CrowPool

CrowPool is the het ship between Leafpool and Crowfeather from the Warriors fandom.

Canon
Leafpool and Crowfeather realize their feelings for each other at the end of Starlight. Just as Leafpool is about to fall over the ravine, Crowfeather saves her life and confesses his love. Leafpool seems shocked but later she returns the feelings.

Their relationship builds through Twilight. They rarely sneak out of camp to meet each other at the border; Leafpool's most-used excuse is gathering herbs. Not only is their relationship difficult since they are from opposing clans, but Leafpool is a medicine cat, meaning she has sworn to a life of chastity. Which now, means she's a traitor

Close to the end of the book, Cinderpelt, Leafpool's mentor, discovers their trysts. Cinderpelt tries to make Leafpool break up with Crowfeather, she tells Crowfeather to go away, and Cinderpelt scratches Leafpool's Face, so she runs of, and Spottedleaf tells her to follow her heart. She meets Crowfeather at the border, and they run off together, past the clan territories. ThunderClan is left in shambles, and Cinderpelt is forced to reveal her apprentice's relationship.

Off with Crowfeather, Leafpool begins to doubt herself, missing her clan and sister. Though Crowfeather seems happy in their position, he reluctantly agrees to return when Leafpool asks. They rush to ThunderClan, just in time to help in the badger attack. However, Leafpool is too late, and Cinderpelt is killed. She mourns her mentor, realizing this would not have happened if she had not left. She breaks off her relationship with Crowfeather, and reaffirms her loyalty to ThunderClan and the medicine cat code, saying they didn't love each other enough.

Sometime afterward, she gives birth to her and Crowfeather's kits: Hollykit, Jaykit, and Lionkit. As a medicine cat, this is even worse than falling in love, so she persuades Squirrelflight, with Feathertail's brief help, to raise the kits in her place. Squirrelflight loves the kits as much as she loves her sister, and agrees to help Leafpool. In the book "Crowfeather's Trial," Crowfeather and Harespring, the WindClan deputy at the time, rush to ThunderClan in request for a medicine cat. Leafpool comes to their aid, and the three cats make their travel back to WindClan camp. Shortly after leaving ThunderClan territory, though, Harespring bounds ahead, leaving the former mates alone. Leafpool shares some guidance with him about his rough relationship with Nightcloud. During this, Leafpool realizes that the same advice could apply to their own relationship, and she hurries off shyly. While caring for Crowfeather's injuries after the WindClan tom protected her from a stoat, he opens up to her about his difficulties in loving Breezepelt. Leafpool advises him to love all his children, including Lionblaze and Jayfeather.

' ''Do I still have feelings for Leafpool? But then he thought of all that had happened in the seasons they'd been apart. They led separate lives now, and the idea of being together seemed even more impossible than it had seasons ago, when they'd tried to run away. He no longer felt an ache when he imagined Leafpool without him. Now he felt only admiration, and hope that she was happy.'''

 'Once, he had been able to open his heart to her, and although those days were past, he still felt that he could trust her more than any other cat."

- Crowfeather's thoughts about Leafpool In The Broken Code's 'A Light in the Mist', Crowfeather and Leafpool reunite within StarClan's hunting grounds while Crowfeather visits alongside others. While here, Crowfeather does not acknowledge his first love, Feathertail, and instead stays extremely close to Leafpool, all the while talking softly with her. Leafpool is leaning affectionately against the WindClan tom. She claims warmly that despite everything, she had never stopped missing him, and touches his ear with her nose. Crowfeather responds by pushing his nose against her muzzle.

Later, Crowfeather makes a light-hearted comment in response to Leafpool that StarClan prophecies aren't clear. Leafpool dismisses him with a shake of her head, though her eyes shone affectionately.

 'Crowfeather slid quickly past Graystripe and fell in beside Leafpool, pressing so close against her that the starlight in her fur seemed to spark into his.'

