Peonyclaw

Peonyclaw was a senior warrior of MoonClan who mentored two leaders, Birchstar and Waterstar, and was the mate or mother of two deputies, Blazesky and Whitestripe.

## Physical Description

### Namesakes

Kittypet name: After her twoleg's sister.Prefix: Penelope reminded Moonstar of peonies.
Suffix: She was named for her sharp personality.

## Education

### Apprentices

Birchstar, Waterstar, Cloudleap

She is also known for having been a kittypet before, having previously been named Penelope after her twoleg's sister, along with her sisters, Flipsnow, previously Felicia, and Whitelight, previously Wendy II, and having an aunt who joined a Clan before which was MoonClan, Queen, whose Clan name was Queenheart.

She is also known for having a daughter that defected to AdderClan, which was Stonetooth.

They heard about the stories of MoonClan and the other Mountain Clans from their father, Earl, who was the brother and littermate of Queen, and he told them exactly where it was. Listening to this, they wanted to see what it was like, so they ran to the Mountain Clans. However, Wendy II had met a cat named Blackwater from SnowClan, who was also a kittypet before, and wanted to join *his* Clan instead of her aunt and cousins' Clan. This left a lot of resentment in Penelope and Felicia as they had thought her to be their loyal sister, since they valued relationships a lot. They even tried to forget about her, so they never mentioned any traces of their relationship to her to MoonClan (except when Peonyclaw's apprentice, Birchpaw, had noticed their acknowledgement of each other).

She was renamed Peonypaw and her sister Flippaw when they joined, and apprenticed to Watereye and Diamondfly respectively. They had several issues with some cats not liking them having kittypet blood, but they were eventually accepted when Peonypaw and Flippaw had outstanding performance.

Peonyclaw later mated with Moonstar's son, Blazesky, as they seemed very attracted to each other as apprentices and young warriors.

After her four kits, Violetrain, Fireclaw, Whitestripe and Stonetooth became apprentices or warriors, she got her first apprentice, Birchpaw (who was also the leader's son, Snowstar, and her mate's nephew), who she tried to train in physical skills really well, but never got to much of the external Clan affairs, however. Her second apprentice was her grandson, Waterstar, through Violetrain. Her third apprentice was her great-nephew, Cloudleap, through Whitelight and Paleeye.

## Warriorhood

### Having Kits

After becoming a warrior, Peonyclaw had told Moonstar that she didn't want an apprentice right now as she wanted to prepare for kits, and Blazesky said so, too, which was fine with Moonstar as she wanted more grandchildren. She also watched Diamondfly's daughter, Rosekit, become an apprentice to Littleclaw, as she was very close to her as an apprentice.

Peonyclaw happened to be expecting Blazesky's kits when she was only sixteen and a half moons old. She and Blazesky were really happy about this as they were becoming parents. Flipsnow was also glad to become an aunt for the first time (in MoonClan, since Whitelight had Juniperkit and Palekit), but told her littermate that she would have kits when she becomes more established of a warrior, which was fine with Peonyclaw. She suggested Flipsnow to be mates with Littleclaw, since he was her mentor's daughter, Rosepaw's mentor. Petuniaheart was also happy to have her brother's mate in the nursery.

Peonyclaw had Violetkit and Firekit at eighteen moons, and named her kits after eye color and fur color respectively. Violetkit and Firekit played with the other kits that were there, which were Applekit, Flamekit, Redkit, Sealkit, Sandkit, Hailkit, Nightkit, and Nutkit, which made Peonyclaw and Blazesky glad that they had outgoing kits. Blazesky frequently visited his mate and kits, and even Snowpool played with them, despite not being blood-related to them. Violetkit and Firekit were the last kits for seven moons, until Petuniaheart gave birth to Quailkit and a stillborn kit, and Goldenlily gave birth to Shadowkit and Icekit.

When Violetkit and Firekit were almost about to become apprentices, Peonyclaw discovered she was expecting again, and stayed in the nursery for two and a half more moons. Violetkit and Firekit were apprenticed to Maplestripe and Littleclaw respectively, of which she was happy because Maplestripe was her and Blazesky's cousin and Littleclaw her sister's mate.

Peonyclaw was happy when Flipsnow finally joined her in the nursery. She gave birth to Zebrakit, Stonekit and a stillborn kit, a moon after Quailkit, Shadowkit and Icekit were born. She wasn't too sad about her stillborn kit, but wished them a safe journey to StarClan. Peonyclaw was slightly disappointed at her remaining kits in the second litter because they didn't talk to anyone except each other and her, not even the kits that followed (which were Rainkit and Birchkit (Petuniaheart's last litter), Swankit (and a stillborn kit) (Goldenlily's second litter), and her nephew, Mountainkit).

Since Blazesky had Sealpaw as an apprentice (and Sandpaw and Hailpaw as unofficial apprentices when their mentors, Flipsnow and Goldenlily respectively, became queens), he didn't have as much time to hang around the nursery, and it was the same for Snowpool since he had Flamepaw.

