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Collars to Stars Lore p1

So to start, Smudge is spiritually sensitive and often has dreams about Starclan AND Skyclan cats. He can also see the ghosts of dead cats out in the woods from his fence. THIS is what freaks him out about the woods, not so much the wild cats.(note, he can’t talk to/interact with them like Goosefeather could, he can just see them. He can only talk to them when he’s asleep)

The night Rusty goes into the woods, Smudge goes after him because it's not safe, and he doesn’t want his best friend to become one of the ghosts in the woods. Rusty almost catches a mouse while Smudge is honestly just in awe of how pretty the actually woods are. He’d never noticed from the fence because he was too distracted by the ghosts.

They meet Greypaw together when Rusty gets pounced on. Smudge panics and rams/headbutts Greypaw off so they can both run. Rusty realizes Smudge is falling behind and won’t make it to the fence before Greypaw catches up, so he turns around to fight back and they all get tumbled into a pile cause Grey can't stop in time.

They talk for a bit before getting caught by Bluestar and Lionheart. Bluestar offers both of them a chance to join as warrior apps because she’s impressed by their loyalty and bravery for each other. Smudge is hesitant, but something about the way she described starclan in her description of clan life sticks with him, and Rusty wants to join, so he does too

The day they get to camp, Longtail still harasses them, but it’s not Lionheart or Bluestar’s prompting that leads to Rusty attacking the older cat, but Longtail’s jabs at Smudge. The fight goes the same as canon, but with a concerned Smudge in the background. Rusty gets the name Firepaw, but before Smudge can get his new name, Ravenpaw bursts into camp with the news Redtail is dead.

Smudge is kinda freaked out by the blood, but his concern for the other apprentice wins over his fear, and he ends up helping Spottedleaf carry Ravenpaw to the medicine cat den to make sure he’s alright. Once there, he helps by bringing some water-soaked moss to help wash the blood from Ravenpaw’s wound so Spottedleaf can dress it with herbs and cobwebs. While Spottedleaf is working, Smudge asks her either about his dreams, or about the ghosts (i havn’t decided yet)

Before she can give him a proper answer, Firepaw and Greypaw come in to check up on Ravenpaw, along with Tigerclaw (whom Spottedleaf passive-aggressively asks to leave). She thanks Smudge for the help, and seems to be watching him as he leaves with Firepaw and Greypaw. 

Sandpaw and Dustpaw are still rude to Firepaw and Smudge (the latter of whom is still wearing his ribbon) the next morning when the other apprentices are getting ready to go out with their mentors, Bluestar pulls Smudge aside with Spottedleaf where she informs him that Spottedleaf has asked to have Smudge as her apprentice, to learn how to be a medicine cat.

Smudge is apprehensive about training separately from Firepaw, but he also thinks Spottedleaf is really nice compared to the the other clanmates he’s met. He also doesn’t really like the idea of fighting and hunting all the time, so he agrees. 

Bluestar calls a clan meeting, finally giving Smudge his clan name, ‘Mosspaw’, and announces that he’ll be training under Spottedleaf to become a medicine cat. A vast majority of the clan disagrees with this decision, especially Tigerclaw and his posse. A choice comment from Darktripe “a kittypet for medicine cat?! I’d rather get my ears clawed off”  is rebutted by spottedleaf with “Harrass my apprentice for mine and starclan’s decision and I will gladly claw them for you, thank you very much”, all with her very sweet Spottedleaf smile.

He begins his training with her, growing close with Ravenpaw as well while the other apprentice is in the medicine cat den. Time flies by as he begins learning, all while Firepaw goes more or less through canon events, occasionally dragging Mosspaw along on shenanigans. When Yellowfang is taken captive, he occasionally helps Firepaw care for her. Spottedleaf told him Yellowfang used to be Shadowclan’s medicine cat, So Mosspaw asks her questions sometimes, eager to learn all he can to help out and maybe even impress his mentor.

Soon after Yellowfang is taken into camp, The duo’s first half-moon in the clan rolls around, and Spottedleaf takes Mosspaw to the moonstone for the first time, where he’s simply in awe as everything clicks into place. The starry cats from his dreams, the ghosts in the woods, they’ve all been a part of this. He’s ecstatic when he returns to camp, and can barely keep himself from telling Firepaw everything.

He doubles down on his training after that, honestly taking to it like a fish takes to water. Even the more skeptical members of the clan have to admire his dedication (even if begrudgingly in many cases) and things seem up for a bit

Just before the next gathering, Firepaw runs into Princess during his hunting assessment. She’s happy to see that he’s okay, since him and Mosspaw had forgotten to say goodbye when they left, so from her perspective, the two of them had simply disappeared. She makes him promise to give her regards to Mosspaw before they part ways. 

Firepaw still gets in trouble with Tigerclaw for “fraternizing with a kittypet”, but Firepaw explains Princess is his sister when pressed by Bluestar, (he still reassures Bluestar that his place is in the clan, and he doesn’t regret joining) and his leader seems surprisingly sympathetic of him having kin outside of Thunderclan

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