Vinetwirl

""I-I'm so sorry for saying the 's-word' again, Mantisspring, but shit! I don't know what else to say!""

- - Vinetwirl to Mantisspring when receiving their full name in the Moongarden

Appearance & Personality
Vinetwirl is a sturdy Norwegian Forest cat with soft gray-brown fur. They’re a gray-brown tabby with white patterns on the underbelly, paws, muzzle and face area. They own a muscular physique and is strongly built. Their eyes are bright, copper with a hint of gold. Like other Norwegian forest cats, they have the characteristic large ears with a tufted top, giving them almost the look of a lynx. With a bushy tail, long legs and some strong claws, they do also have advantages when it comes to running over the moors, and with climbing as well.

Vinetwirl has a quite intense personality and tends to act impulsively without thinking everything through. They may drive cats crazy at times with their non-stop questions and energy, but as they're growing older, they're also learning to control themselves better. This behaviour stems from their complicated past, which is a topic they're always trying to avoid. They also tend to be quite bad at remembering names or other details. However, even though they're often energetic and forgetful, they're also extremely loyal and caring- always having a bright smile on their face. You cannot find a more loyal and reliable WindClanner.

Brief History
Vinekit's life starts off with the typical cliche. Both of their parents left them by the WindClan border after a tragic accident. In retrospect, this led to Vinekit blaming themselves for being abandoned and triggered the desire for them to be the center of attention. The lack of a parent in their life caused them to search endlessly for a purpose. Vinepaw found that purpose and was chosen by Mantisspring to be the second medicine cat apprentice of WindClan. They were given their full name, Vinetwirl, and later became an official medicine cat after Mantisspring stepped down. Vinetwirl took on Dewypaw as their apprentice not long after.

Detailed History
Vine was born outside of the clans together with two loving parents. Their kithood started off rather peacefully until their parents were captured by twolegs, leaving the young kitten by themselves on the endlessly hills of heather. Fortunately, they were quickly taken in by WindClan and treated like one of their own- given the clan name Vinekit. As time went by, the memory of their parents started to fade, but the guilt for being abandoned remained strong. This pain caused the constant seek of attention and someone to replace the loss of parent figures.

Vinekit met Mantisspring when they lodged a thorn in their paw, spending time in the medicine den and talking frequently with the medicine cat. Eventually, they were asked to become the medicine cat apprentice, and accepted. Finally having a true purpose in life, Vinepaw was eager to learn about the medicine cat life. Along with Mantisspring, Vinepaw did also look up to Spinpaw for advice, who had a temporary stay in WindClan during the Median events. Admiring the young she-cat, they were sad to see her return to ThunderClan, as they appreciated having another apprentice in the medicine den they could relate to.

The young apprentice continued their journey as a medicine cat, overly excited to learn everything and to prove Mantisspring had made the right decision in mentoring them. However, this excitement seemed to have it's downsides at times. After accidentally bringing a rotten piece of prey to their mentor, both decided to clean of the awful taste in the river. However, the day seemed to get even worse when Vinepaw still overly motivated to make things right, managed to fall into the river- in the end luckily saved by Mantisspring. The accident made them more cautious and realise they had been focusing on the wrong things. Rather than trying to be worthy, they now focused on becoming the best medicine cat possible for the sake of the clan.

Later on, the situation started to grow more serious as RiverClan attempted to steal the barn from WindClan. Mantisspring and Vinepaw was brought as medics and time showed their help was indeed needed. During the battle, Dayblossom came over with an awful wound, and as Mantisspring was busy with something else, this became Vinepaw's first serious injury to handle.

After several events, Vinepaw and Mantisspring was once again brought to a battle as medics, but this time at the Glade. During the chaos, Rainbowstar lost her final life, which left Vinepaw alone in the duty of healing the injured warriors as Mantisspring hurried to his mother's side. Deeply worried about their mentor, knowing this was a difficult loss for the medicine cat, they decided to give him a bit space and time to spend with Fadingstar. In the moons that followed, more and more of the medicine cat duties were solely done by Vinepaw due to their mentor's grief and worry about their leader. This lead to the day when Mantisspring suggested the Moongarden could possibly have answers on how to help his mother, and added how this was the only solution. Vinepaw did obviously accept this, wanting more than anything for their mentor to find the answer he was looking for, and the two visited the beautiful Moongarden in the late greenleaf evening. However, as they arrived, Mantisspring revealed he was actually going to reward Vinepaw with their full name due to how hard they'd work in his absence. In absolute shock and surprise, Vinepaw didn't mind the bit untraditional ceremony and couldn't be happier when given the name Vinetwirl.

Time went by, and Vinetwirl continued with their medicine cat duties in peace. Until encountering the sassy kitten Thiefkit, who clearly bumped into them while walking by- accusing the medicine cat of tackling them. This wasn't in the beginning met with a lot of reactions from the medicine cat, but as the young WindClanner continued acting inappropriate, Vinetwirl started for the first time to show genuine annoyance. Clueless on how to stop this, they went to the kitten's father, Pinethorn, explaining how hopeless the situation was. This lead to a temporary peace with the young kitten, leaving the medicine cat quite relieved as they hate having arguments.

Vinetwirl also had to raise their voice when meeting the RiverClan medicine cat apprentice, Sandocean, who attempted stealing important herbs from the barn located at WindClan territory. After being insulted and ignored by the other medicine cat several times, Sandocean finally returned the catmint to Vinetwirl's relief, but left with a quite aggressive attitude. Later on, Vinetwirl caught the RiverClanner on their territory once again with a whole bunch of catmint, but couldn't stop him this time, leaving Vinetwirl frustrated in tears.

- Lack of herbs

- Pigeonpaw

- Mantisspring stepping down, unsure about choosing an apprentice

- Medicine Cat Gathering

- BloodClan raid

- Meeting Dewykit