If anyone reads the tags on my posts which I donât blame you if you donât, I mentioned a kittypet joining Tigerstarâs ShadowClan. Itâs going to be none other than Smudge and heâs not going to have a fun time leading up to it.
His owners were elderly and thought theyâd have long enough to get a kitten and not have it face rehoming due to their deaths but of course they just didnât come home one day. He wasnât sure why at the time but heâd later come to accept they probably died.
Howâs he get out then? The kids/grandkids couldnât take him in for various reasons. Wife was allergic, kids couldnât behave around animals, already have animals that wouldnât take well to a new cat, and the one he ended up with plainly did not like cats at all, so he was driven out and dumped on the side of the thunder path where a ShadowClan patrol found him scared and confused. Sure they had an outbreak but they couldnât just leave him, his claws were missing. He says his claws hurt his twolegsâ elderly and delicate skin and he kept hurting them with them, though the clan cats are slow to believe it was for the better, and ecstatic to hear he was immune to most diseases, making him perfect for assisting Runningstem(nose).
Tigerstar wasnât wild about keeping Smudge in ShadowClan but he couldnât argue how useful heâd be around camp while in the middle of an outbreak. He begrudgingly agreed to let him stay though he wanted nothing more than to ensure Smudge was gone as soon as the plague was, whether it be finding him a new twoleg den or a badger den.
With how popular Smudge became in ShadowClan for helping saved them, being perfect for apprentice duties or fixing dens, or even kitsitting, he put off Smudgeâs death until he completely took over, already planning him falling into the river from Sunningrocks. Thankfully Scourge put a dent in that plan by killing Tigerstar and Blackfoot liked Smudge, enough that upon becoming leader, he made Smudge Smudgepath, for following in the paw steps of a warrior and the thunderpath that he was found on.
Iâm not sure how heâd feel about making the journey to the lake as a declawed cat, I want him to be able to make it but I know it might not be the most realistic thing for him to be able to do, yet I donât want him going âhey Iâm a warrior cat now oh I guess I canât stay because my feet are beyond damaged bye guys!â