Rustfur

*"You betrayed me. You betrayed* us. *Just leave before you make this worse."*
— **Rustpaw** to Foxpaw in *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

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**Rustfur** is a dark gray-and-reddish ginger she-cat with a white jaw, chest, paws, spiky white tail-tip and ears, and yellow eyes.

**Rustfur** is a BoulderClan warrior serving under Amberstar's leadership. She was born a tom-kit, **Rustkit**, to Redsong and Drizzlejump alongside her siblings Foxkit, Silentkit, and Scruffykit. She was one of the only kits who had been closer to her father than her mother, often playing with him when the other kits wouldn't. She was also extremely close to her brother Foxkit, who often defended her from cats when they made her scared or upset. After she and Foxkit had witnessed an argument between their parents, Rustkit couldn't see her father the same way, and became fearful of both of her parents due to the incident. As an apprentice, **Rustpaw** got close with another denmate of hers, Milkweedpaw, unaware that the latter had been forming slight feelings for her. Later on, she ran into Ravenpaw, a SwiftClan apprentice, on their shared border, slowly gaining feelings for the she-cat as time went on and they'd continued to meet.

Then, came the day Redsong and Drizzlejump had went to join EagleClan; the two had invited their kits to come along and Rustpaw refused, calling Foxpaw and Scruffypaw insane for wanting to go, to the disappointment of her mother. Although Redsong had nearly attacked Rustpaw, Foxpaw had stopped her and convinced her to leave it, however his insistence on coming with her had left Rustpaw feeling ultimately betrayed, snapping at her brother before he left and leaving herself to comfort Silentpaw, who had also decided to stay. As **Rustfur** became a warrior she gradually continued to meet with Ravenpuddle, their stays even getting longer and longer. Rustfur had confessed being a transgender she-cat to Ravenpuddle, who had introduced her to Tremarctosflicker, Flowershade, and Citruspaw, but after the apprentice brought up Ravenpuddle's crush on Flowershade, Rustfur was left disappointed, even after Flowershade had dejected Ravenpuddle's feelings, and comforted her after the rejection as well as after the deaths of Pepperstar and Nibblegnaw.

Rustfur had been there alongside Malicedagger to witness her brother, Foxfire, murder a Clanmate, Gizmew. This left her in a state of fear of her family excluding Silentfeather, the only cat in the Clan she felt she had left. After Foxscratch had confronted the two, Rustfur had lied to the deputy by saying that it was a gray cat who had attacked, and Foxscratch had reacted by constantly scolding the young warrior, seemingly not believing her narrative despite it technically being accurate. Rustfur had then spoken to Ravenpuddle, breaking down as she hadn't wanted her to leave like Foxfire had. The two had continuously kept meeting and Ravenpuddle had realized not long after the two had become mates after Rustfur's confession that she had been expecting kits. Although Rustfur had her worries due to the kits being half-Clan and how she would co-parent them, she congratulated Ravenpuddle and reassured her that they would be proud of who their parents were no matter what.

## Family

*Main article: Rustfur/Family*

Rustfur's mate is Ravenpuddle. Her parents are Redsong and Drizzlejump, and her brothers and sister are Foxfire, Silentfeather, and Scruffyghost. For more of Rustfur's family, click here!