Disclaimer: I, KatieK101, do not own Warriors.
Five Truths About Hailstar
i.
He is born to Volestar and Nightpetal, the leader of RiverClan and his loyal mate.
He is born alongside Timberkit, and their Clanmates whisper that they are destined for glory before they even open their eyes.
ii.
As an apprentice, Hailpaw is lazy and unmotivated. His Clanmates whisper that he is destined for glory, and why would he bother training when everything comes so naturally to him?
He, Timberpaw, Shellpaw and Rainpaw are four talented-but-troublesome apprentices with too much free time on their paws, and they drive their mentors insane.
iii.
As a warrior, Hailstep is arrogant and proud. He will be Clan leader one day, and every Clan will have to acknowledge his greatness.
However, he takes a detour from greatness when, in the heat of an ambush, he attacks a Clanmate.
Echopaw is wounded and will carry the scar for the rest of her life.
iv.
Arrogant.
Disrespectful.
Lazy.
This is how his parents describe him when they scold him for attacking Echopaw, and then comes the punishment: for one moon, he must tend to her wounds and learn some humility.
Hailstep scoffs and groans and complains, and it never crosses his mind that this could be the greatest thing to ever happen to him.
v.
One day he becomes Hailstar, and suddenly he wonders if all of those whispers were true; how could he ever follow in his father's pawsteps?
Then he looks to Echomist, his mate, and suddenly anything seems possible.
(Bonus)
Three kits are born to Hailstar and Echomist, the leader of RiverClan and his loyal mate.
They are tiny and innocent and perfect, and their Clanmates whisper that they are destined for glory before they even open their eyes.
So, just in case you've forgotten, Hailstar was the leader of RiverClan during Crookedstar's Promise/Bluestar's Prophecy/Yellowfang's Secret. He was an all around cool dude, and if you recall, he was the one who led the ambush on WindClan to steal Willowkit and Graykit (Willowbreze/Graypool) back.
Anyway, no one requested Hailstar, so why did a write a truth about him? Because I wanted to take this moment and announce that I've also written a one-shot about him! :D I've been saying that I want to write a 10K+ one-shot for some time now, and I finally buckled down and did it! However, it's not quite complete yet, but by the time it is, it'll likely reach 15K words. So I have a question for you all: would you like me to post the first part of it today, as a two-shot, or complete it first and then post the entire thing as a one-shot?
Hailstar was requested by Me! :D