Lionclaw

"Don't ever fall in my path and get swallowed up by grief or revenge.. Life is precious, so treat it sacredly and use it wisely"

-LionClaw to Stripe.

LionClaw heard and came over"This isn't your destiny"He murmured. "Your destiny depends on your choice.. Either listen to Dark and give up your control to the voice. Or you can resist, and live a happy life, and die knowing you died an honorable death."

-LionClaw to Stripe

"That isn't true.."He murmured" Stripe would have grown into a strong warrior.. If not for JaggedWhisker. And if it is... I regret that..But it isn't true until I hear it from my son- When he's in control of himself.."He reared up and slashed Dark.

-LionClaw to Dark

"I'd rather die defending my kit, and clan"

-LionClaw to Dark

### Summary

Lionclaw is a large lion-looking tom. He doesn't often raise to his full size. He is average at hunting, and good at fighting. He is a very calm cat. He got a scar on his eye by Dark, and it's permanent.

## Lionclaw

### Relatives

Strike,Tawnyleaf,Nightkit, Wavekit, Flintkit,Flamekit,WolfScar, Hawkfeather,PatchPaw,Stripe,GoldenPaw, FirPaw, Hollystorm

## Physical description

### Kithood

Lionclaw's only sibling, MistKit his litter sister died, but didn't want his clan to worry so he forced himself to move on. He played with FrostKit for a while. He was a quiet kit, but determined to be an apprentice.

### Apprenticeship

LionPaw had been mentored by MistHeart. His mentor showed him around territory right away! After exploring his mother TawnyLeaf revealed that she was expecting her second litter. Afterwords he saw AmberPaw and she taught him how to hunt. Soon afterwords his mother had HawkKit and WolfKit. To be honest he favored HawkPaw since he looked like his dead sister, Mistkit. Later He met HollyPaw. He always admired how determined HollyPaw was, and how calm and soothing AmberPaw was. LionPaw was quite a playful apprentice despite MistKit's death, and he hoped he was a good brother. He and AmberPaw were hunting together happily suddenly a fox **lunged** at AmberPaw. *I will **not** let my clanmate die!* He thought and lunged at the fox blood raging through his ears. He slashed the fox and tugged at the foxes ear. The fox landed a harsh blow at his side and scampered away. He fended off the fox at the cost of a wound. Shock burned through his ears, he was only 8 1⁄2 a half moons back then.

