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### Bayshine

Flamepaw and Baypaw are good friends, and they love to joke around with each other. While listening to older cats' discussion, they sometimes discuss their opinions on the respective topics, and they are not afraid to express disagreement with one other. Before their assessments, they wish exclusively each other good luck, displaying their friendship.
### Sorrelstripe

"*You are, and you will [make a good warrior]. If you're sure you're ready, you should ask Lilyheart for another assessment. You don't have to wait until she thinks you're ready. You can prove it to her-to every cat. Especially to yourself, Flamepaw, I believe in you.*"
―Sorrelstripe to Flamepaw River

Sorrelstripe is Flamepaw's foster mother, and he sometimes wishes that she was his real mother. Sorrelstripe approaches Flamepaw after his outing with Sparkpelt. The dark brown she-cat comforts him, telling him that he will make a good warrior, and she believes in him. The two touch noses, and as Flamepaw thanks her, Sorrelstripe urges for him to prove it to her.
### Sparkpelt

As Flamepaw's real mother, Sparkpelt acts very awkwardly and tense around Flamepaw, and the black apprentice attributes this to her not raising him as a kit as well as being exiled during most of his apprentice days leading up to then. Flamepaw notes that his mother is much more close to Finchpaw as they both spent time together exiled from ThunderClan. Later, Sparkpelt invites him to eat with her. At first, the pair act very polite with each other as if they are from different Clans, but Sparkpelt defends Flamepaw from Lilyheart's accusations that he let the kits do his tasks. She brings up the fact that Flamepaw has been struggling with his apprenticeship, asking him if Finchlight being a warrior makes him anxious. Flamepaw bluntly asks why Sparkpelt cares as his mother brings up Flamepaw's lineage and the Clans' high expectations of him. The black apprentice bursts, stating that he doesn't want Firestar's blood, and even though Sparkpelt is an orange cat while Finchlight has bits of orange in her fur, he is an all-black cat. Flamepaw continues, going on about how Sparkpelt left him when he needed her most. When Sparkpelt quietly states that he is all-black like Larksong, Flamepaw retorts that his father may have understood him, but he wouldn't know.
### Lilyheart

Lilyheart is Flamepaw's mentor, and the black tom comments that she sometimes tells him stories of Larksong. AAfter failing his assessment, Lilyheart tries to cheer him up, but to no avail. She chides Flamepaw when he blurts out at the Gathering. Lilyheart vigorously assists Flamepaw with his training as she wants him to pass the next assessment.
## Notes and references

1. ↑ Revealed in *River*, page 5
2. ↑ Revealed in *River*, page 8
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Revealed in *River*, page 11
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Revealed in *River*, page 85
5. ↑ Revealed in *River*, page 86
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Revealed in *River*, page 9
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Revealed in *River*, page 10
8. ↑ Revealed in *River*, page 82
9. ↑ Revealed in *River*, page 83
10. ↑ Revealed in *River*, page 84
11. ↑ Revealed in *River*, page 45
12. ↑ Revealed in *River*, page 53
13. ↑ Revealed in *River*, pages 76-77