Cloverwing

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Cloverwing was a ShadowClan warrior who served under Frecklestar's and Hopestar's leaderships, living from before Reverse Generation through Sixth Generation. She was born to Frecklestar alongside her sisters, Sagekit and Haykit. She was mentored by Spottedjay, and mentored Tuftfrost. She trained in the Dark Forest most notably under Whiteear. She was mates with Sneezeheart, and they had Maplekit and Slatekit. She despised Hopestar and her leadership over ShadowClan, and, after the death of her sister, Hayflight, became madly ill and died while refusing to let Wolfheart, the medicine cat, help her.

# History

She and her sisters created a pact that they would do everything together, and tell each other everything. They were perhaps the closest of sisters. And as apprentices, they were very close to Sparrowpaw and Ashpaw, the five of them all great friends. Cloverpaw and Haypaw had crushes on practically every tom in the clan, Sneezepaw and Flowerpaw especially. As the apprentices grew older, Sagepaw started growing more distant from her sisters, although Cloverpaw and Haypaw didn’t notice. Cloverpaw and Haypaw never went anywhere without the other. As they grew older, Cloverpaw grew especially close to goofy little Sneezepaw. When they all become warriors, Cloverwing was quick to ask Sneezeheart to be her mate, even if it took a bit because she became a warrior quicker than him and his brother. Cloverwing urged Hayflight to do the same with Flowerspots, and tried to convince Sageflower to do the same with Stumpywhisker.

The three all went into the nursery together to have kits, even if Sageflower wasn’t completely on board with the plan her other two sisters had of doing absolutely everything together. Cloverwing gave birth to Slatekit and Maplekit, who she loved very much. But, then, her mother, Frecklestar, was murdered by BoneClan, and young Hopewing, daughter of Sparrowdawn, became leader of ShadowClan. Cloverwing and Hayflight were firmly against this at first, along with Sneezeheart, Flowerspots and some other warriors. The two sisters felt betrayed by their sister, Sageflower, when she supported Hopestar. But, when Sageflower was appointed deputy in honor of Frecklestar, their anger calmed a bit. When Sneezeheart died from an infection because he refused to see Wolfheart, Hopestar’s sister, Cloverwing was angered once more, although Sageflower tried to convince her it was his own fault for refusing to see the medicine cat, which did not help Cloverwing’s rage. Cloverwing even felt betrayed by her own kits, Slateclaw and Maplewing, because they seemed okay with Hopestar as leader. Even Hayflight seemed a little more content with Hopestar as days went by.

But, much like fellow warrior Tansyleg, she stewed in her anger mostly in silence. Of course, she would openly oppose Hopestar when an opportunity was open, but the true extent of her anger was kept between her, Hayflight and Flowerspots. A secret kept even from Hayflight, much to the naive she-cat’s distraught and surprise when she found out one day in StarClan, Cloverwing had visited the Dark Forest more than a few times, only known by her apprentice Tuftfrost since he visited the Dark Forest too. Although not a true supporter of the Dark Forest or any evils from it, she didn’t mind blowing off steam during battle training in the Place of No Stars.

When Hayflight was murdered by BoneClan rogues after Hopestar and Sageflower closed ShadowClan’s borders, Cloverwing couldn’t take it. She hated everything and everyone, without her precious sister there at her side. She stopped eating, she lashed out at those who tried to help her, she yowled to the skies about how awful Hopestar was, she tried convincing young kits and apprentices how terrible their young leader was, and that her being chosen by StarClan to lead was a complete lie- which was ironic, because Cloverwing didn’t know that Hopestar had actually not, in fact, been chosen by StarClan. Due to Cloverwing’s slow descent into madness and her not eating well, she became deathly sick, and eventually succumbed. In StarClan, her sister eagerly welcomed her, but when she eventually caught wind of Cloverwing having trained in the Dark Forest, she felt betrayed and disappointed in her sister. Cloverwing got angry at her, and the two finally disowned the pact they had made as kits. Cloverwing walked the edge along the Dark Forest while her sister cheered on Sageflower and their kin in the heart of StarClan.

Cloverwing had started out as a bouncy, lovable, energetic apprentice with ambition and dreams, but had turned into a bitter and resentful soul unwilling to let go and forgive.