Brightstar

**Brightstar** is a brown-and-white tabby she-cat with lime green eyes.

She was born as Brightkit to Dappledfur & Duskstar alongside her littermate, Thunderkit, in WindClan's camp. She was named for the "bright" future that her mother dreamed about. She shared the nursery with Aspenkit, Thrushkit & Eaglekit - Lilysong's & Quickfoot's kits. She quickly became friends with Thrushkit, sharing the same interest in herbs as her friend did.

As an apprentice, she was given Pigeonspring as her mentor. Brightpaw grew to dislike Pigeonspring for her opinions on her father. Duskheart leaving the Clan to help ShadowClan broke the young apprentice's heart as she was scared if her father would even return. She was one of the new apprentices that discovered Lakepool's secret and finally understood why everyone hated her father, and even Lakepool, the same way.

Brightpaw would grow jealous of her sister, Thunderpaw, as she often left her behind and spent more time with Aspenpaw & Eaglepaw. Thrushpaw had way too much over his head to play with young Brightpaw, so she often felt alone.

During a gathering, she met a young apprentice named Raccoonpaw. They became friends, often joking around and even sneaked out of their camps to play together.

She later earned her warrior name, Brightfur. After heading back from spending time with Raccoontail, she realized that she developed feelings for him. Refusing to form a half-clan relationship, Brightfur tried to reject those feelings.

She took on an apprentice, Amberpaw (Lakestar's & Whitesong's daughter). Feeling confident that she was the right choice to mentor such apprentice, she dared to teach her apprentice everything she knew, even what other mentors didn't dare to.

She later reconnected with her father after he came back home, telling him everything, even about Raccoontail and her feelings for him. Her father encouraged her to speak with him and tell him everything which she took to heart. Shortly after, she got Thornpaw (her nephew) as her new apprentice, feeling proud. That moment of proudness was broken by her parents leaving WindClan to help ShadowClan rebuilt. Brightfur understood why they felt but still felt betrayed by her family. After watching her apprentice earn his warrior name, she decided it was time to tell Raccoontail everything. Unknown to her, she discovered that RiverClan was falling apart and really needed a deputy that would keep the Clan in place. Brightfur didn't think twice and joined RiverClan, working as a deputy-in-charge for 2 moons before Sandstar finally chose her as the official deputy of RiverClan.

Right after her ceremony, she told Raccoontail everything and both became mates. Not so long after, Brightfur realized she was expecting kits. Raccoontail agreed to became an acting queen to take care of the kits while she returned to her deputy' duties. She later gave birth to three kits: Smokekit (brown tom), Lilykit (brown she-cat) & Riverkit (brown tom - large than his littermates).

When dealing with ThunderClan' and RiverClan's problems, she found out that her grandfather was the tyrant, Nettlestar III. She sheltered herself away from other cats, afraid she was gonna be like him. She seeked help from Larchbeam, who was the last known mate of Nettlestar III. - Larchbeam refused to help her understand at first, but later took pity on the young deputy and assured her that she would never be like him. This didn't help Brightfur as she felt even worse. It wasn't until her mate and kits reassured her that she chose not to believe in it.

She later got to mentor Twilightpaw (Lichenfeather's and a loner's daughter).