Snakepaw

## Appearance & Personality

His base fur color is an off white. He has a dark brown that takes up a majority of his face and fades out into the base fur color. He also had dark brown on his paws and tail that also fade into the white. It's also on his ears. He has short fluffy fur that shows off his fairly scrawny build. He had tall large ears that seem too big for him. He had downturned slitted eyes that are a very light blue.

At first Snake is a fairly quiet cat who doesn't say much but when he does it often comes out as sassy or just plain rude. Despite his cold behavior he actually quite enjoys talking with cats around him and such but just has trouble showing that he actually does care/show interest in the conversations. He likes to keep himself occupied with exploring and such as it helps him think, as he likes to put it. He can be quite stubborn and blunt in situations especially when he's agitated.

## Brief History

He is the kit of Lightfall and Bearnose two dedicated warriors who often took turns in raising him as a kit. This lead to his fairly mixed kind of personality growing up. Not long into his apprenticeship he was asked by Firewatcher to become the Medicine Cat's apprentice which he accepted.

## Detailed History

#### Kithood

Snakekit grew up in ShadowClan from birth. He was born to Lightfall and Bearnose, who often seemed to take turns when it came to raising him. This often left him with mixed feelings as they both had very different parenting styles which often left him with a mixture of ideas from both of them. His father was more of a strong independent kind of cat who seemed to often push the idea of looking out for himself first onto his son a lot. This lead to his overall quiet and dismissive behavior. His mother was more of a sensible kind of cat often preaching that caring for other and not being afraid to take risks, but seeing as she didn't spend much time really teaching him these things they often laid hidden beneath the mentality his father taught him.

#### Apprenticeship

As he reached apprentice age his rather cold and closed off personality quickly became an issue as this was his chance to really get out there and get to know cats. It was also the start to his training to become a warrior. Instead he stuck strongly to staying by himself and not offering much in conversations, never actively seeking out cats to speak with not even his own mentor, Raptorsnap, at the time. He'd strike up a conversation here and there as admittedly he never liked to be completely alone though it wasn't an easy task with his blunt and sassy personality, causing most apprentices to not want to chat with him. This even lead to his training being a hassle as he felt a disconnect with his mentor for reasons he wasn't really sure of at the time. One day while he was eating food at the fresh kill pile a cat coughing nearby interrupted his meal, easily upsetting the apprentice he searched for the source of the coughing and quickly spotted Icefall near the fresh kill pile as well. He bit back his original remark seeing as he knew it was frowned upon to speak rudely to your elders. With slight hesitation he began to make small talk with the other. For the most part they just discussed your average topics, though it was no lie he noticed each coughing fit Icefall broke into and even suggested they go have it checked out but the elder refused each time. After a little bit of chit chat Icefall asked the other if he could keep a secret. Unaware of how dark this secret would end up being he agreed that he could. The elder told him how she was near the end of her life but didn't want to worry the medicine cat over her health or make cats get all worked up over her. So she asked the apprentice to not tell anyone about the state she was in and that the only moment he could was after she had passed. This seemed to cause a swarm of emotions as he absent mindedly agreed to not tell another cat of what she said to him. Though deep down his heart was screaming to tell someone but in the end he bit his tongue and kept the secret up until the she-cat passed away. He was left heartbroken and slightly shaken up by the elder's passing as not too long ago he had a casual conversation with her, even agreed to keep a secret for her. In the end he pushed the overwhelming emotions of that moment down not wanting to think back on it too much. He continued on with his regular life, glad that no one really brought it up around him or asked him about the topic.

#### Medicine Cat Apprenticeship

Not too long into his regular apprenticeship, Firewatcher approached him asking him if he wanted to go on a walk. Although Snakepaw was hesitant as he had never really talked with the medicine cat before he still accepted the offer anyways, deciding this could be a good chance to make a new friend after Icefall had passed away. As the two walked along Firewatcher began to ask random questions about his current training, simple things like how it was going, if he liked it, etc. As he continued to speak to the other about his training finally the other landed on mentioning how Snakepaw's disconnect with his mentor wasn't odd or bad and that he simply just had to find the cat that was meant to mentor him, like him and Snakepaw. At first the apprentice was confused by the statement, not quite understanding what the other meant by "him and Snakepaw". When he questioned it, the medicine cat quickly shifted gears and upfront asked the other if he'd be his apprentice. Snakepaw wasted no time accepting his offer as he felt he was doing no good training as a warrior and was ready for a change in how he was training. Upon accepting the other's offer Firewatcher quickly started in on his first lesson about yarrow. It didn't take long for him to pick up on how to grab the herb, which got him praise from his mentor. This filled him up with a new determination to do his best in the new position. When they headed back to camp with the yarrow Firewatcher took him to the herb storage to teach him where yarrow went. He also taught him the difference in fox glove seeds and poppy seeds. Once he addressed that he made sure the apprentice was aware of the more poisonous herbs before ending their lesson for that day. As the other left to notify the leader, Snakepaw eagerly got settled into his new nest for the time being. After taking some time to get used to his new living area he went to sit outside the medicine den to go over what he'd learn. While he was going over the herbs his previous mentor, Raptorsnap, approached telling him that he was wasting time and that they had to go practice hunting. Annoyed by her blunt remark he quickly snapped back that he no longer had to and that he didn't have to listen to her. This sparked tension between the two as they argued about his new position as medicine cat apprentice. Raptorsnap claimed he was weak for accepting the offer, though deep down she just worried that the apprentice would end up dying at another cat's claws like so many of the other medicine cats had. As Snakepaw argued back it didn't take long before the argument grew and got worse but in the end Snakepaw was left defeated, giving up on the argument as he looked to his old mentor with a defeated sadness in his gaze. Raptorsnap quickly went back on her words, telling the other that she only said what she'd said because she worried for him and wanted him to grow up strong like herself. Although he was still bitter towards the she-cat he at least found hope that he could still make friends with the other. He quickly admitted to the other that he didn't really want to end up being a weakling and with a small amount of eagerness he asked if the other would still be willing to teach him a few defensive moves to protect himself in case. In the end Raptorsnap agreed to teach him a few things still while he trained to become a medicine cat. Leaving Snakepaw feeling overjoyed to be able to keep a possible friend around, hopefully. After several moons of training something in the apprentice seemed to shift and Snakepaw seemed to grow restless in the clans as they grew silent. Finally one day he simply got up and left the clans behind leaving his clan life and life as a medicine cat apprentice for ShadowClan behind. No one knows where he was headed to or why he really up and left his life behind as he didn't really have any friends to tell but the most they knew was that he didn't seem quite happy with the life he was living.