Dawnheart

***Spoiler warning:** Plot/ending details follow.*

### Half-brothers:

Sandpelt, Marshfur, Ashcloud, Alderkit, Whitefrost, Graymist, Flameheart, Hawktail

### Half-sisters:

Goldenpelt, Dustkit, Hollyfur, Sparkkit, Dapplepelt, Milkfur

### Daughters:

Bluewater, Honeyleaf, Cloverleaf, Appledawn, Fallowheart, Mapleleaf

## Medicine cat position

### Succeeded by:

Redpelt, Firelight

**Dawnheart** is a red she-cat with white across her back and ears, dark red paws, green eyes and a twisted forepaw and hindpaw.

**Dawnheart** is the ThunderClan medicine cat under Firestar's and Bramblestar's leaderships in the lake territories. **Dawnkit** was born to Dawn and Brambleclaw, alongside Bounce, and Clover. But her mother died shortly after birth. Before she died her mother was given the name Dawnfur for her red fur, her only request was that her only remaining kit was called Dawnkit. Dawnkit was adopted by Squirrelflight and raised beside her half siblings Dapplekit, Graykit, and Whitekit. As a kit she got kidnapped by RiverClan, almost died from greencough that almost claimed the life of Jayfeather, and fought a fox that was attacking her sister. She got apprenticed to Jayfeather as a medicine cat, finding out that she had a ability beyond a normal medicine cat, she could sense the feelings a cat got when uncomfortable or in pain, helping her cure others before they had to stay in the medicine cat den.

During her apprenticeship **Dawnpaw** got given a omen, telling her that ThunderClan was going to be overwhelmed with nursing queens and kits. She helped Millie to deliver five kits and fell in love with Jayfeather, but before she could tell him how he felt, he was summoned to SkyClan, leaving Dawnpaw to be trained by Leafpool. She watched as her littermates became warriors and found mates. Just before Jayfeather made her a full medicine cat, he told her about her true mother. Dawnpaw accepted it, and learned that Jayfeather shared her feelings. She got appointed to a full medicine cat under the name **Dawnheart**. She mourned her brother Marshfur after he died in a battle against ShadowClan, that also claimed the life of Firestar, going with her father Brambleclaw to Moonpool after Firestar died. Shortly after becoming a full medicine cat, Dawnheart found out that she was expecting kits. At the same time her sister Dapplepelt was expecting kits. She convinced her sister to take her kits. When her kits were born, her only tom, Hollowkit died. She gave her two daughters to Dapplepelt to be raised alongside her two remaining kits. After receiving advice from Leafpool, Squirrelflight and StarClan, Dawnheart decided to tell her kits about the truth, before they found out from someone else. Dawnheart got told by StarClan that Redkit was meant to be her apprentice. She took Redpaw on as her apprentice.

Shortly after he became her apprentice, the young tom was thought to have been killed by a fox in the forest, devastated, Dawnheart lost all hope. After learning that Redpaw was still alive, she launched a rescue mission in order to find the apprentice. She travelled to a Twoleg place only to discover that the tom was now a kittypet. Dawnheart convinced him to come home, and he finished his training as a medicine cat. Dawnheart continued to help her clan. She continued to love Jayfeather even after he went missing. She followed him, leaving the clan in Redpelt's paws. Dawnheart found Jayfeather at the edge of the mountains. She managed to get him to come home, where he retired to the elders den. Several days after Jayfeather retired he died from greencough. Dawnheart mourned her mate along with her two daughters Bluewater and Honeyleaf, discovering that she was expecting kits again. She convinces her sister again to take the kits as she is expecting kits herself. She gave birth to three kits called Cloverkit, Jaykit and Firekit and reluctantly gave the kits to be raised alongside Mistlekit, the only surviving kit of Dapplepelt's litter, After seeing Jaykit, Cloverkit and Firekit don't like her for giving them up, she left the Clan to discover where her path was going.

She disappeared for eight moons, meeting a rogue called Oliver. She ended up having his kits, four kits called Applekit, Beechkit, Fallowkit, and Maplekit When she returned she saw that her son Firepaw was training with Redpelt to become a medicine cat. She explained to Bramblestar that she needed to leave the Clan to find who she was. Bramblestar allowed her to continue as a medicine cat after her kits became apprentices. She mentored her son after Redpelt was killed by a fox, giving him the name Firelight. He forgave her for giving him up, understanding why she did it. Dawnheart helped her daughter Bluewater when she lost all four of her kits to a fox, and supported her as she protected her second litter from the dangers of the outside world.

