Bristlefrost/History

River of Fire

 * Alderheart goes to check on the queens in the nursery, and finds Ivypool curled around her three kits, who snuggle into her stomach. Fernsong, the father, sits beside his mate, proudly looking at his kin. Ivypool tells Alderheart that she's chosen names already, and introduces her daughters, Bristlekit and Thriftkit, and her son, Flipkit. Alderheart tells the queen that her kits are beautiful, his resentment vanishing, and bends down to check the kits quickly.


 * He asks whether or not their feeding is regular, prompting a cheerful reply from Ivypool, who says her litter doesn't stop feeding, her dark blue eyes gleaming. Fernsong adds that he can't be happier, and neither can his mate; Ivypool goes on to talk about her sister Dovewing, and when she had left, all she felt was betrayal and anger. The silver-and-white tabby admits that now she has her own kits, she can understand what's truly important. After finishing their conversation, Alderheart notices Cinderheart gazing over at Ivypool and her litter with an affectionate gaze.


 * After learning that Briarlight is ill, the ginger tom knows all too well they need to get her away from the nursery and the vulnerable kits. Alderheart manages to get the she-cat away, but not long after, Briarlight dies of the sickness, and Jayfeather blames himself. He says that she must've contracted it from him as he helped with Ivypool's kitting, but Alderheart reassures him that it wasn't his fault. He notes that Ivypool and her kits might have died without a medicine cat, so Jayfeather did all he could to help.


 * A quarter moon later, Alderheart observes the kittypet, Velvet, pad around camp, before stopping to look at Bristlekit, Flipkit, and Thriftkit playing and tumbling.


 * As Dovewing, now a ShadowClan cat, but once ThunderClan, pays her old home a visit, Ivypool shoots forward, greeting her sister happily. Her kits squirm after, and they sniff the newcomers curiously as their mother reunites with their aunt. Dovewing asks if the kits are Ivypool's, and the tabby she-cat introduces Bristlekit and her siblings to Dovewing's kits, Lightkit, Shadowkit, and Pouncekit. Lightkit touches noses with Bristlekit, saying that the kits are small, unlike her and her littermates.


 * Ivypool corrects the young kit, telling her that Bristlekit, Flipkit, and Thriftkit are only a few days old, and their eyes opened just earlier; Pouncekit gratefully states that it's nice to have kin. However, despite Dovewing's joyous return with Ivypool, when she breaks news of living in ShadowClan, her sister gathers her kits, then turns her back on the pale gray she-cat. As Dovewing departs, Ivypool still doesn't look at her, staying with her kits.

The Raging Storm

 * When Dovewing visits ThunderClan as part of a patrol to check on Puddleshine, Bristlekit notices her and pushes past Ivypool to get a look at her. Bristlekit wonders why they would not be allowed to talk to Dovewing, and tells the older she-cat that while Ivypool says Dovewing came to visit her and her littermates, she does not remember it.


 * Bristlekit is excited to know she has ShadowClan kin, and when Flipkit asks if they can go and see their kin and live in ShadowClan, Bristlekit and her siblings are hushed by their mother, Ivypool, saying that cats are loyal to the Clan they were born in. Bristlekit points out that Dovewing was not loyal to ThunderClan.


 * Later, Bristlekit asks about the old Tigerstar, saying that she learned that the old Tigerstar murdered Firestar. She worries that all Tigerstars are murderers, but her mother assures her that Graystripe was only telling a tale, shooting an uneasy look at Daisy as she does this. Bristlekit protests, saying that Graystripe knew Tigerstar, but Ivypool didn't, but her protests are silenced by Ivypool, who sends her away to play with her littermates.


 * When Alderheart returns from ShadowClan, Bristlekit dashes from the nursery to meet him and asks about ShadowClan and what his life was like there. Alderheart noses Bristlekit and her siblings away, saying that he would tell them later. Ivypool ushers her kits back into the nursery, worried that the damp weather would give Bristlekit greencough. Bristlekit says that warriors going on patrol do not have to worry about greencough, but she obeys her mother and goes back into the nursery den.


 * Bristlekit, Flipkit, and Thriftkit are excited when the rain falls, because she and her siblings can go and play in puddles. Splashing after her siblings, Bristlekit proudly declares that she can swim, although the water only goes up to her paws. Ivypool reprimands her kits, saying they look like drowned mice, and carries Bristlekit back into the nursery, Flipkit and Thriftkit in tow.

Lost Stars

 * Bristlepaw continuously thinks about Stemleaf. Once she becomes a warrior, she asks Stemleaf what his symptoms were about herself. Stemleaf says he only thinks of Bristlefrost as a friend and has bigger feelings for Spotfur.