Disclaimer: I, KatieK101, do not own Warriors.
Five Truths About Silverstream
i.
Her Clanmates say that she is a combination of her parents.
She has the same ear shape and tail length as Crookedstar, but she has the same head markings as Willowbreeze, and her fur is just as soft, too.
She has to take their word for it, since Willowbreeze is dead and Crookedstar might as well be.
ii.
Eventually, though, Crookedstar shakes his grief and begins visiting her in the Nursery.
They say that kits are very forgiving, and Silverkit is no exception;
(But there never comes a day when she doesn't remember lying awake at night and wondering why her father does not want her.)
iii.
Mistykit and Stonekit make great playmates; Mistyfoot and Stonefur are her best friends. They do their best to keep her out of trouble.
Stonefur wakes her up for the dawn patrol and reminds her that senior warriors deserve her respect.
Mistyfoot is the voice of reason when her heart speaks louder than her brain.
(Somehow she still ends up pregnant with a ThunderClan warrior's kits.)
iv.
She tries to be a good RiverClan warrior and not break the Code, she really does, but...
Silverstream has always ignored what her heart tells her to do. She would never feed a starving, rival Clan because she would risk her Clanmates' trust, but she would want to. Graystripe does not care about what he could lose, he only cares about who he could help.
In the short moons they are together, he gives her the confidence to follow her heart and make decisions that she can proudly stand behind.
v.
She has never been ambitious like Stonefur or Mistyfoot; she doesn't compete for the deputyship, or apprentices.
But she remembers when she was two moons old and she did not understand why her mother was dead, or why her father couldn't look her in the eye.
She refuses to put her kits through the same pain. All mothers must make sacrifices, and she decides to join ThunderClan, so that her kits will have both of their parents.
On her way to tell Graystripe about her decision, she feels her first contraction.
(Bonus i.)
StarClan always sounded like such a glorious place when she was alive. The thought of being reunited with deceased loved ones after living a long and fulfilling life was a joyful one.
But she spends her first moon in StarClan utterly depressed. Her father has no daughter. Her mate has no partner. Her kits have no mother.
Willowbreeze lets Silverstream cry into her fur, soothes her with a mother's love, and tells her that one day, she will be able to do the same.
(Bonus ii.)
When Feathertail opens her eyes in StarClan, they are filled with grief. She mourns her brother, her father, her Clan; she mourns the future that she sacrificed.
Silverstream knows all about sacrifice. She lets Feathertail cry into her fur and soothes her with a mother's love.
Silverstream was one of my favorite characters from the first arc, but I always forget about how much I loved her until I write for her again. Now I'm considering writing a ThunderClan!Silverstream AU that I have sitting in my ideas doc...
This chapter doesn't flow as well as I would like it to, but these are meant to be short and fun, so here it is!
Silverstream was requested by Anon (Tumblr).