Mellowbug

## Appearance & Personality

Mellowbug is an extremely long-legged flame point she-cat with heavy striping on her legs, tail, ears and face. She has wide-set, rounded ears and a very triangular face. Her turquoise eyes are set far apart, and are extremely big.

Mellowbug is very, very unintelligent. She only has memory for herbs and names, and as a result is rarely ever upset or hurt by anyone, constantly bubbly and oblivious to everything. She is always happy, often misinterpreting situations and saying the wrong thing, but she's so joyful that it's nearly impossible to be mad at her.

## Brief History

Mellowbug hails from the Farlands. While three leaders came out of the Farland bunch, Mellowbug is the only medicine cat. Oddly enough, Mellowbug never was a medicine cat before arriving in SkyClan. She was trained as a warrior and promoted to full status under a tyrant leader at the age of seven moons, stunting her even further than her low intelligence normally would've. Her great knowledge of herbs comes from the fact that she was raised around medicine cats.

In the SkyClan of the Farlands, a killer was on the loose, and many cats would report to the medicine cats to flee from the killer. The first of her medicine cat friends fell victim to him, and the second and third were his children. Her fourth medicine cat became more than a friend, and Bluefeather ended up saving her from the leader at the time. He sacrificed his life for Mellowbug and her kits, who had not been born yet. Mellowbug ran as long as she could until one day she was snatched up by twolegs, tested on, and escaped with the rest of the Farlanders when the lab shut down.

Arriving at the new Clan site, Softweb assigned her to be the medicine cat of SkyClan. Mellowbug helped the other medicine cats learn herbs, and after a few moons, had her kits. Mellowbug died in a failed attempt to prevent Widowstar from killing Darkstar. She passed away resting in a field of flowers, and now resides in StarClan.

## Detailed History

#### Kithood

Mellowkit and Flamekit were born to Pigeonfeather in Farland SkyClan, a few days after the nuclear accident. Mellowkit and Flamekit had opposing personalities - Flamekit was calm and careful, while Mellowkit was extremely reckless and excitable beyond all means, oblivious to the world. Pigeonfeather faded into the background as the kits grew older, and Mellowkit began to race around camp with her sibling all the time. There was a large gorge in camp, which Mellowkit and Flamekit nearly slipped off of. They were saved by Featherfall, the Farland SkyClan's medicine cat. Mellowkit and Flamekit spent a lot of time in the medicine den to recover, and once healed, Flamekit went back to the nursery. Mellowkit didn't, enjoying her new best friend, Featherfall. She spent lots of time in the medicine den, skipping around and being annoying.

Featherfall was killed by the SkyClan killer when Mellowkit was in the medicine den. She was completely oblivious to the fact that there was a killer loose, and didn't really understand that her medicine cat friend had just died. However, her mother kept her in the nursery from that day on.

#### Apprenticeship

Mellowpaw was apprenticed to a she-cat named Tulipwing. She was awful at hunting, but rather skilled at battle, thanks to her long legs. She was still completely oblivious to the politics of the Clan, and still chose to spend her free time in the medicine den, with the new medicine cat, Fawnleap, who had taken Featherfall's place. Mellow lived a very happy, peaceful life until Flamepaw suddenly died. Fawnleap never figured out what had caused her sister's departure. Mellowpaw was distraught, for the first time in her life, left without her sister.

At the same time, a regime change was taking place in her Clan. Her leader had died to the SkyClan killer without warning and without a deputy, and a leader named Ivystar had risen into power. Mellowpaw was completely oblivious to Ivystar's murderous reign, and was as bubbly to the new leader as she was towards Fawnleap. In response to this, Ivystar gave her a warrior name when Mellowpaw was only seven moons old, much to the rage of Tulipwing and Pigeonfeather. Fawnleap disapproved so much that she left the Clan in protest. Bluepaw, Fawnleap's apprentice, then became the Clan's medicine cat.

#### Warriorhood

Mellowpaw had received the warrior name of Mellowbug. She continued to be buddy-buddy with Ivystar, fully unable to comprehend the fact that what she was doing was wrong.￼ Tulipwing insisted on training her in secret, when Mellowbug wasn't called out on patrol. Due to her young age, she got injured in battle often, resulting in her spending even more time in the medicine den she adored so. This resulted in her growing close to Bluepaw, now Bluefeather, and over the moons, Mellowbug spent more and more time in the den, despite the fact that she wasn't so weak anymore.

