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Berrynose, Hazeltail, And Mousewhisker Are The Three AU

You dare give me two really cool ideas and tell me to pick one?

well

jokes on you

cause I'm splitting this into two parts

since I've horribly indecisive and I love both of these very much

so I'm doing them in order

there will be three, born with blood outside the Clans, who will walk with stars in their paws The prophecy sticks with Firestar, as his kin carry kittypet blood.. However, with this new cat, Daisy, joining ThunderClan with her kits, he realizes that there's more to this.

Berrypaw, Mousepaw, and Hazelpaw are young ThunderClan apprentice, born to Daisy. Berrypaw is being mentored by Brambleclaw, the ThunderClan deputy, while Mousepaw and Hazelpaw are being mentored by Spiderleg and Dustpelt respectively.

From the very start Mousepaw is hyperaware of how cats around him are feeling emotionally. He can detect when Lionkit is getting impatient waiting for his apprentice ceremony, he can feel his mother - Daisy - fretting over him and his siblings, and he can feel a deep, negative feeling coming from the warrior Ashfur.

He tries his best to ignore these other feelings, but he has been aware of this for a while now. He even feels the fear of the prey every time and he hates it.

Unable to focus while doing battle training Spiderleg decides they should go on a hunting patrol. He mentions that there's still kits to feed, but Mousepaw swears he could hear Spiderleg's heart hammering in his chest.

He's confused on why he has so many emotions stirring up over hunting.

While out hunting, a more feral, hungry energy comes over him as he stumbles right into a fox. He realizes, fearfully, that this fox is hungry.

However, before he can run, he also senses a flicker of worry from the fox. The same worry he feels coming from his mother.

He realizes right away this fox is a mother.

He bolts and runs back to where the other cats are. They manage to fight the fox while Thornclaw runs to grab help.

Mousepaw can't even focus with all the fear running through him.

Then we move to Berrypaw. Berrypaw is a confident, cocky, and bossy tom. He is very proud to be the deputy's apprentice.

He is the first to notice Thornclaw's return and for a moment his attitude fades when he hears Thornclaw call for cats to help chase off a fox, as he knows his brother was on that patrol.

Berrypaw tries to join, but is frustrated when Brambleclaw stops him. He states simply that Berrypaw isn't ready yet.

Not willing to listen, Berrypaw takes off out of camp once the rescue patrol is out.

Brambleclaw is annoyed that he joined, but thankful that the extra paw is there, even if he's angry in the moment.

The fox is about to attack Berrypaw when he's rescued by his sister, Hazelpaw, who surprises him by being there. He didn't recall hearing her leave with him, even though she claims she was right behind him.

The patrol manages to chase the fox away.

Mousepaw is thankful for his siblings, but pulls away as Brambleclaw scolds Hazelpaw and Berrypaw for joining when the deputy had said that the apprentices needed to stay in camp.

Berrypaw argues back, saying that his brother was out here and he wanted to defend him.

Brambleclaw won't hear any of it, however, and informs Hazelpaw and Berrypaw that he and Dustpelt will be coming up with a proper punishment for the two of them when they return to camp.

Spiderleg finds relief that Mousepaw is okay

The patrol returns to camp with what they managed to camp and Berrypaw, despite being in trouble, begins bragging to the other apprentices on how he had managed to chase off a fox.

Mousepaw rolls his eyes, but notes the strong emotions coming from both Honeypaw and Poppypaw.

He wonders why any cat would even bother trying to compete for attention when Berrypaw has those two stumbling after him like lovesick apprentices.

He then reminds himself they are lovesick apprentices.

There's a little bit of thankfulness that it seemed that Cinderpaw had some common sense to her.

As he's listening, he notices Thornclaw return late, delivering the news that the fox had ran into a fox trap and that there was the scent of milk on her. They reach the same conclusion Mousepaw did - that fox was a mother.

It doesn't take long for him to notice Lionkit, Hollykit, and Jaykit want to help, but they're swiftly stopped by their father, Brambleclaw.

The kits are unable to sneak out as Mousepaw catches on to their plotting nature and gets in their way.

The kits get irritated and he asks Daisy to look after them. Daisy agrees to help and has a close watch on the kits.

Mousepaw is thankful for his mother.

Hazelpaw is out of the camp again, stalking after the patrol. They cannot hear her pawsteps or catch her scent and she's thankful for this, as the molly has taken to using this strange ability of hers as soon as she realized what she could do.

