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“You have everything that I wanted, Sandstorm! A mate that loved me, kits that I could watch grow up and have kits of their own, the respect of my Clanmates! I should have had all that!" Mapleshade was a ThunderClan warrior that served under Oakstar's leadership in the forest territories and a Dark Forest member. She was born as Maplekit before being apprenticed to Bloomheart as Maplepaw and later became a warrior known as Mapleshade. She became mates with Appledusk, a warrior of RiverClan. Expecting his kits, Mapleshade gave birth to Larchkit, Petalkit and Patchkit, and the Clan assumed Birchface was their father. However, when her kits were picked up from the river by a RiverClan patrol, Ravenwing, ThunderClan's medicine cat, realized who their real father was after receiving an omen with three reeds floating in a small stream that appeared in his den. This led him to revealing the truth to the whole of ThunderClan. Oakstar banished Mapleshade, and her troubles became worse when her kits drowned in the river following her attempt to escape to RiverClan. Appledusk blamed Mapleshade for getting their kits drowned and turned Mapleshade away. Appledusk then chose Reedshine as his new mate, a fellow RiverClan cat who spoke up in Appledusk's defense to RiverClan. Darkstar denied Mapleshade a place in RiverClan, which fueled her anger even more. She became obsessed with seeking vengeance for her kits' deaths, even hearing her kits' voices in her head, urging her to avenge them. Convinced this was her destiny, she achieved this by killing Ravenwing, Frecklewish, and Appledusk but not before being fatally wounded by Perchpaw, Appledusk's apprentice. She descended to the Dark Forest, and from there, Mapleshade continued to affect the lives of the living, such as attempting to ruin Crookedstar's life by making him give her a fateful promise, helping Tigerstar rise as ShadowClan's leader, and training Goosefeather. She fought in the Great Battle and attempted to kill Sandstorm, but instead killed Spottedleaf for protecting Sandstorm, where she was chased back to the Dark Forest. Seasons later, Mapleshade started working for Ashfur in the hopes of being able to live again. However, Mapleshade was forced to surrender after Ashfur was defeated by the Lights in the Mist and fled