The nuclear accident eventually drove all of the Farlanders to a new land, and Mellowbug was no exception to the rule. She stuck close by Bluefeather's side during the journey, led by Icestar and a few other Farlanders. She settled into SkyClan's new camp, and only then did she becomes aware of the fact that some cats were not good, and that Ivystar was one of them. Bluefeather and Mellowbug were mates now, and Ivystar had found out. Mellowbug was banished to the prisoners' den, and Bluefeather set out to save her life. The pair escaped camp, Bluefeather escorting Mellowbug to the edge of the territory, before Ivystar caught up to him. Mellowbug was told to run, and she did so, tearfully, knowing Bluefeather would not join her. Mellowbug was captured by twolegs that evening, and brought to the labs, away from the Farlands for good.

#### Roguehood

Mellowbug was expecting kits, making her a valuable source of information to the twolegs, who were curious about the nuclear accident's impact on the forest cats. She escaped with the other Farlanders on the night the lab shut down, and joined the cats at the formation of the Clans. She and Softweb grew close, as the two she-cats were the only cats who knew anything about herbs. Together, they instructed Cheetahpath, Barkwing and Thistlebrook about herbs, and eventually, Mellowbug became the first medicine cat of SkyClan.

#### Medicine Cat Life

Darkstar grew to tolerate Mellowbug's enthusiastic, oblivious personality, quite enjoying the company of her medicine cat. When Mellowbug's kits came, she named one Lilykit, as the kit resembled Darkstar, and her warrior name had been Darklily. Lilykit didn't survive, but Mudkit and Finkit did, and Darkstar took a liking to Mudkit, hoping to someday mentor Mellowbug's daughter.

Mellowbug adored her kits, but was usually quite lonely, as the kits had to stay in the nursery while she worked as a medicine cat. She befriended all the cats who often visited her with thorns in her paw, and also befriended Ashpaw - a she-cat with a strikingly similar personality to herself. Mellowbug immediately connected with Ashpaw, having never known anyone who acted anything like her. She took Ashpaw on as her very first apprentice, and vowed to make the Clan proud of their hard work as a team.Shortly after Ashpaw became Mellowbug's apprentice, a small kit stumbled into SkyClan territory, having been injured by another cat. He was taken in by Mellowbug and Ashpaw, and eventually, Mellowbug discovered that his name was Evening. After begging Darkstar if the small kit could become a SkyClan warrior, Evening became Eveningkit, and remained in the medicine den for treatment. Mellowbug was happy to have a kit around, missing Mudkit and Finkit dearly, as they became Mudpaw and Finpaw.

Eveningkit grew attached to Mellowbug and Ashpaw, and followed them out of camp one night when they were hunting for herbs. Mellowbug had Ashpaw carry him back to camp, where an angry Darkstar lay waiting. Mellowbug evaded her wrath though, convinced that Darkstar was her best friend, and that she could never ever fight with her. This was proven wrong at the arrival of The Median. Darkstar was furious with Mellowbug for not telling her, and Mellowbug genuinely had forgotten to. Even if she had remembered The Median's instruction, she would not have told Darkstar, as it was best to hear it from the rogue herself. Mellowbug supported the rogue she-cat unconditionally, and Darkstar was furious with her. In a desperate effort to prove that she was still loyal and a good medicine cat, she gave her apprentice her full warrior name - Ashdust. Darkstar's wrath was not the only anger directed at poor Mellowbug - Eveningkit, now Eveningpaw, was furious with the medicine cat for ever trusting The Median. Mellowbug began to feel alone and abandoned, unable to comprehend what she did wrong.

This feeling haunted her nearly to her death. After the third gathering of The Median, Darkstar swore vengeance against The Median. Mellowbug chased after her, desperate to change her friend's mind about The Median and the change she was bringing to the Clans. Widowstride, in a frantic, panicked attempt to keep SkyClan allied with The Median, killed Mellowbug, who failed to save Darkstar's life. She left behind Ashdust, her apprentice, and her two kits, Finpaw and Mudpaw. Bluefeather, her ghost mate, tried to save her life, but was killed by Sulfurstar. He faded at Mellowbug's side.

#### StarClan

Mellowbug resides happily in StarClan, overjoyed to watch over her Clan, even if she is not a member of the Council of Nine.