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one-in-a-million-fishsticks-blog · 2 months

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Kidnapped Firepaw AU

Following up the "Banished Fireheart AU" with this absolute gem.

Premise:

As Spottedleaf recounts the prophecy of fire to Bluestar, Tigerclaw lurks and listens, wholeheartedly believing in the words of Starclan like the UWU good pureblooded clan cat that he is.

Obviously he now needs to find himself a highlighter orange cat, he can't have the clan destroying itself before he ever even gets the chance to lead it after all, but where on earth is he supposed to find one when highlighter orange genetics aren't exactly common in the forest?.......

Enter Rusty, wondering the border of two-leg place all helpless and alone, itty bitty wittle barely apprentice aged kitty.

He's perfect, he simply HAS to join Thunderclan, the prophecised cat has gotta be him.

Besides, "rescuing" a kit from potential danger is the right thing for a noble warrior like Tigerclaw to do in this situation.

(Scourge? Never met her.)

Recruitment speeches and independent thought processes? What in Starclan's name are those?...

Tigerclaw could just carry this kit home right now if he wanted to.

So he does, he just stalks Rusty for a while, pops out of the bushes when the timing is right and straight up catnaps him.

Rusty is still the Rusty whom we all know and love, so he isn't THAT deeply upset about getting to live in the wild, but his little paws are rated E for everyone and he vows to make this entire experience as difficult for his kidnapper as possible.

Measures taken by Rusty to ruin Tigerclaw's life now include:

Acting more cynical and prickly than even Longtail on the daily

Ensuring that the cat assigned to escort him back home one final time as he says his last goodbyes to Smudge is Tigerclaw, the one cat who hates two-leg place more than Darkstripe

Cozying up to Bluestar (and later Yellowfang) when he knows damn well that Tigerclaw wants to be the adult in his life for some stupid reason

Making Ravenpaw his best friend as soon as organically possible because he also knows perfectly well that Tigerclaw will be forced to tolerate Ravenpaw if Firepaw takes a fancy to him

Ravenpaw: "Tigerclaw wants to kill me...."

Firepaw: "So that he can convince Bluestar to make me his apprentice instead?.... No thank you!"

Firepaw is a paw-length from convincing Bluestar to be his mentor, he will not be letting Tigerclaw ruin that for him.

The petty grudge continues into Fireheart's career as a warrior, prompting a neverending series of events seen as unfortunate only by Tigerclaw.

What do you mean his orange cat likes all of the remaining cats that he was planning on murdering?.... That was supposed to be HIS orange cat! Now how is he supposed to continue on his bloodthirsty quest for power?

Fireheart is best friends with Goldenflower now, she is his big sister, all of the adoration, attention and respect that Tigerclaw wishes he could get from Fireheart goes to Goldenflower

Bramblekit and Tawnykit are on the same level as Cloudkit, they are also his niece and nephew and he goes out of his way to hog nursery visitation

Longtail and Dustpelt are going to be Fireheart's friends now whether they like it or not, he is going to slowly squeeze their Tigerclaw love out of them like two-leg tooth paste and make them part of the 💥 Fireheart Squad 💥

Graystripe, Ravenflight(paw), and Sandstorm are already part of the 💥 Fireheart Squad 💥 and they help him bully Darkstripe

#warriors au #erin hunter warriors #warriors the prophecies begin #alternate universe #canon divergence #firestar #fireheart #firepaw #bluestar #ravenpaw #tigerclaw #tigerstar #darkstripe #a lot of the inspiration for this came from Camp Camp #I had a prophetic vision of Firepaw saying some of Max's lines #Tigerclaw is David here because that's hilarious #Tigerclaw wants Firepaw to like him and enjoy life as a forest cat so badly #Firepaw pretends to hate it just to spite him #Bluestar and Yellowfang are Firepaw's moms

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manthemoth · 2 months

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Big buff fat Silverstream is peak

#my art #Vince’s cat refs #warriors #silverstream #Riverclan #warriors the prophecies begin #warriors tpb #the prophecies begin #warrior cats #warriors arc 1

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benisbeaaaaans · 3 months

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Warriors fanart moment, have a Scourge

#my art #scourge #warriors cats #warriors #warrior cats #scourge warrior cats #scourge wc #warriors cats fanart #fanart #the prophecies begin #warriors the prophecies begin

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consumer-o-content · 5 months

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“I want you to take him back with you to your Clan so that he can be your new apprentice… Make him a hero, please. Like you!”

