Now, Scorchstreak has settled fondly into her place beside her fellow tunnelers, and will fight tooth and claw for her clan. During the clan’s raid on RiverClan, Scorchstreak was a part of the first wave of attackers—she fought with Cicadastar, and though he bested her, she managed to avoid death only with the aid of Weaselclaw, Tigerfrost, and Sparkpaw. She owes each of them her life, and does not take for granted the sacrifices they all nearly made.
Scorchstreak was promoted alongside Bluepool to lead warrior in the early spring season, becoming the first tunneler to take up the mantle. She took her newfound position of power seriously, and made more of an effort to spend more time outside of the tunnels and around her clanmates, especially after the week-long lockdown of the clan. Unfortunately, however, Scorchstreak realized that she was pregnant soon after, carrying the kits of the clan’s deputy Badgermoon.
Only a week or two before she was due to have her kittens, Tigerfrost, fellow lead warrior and one of Scorchstreak’s closest friends, was killed by a group of rogues. Crushed, she hid away from the clan until the time came for her to have her kittens. During this time, however, she allowed a visit from her close friend Curlewnose, who told her that he had been rejected by Badgermoon—and the timing fit perfectly. They agreed that it must had happened right before Scorchstreak fell pregnant with Badgermoon’s kits. but Curlewnose promised to support her even after she told him who her kits’ father was, and the two grew even closer as friends.
At last, the time came for Scorchstreak to become a mother for a second time. Badgermoon, Curlewnose, and Spiderbloom helped her through the labor and birth, and Badgermoon finally seemed to admit that the litter was his as well. Scorchstreak was exhausted at the end of a two-hour labor, and so she didn’t keep track of what order the kits were born in. She named one kitten Frostkit, after her dearly departed friend. Another was named Luckykit, in hopes that he would have great luck in his life. The next was Rumblekit, after her friend and tunneling partner Redrumble. And the last kit, she was too exhausted to think of a name for, so she passed the honor to Badgermoon, who named her Scorchkit after her mother.
As her children grew older, Scorchstreak began to mend fences with Badgermoon, and grew closer to Curlewnose. she was assigned an apprentice, Sootstar’s own daughter Cottonpaw—only for Cottonpaw to be reassigned as Wolfsong’s apprentice a month later. Around that time, another plague began to sweep through WindClan, with many clanmates falling ill and a few even dying of the sickness. When Sootstar asked for volunteers to go on a dangerous journey with cats of the other clans to find the much-needed cure, Scorchstreak was among those who stepped up, alongside two of her kits.
The journey into the mountains was filled with danger around every corner, but it was also filled with beautiful sights, and gave Scorchstreak a much-needed reprieve from the volatility of her clan. She was forced to work alongside and understand the cats of other clans, and found herself enjoying their company by the end of their journey. Just before their return home, the journeying cats were attacked by a pack of dogs, and Scorchstreak was among the WindClanners who helped to distract the dogs so the others had a chance to escape. She was nearly caught by a dog, but Milkthorn (then Milkpaw) helped to lead it away with his faster speed.
Their return to WindClan with the lungwort was not the joyous affair that it should have been, however; Scorchstreak was devastated to find that in her absence, Weaselclaw had died of yellowcough, as had her fellow tunneler Lambcurl. And perhaps even worse, Sootstar—the leader who she had considered such a good friend—had seemingly gotten worse. Her story of mistreated ShadowClan kits being brought to WindClan was suspicious, especially when one of the kits looked so much like her fellow journeyer (and deputy of ShadowClan) Smogmaw. Her faith in Sootstar died that day, but Scorchstreak held her tongue. She was assigned a troublesome apprentice, Pinkpaw, and shared her questions of Sootstar's decisions with her sibling Rattleheart.
She and Rattleheart were approached by Sunstride a couple weeks later, the deputy asking them to help him take the stolen ShadowClan kits back to their home territory—confirmation that they were, in fact, stolen and not saved—and Scorchstreak, though suspicious, agreed. Together, she and her sibling lead Halfkit and Tanglekit through the tunnels to meet with Sunstride, who would guide them on their way back to ShadowClan. The return of ShadowClan's kits sent Sootstar into a rage, and when the leader found out that Sunstride had been the one to take the kits back to their rightful family. A battle broke out in WindClan's camp, and those who supported Sunstride—including Scorchstreak, her siblings, and all but one of her kits—were driven out. They took shelter at the horseplace on the edge of WindClan territory, and they remained there for weeks. Scorchstreak, while on a patrol to search for tunnels, was injured by Hollowcreek leading a WindClan patrol, and returned to the horseplace after retreating. After a few weeks, Cottonpaw found the rebels at the horseplace, bringing Downypaw along with her, and both were brought into the barn despite Scorchstreak's newfound distrust of Cottonpaw.
Then Sootspot arrived, along with a warning that Sootstar's forces were just over the hill and launching an attack. Another battle broke out, but this time the rebels had the upper hand—they'd expected such an attack, and had prepared for it.
— won battle at barn, drove back loyalists
— launched attack on windclan camp, Scorchstreak tried to convince Rumblerain to come back (& failed)
— sunstride defeated Sootstar, loyalists were either killed or driven away
— sunstar became leader, asked her to be a lead warrior again
— asked sunstar to ruin the scar that sootstar gave her ; in a way, she asked him to leave his own mark on her
— wildflower event, calm month of march
— she & bluepool became mates!!!!
— ahhh shit the whole territory is on fire
— sunstar dies, scorch is forced to leave him there and go home. the council argues and scorch takes initiative and asks riverclan for help
— scorch leads riverclan to camp to help evacuate the vulnerable, sun&wolf return and scorchstreak is named deputy
— bluepool died
Deputy of WindClan, rarely seen outside of the tunnels that she knows like the back of her paw. Scorchstreak is loyal to her clan first and her leader second.
