Ivy

Ivy is a white she-cat with yellow patches, black ears, the left of which is torn, and light blue eyes. She wears a pink collar around her neck. After being blinded by Blackheart, her eyes are a milky bluish-white and she has scars over them.

## ***Blackheart's Tale***

### **Kittypet Battle**

Ivy is first seen lounging on top of a fence with Snooky and several other kittypets. She is the first to notice a ShadowClan patrol consisting of Pineshade, Lizardclaw, Wolfsong, Juniperheart, Cinderbreeze, Frostpelt, Briartail, Needlefang, Scorchfire, Nightfoot, Scarface, Sleektail, Foxfur, Lightpaw, Yellowpaw, Beetlepaw, and Blackpaw arrive at the border to Humanplace and yowls a warning. Blackpaw hides behind the junior warriors to avoid being spotted by her sisters. Ivy and the other kittypets on the fence jump down and approach the warriors with sneers on their faces. Pineshade immediately identifies Ivy as the leader of the gang who's been encroaching on ShadowClan territory and asks to talk to her. Ivy agrees and approaches the warrior, asking what she wants. Pineshade tells her the kittypets' trespassing on the Clan's land and taking the warriors' food will not be tolerated. Ivy sneers at the warrior, mockingly fake promising not to enter ShadowClan territory again before yelling to attack. The fight ensues. While grappling with a gray kittypet tom, Blackpaw watches as Ivy lunges at Pineshade, and grins in satisfaction as the warrior clouts her on the head with a paw, then kicks her away before tackling a brown tabby kittypet. Ivy then sees Blackpaw and runs toward her, yowling. Now fueled by rage, Blackpaw slashes the gray kittypet's shoulders, prompting him to flee, and runs to meet Ivy while letting out a furious caterwaul.

The two sisters meet and begin fighting. However, Ivy is a poor fighter, which puts Blackpaw at an advantage due to her combat training. Ivy lunges at Blackpaw, who dodges, then tries to strike her head with her forepaw, but the apprentice quickly ducks away and bites down hard on her foreleg, causing Ivy to screech in pain as blood is drawn. Blackpaw then slashes her sister's shoulder and flank, knocking her to the ground, and starts pummeling her stomach furiously with her hind paws while yelling that it's for all the times she mistreated her when they were kits. Ivy lies helplessly and yowls in agony as Blackpaw continues her assault. However, Blackpaw is then knocked off her sister by a black and white kittypet named Margot. Ivy gets up and goes to attack Beetlepaw, who is struggling against a massive tortoiseshell, while Blackpaw watches in anger. The apprentice sees Ivy biting the base of Beetlepaw's tail, causing him to howl in pain. This incites Blackpaw to slash Margot's stomach with her back claws and throw her off; she attacks Ivy again by biting her tail and yanking her backward. Ivy whips around and slashes Blackpaw's face, leaving bloody clawmarks on her left cheek.

Blackpaw retaliates by tearing her sister's left ear, then slashing her eyes. Ivy screeches in sheer agony, and collapses to the ground. The fighting stops, and the cats all stare in shock as Ivy lies helplessly in the dirt, wailing that she can't see. The sight of the blood welling from her clouded eyes sends Blackpaw into a frenzied rage, and the snarling apprentice starts viciously attacking her sister once more, wounding her even further. A horrified Pineshade runs over and drags Blackpaw off Ivy before she can do any more damage. Still seeing Ivy, Blackpaw tries to fight the warrior off, but Pineshade pins her down and orders her to calm herself. Blackpaw quickly calms down and stops struggling before glaring at her sister with pure hatred. She watches as Snooky rushes to Ivy's side and asks who did it. Blackpaw confesses she did it as revenge for all the times Ivy and Snooky mistreated her as kits. Snooky comforts Ivy before calling Blackpaw a monster for blinding her own sister, to which the apprentice replies that she has no sisters or family. This confirms that Blackpaw has disowned her family entirely after they blame her for Jerry's disappearance and subsequent death.

Pineshade tells the other kittypets they're not welcome in ShadowClan territory, threatening that the warriors will claw their pelts off if they trespass again. Shocked and defeated, the kittypets oblige, promising to leave the ShadowClan cats alone, and retreat to their gardens. Blackpaw watches in grim triumph as Snooky guides Ivy back to their, knowing that she'll never be able to see again. As she and the rest of the patrol return to the ShadowClan camp, Blackpaw gets her last view of Ivy and Snooky disappearing around a corner of the fence before being called away by Pineshade.