- nettlefeather is a small tortoiseshell molly with yellow eyes. despite her size, she has a heart full of passion and dedication to her clan. she can be a stickler for rules and more duty-oriented than her clanmates, but she is recognized as one of the most skilled and well-rounded warriors of the clan.
nettlekit was born with four other siblings: grasskit, rootkit, frondkit, and bramblekit, at a time when there were eleven kits total in the nursery. from her earliest days, nettlekit felt as if she had to battle for attention, even though her parents most assuredly loved their kits equally. to stand out, nettlekit resolved to become the best warriorāand eventually the leaderāof thunderclan.
nettlekit soon became nettlepaw and was apprenticed to the deputy of the clan, falconshade. nettlepaw was honored to have the deputy as her mentor, but she soon found it to be more of a curse than a blessingāfor an interesting reason. you see, the leader, rockstar, also had an apprentice, splashpaw, otherwise known as nettlepawās constant thorn in the side. from their nursery days, splashpaw was always teasing her, blaming her for things she didnāt do, and generally bothering her on a daily basis. she thought apprenticeship meant escaping him, but rockstar and falconshade seemed to always want to train their apprentices together. that meant nettlepaw had to see splashpaw nearly every. single. day. they bickered, they teased, and sometimes they had civil conversations. nettlepaw would never admit it, but splashpaw could be really funny when he tried.
the moons went on, with nettlepaw and splashpaw making leaps and bounds with their training. nettlepaw still complained about splashpaw to her siblings, but it gradually lost its bite. they passed their warriors exams with flying colors, and soon thunderclan was ready to welcome several new warriors to the clan. right before their ceremony, splashpaw suddenly blurted to nettlepaw that he loved her. but, she had no time to respond as they were already being summoned to the clan meeting. and she couldnāt respond all night as the new warriors held their vigil in the camp. her siblings definitely sensed her anger and sat further away from her.
when dawn came, the newly named nettlefeather exploded. in the middle of camp for everyone to hear, she yelled at splashcloud for saying he loved her like that and not giving her time to respond. everyone in the clan was amused, especially rockstar and falconshade. in the end, nettlefeather admitted her own feelings, and she and splashcloud became mates.
later, nettlefeather was promoted to deputy after falconshadeās retirement. splashcloud called her name the second loudest, just after their kits: fernkit, ripplekit, and stonekit. she lives a happy life in thunderclan, leading her clanmates and spending time with her family.
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