Sparkchaser

### Apprentices:

Loudpaw (current), Swiftfeather (former), Wasphaze (former), Duskfire (former), Mantispool (former)

## Kin

### Parents:

Lightningstar (deceased)Sorrelfeather (deceased)

### Siblings:

Brother: Jaggedthorn (deceased)Sister(s): Lightfall, Dawnblossom (deceased)

### Half-kin:

Adoptive mothers: Bluesong, LemondropLavendersong (niece), Bluestorm (niece)

### Kits:

Breezeswirl (living), Tawnyspeck (living), Brightflower (adopted), Tinybadger (Adopted-deceased),Tansyfreckle (living) Talonstrike (adopted), Wildmask (adopted)

*Art by raininabox on instagram*

*"I **know** my nose is missing, Whitepaw. No need to make a scene about it." - Sparkpaw*

## Appearance

Sparkstar is an exact copy of her deceased father, Lightningstar. The she-cat is a tortoiseshell with steely blue eyes. Most of her nose was lost to a fight with a hare, it now scarred and odd-looking. A bit of her lip had been clawed too, exposing a few of her front teeth and canine on the left side of her muzzle. The molly also lost the tip of her tail from a different hare accident. She has a claw mark scar on her right flank and slightly scarred ear tips. Her build is lithe and skinny, her duty as a moor runner making it that way. Her duty also blessing her with conditioned long legs that propel her forward with ease.

## Personality

With Lightningstar as a father and Mintstar as her former mentor, of course, Sparkchaser has grown quite interested in becoming the leader of Windclan in the future. She is ambitious, always trying to improve in the places she needs to. She wants to care for her clan, young and old, and make tard decisions. She is very much a rule follower, ut understands that there are times that a rule can be broken. She is always striving for excellence. Whether it’s how her pelt looks, how her training is going, or how well she executed her hunt that day. She just wants to be the best she can be while still having time to see all of those that she loves.

The loss of her nose during a hunting accident with a hare has only fueled her eagerness to improve in any way she can. With the help of close clanmates, she now sees her missing nose as a strength-- not a weakness. Her hearing and eyesight have improved since the loss of one of her senses, a great benefit for the molly. What she first saw as a weakness, she now sees as a strength. Losing her nose was the “best-worst thing” to happen to her. It pushed her to be her best when others thought she would fail.

Sparkchaser does not stand for those that look down on others when they are weak. She believes, unless for good reason not to, everyone should be treated with some sort of kindness and respect. There are some in her clan that she has lost respect for, but she keeps that to herself. She is stubborn at times, it takes a certain kind of feline to be able to un-set her from her ways.

## Kithood

Sparkkit was a shy and quiet little thing. Most of the time she could be seen glued to Bluesong's side or hearing stories from the elders. She found it hard to be outgoing at this age, everything so new and so much bigger than her that is was scary to leave the nursery. Jaggedkit and Sparkkit were the two siblings of their litter that was always picking on one another. Jaggedkit was always one to throw an insult at Sparkkit, even if she had done absolutely nothing. Sparkkit was one of the cats to witness the eagle that swooped down upon Firekit that broke her leg. This event just caused her to never want to leave Bluesong's side in the nursery. That was until Mintstar told her and her siblings some stories about their deceased father, Lightningstar. These stories would stick with Spark for the rest of her life, inspiring her to do great things.

## Apprenticeship

Once apprenticed, Sparkpaw's mentor was the one and only Mintstar. This, later on, would only fuel her more to want to follow in her kin's pawsteps and possibly be the leader of Windclan. This is when Sparkpaw started to come out of her shell, so to speak. She became talkative, happy to carry on a conversation from sunup to sundown. The molly would gladly pick up Elder duties, always open for a chance to hear a story from one of the elders. She became a social butterfly, glad to hold even one-sided conversations with someone that didn't enjoy speaking as much. Before that would happen, Sparkpaw would become part of her brother's group Fight Club. Her discovery of the little group involved her sneaking out at night, just like the rest of them. Fallpaw had managed to tag along with her, a bit reluctantly on Sparkpaw's part, and they both discovered what the group was doing. Fight Club was a place for apprentices to battle one another for extra training, claws unsheathed of course. Sparkpaw wanted to rat them out immediately, go yowling back into camp to Mintstar to unveil the trouble her brother was in the process of making. But Firepaw managed to convince her not to, saying that it would be good for the she-cat to learn more to impress Mintstar on the side. It ended up that she would never actually fight in an actual Fight Club duel, only practicing on the sidelines while everyone else fought amongst themselves.

