Swirlstripe

Kit (Formerly)

## **Appearance**

Swirlstripe is a light brown classic tabby cat. His ears are long and pointy and his eyes are a deep orange color. He has a relatively short coat, but has tufts of fur on his cheeks, the tip of his ears, and the end of is tail. Swirlstripe has a scar on the bottom of his left eye from Lavenderkit.

## **Names**

Kit: Swirlkit

Apprentice: Swirlpaw

Warrior: Swirlstripe

## **History**

### **Petalkit and Swirlkit**

Swirlkit approaches Petalkit who is bored. They play a game where Petalkit has to snag the moss ball that Swirlkit is guarding. He tricks Swirlkit by pivoting to the left at the last second and was able to take the moss ball. Impressed, considering that Petalkit is way younger than him, he asks for his name after Petalkit asks to be friends. After Petalkit tells him, Swirlkit's attitude changes and he scoffs at him, wondering why the tom is named Petalkit.

### **Scuffle with Lavenderkit**

Lavenderkit approaches Swirlkit, explaining how she couldn't sleep because of her siblings. Swirlkit jokes about how he is glad that he doesn't have siblings, though it comes out kind of harsh. Lavenderkit asks him what he means, and the situation escalates from there with neither backing down. He points out how he was going to be made an apprentice before her and how he is older. Lavenderkit doesn't really care and argues that the oldest is not really better. He replies with how out of a lot of times, the oldest is the strongest in nature. Swirlpaw then challenges Lavenderkit to a competition. She agrees and instantly pins him down, giving him a permanent scar under his left eye. She gets off of him and claims her victory. Out of rage, Swirlkit pounces on her, but she kicks him off. Breezekit breaks up the fight, and a few warriors walk in. Lavenderkit tells them that Swirlkit was the one who wanted to fight, therefore he started it. Swirlkit answers that he only asked for a competition and that she was the one who chose to unsheathe her claws, claiming that he was referring to a more calmer competition, such as a game of moss ball. He proceeds to accuse her of breaking the warrior code, ending off the scuffle by heading to the medicine cat den.

### **Apprenticeship**

Swirlkit and Cobrafang wait for Mossystar to call a clan meeting. Cobrafang sees Nightshade in the corner of her eye and leaves Swirlkit while he isn't looking. He tracks their trail and finds the two together. He assumes that Nightshade is attacking Cobrafang, so he launches himself at the BloodClan cat. He barely did any damage and soon, Cobrafang introduces the two. Swirlkit later makes it back to camp, just in time for his apprentice ceremony.

### **First Day as an Apprentice**

Just made an apprentice, Swirlpaw begs Cobrafang to take him on a proper tour around WindClan territory. While exploring, the two meet up with Nightshade. The three of them soon find a loner, Flame--Cobrafang's former mate. In a rage, Cobrafang leaps at him and starts to attack him while he begs for mercy and acceptance. Swirlpaw watches the scene unfold, frozen in place, as Cobrafang kills Flame. Another loner who is hiding in a bush, Parsley, is discovered by Nightshade. She pins him down and demands to know who he is and why he is spying on them. Parsley attempts to lie, claiming that his name is Sparrow and that he is just passing by. Nightshade sees through is deception and continues to demand the truth. Parsley starts to bluff about his strength and tries to intimidate the two, but to no avail. He finally caves when he receives a fatal wound, revealing that he despises how the clan cats always hog all the food and land. He claims that the 'exterminators' will finally get rid of the cats before stumbling away. Cobrafang and Swirlpaw heads back to camp afterwards, the apprentice still taken aback by the gruesome event. The next day, he tells Mossystar about the loner's warnings but the two brush it off and assume that the loner was spouting nonsense.

### **Fox Hunt**

Swirlpaw returns to camp to find the clan mourning Goldrose's death. He finds out from Aspenstep that she had been killed by a fox. Unable to sleep that night, Swirlpaw decides that it would be him to take the fox down, for the clan and for vengeance. He sneaks out of camp and finds the place where Goldrose was killed. To his surprise, he finds Finchkit and Crystalkit. With no time in-between, the same fox darts out of a bush and starts to attack them. Finchkit orders Crystalkit to flee the scene while Swirlpaw and her try and hold off the fox. They resort to attacking the fox from different sides after starting to tire. Swirlpaw is about to lead the fox away to the edge of WindClan when Rabbit, a loner, delivers a mortal wound to the fox's throat. Tree and Cobrafang arrive to find the fox dead. Wary of Tree, Finchkit and Swirlpaw refuse her help despite Cobrafang's reassurance. They then decide that Swirlpaw would take all the blame since Finchkit took the most damage and was already over the age of an apprentice, though much to her hesitation.

### **The Attack and Retreat on AdderClan**

Swirlpaw joins the second back up patrol that Brackenclaw leads. He escapes with minor injuries.

### **WindClan Warrior**

Mossystar feels that WindClan is low on warriors after Cherrynose, Tinywhisker, Sheepcloud, and Cobrafang leave. She makes him a warrior early at 10 moons old, and he receives the name Swirlstripe.

## **Personality**

Swirlstripe is bold, confident, and obnoxious at times. He holds his ground and does not like to admit defeat and is not afraid to voice out his opinions. Still young and inexperienced, Swirlstripe let's his emotions control himself, resulting in overconfidence as well as immaturity.

## **Fan Art**

Art by Silverware of Swirlpaw and his mother Aspenstep.Art by Silverware of **Swirlkit** with rainbow eyes.