Hayflight

Sweet, Innocent, but Will Disown You

# Description

Original: Creamy tabby she-cat.
Changed: Light brown tabby she-cat.

# History

She was never the prettiest, or the smartest, of her sisters, but she was always the most loyal. She was the one to suggest her and her sisters, Cloverkit and Sagekit, make a pact that they do everything together. As apprentices, they were really close to Ashpaw and Sparrowpaw, the five of them great friends. Haypaw noticed Sagepaw growing more distant from her and her sister, but she never thought she had gotten that distant from them. Cloverpaw and Haypaw never went anywhere without the other. As they grew older, Haypaw grew to love serious, no-nonsense Flowerpaw. When they all become warriors, Hayflight was hesitant to ask Flowerspots to be her mate, scared of rejection. She acted like a stereotypical school girl with a crush on an upperclassman. Cloverwing convinced Hayflight to ask Flowerspots to be her mate, saying she wanted the two of them and Sageflower to all have kits at the same time. Of course, not one to break the pact, Hayflight quickly got over her nerves and asked Flowerspots. To her surprise, he agreed, and began showing a much more loving and tender side of himself.

The three all went into the nursery together to have kits, even if Sageflower wasn’t completely on board with the plan her other two sisters had of doing absolutely everything together. Hayflight gave birth to Otterkit and Darkkit, who she obsessed over every day. But, then, her mother, Frecklestar, was murdered by BoneClan, and young Hopewing, daughter of Sparrowdawn, became leader of ShadowClan. Cloverwing and Hayflight were firmly against this at first, along with Sneezeheart, Flowerspots and some other warriors. The two sisters felt betrayed by their sister, Sageflower, when she supported Hopestar. But, when Sageflower was appointed deputy in honor of Frecklestar, their anger calmed a bit. When Cloverwing’s mate, Sneezeheart, died from an infection, Hayflight tried to calm her sister down, but to no avail. While Cloverwing’s kits and Otterkit did not seem to mind Hopestar as leader, Darkkit very much did, being close to her mother and her mother’s sister. Cloverwing often talked to Darkpaw about how awful Hopestar was, and Hayflight would just sit and agree. Personally, she had come to realize Hopestar wasn’t all that bad, but she would support her sister no matter what. They did everything together, right?

When Hayflight was murdered by BoneClan rogues after Hopestar and Sageflower closed ShadowClan’s borders, she watched over her kin from StarClan, waiting for when Cloverwing and Sageflower would join her. When Sageflower came to get her lives after Hopestar disappeared, Hayflight was the one who told her Hopestar wasn’t dead and would be coming back. She reconciled with her sister. Her other sister, thought, was taking a path for the worse. Cloverwing stopped eating, lashed out at those who tried to help her… It was awful. And when she finally passed and joined StarClan, Hayflight was there to greet her, only to be shocked one day when she found Cloverwing sneaking over to the Dark Forest to chat and train with them. It was revealed Cloverwing had been training with them when she was alive, and never told Hayflight. Hayflight was betrayed, and disowned the pact she had made as kits. She rarely talked to her sister after that. She was also disappointed in her daughter, Darkwhisper, who became a blood-thirsty tyrant of BoneClan. Her other daughter, Otterfur, she was immensely proud of, as she had grown to ignore the drama of those around her.