Hollybloom

Appearance
A Siberian she-cat with chocolate brown fur. Her paws are covered in snow white fur, as well as her tail tip, ear tips, and the tip of her snout. She has bright hazel eyes and her fur always seems messy. She holds herself with meek composure, always watching for the eyes of others.

Personality
Hollybloom is a very blunt and direct cat. She is introverted and task oriented, always doing something. She talks to herself on a regular basis, finding this to be the best way to ease her stress and anxiety. Due to her introverted and organized nature, she finds kits and young apprentices to be unbearable. Their constant energy and unlimited repertoire of questions is enough to drive her up a tree. Due to this, she is very wary around camp. She is extremely self conscious and persistently second guesses herself and her skills as a medicine cat. She always feels that she falls short in one way or another. Due to this, she feels as if she is constantly being watched and judged for even the smallest mistake.

History
As a kit, Hollybloom was raised by her loving mother, Lilypad, and her father, Pinetooth. Pinetooth was a renowned Medicine cat. His understanding of herbs and his inseverable connection with Spiritclan were unrivaled by any in his time. Hollybloom had been born with two siblings, though both died of an unfamiliar illness. Pinetooth was unable to save them and thus spiraled into a deep depression. When Hollybloom was of age to become an apprentice, Pinetooth took her under his wing and taught her all he could. He would repeatedly tell her that she was destined to be a great medicine cat, for he could see it in the stars. He even went as far as to say she would surpass him in skill. This was a lot for a young Hollypaw, and she soon developed anxiety and grew extremely self-conscious. She bashed herself for even the smallest of mistakes, only trying to be as good as her father. She knew he struggled with his failure to save her siblings. She would often see him pad out of camp, only to return a some time later, scrawny and starving. She thought that if she could please her father, maybe he would finally put his worries to rest. The worst possible thing happened when he left one day, never to return. Hollybloom swore on that day that she would live up to her father's legacy and become the best medicine cat of her time. She began to work nonstop at that point, often not sleeping for days on end. She often blamed it on her work, but she truly hated sleep because she would see her father, scrawny and weak, laying in the middle of a cold clearing, dying and alone. She couldn't bare to see that nightmare and only slept when she could no longer fight back exhaustion's steely grip.