i.

Bluefur must be strategic when she names her three kits. She chooses Stonekit for her only son because it reminds her of RiverClan and Oakheart, but she tells her Clanmates it is in honor of her first mentor, Stonepelt.

She doesn't see why both can't be true.

ii.

He admires his father more than any other cat. He would follow Oakheart to the ends of the earth, he would follow him into any battle, he would follow any order.

So when Oakheart tells him to be weary of Redtail of ThunderClan, Stonepaw obeys.

iii.

Mentoring an apprentice is a great honor. Mentoring the kit of a friend is an extra special task.

But hard as he tries, he doesn't see Silverstream in Stormpaw; he sees Graystripe.

Stonefur swears to himself, he'll make Stormpaw into such a strong warrior that no one will look upon him and see his unloyal father.

iv.

Leopardfur is spoiled rotten by RiverClan, and Stonefur likes to push her, to hold her accountable. He thinks that somebody needs to.

They go from being rivals to being friends to being…

v.

… on opposite ends of Bonehill, with Tigerstar in the middle, and Silverstream's kits behind him.

As Blackfoot slams Stonefur's head against the ground, he makes sure to lock eyes with Leopardstar so that she has to watch the light die in his eyes.

(Bonus i.)

His respect is hard to win, but his forgiveness is even harder.

Mistystar has time to deal with all of the lies and the betrayal they faced together. Stonefur dies exactly how he is: angry at the world.

It takes a long, long time living amongst the stars to eventually forgive Bluestar, Oakheart, Graypool, Silverstream.

But he never finds it in his heart to forgive Leopardstar.

(Bonus ii.)

And he never forgives Blackstar, either.

When all of StarClan encourages Stonefur to give Blackstar one of his nine lives, he refuses.

I don't usually like to end these on a sour note, but I have opinions about how Stonefur is portrayed after his death in The Darkest Hour. Not everyone has to find peace and love in forgiving those who betrayed and lied to them. If anyone has a right to hold a grudge against someone for an eternity, it's Stonefur. Obviously this does not follow the events of Blackstar's Reckoning.

(Sidenote but that one about Redtail will make more sense next chapter.)

Stonefur was requested by an Anon on tumblr!