Foxswipe

Art by Lily

## Description

Foxswipe is a dark ginger she-cat with cream colored freckles, the same color as two of her paw-tips. She also has an even darker ginger that stains her tail tip, backs of her ears, and two of her paw-tips. Her eyes are a vibrant green.

## Personality

Foxswipe is energetic and usually dons a huge grin. She is very supportive of her clan and loves to weasel her way into everyone's space, she's very sociable. She is also extremely mischievous, always making sure to scare the fur off of her friends or fellow clanmates. A lot of the times, she's dubbed as the "sneakiest cat" in all of CavernClan, something she has great pride in. Overall, not many cats are able to see the different shades of Foxswipe, something that can be a little weird to some. She rarely displays any emotions aside from joy, and is actually more secretive about her feelings than what is seen. She does however easily display concern, especially when a clanmate is injured or feeling unwell.

## History

Foxkit was born to two CavernClanners who eventually ran off, abandoning her and leaving her to the other queens in the nursery. She was born as a single kit, and because of this led a fairly quiet, yet lonely life. Often times, she found herself batting around moss balls or watching her clan work each day. She had no friends, but often times found herself admiring the older kits, wondering what it would be like to have more connections.

After becoming Foxpaw, she decided that she ought to take life into her own paws and create a new image of herself. She shed her old quietness and became a louder, free-spirited individual with a taste for socializing. She had also become more of a troublemaker, often times ditching her training for her own special sneaky practices. Her favorite thing to do at the time was to hide in the cavern trees and leap at cats passing by, it was extremely amusing to her. As a result of her troublemaking, she was often times subjected to cleaning the elder's dirtplace, something she absolutely loathed yet did all too frequently. She vowed to herself to never have to clean it again after she became a warrior.

After completing her training, Foxpaw became Foxswipe. Despite her tendencies as an apprentice, Foxswipe was a fairly good warrior, much to the surprise of her clanmates. She was an excellent hunter due to her agility and sneakiness. She still remained extremely sociable and energized, buzzing around from cat to cat, always having something to say. Eventually she stumbled upon Duskwish, the newly appointed deputy of CavernClan. She found him to be the perfect target for her scares, as his reactions were utterly priceless to her. Eventually, despite her frequent pranks on him, they became good friends. She took it upon herself to be a source of morale and confidence for him, as one of her greatest wishes in life is to see him more comfortable within himself.

All in all, Foxswipe seems to be a fairly simple she-cat on the outside, however nobody truly knows what goes on internally. To some, her bubbly exterior is simply her charm, while others are oddly suspicious of her "endless" joy. Only Foxswipe is truly aware of her inner workings, but even then, she was never one to let others know how she feels.

## Relationships

Duskwish: Foxswipe and Duskwish became very good friends after Foxswipe had scared him the first time. They often times hung out with each other, Foxswipe usually greeting him with spook after spook. They had first bonded when Duskwish came to her aid, joined by Wolfpaw, after the CavernClan badger invasion. Foxswipe had broken one of her hind legs, and Duskwish was able to help her get to safety. After about a moon of healing, Foxswipe was able to walk again, so she had invited her friend to go on a stroll. They had bonded over discussing his kithood, most notably his fascination with bugs in his youth. They had created a fake son for Duskwish, named Wormpaw, who they still reference in conversations. Foxswipe with time developed feelings for Duskwish, however kept her mouth quiet about in fear of losing him. After Hazeygaze had gotten closer to him however, Foxswipe found jealousy bubbling inside of herself. She was never one to hurt others due to her feelings, however she had felt a little bit of frustration towards her situation. After Titania had attacked her, and Perchpaw came to her rescue, Foxswipe realized that she had to become more of a fighter for her heart, instead of hiding away from how she felt. She was able to flirt with Duskwish after confiding in him on the matter of her assault earlier that night, however she left him with the reasoning that it could have just been a joke to get his reaction. She still found it hard to be totally honest with her best friend, however she is proud that she got the chance to speak with him so closely.

Hazeygaze: Foxswipe and Hazeygaze hit it off well after Hazeygaze ran into Duskwish and Foxswipe, just after he had cried. The two both began to team up to scare him, although it seemed like the other she-cat had begun to take an interest in him as well. Foxswipe tried to brush it off as she thought it could be with platonic intentions, however developments proved otherwise. Foxswipe still has a great care for her friend, however she feels a little upset that their friendship could potentially be soiled due to their feelings. She hopes that they can still be close, but always worries that her friend will leave her behind.

Nightpaw: Nightpaw is Foxswipe's apprentice, and somewhat of a friend to her. The two go back and forth often, as Nightpaw was often times her opposite. Still, she adores her apprentice and hopes to teach him well, even if he believes she's incompetent at times. She often times hangs out with him and some of the other apprentices, as she finds them to be highly amusing and overall good cats.

Minkpaw: Minkpaw is an apprentice, and one of Foxswipe's friends. The two often discuss random topics, but most notably his crush on Nightpaw. Foxswipe is interested in seeing where their feelings go, however she feels badly towards Perchpaw who also has feelings for Nightpaw.

Perchpaw: Perchpaw is a close friend of Foxswipe's, as the apprentice had aided Foxswipe after Titania had attacked her. The two shared a lot more in common than expected, and bonded over their ridiculous love situation. Foxswipe promised that if things didn't work out for the two of them, they'd always have each other to fall back on.