Coldstep

coldstep is a part of a warriors fan story that is a collaboration between me and my friends called our sleepless stories.

she is 39 moons old (3 years and 3 months) and the deputy of fearclan.

coldstep is an independent cat, or likes to be. she likes to do things on her own, from hunting to fighting to teaching. do not interrupt her or a cat may actually have your tongue. alongside this she is quite antisocial and prefers to be alone rather than socialize with others in her free time. she is an incredibly intelligent individual and is able to think out of the box and come up with a strategy quickly, making her especially quick witted as well. coldstep is mysterious among her clanmates, no one really knows what she's thinking. but she is always thinking, she is very thoughtful and something is always on her mind. but she doesn't let that get in the way of her duties. as she doesn't socialize a lot she always has time to observe her clanmates and prefers to get to know them from a distance and a little bit of eavesdropping. coldstep is an extreme perfectionist and will keep her clanmates on their toes without hesitation. surprisingly, coldstep is a sensitive cat. she takes criticism personally though she won't she it. deaths of other cats will often hit her hard as well. impatient and impulsive, coldstep can be a very aggressive cat. she has a short fuse and sometimes will make actions before she can even think about it. she is resentful of this.

she is fit and pretty muscular. she is lean and very agile, very light on her feet, which is where her name comes in. her fur is glossy and smooth, she likes to keep it clean. she is a bengal+turkish angora mix.

her parents were rogues/strays that roamed the elemental circle. this was before the clans were made, but groups of fighting cats were known to be around the whole area inside the circle of mountains. they kept their distance from these cats. coldstep's father one day gained interest in these groups of cats when he ran into one when he was hunting. coldstep's mother was pregnant with her and her siblings at the time and refused to go, they were fine on their own. this caused arguments to break out between the two until they split up eventually. when her mother gave birth to her and her siblings, she knew she had to get out. when carrying her she dropped coldstep and never came back for her.
from there she was left in the shadows, not able to do much at all as a newborn. when a she cat came around she just barely noticed the kit in the shadows. by this time her eyes had opened and luckily the vibrant color of them had caught the she-cat's eye. they were bright, big and blue. the she cat had a dark pelt and stunning purple eyes. she decided to bring the kit with her and it turned out she was a leader among these groups of fighting cats. she soon learned her name was fade. fade took the kit in as her own, raised her, fed her and took care of her. coldstep refused to be around anyone else but fade and always stayed by her side. she would even refuse to feed off of other mothers when they offered it. fade fed her these plants called milk lillies as a substitute for milk and so that'd she actually get food before she was old enough to eat meat. fade had dubbed her ice because of her icy blue eyes.
when the groups of fighting cats finally called themselves clans and had made the rules and traditions, she was 9 moons old, so she started her apprenticeship late, as a kit that was 6 moons old must start training as an apprentice was a rule. fade, now known as fadingfear, took her in as her apprentice. she was the leader of the clan, known as fearclan. fadingfear gave her a new name, coldpaw, more suiting to their new rules and traditions. coldpaw turned to be a skilled warrior and earned the name coldstep when the time came, as she was known for being agile and light footed.
coldstep was a great warrior, she did her duties perfectly and stepped up to lead patrols when asked. she still didn't socialize all that much with others but fadingfear was enough for her, as she was an older sister of sorts to her.
when fadingfear decided she was ready for it, coldstep was given the position as the first deputy of fearclan. coldstep was honored to take this position and took it without hesitation. she got to know cats by sending them out into patrols and going into patrols with other cats. she grew more impatient with her new responsibilities as second command of an entire group of cats. she found herself lashing out at others more and more, sometimes even impulsively attacking them, no claws, just pushing them and pinning them. fadingfear would always be the one to pull her off because other cats tended to be scared of her. cats often say she isn't fit to be deputy but fadingfear comes to her defense, most of the time. coldstep questions herself plenty at how good she really is for this position. she often went to fadingfear about this who reassured her that this was the path she was meant to take. she tries to stay positive and convince herself she was being a good deputy and being that way for the good of the clan.

coldstep's mate is a calico tom that was a rogue who goes by the name of rosy. they met on a fearclan boarder one day. coldstep decided to take him back to the camp but not out of generosity, out of what they should do with him because they cant have some rogue wandering their territory. fadingfear decided to keep him there, on some sort of house arrest to see how he would do. he bother coldstep plenty and they often bickered. coldstep found that rosy was growing on her and quickly. he adjusted to clan life quick and easy as well.

rosy belongs to FawnedofPines