User:ThunderStar321/Ashfur

Early life

 * Ashfur is one of the kits of Brindleface and Whitestorm. He has three other siblings, but only he and his sister, Ferncloud, survive after their birth. He gains Cloudkit as a foster brother when Brindleface takes him in. He, Cloudkit, and his sister go hunting, and Cloudkit manages to catch a small vole. The Clan is worried about the kits' disappearance, so Fireheart and Sandstorm go search for the trio, finding them near a log, and are brought back to Brindleface.

Apprenticeship

 * He witnesses the apprenticeship of Cloudkit, and he himself is later apprenticed by Fireheart due to Bluestar not trusting anyone in ThunderClan. He is renamed Ashpaw by the clan deputy and apprenticed to his uncle, Dustpelt, while Fernpaw is apprenticed to Darkstripe. Ashpaw becomes friends with the other apprentices: his cousins Thornpaw and Brightpaw, and the older apprentice Swiftpaw. Later, after Fireheart learns that Cloudpaw had been kidnapped by Twolegs, Ashpaw goes to Fireheart to find out what happened, as ordered by Darkstripe. Fireheart gets mad and says that if Darkstripe wants to find out, he should have asked himself. Ashpaw apologizes, and adds that he is curious, too. When Fireheart tells him, Ashpaw becomes very frantic and upset. After Cloudpaw is rescued by Fireheart, Sandstorm, and Ashpaw's other uncle, Ravenpaw, Ashpaw is relieved to know that he is safe. Ashpaw bounds forward to touch noses with Cloudpaw, grateful that his foster brother is safe.


 * When Cloudpaw becomes a warrior early, he is happy for him, but Ashpaw and the other apprentices feel jealous as they were older than Cloudtail was. Swiftpaw tells the other apprentices that they should all try to find out what was stealing ThunderClan's prey at the time; then Bluestar would have to make them warriors. Thornpaw, Ashpaw, and Fernpaw decline Swiftpaw's offer, but Brightpaw accepts. Swiftpaw is killed and Brightpaw is maimed by the dog pack living at Snakerocks. It is also revealed that Brindleface was killed by Tigerstar to give the dog pack a taste for cat blood. Ashpaw, Fernpaw, and Cloudtail are upset at her death, and Ashpaw and Fernpaw beg Fireheart to let them participate in driving out the dog pack. While reluctant, Fireheart agrees with persuasion from Whitestorm. Fireheart orders Ashpaw and Fernpaw to lure the dogs to where some ThunderClan cats lie in waiting to force them over the gorge. Ashpaw and Fernpaw are able to outrun the dogs to the gorge, escaping safely into the treetops.


 * After Bluestar's death, Fireheart commends Fernpaw and Ashpaw for their bravery, and Ashpaw admits that had he and Fernpaw known what dogs were really like, they wouldn't have participated. During Thornclaw and Lostface's warrior ceremony, Firestar gives thanks to Fernpaw and Ashpaw, and says they showed him their bravery in the dog attack. He says that although they are too young to become warriors, their Clan honors them. When BloodClan comes to the forest, Ashpaw scoffs at them, believing their collars makes them kittypets, but he is silenced by Dustpelt. During the Battle against BloodClan, the deputy of ThunderClan, Whitestorm, is killed by Bone. Ashpaw and Bramblepaw immediately start attacking him, with Ashpaw going for Bone's legs. Firestar watches Bone struggle free from Ashpaw and Bramblepaw, but more apprentices join in, and in revenge for killing Whitestorm, Ashpaw, Tawnypaw, Bramblepaw, Featherpaw, and Stormpaw ambush the BloodClan deputy, avenging Whitestorm's death. After Bone goes limp and dies, Ashpaw yowls the victorious cry. The apprentices then attack Jaggedtooth and drive him away. Ashpaw survives the battle.

Warriorhood

 * Sometime after the battle with BloodClan, Ashpaw becomes a warrior named Ashfur, and his sister, Ferncloud, gives birth to Ashfur's nephews: Spiderkit and Shrewkit. Ashfur strikes up a friendship with the Brambleclaw, a new warrior. When Smudge, Firestar's old kittypet friend, comes to find the ThunderClan leader, Ashfur and Brambleclaw attack him, but are stopped by Firestar.


