Disclaimer: I, KatieK101, do not own Warriors.
Five Truths About Willowbreeze
i.
At her first Gathering, she meets her father. She is determined to stay open-minded about him; Graypaw already hates his guts, but perhaps he isn't as terrible as her Clanmates make him out to be.
She lays eyes on him and is suddenly filled with a longing she's never known before.
That is the first time Willowpaw doubts her loyalty to RiverClan.
ii.
She asks to meet with him one night at the WindClan border. She wants to know more about her father.
He tells her about himself; about his life; about WindClan.
He tells her that even from WindClan, he is proud of his daughters. He does not resent them for choosing to stay with their mother; as long as they are happy, he is happy.
Willowpaw smiles at him through her tears. She does not regret giving him a chance.
iii.
By the time she is ready for her warrior name, she is sure that RiverClan is meant to be her home. As surely as she knows the river and as surely as she loves Crookedjaw.
And yet. She is grateful when Hailstar names her Willowbreeze. She thinks her father would be, too.
iv.
In her nightmares, she remembers the dog that chased her up a tree.
When she wakes up panting, she is beside the tom that saved her life.
V.
Despite their size, her favorite fish are minnows.
(Bonus)
In death, she watches over Crookedstar faithfully. She waits for him by herself, and then with Willowkit and Minnowkit; and then with Shellheart and Oakheart; and then with Silverstream.
Are there people who hate Willowbreeze? Or is she universally loved, like Honeyfern and Feathertail?
Her death is the saddest in the series, second only to Silverstream's death. I loved her relationships with Crookedstar and Graypool and basically everyone, because Willowbreeze was perfect.
Willowbreeze was requested by aer-of-ice.