Ardentpaw

Ardentpaw's Current Reference

> "I really am trying. Doesn't that count for something?"
>
> Ardentpaw, to Reclusepoison

Ardentpaw is a optimistic and friendly warrior apprentice from SpringClan! She was born and raised in her clan, and loves it with all her heart!

## Appearance

Ardentpaw is a bicolor lilac molly.

Ardentpaw is a short she-cat, with a thick torso and muscular legs. She has long, soft, and thick fur, giving her a rounded, soft look that often hides her strength. Her pelt is lilac, with off-white spotting on her forehead, nose, cheeks, muzzle, chest, neck, legs, belly, tail, and tail-tip. She also has a few darker lilac markings on her shoulder, rump, and tail. Her short, rounded ears are also this darker lilac, and she has round, innocent light blue eyes.

## Personality

Ardentpaw is a energetic, constantly optimistic apprentice. Hardly anything can get her down with her kit-like joy. She has a deep fascination with the territory around her, and is very curious, loving to explore and get to know cats. Being the social cat she is, she loves to make friends and meet new cats, and doesn't ever regret it. She can be oblivious, and she's not very in-tune with her surroundings or other's emotions ( or even her own! ). She's quick to trust, and quick to follow, not often questioning other cats' decisions. She can be immature, but always has the best interests at heart.

## Life

#### Kithood

Ardentpaw didn't have an in-RP kithood, however, she was raised by the queens in the nursery and played with the kits. It was very normal hahaha

#### Apprenticeship

###### 7 MOONS~

Ardentpaw is sitting around camp, being bored, when she meets Ferntuft. The warrior invites her out hunting, which she quickly accepts, and they're on their way! Ferntuft says a few ominous things about predators, so instead of land hunting they go to the river to fish. Ferntuft then says a few ominous things about how water is dangerous, and Ardentpaw finds out she is very afraid of the water. They end up fishing, though Ardentpaw is mildly freaking out the entire time.

Ardentpaw brings some moss into camp and meets Daisykit. The kit asks for it, so Ardentpaw lets her have it, since she didn't have anything specific to use it for anyways. Daisykit complains about how birds keep her up at night, and Ardentpaw suggests that they're probably trying to tell the kit something.

Ardentpaw meets her mentor, Dawnwing! The cream warrior is a little surprised at how energetic Ardentpaw is, but happy nonetheless. They do a little bit of tracking training, and all the scents confuse and overwhelm Ardentpaw a little, making it hard for her to pick out a prey scent. Once she moves closer though, she succeeds in finding out what kind of prey it is, and then Dawnwing caught it, thoroughly impressing Ardentpaw. They then both go back to camp.

###### 8 MOONS~

Ardentpaw meets Valerianfrost while exploring the territory. She mentions her fear of water, and Valerianfrost ends up bringing her to a pond, which she doesn't go in, though she enjoys watching Valerianfrost swimming.

Ardentpaw witnesses Daisykit's apprentice ceremony. The new apprentice is to be mentored by Sunfern.

Ardentpaw walks into camp breathing hard after going for a run. Drizzlecloud runs up to her, thinking that something is wrong, and kinda starts to freak out. It takes a while for Ardentpaw to explain that nothing is wrong, she was just having fun out in the territory.

Ardentpaw meets Thornstep when they walk into camp carrying a rabbit. She's very impressed, as the rabbit is close to her size, and she asks a bunch of questions on how they got it. In the end, Thornstep offers to show her, and so she comes along hunting with them. They find a bunch of rabbits, and Thornstep begins to stalk them, but Ardentpaw jumps out and scares them away when she realized that some of them were babies. Thornstep managed to catch one rabbit, and looked horrified at themself when Ardentpaw asks if they were going to kill the babies. They both end up skirting around the subject and go back to camp, where they find a rotting piece of prey. This horrifies both of them, and Thornstep goes to find who did it. They must have threatened the random cat, because they run off. This frightens Ardentpaw a little.

Training time with her mentor again! Dawnwing decides to show her around the territory, and first goes to bring her to the willow at the center of SpringClan's territory. Ardentpaw is very excited and asks a bunch of questions, most of which Dawnwing doesn't know how to answer. She suggests Ardentpaw should ask Springstar them sometime, but Ardentpaw thinks Springstar would be too busy.

Ardentpaw meets Softpaw, who ends up scaring her when she's trying to practice her hunting crouch. She falls over, and then the two talk. Ardentpaw is impressed by Softpaw's hunting crouch. Softpaw brings up water lilies, and says that xe would take Ardentpaw to where they grow. She of course agrees to go, always excited to be out in the territory, even though she knows water will be involved.

Ardentpaw meets Aster when xe almost ran into her, and the two apprentices hit it off right away. Ardentpaw notes that their names sound similar and decides that they're name buddies. They brainstorm what name buddies would do together, and Aster suggests that they make up a paw shake. Though she needs a little explaining on what that is, she soon understands and agrees, and they start to make it.

###### 9 MOONS~

Ardentpaw witnesses Dovepaw and Softpaw's warrior ceremony. Dovepaw becomes Dovefern and Softpaw becomes Softbloom.