 * In later moons, Ashfur becomes an uncle again to his sister's second litter: Hollykit, Larchkit, and Birchkit. When Cloudtail and Brightheart go missing, he voices that he thinks that they left deliberately, citing that Cloudtail ate twoleg food as an apprentice. When Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw return from their journey, Ashfur greets the young apprentice and touches his muzzle to hers, purring. When the Clan tries to convince Firestar to name a new deputy, as Graystripe has been captured by Twolegs, Ashfur stares at Brambleclaw, suggesting that he believes Brambleclaw is the logical choice. His two nieces, Hollykit and Larchkit, die of starvation as the twolegs destroy the forest, and his nephew Shrewpaw is killed on the Thunderpath. Ferncloud is unable to look after Birchkit in grief, and Ashfur offers to bring what prey is caught to his nephew. After he finds out that Tigerstar fathered Hawkfrost, he growls his beliefs that Hawkfrost shares Tigerstar's ambition to take over the whole forest.

Journey to the lake territories

 * Ashfur partakes in the great journey, and he and Squirrelpaw become closer, and it is revealed that Ashfur has feelings for her, which Squirrelpaw, now Squirrelflight, starts to reciprocate, but conflicts with her feelings for Brambleclaw, who feels the same way. Brambleclaw begins to become jealous of their relationship, as Squirrelflight and Ashfur spend time together, hunting and talking. Ashfur takes part in Mudclaw's rebellion as part of Onewhisker's loyalists. Firestar later appoints Ashfur as the mentor to Birchkit, now Birchpaw.


 * After Brambleclaw tries giving orders, Spiderleg calls the dark tabby a bossy furball. Ashfur says that Brambleclaw is a good warrior, and that there's nothing wrong with wanting to be deputy, especially since Graystripe isn't there. Squirrelflight now spends more time with him than she does with Brambleclaw, who has been in a foul mood lately. She enjoys his company. When Daisy brings her kits in, Ashfur says that they will be a great addition to the Clan, unlike Brambleclaw, who says they are kittypets; this makes Cloudtail and Squirrelflight argue because of their kittypet roots, being related to Firestar.


 * Later, during the badger attack, Ashfur does his best to defend Squirrelflight from the attacking badgers, which irritates her, because she believes she is perfectly capable of defending herself. Soon after the badger attack, Squirrelflight tells Ashfur that she and Brambleclaw have realized what they mean to each other, and that she isn't going to be his mate. Ashfur protests that he loves her. He is hurt and becomes extremely angry with both cats as he believes that Squirrelflight and he should be together. Also, he openly shows his mistrust and now hates Brambleclaw, mainly due to Brambleclaw's father being Tigerstar, the murderous traitor who killed Ashfur's mother, Brindleface.


 * Later, Firestar appoints Brambleclaw deputy after Leafpool received a sign from StarClan, which said that Brambleclaw should be ThunderClan's new deputy. Ashfur becomes furious with this, and he openly challenges this choice. He wonders why Leafpool had said Brambleclaw should be the new deputy; after all, her sister, Squirrelflight, was Brambleclaw's mate. At this, Squirrelflight becomes outraged and leaps at him, only to be stopped by Brambleclaw. Leafpool becomes utterly outraged as well, but no one else takes notice of Ashfur, and instead, they congratulate Brambleclaw. After the ceremony, he is the only one who doesn't congratulate Brambleclaw and is seen stalking off slowly to the warriors den.


 * Ashfur becomes so hurt that Squirrelflight chose someone else over him that he decides that he needs to hurt her father, Firestar. He conspires with Brambleclaw's half-brother Hawkfrost to trap Firestar in a fox trap. While Brambleclaw kills Hawkfrost and saves Firestar (albeit losing a life), Hawkfrost reveals before his death that a ThunderClan cat helped him, but does not give out Ashfur's name. Later on, Ashfur openly dislikes both Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw.

Further warriorhood

 * His nephew Birchpaw has become an apprentice, named Birchfall, and Ferncloud and Dustpelt have their third litter of kits: Foxkit and Icekit. Ashfur is later appointed mentor to Lionpaw, the son of Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw. While Ashfur does not hate Lionpaw himself, he hates that he represents that Squirrelflight chose Brambleclaw over himself. He and Lionpaw start off a rocky relationship because of this, and Ashfur is quick to criticize him. When Graystripe returns to ThunderClan with a new mate, Millie, Ashfur voices that Brambleclaw should remain as Clan deputy, surprising many since many knew Ashfur disliked the dark brown tabby. However, Ashfur does not agree that Millie should keep her kittypet name, flicking his tail irritably when Firestar obliges to her request of keeping her name.


 * Although Ashfur is harsh on Lionpaw, he becomes impressed when his apprentice learns advanced battle moves ahead of the other apprentices. During another training session, Lionpaw accuses Ashfur of not being tough enough on him. Ashfur becomes very angry, and eventually, after Lionpaw challenges him, he and Lionpaw begin to fight brutally. It is not like other training sessions, because both Ashfur and Lionpaw have their teeth bared and claws unsheathed. They end up wounding each other, but not severely.