Midnightshade

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**Midnightshade** is a blue-gray tortoiseshell she-cat and a medicine cat of WikiClan.

## Appearance

Midnightshade is tall, and lean, with slick, short fur and a long, elegant tail. She has deep, stone-blue fur with bright blue spots and dark stripes. She has a white underbelly, white paws, and a white tail-tip. Her eyes are a shimmering combination of yellow and blue.

## Personality

Midnightshade is often quiet, passing off as a shy and generally silent cat, rarely speaking with cats she does not know or trust. However, the opposite is displayed towards cats she's comfortable around, where she tends to ramble about her interests when she can, but often feels anxiety about how other cats feel about her.

More often than not, Midnightshade distracts herself with various tasks like herb-gathering, herb-sorting, battle-training, eating, or talking with another cat, in an attempt to distract herself from the real world.

## Backstory

### Before *The Sixth Clan*

Midnight was born to Strike and Swift, both loners who had a complicated relationship. When Midnight and Rainshower, her sister, were only one moon old, Swift left Strike with no explanation.

When Midnight was three moons old, Swift asked to meet with Strike. Strike left her kits to go and speak with their father, but was killed, presumed to be on the way. Rainshower and Midnight go to look for Strike, and find her dead body.

Midnight and Rainshower traveled cautiously where they wished, avoiding dangerous beasts like bears and badgers, until Rainshower left to become a kittypet at five moons because she was tired of starving and being scared all the time. Midnight, however, enjoyed the freeing sensation of traveling and exploring, seeing new things and meeting new cats, even if they would never meet again, so she stayed as a loner until eventually, she met Spirit, and was interested in joining WikiClan.

#### Meeting Spiritstar

*Midnight was wandering through a forest now. She was careful, knowing that there was Clan territory nearby, knowing they would not be welcome of a loner like herself.*

*She froze suddenly, whiskers twitching as she heard a cat emerging from the bracken behind her. Turning around cautiously, she came face-to-face with a pale blue she-cat.*

*"Hello," The she-cat greeted, her expression calm and collected. "I am Spiritstar. Who might you be?"*

A leader from one of the clans? *Midnight didn't know much about the clans, but she knew that all leaders' names ended in -star, which was weird, though she never questioned it.*

*"I- I'm Midnight," Midnight replied, taking a step back as she studied Spiritstar further.*

*"Would you like to join my clan, Midnight?" Spiritstar asked. "It's not one of the five clans you've heard of, it's a sixth. It's called WikiClan, and we need more cats."*

*Midnight wasn't sure. She never liked the Clans due to so many stories she'd heard, but maybe it was worth a shot. They couldn't attack her for being a loner if she was a warrior of WikiClan. After a moment of hesitation, she nodded.*

*"Great," Spiritstar said, leading Midnight towards WikiClan's camp. "Now, do you know anything about healing? We don't have any medicine cats yet, but I'd really like for there to be a few, more than one."*

*"...yes, I do know about healing," Midnight said. "I can be a medicine cat."*

*"Good," Spiritstar said, then bounded up onto a rock. "Let all those who've joined my clan thus far gather beneath the Crescentrock for a clan meeting!" She yowled, and cats began to surround the rock, leaving space in the center, presumably for Midnight.*

*She'd never seen so many cats in one place, she was surprised that she wasn't panicking or anything. She stepped into the clearing as Spiritstar went on.*

*"Midnight is here to join as one of our medicine cats. From this day on, you will be known as Midnightshade. May StarClan watch over you, as they have for all of us."*

### The Sixth Clan

Spiritstar seeks out Midnightshade, asking for advice as to whether the former should step down from her leadership role and put Cinnamonfur in charge instead. Midnightshade disagrees, stating that Spiritstar is a strong leader, then goes off to help Skypaw.

*More information to be added with every coming chapter.*

### Midnightshade's Truth

Midnightshade is collecting chervil for the clan, and despite the cold leaf-bare, is able to find some scraps. As she brings it back, Spiritstar asks to speak with her, asking the medicine cat whether she should lead the clan or step down. Midnightshade says that Spiritstar should remain leader, and after some back-and-forth discussion, Spiritstar agrees.

Skypaw arrives, telling Midnightshade that they need more herbs. As the two cats head back to camp to check up on the herb store, Skypaw questions Midnightshade as to whether she truly wants to be a member of WikiClan. Midnightshade confirms she does, and the two cats head off to do their own things.

*More information to be added with every coming chapter.*

## Trivia

* Midnightshade is the protagonist of Midnightshade's Truth, a super edition focusing on Midnightshade's place in WikiClan.
* Her nickname is Starling.
* While her personality does reflect that of TempestMidnight in some ways, it is also different, and her backstory is not a reflection at all.