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Swiftleaf, the medicine cat of Hollowclan, out on a walk with his son Jaggedpaw, who is unaware of the fact that Swiftleaf is his father.

Swiftleaf is the son of Fallensun, a brutal and vicious Peakclan warrior, and Bluetail, the older deputy of Hollowclan. Swiftleaf is the largest cat in the clan and has two brothers - Beartalon, the smallest cat in the clan, and Thunderbird, a blue tom who looks like his father. Due to Fallensun's reputation, she could not afford to have a weakness in the clan, even though she loved her three kits with every fiber of her being. She was a popular target and a feared warrior - if it got out that she had kits, they could be targeted too. So, she gave her sons up to Hollowclan to be raised.

Swiftleaf was raised alongside his brothers and six other kits in the nursery, two of which he was very close friends with - Dapplemoth and Flutterwing. Both Swiftleaf and Dapplemoth showed great interest in becoming medicine cats at a young age. The current medicine cat - Dawnfrost - couldn't bring herself to decide between the two. She was getting old and needed an apprentice immediately. So, the leader decided that both kits would be apprenticed under the medicine cat so that if one fell out of interest, there would still be one more apprentice. However, neither apprentice gave up, and they were made into full medicine cats together. Shortly afterward, Dawnfrost retired into the elder's den, and the two took over the medicine cat duties.

Even though he is a medicine cat, Swiftleaf fell in love. But this was a special case. Dapplemoth and Swiftleaf spent so much time together that they started to have feelings toward one another. Dapplemoth was the first to confess her feelings, and the overjoyed Swiftleaf accepted them. Hidden deep in the den, they became mates. Any cat who entered the den would see them sleeping in the same nest, but no cat ever questioned it - they were best friends their entire life, so no cat thought that the friendship would go any further than that. Therefore, they were able to have their relationship kept a secret.

Their happiness didn't last long, though. Dapplemoth became pregnant, and they both began to fear for their secret. This was when they decided to tell their old mentor Dawnfrost about their situation in hopes that she could help them. Dawnfrost was shocked, but she decided to help the young couple anyways. The three of them hid Dapplemoth's pregnancy well. When it came time for her to give birth, she and Dawnfrost went out to 'collect herbs' together while anxious Swiftleaf stayed behind. His whole afternoon was spent pacing back and forth when nobody was watching. Around dusk, Dapplemoth re-entered camp with a mouthful of herbs, which she deposited into the store. She then whispered to Swiftleaf that she had a single kit, who was in the forest with Dawnfrost. She and Dawnfrost had decided that it would be better if Dapplemoth wasn't the one to 'find' the kit. She began to eat the herbs to dry up her milk, and Swiftleaf bounded happily out of camp, racing towards the hidden den. He burst in to find Dawnfrost cleaning a mewling tom-kit, who looked almost identical to Swiftleaf. But then he began to cry. He would never be able to publicly claim this kit as his own, and Dapplemoth would never be able to call this young kit her son.

The young kit was brought back to camp by Swiftleaf, who carried him gingerly in his jaws. The medicine cat was heartbroken that he had to give up his son to another queen - to lie to his clan, but Dawnfrost comforted him and supported his story. Luckily, Dapplemoth's sister Flutterwing had also recently given birth to a single kit that had passed away the day before. The mourning queen happily accepted the young kit, but she knew something was off about the story. She requested that every other cat leaves except Swiftleaf and Dapplemoth, and when they were alone, she asked the two what they wanted to name their kit. Dapplemoth was shocked that her sister had found out their secret, but Swiftleaf knew somebody would make the connection and was overcome with emotion. After they talked for a bit, Dapplemoth had given Swiftleaf the permission to name their son. Thrilled and heartbroken, Swiftleaf decided to name him Jaggedkit.

Jaggedkit grew up thinking that he was Flutterwing and Emberleaf's son. One moon after Jaggedpaw's apprenticeship, Dapplemoth died due to greencough. Swiftleaf was devastated. Flutterwing later named her newest single kit Dapplekit after her sister, one moon after Jaggedpaw was apprenticed. Swiftleaf took on an apprentice - Galepaw - but he was never truly happy. It was at this time that Swiftleaf decided to take Jaggedpaw out to collect herbs with him, even though he wasn't medicine cat apprentice. He is contemplating telling his son about his true heritage but has yet to decide.