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Lakeheart

Lakeheart feels that the impact that the plague has brought her is too much for words to describe. She had to watch her family, friends, and clanmates die around her and there was nothing she could do about it. As much as she tries to dismiss these thoughts she can’t help, but wonder if this is her award for the betrayal. The worst part is no one knows that she did this expect for the one cat she loved the most. Lakeheart had a forbidden romance with the former Windclan leader Onestar. There is a part of her that sometimes questions about how she managed to get a cat such as him to love her, but she guessed it was because she could see past his flaws, past his rank, and treat him like a normal cat. That he could have someone who was willing to listen and comfort him. That she was willing to go out of her way to see him despite knowing the two were not supposed to be together. To add to her grief she was not able to see Onestar in his final moments because of their clan relations. She didn't want to risk tipping anyone off about their relationship. She sometimes wonder if he was angry because she was not there, but she tries to tell him whenever she can that she truly did love him and was there in spirit. She hope that because he was a leader that his lives would be enough to save him, but she knew that not even lives could save a cat from something so terrible.

There is one thing that Onestar did leave behind that she cherishes with her very life. She became pregnant with his kits during their affair and now that the plague seems to be disappearing back into the darkness this means that her kits have a chance to live and grow up in a new life. She hopes with the fact that the clan is now united means that the kits will have a chance to experience their Windclan and Riverclan heritages equally. Of course she is aware that just because the plague took away her love ones doesn’t mean that clan traditions have fully died out. If the clan found out that these kits are half-clanners then it is possible that they will not accept them as much as she wants. In order to protect them she plans to claim that Reedwhisker is the father. The former deputy was a respectable and kind tom and seem like a good choice. For the most part their relationship was nothing more than acquaintances and she work with him on several patrols. When they did talk she enjoy the conversions she had with him. She truly felt that if she wasn’t in love with Onestar there could have been a chance that Reedwhisker could be someone she would want in a mate.  

Lakeheart feels that she is stuck in the past as she relives her positive and negative memories. Lakeheart is rather emotional and as much as she doesn’t want to she can’t help, but find herself in tears. On top of that she is just in general a sensitive cat and does not do well with harshness, criticism, or judgmentalness. The irony is she is her worst critic and finds faults in herself regardless if they are true or not. She normally doesn't express these. She tries to block it out especially when dealing with her regrets so no one has to see or judge her world. When others try to enter her world she is quick to dismiss and pretend that things are much better than they are. As much as she tries she is not the best liar. Her main giveaway is her body language and tone as she is a rather expressive cat. Lakeheart still maintains her motherly and kind attitude. She used to be laid-back, but now with the plague it has caused her to become a cautious worrier. Her protective nature wants to place others before her including their feelings. This makes her rather doubtful about her decisions than she once was. Her trusting nature can still lead her to being misguided and use unless it truly goes against her values. 

Spikepaw feels that his world is tearing apart. He thought he knew what his life would be like before. He would grow up as a respected and hard-working warrior under the guidance of his clan and Starclan. He might even become leader of Shadowclan one day. He knew his world would be chaotic, but nothing could prepare him for that day. When the plague hit at first Spikepaw dismiss it. This wasn’t the first time he had seen his clanmates become sick. Stories of other cats from other clans wasn’t a foreign concept either. Spikepaw felt that his dismal turn to dismay when he noticed that his clan was starting to struggle. More and more cats were becoming sick including his friends and family. His clan try to live life as normal or at least those that he notices around him including his old mentor, Ferretclaw. Ferretclaw does his best to train Spikepaw, but it is clear that as the clan continues to get worse his focus seems to be more on helping out his clanmates versus training. As such Spikepaw found himself often on hunting patrols, finding herbs, gathering water, and anything else they could do to help. There were times where Spikepaw was starting to miss border patrols as he was usually not on one.