Princess and CloudKit - The Prophecies Begin

#warriors #warrior cats #warriors tpb #the prophesies begin #cat art #warriors fanart #warriors fandom #warriors the prophecies begin #digital art #art #warriors princess #fireheart #firestar #thunderclan #warrior cats fandom #fandom

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spiritshaydra · 4 months

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I got some insane shower thoughts

OKAY SO WARRIOR CATS RIGHT??

Sometimes I catch myself thinking about how batshit crazy it’d be to be some sort of wildlife researcher in the Warrior cats world because you got what appears to be a case of a non-primate animal on the cusp of entering kitty cat Stone Age civilization. They don’t exactly have tools (yet) but they’re already showing SEVERAL signs of getting close to being an early civilization if not already straight up being one- like they already got organized kitty religion with ideas of kitty heaven and kitty hell, they got organized feline government with a very clear ranking system and social classes- AND specialized jobs. I don’t think they have art and writing- yet. Like you got the Leaders who do the whole leading shebang, the Deputies who make sure that the whole camp doesn’t fall into chaos and disorder, who also organize hunting parties, camp duties, and patrols, the Medicine Cats who act as BOTH a healer and the clan’s communication line to Starclan (pussy priest)

The Warriors who do all the basic clan duties such as hunting, patrolling the borders, and protecting the clan- and are kinda also the military? Mewlitary??? The Apprentices who are the Warriors in training, and take care of the clan chores that nobody else wants to do lmao.

And then there’s Queens, Kits, and Elders who are kinda like,, your civilian class I guess.

They don’t exactly have tool making YET like some primates and corvids do, but with some of the other stuff they DO have they might as well be a very primitive civilization. They got PUSSY POLITICS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORING CAT GOVERMENTS LIKE???

Could you imagine being some sort of researcher going over your trail cam footage and just,, seeing what looks like a group of feral cats having a medicinal herb gathering raid? Like. Those are cats. WHY are they gathering poppy seeds with the level of gentleness that some children would be jealous of. Or watching these feral cats conducting what looks like some sort of military exercise drills in sync with an older cat barking (meowing?) orders at a group of juveniles? Your coworker would likely think you’re crazy.

Also I find myself thinking about how funny it’d be to be some randomass person driving by Four Trees as the Great Battle broke out between the Clans and Bloodclan, where you just see likely hUNDREDS OF FERAL CATS just BEATING THE TAR out of each other. AND ITS NOT INDISCRIMINATE EITHER. LIKE YOU COULD SEE THAT THERES CLEARLY TWO OPPOSING SIDES WITH ONE SIDE WEARING WHAT APPEARS TO BE SPIKED COLLARS. Just imagine how INSANE of a sight that’d be.

I’m pretty sure that the thunderpath (road) that acted as a boarder between Thunderclan and Shadowclan was REALLY close to Four Trees where that fight happened so,,, it’s not impossible.

Also the demons are telling me to reread Warriors again <3

#spit takes #warrior cats #warriors #warriors the prophecies begin #warriors the darkest hour

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lightning-heart15 · 12 days

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I may be up to the 3rd arc in warrior cats but my mind is all the way back to the forest territories before they got bulldozed

#warrior cats #warriors the prophecies begin #warriors the new prophecy #warriors the power of three

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fogwatcher · 8 months

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Headcannon

.. that Swiftpaw, influenced by Longtail’s previous open disgust for kittypets, bullied Cloudtail. It was only fueled after Cloudtail’s seemingly favoritism and being made a warrior before Swift, despite Swift being older. Even after Longtail began to openly respect Fireheart, Swift couldn’t let go of his distaste for kittypets (Cloud in specific).

He was also jealous.

Cloud was so laid back, he didn’t let anyone tell him what to do if he didn’t respect their request. He was brave, refused to be ignored, and fought for his clan despite his lack of faith. He was a warrior by choice, not because he felt the looming threat of Starclan over his head. And- to add to his burning envy- Brightpaw liked him.

Bright was friendly to everyone, but everyone saw how Cloudtail saw her. Ever since a patrol where Cloud got to share prey with her, Cloud had fallen in love. Swift saw it, he was sure Bright did too, but she didn’t reject his advances. Not like the did Swift’s.

She was the only one who followed him to discover the horror at snake rocks, though. She may not love him, but she was a loyal friend. Once the dogs had torn her face off her skull, Swift knew he’d die. He just hoped he could save her with his life. She didn’t deserve to die for him. She wasn’t mean, or spiteful, or jealous. She was a more worthy warrior than he was. In that moment, he realized Cloudtail was too.