As much as she knows she'll get in trouble, Hazelpaw is convinced that there's something important about being able to do what she does and she wants to use it to help her Clan.

She watches from a distance as the ThunderClan patrol finds the fox cubs and chases them away.

There is a close call where Hazelpaw almost gets chased by a fox, but she manages to get away. Heart pounding in her ears, she sneaks back to camp, not wanting to get into any more trouble.

When she returns to camp, she comes by Leafpool and Firestar talking. Leafpool doesn't believe Jaykit can be a warrior apprentice and wants him to be a medicine cat apprentice.

Firestar believes Jaykit would be able to try

Hazelpaw doesn't want a kit to be forced to be a medicine cat, especially since she's aware Hollykit is interested in the idea of being a medicine cat apprentice.

For a moment she considers if Leafpool would accept a sign, but then she's aware she'd feel guilty for faking something so important

When the patrol returns, Hazelpaw and Berrypaw are officially put on duty to help the elders and queens whenever they need it for the next few days.

Berrypaw complains, but Hazelpaw accepts.

A couple days of keeping kits out of trouble and keeping the elders free of ticks and fleas, Berrypaw wakes up to find they're preparing for a ceremony.

Squirrelflight's kits are becoming apprentices.

Hollypaw becomes Leafpool's apprentice, Lionpaw becomes Ashfur's apprentice, and Jaypaw becomes Brightheart's apprentice.

Berrypaw is confused on why Hazelpaw is already getting nests ready for the new apprentices and she points out how he did the same for Honeypaw when she became an apprentice.

Berrypaw huffs at that and sticks out his tongue

Hazelpaw picks on him, saying how he and Honeypaw are going to be the cutest couple in ThunderClan

Berrypaw states that it's obvious they would be [despite Hazelpaw just saying that to make fun of his crush on Honeypaw], but they're not mates and obviously he's going to wait until they're both warriors.

Mousepaw, Hazelpaw, and Berrypaw go on to attend the gathering. It's the first gathering of Holly, Lion, and Jay.

Here Mousepaw encounter Minnowpaw. This is their second gathering talking to each other and he admires her confidence and how she can be a bit mischievous as he had heard the story from her brother, Pebblepaw, on how she dared him to drink horrible water when they were kits.

He introduces her to Lionpaw and she introduces her brother, Pebblepaw, and their friend, Pouncepaw.

After Lionpaw rejects going to walk around the island, Mousepaw accepts and the two spend the night chatting about their Clans while the gathering takes place.

They do their best to stay quiet when they realize that Minnowpaw's mentor, Voletooth, is looking for her.

Of course Graystripe and Millie return and things go about the same [save for Jaypaw walking in Leafpool's dream]

I'm going to blur past some details, but some notes; Hollypaw becomes a warrior apprentice [Brackenfur is her mentor] and Jaypaw stays Brightheart's apprentice, as he has no reason to be forced to be a medicine cat now that he's a normal cat Berrypaw and Honeypaw get close and Mousepaw becomes aware that Poppyfrost is saddened by the sight of seeing the two together Because Jaypaw was unable to walk in dreams, Poppypaw does pass away from greencough; many cats are saddened

The Daylight Gathered, but shortened into notes cause my memory is fuzzy; - Hollypaw faces off against Heatherpaw in a fight and wins; Hazelpaw cheers for her

Lionpaw and Breezepaw get stuck in a hole and Berrypaw is the first cat there. Without much thought he begins digging. Despite being an apprentice, he can feel this unusual tension in his front legs and his paws as he hauls up the dirt faster than even the grown warriors.

He finishes and manages to save both apprentices. He is praised and he doesn't even think about how he did that or how his legs felt more tired than usual. He just basks in the praise.

More glossing over things with my fuzzy memory; [this happens about the time as the other notes; prolly after, too] It's realized after falling into the lake after roughhousing with Mousepaw, that Berrypaw seems to be able to adapt quickly and saves himself and his brother Berrypaw has also been helping Honeypaw through the grief of losing one of her sisters. Mousepaw and Minnowpaw hang out every gathering they can; Mousepaw realizes he has a crush on her. He also notes she's the hardest cat for him to read the emotions of. Mousepaw also notices that his mentor, Spiderleg, is growing close to his mom, Daisy. He's unsure of how to feel about this, but he does notice that, even if Spiderleg can be a bit much, he seems to care about her. Hazelpaw has been helping Hollypaw. The two are becoming friends. Hollypaw is the first cat - outside of her brothers - to be told about her sneaking ability. Hollypaw swears to keep it a secret.

