Kithood

Cobrakit and his sister, Mushroomkit, were the result of one night of passion between two RiverClan warriors, Murkyfur and Mossflower. It was clear to the tom from the beginning that something was... off about his parents. They never spent time together and whenever interacting with their kits, they did it seperately. The other queens in the nursery would spend time dotting on their mates whereas Mossflower seemed to geniunely dislike Murkyfur. In all honesty, Mossflower didn't seem to like her own kits.

 She was always watching the patrols leave with a look of longing and bitterness. As if it were her kits faults for keeping her hostage in camp. His father never seemed ill at ease around his kits, as if he was trying to make up for their mothers evident hostility. Cats had been disappearing since before was born, and lately monsters have been appearing in their territory tearing up the riverbanks. Cobrakit was kept close to the nursery, Mossflower was always pacing, her fur bristling. News of Gorseclaw--brother of their leader, Hawkstar-- untimely demise seemed to bring a black cloud over the camp, engulfing them all. 

Cobrakit tried to comfort Mushroomkit but never knew how to. He felt weak and useless, and judging by how their mother would hiss at them for simply asking questions, they were also unwanted. To make matters worse, his half-siblings Pondfoot and Bogbones would glare at him whenever they unwillingly ended up in the same area of camp with him. As if it were his fault for being kitted. Murkyfur was the only one that would go out of his way to show his beloved kits comfort, promising everything will be okay. 

Despite the soothing words, Cobrakit could smell the overpowering fear scent seeming to flood off his fathers tabby pelt. Even though Cobrakit knew his half-siblings didn't like him, he loved them for simply being his blood. He would follow them around camp, trying to believe somewhere deep down like Mossflower, they loved him back. He worried constantly for his father and half-siblings safety whenever they left camp. Afraid they would either get taken by two-legs or murdered by the monsters swarming their territory.

Apprenticeship

Cobrapaw and Mushroompaw were apprenticed once they turned six moons old, and he is set on proving he was a valuable warrior to his clan, spending every waking moment trying to improve his skills. Hunger grips his clan, and his pelt--usually thick and sleek-- now clings to his frame, showing the shape of his ribcage. In the midst of all the starvation, cats are still going missing and now monsters have begun to tear up the banks in RiverClan territory. Hawkstar and Gorseclaw fell into the river during this invasion of two-leg monsters, costing the leaders brother his life... Cobrapaw can taste the fear radiating off his clanmates, terror piercing his own heart, without a clue of how to handle this unexpected change.

 At the next gathering, all the clans have begun noticing coyote and badger sightings in. The leaders suspect it's due to the increase in two-leg activity. Cobrapaw agrees strongly. ThunderClan mentions their medicine cat has recieved his full name, Cobra didn't bother paying attention. To choose a life of medicine over hunting and fighting is unfathomable to him. Tempers are flaring with the lack of prey, causing tensions between clan cats and rogues alike. Loners caught on RiverClan territory were met with tooth and claw, something Cobrapaw desperately wished he'd been apart of.

 Hawkstar was poisoned by the RiverClan medicine cat, Freckleshimmer, casting her out of the clan for her betrayal. Cobrapaw couldn't believe what he was hearing and growled with fury at the meeting. Silkypaw then became Silkyflower, full medicine cat of RiverClan. Stepping up to take on the responsibilites left behind by the apparently calloused murderer that was their former mentor.

Warriorhood

(12-18 Moons)

Cobrapaw and Mushroompaw had completed their warrior training, earning their names-- Cobrastorm and Mushroomshade alongside Mudlark who'd completed their training as well. Turns out Freckleshimmer was framed by none other than Vixenshadow who'd also been behind multiple other deaths and mutilations. Cobrastorm was beyond furious with the news. Their medicine cat was reinstated as the healer of the clan, while Vixen was sentenced to death. She was slain merely days later. Something Cobrastorm was very happy to hear. The next series of events would leave him floundering. Ospreyswoop, his mentor, and Pondfoot, his estranged half sister, were expecting kits!

 Kits of all things! He knew they were beginning to court, but this?! He was beside himself with fury, and ignored any attempts of conversation initated by his former mentor. He wanted to talk to Pondfoot first, she was truly the one the owed him an explanation in his eyes. 

(To be continued...)

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