#she doesn't want holly to have any remote connection to starclan bc thats how much leaf hates them

[doves-wing]

leafpool should’ve been the fourth cat. it starts with her getitng told by starclan that squirrel and bramble were meant to be together. something they only did because they knew about her eventual kits with crowfeather.

it’s established that starclan uses her for their bidding. she’s even named after the place where starclan communes with them. so why wouldn’t they make her be the fourth? she is where it began so she must be the end.

she would essentially replace firestar’s whole role in po3 and oots. she is given the prophecy of the three instead of him. although she immediately understands why starclan told her the prophecy. so she could make them as strong as powerful. so instead she tries to play down their powers as much as possible, just wanting lion and jay to be normal kids.

but she’d know that holly wasn’t the third. she knows her daughter is not a dove. she is an owl. she is silent, and watching. waiting. for her moment. when it’s finally confirmed that holly is powerless her heart breaks for her and desperately wishes to comfort her but knows she cannot. 

she loathes starclan for what they’ve done to her. for what they stole from her. and now making her the fourth cat? why couldn’t they do that for holly? 

when she goes to starclan. be it through the moonpool or in her death she lets loose on them. there’s nothing she can do at that point but she doesn’t care. she’s infuriated at being a pawn in their game. she is alive. she has a family. how dare they treat her like a toy to be played with and thrown away when bored. 

she forsakes them and chooses to wander the world as a ghost, watching over the futrue generations. desperate to warm them about starclans ways and to not trust them under any circumstance. starclan cares for no one.

#this got long oops #also holly lives in this au #leafpool dies for her #also the reason why i've exclusively referred to her as holly is bc i feel like she'd have a different suffix #like leafpool just refuses to let squilf name her daughter after her #she doesn't want holly to have any remote connection to starclan bc thats how much leaf hates them #and this would still be her before she just is fueled by her rage of starclan lmao #let me know if i should add a read more #also with her being a ghost at the end she can be references in the other arcs #i barely remember avos outside of violetshine's story so idk how she's interact with the others there #and i didn't read tbc so idk how she'd effect rootspring or shadowsight or even bristlefrost! #so if yall read those arcs please add your own thoughts there! #i think in the far future of the clans there are just rumors of her #rumors of a spirit who watches over mothers and their children #no one would really remember who the ghost was and would make all kinds of wild stories about her #basically: leafpool becomes a morally good version of mapleshade #wc #warrior cats #leafpool #wc au #warriors au #warrior cats au #<- putting this in the main tags bc im proud of it :)