Boost

## Book Appearances

### Living

Deserve's Beginning. Shadows of Blood, Ebonypaw's Loss, Starfaith's Fate, Bloodfur's Gift, Mistybreeze's Choice

**Boost** is a brown tabby tom with yellow eyes.

## Appearances and Mentions

### Deserve's Beginning

#### Allegiances

Boost is listed under Allegiances as one of the barn cats, the son of Dice and Velvet.

### Rainheart's Love

#### Chapter 4

It's mentioned that many days ago, a rogue came to ShadowClan with her three starving kits, begging for a home. Depthstar decided to take them in. Though many questioned if these kits came from Bone Shred's gang, Depthstar dismisses this possibility with the fact that these kits don't carry the scent of twolegplace.

Sunflower had taken in the three named Deserve, Boost, and Song to raise with her own kits. Everything seemed fine until a few days ago when the clan made a horrific discovery. Just outside the camp, Deserve had killed Snakekit and run away.

Every cat had been stunned that a kit would commit murder, and many cats wanted Boost and Song thrown out of the clan. But Depthstar insisted that whatever their brother had done wasn't their fault.

Boost and Song had been allowed to stay, however Sunflower refused to even look at the kits whose brother had killed her son. But Milkblaze defended the kits and supported them like a father. Though Boost and Song were terrified at the clans distrust and devastated at the loss of Deserve, but Milkblaze seemed to make them feel safe and help them cope with the recent tragedy.

### Shadows of Blood

#### Allegiances

Boost is listed under Allegiances as an apprentice of ShadowClan, being mentored by Milkblaze.

Boost is listed under Allegiance Update 1, Allegiance Update 2, Allegiance Update 3, Allegiance Update 4, Allegiance Update 5, Allegiance Update 6, and Final Allegiances as a warrior of ShadowClan.

#### Chapter 5

Bloodkit hears Copperstripe ask where Maplefur is and looks into the clearing. Flameheart and Copperstripe are talking to Cobratail. Stripedpaw and Song sit near them, exchanging excited looks.

Cobratail flicks his tail and asks if Maplefur wasn't with them, as he said he'd help them assess the apprentices. Flameheart says yes, but he never showed up. Copperstripe adds that they waited a while for him, but the apprentices were ready to explode, and they couldn't wait any longer. And when they came back after the assessment to talk to Maplefur, he wasn't even in his den. Cobratail figures he must be out hunting and tells them he'll speak to him about it when he returns to camp.

Depthstar pads over and assumes that the apprentices passed their assessments. Stripedpaw purrs that they did, adding that he should have seen Song, noting that she caught a thrush so high in the air. Song ducks her head, looking embarrassed as she says it was nothing. She pauses and looks around, asking if Boost as finished his assessment.

Boost says "Yeah!", and a heartbeat later shoots through the thorn tunnel, hurdling into her. Milkblaze follows more slowly and says "Great StarClan, Boost!". He and Song break into a playful fight as Stripedpaw watches in amusement. Depthstar frowns and jokingly suggests that maybe they aren't ready to be warriors, as they still look like kits to him. Boost and Song immediately leap apart, their eyes lighting with protest, and Depthstar purrs in amusement that he's only teasing. His eyes shine as he asks if they're ready to become warriors, and they exclaim "Yes!". Depthstar purrs "Wonderful".

Depthstar calls a clan meeting to make Stripedpaw, Song, and Boost warriors. Bloodkit peers between Cliffshade and Crowmask and sees Stripedpaw, Song, and Boost, gazing up at Depthstar eagerly.

Depthstar recalls that when Boost and Song joined ShadowClan as rogues, they chose not to take clan names when they were apprenticed. He asks if they wish to take warrior names. Boost and Song exchange a look, and after a moment return their attention to their leader.

Boost dips his head and says that he wishes to keep his name. He likes being called Boost, and it's the name his mother gave him. He can't give it up. Depthstar gives a respectful nod and says "very well".

