ADDING ONTO THIS WITH MY PERSONAL STORYLINE FOR THEM!!! It's really long and Feathertail DOES die here but i think its really interesting
I imagine Featherpaw saw Tawnypaw with Tigerstar and held some resentment towards her like she did towards her clan in her graphic novel. When they have to go on the journey together, Feathertail is initially distant with Tawnypelt, and she feels quite guilty about it. It fuels Tawnypelt's feeling of struggle trying to fit in with her clan since joining them seems like it makes everyone distrust her a little more.
But the journey continues. Tawnypelt is injured by the rat and gets to spend time talking to Feathertail as they rest. Tawnypelt brings up the discomfort Feathertail feels and they begin talking about it. Tawnypelt says she didn't follow Tigerstar out of agreeing with him, and was horrified by his actions. She followed him because Thunderclan hated her and she thought she may belong better in Shadowclan.
Feathertail relates heavily, the two sharing their experiences and ending with Feathertail holding no grudge and Tawnypelt's feelings of guilt for joining Shadowclan dimming. From that moment on, they talk a lot more than they used to on the journey, working together for a lot of it and having nice bonding moments.
Going on to Moonrise, they really get close. Like, everyone sees them as mates close. (Thought I should mention but I'm cutting out the gross bits with Squirrelpaw and Stormfur and with Feathertail and Crowpaw. Crowpaw can maybe have a crush on Feathertail, but it is heavily unrequited. Meanwhile Stormfur doesnt have his little crush on Squirrelpaw because thats downright inappropriate. seriously whats with the apprentice x warrior shit erins please stop.)
ANYWAYS Stormfur is upset with Feathertail, seeing her fall in love with a cat from a different clan. "Haven't you learned from mother?" Stormfur's a prick about it, then immediately goes and falls in love with Brook and is caught up in the prophecy. Feathertail rips him a new one, calling him a hypocrite and saying he's self-absorbed in the wake of this "silver cat prophecy"
Tawnypelt talks with Feathertail and the two spend more and more time together. It's to the point that Tawnypelt reconsiders being in Shadowclan or Thunderclan. Maybe she belongs with Feathertail, in Riverclan. She and Feathertail plan eagerly.
But all these plans come crumbling down. As the final plan to stop Sharptooth commences, Feathertail has a sense of clarity. She had to save her brother, her friends, her love. She dies as she did in the books, saving the group.
Tawnypelt hasn't felt this lost in a long time. She thought she'd finally found somewhere she belonged, and yet? It all came crashing down. When they get back to the territories, Tawnypelt lingers around the borders, informing the others of what all is happening.
She becomes more and more frustrated with the clans as they refuse to leave. Hardened by the loss of Feathertail and frustrated with her lack of belonging, she's the insistent and even angry voice of reasoning telling Shadowclan and the others to leave, to heed the prophecy and to see what's happening around them.
The clans give into the idea following her insistence. Shadowclan in particular is both taken aback by Tawnypelt, but also respects her courage and feels her loss, honoring her wishes by agreeing to leave.
Tawnypelt is one of the leaders of the group as they leave for their new territories. She helps guide the clans through their journey. As they stop with the tribe, feelings of loss envelope her again. It doesn't help that Stormfur decides to stay with the tribe soon after. Though angry at his hypocrisy, she can't help but to feel she's lost more. He was part of the group that journeyed with them, after all.
Maybe he felt lost in Riverclan without Feathertail? Tawnypelt couldn't imagine herself being in Riverclan without her. Hell, she can't imagine herself being in any clan without her. Yet here she was.
But she continues on. She helps Shadowclan find their home at the lake, establishing her new home with them. Despite feeling lost without Feathertail, Tawnypelt feels a little relief as she puts her paws down and claims her new home.
As Tigerstar tries to pull her into the dark forest, twisting her loss and her leadership abilities in a light of taking over Shadowclan in his name, Tawnypelt is infuriated. She did all she had for her clan, for Feathertail. She hates Tigerstar for dragging her into this mess of loss and feeling out of place, for hurting the ones she loves. She aggressively denounces Tigerstar and rips Brambleclaw a new one for ever falling into his traps. She goes back home to Shadowclan, feeling relief as her clan isn't influenced by Tigerstar, seeing how it's grown and how it's accepted her.
The seasons pass. Tawnypelt gets by. Shadowclan is the place where she feels is the closest to a home she can get, and they've grown a lot of respect for her following her leadership on the journey and her change and growth from her losses. Rowanclaw, while not getting to be her mate, acts more kindly than he did before. Eventually, she fathers her kits, though is more of a surrogate than her mate.
She has her three kits. One, a vibrant red tabby who she names Flamekit. One, a cream tabby with gray splotches named Dawnkit. And one, a fluffy tabby. His pelt was a light brown, dull and shining in the light. His tail was fluffed out like a pine needle, but softer. He looked almost exactly like Feathertail, only being brown with amber eyes. Instead of Tawnypelt's odd canon choice to name him Tigerkit, her second son is named Featherkit, to honor her love and his resemblance to her. Having these kits seems to lessen the pain. It's as though Feathertail were here with her, as if these were theirs together.
I dont know where it goes from here, other than a reconciling scene at the end of the Last Hope where Feathertail, accompanied by Flametail, visit Tawnypelt after the battle. Tawnypelt misses them both and pleads for Feathertail to stay here longer, to meet their kits, but Feathertail assures her that she'll see them one day. That she'll see her again. One day.
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