Novellas

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***Novellas*** in the *Warriors* are stories that fit outside the main arcs, but focus on individual characters. They follow a variety of characters and expand on their backstories.

## Books

### *Tales from the Broken*

#### *Squirreltail's Darkness*

Squirreltail is learning to live with her blindness and struggling to come to terms with it. She eventually starts expecting her second litter of kits which sends her into a depression for fear that she can't be a mother without seeing her kits. She eventually gets stronger because of it, and gives birth to Pikekit, Larkkit and Sorrelkit. Time passes until after Pikepaw and Sorrelpaw has died and Squirreltail is in an severe depression, she manages to pull herself out of it after speaking with Snakewhisker and getting reunited with her kits in StarClan and getting to see them for the first time.

#### *Poppyfur's Betrayal*

Poppykit is a kit in SunClan and soon becomes a warrior apprentice. She struggles with being an apprentice and is unable to catch and hunt as well as the others. She meets Branchpaw of LichenClan who promises her to teach her some skills. Despite this, when Feathernose dies, Poppypaw becomes a medicine cat apprentice in stead. She continues to visit Branchpaw in secret, up until they both earn their full names. Poppyfur is in love with Branchfur at this point and he feels the same. Poppyfur eventually comes to terms with the fact that she does not want to leave SunClan or quit being a medicine cat for him. He forces her to make a decision between her Clan and him and she picks her Clan. Poppyfur is heartbroken but returns to her Clan. When LichenClan attacks, Branchfur kills Honeywing in front of Poppyfur as revenge, leaving Poppyfur full of self-hatred and regret. She eventually starts to slowly forgive herself when she takes Pebblepaw as an apprentice.

#### *Branchfur's Code*

Branchkit is living in LichenClan along with his brother, Barkkit. He is eventually made into an apprentice when he meets Poppypaw of SunClan. He gets feelings for her right away. His mentor Elmheart makes Branchpaw promise to not just follow the warrior code, but to follow their own personal code of devout loyalty to their Clan. As Branchfur is made into a warrior, he continues to fall more and more in love with Poppyfur. He wants her to move into LichenClan so they can raise a family together. Elmstar catches him one night and tells him to test Poppyfur's loyalty to him which he does. Branchfur forces Poppyfur to make a choice and she chooses her Clan, driving Branchfur nearly mad with anger and betrayal. When Elmstar attacks SunClan, he seeks out Honeywing and kills her in front of Poppyfur to get his revenge. He feels no remorse afterwards. Time passes and Branchfur has a new mate with new kits, but when Thornstar attempts to take over the forest he sides with him. Branchfur feels betrayed once again and tries to attack Thornstar only to be killed by the evil leader, he then wakes in the Dark Forest.

## Important events

 *Branchfur's Code* | Branchpaw meets PoppypawBranchpaw makes his code with ElmheartBranchfur makes Poppyfur chose between him and her ClanBranchfur kills Honeywing to get revengeBranchfur has a new familyBranchfur is killed by Thornstar and wakes up in the Dark Forest.