- 'A Light in the Mist, pg. 376'

Children
Lionblaze Lionblaze is a warrior of ThunderClan under Bramblestar’s leadership in the lake territories, and has previously served under Firestar's, Bramblestar's, the impostor's, Squirrelflight’s, his own, and Graystripe’s leaderships. He was born as Lionkit to Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight alongside Hollyleaf and Jayfeather. He was a courageous and strong-willed young tom, and discovered his natural talent in battle. He was apprenticed to Ashfur as Lionpaw, and later learned he and his siblings were destined to be more powerful than StarClan. As a warrior, Lionblaze and his siblings were trapped by Ashfur, and Squirrelflight revealed they were not her kits. The siblings uncovered their true parents were Crowfeather of WindClan and Leafpool, the ThunderClan medicine cat, and Hollyleaf died after fleeing into the tunnels once the truth was revealed. He mentored Dovewing and taught her how to control her powers. Together with Jayfeather and Dovewing, the Three participated in the Great Battle and defeated the Dark Forest.

He and Cinderheart became mates and had two litters of kits: Hollytuft, Sorrelstripe, Fernsong, Flywhisker, Spotfur, and Snaptooth. Shorty after Bramblestar's revival, he was adamant about punishing the codebreakers. Lionblaze was one of them, and after he was reported for breaking the warrior code, Bramblestar exiled him. Lionblaze became a rogue for a quarter moon before returning to ThunderClan and swearing an oath of loyalty. However, he was later exiled for being half-Clan, and took refuge in ShadowClan. After Bramblestar's impostor was deposed of, he became temporary deputy under Squirrelflight.

Hollyleaf Hollyleaf was a ThunderClan warrior under Firestar's leadership in the lake territories. She arrived in ThunderClan as Hollykit, the daughter of Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw, alongside her brothers Lionblaze and Jayfeather. Initially, Hollypaw trained as a medicine cat apprentice, but switched to warrior training, soon learning of a prophecy concerning her and her brothers.

After becoming a warrior, Hollyleaf and her siblings were cornered in a fire by Ashfur, and, in order to save them, Squirrelflight revealed they were not her kits. Discovering that Leafpool and Crowfeather were her true parents, Hollyleaf killed Ashfur to keep him from telling the Clans, but frustrated that nothing had changed, she ultimately revealed the secret herself. After disappearing into the tunnels, Hollyleaf was believed to be dead, but eventually returned and fought in the Great Battle, saving Ivypool from Hawkfrost. As she died, Hollyleaf finally forgave Squirrelflight and Leafpool and ascended to StarClan.

Jayfeather Jayfeather is a ThunderClan medicine cat that has served under Firestar's, Bramblestar's, the impostor's, and Squirrelflight's leaderships in the lake territories. He was born as Jaykit, and is one of the children of Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight, alongside his siblings Hollyleaf and Lionblaze. He was apprenticed to Brightheart to train as a warrior, becoming Jaypaw. After discovering an extraordinary ability to connect with other cats' feelings and walk in their dreams, he was urged by Spottedleaf to train as a medicine cat. He eventually agreed to train under Leafpool. While walking in the dreams of Firestar, Jaypaw heard about the Kin of Your Kin prophecy, realizing he and his littermates were destined to be powerful.

He earned his medicine cat name, Jayfeather. When a fire erupted in ThunderClan's camp, it was forced out by Ashfur that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw were not his true parents. The truth was eventually revealed that Leafpool and Crowfeather were their parents, causing a strain on the family. Shortly after Hollyleaf vanished, he and Lionblaze realized that she was not one of the Three and the prophecy was predicting the Dark Forest's rising.

Fulfilling the prophecy, he, Lionblaze, and the third cat, Dovewing, helped the Clans fight off the Dark Forest in the Great Battle. After the battle, Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Dovewing lost their powers, and Jayfeather gained an apprentice, Alderheart, whom he grew very close to. After Bramblestar's revival, he was adamant about punishing the codebreakers. Jayfeather was one of them and was forced to swear an oath of loyalty. He was later exiled by the impostor and joined as a refugee in ShadowClan. He returned to being a medicine cat of ThunderClan after the impostor was taken down.

Fanon
On AO3, Crowpool is the most popular ship for both characters.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Crowfeather/Leafpool tag on FanFiction.net
 * Crowfeather/Leafpool tag on FanFiction.net