Rosepetal

"``Why did you make me tell her?`` ~Rosepetal to Smokepaw, Nine Lives"

Physical Description
Rosepetal is a cream colored she-cat with green eyes. She has thick, fluffy fur, and her cream coat has a gold-ish tint to it. Her pelt has been described as 'shimmering orange-gold in the faint dawn light'.

Personality
Rosepetal is kind and caring, and she loves kits. The one cat she despises is Blackstripe, her former mate. She doesn't let her hatred get in the way of her following the warrior code, though.

Skills and Weaknesses
Rosepetal is a very loyal and kind cat, but she gets pretty emotional at times. She never planned on telling her adopted kits that they aren't hers, but she had to when Amberpaw asked her straight up, 'Are you my mother?'.

Maplestars Heartbreak
Rosepetal first appears when her former mate, Blackstripe, walks into camp holding an unfamiliar kit and standing beside a rogue. Blackstripe tells her that she and Lemonkit are weak, and that he's found a much better mate in the rogue, Firefly. Rosepetal is horrified and screeches at him for abandoning them, but Blackstripe doesn't care. Maplestar orders him to kill the rogue, but he promptly refuses, and instead says he'll give them the kit. Maplestar agrees and they leave, but she then gives the kit to Rosepetal. At first, Rosepetal refuses, but at the mention of the warrior code she finally agrees to take in Splashkit.

Nine Lives (Book 1)
Rosepetal first shows up when Smokepaw tells Amberpaw she isn't really Rosepetals daughter. Amberpaw doesn't believe him but agrees to ask Rosepetal, so Rosepetal sadly tells her the truth. Amberpaw is horrified and leaves immediately.

Risen from the Ashes (Book 2)
Rosepetal is seen during the battle, when her only true son, Lemonpaw, is killed. Later on, when Amberclaw is sneaking out of camp to see Rapidfur, Rosepetal sees her and asks her what's going on. Amberclaw snaps at her and Rosepetal gets upset, thinking that Amberclaw still hasn't forgiven her for not telling the truth sooner. Amberclaw says that isn't true, and the two cats apologize and continue on their way.

Trivia

 * Lemonpaw was never a part of the books originally, but then I realized that in order for Rosepetal to have milk for Amberkit and Splashkit, she'd need to have another kit, too.
 * The line in 'Risen from the Ashes' where it says '...her pelt shimmering orange-gold in the faint dawn light' is one of my favorite sentences in the books.