One night Mousepaw notices strange feelings coming from Lionpaw. He grows worried and pulls him off to the side. He tries to talk to him, but Lionpaw ignores him.

He's worried for him.

He's also now aware his mother and Spiderleg are mates. Later, when Daisy mentions she's expecting kits, Spiderleg becomes distant. Mousepaw manages to use his powers to help Spiderleg and pushes him back to Daisy before too much harm to the relationship can be done.

Hollypaw gets in trouble for helping RiverClan but Hazelpaw praises her in quiet.

I'd say things for the most part go similar to TPo3 for a bit, save for Lion and Jay not having powers and Jay being a warrior apprentice. Lion becomes more distant from the other apprentices and Mousepaw is the only one vaguely aware that he's doing something he shouldn't be [training with Tigerstar + seeing Heatherpaw]

They get assessed and become warriors - Berrynose, Hazeltail, and Mousewhisker.

Outcast I remember the least about, but I can't imagine Berry, Mouse, and Hazel going to the mountain, so I imagine it's a lot of training and them learning more about the powers they have. Berrypaw's ego is getting only growing when he realizes he's special and Hazelpaw and Mousepaw have to keep his ego in check. Mousepaw questions why they have these powers and what they need to do while Hazelpaw is absolutely sure she's supposed to be using her powers to help the Clan any way she can.

Also around this time Daisy has her second litter; Rosekit and Toadkit. The three are proud to be older siblings, though Mousewhisker is aware that Spiderleg is still nervous about the news about being a father. He manages to assure the tom to a degree, but the older warrior is still cautious and isn't sure what to do.

Now convinced by his sister that they have these powers for a reason, Berrynose states how a great tom, such as himself, deserves a better name. Hazeltail thinks he's too full of himself sometimes.

Hazetail is happy when the Tribe patrol returns and she happily greets Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and Jaypaw.

She greets them before heading out 'hunting'

Despite seeing Berrynose as cocky, Hazeltail is unaware that she's overconfident as well and she's been spying around, checking for anything suspicious.

Her attitude changes when she gets caught-

And we cut to Mousewhisker as he's out gathering herbs for Leafpool with the help of Icepaw, who is the new medicine cat apprentice.

They are distracted when they hear cats calling for help. Cinderpaw was injured and her leg is hurt. Holly, Jay, and Lion are with her.

They take her back to camp.

Honeypaw, aware their warriors ceremony is coming up, asks to be held back with Cinderpaw.

This is allowed.

Berrynose is confused, especially since he was going to ask Honeypaw to be his mate.

Mousewhisker tells him that this isn't about him.

Berrynose counters, saying that Mousewhisker doesn't know what it's like to like someone. What he doesn't know is that Mousewhisker does know and it's tearing him up because he doesn't want to put the cat he likes in danger cause she's in another Clan.

The two end their conversation on a bitter note and, after some time, Mousewhisker notices that Hazeltail isn't in camp. He asks around, but no one has seen her since she left to hunt.

Getting nervous, he heads off, only to be stopped by Berrynose. He asks what he's doing and he brings up Hazeltail.

For the first time all day Berrynose realizes their sister is missing.

The two hurry off to find her.

Hazeltail is surprised to be faced to face with a rather handsome stranger. He introduces himself as Sol and asks why she's sneaking around.

Hazeltail hesitates, unsure of how to answer his question.

Sol assures that he's just curious and means no harm.

When she doesn't respond right away, he goes on to talk about how he was sent to find three extraordinary cats. Out loud, he pretends to question to himself if this 'lovely molly' is one of the cats he was sent to find.

Hazeltail, flustered, isn't sure how to respond. She had never been caught before and this stranger - Sol - was quite the smoothtalker.

Cats start calling out for her and she has to go. He notes she has a very nice name and she thanks him awkwardly.

She tells him he needs to go and she promises not to mention he was near Clan territory.

Sol seems interested to hear the mention of Clans, but she doesn't have time to question this and hurries off to meet up with her brothers.

Mousewhisker is relieved she's okay and Berrynose scolds her for making them worry for being out so long.