Before the end of her apprenticeship, Sparkpaw would have a hunting accident while out with Jaggedpaw and Mintstar one day. Mintstar took Jaggedpaw and Sparkpaw out for a sparring session, not the brightest idea with the always feuding siblings in the first place. As the two apprentices were sparring, things began to get heated as they normally do between the two siblings. Insults were thrown, causing tempers to fly and Jaggedpaw to unsheath is claws for a moment. That gave Sparkpaw two claw mark scars on her flank and scarred up ear tips as well. Mintstar broke their fighting up at the first scent of blood, but the damage had already been done. To force the two apprentices to calm down, she separates them to do some hunting on their own. This proves to be a mistake as Sparkpaw tries to take on a rabbit on her own. Before she can call Jaggedpaw over to help, the rabbit had attacked back at the tortoiseshell and ruined her sense of smell. Bleeding profusely, she finally calls her sibling over to help which resulted in a deep neck wound for him. Mintstar came over at their yowls of pain, helping them back to camp.

Her accident took a toll on her personality. Instead of sleeping out under the stars like the rest of the apprentices, she would hide in a warren she claimed-- wanting to sleep in there without prying eyes. She began to hide her face when she could, wondering why Starclan would curse the scars upon her face and take her scenting abilities. Till one night when she went to try and sneak out of camp for Fight club, Stormdust was on guard that moonhigh. She helped her friends get out but knew there was no way she could get out too. Not that she even wanted to be part of the club anyway, she wanted nothing to just stay in her nest and wallow in self-pity. Words were exchanged with Stormdust that night that changed her view on the loss of her nose.

From then on, she was the same bubbly apprentice that she was before her accident. Ready to help anyone who needed it. Putting all her sorrow into being better for the clan's sake. To make up for her lost training during her time of recovery, she practiced extra hard in camp and on the moors. Running laps till she couldn't see straight, giving her the great agility she has today.

## Warriorhood

W.I.P

Receiving her warrior name was a wonderful day for the tortoiseshell she-cat. Mintstar had put great thought behind the name she was giving Sparkpaw. Naming her Sparkchaser after her father's warrior name, Lightningwatcher, because unlike her father she will *chase* after the storm ahead of her. She has taken that name to heart, making sure to practice her agility when she can to keep fit constantly. The only problem Sparkchaser had during her warrior ceremony was that her kin, Jaggedpaw, wouldn't be receiving his warrior name with her and Dawnblossom.

A moon or two passes before Stormdust collects younger warriors and apprentices for a day of training in the tunnels. Even though she is a moor-runner, it is important to know basic tunneling skills in case she finds herself down in the maze on her own. Being split up into different groups, she was put with Jaggedpaw to head down one tunnel as instructed by Stormdust. As the two siblings were working their way down their tunnel, neither knew that Firepaw was spilling a huge secret of Jaggedpaw and Firepaw's to Stormdust due to the scary nature of the tunnels. Jaggedpaw had accidentally killed a clanmate, Fallfire, during an argument at the end of Fight club one night. Firepaw had witnessed it and helped get rid of the body, which later on Mintstar and Sparkpaw would find on a search patrol. This caused Stormdust to end the tunnel training session and immediately rush to tell Mintstar, telling Sparkchaser and Jaggedpaw to go back down their tunnel to retrieve a herb found there. This stalling gave them enough time to come back out with the herb to a clan meeting. Mintstar called a meeting to Tallrock, relaying the new information to the clan and announcing the exile of Jaggedpaw and Firepaw. Broken-hearted and betrayed, she gave a weak goodbye to her kin before disappearing into her warren to grieve in peace. Stormdust joined her, comforting her and calming her down. Bringing the two felines closer together in friendship at the time.

Sparkchaser's luck with rabbits continues on into her warriorhood as well. Leaving camp to hunt with Hopspike on a decent day. A rabbit would come into their sights, Sparkchaser being a bit hesitant to hunt it at first so soon after her previous hunting accident. A bit of persuasion from her dear friend, and the hunt was on. What they assumed was one decent-sized rabbit ended up being a doe and almost fully grown kit. Breaking out of the heather to give chase to the doe gave the kit a chance to chase after the two felines, getting a hold of Sparkchaser's tail tip. Hopspike ended up with a scarred face and neither came home with any prey.

