[Hellion]

STORMRIPPLE

tell me that you love me

Even if it's fake

Name: Stormkit Stormpaw Stormripple
Gender: Tom, homosexual 
Age: 15 Moons.
Clan: NightClan
Rank: Warrior

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Description: 

A tall grey sable tomcat with pretty blue eyes.

Detailed Description: 

    Slightly taller then most NightClan cats, Stormripple isn't a towering figure in NightClan but he does stand out because of his height. At first it was difficult for the tom-cat to understand how to move without tumbling over his paws but he learned with practice. Just like he learned how to deal with nonuniform fur length. Its short near his neck and front half of his body, but it is longer near his rump and tail. Stormripple secretly feels that its a sign he is losing his fur. He spent a hefty chunk of his time checking over his fur length and on more then one occasion he has asked Smokefur for help. However, with a health diet and proper grooming it has maintain it's current condition. Stormripple is start to adjust. 

    Furthermore on his coat, Stormripple prides himself on his unique pattern. Not many cats can call themselves sable. The way the shades of grey make up his markings isn't striking to the average cat, but Stormripple thinks they are. He loves the how is coat ended up. In his youths had more markings akin to be bicolored but the way they have faded changed that. Stormripple will defend his fur to his last breath and is fairly vain about it. 

    One feature of his own he is not vain about is the blueness of his eyes. It is very rare that eyes stay their 'kitten blue' as his adoptive mother told him. Normally they darken, brighten or change altogether. However, he is eyes seem to have failed to get the memo. Nevertheless, Stormripple tries not to worry about them anymore now that he is a warrior. But he can't shake the taunts he got from other queens, plenty of them asked 'What is wrong with your eyes?". It also didn't help that his adoptive mother didn't come to rescue. Instead, he faced their mockery with kitten-blue eyes and a forced smile. 

    Now fully grown (he assumes. He doesn't know his real parents to really be sure) Stormripple does his best to avoid those who have picked on him for his looks. Instead he keep up the practice of 'smile even if it hurts'. He has gotten really good at it. 

Personality:

Stormripple tries his hardest to get everyone to like him. It comes from his history of being neglected and teased he is desperate to have good attention. His desire to be loved by anyone is painfully deep-rooted in his early days of kithood. While they are mostly blurry memories, the emotions attached to them dug deep and never let go. Not to mention everyone in NightClan knows that Stormripple isn't NightClan born and it was Dimstar's death that actually made it possible for him to stay. The entire Clan was caught up in the chaos of that they barely cared to notice an extra kit brought in. It was a true miracle that someone was willing to nurse him. 

    Because of the neglect in his early moons, Stormripple has tired to prove that he belongs in NightClan. Considering the Clan's track-record it is nearly impossible to get the approval that he seeks. Normally its short-lived praise often phrased: "You did well for a loner-kit". That type of language has forced Stormripple to take it as the highest praise. He has risked his own life plenty of times and never gotten praise higher. 

    As time went on Stormripple's lust for attention hasn't wavered. But he also is starting to realize that it's normally fake. No one really cares about him in NightClan. The only reason he stays is that he feels it isn't anywhere else for him to go. He was cast out as a loner-kit and sort of left in NightClan. He tries to make the best of a bad situation and for the most part, he does. Despite all the hurt, Stormripple fakes being positive fairly well. In fact, no one in NightClan really knows just how heartbroken Stormripple is deep down. No one has taken the chance to really get to know him, its both an excellent form of protection and greater sadness. 
    
    Working in tandem with his need for attention, Stormripple has become somewhat of a show-off. He likes to attempt crazy stunts all in an effort to prove he is good enough. Thankfully his slightly plush pelt offers decent cover-up for his scars. Not that he is proud of them, it just comes with the territory. 
   

    With the recent gift of his warrior name, Stormripple has tried to concern himself less and less of those around him and focuses on those who are truly kind, the problem he isn't really sure are being truly kind to him or expecting something out of him. His warrior name has changed him a little. He tolerates less from his past bullies and is quicker to defend himself with a well-practiced smile and witty line.

Note: Stormripple is 'extra' He can be overly dramatic if he feels safe enough. Most of the time it is interal.  

History

    Stormrippple has no clue who his parents actually are. In fact, he only has a vague memory of his mother and he can't recall her scent to save his life. What he can scrape together as his 'first memory' is the sound of her voice. She had a scratchy voice, one that made his chest hurt. It sounded like she was clawing at stones. With her scratchy voice, she told him to sit and wait for her. A storm was coming and she couldn't escape it fast enough. For moons, Stormripple thought he misheard her but considering she never came looking for him, Stormripple belives its truth. She left him there mewling and hungry and ventured into the coming storm. Stormripple cried and cried for her to come back. He pleaded until his own voice got scratchy. Stormripple nearly died until Viperstrike ventured out to see what in StarClan's name was crying so loudly. The aging queen looked upon a sad little bundle of soaked fur without pity. Instead, she saw it as a thorn in her desire for peaceful sleep. Picking him up she brought him into camp to shut him up. Viperstrike was still producing milk despite her own kits having weaned themselves. The unnamed kit nursed until his belly was full and he was sick. Viperstrike offered no comfort and told him to sleep. He did and curled up next to her. Viperstrike later told Pinewhisker (she hadn't received her lives yet) of the new kit. Pinewhisker permitted him to stay simply because it was too much of a hassle to try and find his birth mother. Viperstrike named him Stormkit. 

    Growing up without any real siblings and not really welcomed was hard on Stormkit. He had few friends and the ones he made only lasted a few minutes before mothers pointed out who was. Viperstrike had no love for Stormkit but did instill in work ethic to rival leaders. She reminded him every day not to worry about the mouse-dung other queens said. She insisted he only worried about he needed to do to belong in NightClan. That was the first of many instances that Stormkit was encouraged to prove himself and show off. 

    It never slowed even into his apprentice moons. He wanted to prove to Bluegaze he was a good apprentice and worth to be made a warrior. He trained even when his body hurt, pushed himself in the cold of leaf-bare to find food. He did it all for the sake and betterment of NightClan, not that anyone seemed to care. 

    A few moons into his training Stormpaw happened upon a traveling tom by the name of Percy. The tom was handsome and for the first time in his entire life, Stormpaw felt an attraction beyond wanting to be 'cool'. He wanted the other tom's affection and for awhile it was mutual. Stormpaw figured out Percy was flirting and at first, Stormpaw was awkward about it but gradually got the hang of it. However, all flirting stopped when Percy mentioned he was going to travel out of the valley. Stormpaw was scared of such a quest and the two parted ways without any hard-feels. But it left Stormpaw with a longing. He wanted a life-long version of what was budding between him and Percy. He wanted love. 

    Carrying on and letting his time with Percy fade into memories, Stormpaw was finally named a warrior, Stormripple. Not long after Bluegaze's kit was to be made an apprentice. Stormripple noted that Deerkit was named apart from his siblings. Seeing a bit of himself in the barely younger tom. Stormripple secretly wanted to train the tom but alas he was given to someone else. Still, Stormripple couldn't help himself. He watched from afar as Deerpaw struggle in learning the ropes to become a warrior. He hated watching someone with so much potential be told he wasn't good enough. It took plenty of self-talks to remind himself not to say anything. The last thing he needed was to give his bullies other reasons to mock him. He only hopes that Deerpaw's mentor will soon shape up and allow the young tom to flourish. 

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