Post by shiningheart on Feb 18, 2011 15:51:11 GMT -5
Name: Ivystripe
Age: 35 moons
Gender: female
Clan: WindClan
Description:
Personality:
You wouldn't really think this she-cat would get a mate with how vicious she can be. She'd nevber unleash her claws on her Clanmates, but she's just as harsh with her words as she can in a battle. She's made grown cats slink away in shame when she was through with them!
Ivystripe the soft
Ivystripe's probably the softest she's ever been when speaking to her kit. She hasn't raised her voice once to 3-moon-old Poppykit. When the tiny ginger she-kit looks up at her with those big green eyes, Ivystripe practically melts.
Ivystripe the verbally abusive
Unfortunately for Poppykit's father, Rowanwhisker, he takes the grunt of her verbal abuse. She insults him every time he comes to visit his daughter. He never seems to take it personally, and just makes a come back that either has Ivystripe snorting in amusement or hissing in frustration. Whenever he's the frustrated one, he always asked, "Then why did you mate with me if you didn't love me?" The question always makes her pause. Why did she? Then she looks away and answers, "Temporary insanity. Now stop asking me!" Ivystripe will never, ever, EVER, admit that her chest grows warm when he looks at her softly. [/ul]
History:
Her first memory is being alone. Her father, a reckless warrior named Whitehawk, got himself killed by a badger before she was killed. Her mother, a lovely queen named Lilystream, died in childbirth. She lived long enough to name her daughter before StarClan took her. Ivykit was nursed by a queen named Sunsplash, who only beared one tomkit named Stripedkit.
Ivykit knew from the time she opened her eyes that Sunsplash wasn't her mother. They didn't share any markings, and their scents were different. But she never knew Lilystream, and so Sunsplash became her mother. Stripedkit and Ivykit grew up like they were real siblings, wrestling with each other and playing games. Their bond followed up even into their apprenticeship.
The mentors of Ivypaw and Stripedpaw were littermates, so the two spent more time together than they thought they would. Icewhisper and Sunstep were prone to arguments and wrestling in the middle of patrols. Oftentimes, it was the apprentices that had to pull them apart. It gave Ivypaw a sense of responsiblity that Stripedpaw lacked. He thought it was all great fun, as Stripedpaw thought everything was great fun.
Stripedpaw's enthusiasm drew the attention of the oldest apprentice, named Rowanpaw. He was 3 moons older than the two, and so was set to get his warrior name in a moon. But that one moon he spent getting to know Stripedpaw and Ivypaw. Soon the two toms were the best of friends. Rowanpaw was an easy-going tom, always grinning at one thing or another.
His laid-back attitude contrasted heavily with Ivypaw's responsible attitude. He was happy to just go with the flow. Things would happen in good time, you'd just have to wait. Ivypaw's outlook was the opposite. If no one ever took the innitiative and were lazy lumps like Rowanpaw, things would never get done. It sparked more than just one argument between the two.
Even when he became Rowanwhisker, the two argued every time they were together. Ignore the fact that they were different ranks now, nothing changed between them. Stripedpaw laughed at them every time they argued, often saying they bickered like an old mated couple. It's earned him more than one cuff upside from both cats, and he kept that smile until his death-bed.
Warrior/Queen
Ivystripe and Stripedtail were made warriors today, near the middle of leaf-fall. It was a good time for the siblings-who-weren't-siblings. They were able to leave the camp without a warrior, and trusted with far more patrols than they were before. Not even Rowanwhisker, who had taken to following Ivystripe just to annoy her, could ruin their friendship.
Ivystripe remembers very clearly the day when Stripedtail died. Rowanwhisker and her had had a bigger argument than usual, a big blow-out that ended with Ivystripe leaving the camp. Stripedtail had followed her, trying to calm her down and get her to talk. They ended up in a screaming match that drew the attention of a fox that had wandered onto the territory. They'd tried to fight it off themselves, but Stripedtail had been mortally wounded.
Who else would ride in to save the day than the cat Ivystripe didn't want to see at that moment? Rowanwhisker charged in and grew so enraged that he killed the fox. Stripedtail died before they could even get him back to camp.
That night was full of mourning, of grief... of passion. Ivystripe and Rowanwhisker were so depressed they found solace in each other's fur, and by morning were mated. As she watched the elders carry her brother-in-spirit out through the camp entrance, she realized that she had made a mistake and broke off whatever was forming between her and Rowanwhisker. Three moons later, little Poppykit joined the Clan.
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Ivystripe [Shiny]
she-cat | 35 moons | green | brown tabby w/ white paws | harsh | soft | verbally abusive
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