Brightflower

Brightflower is a ginger tabby queen with white paws, a white muzzle, and green eyes. She has a large scar stretching across the length of her stomach from a dog attack in her apprenticehood. She is the loyal mate of Snowstorm and considered one of the most prominent queens in the clan. Not only did she raise her own two litters, but also tended to take any orphaned kits in to raise them.

Personality
Brightflower is a considerably kind, compassionate cat. She is generally pretty soft spoken and only allows kind things to come out of her mouth. Though, at times, she can get quite fed up with those around her and sometimes struggles to restrain her riled emotions. She also has a deep love for kits and for her mate, Snowstorm. She often considers herself well versed in giving relationship advice, and often tries to mend broken relationships within her clan.

Kithood
Brightkit is born next to her brother Littlekit in Fallenclan's nursery. The very first thing she sees upon opening her eyes is the pure white tom kit, Snowkit, who had snuck into the nursery to get a glimpse of the newborns. Her mother, Bearclaw, soon tells Brightkit to be gentle with her brother, as he is extremely small and fragile. Brightkit does her best to take care of her small weakling brother and defend him from the clan's ridicule.

When Brightkit is at last allowed out of the nursery, her favorite thing to do is go see the elders. She is delighted when they give her simple chores to do, and takes a liking to the elder Eagleflight. Brightkit is also extremely careful to not leave the camp, as Bearclaw warned her of the dangers of the territory outside camp. She does her very best to follow all the rules, and spends most of her time hearing the elders' stories or hanging out with Snowkit.

Apprenticeship
The day of Brightkit and Littlekit's apprentice ceremony arrives, and Icestar gives them their new names and mentors. Brightpaw's mentor is Mapleshadow, who teaches her apprentice all she knows about hunting. Brightpaw finds hunting to be very easy for her, often discovering ways to trick prey into coming out into the open so she can catch them with ease. Fighting, however, is a struggle for Brightpaw. She eventually turns to Snowpaw for help learning battle moves, in exchange for teaching him how to hunt something decent. Through this training the two start to develop a deep bond, both realizing that they can never be complete without one another. Littlepaw is disgusted by his sister's relationship.

Brightpaw eventually decides to announce her love interest to her father, Flameguy, as she plans to become mates with Snowpaw as soon as they are made warriors. However, this effort backfires. Her father immediately becomes faint, passing out for a few moments before returning to consciousness. He stammers, trying to forbid his young daughter's relationship. Brightpaw grows angry, screeching "you can't tell me what to do, daaad!", and immediately storms out of camp.

Alone in the forest, fully focused on her own rage, the young apprentice soon stumbles upon a pack of dogs. Caught off guard and left out in the open, she has no chance at fleeing a brutal attack. The dogs immediately tear into her long before she can reach the safety of a nearby tree. Brightpaw cries out in agony, too panicked to remember her battle moves. Her stomach is badly torn, and as she starts to lose consciousness, Snowpaw appears beside her. The young tom fights harshly, easily sending the dogs fleeing from the territory. He then streaks back to camp, fetching Goldenfrost and Flameguy.

Her father promptly removes the cobwebs from some of his old wounds and gives them to his daughter, all the while doing his best not to faint again. Goldenfrost announces that Brightpaw will have to be kept at the base of the tree for many days before it would be safe to move her back to camp. Bearclaw, Littlepaw, Snowpaw, and Flameguy all take shifts staying with her and protecting her in case the dogs decide to come back. Finally Brightpaw recovers enough to be moved back to camp, but is still required to stay in the stuffy medicine den for at least a moon. Eagleflight makes it a point to come by and tell her some stories, and Snowpaw is also very adimate about visiting her and bringing her prey. Though Brightpaw's confidence has suffered a hard blow, she does her best to be kind to the cats around her and grateful for all of their love and support.

Warrior Ceremony?
The day of Snowpaw's warrior ceremony, he begs his mother Icestar to make Brightpaw a warrior as well. Goldenfrost, however, insists that Brightpaw will never be able to hunt or fight quite like she used to, and would be better off staying in the Medicine Den or moving to the Elders' Den. Yet she allows Brightpaw's warrior ceremony, if only to spite Littlepaw, who was being held back due to his size.

Brightpaw receives the name Brightflower, while Snowpaw receives the warrior name Snowstorm. The two uphold their promise to one another and become mates, receiving support from Snowstorm's family and from Bearclaw. Flameguy is indifferent, whereas Littlepaw is slightly bitter about the relationship. Though disappointed that she won't be able to hunt for her clan anymore, Brightflower makes it a point to hang around camp and take on any extra chores. She spends her days caring for the elders, queens, and kits. She keeps an eye on the day to day life of the clan and occasionally helps in the medicine den, though she despises it. At night she joins Snowstorm in the warriors' den. More than anything she wants to be like her mother and have a family of her own.

Moving Into The Nursery
After several moons Brightflower finds out she is expecting her first litter of kits. This seems to worry Goldenfrost, as her stomach injury was very severe. But Brightflower puts her worries aside and moves into the nursery, quickly befriending most of the queens there. Snowstorm makes certain to bring her prey and takes special care to defend the nursery when dogs attack the camp. After many long moons Brightflower gives birth to Eclipsekit, her son, and Winterkit, her daughter.

As soon as her kits are old enough she allows them to explore the camp, encouraging them to meet the elders and teaching them of the special duties and chores they'll get to do when they at last become apprentices. Eclipsekit is determined to be a warrior like his father, whereas Winterkit wanted to be the exact opposite of her brother. Winterkit begins to explore the herbs of the medicine den while Brightflower struggles to contain Eclipsekit's ambitions. Eventually, Snowstorm organizes a little getaway for the two of them, a small break from parenting. He leaves the young warriors BirdFeather and Ravenwing in charge of the kits. However, upon returning to camp, they discover their chosen kitsitters tied up with cobwebs while Eclipsekit stages a cult along with some other kits in the middle of the clearing. After deep thought, Brightflower and Snowstorm decide to use reverse phycology in order to punish their kits. Eclipsekit and Winterkit are so confused by this that they start guiltily apologizing and admitting their criminal actions. Brightflower and Snowstorm only purr in amusement, having no hard feelings towards their kits. Unlike Birdfeather and Ravenwing.

Yet Eclipsekit and Winterkit's kithood seems to only last mere heartbeats, as they soon become apprentices, moving out of the nursery and into the apprentices' den and the medicine den. Brightflower decides to stay a queen, offering to watch any kits that another queen will allow. Though she feels lonely in the nursery during the daytime, she looks forward to reuniting with her family and sharing prey with them after the patrols return. She also often checks up on Winterpaw in the medicine den, though her stubborn daughter is often annoyed by this.

Bored in the camp, Brightflower sometimes offers to help out cats by offering some sort of counseling. Two particular targets are Stormtail and Flightstorm, a horrible bickering couple that can't seem to raise their kits right. Though Brightheart tries everything to get the family to bond, she soon realizes that it's a wasted effort. Nutkit, Sparrowkit, and Lunakit continue to face the negative impact of their bad parenting, no matter what Brightflower tries to console them.

Eventually, Eclipsepaw and Winterpaw receive their full ranks. Eclipsepaw is given the warrior name Eclipseheart, and Winterpaw is grudgingly given the medicine cat name Winterfrost. Brightflower is extremely proud of her children, though her relationship with both of them has somewhat faded over the moons. Eclipseheart soon takes a liking to Milkweed, Tawnytail and Fallencloud's daughter. Tawnytail is enraged by this, and the two families go head to head. Brightflower desperately attempts to resolve tensions while Snowstorm fights with Tawnytail.