw became parents to Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and Hollyleaf. However, it was revealed that their kits were actually Crowfeather and Leafpool's. Brambleclaw was furious about being lied to, and the two broke up. Squirrelflight also mentored Foxleap and Rosepetal.

Following the Great Storm, Squirrelflight mentored Stormcloud. She and Brambleclaw reconnected and eventually had kits of their own: Goldenkit, Sandkit, Dustkit and Marshkit, although Dustkit died shortly after birth. Soon after they became apprentices, Squirrelflight had Hollykit and Ashkit, shortly after they had left the nursery Squirrelflight had another litter, but all four kits died, only two received names: Sparkkit and Alderkit. Three moons afterwards she discovered that she was expecting kits again. Scared of losing the kits again, she convinced Brambleclaw to go outside the Clan and find another mate. He returned half a moon later with a rogue named Dawn. Dawn never wanted kits, but she agreed to have kits as long as they were to be raised in the Clan. When Squirrelflight gave birth she gave birth to three kits: Dapplekit, Whitekit and Graykit. She agreed to adopt Dawn's only surviving kit as her own, asking Firestar to make Dawn a ThunderClan cat, naming her Dawnfur as she passed away. She named the little kit Dawnkit after her mother, but she never told her about her real mother.

Squirrelflight raised all four of the kits until they became apprentices, watching as her friend's kit became a medicine cat. Giving birth to three more kits shortly after they became apprentices. She supported her daughter as she gave birth to her own kits, learning afterwards that two were Dawnheart's kits. She convinced her adopted daughter to tell her kits where they came from before they found out from someone else. And to love them as fiercely as any mother.

She mourned alongside her sister as their mother Sandstorm died from greencough, and later as their father Firestar died from infected injuries. She supported her mate, as Brambleclaw became leader and appointed Squirrelflight as his deputy. She watched as Jayfeather succumb to greencough leaving her daughter and grandson to be medicine cats alone.

After she lost her son Marshfur, she started to ignore her family. Not wanting to be close in case she lost any more of her family. It took a fox almost claiming the life of her sister for her to reconnect to her family. She spent more time with all of her family, helping Lionblaze to train Dawnheart in fighting moves before the rogues attack. She apologized to Dawnheart about never telling her about her mother as she died, mourning her with the rest of her family, wishing that she was closer to her adopted daughter before she died.