Burnetfang

**Burnetfang** is a longhaired, small, dilute brindled tortoiseshell she-cat with flecks of fawn, blue, and grey in her fur. She has soft tufts on her pelt and a plume of a tail. Her eyes are pale amber. She has a small black nose and white whiskers.

## Personality

Burnetfang takes unrivaled pleasure in pissing off her clanmates. From halfhearted replies to sarcastic utterances, she took on all the cliche of a young she-cat just *enthralled* to be living clan life. Burnetfang never understood what was so degrading about living life as a rouge cat, nor did she enjoy partaking in the overzealous clan politics. Once CedarClan had to flee she lost her remaining bit of hope and disdains to speak to the remainder of her clan that made it. She blames the war on egotism of the clan cats and feels they would have been better off as kittypets--at least no one would have gotten hurt.

## History

Burnetkit and her brother Cricketkit were born to the CedarClan warriors Duskwhisker and Swiftleap. Though Burnetkit was already small, Cricketkit was the runt of the litter and thus even smaller. As an apprentice Burnetpaw was difficult and gave up easily on any efforts, but her mentor was determined enough to see her through to her warrior ceremony, earning the name Burnetfang.

Cricketpaw's small size delayed his own warrior ceremony, and he remained an apprentice. On a lone expedition out in the Conifer Grove, he fell from a collapsed branch and died.

### First Leaf-fall

Burnetfang is chosen by Stagleap for the patrol that goes out to deal with the fox on their territory, alongside himself, Ivytooth and Darkspring. At Darkspring's clear exasperation, Burnetfang gives her a small, toothy grin. The group leaves, and as Burnetfang checks the air for any fox-scent, she thinks of the strangeness of the Conifer Grove and its difference to the old CedarClan territory. She is the first to notice the fox in the distance, eating a dead squirrel. This is the first time that Burnetfang has seen a fox.

Burnetfang makes no movement until Stagleap gives his orders. She is told to busy its head alongside him while Darkspring and Ivytooth attack other parts of the fox. Doing so, Burnetfang is alarmed when the fox goes for Ivytooth's neck and begins raking at its throat. Once the fox is knocked down, Burnetfang pins it to the ground alongside Ivytooth and Stagleap as Darkspring bites into its throat, killing it.

Stepping off the fox's body, Burnetfang notices the gaze of other cats upon her, and sees the pale yellow eyes of Clawface in the undergrowth. She tenses as the GrimeClan border patrol reveals themselves. Their conversation is aggressive at first, as the territory is still GrimeClan's by right, but Clawface eventually agrees to go back and arrange for Molestar and Redclaw to meet with Stagleap and HollowClan's leader Adderstar at sundown. Burnetfang returns to camp alongside her patrol, unscathed if slightly ruffled. She goes into the warriors' den and attempts to sleep, but is left unnerved by the sight of the fox and how it might have harmed her the way it did Darkspring.

At the sundown meeting, Burnetfang is present as a member of the secondary patrol, ordered to keep hidden and only reveal themselves in the event of a fight between the two Clans. Alongside Hawkcloud, she is stationed a short way behind Adderstar and Stagleap. She is startled when Hawkcloud asks if she thinks GrimeClan will let them stay, and admits she isn't sure, but she doesn't want another war after what happened with DriftClan. She asks him if he thinks they brought a patrol of their own.

Molestar agrees that HollowClan may stay for a moon, and the matter will be revisited then. Burnetfang returns to camp with the others.