Sunflower

"Suppose I run toward the Twolegs. I can keep them distracted while the rest of you seek your freedom."

— Sunflower offering to stay behind in Graystripe's Vow, page 384

Sunflower
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Current:	Unknown
Past:	Kittypet
Names
Kittypet:	Sunflower
Book appearances
Living	Graystripe's Vow
Living	Graystripe's Vow

Sunflower is a black tom.

History

In the Super Editions

Graystripe's Vow

"I'm not sure about this. I don't much like it out here. What happens if it rains?"

―Sunflower ^{Graystripe's Vow, page 379}

Sunflower is one of many kittypets trapped in a Twoleg nest with a neglectful Twoleg. When the cats escape with the help of WarriorClan, Graystripe, and Fang, they gather in the garden behind the den and Graystripe attempts to organize them. Sunflower interrupts him, saying that he's not sure about this and asks what they'll do if it rains. An old tabby she-cat adds that they don't know how to hunt, and suggests that they go back inside the den. Sunflower agrees, saying that they know how to survive in the den since they did it for so long. Fang points out that some of them didn't survive, like his mother. Sunflower apologizes, saying that they all remember Gremlin.

Graystripe leads the cats out of the garden. However, before they get far, Daffodil collapses, and the older cats, including Sunflower, stop too. Sunflower mews that they can't go on at this pace, and Graystripe says that they'll rest now. Fang and Graystripe catch some prey for the group, and Sunflower mumbles that the vole he's eating is very tasty. When the cats have finished up their prey, they spot a group of Twolegs arriving at the den dressed in black-and-white pelts. Lily says that these Twolegs round up cats whose Twolegs can't take care of them and give them to other Twolegs. Sunflower says that that doesn't sound so bad.

Graystripe mews urgently that they have to go to escape the Twolegs, but Sunflower says that he could run toward the Twolegs to distract them while the others escape. Lily protests, but the old tabby she-cat says that Sunflower is right, and that the old cats don't want to be a burden on the younger ones. After fetching Petunia, who lingered near the den, Graystripe pelts across the Thunderpath back to the group. However, he realizes that he just showed the Twolegs their location, and tells the cats that they have to go. Sunflower tells him to keep his fur on and that they'll handle this, and Graystripe leaves the old cats behind him.

Appearances

• Graystripe's Vow (First appearance)

Quotes

Sunflower: "I'm not sure about this. I don't much like it out here. What happens if it rains?"

Old tabby she-cat: "Yeah, and what's all this talk about hunting? We don't know how to do that. Maybe we should go back inside."

^{Graystripe's Vow, pages 379-380}

"This isn't bad at all. Very tasty."

―Sunflower about the vole he's eating ^{Graystripe's Vow, page 382}

Lily: "I know who they are. They round up cats when their Twolegs don't take care of them properly."

Graystripe: "Do Twolegs still take cats to the Cutter?"

^{Graystripe's Vow, page 383}

Graystripe: "We have to go now!'"

Sunflower: "Keep your fur on. We'll handle this."

^{Graystripe's Vow, page 388}

External links

• The Forest Map: ThunderClan on the Warriors official website (backup link) (Indirect mention only)