### Hard Times

Peonyclaw fought in the battle against AdderClan, also known as the Battle of Moonstar's Death. She had been surprised when Falconblue, the Clan deputy, was actually corrupt and tried to fight him off, and was shocked at his murder of the leader, especially since Moonstar was her mate's mother. Peonyclaw was one of the cats who killed Falconblue out of anger, and one of the cats who were arguing. She wanted Blazesky to be the new leader, but Flipsnow wanted *her* to be a leader, however. She wholeheartedly supported Snowpool as the leader, though.

She was also happy to have Rosepetal in the nursery, too, especially since the young queen was expecting Maplestripe's kits, even though she was still mentoring Nightpaw.

Peonyclaw and Blazesky was very proud when Violetpaw and Firepaw became warriors, Violetrain and Fireclaw, and when Zebrakit and Stonekit finally became apprentices to Sandleap and Nightnose, respectively, as she could finally leave the nursery, since she wasn't planning to have any more kits. She was also happy about the mentors since she saw Sandleap and Nightnose as boisterous but friendly kits before, and they were apprentices of Flipsnow and Rosepetal (and the former being her mate's nephew and the latter being her mentor's son).

However, she was unpleasantly surprised to see Zebrapaw and Stonepaw having a rivalry with Birchkit, Rainkit, Swankit and Mountainkit and tried to cool it down so things wouldn't get worse. But she was secretly happy Zebrapaw and Stonepaw had actually inherited her commanding side which she didn't see in Violetrain or Fireclaw, and figured it was just dormant while they were kits. She didn't mind Stonepaw not being friendly towards her, as she thought Stonepaw should be independent.

Peonyclaw was also proud of her mate and his apprentice, Quailpaw, when they rescued Primrosekit, Maplestripe and Rosepetal's one moon old kit, as she didn't want any kits dying, especially one who was very much related to her.

However, Peonyclaw was extremely shocked when she found out that her daughter, Stonepaw, pushed Swankit into a ditch, and felt betrayed by what she did, since she thought she was a good mother and would teach her kits against this sort of behavior. So she firmly told Snowstar to give Stonepaw the worst punishment before exile, not seeming to care about her at all. But she was proud of Birchkit for saving Swankit, and secretly wanted to be his mentor.

Peonyclaw was happy about Flipsnow expecting again, since it took her mind off worser things.

When her older son, Fireclaw, alerted the Clan about a fox, Peonyclaw was one of the warriors to fight off the fox that had followed Sandleap and her younger son back, and was horrified when Zebrapaw and Swankit jumped on the fox and then got kicked off harshly. She was with Zebrapaw in the medicine cat's den when he woke up.

### First Apprentice

When Birchkit became six moons old, Snowstar did the ceremony and assigned Peonyclaw as his mentor, which she was ecstatic about since he was her first apprentice. Peonyclaw had waited for Birchpaw to become an apprentice so she could finally get an apprentice (since Flipsnow already had one), since she was still a queen until Zebrapaw and Stonepaw became apprentices and Birchpaw was the first one afterwards.

Since it was close to leaf-bare, Peonyclaw wanted to hunt first, so they went into the forest. Out of the blue, while teaching her apprentice, her SnowClan sister came out of the bushes and told her the news about Briarstar's reckless handling of the Clan. Peonyclaw was not pleased with her coming to the Clan, especially with Birchpaw around, so she reprimanded her saying that she shouldn't go into MoonClan territory next time. She also threatened Birchpaw not to tell anyone, as she feared MoonClan and SnowClan would get suspicious of what was happening between them, and she definitely did not want either Clan to find out their true relationship as it would cause serious issues for them.

Peonyclaw trained with Birchpaw for two days after that, of which he was painfully distracted. She pointed that out to him, and Birchpaw inquired about Whitelight. Peonyclaw decided to tell the truth as she thought it wouldn't be good to say anything else. She also thought she could trust Birchpaw because he said absolutely nothing about the incident for two days, and was also a good Clanmate in general, especially to his mentor. She also told him the rest of her history with Whitelight and told him not to tell anyone, of which Birchpaw was shocked at, but he complied wholeheartedly.

Peonyclaw had caught onto Nightnose and Stonepaw's dislike of each other, but she wasn't sure what she should do about it. She was convinced it was Stonepaw causing the issue, though.

She was happy when Flipsnow gave birth to Lilackit and Jumpkit.

When Tina joined the Clan as Spottedpaw, Peonyclaw was okay with it as Spottedpaw was a kittypet before, but she was suspicious of her history.

When Birchpaw learned about Goldenlily's secret, it made him think about Peonyclaw's secret which also had to do with SnowClan.

Peonyclaw was one of the cats watching Primrosepaw and Dandelionpaw train together.

### More Terrible Times

When Stonepaw and Icepaw were violently fighting about Zebrapaw while she was sleeping, Peonyclaw got incensed and scolded them very loudly and harshly for their behavior, especially Stonepaw. She told no one in particular that Stonepaw should be punished for being a nuisance to the Clan in the first place, hurting Stonepaw's feelings and shocking Snowstar, Zebrapaw and Violetrain in the process. When they were given the punishment, they started to complain until Zebrapaw shut them up by threatening to claw them up if they referenced him again, of which Peonyclaw was glad that he said so since she thought they were causing a huge commotion. Birchpaw also got woken up by their fighting and told them not to fight again as apprentices. His response was surprising for most of the cats in the Clan, including Peonyclaw herself.

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