When Cloud saw the damage done to Bright, and saw Swift mangled body, his hatred for the black patched apprentice grew. This was his fault.

He didn’t sit vigil for his tormentor. Why would he sit next to the cold body of the cat who’d put thorns in his nest and mock his attempts to blend in he undergrowth. Cloud’s ears had been fueled with anything but his name from Swift. Kittypet, collar tom, and fat cat. Anything to take a dig at his heritage or weight.

He laid near Brightpaw instead. He listened to her weak breaths that had a small wheeze to them. His mind filled with images of large animals tearing her apart. Why did she go? Cloud knew she was a good friend to everyone, but she must’ve known it was dangerous. He mostly blamed himself, though. He was the one sitting vigil. How did he miss them? He must’ve drifted off. He failed his clan, but mostly he failed her.

When she was named Lostface, Cloud wanted to tear into Bluestar’s pelt. He wouldn’t call her that. That was no name for a warrior like Brightpaw.

People were never too surprised by Cloud’s rebellious behavior, but they were unsettled by his refusal to even give his leader a speck of respect. He hissed under his breath whenever Lostface was said. He wouldn’t call her anything but Brightpaw. He didn’t see her as an apprentice, though. He insisted she was a warrior, despite the name he called her. Bright seemed sad that he was so adamant about it. She appreciated him defending her, but it just reminded her of the cruel treatment from Bluestar.

Every night, though, she’d have nightmares. And every time, Cloud was there. She didn’t know how he knew, but she was glad he did. She’d curl against his soft fur and try to remember his scent rather that Swift’s. She’s try to see his face rather than the ghost of her friend.

Swiftpaw sat alone in Starclan, knowing who’s paws she was in. He felt some jealousy, but it was mainly just self-disappointment. He respected Cloud now, even with his lack of warrior blood. Honestly, what did that even mean now? His blood was now in the mouth of dogs, they took his warrior blood. He wasn’t a warrior. Now, he’d never be.

Cloud went on to help Bright relearn to love the world, including herself. She was strong, beautiful, and kind. Her new name suited her so well. He loved the way it felt on his tongue. Even when she snapped at him for stepping out of line against his leader (his uncle who wouldn’t have the heart to punish him anyway, he though), she was his light.

Cloud still held resentment, though. Every time Bright a relapse- growing less often though- his heart burned his hatred for Swiftpaw. This was his fault that Bright was suffering like this. It was his fault she had grown used to newcomers looking at her face with fear. It was his fault that she closed her eye before lapping at a stream just so she didn’t see herself.

That resentment didn’t fade as they grew older. It didn’t fade until the Great Battle. All was forgotten the moment he spotted Swiftpaw’s spirit, snarling and slashing towards a Dark Forest cat who tried to pick off Amberkit while Brightheart was busy fighting off another. In that moment, Cloud felt all his grudges disappear and he lept to the starry warrior’s side. The two met eyes, both understanding that this wasn’t about them. It hadn’t been for a long time. It was about her. Brightheart was their fuel now.

Swiftpaw felt like a warrior that day, for the first time he felt like he earned it.

#warriors #warrior cats #swiftpaw #cloudtail #brightheart #lostface #brightpaw #cloudpaw #warriors the prophecies begin #thunderclan #swift x bright #bright x cloud #warriors headcanon #headcanon

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sapphanimates · 1 month

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ThunderClan's Healers 🍃

#warrior cats art #warriors #warrior cats #warriors the prophecies begin #warriors the new prophecy #warriors the power of three #warriors a vision of shadows #cinderpelt #spottedleaf #jayfeather #alderheart #yellowfang #leafpool #medicine cats #healers #warrior cats designs #thunderclan #sapphanimates

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warriorgrayfawn · 2 months

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Whitestorm in a snowglobe for christmas

watch me draw this

and watch me peel this painting

#warriors #warrior cats #warrior cat #warriorcats #erin hunter warriors #watercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolour art #watercolourpainting #watercolour illustration #watercolor painting #watercolor art #watercolor illustration #watercolor sketch #traditional painting #gouache #colored pencil #traditional art #warriors the prophecies begin

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one-in-a-million-fishsticks-blog · 3 months

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Banished Fireheart AU

I am being perfectly normal about the fictional cat series right now and need to get this off of my chest.

