Tumblemouse

*"I'm worried for her, Snakeheart. I don't like her, but I care about her. Laurelthorn may hate me, but I don't want her dying. That's not what sisters do."*
— **Tumblemouse** to Snakeheart about Laurelthorn in *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

## Affiliations

### Past

NeedleClan EagleClan

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SwiftClan *(temporarily)*
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## Arc Appearances

### Living

*Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

**Tumblemouse** is a gray brown spotted she-cat with tufted ears and amber eyes.

**Tumblemouse** is a NeedleClan warrior under Codstar's leadership, and was a former EagleClan member under Spiritbomb’s leadership. As an apprentice, **Tumblepaw** was polite and patient, the opposite of her sister, Laurelpaw, who was rather rude and stubborn. Most of her apprenticeship was lived in SwiftClan's camp, due to the long lasting Great Flood. During that time, she and her sister had encountered two BoulderClan apprentices, Mothpaw and Dahliapaw, on the border. She came back mostly unwounded, while her sister had a scar on her side. However, Mothpaw was left terribly injured. Tumblepaw scolded her sister for acting so childishly. As a young warrior, **Tumblemouse** grew much more sociable and respectable. She later met a tom named Rainshadow, and grew close to the latter.

Her concerns and worries for Laurelthorn truly began to grow when she was chosen as the mentor for Codstar's son, Horsepaw. She discussed with Snakeheart, vowing to try to help train the apprentice with him and his apprentice and Horsepaw's sister, Silverpaw, if Laurelthorn didn't train the tom properly. After Horsespirit became a warrior, Laurelthorn attacked Tumblemouse, which resulted in her exile. Tumblemouse felt guilty for her sister leaving the Clan, believing it to be her fault.

She was included in a patrol with Codstar and Snakeheart when they find Rainshade and Lemonfrost with two kittens, who are later named Snowkit and Creamkit.

Tumblemouse then appears to congratulate Flowerpaw after her apprentice ceremony, and the two, along with Tremarctospaw, talk about the nightmares Flowerpaw’s brother, Tinypaw, has been having. She feels sympathy for the young apprentice when her brother, Drizzlepaw, comes into camp injured, aswell as frightened when Slatestem and Tremarctospaw start fighting.

A few days after the death Drizzlepaw, She and Blackberryjewel go into Codstar’s den after a gut feeling something wasn’t right, and the two find him dead in his nest. After Blackberryjewel comes back from getting the medicine cat, Seedbloom, Tumblemouse is deeply shocked and saddened about another life loss.

When SwiftClan came into NeedleClan to attempt to search for any queen to temporarily foster Bubblepuddle and Muddydapple’s kits, Emeraldkit, Ravenkit, Nibblekit, and Pepperkit, Tumblemouse steps up and gladly helps.

While she’s unaware at first, Jayfall and Hailfall come back to camp with an injured Rainshadow, after Tumblemouse had gave birth to their litter, Rattlekit, Meerkatkit, Mousekit, and Ricekit. Tumblemouse goes out to get Ravenkit after she sneaks out of the nursery, but is genuinely shocked when she finds Rainshadow there. At first she is frantic about him but this changes quickly as he recovers. She is slightly present at Rainshade’s and Badgermask’s elder ceremony, where she was seen talking with her mate in the medicine den before turning to watch the ceremony. Tumblemouse is convinced by Horsespirit to join EagleClan with her kits and mate.

During her stay, Laurelthorn enters the camp with a kittypet, Yew. Tumblemouse is terrified but tries to keep calm. She asks to join the group, but many cats hiss at her, disagreeing to let her join. Laurelthorn is rejected, and she takes her anger out on the cats by attacking them. Tumblemouse is almost kidnapped by her, but her groupmates save her. Laurelthorn is chased out.

During the battle between EagleClan and NeedleClan, Tumblemouse wakes Rainshadow up, and he asks where everyone is. Tumblemouse replies they left to battle NeedleClan. Rainshadow is confused, having thought that EagleClan was a place for peace. Tumblemouse doesn’t answer, but he says they need to help NeedleClan or tell the others who didn’t go. Yellowwhistle contributes to the Conversation, saying that they can’t, and that who knows who’s working behind Spiritbomb’s back. He tells them his plan to escape, and they agree to go with him.

The next moon, at night, Yellowwhistle wakes up the two and tells them to get up. Drizzlejump wakes up and asks where they are going, and Rainshadow replies they are leaving. Drizzlejump is puzzled, asking where they would go, and Tumblemouse says somewhere that isn’t here. Drizzlejump understands and wishes them luck, but asks them about their kits. Yellowwhistle answers that they have their own decisions. Tumblemouse and Rainshadow feel bad about leaving their kits, but knew he had a point. The three cats say goodbye to Drizzlejump and leave, unaware there are cats watching them. While they are walking through the forest in DeerClan territory, Tumblemouse feels a strange presence, and Yellowwhistle says to watch their backs since they are on DeerClan territory. Tumblemouse grows uneasy and stops, and Daggerslash leaps out of the shadows and attacks Yellowwhistle, who tells them to run. Rainshadow and Tumblemouse are shocked, but they listen to him and they both run away. They end up safe back in NeedleClan.

## Detailed description

Tumblemouse is a pale light grayish brown she-cat with darker spots on her shoulders and thighs, tail tip, ears, ear tufts, and lighter gray on her belly, chest, and paws, with darker freckles, and amber eyes.

## Trivia

* Tumblemouse was originally made as a mate for Puddlepaw before he got deleted.
* Tumblemouse's favorite food is bird.

## Quotes

**Laurelpaw**: "Stupid furball!” [-] “I was going to take care of it! I didnt need your help! I dont ever need your help!"

**Tumblepaw**: "Shut up, all you did was mewl like a little kitten and just flailed your paws all over the place. Your the stupid furball here. And you care about the fact i defended you and not the fact that apprentice literally attacked you..?"

Tumblepaw and Laurelpaw arguing after Tumblepaw defends her from Mothpaw, *Arc Three*

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