Time passes and Cinderpaw is healing slowly. One day, Hollypaw comes to camp, talking about seeing a lion. Sorreltail corrects her, saying it was a cat.

Sol giving the warning and the fight that ends with an eclipse goes the same. He also makes a passing comment to Hazeltail about seeing her around. Hazeltail finds herself flustered again, as she's never really been flirted with and isn't sure how to handle it.

Mousewhisker had overheard Sol with Icepaw and Leafpool and he wants to know more. He brings this up with his siblings and they all agree to go.

They reach Sol and they fully learn about the prophecy from him. Mousewhisker is confused on how he knows this and the longer he spends near the tom, the less confident he feels about trusting him.

Sol states if he doesn't trust him, to ask Firestar.

Mousewhisker doesn't like that

He is also aware that every time Sol looks at Hazeltail - which is a lot - his sister's feelings spike. He's aware of what this mean and he does not like it one bit, because he's aware that Sol's feelings are not the same.

Sol goes to ShadowClan, convinces them to lose their religion, etc.

Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw become warriors. Hollyleaf, Jayflight, and Lionblaze. Mousewhisker is also aware that the feelings of Lionblaze are shifting again. Also Honeypaw and Cinderpaw become Honeyfern and Cinderheart.

Though his feelings are tense, Mousewhisker can tell Lionblaze in conflicted. He's not surprised when he hears Lionblaze gets into a fight with his former mentor, Ashfur.

Jay, Lion, and Holly come up with an idea to help ShadowClan. Hazeltail overhears and tells her brothers. The three approach the other three and ask to help.

They agree to work together. Dawnpaw, Flamepaw, and Tigerpaw also help along the way.

Sol leaves ShadowClan.

The sick cats [because greencough is going on] are getting worse and Mousewhisker aids the best he can. He manages to help save cats by just being an assistant and bringing herbs over.

My memory around the time everyone's sick is hazy, but the Ancients aren't relevant / involved

Lionblaze manages to get catmint thanks to his connections. Mousewhisker doesn't as questions, but does raise a brow.

Around this same time, Hollyleaf and Hazeltail are bonding. She's trying to teach Hollyleaf how to be stealthy and she's trying to ignore the feelings Sol causes in her.

Things go on, camp catches on fire, and Hazeltail manages to dodge through the flames like a flickering shadow before she stumbles across Ashfur confronting Squirrelflight and putting the lives of Jayflight, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf in danger.

She panics and during the confrontation, she attacks the tom. While she's fighting Ashfur, she gives them time to escape, but the damage of Squirrelflight admitting they're not her kits has been done.

With the flames high, Ashfur attacks Hazeltail and pushes her towards the flames.

Injured, she is abandoned and passes out when she inhales too much smoke.

Berrynose has managed to help cats escape, including Honeyfern who is very grateful towards him.

For the first time, he finds himself a little flustered when she refers to him as a hero. He brushes it off and acts humble about it, though it's a huge ego boost to his already large ego.

As they are waiting for the flames to die out, the two talk and Berrynose begins to feel bad for being so petty about her wanting to be held back the more she talks about Poppypaw and Molepaw.

He honestly forgot about Molepaw..

He assures her that he'll be there when she needs him and she's thankful. He wonders if this is meant to be.

Things are interrupted when Squirrelflight arrives with Hollyleaf, Jayflight, and Lionblaze. The three look worn out and they are taken to be checked out for being near the flames so long.

Ashfur as returned before them and has already been checked up. He has been scratched up by barreling through some bushes as he wasn't thinking while he escaped. He's scolded by Ferncloud for being so reckless, but she's thankful he's alive and okay.

Berrynose is aware that Mousewhisker is bristling slightly and asks what's wrong, but Mousewhisker doesn't want to answer while they're all surrounded.

Later that night the brothers go on a walk.

Mousewhisker talks about these dark feelings coming from Ashfur and how he's unsure of what's going on, but it's enough to make him feel sick. He also adds that there's something wrong with Squirrelflight and her kits.

He wants to talk to them about it, but when they return to the group, they notice that the three aren't around.

Berrynose assures they'll come up but Mousewhisker can't shake the feeling.

It's also at this point he brings up that they might be trying to find or help Hazeltail, as it's already been noted that she's missing and neither tom accepts that she'd dead as they know Hazeltail is smarter than that.

