Disclaimer: I, KatieK101, do not own Warriors.
Five Truths About Applefur
i.
She is only five moons old when the Clans journey through the mountains, and she bristles every time an owl hoots.
As young as five moons old, Applekit develops a small anxiety disorder.
ii.
The journey through the mountains is dangerous, but she and her brothers live long enough to see the new ShadowClan territory.
But after living through so much, it is a hawk that swoops from the sky and picks Marshkit up just a mouse-length away from her muzzle, gone forever.
iii.
Her crush on Birchpaw is silly, and deep down she knows that they can never be together.
Her crush on Smokefoot is gut-wrenching because he is so handsome, so strong, and so far out of her league even though they share a Clan. She wishes that she was enough to capture his heart.
iv.
One night, a cat named Sparrowfeather appears in her dreams with an opportunity to become stronger, faster - to finally be enough.
Enough to conquer her anxiety; to save kits from hawks; and to win Smokefoot's affections.
v.
When the Dark Forest forces them to battle against the Clans, she hides with the other trainees. If only she had been smarter, she would have realized what they were planning and she could have stopped them.
She watches in horror as Sparrowfeather pushes Smokefoot closer and closer to the edge of the ravine, and she acts before she thinks. She runs across the battlefield, tackles Sparrowfeather and sends them rolling-
Over the ravine.
(Bonus i.)
"You're right," she whispers to Ivypool. "My life is a small price to pay, considering what I've done."
I focused on canon Applefur rather than Dawn Frost Applefur, so unfortunately she died in the Dark Forest Battle :/ That bonus truth is one of her canon lines from The Last Hope, and I thought it would be nice to include it.
We broke 400 reviews! Big, big thanks to the 11 people who reviewed the last chapter to help us reach this milestone :) I'm still amazed that so many of you enjoy these short things so much, but as long as you keep reading, I'll keep writing!
Applefur was requested by Beetlebrain, our 400th reviewer!