### Adultlife

About 1⁄4 a moon later he got his warrior name. ***LionClaw** His warrior name was chosen because he fought off a fox. He sat his vigil, suddenly he felt the pain throb through his wounds.*Lionclaw was attacked by foxes plenty of times, almost as if he has a fight to pick with them. Later he found out TawnyLeaf, his mother was having her second litter! He now had 2 younger brothers, HawkKit and WolfKit. He always favored HawkKit since he reminded him of his dead sister, MistKit. He grew very close to HawkKit, he thinks he should've made him nourish his relationship with HawkKit's brother, WolfKit. SnowStar called a clan meeting. His friend, HollyPaw became a warrior, her warrior name was.. HollyStorm! He was so glad he got to mentor his brother. WolfKit got apprenticed to HollyStorm. HawkPaw and Lionclaw were doing their first training session. Lionclaw asked Hawkpaw what he wanted to do, and Hawkpaw said, "I wanna battle!" Birchpaw (Birchbloom) joined the session, because she had a crush on Lionclaw. LionClaw realized this, but he always thought of BirchBloom as a friend. He didn't have the courage to reject her though. When HollyPaw became HollyStorm she confessed to LionClaw and they became mates. Later HollyStorm was expecting his kits. About a moon later Hollystorm kitted. While HollyStorm kitted TawnyLeaf also kitted. TawnyLeaf died having her third litter. CreamCloud and HollyStorm treated TawnyLeaf's kits as if they kitted them, while LionClaw treated them as his own kits. Later BarkPaw, BirchBloom and StoneClaw died. LionClaw had to much grief to love his kits as much as possible, and he regrets it everyday. Later WolfPaw got attacked by a fox and got his ear torn off. StripePaw his kit was exiled, for attacking the clan, LionClaw believed it was his fault. Soon he found out HawkFeather got his leg crushed by a boulder. Later he got attacked by a rogue named Dark and became blind in his eye. He then found out HollyStorm was having their 2nd litter. LionClaw hates himself for not being able to hunt so he's refusing to eat unless he can hunt. Later while soothing Hawkfeather, Hawkfeather confessed he had kits with VixenPetal the medicine cat. LionClaw comforted him. Later Patchpaw, his blind daughter came to him and said that Creamcloud's going to the twolegs to get healed. She said Creamcloud promised to come back. Shock pulsed through his veins as despair clutched his bones. suddenly he felt pain throb in his eye and he collapsed to the ground. He felt himself drift off to starclan. He felt a random starclan cat's paws on his shoulder. He had only one paw remaining in the clans, the rest of his paws were in Starclan. He was forced to wait for his body to heal.. but he *may not* heal, and he *may*  have to stay with the stars. Quite a while later he returned to the clans. He could see in both eyes, but his vision in his injured eye was quite blurry. He went hunting near the border. He saw his kit, Stripe. "Is it true I hurt you?"He asked. "Yes"LionClaw murmured. "I'm sorry! Something was controlling me"His son meowed tears streaming from his eyes. Stripe headed away. Tawnyleaf came down from the sky "Hello my son" she purred. "TawnyLeaf!" "I miss you.." "I miss you too! I wish you could come back." "How's Wavekit"She sighed. "Amazing!"He purred"PatchPaw taught her how to lip read!"He beamed with pride"I-I want to talk to you about something"He whispered. "Yes"His mother tilted her head. "Stripe came to me.. I'm worried for him"He meowed"It sounded like he was controlled by an evil cat." LionClaw got up and went over to his mate HollyStorm."HollyStorm"He purred his ripped eye was fading away slightly. Hollystorm looked up "Lionclaw" she mewed sickly. He dashed to his mate"Are you alright"His mew was gentle yet playful. He pawed her.she coughed "I fine" she rasped."No your not.."He murmured.Hollystorm's eyes burned with sorrow "IM FINE" she insisted."Tell me the truth"He meowed.  She coughed again "I don't feel so-" she fainted."HollyStorm!"He screamed nuzzling his mate. Patchpaw heard and dashed over."Foxdung"She cursed and grabbed Juniper, Thyme and Poppy Seeds."All of these are things she needs to eat"She licked her mother and kept the herbs in HollyStorm's jaw. Hollystorm Woke, then lapped down the herbs, then fell unconscious again."You can't die"He whispered nuzzling his mate.She purred weakly.He nudged his mate softly. "Remember when we first met as apprentices"He purred"You left your training to go hunting with me.."He paused"We raced to sky tree, and you won.. I think we talked to much and didn't really hunt"He purred a hint of his old apprentice playfulness in his voice"Later your mentor found you.. I bet you got into a lot of trouble"He paused to see if she was listening and then continued"If I was your mentor I'd make you do the elders ticks for moons!" PatchPaw came over"Eat this"She murmured realizing her mother was expecting. She gave Hollystorm Burnet. Hollystorm obeyed "yes, I do" she purred to Lionclaw. He nuzzled his mate and HollyStorm purred. PatchPaw had sticks, rush, and bindweed at her paws. "HawkFeather"She called. She turned to LionClaw"Lay down"She murmured. He obeyed. She grabbed Celandine and crushed it into juice she grabbed moss and let the moss soak up the liquid. She picked up the soaked moss and pressed on it. The liquid trickled onto her fathers eye."Lay down her for a while". LionClaw obeyed laying down there. She turned around keeping the herbs she was going to use for HawkFeather. She treated HawkFeather and padded away. He later overheard something. LionClaw heard and came over"This isn't your destiny"He murmured. "Your destiny depends on your choice.. Either listen to Dark and give up your control to the voice. Or you can resist, and live a happy life, and die knowing you died an honorable death."He meowed to his son, Stripe. "Now kill..." Dark meowed in Stripe's ear.. Stripe blinked away tears, but lunged at Lionclaw.  