Time passes and Hazeltail is not found, but neither is any sign that she's died. The gathering is getting close and Mousewhisker is growing more and more aware that something's going on and he doesn't like it.

Lionblaze has been trying to talk to Ashfur, but is getting ignored.

Mousewhisker finally pulls Jayflight aside and demands answers. Jayflight refuses at first, but Mousewhisker manages to be more stubborn than the moody, blind tom.

Jayflight tells Mousewhisker most things and they agree to work together to figure this out.

The two try to warn Ashfur, but they're also ignored. Mousewhisker goes to try to convince Berrynose to help.

This ends with them finding Ashfur laying dead under a tired, hurting Hazeltail's paws.

The brothers come up with a lie but Hazeltail doesn't want them to lie.

If anyone has to be convicted, it's her

They are confused and try to reason with her

This is brought to ThunderClan's attention and Hazeltail confesses out loud. However, Hollyleaf, who had been missing, steps up and states it was in self-defense.

It seems the two have a story going on and everyone but Mousewhisker believes it. He's wondering what's going on.

Hazeltail feels terrible. Not for being the one seen as the one who killed Ashfur, but for everything leading up to it.

She has a flashback to Sol saving her and her falling his sweet lies as he tries to turn her against the Clans. However, as she got better and noticed how he was talking with other Clans, she learned she wasn't special.

She stumbles into Hollyleaf after sneaking away, who is relieved to see the gray and white molly is alive.

The two talk and Hollyleaf tells her everything.

The two come up with a plan and they end up killing Ashfur to keep him from telling the secret.

Hazeltail was supposed to run away, but she didn't. Her paws couldn't move as she stared down at the tom who had tried to kill her.

She snaps back and she and Hollyleaf are working like vengeful detectives to learn more and she manages to keep Hollyleaf from wanting to say anything.

Around this time, Minnowtail asks Mousewhisker to meet her in private in a couple days, as she wants to ask him something. Mousewhisker isn't sure what to expect, but she promises it's important

He spends his time trying - and failing - to get answers from his sister and Hollyleaf and he's feeling overwhelmed by the feelings inside camp that he thinks of seeing Minnowtail as a huge relief.

Mousewhisker goes to visit Minnowtail and he asks why she wanted to see him. She asks if he wants to help his Clan and spend more time with her at the same time.

He says of course.

She tells him that the next night she's going to send a cat to him who'd help with both.

He's confused but trusts her.

The next night Mousewhisker falls asleep - after dealing with the deep tension in ThunderClan - and he wakes up to come face to face with a she-cat named Sparrowfeather.

He begins training in the Dark Forest

Honeyfern's death but it's Berrynose's POV

Berrynose is torn up over the loss and now Cinderheart is the only survivor.

Berrynose becomes sort of numb to everything and doesn't want to spend time with anyone.

He questions why he even has powers if it means he can't save the cat he loved.

While out on his own, he meets up with Lionblaze. The two talk and their unspoken rivalry is put on halt for the moment. In the time they're both just two toms going through what feels like hell right now.

In a way, they become friends.

The detective mollies have been working hard on their case and

Long story short, they learn the truth and instead of a public callout, they have a private confrontation with Squirrelflight, Brambleclaw, Leafpool, and Crowfeather as the gathering ends.

The news is shocking towards the toms but the she-cats aren't surprised.

Brambleclaw is angry and Squirrelflight apologizes.

Hazeltail feels bad but Hollyleaf feels numb.

The two stay together to try to keep each other sane through all of this. Hollyleaf almost breaks down and Hazeltail does her best to keep her from doing anything wreckless.

They never leave each other's side.

and

because I'm struggling to remove AVoS rn, some rapid points;

Hollyleaf and Hazeltail end up becoming mates with a secret. Or two secrets As while Hazeltail was with Sol, she might've slept with him and ended up with his kits. Which Hollyleaf raises as her own and refuses to let these kits be caught in the same hell she was. The kits are; Lightkit, a dilute calico she-cat; Lilykit, a gray and white tom; Stormkit, a tortoiseshell tolly; and Duskkit, a black, gray, and white tom. They grow up and become Lightstrike [known for being impulsive and witty], Lilythorn [a bold tom who isn't afraid to speak his mind], Stormpool [a relaxed tolly who uses words over brute strength], and Duskfire [a outgoing and ambitious tom who finds new ways to push himself to becoming the best] Lilythorn becomes Leafpool's new apprentice after Icecloud passes away

Berrynose and Lionblaze rivals to friends to lovers.

