Daisyspeckle

Daisyspeckle was a ShadowClan warrior who served under Hopestar's leadership, living from the Ninth through Seventeenth Generations. She was born as a stray in Twolegplace to Unknown alongside her brother Milkyway before she was given to Twolegs. She lived as a kittypet before joining ShadowClan with her brother after meeting Sageflower. She was named Daisypaw, and trained under Logtail. She became mates with Iceclaw, and bore one litter consisting of Firekit, Spikekit, and Podkit. She was killed by BoneClan rogues when they attacked ShadowClan camp.

# History

When Daisy and her brother, Milkyway, were born, their mother immediately gave them up, before they were off milk, to Twolegs. They were raised by Twolegs and sent out for adoption when they were two moons old. Luckily, they lived in households close by. Unfortunately, Daisy's housefolk never let her outside, and Milkyway's housefolk were unkind to him. When Milkyway finally ditched his housefolk and lived on the streets as a loner, hunting and eating scraps and fighting for a meal, Daisy wished she could join him. While she loved her housefolk dearly, and she always had a full belly and many toys to play with, she hated only being able to speak to her brother through a mesh screen. She hated, too, how her housefolk always chased Milkyway away, likely thinking him a tomcat interested in a dam.

It was one day when Milkyway came to her window with a strange cat that Daisy had hope. Milkyway was very excited, and rambled on about living in the forest and hunting plump squirrels and living with other cats. The strange cat introduced herself as Sageflower, and she brought three other companions with her, Toadskip, who was Sageflower's daughter, and Filly and Victor, who had left their lives to join her in her quest to find Sageflower's clanmates in promise of joining Sageflower's clan. Though Daisy was a bit hesitant, she agreed to leave her housefolk. Sageflower's group ripped the mesh apart and Daisy felt grass beneath her paws for the first time.

Daisy was excited but scared of the strange outside world. She had been pampered where her brother had been scarred. But she kept up with the other cats, and soon, they tracked down two of Sageflower's clanmates, Whiskerpelt the loner, and the newly named Sootie the kittypet. Sageflower attempted to convince them to rejoin ShadowClan as their numbers were dwindling, but both refused. Sootie offered them to stay in the outside cathouse for the night, and they did. In the morning, they bid their goodbyes, and Whiskerpelt pointed out to Sageflower that, while she had not convinced her and Sootie to rejoin, she *had* gained four new and eager members. Sageflower felt better after that, but heartbreak soon came as Toadskip revealed she wanted to stay with Sootie and her housefolk. With that, the group separated and Sageflower, Milkyway, Daisy, Filly, and Victor headed back to ShadowClan.

Daisy was very nervous upon seeing so many cats in such a strange place- she never knew what a forest even was before this moment. But her brother's optimism soothed her nerves and made her the slightest bit confident too. Soon, she was named Daisypaw and given to Logtail. He was calm and patient and level-headed; a great mentor to help her learn at her own pace. Admittedly, she was not as strong or natural as the other apprentices. After all, Victor and Filly were already a full grown cats, and Milkypaw had lived his live fighting to survive in Twolegplace. But she held her own and soon she was named Daisyspeckle while her brother became Milkyscar.

She became good friends with Hollyheart, Hollyheart's sisters, and other ShadowClan cats, but she also stuck closely to her brother, his mate Finchfur, and then his apprentice Icepaw, who soon became Iceclaw. Daisyspeckle found herself enjoying Iceclaw's silly songs, trying to sing along with him, and laughing at his jokes. She didn't even realize how much time she spent with the tom until Hollyheart pointed it out to her. Daisyspeckle was convinced he couldn't love her, a simple cat as she was, who wasn't very strong, or all that clever, and not at all ambitious or confident, but just content in the middle. But one starry night, after Iceclaw sang a song, she couldn't help but say, "I love you," and, to her surprise, after getting flustered, he said it back. And, so, they were mates.

Soon after, Daisyspeckle became pregnant, and they were overjoyed. Though, Daisyspeckle worried a bit - now was not the best time for kits to be born. Though leaf-bare would be ending by the time of their birth, the cruelty of BoneClan and its rogues still reigned on, led by none other than one of the former ShadowClan warriors Sageflower had been trying to track down - Darkwhisper. Still, Iceclaw promised he would take on all of BoneClan to protect her and their kits, and she trusted him. Their kits were born shortly, and they named them Firekit, because it was the opposite of Ice, Podkit, because it was plant-like like Daisy, and Spikekit, because they both liked that name. Daisyspeckle was never happier, though the kits may be exhausting, she had the other nursery queens, as well as Iceclaw himself, as he often spent nights sleeping beside her.

It seemed like time flew, and her kits were apprentices in no time. She and Iceclaw were never prouder of shy Firepaw, clumsy Podpaw, and bold Spikepaw, as well as Iceclaw's own apprentice Tornpaw, and her brother, Squirrelpaw. However, Daisyspeckle's fears grew as BoneClan's aggression only became worse, coming to a head when BoneClan launched an attack on ShadowClan's very camp, during the night. Having been on guard, Daisyspeckle was attacked first. She and Hollyheart called alarm, but, just as the warriors rose from their nests, Daisyspeckle's neck had been bit and the life drained for her body.

She joined StarClan quickly, and soon learned of the aftermath of the battle. Iceclaw and Tornpaw had been killed, and Spikepaw had nearly died as well. But, while she was among the few cats to greet Tornpaw after her death, Iceclaw did not appear in StarClan. Fearful, she thought he had ended up, dreadfully, in the Dark Forest, as he had confessed to training there when he was an apprentice, stopping only after earning his warrior name for his bloodlust in battle. But, kind spirit Morningcloud told her no such cat as Iceclaw resided there. Then, she learned from watching living cats below, that Twolegs had taken Iceclaw's body away. While other cats feared this, she knew the kindness of Twolegs. She knew they must have nursed him back to health and that somewhere out there, Iceclaw lived.

# Fun Facts

* She did not believe in StarClan, so it was quite the shock when she died, but she got over it relatively swiftly. When Iceclaw confessed to training in the Dark Forest, she knew her mate wasn't a liar, but thought that he was really just training with rogues and the trauma clouded his mind.