Nightpool

Art by TennelleFlowers

## Appearance

Nightpool is a black molly with a white patch of fur on her chest and violet eyes.

## Personality

At the beginning of Shifting Roots Nightpool is expecting her first litter of kittens. When Spottedshadow asked Nightpool who the kittens father were, Nightpool admitted to her that their father was an unbound tom named Catcher. Spottedshadow respected Nightpool’s wish to keep the father a secret and only she knows the truth. Nightpool was Spottedshadow’s first newclaw and Spottedshadow is excited to greet these new kittens into Field Colony with their mother.

## Biography

#### Pre-Series

Night was found as a four-month-old kitten on Field Colony territory, and when no mother returned for her, Hazelfur quickly decided that she would be adopted into the Colony. Night was, according to her mother, old enough to be on her own now, and Night, after a few miserable days in solitude, had gotten lost in Field Colony territory, too tired and hungry to take care of herself. Night was raised with Timber and Lily, and Ambereyes did her best to help Mistysnow nurse her back to health, but she hasn’t been in the nursery long before she had become of new-claw age and had to decide whether or not to stay in Field Colony. Night chose to stay and began training as a ranger. Still learning Colony customs, Night was afraid to begin her training and accidentally anger the Field Colony rangers she had come to depend on.

Night was given Spottedshadow as her mentor, and it turned out to be a really good match. Spottedshadow was patient and thoughtful with Night, and the two ended up becoming close friends during her training. With Spottedshadow, Goldenpelt, and Timber’s help, Night learned that Field Colony depended on her just as much as she depended on them, and it helped her through her feelings of abandonment and bitterness towards her own birth mother. Night eventually got her ranger name Nightpool and couldn’t be happier to be a member of Field Colony.

After a border patrol ended up chasing some rabbits into unbound territory, Nightpool ran into an unbound cat, Catcher, and the two of them ended up crossing paths frequently after that. Nightpool enjoyed Catcher’s company, and it was refreshing to meet a cat who didn’t live in the colonies their whole life who understood her own upbringing. At least, that’s what Nightpool thought, but when she told Catcher as much, she learned about his past experience with Colony life; Catcher had actually been a Field Colony apprentice under Forestleaf before she became Second, and her training had been intense. He had felt so much pressure from his mentor to be the best ranger in Field Colony that he just couldn’t take it anymore and left. He mad friends with some other unbound cats and decided to live outside the lake alliance territory. They gave him his new name, and Catcher was happy living without Colony cats in his life, at least up until now.

Nightpool was taken aback to hear all this, but she could understand where he was coming from. She almost envied how he could leave the Colonies behind, but Field Colony was Nightpool’s home, and while feelings were definitely developing for Catcher, she knew that neither of them would be comfortable leaving their homes. But, hey, that didn’t mean they had to stop seeing each other, right?

Now that both of them knew what the other had been through, their relationship became more serious, and it wasn’t long before Nightpool told Catcher that she was expecting their kittens. Other than themselves, only Spottedshadow know who their real father is. Now that Nightpool is expecting her kits, she can’t go visit Catcher and misses him a lot, but she is excited to introduce her kits to their father when they’re old enough to leave the nursery. She’s afraid some of her kits might choose to leave Field Colony and live on unbound territory with their father, but she’s ready to take things one step at a time and knows that no matter where they choose to be, Catcher and her won’t abandon them like her mother did to her.

## Relationships

### Hazelfur

Hazelfur found Nightpool wondering around Field Colony territory and decided to take her into the colony. She's very grateful, but didn't tell him about the kittens because unbound mates are prohibited in the colony.

## Trivia

* Nightpool's unborn kits are named Speckled, Spot, Berry, and Hay.
	+ They were originally named Speckledkit, Spotkit, Featherkit, and Mistkit.
* If the secret about the father of her kits got out, Nightpool's kittens would probably be treated a little differently, but she would be in huge trouble with some of the more "elite" members of Field Colony - Goldenpelt, Forestleaf, Volefur, Fernface, etc.
* Before the breakaway from Warriors, both Hazelfur (then Hazelstar) and Spottedshadow knew the truth of Nightpool's kittens. Now, only Spottedshadow knows the truth.