Swanpaw ;; The Silent

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Swanpaw

Silent, but maybe not so deadly.

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Name |

Vanilla Swanpaw

Gender |

She-cat

Age |

13 moons

Rank |

Apprentice

Clan |

Pine

Beliefs |

Like the rest of PineClan, Swanpaw has no belief of the starry warriors that are called StarClan. She doesn't believe that a bunch of dead cats could talk to living cats, because they are, well, dead. She looks down on those who do hold a belief in any sort of higher power, seeing their acceptance of such things as a sign of lesser intelligence. Because of this view, she finds it hard to take clans like FogClan seriously, preferring not to interact with cats that believe in such nonsense.

Parents |

Socks, kittypet, father, NP; Sadie, kittypet, mother, NP.

Siblings |

Sugar/Tinypaw, sister, NP; Marshmallow/Dovepaw, sister, played by Glowy

Other Kin |

Unknown

Mate |

Not yet

Crush |

Not yet

Kits |

Not yet

Mentor |

Swallowpelt

Appearance |

Swanpaw was named for the stark white color of her thick, short, but soft pelt. She has a pretty face with averaged sized ears, long whiskers, and light green eyes that seem to almost pierce through whomever is looking at her.

Swanpaw doesn't have the build of a warrior, being born from soft kittypets. She is very slender cat that looks almost as if she would break under to strain of too much work, but it is not so. Slowly she becomes stronger and loses the kittypet softness that curses her in the world of the clans.

Personality |

Swanpaw is not the loud, rambunctious, outgoing cat that most apprentices can be. Instead she is very quiet, observing the things around her without much to say. Many cats think her a freak because of just how quiet she is, normally not speaking unless spoken to.

It's not that she is fearful of speaking, more just that she doesn't feel like her opinion is needed. As for small talk, she sees no use of it. If somecat has something to tell her, she feels they should just say it, instead of spending so much extra time asking how she's feeling, knowing that they obviously don't care. She often feels like she cares for others, but others don't care for her, thus her assuming cats don't want to know how she's feeling or what's troubling her (this is due to a feeling of unworthiness of other's compassion/friendship that follows her around ever since she joined PineClan and knew she would not be returning to her family at the twoleg place.) Swanpaw is one to hold things inside, instead of sharing her troubles with others the way most cats would. Swanpaw notices everything about other cats, but rarely acts upon anything she sees or hears, unless it is relatively important to her.

She realizes that most cats in her clan think her private, weird, or unfriendly (she's even heard mumbles from cats thinking that she is mute) and understands why she has no friends. It doesn't bother her though, she feels like she'll just burden a "friend" with herself.

Swanpaw has an intellectual mind that soaks up information like a sponge, so in the short time she's been with PineClan, she has learned much of being a cat in a clan. She, despite being silent, has many thoughts about a many different things inside her head. Swanpaw is a very opinionated cat inside her head, but silence cloaks her on the outside.

Skills |

Swanpaw is very good at predicting thoughts, emotions, and actions of other cats because of her silent, observant nature. She can look at a cat and quickly evaluate little things about them, facial expressions, tail twitches, eye darts, flicking of their ears, and make accurate predictions of them, which could come in handy during a battle. Because she was born a kittypet and has only recently joined PineClan, she is still growing the build of a clan cat, which means she isn't the strongest cat yet. It's safe to say she would be able to hold her own against an apprentice her age, but she isn't strong enough to fight a warrior, let alone a skilled warrior yet. She is able to use her observant skills to her ability though, and can react quickly in tight situations with her evaluations of others. Swanpaw is a decent hunter because of her observation skills, being able to predict the movements and reactions of her prey.

History |

Swanpaw was born as a kittypet with the name of Vanilla. She grew up for a short time with two sisters, Marshmallow and Sugar. Often Vanilla would make fun of Marshmallow for her silly name, but the three siblings didn't fight often and got along wonderfully, most often.

For some time they all grew up together, but then Marshamallow ventured into the forest one day and did not return. Vanilla wanted desperately to go after her sister and find her ever since she left, but was stuck in the house for a moon before let out again.

The first opportunity she got to go after her sister she did. The twolegs let her sister and she out into the back one day and Vanilla took her chance. She told Sugar to stay with their mother and father and that she would bring Marshmallow back soon enough, then was gone into the forest.

After a moon of wandering around, PineClan found her and took her in. She was weak and battered when she was found, and it took her a while to regain her strength. PineClan accepted her as one of their own and gave her the name Swanpaw.

Swanpaw still would like to find her sister, but has lost all want to go back to the twoleg place in which she was raised. She sees PineClan as her home now, and only hopes to find Marshmallow to ensure that she is alive and safe. Swanpaw often feels much guilt about leaving her sister, father, and mother without a word of goodbye, but instead a promise of return to her sister. She feels as if she has betrayed Sugar's trust, but knows that she could never return to that boring life. PineClan is her home now. The life of a clan cat is hers now.