#waxfeather

Aliases / Nicknames: Mouse-brain, Worst Mom in Shadowclan, Wax, The Flighty One

Gender: female

Sexuality: heterosexual

Family: Downystripe, Gladepelt (uncle),Sundapple (brother), Blackkit (son), Mudkit (daughter), four unnamed dark kits, unnamed mate

Other Relations: Gladepelt (mentor)

Clan: Shadowclan

Rank: queen

Characteristics: vain, overly confident, neglects others to make herself seem better

Number of Victims: 5+

Number of Murders: 2

Method of Harm: neglect

Murder Method: drowning

Known Victims: her kits, Sundapple, Redears

Victim Profile: family

Cause of Death: killed by firework

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

Waxpaw knew that she was special. Gladepelt told her so! He always brought her prey, and when she had kits, he went out of his way to help her take care of the kittens, telling her not to mind all the disgusted comments that clung to their kits like a second pelt.

The problem was that Waxpaw didn’t really want kits. She wanted to ditch them with Redears, but the mollie was still mourning her ‘son,’ even though she hadn’t even given birth to the little furball. She kept pestering Redears, almost jumping for joy when she finally agreed.

But Redears had recoiled when she had seen the pair. “What’s.. wrong with them?” She had whispered.

“Obviously nothing.” Waxpaw had said, then walked away with her nose turned up.

As she grew older, and got her warrior name, Waxfeather’s  disdain for her kits only grew. Why had Starclan given her such ugly kits? Mudkit cried constantly, curled into a ball in the nursery, while Blackkit made other kits cry constantly with his ugly little face.

She started ignoring them, leaving them with Sundapple every chance she got. He wasn’t busy, after all, and he could easily look after a pair of ugly hairballs like her ‘kits.’

Her resentment grew more when her little nightmares started interfering with her love life. Many toms were scared off once they saw Blackkit, and none of them lasted past Mudkit’s erratic behavior.

This had to be fixed.

She grabbed Mudkit first, dragging the crying kit out into the woods while everyone was asleep. She left the scrap of fur by the river that ran through the territory, making sure to hiss at her for good measure.

Sure enough, after the initial outcry over Mudkit’s disappearance, her luck with the toms improved!

However, there was still a major problem.

Blackkit. He looked too much like her.

So she took out the middleman and dropped him into the river directly. The foolish kit had actually believed her when she said she would take him to his sister!

As she walked back to camp, her mind was racing. Maybe if she’d been more alert, she would’ve noticed the Twoleg colourstick rushing towards her.

Additional Information:

--Submission by @ambitiousauthor​

--We love Blackkit and Mudkit in this house. YES we do

--Blackkit has a cleft palate, and Mudkit has severe behavioral problems

--Guess who’s getting more cat Trauma! (Tim)

Alderstar and the rest of the poly (who overheard):

Dewfoot is mates with Reedleg originally, and had Downystripe with him, but had an affair on the side with Thornapple, which she didn’t tell either of them about since at the time, Thornapple was the Riverclan deputy, and Reedleg was the Thunderclan deputy, and she didn’t want it to get out that she was canoodling with two separate deputies as well as her official mate, Raintalon, who was the Shadowclan deputy.

With Reedleg, she had Downystripe, who was raised in Shadowclan with his mother, and with Thornapple she had Gingernose and Sandbreeze, who were raised in Riverclan. She didn’t have any official kits with Raintalon, and tried to pass off Downystripe as his. (He didn’t believe her)

So:

Dewfoot x Reedleg = Downystripe

Dewfoot x Thornapple = Gingernose and Sandbreeze

Upon reaching adulthood, Gingernose (Riverclan) and Downystripe (Shadowclan) had a brief affair, which resulted in Marshsnap and Gladepelt, who both remained in Shadowclan with their father.

At the same time, Sandbreeze, Gingernose’s sister, had an affair with Drylight, a (not related) Windclan warrior, which produced Beechbristle, who remained in Windclan.

So:

Sandbreeze x Drylight = Beechbristle

Gingernose x Downystripe = Marshsnap and Gladepelt

Marshsnap, Gladepelt’s brother,(both Shadowclan) then fell in love with Beechbristle (Windclan) and they had Waxfeather, who then had Blackkit and Mudkit with her uncle, Gladepelt

So:

Beechbristle x Marshsnap = Waxfeather

And Waxfeather x Gladepelt = Blackkit and Mudkit

Does that clear things up?

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Alder: …. Kid are we talking about the same Waxfeather?

Drew Perch and Sunny taking care of some of Waxfeather’s kits!