Chestnutwing

Name - Chestnutwing

Gender - Tom

Clan - OasisClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Dawnflurry (mate, deceased)

Friends - Hailbreeze, Craneberry

Enemies - N/A

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Chestnutkit was born in OasisClan to Brindlesky and Juniperpad. He had one brother, Reedkit.

There were three kits born around the same time as him, Hailkit, Dawnkit, and Snowkit. He befriended Hailkit and a slightly older kit, Cranekit.

The three of them got up to some serious shenanigans, like bothering two of the older kits, Songkit and Moonkit. They didn't like that much. Cranekit, Hailkit, and Chestnutkit found it pretty hilarious though.

You know what else Chestnutkit found hilarious? Cranekit's crush on Dawnkit. He teased his friend mercilessly about it.

Anyways, Cranekit moved to the apprentice den shortly after that. Hailkit and Chestnutkit were pretty sad about that.

#### Apprenticeship

Chestnutpaw was apprenticed to Petalpool.

Chestnutpaw was completely oblivious to everything going on with the Hail-Crane-Dawn love triangle. He thought that everything was fine and dandy and they'd all be best friends forever.

Until they were nine moons old (and Crane was ten). Around then, Chestnutpaw found that he liked Hailpaw. Feelings he had been ignoring for moons were coming to light once he came to this realization.

When his brother Reedpaw died later that same moon, he found that he turned to Hailpaw for comfort, much to Dawnpaw's disappointment.

#### Warrior Life

Chestnutwing became a warrior alongside Hailbreeze, Dawnflurry, and Snowstem. He was very upset when Hailbreeze and Craneberry became mates, but tried to make the most of it and asked Dawnflurry to be his mate. She said yes and they settled into a sort of tranquil domesticity.

He was also quietly angry when Hailbreeze told him she was expecting kits. When the kits arrived, though, he found he really couldn't be mad. In fact, he was very fond of his best friends' kits. They were happy. That was enough for him. Things only improved for him when Dawnflurry quietly informed him that she too was expecting kits.

Three moons later, Cloudkit went missing. While Craneberry was frantically searching the woods for her, Dawnflurry had her kits. Except not. Dawnflurry died and one of the kits was also lost. Everyone's day got worse when Craneberry returned home with Cloudkit's tiny body. He had found her in one of the deeper streams near the outer border. How she had gotten so far from camp was a mystery to everyone.

Chestnutwing was completely devastated. He named his son, the dead kit, Riverkit, and the survivor, a daughter, Hopekit. Hailbreeze offered to take care of Hopekit alongside her cousins and Chestnutwing let her. He was never far from the nursery and absolutely doted on his daughter.

Not long after Dawnflurry's death, Silverkit and Cloverkit also died and their parents broke up. Craneberry was pretty shell-shocked and stuck in his grief, so Chestnutwing tried to help him. He'd saved Hopekit, after all. Chestnutwing just wanted to repay his debt.

When the time came for Hopekit to be apprenticed, Chestnutwing begged Stemstar to give her to Craneberry. His request was granted and Hopepaw was apprenticed to Craneberry.

When Hopepaw was eight moons old, she ran into a fox on a hunting patrol. She was killed and for the first time since Dawnflurry, Chestnutwing and his former best friends were drawn together in their grief.

Chestnutwing was very happy when Craneberry and Hailbreeze decided to make up and be friends again. He finally had his old squad again. That was enoug h for him.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Not to be confused with Chestnut, Hazel's brother and Poppyshade's father. This is a different dude.
* To clear things up: Craneberry liked Dawnflurry from late kithood to mid-apprenticeship, Hailbreeze liked Craneberry from early apprenticeship to their break-up as warriors, Chestnutwing liked Hailbreeze from mid-apprenticeship to Hailbreeze and Craneberry becoming mates, Dawnflurry liked Chestnutwing from mid-apprenticeship to her death, and Snowstem stayed out of it because the girls in question were his sisters.