Ardentpaw witnesses Tinypaw and Asterpaw's warrior ceremony. Tinypaw becomes Tinyfern and Asterpaw becomes Asterclaw.

###### 10 MOONS~

Ardentpaw comes late to Primrosekit, Archkit, and Marigoldkit's apprentice ceremonies. They become Primrosepaw, Archpaw, and Marigoldpaw and have the mentors \_, Rattail, and Cricketcall respectively.

Ardentpaw happens across Lunarsky while out in the meadow. They strike up a conversation, And Lunarsky says quite a few strange things, which confuse Ardentpaw. The little apprentice tries to understand, or explain what she knows isn't possible, with little success.

Ardentpaw stumbles out of the forest into the not-forest, and, blinded by the bright light of the sun, accidentally scares the squirrel Atlasflight was stalking. Atlasflight rightfully is upset, which greatly dismays Ardentpaw, so she offers to hunt with him. Zey grudgingly accept, and they both introduce themselves.

Ardentpaw finds out that Thornstep had been killed by dogs.

Ardentpaw attends Pansykit and Maplekit's apprentice ceremonies. They are apprenticed to Willowdapple and Valerianfrost respectively.

Ardentpaw is out strolling in the territory near sunset when she comes across Bugwish playing with an ant. She doesn't realize the ant is there at first, and assumes that Bugwish is talking to himself. He gets very anxious when she makes her presence known, which startles Ardentpaw and causes her to doubt. Once she asks about the ant in a positive way though, the two both perk up and begin truly talking. They discuss bugs and birds. They officially declare each other friends, and end up sharing a vole Bugwish caught.

Eveningfrost meets Ardentpaw while the apprentice is escaping the stifling heat in the shade. They end up in the same patch of shadow, and strike up a conversation on how Eveningfrost is shedding. They get along quite well, joking and laughing. After talking a bit about the former queen's kits, they end up going hunting, where Eveningfrost ends up getting a rabbit. They both realize that the rabbit had children, and were both pretty sad about that, Eveningfrost especially.

Ardentpaw comes across Reclusepoison and proceeds to say hello, which only annoys spider. She's pretty off-put by faer rudeness, and tries her best not to let it get to her. Spider insults her a lot, which she takes and almost starts crying, because sensitive baby. Then Ardentpaw suggests fae help her become better if she's so bad, and Reclusepoison immediately refuses, insisting that no one could ever be as great as fae is.

My girl is running through the forest ( slowly of course, sped is not one of her specialties ) when she hears someone calling her. It takes a while to realize who it is, and by the time she processes it's her name buddy, Aster, he's already caught up to her. She's ecstatic to see xem, and begins to congratulate xem on his name and ask how being a warrior is. He tells her of course, and in the end they end up racing. Aster is winning, of course, until xe trips over a rock, which allows Ardentpaw to catch up.

###### 11 MOONS ~

Sunflowerpaw is in the meadow when Ardentpaw spots her and runs up, excitedly asking why she's there. The dappled apprentice has to ask Ardent to repeat the question, which she of course does, no hesitation. They both explain their reasons for being out and about: Ardentpaw, to view the territory, and Sunflowerpaw, for a walk. - in progress

## Relationships

- Dawnwing - mentor - "Dawnwing is a super cool mentor, and I can't wait to learn more from her!"

- Daisypaw - acquaintance - n/a

- Ferntuft - acquaintance - "Ferntuft seems nice!"

- Valerianfrost - acquaintance - n/a

- Drizzlecloud - acquaintance - "She strikes me as a little strange... not that that's a bad thing!"

- Aster(claw) - friend - "He's so cool! I'm lucky to have xem as my name buddy!"

- Softbloom - acquaintance - n/a

- Thornstep - acquaintance - "They... they're a little scary. A good hunter though." - deceased

- Lunarsky - acquaintance - "She's a little strange. I couldn't understand half of the words that came out of her mouth..."

- Atlasflight - acquaintance - n/a

- Bugwish - friend - "He's pretty cool! I don't know why in StarClan's name others wouldn't think so too!"

- Eveningfrost - acquaintance - n/a

- Reclusepoison - acquaintance - "I- I don't think I want to talk about spider."

## Trivia

- Ardentpaw has a fear of water. Not necessarily prompted by anything, but she avoids it because of it.

- Despite this, she actually quite likes rain, so long as she's sheltered. She likes the smells and sounds it brings.

- Ardentpaw loves to run, however, she's not very fast. She's more naturally strong, but she still likes the wind in her fur, despite her thicker build making it harder than some have it.

- She actually takes great care of her pelt, making it have a healthy shine and be soft to the touch.

- Ardentpaw has a certain fascination with birds. Quite a lot of her kithood was spent observing the birds that hung around camp. Even now, she'll hesitate before hunting birds.

## Gallery

* Fullbody
* Scene, featuring Bugwish. Drawn by MableBagel on Scratch!
* Scene, featuring Dawnwing. Drawn by Blazewolf600000 on Scratch!
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