Foxleap

{{Charcat |image = Foxleap.warrior.png |affie = ThunderClan |pastaffie = None |namest = Kit: Apprentice: Warrior: |namesl = Foxkit Foxpaw Foxleap | Gathering, Foxkit and Icekit have to stay in camp. Ferncloud orders them to catch her a fly, a beetle and some moss in order to keep them busy. They leave to find these items quarreling about who will win. ====Dark River==== :When the fresh-kill pile is low, Foxkit gets a cold and says that he would eat a stale mouse. Daisy says that he and his sister, Icekit, can only eat warm fresh-kill. :The two kits are seen frequently play fighting and running around. When Hollypaw is playing with Cinderpaw after she hurts her leg, he and Icekit ask if they can play too. The game turns into a mock battle and Hollypaw notes that even the kits were ready for battle against WindClan. :Later when on the patrol to help the Tribe of Rushing Water, Squirrelflight requests to Firestar that Sorreltail should mentor Foxpaw until she gets back. ====Eclipse==== :He returns from a patrol with Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight and Berrynose. Foxpaw tackles Lionpaw, pretending Lionpaw is a fox. He says he wants to catch a fox all by himself and then Firestar will name him "Foxcatcher". At Honeypaw and Poppypaw's warrior ceremony, he argues with Icepaw, insisting he wants to be called Foxcatcher. This earns them both a scolding from Ferncloud as Firestar is waiting to speak. :He shows off his newly learned skills to Lionpaw, urged on by Icepaw, but Lionpaw sends them away. :When Sol comes to ThunderClan, Icepaw introduces herself and Foxpaw. Whitewing quickly steps in and takes them battle training despite Foxpaw's reluctance. He and Icepaw overhear Leafpool and Jaypaw talking with Sol about the disappearing sun. Jaypaw warns them to keep quiet about it and convinces them that Sol is only spreading gossip. :He helps repair the camp after the WindClan invasion. He later joins the battle patrol with Squirrelflight and Dustpelt. Before they leave he says goodbye to Ferncloud who tells him to do as he is ordered. :He fetches cobwebs with Lionpaw for Leafpool to treat Squirrelflight's wounds and helps build her a nest. :He boasts about his victory over a RiverClan cat to Icepaw and teaches Toadkit and Rosekit some battle moves when Lionpaw is too busy to do so. ====Long Shadows==== :Due to Squirrelflight's injury in the battle with WindClan, Sandstorm becomes Foxpaw's temporary mentor until Squirrelflight recovers. :He and Icepaw get some help with the apprentice chores when the ShadowClan apprentices, Flamepaw, Tigerpaw and Dawnpaw come to ThunderClan with their mother Tawnypelt. He explains the benefits of the ThunderClan stalking techniques to Tigerpaw. :Foxpaw starts to fall for Poppyfrost, but then reminds himself that he was waiting for a pale ginger she-cat as a mate, whom would have their kits. But Foxpaw wanted to feel what it was like having kits, so he and Poppyfrost sired a kit, Blossomkit, and hid her in Millie's litter, as Millie was kitting. Poppyfrost tells Foxpaw that it felt great, but it was very innapropriate and so that they could never be mates. But Poppyfrost admits that she loves him. Foxpaw decides that he should have lots of experience for a pale ginger she-cat might come along that would be his mate, and he would know just what to do. After a while, he started a litter with Sorreltail and Brackenfur thinks the kits are his. He then has two kits with Whitewing, which drown. Foxpaw seems to be bored by the she-cats in ThunderClan, so he has a kit with Tawnypelt. Tawnypelt pretends the kit share the same father like her other two kits. :When Foxpaw tries to sire kits with other she-cats, they don't come. So Foxpaw decides to take a break from being a father. So he returns to his usual duties. :When Foxpaw refuses to fetch bedding for the elders, Jayfeather threatens to tell Daisy that Foxpaw tried to