Currentfur

Currentfur is a dark gray she-cat with blue eyes.

## Personality

Currentfur holds herself with a confident and haughty air, keeping to herself most of the time and ignoring cats that she doesn't want to spend any time with. This can be interpreted as her being a spoiled brat (the fact that she has no qualms bragging about being Jaggedstar's daughter to anyone that will listen doesn't really help), and as such she can rub a lot of cats' fur the wrong way, but she doesn't really care about that very much. She doesn't mind very much - why should she? She's the leader's daughter, and she has an image to maintain; she has to make sure that everyone around her knows that Jaggedstar's family, contrary to popular belief, can hold themselves together and absolutely are not full of drama. She knows that this is a lie, but she still tries anyways - she's helping, she knows that she is. She isn't the biggest fan of her brothers, her half-sisters (though, now that Shimmermist has rejoined the Clan, she is admittedly a bit curious about her), or her mother - she'll spend time with them if asked, or if they happen to be nearby, of course. They're still her family (though she most certainly prefers her parents, Larkwing, and Kitefall over all the others), and she loves them, and she doesn't really have any issues with them, either. She's very much a family cat, and she'll happily spend time with them or do just about anything for them if she feels that she has to. The only real reason that she doesn't spend very much time with them is that most of her time is dedicated to her father. She is very much a daddy's girl, and she loves spending any time that she can with him, and he is most definitely her idol. She's proud to be a member of WaveClan, and more than that, she's proud to be the *Clan leader's* daughter. More than anything else, she wants to be the favorite out of all of Jaggedstar's kits, and as such she finds herself incredibly jealous of her older half-sister Thornfire. At times, she's even angry that they're related in the first place (something that she will deny in front of anyone and everyone, even if they should know better - look at the two of them, how could they be related? They don't even *look* similar!), even though she's okay with Shardheart and has yet to develop any opinion on Shimmermist. She avoids Thornfire at any chance that she can, and at times she can even be jealous of her other siblings and half-siblings if they're spending time with him - though, she does recover quickly, as long as the cat isn't The Sister Who Will Not Be Named. She's quite a stubborn cat, and as such she can't be dissuaded from her search for her father's attention unless something major happens because of her. At times, she can be angry that her half-sisters - because they *are* her half-sisters, not her full sisters, and she's very careful not to let them (especially Shardheart) think that they're anything more than that - had more of a relationship with her father than she did as a kit and apprentice, and maybe she couldn't have one with him then but she can sure as hell have one with him now. She worries sometimes that she'd have to change her personality (though, if you ask her, her personality isn't really that good in the first place) to get his attention - Thornfire is a constantly angry cat, and from moment one she knew that she wanted to be nothing like her. Does he want her to be some stereotypical, motherly, gentle, unable to defend herself and must rely on a tom kind of she-cat that dedicates her entire life to her mate? She knows that she doesn't want that, either, and she also knows that any mate she gets will be a she-cat - does he want her to get a tom mate and have kits with him? Because that sounds *way* too straight for her, honestly, and she'll have to pass on that one, and she also wants to show that she's just as strong a warrior as Jaggedstar is. The more she tries and fails to get a relationship with her father, the issues she has with herself grow: what is it about her that makes her father not want to spend his time with her? Is it how she acts, her stubbornness, not being enough like her half-sisters or even her brothers? Or is it her appearance? Already, Currentfur has a problem with how she looks - she thinks that her gray pelt is much too plain and her eyes, even though she shares them with her father, seem too common among her family for her to really enjoy them. She also thinks that her toned body type is plain, as well, as a lot of she-cats in the Clan end up that way; really, she just thinks that she's all-around average - or worse - when it comes to just about everything. Occasionally, she can find herself jealous of the prettier she-cats in the Clan - and when she's not being jealous, she finds herself enamored with them, even though she refuses to really acknowledge that fact. She knows that she likes she-cats rather than toms, but she also knows that most of her family is straight as can be, and she's also more than a little nervous to come out to any of her family members. She doesn't really think that they would be mad or shame her for it, but every time she's tried to bring it up she can't help but think about the worst way that cat could respond, and she ends up not saying anything about it. When she interacts with cats that she doesn't know very well, she can come across as testy, as she will be short and to the point with her words and will give off a frosty vibe, and as such she can drive any potential friends - or even romantic interests - away before they get to really know her. She can be a little bit of a daydreamer, and in her downtime her mind will start to wander off to think about anything and everything, and there are also days where she finds herself being pretty spacey and unable to retain any information that has been given to her - something which she finds very embarrassing, and also something that really grinds her gears.

