Tansysky

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On the 468st moon of clan history, Tansykit, Thornkit and Helleborekit were born to the very loving couple of Hollyfalcon and Marigoldsnow. The two were nearly joined at the hip and very much in love, their kits growing up smothered by their love and some of them maybe feeling somewhat stifled by it, as showcased by Thornkit soon escaping into camp whenever he could.
Though Tansykit instead grew quite dependent on her parents, she was the shy one who'd hide behind them with strangers and whenever she was scared or even only slightly insecure just about anything. It was hard to get her to interact with someone outside of her family as she clung to them like a lost puppy, no matter the occurance.
And even if she'd be forced to play with the other kits, oftentimes they were too rough for the sensitive little molly causing her to run back to the safety of her parents.
As such she didn't have a very big social circle and found it increasingly hard to calmly interact with others as she grew older, which is why she decided to stick even more by her family.

Despite her unwillingness to - why leave the safe confines of the nursery, ever? - Tansypaw was eventually made an apprentice, together with her littermates. Her mentor was Aspenbriar [NPC].
If it'd be said that she was anxious about her new rank, then that was simply an understatement. The first few nights she couldn't even sleep, too tense and unable to get used to her new den. In the end she ended up slinking into her mother's nest and spending the night there, though obviously that couldn't go on forever and Helleborepaw would go and bring her back.
Even worse was her incapability of keeping up with her mentor, always making mistakes in their lessons and taking a relatively longer time to comprehend what they tried to teach her. It was frustrating to them and it wasn't rare for them to grow unkind, even if only meant in good will.
Tansypaw, still as shy and uncoordinated as before, didn't make many friends as an apprentice, mainly at fault being her own hesitance and her escaping somewhere whenever someone tried to approach. Together with her slow progress with her training, there were a couple of moons she feared to be unable of being a good warrior, to even fail her tests.
Though she worked through it, together with her family and her mentor who'd try to be more patient with her and to include others to ease her. Especially her siblings would often try to lend her a helping paw and train with her, unending patience whenever she'd fail to live up to the same standards.
In her last moon as apprentice a terrible case of greencough struck, taking Piperarch's and Thornleaf's life, then latter having used all the herbs for his precious clanmates and none for himself.
Tansypaw was one of those having fallen ill and unfortunately Helleborepaw as well. Though they did both eventually recover she feared infecting the rest of her family and clan mates much more than eventually dying herself. Even more anxious made her the fact that her sister was sick as well and NOT staying still. A rather nerve-wracking situation for Tansypaw who had to work hard to get her sister to rest, in return growing even worse for some time. Thankfully none of her other family members fell ill.
After successfully recovering, Tansypaw probably wasn't the most talented cat her mentor had ever trained and was still so clumsy she'd receive new bruisesevery day, but she had grown more skilled and knowledgable nevertheless, something she was slightly proud of.

Tansysky, Thornsight and Helleborelight received their warrior names. While her brother was named after his sharp perception and her sister after her bright disposition, Tansysky was named after her sometimes rather dreamy and absentminded nature, preferring naps over patrolling the borders. But it was also a symbolism for great imagination and creativity, for her anyway.
Two moons later Gentlepetal was killed by rogues and Jaystar chose Orioleheart as his deputy.
Tansysky grew uneasy and insecure about leaving camp after this occurence, even pleading with her family to be careful if they had to go so far as outside. She didn't want to imagine losing any of them to a rogue's claws...
But just another tragedy followed. The siblings were just 16 moons old when their mother Marigoldsnow was attacked and murdered by rogues, together with Sparrowpelt and Jaystar, the latter even losing all his lives altogether.
Tansysky was devastated, grieving for her dead mother for countless nights and refusing to sleep in the warriors den, keeping vigil on the camp clearing instead and sharing body warmth with Thornsight whenever he joined her . She grew thin and skittish, easily disturbed by the slightest rustle, and wouldn't leave camp again, after the burial of Marigoldsnow. Her state concerned even her siblings, though they didn't quite know how to help her. If she wasn't by her father's or her siblings' side, trying to give comfort and find some herself, she could mostly be found helping around camp or guarding the walls, alert for even the most miniscule sign of danger.
Orioleheart travelled to visit StarClan and was named Oriolestar, appointing Lilacthroat as his deputy after his return. Gildedchar also was named the new healer, the hint given to Oriolestar by StarClan during his visit. Though Tansysky was too occupied by her grief to really care about what was politically happening.
Instead, after much pondering, she decided to switch to being a guardian, instead of a warrior or caretaker.
She had thought about the latter, too, but it just didn't feel right to her. In the end, even if her skills were lacking, she wanted to protect what she loved.
For 6 moons she trained hard to fulfill the requirements of being a guardian, to be able to protect her beloved ones despite her small size and her weak stature, supported by both of her siblings. And when she finally finished her extra training, she was even a little proud of herself to have gotten that far. Though the congratulations of her family were the most meaningful, of course.
Thornsight and his best friend Rowanswoop, someone Tansysky had also befriended as a consequence of their closeness to her brother during their apprenticeship, officially became mates! Tansysky was overjoyed for her sibling's fortune, wishing them congratulations. Rowanswoop was welcomed by her into the family rather enthusiastically, as she'd always liked them and was excited about the prospect of having a sister-in-law now. And maybe someday even little nephews and nieces!
10 moons after the death of her mother and their late leader Jaystar, Tansysky had slightly recovered from that shock, though she still felt apprehensive of going out, especially on her own. Helleborelight would often try and persuade her sister to go with her, and sometimes she'd succeed.
Gildedchar chose an apprentice in Sleepypaw.
tw: graphic death, gore
Though the peace didn't last for long, not for the small family anyway. Rowanswoop disappeared on patrol, the other patrol members having assumed she'd already returned to camp after taking a detour. The whole incident reminded Tansysky painfully so of her mother's death, the slaughtered patrol having only been found after an seemingly eternity.
Thornsight left camp to search for his mate and only returned late at night, covered in blood and injuries and carrying with him the remains of Rowanswoop, though it was nearly unrecognizable to be still her. Having caught by a den of foxes and torn apart to feed their cubs, there was barely anything left of her to bury.
By the time of her death, Rowanswoop had been pregnant.
Tansysky was terrified, her grief for her sister-in-law only overshadowed by her concern for her brother who'd lost something so dear to him and started to shut himself off, even more so than during their mother's death.
Not a very skilled talker herself and preferring phsysical affection over speeches herself, Tansysky would simply try to spend comfort by cuddling with her brother and spending him warmth, their interactions often resulting in a group cuddling session between the three siblings.
And when Thornsight would stop eating as much as he should, she'd pull up to him with the pre-text of sharing prey, making sure he'd get enough meals a day and not grow beyong thin. Her concern for her family never really lessened even as moons passed, neither did her guilt. As a guardian, surely she should've been able to protect them, to protect her family.
Hopefully times would stay peaceful, at least for a while...