Mousewhisker trains in cat hell, realizes it's kinda fucked right away but has a hard time getting out. He manages to help Ivypaw/pool and the two escape training together. He ends up stop trying to see Minnowtail and focuses his time on helping his Clan and becomes close friends with Ivypool. The two have a platonic relationship where they aid each other.

Cinderheart is friends with both Berrynose and Lionblaze and the two support her as she battles wit her depression

Cinderheart becomes the new deputy after Brambleclaw steps down because the secret-keeping is too much for him. She beomes Cinderstar and she makes Brightheart her deputy. Brightheart ends up retiring because she's not cut out and the new deputy is Rosepetal.

Dovewing still gets with Tigerheart and is friends with Lightstrike, who keeps Bumblestripe away from her when he's bothering her

Dovewing doesn't have powers and gets to live a normal life where her only worry is spending time with her ShadowClan boyfriend and not getting caught

Mousewhisker knows what she's up to, but he's pretty chill about it and sticks up for her - namely after his niece asks him not to tell.

Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw break up and Squirrelflight stays single because she can be happy and single. She doesn't need to stay with someone who's actively making her unhappy.

Bramble vs reality

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i like to think if the books were well written dovewing would recognize sunbeam is in a similar situation she was in with bumblestripe (a tom chasing after her for her affections when it's unrequited on sunbeam's part- at least for now from the excerpt) and have a talk to her about what she wants out of this situation, does she need tigerstar and cloverfoot to step in and send nightheart home, how long has nightheart been claiming to be her mate, etc. like maybe it's too early to say its wishful thinking when the book isn't out yet but god i hope at least ONE cat noticed how uncomfortable sunbeam was with him and asks if she's okay with what's going on and dovewing would be one of the best canidates for that.

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Bramblestar = Will Smith

Ashfur = Chris Rock

I wondered when I would get an ask about this

Yeah lol

I drew Breezepelt.

knuxouge sillies

couple of redraws :-)

references:

Okay I feel like for the “Seven Greatest Demigods”, their entrances were anticlimactic.

Hazel Levesque? Brought back from the dead after saving the world single handedly. Yes. Good. Definitely Seven worthy. But if her first appearance had been in the underworld, that would have been like- whoa. We’re about to find the most powerful demigod of all time. We’re finding her in the fields of asphodel. She has suffered and rebelled against Gaea, the earth mother. One of the Seven greatest indeed. The underworld would be described much differently from the POV of someone dead. Or hell- we could have seen her die first, and then the time skip would have been very interesting to see from her POV. when we meet her she’s had six months of adjustment in the over world. If we got to read firsthand how it felt to know that she was destroying herself and her mother, and then sacrificing her chance at Elysium for her mother not to get the fields of punishment... that would have been heartbreaking. Plus we would get to see Nico come to her, which would be exciting- like “we’re going to meet all the demigods of the future!! Woohoo!” That would have been the coolest. Definitely would have sold me for the “big three kids are insanely powerful”

I wouldn’t change her backstory at all- other than getting rid of Sammy’s relation to Leo- just the time that she’s introduced is different.

For Leo, I’m also keeping the backstory, but probably not the wilderness school. No fake Jason memories, because I feel like that just made their relationships (Jason, Piper, Leo) start off very strangely.

We would meet him while he’s running from another foster home. I’d like to be introduced to the sneaky side of him pretty early, like watching him get out of the house undetected, using his gadgets to pick locks or even keep his foster parents locked inside. His backstory is so very important to him, but I never really felt that he confronted the part of his past when he was on the run/abused in foster homes. Fire isn’t mentioned yet- I love the way his fire was introduced in TLH, so I’d keep the fire a secret until then. One way or another he makes it to camp, and gets claimed right away. But we need to see who they are before they’re the demigods of the prophecy, because we never got to know who Leo was or how his life was before he was on a quest. This way it’s more personal.