What if when Bluestar banished Tigerclaw, she banished Fireheart too?

This AU would rely entirely on Bluestar losing her mind completely during her mental breakdown, but imagine that instead of trusting Fireheart more because he saved her from Tigerclaw and previously tried to warn her about the tabby tom, she takes the entire incident as proof that Fireheart's loyalty should also be doubted and decides to kill two birds with one stone?

This obviously makes zero sense, but Bluestar is beyond logic when she makes the decision, so to her Fireheart has already proved his own disloyalty by sneaking around and looking for answers behind her back.

AU timeline:

Blue banishes Tiger AND Fire

Fireheart is forced to become a rogue, obviously he can never live with being a kittypet again, so rogue life is his only option

Fire tries to contact other cats in Thunderclan, but he either can't reach them or they chase him away on Bluestar's orders, so he can't help them like he wants to

Tigerclaw becomes Tigerstar the 1st and the Riverclan/Shadowclan alliance happens

Fireheart decides to try his luck with Windclan, and Tallstar actually hears him out, but doesn't want to risk any potential alliances with Thunderclan by offering Fireheart shelter

Fireheart leaves Windclan feeling utterly defeated

Windclan refuses to align themselves with the River/Shadow alliance and Tigerclaw retaliates by executing several Windclan cats, including Gorsepaw

Onewhisker says "to hell with this!" and goes to find Fireheart, because at this point Bluestar has made her disinterest in alliances clear and Windclan needs more warriors to defend it, so why NOT take Fireheart in?

Fireheart is destroyed by the loss of Gorsepaw and his spirit very nearly breaks, but a heart-to-heart with Onewhisker motivates him to keep it together and he decides to return to Windclan with his friend

Tallstar officially names Fireheart as an ally and guest of Windclan

Graystripe comes looking for Fireheart because he needs help to rescue his kits and Sandstorm is the only other volunteer so far

Ravenpaw finds out what is going on through the gossip mill because it's Windclan territory and he is right there, how could he not overhear something?

Ravenpaw joins the raiding party against River/Shadow and reveals his identity to Windclan, who take the knowledge that he is a former Thunderclan cat pretty well

Onewhisker and Morningflower also join the rescue patrol

Tigerstar, who has been looking everywhere for Fireheart except in Windclan territory, expects sneaky and low-key resistance to come from Fireheart at some point: what he does not expect is for Fireheart to launch a full-scale raid on Shadow/River camp while he, Leopardstar, and a shitton of their cats are at the gathering

Fireheart is fucking feral at this point and decides that the warrior code doesn't apply to people that shove little baby apprentices in prison, he injures Blackfoot so badly that the wounds are almost fatal and outright kills two other cats himself. Morningflower also gets a kill in, Sandstorm blinds a Riverclan cat, and Onewhisker rips somebody's ear off in the ensuing fight while Graystripe and Ravenpaw help Stonefur and Mistyfoot evacuate Featherpaw and Stormpaw (this all happens before Tigerstar has the chance to publicly execute Stonefur)

Fireheart books it back to Windclan with his raiding party and their rescued kin

Tigerclaw realizes exactly what happened way too late and is furious, but he doesn't immediately march on Windclan because he has bigger fish to fry and still wants Thunderclan dead

The newly named Tigerclan moves to attack Thunderclan, but Windclan comes to their defense and the two sets of allied clans are temporarily forced into a stalemate

Tigerstar disappears to work on his strategy, this is when he makes the decision to try recruiting Bloodclan

Thunderclan is very confused but not ungrateful to Windclan for their help, and Bluestar rescends her previous decision to alienate Tallstar in a brief moment of clarity (Whitestorm is her deputy and has become her caretaker, doing his best to keep her comforted and alive)

Fireheart leaves immediately after the battle, not wanting his former mentor to see him there and snap again because he firmly believes that this alliance is more important than anything else right now. It kills him to leave without even seeing Cinderpelt, but he doesn't believe that it is possible for him to stay

Sandstorm tries following him at first but Morningflower stops her and goes instead while Graystripe explains the raiding party to Bluestar, who is almost too preoccupied by the presence of her kits to register the fact one of her warriors just admitted to Fireheart being involved in some capacity

Morningflower catches up to Fireheart and we get another emotional conversation, Fireheart let's her see just how much this entire experience has affected him and tries to apologize for not being there to protect Gorsepaw. Morningflower shuts his apologies down, firmly explaining in excruciating detail why he is the last cat that should be blamed for Gorsepaw's death. This is where a friendship really starts to form between the two, and Fireheart gets a much needed hug.

