fuck starclan

replace TNP onward. firestar’s quest doesn’t happen

firestar despite everything is hesitant to make him a warrior, so he’s still bramblepaw for much longer than he should be. firestar is distracted by his kits as they become apprentices

he is more withdrawn, a very quiet and thoughtful character but has a lot of internal monologue. some people find it suspicious, but he’s just shy. very insecure about his heritage. give him a personality thats not grating

bramble n co get the starclan prophecy but instead it’s guiding them to go help skyclan. goldenflower encourages him to follow his heart, so he goes. the group is stormfur, feathertail, tawnypelt, crowbreeze (a new warrior trying to prove himsef), and bramblepaw

they go help build up skyclan. its awkward and messy but bramblepaw shows surprising leadership qualities, he’s good at recognizing people’s skills. 

bramblepaw gets the “kin of your kin” prophecy

stormfur falls in love with one of the new warriors and stays behind. feathertail is pretty broken up about it. she and bramblepaw bond about it

when they get back firestar finally acknowledge bramblepaw. he gets made a warrior and is named bramblesky for his contributions

still have some stuff with tigerstar and dark forest but its more complicated because bramblesky struggles with his clan accepting and trusting him but also wants to be a strong warrior

the three are.... i can’t decide if its leafpool/mothwing, leafpool/hawkfrost, or squirrelflight/hawkfrost

the wire scene still happens but firestar dies despite bramblesky saving him. bramble becomes a young leader, overwhelmed

he chooses longtail (hasn’t been blinded... yet) as his deputy. some think it’s suspicious (ashfur especially is building resentment towards bramblesky, since tigerstar killed his mom) that he picked an old tiger buddy, but bramblestar sees it as picking an experienced senior warrior

at some point squirrelflight begs bramble to pretend to be the three’s dad. he relents, despite his misgivings

eventually it comes out that they’re [hawk/moth]’s kids and therefore actually kin of his kin

hollyleaf has powers