feed Toadkit rabbit droppings, telling him they were a new kind of berry. Foxpaw is genuinely intimidated by this threat, while Icepaw didn't know what Jayfeather was talking about. :When the forest catches fire, he and Icepaw are led out of camp by their mentors. ====Sunrise==== :Foxpaw and Icepaw are seen cleaning out the elders' den, and later practicing fighting moves outside the apprentices' den. :When he is chosen to go on a border patrol with Lionblaze and Squirrelflight he is reluctant to go out of fear of WindClan. Squirrelflight gives him a choice between going with them or checking the elders for ticks, and he declines to go. :When Sol is brought to ThunderClan, he and Icepaw keep close to the more experienced cats. Once Sol is gone, he asks Lionblaze excitedly if it was hard to bring Sol to ThunderClan. :When Honeyfern is killed by the snake, he and Icepaw are sent with Lionblaze to fetch brambles to make a barrier. He voices the fear that Sol summoned the snake to kill Honeyfern, but this is quickly dismissed by Lionblaze. He is the first to scent the three leaders of the other Clans when they arrive at the camp. Poppyfrost praises him and affectionately cuffs his ear. Foxpaw admits that Poppyfrost was beautiful and kind. Berrynose is upset, and says to keep away. When Whitewing was kitting, he alerts Jayfeather and says that he prefers a pale ginger cat as a mate and wants to have kits with one his age, if he liked her. Jayfeather scolds him, for saying innapropriate things and rushes off to help Whitewing. ===In the Omen of the Stars Series=== ====The Fourth Apprentice==== :In the six moon time skip, Foxpaw and his sister Icepaw have become warriors, now known as Foxleap and Icecloud. :On the way to the Gathering, he questions why they were walking all the way around The Lake when they could have gone straight across the mud. Cinderheart explains that it is more respectful to take their usual route, to which Foxleap has no reply. He exchanges a glance with Lionblaze when Leopardstar struggles to leap into the branches of the tree at the Gathering. :He speculates about the Great Journey with Rosepetal, saying that he wasn't born then but it was probably exciting. He blames the blocking of the streams that feed The Lake on badgers. :When Dovepaw is chosen to go on the journey with Lionblaze, Foxleap and Icecloud question her beside the fresh kill pile, asking her how she knows about the stream and if she had a dream from StarClan. Jayfeather tells them it is between her and Firestar and that they should go and fetch some water for the elders instead of standing around doing nothing. Foxleap hisses in annoyance, but he and Icecloud go. :Foxleap gets excited about it raining when he is about to go on a water patrol. Squirrelflight hisses at him, saying the lake won't fill up with one rainstorm. He is subdued and promises to wash the moss that he dropped when they get to the lake. He is later seen on the patrol with Sandstorm, Icecloud, and Toadstep, that meet Lionblaze and Dovepaw when they return from their journey. He is the first to greet them and is sent ahead to tell the Clan of their return. ====Fading Echoes==== :He is first seen as a part of the patrol who attend the Gathering. On the way there he suggests leaving scent marks in ShadowClan territory to "see how they like it!". Rosepetal instantly agrees with him and Dovepaw notes that she seems to agree with everything he says. :When ShadowClan and WindClan start arguing over boundaries, Foxleap defends ThunderClan from Crowfrost, saying that they saved the lake. Onestar retorts that they all saved the lake and Firestar quickly ends the Gathering before fighting can break out. :He is seen escaping the camp with Thornclaw and Toadstep when the tree falls into the hollow. He later helps with the repairs to the apprentices' den. :In the battle between ThunderClan and ShadowClan he fights Crowfrost and is