Poppypaw

Poppykit was born into CloverClan as a single kitten to a single mother during Moon 72, just after Fleascratch's arrival (she saw nothing wrong with it; he'd always been there, hadn't he?); her mother, Littlestep, adored her new kitten, having lost her mate Cloudflight just before she even found out she was pregnant and sickly. She wasn't around long, dying from a respiratory infection when Poppykit was 2 months old, but the hazy memories that Poppykit did have were all overwhelmingly warm, like sunlight on her fur. She remembers the nest turning cold and asking where Littlestep went, only to be herded into the nest of another queen (Mudskip and her three kittens, Frogkit, Pebblekit, and Stormykit, who were little enough to not even notice the entrance of their new, moon-older sister. Life wasn't quite the same after that.

Poppykit was always an odd kit, seemingly talking to herself and interested in nature moreso than most her age, but even more so after her mother's death. She seemed haunted almost, never quite getting a straight answer as to where her mother went and spending a good amount of time just sitting and... waiting for her, staring at the camp entrance. Mudskip tried to coax her out of it, but with her own three beginning to walk and talk, she really just served as a 'home base' of sorts to share a nest with at night.

Eventually, Mudskip felt she was old enough to be told what happened (or maybe she finally pitied the young kitten enough to let the cat out of the bag): Littlestep had gone to walk with their ancestors. Poppykit asked what that meant ('A walk? Then why hasn't she come back?'), and eventually Mudskip cracked and told her exatly what it meant and Littlestep was dead. It was after this conversation that Poppykit grew interested in the afterlife (and after convincing Mudskip to tell her how Littlestep died, medicine; there had to be a treatment out there, right?)

It's while Poppykit is processing this information during her 4th moon and what it meant that both Starlingdstar and Snakemask are killed by a wolverine while going to a gathering; it's with their deaths that Poppykit understands the gravity of death. She decides she doesn't like wolverines or sickness much. Fernmask is appointed the new leader after some days of deliberation among the herbalists and Snow-Blessed; Poppykit didn't have strong feelings on the choice. To her, as long as the new leader was trying to do the best for CloverClan, she was pleased.

Poppykit becomes Poppypaw during moon 78, made a warrior apprentice to the eager warrior Redriver. The warrior was apprehensive with Poppypaw's demeanor being notably offputting (why did he have to train the weird one?), but settled once the apprentice seemed to demonstrate they were honestly a good cat trying to do the best they can for the cats around her.

They seemed to but heads some, however, when Poppypaw showed little interest in the training; she didn't dislike it, but instead seemed to want to focus on other things, asking Redriver about StarClan and the kinds of medicine in the forest. Redriver tried to redirect her into warrior training, but it just never stuck; Poppypaw had always been a dedicated cat.

It's after some heavy deliberation between Redriver, Fernstar, and the Snow-Blessed that it was decided that Poppypaw would be an herbalist apprentice instead, clearly not having the right mindset to be an effective warrior but having one that could make for a promising healer, even if she wasn't the most comforting cat to be around; you can't win them all. So, during her 7th moon, Poppypaw was asked if she wanted to try training as an herbalist apprentice instead, and she accepted. She is effectively re-apprenticed around the same time her adoptive littermates gain their apprentice names.