As much as Spikepaw try to play it off like it was nothing it was clear he was concern. He pushed himself as hard as he could to help combat the plague and often express his frustrations that he wished he knew healing because he could probably be more useful. Eventually it seems like herbs were being used too much and that was becoming a struggle in itself. The herbs needed to be use in order to help combat the plague, but at the same time with the rate they were using them it was becoming harder and harder to keep up and the herbs needed to rest and repopulate. To make matters worse Ferretclaw fall ill, but he continued to try and push himself. Eventually the illness forced him to stay put. He reassured Spikepaw that he would recover and they could get back to some training again, but they never did. At first Spikepaw train with the other mentors that could still stand, but eventually one of the final acts that the leader could do was reassigned Spikepaw under another mentor and that was Scorchfur. Ferretclaw seem sad, but knew that he seemed to be getting worse so he would often tell Spikepaw that this was the best choice. Spikepaw remembers telling Scorchfur that when Ferretclaw was better he would go back to being his apprentice. This also spark a new ritual within Spikepaw and that was praying to Starclan every night. He was aware of their presence before, but he never thought much about them. His teaching of Starclan was basically that they guided and protected them. That they were the ones that granted the leader their nine lives and gave a safe haven to honorable cats including to his warrior ancestors. They gave prophecies and just overall seem like all-powerful all-knowing cats. Now that he needed them the most he figured that if he could plead for Starclan help and show them how much he was truly scared they could come and save not only his clan, but all of the clans. Before he knew it just as fast as the plague came so was the downfall of all four clans.

Spikepaw didn’t know how to feel about this. An entire clan no an entire nation of cats had fallen including his former mentor, Ferretclaw and all of his love ones and friends. As he followed his surviving clanmates to figure out what they would do Spikepaw eventually came from a silent depression to being vocal. He voiced out his denial and concerns with such sadness and disbelief. He showed his anger by blaming himself and he would often lash out at things like trees, rocks, etc. but he never lashed out at his own clanmates. There was one thing he wasn’t vocal about and that was his eternal battle with his thoughts about Starclan. He was a strong believer in them even if he never talked about them a lot. He thought that Starclan had the power to save his clan because they have guided them away from doom before. They had the power to even give cats nine lives! So why? Why didn’t Starclan save them? Why were they content with wiping out the four clans? What did they do to them? Didn’t they know that they would be nothing, but myths if they didn’t have followers? At first Spikepaw continue to plead with them to bring back his clan, love ones, and Ferretclaw. He was even willing to go as far as offer them offerings and do anything he thought would convince such as doing a silly dance. When Starclan continue to ignore him his begging turn to anger. His faith in Starclan change when he officially announced to them in private that he would no longer follow them. That they deserve no one because they were nothing, but selfish greedy cats who only did things when it was convenient for them. That the ancestors he did have must not care about Shadowclan anymore and that they were no better than a bunch of lowly Dark Forest cats.

When the new clan, Badgerclan was established Spikepaw found this only tick him off farther. The formation of Badgerclan officially meant that the four clans were dead. He only joined because of his clanmates and clan life was the only thing he knew, but he refuses to let go of his Shadowclan heritage. He doesn’t trust the other clanners and believes that eventually they will backstab him and his clanmates in the back especially with the reputation they believe has define Shadowclan for all of these years. The cats he gives the hardest time to is Thunderclan as he sees them as a bunch of nosey cats that want to act like they are the heroes all of the time. This seems like the perfect chance for them to act like this farther. Spikepaw appears to be grumpy a lot. He is a right fighter. If something sets him off, he has no problems being blunt and arguing with you. It doesn’t matter how much you debunk his claims or how much sense his claims have for he will continue to fight back until something forces it to stop. He seems to get upset farther when you point out the cold hard truth as he typically engages in these arguments to avoid the truth. If it comes down to a physical fight he has no problem engaging in one. He is rather stubborn for a few reasons. The first is that Spikepaw is naturally impulsive. Once he has his mind fully set on something he wants to dive in. The second can deal with his own beliefs and he isn’t the type that will back down easily if it goes against them. The third is that the plague has cause him to push himself even harder than before to the point he will neglect his own needs. The plague has caused Spikepaw to become paranoid about becoming sick. If he thinks something is wrong, he will go to the medicine den in a fit of panic. It doesn’t matter how little it is for if he believes something is wrong he wants it out of his system now. Spikepaw is cynical in nature. He isn’t the type that likes to reveal his emotions and thoughts so easily and he is rather reserved. You need to prove he can trust you and it will take even more if you are not part of Shadowclan. Once you have gain his trust you have a friend for life, but the moment you do something to betray his trust is the moment he will shut you out his life. It is unclear whether or not you can ever gain it back.