StreamClan Medicine Cat Tom, he/they/ze/zey Unlike many other medicine cats, Troutbrook always knew they were a medicine cat and not a warrior. As a kit, he never liked it when his littermates had a pretend-battle. He didn't see why anyone should fight, even if it was pretend. So, zey were apprenticed to the medicine cat, Snowflake. However, zeir littermates didn't understand the appeal of being a medicine cat at all. As apprentices, they would often make fun of Troutbrook for being a medicine cat. Sometimes, they would even steal herbs from the medicine den, just to make zir life harder. Ze was not happy about about this. He wanted some way, any way, to get back at them. He looked anywhere, everywhere, for something to use against them. And eventually, for one of them, he did. Zeir brother, Tumbleleap, was in a forbidden romance, with Brackentuft, a tom from BushClan. But zey just didn't have the heart to expose that Tumbleleap was meeting with a cat from another clan. They decided that they should finally just have civil talk with his siblings. It turns out that both his sister, Splashspirit, and Tumbleleap were just upset that he didn't become a warrior, like them. As kits, they had always imagined that Troutbrook would become a warrior, just like they wanted to. They both apologized for not just talking it out with him. Splashspirit seemed like she was especially sorry. And Tumbleleap looked like he wanted to tell them something. He did. It turned out that Tumbleleap was going to leave StreamClan in order to be with Brackentuft. Splashspirit seemed shocked. And sad. Tumbleleap knew that they had to make up the time they had lost with her, before they couldn't, like with Tumbleleap. He did. And Troutbook and both of their siblings were finally truly happy.
