Strikeskip

Name - Strikeskip

Gender - Tom

Clan - HorizonClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - N/A

Friends - Slipmallow (formerly), Newtbrook (formerly), Appleshine (he might have a small crush on her though)

Enemies - None

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Strikeskip has short, spiky dark gray fur. His eyes are gold and he's been cross-eyed since birth, giving him poor eyesight.

#### Personality

Strikeskip is a friendly, optimistic young tom. He can't stand other cats being teased, but he will take any amount teasing for himself.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Strikekit was born outside the Clans. No one was entirely sure where he came from, but they took him in anyways and named him Strikekit. Why? I don't know. But the man had funny looking eyes. Like, from the second he opened them, they were crossed. As such, he couldn't see too terribly well.

Because of this, none of the other kits really hung out with him. He was basically an outcast in his own Clan. This made him very sad. He was sad boi Strikekit.

#### Apprenticeship

Strikepaw was apprenticed to someone. It doesn't matter who, because he never trained with them. No, he was always hanging out with Slipmallow, a warrior with oversized paws. At long last, Strikepaw had someone he could relate to. A friend.

The two of them got along like two peas in a pod. One time, they were bored and decided to take a tour of the Clans. So first they went to OasisClan, where they met a warrior named Newtbrook. Her eyes, like Strikepaw's, were crossed and Strikepaw decided that this made them friends automatically. Newtbrook disagreed, but Strikepaw was a cinnamon roll, so he didn't pick up her subtle hints that she didn't like him.

Another time, Strikepaw and Slipmallow climbed the mountain together. Along the way, they found a pair of loner kits named Alpine and Lupine. They decided to take the kits back to HorizonClan and Aspenstar let them join.

#### Warrior Life

Strikepaw became a warrior at last, being given the name Strikeskip. He loved his new name and he got it with Slipmallow by his side. The first thing he did was run off to OasisClan to tell Newtbrook.

Unfortunately, the plague happened around that time and among the victims were Slipmallow and Newtbrook. Strikeskip, who had grown up an orphan, abandoned and rejected, had lost his family again.

That's when Appleshine entered his life. A dark cloud now covered Strikeskip's formerly sunny disposition and Appleshine was an actual, literal pure ray of sunshine. For some reason, she saw Strikeskip and was like, "Okay, I'mma go cheer up that sad man." It kind of worked, actually.

Anyways, Appleshine dragged him along on a ton of nonsensical errands, including bothering Mistrunner, asking Owlcrash and Fawnflower their opinions on giant murderfrogs (and each other), and making a frog out of rocks. Somehow, it actually made him feel a bit better.

## Other

#### Trivia

* He gets a headache from focusing on small things.
* He gives his friends nicknames.
* He likes making up little songs when he visits new places.

#### Quotes

*"Maybe."* - every time he and Slipmallow have a conversation

**Slipmallow:** *"Nice catch?"*

**Strikepaw:** *"It is, isn't it? Such a lovely stick."*

**Strikeskip:** *"Are you nervous? I'm kind of nervous. What if we can't find her?"*

**Slipmallow:** *"We can bother someone else?"*

**Strikeskip:** *"True, true. Always a consolation."*

*"I see. Well, not really, but you get what I mean."*

*"Slipmallow! We found her! Well, you tripped over her, but we found her!"*

*"What?! No! She's just... you know... she's respectable. Wait, no, that sounds weird. I look up to her. That does not mean I like her."*