When her former mate Oliver decided to visit the Clan she uncovered his dark past, warning the Clan as a band of rogues came to attack the Clan, the rogues said that they had a day to leave their camp, or they will drive them out. Dawnheart went to Oliver to ask why they were doing this, and he told her that his best friend was her mother and, Bramblestar forced her to come back to ThunderClan with him, and how he had sworn vengeance on ThunderClan with the help of a former Clanmate called Thistleclaw. Dawnheart told Bramblestar about Oliver and Thistleclaw and he started to train the entire clan in battle moves, like Firestar had done when they were threatened by BloodClan. Dawnheart worked with Lionblaze and Squirrelflight figuring out fighting moves that wouldn't strain her twisted legs.

In the battle Dawnheart fought outside the nursery with her children, defending Honeyleaf and Bluewater, and their kits. Dawnheart faced off against Oliver, claiming that he was doing this because he never got to be Dawnfur's mate, telling him that she died, giving birth to her and insisted that she was to be named after her. She ended up killing her former mate to protect Firelight from him. She died from her injuries after battling Thistleclaw, the last cat in the Dark Forest, for ThunderClan's right to stay in their home. She killed Thistleclaw, dying shortly afterwards surrounded by her family. She ascended to StarClan, and was reunited with Jayfeather, and her son Hollowkit. After the battle, she, along with Jayfeather and Firestar tell Firelight, that ThunderClan was now safe, and was going to have peace at last.

## History

### Dawnheart's Story

*"Leafpool, you need to leave. If you want to help Jayfeather find catmint. Please, stay away from the medicine cat den."* Dawnkit to Leafpool about Jayfeather's greencough.

Dawnkit was born to Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight, along with her siblings, Dapplekit, Whitekit, and Graykit, and they are the grandkits of Firestar, the Clan leader. She is determined to become a warrior, despite her injured legs. After she gets kidnapped by RiverClan, when they think she is being hurt by her clan, she decides that she could never be a warrior. After she develops greencough, alongside Jayfeather, they are both confined to the medicine cat den. Jayfeather refuses to treat himself, and Dawnkit fears for his life. As she sleeps, Bluestar tells her that the only way for Jayfeather to survive, is if Mothwing comes to ThunderClan, to care for them. She helps Mothwing treat Jayfeather, learning that her true place in the clan is to help and heal her Clanmates.

After her sister leaves the camp, in anger, Dawnkit and her brothers set out to find her, finding cornered by a fox. Not wanting to loose her sister, Dawnkit and her brother attack the fox, before warriors arrive to help her. When she was returned to camp, she was punished for leaving the camp, and her apprentice ceremony was delayed by half a moon.

But Firestar is attacked by a fox, making the apprentice ceremony delayed until Dawnkit is seven moons old. Dawnkit is made an apprentice alongside her littermates, Blackkit, Skykit, Pinekit, Hopekit, Flykit, Spotkit, Snapkit, Eaglekit, Drizzlekit, and Duskkit. She is apprenticed to Jayfeather, and during her first visit to Moonpool, she received a prophecy *"More will come. More than ever before, and thunder will fall until a new dawn rises from the chaos."* It turned out that ThunderClan was going to be overrun with kits, leaving the Clan short of warriors.

## Personality and Relationships

Dawnheart is quiet and shy, and devoted to keeping secrets.

## Family

Dawnheart's parent's are Bramblestar and Dawnfur. Her littermates are Bounce and Clover. She secretly bore Jayfeather's kits Bluewater, Honeyleaf, Hollowkit, Firelight, Jaywing, and Cloverleaf. She bore Oliver's kits Appledawn, Beechroot, Fallowheart, and Mapleleaf

## Trivia

### Interesting Facts

* Dawnheart has the ability to sense others pain and sensations in their own body, as well as the ability to see dead cats, although she never realized that she could.
* She has SkyClan blood through Tigerstar, and ShadowClan blood through Tawnypelt.
* She was the last born in her litter, the only one to survive and the only one to receive a Clan name
* She was named Dawnkit after her mother, who's name was originally Dawn, and Jayfeather named her Dawnheart by her mother's request, to show that she will always have her littermates and mother in her heart.

### Author Statements

* When Dawnheart was born, Jayfeather didn't think that she would survive, and thought that Bounce was the one to survive due to the kit being lively when he was born, but Bounce died and ascended to StarClan, leaving Dawnheart the only kit alive in her litter.
* She was born with asthma and had leg deformities, due to her need to be a medicine cat. She is also the size of a young apprentice.