So as you may have seen in my Antagonists post, my girlie has some shady stuff to her origins as well... Let's take a look, shall we?
There is a molly in MountClan by the name of BriarPetal. Now, in her earlier days, she had quite the adventure, with a certain tom in LeafClan...
...You see, normally, half-Clan relationships are accepted and respected... But not when it comes to LeafClan. LeafClan is known for being scared of going straight against the Crystal Codex, and in most cases, get away with it. At this time, they had two major problems; StormCrystal being their leader, and a local family of foxes taking the kits who were foolish enough to wander out of camp. How does the two belong together? Well, StormCrystal is certain that being a warrior is superior to being a queen. Therefore, LeafClan queens are only allowed to stay in the nursery until their kittens reach 3 moons of age, instead of the usual 6. And so many young kits being unsupervised is more than irresponsibility. So long story short, the surreal expectations for queen and the foxes are making it hard for LeafClan to raise kits. That's mainly the reason why they are known for stealing kits from other Clans. And how is that related to cross-Clan relationships? Because LeafClan will always insist on keeping the litter that is born out of it...
...So, there was LightningRush. Haven't heard that name? Well that's not a coincidence. He fell in love with BriarPetal; A MountClan warrior. No matter how her Clanmates told her that she could be with anyone but a LeafClan warrior, she did not listen...
...So, eventually, four kits were born; RoseKit, FoxKit, YewKit, and RaspberryKit. And as soon as LeafClan heard about this, LightningRush did not hesitate to do what he must...
...He snuck into MountClan... But he only took two of the kits. Even if his Clan was in need, and he had to listen to his leader's orders, he did truly love BriarPetal. He didn't want to torture her with stealing all four kits, so he only took YewKit and RaspberryKit. When MountClan found out about this, they were furious. But they couldn't do anything; Risking a war with LeafClan was dangerous, and at the end of the day, LightningRush was still the father of that litter. So instead, they decided to keep this secret from both halves of the litter; Let the kits think of each other as complete strangers, instead of trying to reunite...
...YewKit and RaspberryKit got renamed to CinnamonKit and AppleKit. It was easier to hide the kitnapping this way. They were nursed by MarigoldBloom, LightningRush's older sister, who also had a litter on her own, containing HazelKit. The two stolen kits got told that their mother died, protecting them from the foxes. And as the three of them managed to survive through kithood, they became apprentices together, with LightningRush being CinnamonPaw's mentor...
...But if you can still remember, we know that StormCrystal saw some potential in her. And he knew that LightningRush wouldn't be willing to guide her in the direction his leader wants to. So in order to assign a new mentor – himself – to CinnamonPaw, he took LightningRush for a walk, to have a little talk.... This talk resulted in LightningRush being left for the foxes, as StormCrystal watched from afar, knowing that nothing can stand in his way now.