Bluestar reluctantly requests that Fireheart be brought to her after learning that he helped to rescue her kits, and Whitestorm comes to retrieve him, interrupting his talk with Morningflower

Bluestar grants Fireheart refuge and Thunderclan forms a joint camp with Windclan for safety reasons.

Bluestar and Tallstar decide to call their temporary alliance Lionclan

Lionclan makes plans to continue defending themselves

END OF PART 1

I really like this AU because I am a big fluff/angst person and the idea is ripe with those elements, I also really wanted a reason to retcon a lot of the Fireheart related decisions that the Erins made in later books, so this AU is now that reason. I haven't planned out how the rest of the first ARC will go down in this AU, but I do have some ideas for how this AU would carry into the Firestar's Quest timeline.

Some other random things about this AU:

Stonefur lives to become Stonestar, he is the leader of Riverclan during the great journey

Leopardstar is not allowed to remain leader after Tigerstar dies in this AU, and Blackfoot is removed from the deputy position permanently

Russetfur becomes Russetstar by popular clan vote, she is the new leader of Shadowclan

Bluestar still dies

Whitestorm becomes Thunderclan's new leader, I thought that Whitestar would make a good parallel to Blackstar

Mistyfoot is named as Stonestar's deputy

Fireheart comes very close to rejoining Thunderclan after Bluestar's death, but in the end it feels wrong to him that his banishment be broken over Bluestar's still cooling body, so he continues living as a guest of Windclan until the final battle is won and peace has returned to the forest

This is where we hit post first ARC/super addition territory:

After the first great battle, Fireheart feels as though he has finally fulfilled the prophecy by aiding Windclan and sees no reason to return to Thunderclan despite the way that his heart aches with the absence of Graystripe, Sandstorm, and Cinderheart.

Fireheart is selected by Tallstar to attend the first gathering after everything has settled down in the forest, and is happy to learn that while Stormpaw has rejoined Riverclan with Mistyfoot and Stonestar, Featherpaw has decided to remain in Thunderclan with Graystripe

Mistyfoot's three remaining kits have also all survived, and are doing well as apprentices in Riverclan

Tallstar announces to everyone that Fireheart has officially pledged himself to the black and white leader as a warrior of Windclan, this makes those of his Thunderclan friends who are present horribly sad, but there is also an undercurrent of melancholy understanding between them that prevents any ill feelings from taking root

Later that night in the warriors's burrow, Fireheart is restless as he dreams of Bluestar, tossing and turning in his nest beside Morningflower and Onewhisker as Bluestar tells the still-young warrior that Starclan isn't done with him yet and that he still has a destiny to fullfil

Ultimately Fireheart winds up receiving several more dreams and a few signs from Starclan IRL before finally taking the hint and seeking out the descendants of Skyclan. In this AU, he leaves Windclan solo but Sandstorm decides to sneak away from Thunderclan and follow him, she has been receiving some signs of her own and is frankly sick of her idiot friend trying to recover from all of his trauma with only his Windclan friends for support. The two bond after she saves his ass, and begin to develop a crush on each other (this is Fireheart's first real adult crush, his crush on Spottedleaf was a puppy crush and was never that serious).

Skyclan is eventually reformed, and Fireheart is chosen by Starclan to be it's new leader so that he can bring everyone back to the forest and train Leafdapple to one day succeed him.

They make it home and Fireheart visits the moonstone to become Firestar and receive his nine lives.

Fireheart and Sandstorm eventually become mates and Sandstorm officially joins Skyclan, they have three kits together, two she-kits and a tom.

The kits are named Leafkit, Squirrelkit, and Gorsekit.

The End (or is it?.....)

Author's Note: OC alert, he is a very minor character and barely shows up, but I thought that Fireheart and Sandstorm having an extra kit and naming it after Gorsepaw was the cutest thing in the world.

Ladies and gentlemen, Gorsetail has entered the chat (he looks like Sandstorm, but a bit darker and fluffier).

His main roll in the second ARC is to be the sibling that stayed home, because in this AU Leafpaw pulls a Stormfur and goes on the Journey with Squirrelpaw.

Gorsepaw the 2nd exists to be obsessively mother-henned by Firestar and Sandstorm, who refuse to let him starve and are constantly giving their own food to him as prey becomes scarcer and scarcer in the old forest.

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