Lionclaw dodged, his eyes were calm."Don't think I'll just give myself up.."He meowed"Think carefully, I'm much more experienced then you. If you're going to fight, you should know when you'd loose. You have nothing to protect, no prey and no clan."He rose to his full height which was nearly as big as a dog."And you know.. your family and clan will always be with you, ready to help you out." "Don't pay attention to him, he's just a useless cat." Dark growled. "Dark"He snarled curling his lip. "Hello weakling." "Get away from my son"He snarled. "Your son! Well you haven't acted like a father lately, giving the stupid blind cat all the attention!""That isn't true.."He murmured" Stripe would have grown into a strong warrior.. If not for JaggedWhisker. And if it is... I regret that..But it isn't true until I hear it from my son- When he's in control of himself.."He reared up and slashed Dark. "Why don't you just stay out of things elder, you don't want to get hurt!" Dark sneered as he pointed to Lionclaw's eye. "I'd rather die defending my kit, and clan"He snarled and threw him off with his hind legs and swiped at the air with one of his paw making Dark look at it and then he swiped at Dark's paw making him fall. Before Dark could blink he reared up and dug his claws in Dark's pelt. Stripe apologized, and LionClaw accepted and offered to bring Stripe to his mother, LionClaw's mate, HollyStorm. Stripe said yes. HollyStorm coughed. LionClaw nuzzled his mate"HollyStorm"He murmured"Don't freak out" Hollystorm tilted her head "Why?" "First of all.."he began"Stripe's good, He didn't have control of his body"He blurted out revealing their son, Stripe. Hollystorm hissed with fear, claws unsheathed, and ears down back. "Hush.."He murmured"He wanted to check if you were alright.. He's not going to hurt you.."His eyes were calm. Stripe blinked with surprise and Hollystorm nodded. He nuzzled his mate and she purred. He nuzzled his son."Do you want us to tell SnowStar?"He asked Stripe. Stripe shook his head "I need to stay away from here, He can control me here, but not on the moor, with Swi-" he shook himself, he almost said her name. "Swi- What?"He asked gently.Stripe blushed at her name "Swirl" his ears pinned to his head with embarrassment. He laughed, he could sense that look on any cat- Well not she-cats, who knows how She-Cats think --His son had a crush."Then I'll come visit you often"He purred. "purrfect, I hang around the twolegplace ALOT with Swirl, Fireclaw and Creamcloud are there too!" He nuzzled his son"And it looks like somecat named Stripe has a crush!"He teased gently. Stripe batted at his father playfully "take that! " he purred "you liked two she-cats! mommy told me so!" "Well.. I found out my real thought about the other She-Cat is a close friend!"He defended himself playfully. "Now go on with this Swirl cat, remember to take care of her"He purred"And stay out of trouble!" "Oh! meet me tomorrow at Sunset!" Stripe purred. LionClaw nodded.They parted their ways after chatting together. The next sunset: LionClaw perked his ears and sat in a valley."Stripe?"He called. Stripe looked over "Lionclaw! over here!" "Stripe"He purred dashing to his son. Swirl walked forward. "Hi..." "Lionclaw, meet Swirl" he mewed. "Hello!"He purred"You must be Swirl"He snuck a sly glance at his son. Stripe purred blushing at Swirl. "Yeah!" she purred, blushing. "Nice to meet you"He purred"I'm so glad your there to help Stripe out!" "I am... wait... he's helping me out! Actually, I guess we're helping each other out." He purred. "What's your mother's name Stripe?" Stripe's eyes went dark"HollyStorm..." He purred. At the name of his mate his face darkened. "Okay. What about anyone else?" she meowed, desperate to change the subject. "I have a sister named Patchpaw, and two brothers named Goldenpaw and Firpaw. My grandma died giving birth to me aunt and uncles Wavekit, Flintkit, and Nightkit."Stripe responded. "Oh.. It's alright.."He murmured"HollyStorm is my mate, His mother. She's a great mate, she's even expecting our second litter.. But she got a sickness.." "Oh NO!" she whimpered. "I hope she'll be alright!" "Okay... are the Clan's cool? They're probably better than the Tribes..."Swirl asked "Yeah! What's a tribe?"Stripe asked. "The Tribe of Falling Rain." she hissed. "I was too clumsy for them. They're a Clan like group, with no warrior code or fighting." "Oh!"Stripe meowed. "Yeah. You helped me feel better!"She meowed. He purred"I guess..." "And I helped you!"She meowed. LionClaw smiled"I better get going!" "Oh. It was nice meeting you! Bye!" she called"And your son's very nice!"she purred. "Thank you!"He purred"Your also quite nice!" LionClaw came to camp and heard his name. "LIOOONCLAWWW!"HawkFeather screamed. "OHHH BIG BROOOOTHER!" he dashed over to HawkFeather, to see that his mate, HollyStorm was kitting! LionClaw dashed over to his mate's side"What's wrong?!" "The kits!" HawkFeather sniffed. "Oh, you smell like loners. Whatever, I'll ask you later." He dashed to his mate's side. HollyStorm's breathing was shallow from the sickness. "No! No! No!" HawkFeather muttered. The first kitten plopped out. PatchPaw murmured"It's beautiful! Keep pushing" Her grumpiness faded away."It's going to be okay!"She soothed. Streamkit and Shadowkit was born Oakkit and Ryekit died at birth. Streamkit became Med Cat App, But soon died. Stripe moved to Woodclan with his friend. They soon became mates. His kits became warriors.

He had more kits with Hollystorm. She became a murderer soon after and killed Streamkit and Stripekit. Amberkit and Antkit became kittypets. Hollystorm killed many other cats. Forcing him to kill his own mates

### Relationships:

Apprentices: HawkFeather, Birchfang

Mentor: MistHeart

Most Important Cats To Him: HawkFeather

Friends: MistHeart, Swirl, CreamCloud, BirchBloom.

Best Friend: AmberHeart

Mother: TawnyLeaf

Father:Strike

Siblings: Nightkit, Wavekit, Flintkit,Flamekit,WolfScar, Hawkfeather

Mate: HollyStorm

#### Kits:

Litter 1: Patchleaf,Stripepelt,Goldenstripe, Firmask

Litter 2: Streampaw, Shadowspirit, Ryekit, Oakkit

Litter 3: Antkit Streamkit Stripekit Amberkit