Sparkchaser was never one that thought much about getting a mate and having kits. Her duty is to her clan, and those would only be distractions from doing her duty. That was until a certain tom really started to catch her eye. One she sought out to talk to after a patrol, even if she was the one doing most of the talking. Being the strong silent type, Stormdust only spoke when he thought he needed to. Otherwise, Sparkchaser is able to read the tom like an open book. Any type of movement or look in his eyes is a hint at what he's thinking, and this molly is one of the only ones able to read it. Their relationship started a bit rocky, Stormdust not having the foggiest idea that Sparkchaser even liked him in that way. Stolen glances and flirtatious comments from both sides, only one being able to read them as flirtatious. One starry night out on the moor was all it took for Sparkchaser to finally admit her feelings for the tom. Only problem was, Stormdust didn't understand it as Sparkchaser admitting she loved him. With help from Windclan's voodoo medicine cat Blackmoor, Stormdust finally understood and confessed back to the she-cat.

Getting her first apprentice wasn't as exciting as she thought it would be. Duskpaw was her first apprentice, glancing at the tortoiseshell with a disappointed and upset gaze. Her first thought was that the she-cat was disappointed to find out that her mentor was scarred and ugly in the eyes of some of those in the clan. Come to find out it was more because Duskpaw wanted to follow the path of a medicine cat, not a warrior. After a strick talking and a bit of a wake-up call, the apprentice learned that the Stars picked a different path for her than a medicine cat. Then throwing herself into her training with a bit more pride than before. Rightfully earning her name Duskfire in the end. Mantispaw is a whole different story. Heartbeats after receiving Mantispaw as her apprentice, the tabbico put on a fake smile to try and hide her anger and disappointment at receiving Sparkchaser as a mentor. Though, the tortoiseshell saw right through the act. Giving her a moon of elder duties to learn respect after a "smart" comment. The only thing it ended up teaching her was how to hold her tongue instead of hurling her harsh thoughts out loud. Her anger was still very apparent to Sparkchaser, seeing it in her eyes and the way she acts. Eventually, during a sparring session, Sparkchaser decided to bring it up. This showed the tortoiseshell the truly angry side of Mantispaw, solidifying in Sparkchaser's eyes that nothing that she would do could change the odd anger inside her apprentice. So, since Mantispaw decided that she was much better than her own mentor and some of her clan, Sparkchaser sent her on a task. Her apprentice wasn't allowed back in camp without a rabbit, caught by herself. Which just so happened to be the same way that Sparkchaser had her hunting accident begin. In doing so, the same thing happened to Mantispaw. Further proving the she-cat's point, that you must work together and not always believe that you are better than others.

Things to come:

-Whitelily demotion

-Temporary Deputy status

-Offical deputy

Last updated 10/27/20

## Quotes

"Mintstar is kin to me, but some things need changed. We shouldn't have apprentices that disregard the warrior code with every breath. Sure, apprentices act up every so often. This is different, it's like we have rogues instead of future warriors. *I worry for Windclan's future.*" -Sparkchaser to Sootwhisper

“I’m... I’m just like you? I want to follow in my father's paw steps too. I want to make him proud, and Sorrelfeather. I want to follow in your pawsteps too... make you proud as well... You’re a wonderful mentor and leader Mintstar. I just want to make everyone proud and keep them safe." -Sparkpaw to Mintstar

"What do I do about those that see me as weak now? The ones that will hide away from my face?" -Sparkpaw to Stormdust

"As nice as it is to feel that way, the stars didn't choose the path of a medicine cat for you. If they did, they would have told Blackmoor or Hawkpaw-- maybe even Lightpaw. Instead, Mintstar knew that you were destined to become a moor runner. *That* is what I am here to teach you. I can't teach you herbs or how to birth kits. I can teach you to run the moor, hunt for your clan, and fight for your clan because that is what you are destined to do. Should Starclan change your fate moons from now, so be it." -Sparkchaser to Duskpaw

"I don't *ever* recall saying that *you* and *your kin* are murderers, Petalpaw. And if you are suggesting that me and my kin are, I *suggest* you shut your maw before you *actually* get in trouble." -Sparkchaser to Petalpaw

“I love you, Stormdust. Even after the days that Starclan takes us from here, I will always love you. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”- Sparkchaser to Stormdust