(However I would be open to him going to the wilderness school before camp, which is where he and Piper meet and are best friends)

For Frank, I’m going to say CHANGE THE BACKSTORY.

it took so long to figure out what his powers were and his grandma was so frustratingly vague about it that I almost didn’t care by the time he actually found out because I had guessed it myself already. Also, how many of these moms are fucking dead? We can’t have the same shit over and over. Dead parents isn’t the only angst you can have. (Leo and Hazel’s mothers dying are probably the only one’s I’d keep dead) I think his mother would have taught him how to use the powers that they share- I’d love to see the Zhang family dynamic being a happier side of the story. His grandma being so strict and his mother being so fierce and wanting to be a hero while Frank is kind and sweet. I think that Frank’s mother’s longing to be a hero would be interesting for her to watch her son live out her dream. Based on what we know about her, she would be ridiculously proud, but jealousssss.

We would probably meet frank while he is transformed into some sort of animal. His mother is telling him to focus, and it takes him a while to change back. We learn that out of the Zhang family, Frank is the slowest learner for shapeshifting. While his mom is endlessly patient, his grandmother is not. He’s sent to camp so that he can learn to use his powers. Frank is insecure about this.

ALSO: He is not afraid of Nico. At no point does he look at Nico and say that thing is creepy. He is like poor kid I am your big brother now. (He’s got paternal instincts like his mama)

Frazel doesn’t happen. Sorry guys but first of all they were boring second of all it was a weird age gap and third of all weird love triangle.

So he’s just a big brother figure to the underworld kids.

Trans frank, frank stays fat and there is no weird magical “glow up”

Jason Grace

My boy. Same backstory. But it actually AFFECTS him. Like we see the result of him going through all of this trauma. This would come slowly, of course, because the whole point of his character is that he is Hera’s “Chosen One”. think of that one guy from Star Wars who used to be an army thingy?? (With the white armour) yeah so like the whole “emotionless soldier” making friends and learning to care for them and for himself means a lot to me so he would be like that. Also he would NOT know what to do with Leo, who is the embodiment of: 😈, while he is the embodiment of:😶. So I would include much more dad friend Jason keeping Piper and Leo on a leash, while also trying to follow their lead on being a Normal Teenager 👍. (They are setting the worst example, frank saves him later)

I don’t know about having the deleted memories, because while I love that idea I also think we’d get to know him a lot better without it. Percy is okay to have lost his memories because we know him. But we don’t know Jason. But I also just love empty head Jason.

The “catch me!” Scene wouldn’t happen, it would take more time to find out he’s the son of Jupiter. Lol idk when, but there should have been more foreshadowing like:

“He should have gone inside, really, but he felt so drawn to the storm. Standing outside, his clothes were drenched in rain, and he felt the thunder in his bones before he heard it. This is how it would feel, he thought, to remember.”

I also think we deserved one scene of him crying in the rain, wondering who is and why he knows how to fight better than how to be a person.

MORE JASON ANGST !!

We don’t do Jasiper

Also Valgrace (slow burn) Piper is queer (we don’t know her sexuality yet so)

Piper. Oh Piper. My girl

I am so sorry for what RR did to you.

She is not a kleptomaniac. She is much better representation for Indigenous people. She has brown eyes. She does not wear feathers. She does not immediately fall in love and chase after a boy for the entire book series. She isn’t written in a misogynistic way, and is allowed to express herself however she wants. (This goes for ALL the rep in HOO actually)

The inner turmoil she faces when deciding whether or not to betray her friends is still there, but we meet her in the wilderness school with an unexpected best friend Leo Valdez. (They’ve just met recently) she instead uses her charmspeak when she really wants something, but it’s all by accident. Like “Can we reschedule the test?” Or “Can I please not run a mile?”. She has her “I am supreme lord of the bathroom” moment, where her charmspeak helps her out of a tight spot (either with Dylan or her racist classmates) she probably embarrasses them or reveals Dylan is a ventus. Piper and Leo dynamic duo while hiding from coach hedge yeah yeah.

Jason shows up and they are like. Who are you wtf. That’s funnier than them knowing who he is anyway.

(Piper learns of her singing charm speak earlier on, and perhaps she sings a Cherokee song, because even without charm speak native music is extremely powerful.)

Annabeth trains Piper for fighting (with a knife) which is how we meet her. Hazel teaches Piper how to sword fight later on.

So I feel that Frank and Piper and Leo grow into their powers a lot, but we see their potential while meeting them.

As we go on, they’re powers are expanded on.

But Jason and Hazel are a bit more powerful from the get go, so we’re just like alright these are the power houses, but then we see the rest of them grow and we’re like okay they are ALL powerhouses this is great.

Two double yolks in one carton

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Progress Pic of my Bristlefrost drowning art!

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