Depthstar makes them warriors, highlighting their enthusiasm and determination. He leaps down from the rock to rest his chin on each of their heads, and they lick his shoulder. As the clan cheer Boost and Song's names, Bloodkit watches the new warriors, eagerly noting that'll be him one day, a real ShadowClan warrior.

#### Chapter 6

Brownstripe tells Bloodpaw that he was a kit when Boost and Song were taken into the clan. Their mother abandoned them outside the camp. Bloodpaw says he knows, as Bloomfire told him. Brownstripe says "Ah" and dips his head, asking if he knows that they had another sibling, a brother.

Bloodpaw asks "Really?" and stares at him, surprised and asking what happened to him. Brownstripe looks away as he speaks and explains that his name was Deserve. He and his brothers, Blackstorm and Snakekit, would tease Deserve, Boost, and Song a little, what kits do. Brownstripe narrows his eyes and says Deserve took it too seriously and killed Snakekit, then ran away, and no cat ever saw him again.

#### Chapter 11

While Rosebreeze is kitting, Stripednose and Song sit close together. Boost stands near them, twitching his tail and saying kits are gross. Song glares at her brother and says that kits are wonderful, and she hopes to have some one day. She breaks off and lowers her head, casting Stripednose an embarrassed look and stammering.

#### Chapter 20

When Bloodfur meets Deserve, he recalls that Brownstripe told him how Deserve was the sibling of Boost and Song. He sees the tension between Deserve and Blackstorm and remembers that he was one of the kits who tormented he, Boost, and Song.

When talking to Bloodfur in the forest, Deserve explains how he, Boost, and Song were brought to ShadowClan after their mother abandoned them and their father died. He explains that they were terrified and heartbroken, and bullied by Sunflower's kits. One day, Deserve couldn't stand seeing Boost and Song suffer any longer and attacked and killed Snakekit. He ran away because no cat could understand he was protecting his siblings.

#### Chapter 29

Deserve asks Song how Boost is. She hesitates before saying he's well. When Song challenges Deserve, he reminds her what Snakekit and his littermates did to them as kits and angrily states he killed Snakekit for Song and Boost, wanting to protect them. Song growls that he only made the clan suspicious of she and Boost for moons and left them knowing their brother was a murderer.

#### Chapter 32

Boost has his chin rested over Copperstripe's shoulder, blood staining his pelt. Copperstripe is dead.

### Ebonypaw's Loss

#### Allegiances

Boost is listed under Allegiances as a warrior of ShadowClan.

### Starfaith's Fate

#### Allegiances

Boost is listed under Allegiances as a kit of ShadowClan, being nursed by Sunflower.

#### Chapter 3

Dewpaw tells Starpaw that a loner came to ShadowClan with three of her kits. Sunflower cared for them in the nursery, but then one of the kits, Deserve, killed Snakekit. He explains that the clan wanted to throw out Boost and Song, but he and Hawkfeather argued against it, for they aren't to blame for what their brother did, and are already terrified without their mother and brother. Sunflower isn't too fond of Boost and Song anymore, so Greenpine has helped care for them.

### Mistybreeze's Choice

#### Allegiances

Boost is listed under Allegiances as a warrior of ShadowClan.

## Quotes

"*I wish to keep my name, Depthstar. I like being called Boost. It was the name my mother gave me. I cannot give it up."*

-Boost during his warrior ceremony in *"Shadows of Blood",* chapter 5

*"Kits are gross!"*

-Boost during Rosebreeze's kitting in *"Shadows of Blood",* chapter 11

 Character Development and Origins

When I decided to write Deserve's backstory, I didn't think much about the names of his family members. I didn't feel they really mattered. I very hastily made Dice, Velvet, Boost, and Song.

His original story is similar, if not exact to the one seen in Deserve's Beginning.

## Gallery

Old Boost designBoost with ShadowClanBoost on the cover of Deserve's BeginningBoost Design