outnumbered by the ShadowClan warrior and two apprentices, Starlingpaw and Pinepaw who try and separate him from the rest of ThunderClan. He is helped by Ivypaw and Dovepaw who take on the two apprentices, allowing him to regain his balance and tackle Crowfrost. Toadstep joins him and they see the ShadowClan warrior off. They are beckoned by Brackenfur who explains the new plan to them. He helps Toadstep out by pushing Tigerheart away from him and later fights Owlclaw alongside Thornclaw. ====Night Whispers==== :Foxleap loses a claw in the fight with a fox that comes into ThunderClan's camp. When Rosepetal asks him if it hurts, he replies proudly that it hurt a little. :He is later seen asking Lionblaze what his last fighting move against the fox was. ==Trivia== *Foxleap was mistakenly called Foxtail in The Fourth Apprentice. Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 73 ==Character Pixels== {{Charart|kit|apprentice|warrior}} ==Quotes== {{Dialogue a-b |speaker a=Icepaw |quote a=He'll catch a real fox one day! |speaker b=Poppypaw |quote b=Yeah, right. |speaker c = Foxpaw |quote c = I will catch one; you just wait! |speaker d = Poppypaw |quote d = You couldn't catch greencough! |speaker e = Foxpaw |quote e = Yes, I could!... I mean I could catch anything I want. |description=Poppypaw teases Foxpaw |source=Eclipse |page number=43 }} {{Quote |source = Sunrise |quote = What's Firestar going to do with him?... I think he should rip his pelt off and feed him to the crows |speaker = -Foxpaw's opinions on Sol |page number = 194 }} ==Family== ===Members=== Father: :Dustpelt:Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 18 {{Alive/Dustpelt}} Mother: :Ferncloud:Revealed in The Sight, page 5 {{Alive/Ferncloud}} Sisters: :Hollykit:Revealed in Midnight, page 84 Deceased, Verified StarClan member :Larchkit: Deceased, Verified StarClan member :Icecloud: {{Alive/Icecloud}} Brothers: :Spiderleg: {{Alive/Spiderleg}} :Birchfall: {{Alive/Birchfall}} :Shrewpaw: Deceased, Verified StarClan member Grandmother: :Brindleface:Revealed as Ferncloud's mother in Rising Storm, page 42 Deceased, Verified StarClan member Great-Grandmother: :Robinwing:Revealed as Brindleface's mother in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 329 Deceased, Suspected StarClan member Great-Grandfather: :Fuzzypelt:Revealed as Brindleface's father on Vicky's facebook page Deceased, Suspected StarClan member Uncles: :Ashfur:Revealed in The Sight, page 5 Deceased, Residence Unknown :Two Unnamed Kits:Revealed in Into the Wild, page 226 Deceased, Suspected StarClan members :Unidentified Kits:Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 329 Status Unknown :Ravenpaw:Revealed on Vicky's Facebook page Status Unknown Great Aunt: :Frostfur:Revealed as Brindleface's sister in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 329 Deceased, Suspected StarClan member Nieces: :Rosepetal:Revealed in the allegiances of Outcast {{Alive/Rosepetal}} :Dovepaw:Revealed in Sunrise, page 317 {{Alive/Dovepaw}} :Ivypaw:Revealed in Sunrise, page 317 {{Alive/Ivypaw}} Nephew: :Toadstep:Revealed in the allegiances of Outcast {{Alive/Toadstep}} Cousins: :Cinderpelt:Revealed in Fire and Ice, pages 95-97 Deceased, Reincarnated as Cinderheart :Brackenfur: {{Alive/Brackenfur}} :Brightheart:Revealed in Forest of Secrets, pages 62-63 {{Alive/Brightheart}} :Thornclaw: {{Alive/Thornclaw}} :Molepaw:Revealed Sunset, page 27 Deceased, Suspected StarClan member :Honeyfern: Deceased, Verified StarClan member :Poppyfrost: {{Alive/Poppyfrost}} :Cinderheart: {{Alive/Cinderheart}} :Whitewing:Revealed as Brightheart's daughter in Firestar's Quest, page 509 {{Alive/Whitewing}} :Molekit:Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 299 {{Alive/Molekit}} :Cherrykit:Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 299 {{Alive/Cherrykit}} ===Tree=== {{Ferncloud Tree}} {{Endspoiler}} ==References and Citations== {{reflist|2}}