Disclaimer: I, KatieK101, do not own Warriors.
Five Truths About Fallowtail
i.
Beauty is an advantage in RiverClan; they may be strong and loyal, but vanity runs in their blood like water runs through the rivers.
Fallowpaw is nice. She has soft brown fur and blue eyes.
However. Echopaw, Brightpaw, Shimmerpelt and Rainflower are stunning, and she realizes as a kit that she pales in comparison.
ii.
Cederpelt and Marshcloud are protective of their only sister. Outwardly she protests their behavior; inwardly it makes her feel loved.
iii.
She meets Reedfeather at a Gathering, not very long after she is made a warrior and sleeps just a tail-length away from Brightsky.
He tells her she is beautiful.
She is putty in his paws.
iv.
They quit seeing each other soon after he is made the deputy of WindClan. Their relationship is against the Warrior Code; she sees the way his Clanmates moon over him.
She finds out she is pregnant, and does not plan to reveal the father. These kits will be hers, she will raise them to be what she could not be (loyal), and being their mother will bring her more happiness than beauty ever could.
When Reedfeather strolls into camp and structs out with their (her) daughters, he leaves with her broken heart as well.
v.
She has never been close to any of the she-cats in RiverClan. That is, until she hits her breaking point and feels like she has nothing to live for.
Ottersplash has a barbed-tongue and too many battle-scars to be considered beautiful, and she has more confidence than any other she-cat in the Clan. When Fallowtail does not eat, does not sleep, does not speak, Ottersplash pushes her to live.
Through her heartbreak, Fallowtail gains the most loyal friend she could wish for.
(Bonus. i.)
One night, Hailstar emerges into camp with Willowkit swinging in his jaws; Cederpelt carries Graykit.
From then, every night until her death, she thanks StarClan for bringing her kits back to her.
(Bonus. ii.)
On the eve of their warrior ceremony, she pulls Hailstar aside and requests that Willowpaw and Graypaw be named Willowbreeze and Graypool, so that they carry the power of river and wind wherever they may go.
Since I did Hailstar last chapter and I'm writing a Hailstar/Echomist two-shot, I wanted to do another 'Crookedstar-era' cat - they deserve some love! Fallowtail is one of the better known cats from that time due to her forbidden relationship with Reedfeather, and this was pretty easy to write. I know it mostly revolved around the drama with her kits, but it was made pretty clear in the books that those kits were her whole world.
Speaking of her kits, I still plan on writing that Graypool one-shot sometime in the future! I've been thinking about it a look lately and I'm considering making it into a novella of sorts - maybe three to eight chapters? She has a unique story to tell and I want to add a Graypool/Oakheart romance, and combining it all into one long one-shot would be a lot to intake, I think. Thoughts?
Fallowtail was requested by LaurenRiverSister.