Kithood

Beetlekit was born to Cranemoon and Vireofang, the two young lovers had tried many times to conceive but it always ended up in failure - But Beetlekit was their little miracle. Cranemoon and Vireofang adored their daughter and developed a deep connection with her. Even though the days passed and she seemed more withdrawn than the other kits in the nursery, they accepted that their daughter seemed to be a little different, but it didn’t make them love her any less. At the age of three moons, A patrol finds Mousefang and Ridgeback, two ShadowClan cats, crossing the border — The latter hurt deeply, with a brutal injury to her throat, though it was patched up slightly. They were rushed to camp where they were greeted by the other ShadowClan refugees, including Stonestar, though they were swiftly ushered into the medicine den for treatment. It serves as a harrowing reminder of how Starlingstar's rule is strangling not just ShadowClan, but the rest of the forest… Beetlekit remembers her parents' worries. Still, she was too young to understand clan conflicts. She grew up rather quickly, much to her parents’ dismay. Nonetheless, Vireofang was a Brancher, and wanted to see if his daughter found joy in it as much as he did - Perhaps he’d passed it down to her! He’d often lift her as high as he could to see if she’d become adjusted to heights, and most certainly she did! Vireofang was pleasantly surprised to see that Beetlekit liked to be off the ground and held by her parents until it came to a point where she couldn’t climb them anymore. At four moons old, Flamestar and Sagetar make their move against Oakstar and the other rebels holding WindClan in the rebellion's name, marking the first major retaliation against the rebels within the clans. Oakstar, the rebel leader of WindClan, is killed by his daughter Martensmirk, the loyalist deputy, in the battle to retake WindClan. Other rebels, notably Begonialeaf, Weaselface, Shrikeclaw, Pythonsmirk of ShadowClan, and Frostmoon of RiverClan also perish, and the loyalists lose the warrior Sunpuddle. Oakstar's deputy Snapdragonfrost and the warriors Moorstripe, Flurryfreeze, Leopardshine, Lambpetal, and Infernostorm are captured and are to be tried for their crimes by Flamestar, as is Icestep. However, there are also RiverClan traitors; Mushroomshade, Ibisstrike, Sandpiper, and Viperspots will be tried by Sagestar. The combined forces of RiverClan and loyalist WindClan succeed in taking back WindClan camp from the rebel force, after eight moons of occupation. WindClan leadership is officially restored to Flamestar and Martensmirk, and the kits, apprentices, and elders who were held hostage by the rebels are freed at last. With this success, it seems that an attack should be expected on Starlingstar and ShadowClan's rebels any day... They stand as the last bastion of the rebel cause. Beetlekit tries not to worry about it much, as it wasn’t happening within her clan, so she had no ambition to fret. If it wasn’t happening to her or her family, she didn’t want to understand.

