"No, thanks, Silver Frost. I have no appetite, not since Broken Feather died. He would have lived, if there had been enough prey for him to eat. Now I'm just waiting to join him." |
— Misty Water to Silver Frost in The Sun Trail, page 2 |
Misty Water is a gray she-cat with milky-blue eyes.[1]
History[]
In the Dawn of the Clans arc[]
The Sun Trail[]
- Silver Frost: "Here, Misty Water. Eat. It's not much, but it might help."
- Misty Water: "No, thanks, Silver Frost. I have no appetite, not since Broken Feather died. He would have lived, if there had been enough prey for him to eat. Now I'm just waiting to join him."
- The Sun Trail, pages 2-3
- When offered a bone by Silver Frost, another elder of the Tribe, Misty Water turns down the offer. She laments Broken Feather, who had died of starvation, saying that she is waiting to go join him in death. When the cats vote on whether or not Shaded Moss's group of cats would stay or leave, Misty Water votes for the cats to stay.
- When the group of cats are about to leave, Shaded Moss speaks. He says that they will follow the path to the rising sun, but they will always carry the mountains and the other cats in their hearts. Misty Water mutters that it will not stop them from missing them.
- Later when Jagged Peak goes missing, Snow Hare tells Gray Wing that Misty Water is too old and that her eyesight is not good enough to help with the search. Gray Wing protests, telling his Tribemate that Broken Feather had told him many times that Misty Water was the best scent tracker he ever knew. She looks up at Gray Wing, and responds that she will come, joining Gray Wing as they pad out of the cave.
- Misty Water follows behind Gray Wing out of the cave, her paw steps stiff and shaky. She announces that she knows that Jagged Peak went over the the rocks that lead to the plateau and hauls herself awkwardly over them. Misty Water says that when she catches him she will claw him, complaining that her old bones are not fit for this. Gray Wing replies that her tracking can not be right, noting that Jagged Peak was up at the plateau two days ago. Misty Water glares at him and sarcastically tells him that she can tell a two-day-old scent from a fresher one. She states that the scent was laid on top of the older one, and complains that younger cats like Gray Wing always think they know everything.
- Later, Misty Water drags herself over the lip of the plateau, and pads to the heap of stones that cover the dead body of Fluttering Bird. She asks Gray Wing if Jagged Peak came there two days prior, and he replies he did not. Misty Water states that he came there that day, noting that his scent has pooled, showing that he had spent time there earlier. She pauses, and scents all around the stone heap, before she clambers down beside the waterfall once more, and says that he went that way.
- As Misty Water leaps down off the boulders, Gray Wing asks if she is sure that Jagged Peak went the way she told him. She glances at him icily and asks him if he is saying she is too old to recognize a scent trail. Gray Wing realizes that Jagged Peak left to find the traveling cats, and Misty Water gives the boulders a last sniff before returning to his side. She mutters that Jagged Peak is a stupid kit and that he will be back when his belly starts rumbling. Gray Wing wishes he could share her confidence before helping Misty Water down the rocks and running back to the cave. When he arrives, Quiet Rain asks Gray Wing if he found him and he tells his mother that Misty Water picked up Jagged Peak's scent.
- When Gray Wing is about to leave to find Jagged Peak, Misty Water nudges her way to the front of the crowd and reminds him not to forget the route she showed him around the side of the mountain. Gray Wing tells her he knows where to go and that they would not know where Jagged Peak was if it was not for her. Misty Water then gives a satisfied snort. Later on, the traveling cats come across a Twolegplace and Shattered Ice tells them that Misty Water told him about Twolegplaces, but did not think they were a real thing. When a cow looms over Gray Wing, it lets out a deep-throated moo, and he remembers how Misty Water loved to imitate that noise which scared the kits who listened to her tales.
The First Battle[]
- Lion's Roar nudges a mouse toward Misty Water, insisting for her to try it. Peering at the prey from her nest, she refuses, and nods toward Jay Frost, who picks grit from her nest. Lion's Roar tells her she must eat, but Misty Water protests that it is the last piece of prey.
Appearances[]
- The Sun Trail (First appearance)
- The First Battle
Quotes[]
- "I'll claw that pesky kit when I catch him. My old bones aren't fit for this."
- ―Misty Water complaining while finding Jagged Peak The Sun Trail, page 57
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revealed in The Sun Trail, allegiances
- ↑ Revealed in The Sun Trail, page 43
Tribe of Rushing Water (ancient) cats | |
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Healer | Stoneteller |
Members | Twisted Branch • Stone Song • Hollow Tree • Sharp Hail • Jay Frost |
Queen | Dewy Leaf |
Kits | Fluttering Bird • Crow Muzzle • Melting Ice • Dancing Leaf • Falling Dusk • Morning Star |
Elders | Lion's Roar • Snow Hare • Silver Frost • Misty Water |
Cats that left on the sun trail | Shaded Moss • Tall Shadow • Clear Sky • Gray Wing • Bright Stream • Dappled Pelt • Rainswept Flower • Turtle Tail • Moon Shadow • Shattered Ice • Cloud Spots • Quick Water • Hawk Swoop • Falling Feather • Jackdaw's Cry • Jagged Peak • Quiet Rain • Sun Shadow |