Harepounce

"Harepounce died first, refusing to eat a mouthful from the moment they dug up the rotten prey and instead giving all her meager share to her kits."

— Narrator about Harepounce's death in Goosefeather's Curse, chapter 9

Harepounce
The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation.
Affiliations
Current:	StarClan
Past:	ThunderClan
Biographical information
Cause of death:	Starvation
Names
Name:	Harepounce Harepounce Harepounce
Education
Apprentices:	Adderfang
Book appearances
Living	Pinestar's Choice, Goosefeather's Curse
Living	Pinestar's Choice, Goosefeather's Curse
Dead	Pinestar's Choice
Dead	Pinestar's Choice

Harepounce is a light brown she-cat with yellow eyes.

History

In the Novellas

Pinestar's Choice

Oakstar decides to send a raid to scare the kittypets in the Twolegplace to not trespassing. Doefeather selects Harepounce as part of the patrol. During the raid, Doefeather reminds the patrol the aim is to teach a lesson, not to shed blood unnecessarily. Harepounce comments she is happy to teach them a lesson they will not forget. It's noted her fur is turning pale gray in the dusk. A kittypet is soon spotted and Doefeather orders Harepounce, Rooktail and Flashpaw to go get them. The cats race over a Thunderpath to chase after the kittypet. They hurtle around a corner with the kittypet just ahead of them.

After the Great Hunger, Pineheart notes that Harepounce died of starvation. When Pineheart is at his Leadership Ceremony, he is overjoyed to see Harepounce among the ranks of StarClan and says ThunderClan misses them so much. The cats nod, their eyes noted to be full of stars.

Goosefeather's Curse

Harepounce is seen depositing prey on the fresh-kill pile with her apprentice, Adderpaw. As Windflight is searching for Swiftpaw, the mentor mentions he wants to take her to battle training with Harepounce and Adderpaw. Goosekit claims that a brown warrior told him where to find Swiftpaw and after he is asked which warrior did, Goosekit admits he doesn't know and he has disappeared. Harepounce gives a roll of her eyes and says fancy that.

Adderpaw has his warrior ceremony and is renamed Adderfang. Harepounce later gives birth to two daughters named Specklekit and Whitekit. After Goosefeather insists to dig up the prey ThunderClan has buried to preserve, Harepounce rushes from the nursery and joins him, her fur being smothered in wet earth and whiskers drenched in sludge. She still determinedly scratches the ground until they find sodden fur. Harepounce pants and says it's a vole and crouches down to haul it out before sitting back again. The vole has almost wasted and Harepounce says that it is now ruined.

This causes a great starvation for ThunderClan, and Harepounce is the first to die. She refuses to eat the meager shares of food she was given, and she gives it all to her kits instead. Rainfur takes care of Specklekit and Whitekit and suckles them alongside her own kits after Harepounce's death.

Character Pixels

The pixel artwork is fanart based on the canon description; undefined traits are left to the artist's interpretation. Warrior Version Queen Version StarClan Version

Kin

Members

Mate:

Stagleap: Status unknown

Daughters:

Speckletail: Deceased, verified StarClan member

One-eye: Deceased, verified StarClan member

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Grandsons:

Snowkit: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Lionheart: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Runningwind: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Granddaughters:

Goldenflower: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Mistlekit: Status unknown

Mousefur: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Great-Grandsons:

Bramblestar: Status unknown

Swiftpaw: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Unnamed kit: Status unknown

Great-Granddaughter:

Tawnypelt: Living (As of Wind)

Great-Great-Grandsons:

Tigerheart: Status unknown

Flametail: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Alderheart: Living (As of Wind)

Juniperkit: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Great-Great-Grandaughters:

Dawnpelt: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Sparkpelt: Living (As of Wind)

Dandelionkit: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Great-Great-Great-Grandsons:

Juniperclaw: Deceased, verified border guardian between the Dark Forest and StarClan

Strikestone: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Shadowkit: Status unknown

Great-Great-Great-Granddaughters:

Sleekwhisker: Living (As of River of Fire)

Lightkit: Status unknown

Pouncekit: Status unknown

Tree

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Quotes

Doefeather: "Our plan is to find as many kittypets as we can and give them a good scare—claw their fur if they fight back, but there’s no need to shed blood unnecessarily. They just need to learn to respect the Clan cats, and stay out of our territory!"

Harepounce: "I’m happy to teach them a lesson they won’t forget."

^{Pinestar's Choice}

Goosekit: "A warrior told me he saw Swiftpaw there."

Larksong: "Which warrior?"

^{Goosefeather's Curse}