Honeyshade

Description
Honeyshade is a tiny, stout, tufty furred pale ginger tom with darker stripes, lighter paws, muzzle, tail tip; and a badly scarred face with torn ears and blind amber eyes.

Kit
Honeyshade was born in leaf-bare in WillowClan to his mother Cherrysmoke, an unknown father, as well as three sisters; Dapplekit, Icekit, Suncloud, and a brother; Mapleshine. When he was incredibly young, two of his sisters, Dapplekit and Icekit were found dead in the woods, along with the body of another cat, Stream. They seemed to have been murdered the same way that the former medicine cat Minnie was. Honeykit didn’t understand why his mother was sad, and continued to play with his siblings, acting as if everything was normal.

He soon begins to miss Dapplekit and Icekit as he didn’t know where they went. Cherrysmoke tells him that his sisters are in StarClan, to which Honeykit shows an interest in StarClan. Soon, it’s revealed that Dapplekit, Icekit and Stream were murdered by a she-cat named Browncreek, who was grieving her son Lichenkit’s death and took to murdering Dapplekit and Icekit in her jealousy of not having kits anymore, Stream murdered attempting to protect both of them.

WillowClan moves territory, where Honeykit and his siblings go out to explore. Because the territory is new and has not been checked, the Clan are unprepared as a badger attacks the camp, going for the nursery. Standing at the entrance of the nursery, Honeykit is too terrified to move, and his mother yells for him to get behind her. Cats attempt to attack the badger, but their attempts are futile.

The badger slashes at Honeykit, which goes through one of his ears, down the side of his face and chest. Terrified, he tries to curl inwards, but the pain is unbearable. The badger takes a second swipe, which fatally claws at Honeykit’s face, instantly blinding him and scarring his face. He is unconscious for a long time, and the Clan is panicked over the outcome of his injuries. Thankfully the badger went away without anymore fatal injuries.

When Honeykit wakes up, he’s confused as to why he can’t see and why his face hurts. Nightshade, the medicine cat tells him that the badger injured him incredibly badly, and he may never see again. Understandably, Honeykit is terrified, and gets scared when fur brushes up against him, it’s his mother trying to comfort him but he doesn’t recognise scent or fur. During the time trying to adjust, Honeykit finds comfort in the scent of herbs, and knowing he can’t become a warrior, decides to become a medicine cat. It’s not directly said, but he can tell, a cat as scarred and blind like him can’t fight on the battlefield. It isn’t such a loss, since he never really had an interest in being a warrior either.