Early Life
Laurelpaw's kithood was fairly average... mostly. Born to Poplarstream as Laurelkit, along with her brother Gorsekit, she quickly bonded with her denmates, Magpiekit and Chesskit, with the two being her closest confidants - apart from Gorsekit, of course. From a young age, Laurelkit knew she didn't want to be a warrior, but she never knew what she did want to be...
Until that fateful day. Crowfood had found its way into the fresh-kill pile somehow, and the two kits unknowingly ate it. Gorsekit had always been more frail than his sister, and couldn't make it to the medicine den before passing away. That made Laurelkit's decision clear - she would become a medic. For Gorsekit.Young Life
Poplarstream, Laurelpaw's mother, sadly died from heartbreak over Gorsekit's death only a few days after she became an apprentice. While she sees her mom in dreams, it still hurt, and she felt lost and confused... but she still had Magpiepaw and Chesspaw - especially Magpiepaw, her now crush as well as closest friend. Chesspaw relentlessly teased her over it.
All was going well and normal... until Laurelpaw's third visit to the Moonfalls. She'd never gotten any prophecy dreams before - all her mother's visits were just the standard StarClan dreams warriors and stuff got. But Gorsekit came to her, for the first time... and three other cats were there, too - one from each of the other Clans. Plumpaw of TyphoonClan, Hornetpaw of BambooClan, and Cootblaze of MountainClan. The prophets had a message, for all of them.
"The overcast skies will loom endlessly above, unless four can unite peacefully."
It was confusing. But Laurelpaw hoped they'd figure out what it meant... together.