This thinking is soon diminished, however, when Thunderclan learns a day after the following information. A ThunderClan patrol of Viperstorm, Bluedawn, Pythonpurr and Firfrost encounter the rebel Pipitscreech on the ShadowClan border, where she claims she has information concerning a sabotage attempt on ThunderClan, with the rebels having tainted ThunderClan's herb-growing grounds with deathberry juice. Though the patrol was distrustful of her, they ultimately agreed to send word to Fernstar and Hydrangeawhisper to investigate. Before they could try to hold Pipitscreech for further questioning, though, she fled back to ShadowClan, fearing discovery. Fernstar calls for a clan meeting where she reveals that she, Mosspath, and Hydrangeawhisper have confirmed the poisoning of ThunderClan's herbs and that they have reason to believe that Goldenheart, a known ThunderClan rebel, was involved in the ploy. ThunderClan is shaken by news of the contamination of their herb supplies, with fears abound of whether the herbs are safe are not, despite the reassurances that they are. Many are also furious at the attempt to undermine ThunderClan, and more than ever are warriors ready to do battle with the rebels. Their herb stash was… Tainted? Beetlekit could only imagine the horror if her mother or father had gotten a taste of these herbs and found that she couldn’t express her fear to her parents. After all, she was a responsible little kit, she didn’t need to worry them with her worries. So, she kept it under wraps. But there would always be that gnawing fear of losing her parents, the two cats whom she held such a close connection with, feeling that she’s only made a connection with them and no other cat. She couldn’t lose them. Whilst patrolling the border, a ThunderClan patrol finds the mutilated corpse of the ShadowClan rebel Pipitscreech, who had warned ThunderClan of the rebels poisoning their herb fields. She is a clear warning from Starlingstar. Fernstar gathers her warriors to go to war alongside Stonestar to retake ShadowClan from the rebels who've occupied it for nearly a year. Though they planned to attack in the night, in the daylight hours a strange group of cats, revealed to be ShadowClan warriors working under Vervainsneer and Rattlehunter, two of Stonestar's most-trusted confidants, who've rejoined with ShadowClan loyalists and ThunderClan for the battle. To maintain the element of surprise (and to throw off the suspected spies in ThunderClan), the patrol leaves at dawn. The time finally comes for ThunderClan and ShadowClan to unite to defeat the last bastion of the rebellion; Starlingmoon, the rebel leader of ShadowClan, and her stronghold of rebels still holding ShadowClan camp. Beetlekit hears of this news from her parents and gossip spreads like wildfire in camp. The young femme becomes fearful that her father would be recruited to join the fight, being a Brancher, and could be useful in such a tactic. Even though she knew it was only rational that her father join the fight, he was not chosen, and Beetlekit felt the weight lift off her shoulders. One last thing she didn’t need to fret about anymore. But, this didn’t last long. Fernstar leads ThunderClan warriors in the battle to retake ShadowClan, alongside the clan's rightful leader, Stonestar. Branchers would strike first, dropping from the trees into ShadowClan camp, and then the battle begins in earnest, but two of ThunderClan's warriors, Firfrost and Applemeadow, reveal themselves as rebels and join with the enemy. Fernstar would lose a life in the battle as she fought against the rebel Goldenheart, who'd schemed alongside Starlingmoon to eventually install himself as Goldenstar, the rebel leader of ThunderClan. With the help of the ShadowClan warrior Briarfrost, he is put down and his threat to ThunderClan is ended. Stonestar and Fernstar battle alongside their loyalist warriors to root out the last of the clans' rebels in ShadowClan. Starlingstar, the rebel leader who started it all, is captured by loyalist deputy Smokefeather and his former apprentice Minkhiss, whilst the rebels Rookstone, Roandune, Aldersnap, Alligatorgrin, Swiftbound, Barkhowl, Firfrost, and Goldenheart are killed. Constellationwatcher, one of the more passive ThunderClan rebels, is exiled permanently by Fernstar for siding with the rebels. And Starlingmoon, the rebel leader, is executed by Stonestar, ending the clans' rebellion once and for all. Fernstar and Mosspath lead the ThunderClan warriors home following the victory in ShadowClan, taking with them the kits of the ThunderClan rebel Goldenheart, who'd given birth to them whilst helping to occupy and terrorize ShadowClan. They will be raised as ThunderClan warriors, per their heritage, by the caretaker Hazetears. Their mother Applemeadow, who was captured during the battle, is taken outside of camp by chosen senior warriors and executed for her crime of rebellion so that her children would not have to witness her death. The rebellion of Starlingmoon, Tundrafang, Sootbear Oakridge and so many others from across all four clans is finally over, and the control they all held over the clans— Especially ShadowClan and WindClan —is now broken at last, the clans' rightful leaders restored once more. Though the clans may be able to recover now, the threat of Dixie, Roman, and the kittypet gang they lead still looms... They were content to let the clans try and tear each other apart, but what shall they do now that the clans have thwarted that threat and made peace? Beetlekit is thankful that she is safe at home with her mother and father but feels that the worst is finally over. However, curiosity got the best of her when new kits were introduced into the nursery, and her mother and father kept her more closer than ever. While she knew her parents pitied the fatherless and motherless kits, they didn’t want their daughter to associate with these kits. Surely the evil of their family would rub off on their daughter. While Beetlekit didn’t truly believe this, mother and father knew best, so she didn’t fight it.

At the age of five moons, in the aftermath of the clan rebellion, all of the kits and apprentices once held hostage in ShadowClan and WindClan have resumed their training in their respective clans, under either their previous mentors, or the new mentors assigned to them, and some have even earned their warrior names or had names given to them by false leaders changed to something more fitting. Cats who were unable to complete their specialized rank training are able to attain their new rank, as well... Things have truly begun to feel normal again to the survivors of the rebellion. Petalpaw, formally the kittypet Rosie, one who tried to warn the clans of the dog attack many moons ago and was attacked by her fellow kittypets for it, passes her warrior assessment and is given the name Petalheart, and is welcomed as a full member of ThunderClan. She is the latest in a long line of cats, clan-born or otherwise, to join ThunderClan in recent moons — Leading more close-minded cats to scrutinize Fernstar in her waning years as leader. Sagestar of RiverClan sends runners to the other three clans, carrying messages only for the ears of the other leaders. The runners return home just as swiftly, with rumors abounding in each clan about what RiverClan would want with their leaders… Beetlekit is happy to see that things are returning to normal, even though she’d grown up in the rebellion, she didn’t know what life was like before it. Constant buzzing in her ears about how this could lead to bigger things in the future, but Bettlekit didn’t want to worry about it. She was level-headed and calm, she’d be an apprentice soon and had more pressing things to worry about.

Apprenticehood

The day she’d been waiting for finally comes… Beetlekit becomes Beetlepaw, and is given Sorrelblaze as a mentor. Sorrelblaze was a tough yet strict molly, but the young lass felt she could work well under her teachings. A large border patrol consisting of Fernstar, Mosspath, Morningsky, Vipervenom, Duskwing and Cardinalspots are attacked by two members of the Kittypet Gang, Abaddon and Diesel. Mosspath and Cardinalspots take down Diesel and kill him, and Abaddon is ran off from ThunderClan land, though not before all parties involve realize that Vipervenom, who'd been abandoned on the border as a kit, is Abaddon's biological son. The first Gathering following the end of the rebellion is held, and there, all four leaders reveal that they and their medicine cats have been receiving signs and visions pointing to cats who must leave the territories and venture on a journey, to fulfill StarClan's prophecy handed down by the deceased Hawkstar. Three cats are chosen from each clan to embark on the Journey, each 'delegation' led by a specialized rank of each clan. A journey? During the Gathering, Beetlepaw stuck close to Sorrelblaze’s side.. After what happened with the rebellion, she found herself not wanting to socialize with others from different clans. How could they forget what happened? But, the aspect of a journey made her curious… What would they find? And Vipermenom being Abaddon's biological son? Abandoned at the border? Beetlepaw finds this fact quite distasteful, and finds that it doesn't sit well in her stomach.

