#i bet soem of this dont even make sense but fuck it lesbian cats

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HollyTwist AU Ramble

There was supposed to be an amv to go with it but I haven't been able to work on it. This is also super loose because tbh I haven't reread PoT and OotS in a while so shhh.

First off some background information about Twist in this AU.

Twist is the youngest cat in Stripes' group making her the "little sister" of the bunch. Stripes, Flick, and Flora took her in after she was dumped by one of her former twolegs in their old territory. She's a pretty passive cat and would rather learn from other cats than be an antagonistic force.

However, the ladder is how Stripes' group tends to work. Twist has tried to persuade Stripes, Flick, and Flora to be more respectful of other cats but gets handwaved every time.

When the Rouges first attack the Tribe, Twist is almost seriously injured by Stormfur but is saved by Stripes, who later follows up with a heafty scolding. He tells her that her ideas of how to handle confrontation with outsides groups will get her killed and that she should harden herself if she wants to survive.

This leaves Twist feeling uncertain and scared of her future, but with Stripes, Flick, and Flora being the only family unit she's had, she's too afraid of being alone to leave and so she continues to follow the Rouges.

PART 1

This au starts during the events of Outcast when the gang leaves to help the Tribe. During a standoff with the Rogues, Hollypaw catches eyes with Twist and has the "we could have been friends" internal monologue. Over the course of the invasion into the Tribe's territory, Twist has been observing the Clan and Tribe cats as best she can and finds herself yearning for the sense of stability and companionship unique to these cats.

During the battle for Tribe territory, Twist finds herself battling Lionpaw. Like with Stormfur, Twist can't bring herself to hurt him and instead fights with her claws sheathed. Hollypaw notices this, but doesn't think about it until after the battle. She wonders if Twist didn't really want to fight Lionpaw and feels a bit sympathetic for her.

As if on cue, Lionpaw spots Twist poking out from a crack in the rock and before she can dart off Hollypaw and Lionpaw approach her. Lionpaw asks her why she didn't fight him with claws and she explains her feelings up until this point. Hollypaw thanks her for not hurting her brother and suggests coming back to Thunderclan with the clan cats. Twist jumps and the opportunity and Hollypaw talks to Squirrelflight who talks to Brambleclaw and Twist gets the okay to come follow the cats back to Thunderclan.

PART 2

Upon arriving back in Thunderclan, Firestar welcomes Twist with open arms as an apprentice of Thunderclan and gives her Brightheart as a mentor. At first, Twist, now Twistpaw, gets some push back from the more traditional warriors of Thunderclan. This stops after Leafpool stands up for Twistpaw by suggesting the unique lightning markings on her face are a sign she was meant to be in Thunderclan.

Twistpaw and Hollypaw bond while living and training together. At one point, Twistpaw gives Hollypaw a pair of holly leaves as a way of saying "thank you for giving me a chance". The two she-cats quickly develop crushes on each other and decide to become mates when they become warriors.

Twistpaw passes her training with flying colors and graduates to her warrior status along with Cinderpelt, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf and gains her new name Twistflower. After the ceremony, Hollyleaf gifts Twistflower a yellow Begonia to congratulate her on becoming a warrior. Now mates, the two are glued to each others side through thick and thin for moons.

PART 3

One night, a storm catches Thunderclan camp on fire and in the chaos Twistflower is separated from Hollyleaf. After the fire dies down she sees Hollyleaf and her brothers clearly uneasy. Twist tries to comfort Hollyleaf and while Hollyleaf pretends that she's calmed down, Twistflower can clearly see she's still upset.

A Gathering passes and Ashfur is found dead. As the weeks go by, Twistflower can feel Hollyleaf distancing herself and in a state of constant unease. Multiple times Twistflower attempts to comfort Hollyleaf and convince her to open up only to be turned down every time.

When Hollyleaf finally breaks down under the knowledge of her heritage, Twistflower catches wind and seeks her out. She tries her best to comfort Hollyleaf to no avail and is troubled by what Hollyleaf says during this interaction but can't push it any further.

At the next Gathering, Hollyleaf reveals that Leafpool and Crowfeather are her parents and that Squirrelflight had lied to her clan. Twistflower is left in stunned silence and isn't able to talk to Hollyleaf until the next day, which Twistflower tries to talk to Hollyleaf again. However, it quickly decends into an argument and Hollyleaf storms off.

The next Twistflower hears of Hollyleaf she is devastated by the news of her assumed death from Lionblaze and Jayfeather. She realizes her last interaction with Hollyleaf was a bad arguement and feels guilty. Twistflower tries to stick with Lionblaze and Jayfeather in the meantime.

PART 4

Twistflower is able to continue on in the following moons. She works dilligantly for her clan to keep her mind off of Hollyleaf but still finds it difficult.

When Hollyleaf returns to Thunderclan Twistflower is beyond herself in happiness, but knows they need to talk about what took place moons prior. When the chance arrives, Twistflower appologizes for arguing with Hollyleaf before she ran away. Hollyleaf turns away the apology and reassures Twistflower that she wasn't responsible for any pain she had felt, and instead appologizes for pushing away and then lashing out at Twistflower when she was trying to help her.

Twistflower and Hollyleaf are able to make up and be mates again.

After this I always switch up wether or not Hollyleaf still dies in the Great Battle. Honestly I prefet not to because fuck that's hurt for Holly to die for real JUST after her and Twist make up smh. But on the other hand I'm a tradegy junkie so sometimes she's dead and other times she's alive in this au either one is "canon" to it.

#HollyTwist #Hollyleaf #Twist warrior cats #warrior cats #warriors #warrior cats au #hollytwist au #Twist #ramble #i bet soem of this dont even make sense but fuck it lesbian cats #changed some timing too because if I remember right Holyleaf disappears like the day after the gathering #but I might be wrong #honestly might update this once I get to PoT and OotS in my reread