Lightningpaw

**Lightningpaw** is a lean-ginger tom with two white legs, a large white nose bridge, a long tail, slightly floppy ears, a large brown-striped cape on his back and tail, and amber eyes.

## Book Appearances

### Living:

Paws of Stars

**Lightningpaw** is a SunClan apprentice under Sunstar's leadership in the Valley Territories. He was born as **Lightningkit** to Brambleheart and Fallenstreak with his sister Foxpaw, their mother fostered Summerkit when her mother left during the Severance. As an apprentice, **Lightningpaw** was mentored by Mudspots.

## **History**

### **Paws of Stars**

#### **Rising Sun**

Lightningkit is born to Brambleheart and Fallenstreak, the weak of the litter named after the lightning strike during his birth. Lightningkit can't stop jittering and Foxkit seems like she's about to burst, Sunstar chuckles at the young kits and names them Lightningpaw and Foxpaw, giving Lightningpaw to Mudspots and Foxpaw to Pinepath, both quickly touching noses and with Lightninpaw falling over going to his mentor as they both look at each other and then rush to their parents.

Shortly after the apprentice ceremonies, SunClan split into patrols and shared tongues. Lightningpaw and Foxpaw argue about where to go on their first apprenticeship day as their mentors look on until a battle cry is heard. Quickly, chaos erupted. Lightningpaw sprinted through the clearing, now a battlefield, to find Sunstar and the others. Out of the bushes, Lightningpaw, Sunstar, Elmflight, Goldenleaf, and Summerpaw rush into the clearing, shocked and trying to help around.

Fallenstreak orders a patrol of warriors to check the border and ensure EagleClan leaves while sending her kits and their mentors to Riverclaws and then asking Snowspeck to patrol the twin trees solo. After arriving at the River Claws and marking the border, Mudspots decides after the camp invasion that day to focus solely on battle training and is proud to see how natural of a fighter Lightningpaw is. Mudspots and Pinepath have Lightningpaw and Foxpaw do a mock battle, and Lightningpaw brags when he wins as his sister throws snow in his face, Mudspots bragging gleefully to an annoyed Pinepath.

Low growls and hisses can be heard as the SunClan and EagleClan cats sit on opposite sides of the clearing, and only the apprentices Lightningpaw, Foxpaw, Summerpaw, and Winterpaw stick together.

Once the leaders finish speaking, the Cats of the Clans move around to speak with each other, eager to talk to new cats, reunite with family, and catch up with friends. Lightningpaw and Foxpaw quickly look around till they see Torrentpaw and Sandpaw of DriftClan talking, quickly walking up to them. Torrentpaw gives an annoyed growl, but Sandpaw puts her tail over his muzzle and greets them and is overwhelmed by the many questions they ask about DriftClan, apprentice life, and their backgrounds to Torrentpaw's laughter as Sandpaw answers slowly and awkwardly. Before they can continue with the questions, Fallenstreak drags her kits away, calling out Quillsmoke, who is shocked by greets his sister amicably as he is introduced to Lightnngpaw and Foxpaw, who are surprised to meet their uncle finally. Still, Quillsmoke is way more surprised to find out their father is the large Brambleheart, and picturing him and his sister having kits is weird.

Mudspots then yowls for Ligthtningpaw, who rushes over, and Mudspots proudly introduces his former mentor to his apprentice. Maplepelt is proud of Lightningpaw, who is awe-struck, but Maplepelt is shocked when he learns Lightningpaw is Brambleheart and Fallenstreak's kit.

## **Gallery**

Newborn LightningkitLightningkit and FoxkitLightningkit and FoxkitBrambleheart and LightningkitKit VersionLightningpaw's Apprentice CeremonyLightningpaw touches noses with MudspotsLightningpaw telling Sunstar about the EagleClan attackLightningpaw battle training with MudspotsLightningpaw beating Foxpaw in battle trainingLightning excited talking to Sandpaw at his first gatheringLightningpaw nervously introducing himself to Winterpaw

## **Personality and Relationships**

### **Personality**

Lightningpaw is a bolt of action. Lightningpaw was always a paw-full in the nursery and became a flurry of passion. Lightningpaw can't stay in one place for long, and if not for his loose following of some parts of the warrior code, he would cross borders he shouldn't be crossing, and everyone can fully say patrols are his favorite thing in the world as he gets to leave camp. Lightningpaw, however, is a great strategist and can quickly analyze a situation and know what to do, which makes up for his rowdy personality, and many see his potential to be something great in the future. Like his father, Lightningpaw is a great hunter and climber. His long tail allows him to climb trees and hunt squirrels, though he never kept his tail neat.

### **Foxpaw**

Foxpaw is Lightningpaw's sister and best friend; together is a word that describes Lightningpaw and Foxpaw. Well, they do everything together, as kits. They were terrors to their mother, Fallenstreak, in the nursery, and both have fierce personalities. Many cats remark on their similarities, and Foxpaw and Lightningpaw like confusing cats from the outer Clan's who's who when they forget which sibling is which. Both love competing with each other, and even warriors love pulling pranks on other members of the Clan and seem to forget they are not kits anymore, but not even StarClan themselves could stop his rambunctious pair who will stand together till the end of time if they have to.

### **Summerpaw**

Summerpaw is Lightningpaw's friend; Summerpaw and Lightningpaw have been close since kithood. They grew together, with Fallenstreak nursing the newborn kit with her newborn kit when Frostheart left after the Severance. Summerpaw quickly started to fall for Lightningpaw's bold and fearless personality, yet his caring and kind nature, and anytime they were playing games or doing anything where she felt left out or scared, he stopped and made sure she was okay. On the other hand, Lightningpaw sees Summerpaw as a kind angel, likes her sweet and caring personality as irresistible, and stands up to anyone who ruins or puts Summerpaw in a bad mood. Despite these mutual feelings, both seem unable to speak up about their feelings despite a certain ginger cat and a certain black and white trying to make them see clearly.

### **Mudspots**

Mudspots is Lightningpaw's mentor; Lightningpaw hadn't put much thought into his mentor except he knew it couldn't be one of his parents, while Mudspots didn't think he would get an apprentice anytime soon. To Mudspots's surprise, he was given Lightningpaw and quickly warmed to his apprentice. He liked Lightningpaw's pranks, especially when his mate Wolfshard was involved. They also like competing against Pinepath and Foxpaw, apprentices and mentors, and the respective littermates of Mudspots and Lightningpaw. Other than fun, Mudspots genuinely saw his apprentices' potential and, not wanting to fail, made sure to mold Lightningpaw to be smart while also letting him grow into his boldness and fearlessness so he wouldn't lose his sense of freedom, which Mudspots had learned this from his mentor Maplepelt.

### **Winterpaw**

Lightningpaw is Winterpaw's friend; Lightningpaw was actually initially scared of Winterpaw, but after Foxpaw became friends with Winterpaw, she became friends with Lightningpaw. Winterpaw and Lightningpaw love getting into competitions, and usually, Winterpaw wipes the floor with Lightningpaw, who can never seem to beat her. WInterpaw and Lightningpaw both have a strong sense of freedom due to Lightningpaw's adventurous nature and Winterpaw's rebellious attitude, which means that during her time in SunClan, they love sneaking out together. Like with her sister, Winterpaw spends a lot of time with Lightningpaw during gatherings, and Lightningpaw doesn't want to admit he's still kind of scared of her, but she amusingly knows it anyway.

## **Appearances**

* Rising Sun(First Appearance)
* Shattered Code