 Fernstar, following Sagestar's announcement, declares that Twilightspring, a Brancher, will go on the Journey, as will the warriors Bumbleflight and Mapleraven. The Gathering ends with the knowledge that the twelve chosen cats will leave on the Journey in a mere 10 days time… The twelve chosen cats from ThunderClan, ShadowClan, RiverClan and WindClan officially depart on the Journey mandated by StarClan. They bid farewell to clanmates and loved ones, and depart to meet at Gatheringplace, where they will leave from there to reach the outside lands and beyond… The warriors Martengale, Widowtrance and Birchshadow bring back three orphaned & rogue-born kits to ShadowClan camp — Kits soon revealed to be the children of the Kittypet Gang leader Dixie, who died in labour with them on ShadowClan land. Stonestar, knowing the kits would be unsafe in ShadowClan due to how the clan suffered especially under Dixie's reign of terror, sends runners to the other three clans, informing their leaders of what happened and to determine where the kits can safely be placed within the clans. Fernstar, in response to Stonestar's runners, states she cannot take Dixie's kits into ThunderClan as she recently accepted the kittypet Petalheart into her ranks, who was Dixie's housemate. Beetlepaw is thankful that these kits are not to be accepted into Thunderclan, but would be living somewhere else. While she didn’t think it was very fair for kits to be labeled and disregarded for their parents’ bad blood, Beetlepaw couldn’t help her thinking. During this time, Beetlepaw trains hard, and expresses her interest for climbing, and Sorrelblaze is shocked to see how perceptive her apprentice is of it. She swore Beetlepaw was made for the trees, and often introduced the aspect of training to become a Brancher, which always danced in her mind.

As Flamestar has agreed to allow WindClan to take in the three orphaned kits of Dixie, the now-deceased Kittypet Gang leader, the kits are moved from the care of ShadowClan's caretakers to WindClan, where they are adopted by the WindClan caretaker Dapplebrook. He sets the strict expectation that these kits are not to be mistreated due to their origin or heritage, in the interest of not repeating the history of the Seven, who were also the offspring of a great enemy of the clans. These kits instead will represent the turning of a new leaf... Or so it is hoped. At the most recent Gathering, the cats who left on the Journey return, each sharing the truth of the clan’s history for all to hear as they learned of it from Stag, an outsider who roamed the forest during the time of the war to save StarClan. They reveal there was once a fifth clan, SkyClan, and that when the clans first came to the forest to claim it for themselves many moons ago, the original leaders ordered the eradication of the outsiders who'd rightfully lived there; this choice driving SkyClan away from the other four. There is a heaviness in the air as the four clans depart home with this new knowledge... For everything they have ever known was a lie. Though the air grows chilly, there is a buzz amongst the clans as the familiar face of Ernie, who often deals in exotic goods with the clans, giving way for two new faces — Teko and Flick of the newly-discovered Beach, to offer strange new goods to the clan cats in exchange for their help in tending to the ocean; their home. Warrior-aged cats begin to travel back and forth from the forest territories to the beach to assist the duo, and to learn about this strange new place. It is a welcome reprive from the drama of the forest, with the rebellion becoming a fading memory, and the recent history learned, simply a new scar… The last of the rebellion is washed away after all remaining apprentices who had their training delayed or interrupted due to the rebellion takeovers, have at last ranked up to warriors. Beetlepaw is in a trance.. SkyClan? Who were they? What was their story? She found herself intrigued by their past, but didn’t openly show this fascination. At the discovery of the beach, she turned her nose up in dismay. She didn’t want to be in the water, but she supposed sunbathing in the sand might be nice. Teko and Flick? Those names were certainly odd, and she didn’t know what to think of it. Nearing the end of her apprenticeship, Beetlepaw showed great promise in becoming a brancher, and decided that this would be her ultimate goal. She’d passed her assessment with flying colors, and soon became a warrior.

Adulthood

Beetlepaw becomes Beetleroot, named for her ability to remain grounded in difficult times, showing great resolve and perseverance. It is also a nod to her love and passion for climbing. At the age of thirteen moons, Thunderclan's Medicine Cat Apprentice, Burnpaw, has become a fully-fledged Medicine Cat and has earned the name Burnflower! Beetleroot didn’t think much of it, considering she wasn’t the most social, but was happy they’d earned a new Medicine Cat amongst the ranks. But, he is a bit too hyperactive for her taste... Beetleroot is adapting to life without the chaos and is learning to live in normalcy.

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