## History

Before she was born, Jaggedstar and his former mate, Thunderheart, had a falling out that resulted in Thunderheart taking two of their kits - Brightkit and Shimmerkit - and leaving the Clan. Soon after, Jaggedstar took on Swiftheart as a mate and had her and Larkwing, taking in Kitefall not too long afterwards. As an apprentice, Currentfur realized her attraction to she-cats and has yet to do anything about it, and last leaffall Thunder, Shimmer, Bright, and a tom called Fish re-appeared in WaveClan camp after a fire. Thunderheart and Shimmermist have since rejoined the Clan, and even though she's curious about them, she hasn't interacted with either of them just yet and doesn't really see a reason to, when she has the rest of her family already and a relationship with Jaggedstar to build.

## Long Posts

### a full emergence of current's Daddy Issues™️

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the Tallcliff for a Clan meeting!"

It wasn't Jaggedstar that called the meeting. Grovestone stood atop the ledge, looking down at the camp below her, something resigned but determined in the way she held herself. Her usually soft voice carried across camp, and Currentfur got to her paws to join the growing crowd, settling at the edge of it. Her ears twitched as she heard whispers come from some of the cats around her, wondering where Jaggedstar was; Echostorm, who was seated near Streamshadow, leaned over to the other she-cat and didn't even bother to lower her voice when she speculated, "I bet he got lost again."

Currentfur rolled her eyes, even as Streamshadow quickly shot down the younger warrior. Her father was *fine*; Pinefern had called plenty of meetings for him when she was deputy, why should this be any different now that Grovestone held the position?

Once the Clan had settled and gone silent, the small black she-cat spoke. "As some of you know by now, earlier this morning, Pouncekit and Beachkit snuck out of camp," she shared. Her voice was soft again, now that she wasn't calling them all together, and Currentfur thought that the only reason she could hear her was because of the way it echoed off of the stone. "Jaggedstar, among others, went after them to bring them back home. He found them on the cliffs, but an eagle had been in the area for hunting."

Distressed murmurs came from the Clan, and Currentfur felt a spark of worry for the pair herself, but Grovestone quickly raised her tail for silence and it descended once more. "The kits are safe, if a bit shaken," she told them. Around her, Currentfur could feel her Clanmates relaxing. "But Jaggedstar…"

Grovestone only trailed off for a moment.

"Jaggedstar is dead. He lost his last life."

It felt like the world had dropped out from under Currentfur's paws, her heart sinking down with it.

"I'll be going to the Tidefall today to receive my nine lives," Grovestone continued, like she hadn't just turned Currentfur's world on its head with nothing but *words*. "I'll announce the new deputy once I return. Until then, Leopardthorn is in charge of camp."

The deputy dipped her head to the Clan, like she was apologizing for the loss of their leader, then she leapt down from the Tallcliff and headed for the entrance of camp. Pebblenose met her there, and the pair of them left together.

Currentfur could only stare after them, tears blurring in her eyes.

Her father was *dead*.

She tried to think of the last time she'd spoken with him, had spent time with him, had done *anything* with him, but it had all been so long ago that she couldn't. The thought stabbed at her with physical pain; why hadn't she tried harder, while she'd had the chance to? It was stupid of her not to. She should have known he wouldn't have been around forever, and now he was *gone* and she'd *never* get to try again.

Or maybe…

Maybe he just didn't care about her.

Maybe he just liked his first litter and Larkwing and Kitefall better than her, and she was just the one he *didn't want*.

It would explain why he'd trained Thornfire, why he'd taken in Kitefall, why he went on hunting trips with Larkwing, why he'd speak with Shardheart, why he'd cared about Shimmermist and her kits, why he let Bright do what he wanted and didn't make him join WaveClan again. In StarClan, he was probably enjoying spending time with Eaglepaw and Falconkit already — two more kits that, like Kitefall, he'd taken in.

But he'd only spent time with her when she was a kit, so she'd have to have done something wrong when she reached apprenticeship to make him stop.

The thought made a sob escape her, even though she tried to suppress it, but it still came out — muffled though it may be. She tucked her head close to her chest and tried to curl in on herself, her shoulders shaking, sniffling quietly. What had she done *wrong*? She didn't understand, all she'd wanted was for him to love her, and she hadn't thought that was too much, but…

"Currentfur?"

She lifted her head, blinking tear-filled eyes up at Streamshadow, who had moved away from Echostorm and was giving her a concerned look.

"Are you alright?"

Her ears flicked back against her skull in sudden anger at the question. No, she wasn't fucking *alright* — apparently, she wasn't good enough for her own father, and if she wasn't good enough for Jaggedstar, then what was she good for?

She wasn't about to tell her that, though.

"I'm *fine*," she snapped, then got to her paws and ran down the path that Grovestone and Pebblenose had taken moments earlier.

She just wanted to be *alone*.