Thrushkit > Thrushpaw > Thrushleaf
Kit > Apprentice > Medicine Cat
As most kits are, Honeykit and Thrushkit started out as thick as thieves. But young Thistlekit started to change that as Thrushkit found herself admiring the she-kit. Thistlekit took notice of the white kit’s infatuation of her, and used it to get what she wanted, often treating Thrushkit similar to a slave. While Honeykit tried to tell Thistlekit to stop ordering her sister around, and for Thrushkit to stop following the other kit’s orders, neither listened to her. Thistlekit suggested to Thrushkit she become a medicine cat so she could learn about herbs, to which Thrushkit eagerly agreed. While Thrushpaw had never been all that interested in the medicine cat position, she found herself surprised to enjoy being a medicine cat far past the joy of having Thistlepaw’s praise.
Thrushpaw helped Thistlepaw sneak out and get out of apprentice duties often, even helping her meet RiverClan deputy Gooseshade. Thrushpaw never raised a paw against Thistlepaw and her growing schemes, instead helping her in every way possible. She felt proud to be Thistlepaw’s trusted and loyal confidant and companion. The two were often known as inseparable, which often made Honeypaw sad and jealous, but Thrushpaw heeded her sister little to no mind. She and Thistlepaw viewed as Honeypaw as not worth their time, far too much of a warrior code stickler, and a dumb follower of StarClan with no eye for the bigger picture.
As they became Thrushleaf and Thistlesong respectively, Thistlesong gave birth to her first litter of kits, their father being Gooseshade- now Goosestar. Unfortunately, due to Thistlesong being so young and inexperienced, all of the kits were still-born except for one, Waterkit, which Thrushleaf fought desperately to save. Thrushleaf helped raised her like she was her own daughter. Then, when the time came to hand Waterkit over to Goosestar so he could raise her to be deputy and eventual leader of RiverClan, Thrushleaf found herself saddened to see the little she-kit go, but she fought of the feelings. She got to see Waterkit a good amount of times anyway by saying she was going to RiverClan to talk to their medicine cat, Hailfrost, when in reality she was relaying messages between Goosestar and Thistlesong. Although, Thrushleaf would bring little gifts and toys for Waterkit to play with, and even snuck away to watch her apprentice and warrior ceremonies. She had even been shocked but thoroughly pleased when Waterkit had expressed interest in being a medicine cat- even though her father quickly stomped those dreams out of her in favor of being a warrior loyal to him.
Thistlesong’s next litter was with Driftleap of WindClan, their kits being Boulderkit, Gravelkit and Ashkit. To raise less suspicion than Waterkit’s disappearance, they planned their birth to be outside of camp, where they lied and said all the kits had died. Secretly, they raised them just outside of SkyClan territory, forcing a rogue she-cat named Autumn to nurse the tom-kits. When they were old enough and knew their mother’s plan, the kits were given to different clans. ThunderClan, WindClan and ShadowClan respectively. Thistlesong ordered Thrushleaf to murder Autumn, who she believed had grown too attached to the kits and could reveal their secret. Thrushleaf was hesitant to do so, as this would be her first murder, but she eventually stuffed deathberries into Autumn’s fresh-kill. Thrushleaf left before she could watch Autumn die, not wanting to watch a cat convulse and die.
Thistlesong’s last litter came, their father being Morningcloud of ShadowClan, as she gave birth to Silverkit and Shadekit, both healthy she-kits that survived without problem. The problems, rather, came with their father, who desperately wanted to join SkyClan and be apart of his daughters’ lives. He begged Honeystar- who had become leader, much to Thrushleaf and Thistlesong’s utmost surprise- to let him into SkyClan, but they politely refused. The reveal that Thistlesong’s kits were half-clan stirred up controversy, and Thistlesong’s previously pristine reputation as the poor queen who had lost her kits had been brought into question. One day, while Morningcloud was looking at his reflection in the water, Thistlesong and Thrushleaf appeared behind him, and the two she-cats drowned him in the water. Thrushleaf, much like her last murder, couldn’t watch as she commited the act, turning her gaze away and pretending not to hear his gargled screams.
As they teach Silverpaw and Shadepaw of their plans, Silverpaw seemed hesitant while Shadepaw seemed extremely eager to follow through. Thistlesong notes with disdain that Honeystar is probably tainting Silverpaw’s, her apprentice, mind with her code-following ways. Still, Silverpaw seems to want to stay close to her sister, practically following her every pawstep, so she listened to her mother’s orders. Thistlesong planned to make Shadepaw leader of SkyClan, making Silverpaw deputy. They began to plot the murder of Honeystar and Coilspring, current deputy. Their plotting all came crashing down as, a day before Silverpaw and Shadepaw’s warrior ceremonies, Thistlesong was murdered and left in the river exactly where Morningcloud had been drowned, a deep slash across her neck. Thrushleaf’s whole world seem to crash around her, all their careful planning ruined and the love of her life dead.
Thistlesong, of course, visited Thrushleaf in her dreams, telling her Silverpaw had murdered her. Thrushleaf was enraged. As Shadepaw and Silverpaw were named Shadefur and Silverthistle, named after her mother under Thrushleaf’s request so Silverthistle would always remember her crimes, the two sisters began fighting, their close relationship that slowly been fracturing finally cracking into pieces. Shadefur, as she didn’t believe in StarClan, couldn’t be visited by Thistlesong and didn’t believe Thrushleaf was really seeing her either, believing she was delusional because her love had died. Shadefur was perhaps even more enraged than Thrushleaf, claiming she’d make her own plans to rule the forest now. She murdered Coilspring, and, completely expecting to be picked as the next deputy, was deeply angered and shocked when Silverthistle was instead. In a rage, she attacked her sister on the spot, and then was exiled from SkyClan. Thrushleaf attempted to contact the newly made rogue a few times, but was scared off when, to her surprise, she found Shadefur talking to fellow rogues, among them Autumn.
Thrushleaf plotted the murder of Silverthistle via deathberries in her fresh-kill, when, unexpectedly, her meek and timid apprentice, Snakepaw, switched out her and Silverthistle’s fresh-kill, making Thrushleaf eat the deathberries planned for her victim. Thrushleaf had never felt more shocked, terrified and pained as she poisoned herself on her own deathberries. In the Dark Forest, Thrushleaf rarely left Thistlesong’s side. She could not face her mother, Bristlelight, when she attempted to cross into the Dark Forest to express her disappointment and concern for her daughter, nor did she visit StarClan when Waterstar passed despite wanting too.
“Slender, long-limbed white she-cat with a golden and black patch on her forehead.”
Fun Facts: Thrushleaf sneaked away to watch Waterstar’s leader ceremony, and she had a small crush on Autumn.
