Pumpkinpaw [OLD]

[blitzy]

Name:

Pumpkinpaw

Age:

6 moons

Rank:

Apprentice

Clan:

SunClan

Description:

Pumpkinpaw's pelt matches what you would think when you hear the name; black and orange. The cat however, wouldn't be what you would think when you hear the word "tortoiseshell." His pelt is more of a tabby and tortoiseshell mix, if you know what I mean. Since the rest of this bio talks about his pelt, I'll add his eye color of an amber yellow in here.

His pelt, as mentioned above, is of tabby and tortoiseshell mix, which, as you may have guessed, means his pelt is striped. Cool, huh? Anyhow, the colors change abruptly from one color to the next. This pattern runs the length of his body, from his face to his tail tip. What little tail he has. Remember this, as it will be something mentioned later in the appearance. Pupkinpaw also has white within his body as well. This white is striped into his main colors, giving the pelt an 'exotic' look to it, as well as remaining on his legs, chin, chest, and stomach. Even some white can be found on his rump and a small patch located upon his tail. His left ear is also painted in white. Remember me mention his tail? Were you paying attention? Are you looking for the spot now? Well, don't be. His tail, what little of it he has,(I think I'm quoting myself, I don't feel like checking) is glazed in a delicate way.

Remember Berrynose and his tail stump? How he got it trapped in a fox trap and Shadowclan just stood by, watching? Well, Pumpkinpaw's tail is somewhat as his, although different, if you know what I mean. He was born with a stump of a tail. Fur wraps around the tail, as if proving to others that he was born like this. He hadn't gone and done something stupid as an apprentice, or anything like that.

This tom has his paws all covered in fur differently, one not the same as the next. Not really even close. Lets start with his front right paw. This paw is covered in white furring, with a patch of black fur,(and some orange at the top) tainting this otherwise pure coloring. His front left paw now. Also dabbed in white, this paw is black free, with orange and yellow patches on it. He also ends the spot with a white mitten of a paw.

Okay, and now we skip to the back two paws. As before, we'll start with the right one. Much like the other two, the main color on this foot is white. And like his front right leg, darkened colors are the main one, only on this foot, it is a gray and black color. Orange also cannot be away from this foot, so it resides near the top, where the leg joins up with the rest of the body. Okay and now for his left foot. Tanned yellow. That's the main colors you'll spot on this tom's foot. Little white this time. His foot also contains a mitten as the last three did, only this one is smaller than the rest. Black is also more common on this foot as the secondary color than the orange on his rear right leg, or the secondary colors for his two front legs.

Small, lithe, and agile. Those three words are a good placement for this tom as well. He's small for his age, but makes up for that with his slender and lithe form, and his speed and agility make up for his lack of build.

Personality:

Pumpkinpaw is one to avoid the spotlight. He's shy and timid, and he's not a big fan of Gatherings either. Shocker, right? The tom doesn't have many friends within his clan, not to mention in other clans. Pumpkinpaw is more of the kind to flee, and retrieve reinforcements. That is, when his other personality doesn't kick in. But that will be explained later. Soon. His best skill is tracking. Not very many fresh scents get by him, and when one does, he doesn't like to admit it, but its because he gets distracted. He can become distracted fairly easily, unless he's focused on a certain task, then he's sharp as a rock.

I mentioned speed in his appearance. This tom surely knows how to use it. When needing to ask for help, he runs as fast as his body will allow him, and he doesn't stop because he doesn't tire quickly, especially when he has energy coursing through his veins. He often pushes himself to the limits of his strength, and is unable to speak for a few seconds, often relying on tail signals. But whether they're able to be read or not, that's entirely up to you. When he gets his voice back, however, he speaks of what he had meant.

I mentioned another personality earlier. Well, when fighting, another tom seems to inhabit this shy apprentice's body. He becomes determined, fierce, and lethal if you don't flee. He becomes more like Lionblaze, and gets lost when he attacks, just fighting to prove he's stronger. He doesn't like that, and often times tries to suppress this other nature, but he doesn't know how or what triggers it. Just that it comes out in the heat of battle. Some battles.

History:

Born to Patchpelt and Gingermist, the tom had a good family. Both parents cared for him and his brother, Starlingkit. Patchpelt came often, every day in fact, and Gingermist was protective over the two. Both kits often tussled with each other, and their mother, proud of them, would watch with amusement twinkled in her eyes. But during Leaf Bare, Starlingkit caught Greencough, and died through the night. When the pair woke up, Pumpkinpaw remembered nudging his brother while their mother was still asleep. When the kit didn't respond, Pumpkinpaw woke up Gingermist, and she nudged the kit, and when the kit didn't move, worry glazed over her eyes. At that moment, Patchpelt came in, and when the two exchanged a glance, his father came running over, and took the limp body in his jaws, and carried him out. Pumpkinpaw never saw his brother's body again. Gingermist was more protective of Pumpkinpaw then, and fretted about every little thing about him, and she went into hysteria when he would cough. She would scold him when it just turned out to be a hair ball, but Pumpkinpaw knew why she seemed so hostile about everything. She didn't want to loose him the way she had lost Starlingkit.

One night, Pumpkinpaw woke up and found his mother silent. Her chest wasn't rising and falling as it should have been, and he started wailing out loud. Another queen woke, and approached, sniffed Gingermist, and picked up the kit and put her in her nest. She then woke up another queen, one who was expecting kits, but wasn't due for another moon, and told her what had happened. Two cats came in, one Patchpelt and the other Goldeneagle. Gingermist's death had become a mystery. Soon after, Patchpelt disappeared. Pumpkinpaw often wonders what happened to his father, and misses his family that had joined Starclan. He often thinks of them, and wishes they were here with him.

Pumpkinpaw, still young in his Apprenticeship, looks forward to the day he'll be a warrior. He takes training very seriously, and works his very hardest to become the best he can be. He doesn't like all the duties he has to perform, the main one being changing the bedding of the Elders and ridding their pelts of ticks. He hates the smell of the mouse bile, and even more, hates the feeling of it.

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