I keep thinking about this au while I'm at work
oof
well I thought up some more fun twists to said AU
Lionpaw becomes a medicine cat apprentice instead of Jaypaw
Jaypaw is going for a warrior role..who is his mentor? Longtail who never retired!
And Hollypaw? Her mentor is Ashfur (i think this will make her killing him a lot more interesting dynamic wise)
And answering questions from the previous thread
-Three would still have powers, however they take time to 'unlock' and its at different times so they have no idea who is part of the three... and when two of them are taken it becomes very stressful for Sparkpelt and Hollyleaf who both want it, for different reasons.
-Alderpaw with his big ol Crowfeather ears and lanky legs/build would likely catch a few eyes, however Squirrelflight chalks it up to kittypet side, and most cats accept this... after all who are they to question the deputys mate? and kittypets are weird don't you know
-Brambleclaw is a very good dad here.
- Lionpaw and Sparkpaw have a friendly rivalry about who will get their name first
-Squirrelflight wanted to tell Crowfeather once the kits were older however by the time she was ready he had already had breezekit with Nightcloud and she didn't wanna ruin what she thought was him moving on.
-Lionpaw is offered dark forest training however this backfires as he discovers here that he just..doesnt like fighting, hence the med cat route
-Dovewing and Ivypool aren't part of the three and likely arent in this au much, the battle of the stars happens sooner so most of the cats this fouses on are still young.
-The dark forest actually has brains instead of killing off recruits and thinking cats will just...kill their family
CONTERVERSAL BIT
I really realllly would want this to tie into my Ravenwing's Remorse AU
the main thing in that? Mapleshades kits survive and two end up in thunderclan in the end
and they have kits, that have kits, that are spottedleaf and redtail, and redtail has sandstorm who has these two
Leafpool has a spirit guide of Spottedleaf
however Squirrelflight constantly sees this other tortie ghost trying to mentor her
*mapleshade has a very different story in the rewrite, so not in cat heaven or hell.. just a ghost. A veyr morally grey ghost. She puts her kin above all else, willing to ruin others for it. I'll get more into this in ravenwings remorse