The Cat and the Fox

Prologue

I've had MULTIPLE comments lecturing me on how cats don't know what angels are (even though StarClan is a thing???) and thus Angelpelt is a poor name choice. So what if it is? It's a name for a background character. 

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          Sandnose smiled at the little newborn kitten in her paws. She had just given birth that morning to a beautiful son. He basically resembled his father, Pebblefoot because of his golden-brown fur. His name was Stonekit. He was Sandnose's only kit, but she loved him from the moment she laid eyes on him. She licked the newborn kit affectionately.

            Soon, Pebblefoot entered. The golden-brown tabby tom had been on patrols when she had given birth, so this was the first time he would be seeing the kit. A smile lit up on Pebblefoot's face as he saw his son.

            "Have you named him?" he asked.

            "Is 'Stonekit' alright?" Sandnose asked.

            "Of course," Pebblefoot said, licking his mate's ear.

            "He looks a lot like you," Sandnose said. Pebblefoot nodded as the kit slept soundly, though sadness shone through his dark green eyes.

            Pebblefoot had not been the same lately. He was still charming and lovely, the same cat that Sandnose had fallen in love with, but he had become more depressed. Many moons ago his sister, Jetpelt, had died of greencough. Her only kit, Blackkit, had disappeared and the father didn't even care because he was too much in shock. His sister, Rosefur, pregnant with her mate's kits, had been sent away for protection by her mate, Olivetail, many moons ago as well. She had returned and given birth to another litter of kits, but a fire had come in ForestClan, and Rosefur had left as did Olivetail. Rosefur did not return and neither did Olivetail. Their kits were never seen again either.

            Pebblefoot did not have any other family besides Sandnose and Stonekit. He told Sandnose old stories of how his father had died when he was only seven moons. He vaguely remembered his mother. He had described her as a white she-cat with icy blue eyes, the first part of her name beginning with "ice". His father had been a dark black tom with bright green eyes. His mother had left him and his two sisters at ForestClan when he was seven moons, and he never saw his mother again. She had abandoned them, never showing her face again, even though she had promised she would.

            Sandnose could relate to him though. Her past had not been well either. When her mother, Angelpelt, was an apprentice, she fell in love with a tom named Barkface. The two got along well and everyone assumed they would become mates, but Barkface quickly showed her a new side. It was a side of evil. He had apparently planned to take over the clan by killing Birchstar, the leader.

            Angelpelt had become scared and she left him. She instead fell for Sandnose's father, Goldentail. Angelpelt then gave birth to Sandnose, her sister, Snowflower, her brother, Goosepaw, and her other sister, Littlekit. Goldentail was killed shortly after their birth, no doubt murdered by Barkface. The leader of ForestClan found out and exiled Barkface for what he had done.

            Littlekit died of disease shortly after her father's death.

           When they all became apprentices, Angelpelt decided to take Goosepaw into the woods to show him how to hunt some more. He was struggling with a move and his mentor wanted Angelpelt to help him because he believed it would be better for him if his mother was there to make him feel comfortable. Their bodies were found shortly after and brown hair was left on their wounds.