RavenBarley

RavenBarley is the slash ship between Ravenpaw and Barley from the Warriors fandom.

Canon
Ravenpaw was a Thunderclan apprentice mentored by Tigerclaw before he saw him murder Redtail. Later when Firepaw joined clan Ravenpaw becomes friends with him and Graypaw, then Ravenpaw tells them what tigerclaw done to Redtail. Firepaw and Graypaw were scared that Tigerclaw would like to also murder Ravenpaw so that no one would finds out what really happened to Redtail so they decided to take Ravenpaw to Barley's barn to keep him safe far from Tigerclaw. Since then Ravenpaw and Barley became very close to each other. When Bloodclan came to forest Ravenpaw and Barley were fighting together as a Lionclan warriors, after fight they go back barn.

In Shattered Peace, Ravenpaw tells about his life on the barn and later he and Barley are walking around the forest then they are running down a hill and playing with each other. The next day Ravenpaw wakes up Barley to show him snow and Ravenpaw goes on the roof of the barn to drink water then his tounge gets stuck in frozen water and he doesn't want Barley to know about it. He brings a mouse and Barley saw that Ravenpaw talks funny but he doesn't agree with him. They started to clean their barn and Barley ask Ravenpaw if he doesn't miss his home. Ravenpaw answers that life in clan wasn't for him and he feels better on the barn with him. Then they meet a group of cats named Willie, Minty, Snapper, Tess, and Pounce. Willie ask if they can stay on the barn due to Willie's mate Minty is going to give birth. Ravenpaw and Barley agreed and soon Minty gave birth to four kittens. Ravenpaw was helping take care of kits, hunting and do chores for the rogues. Barley wasn't happy about how Ravenpaw was used by them but one day the rogues decide to leave the barn. Barley was relieved but Ravenpaw was sad that he is going to miss the kittens. Some time later the barn catches on fire and is partially damaged, due to this Ravenpaw and Barley attempt to sleep in the Twoleg nest at the farm before deciding on sleeping outside. When they return to the barn Ravenpaw and Barley saw that Willie and his group of cats were attacking chickens. The farmer thought that Ravenpaw and Barley have done this so he kicked them of the barn. They tried to attack Willie and his group but they failed and ran away to Highstones. Then Ravenpaw realizes that Barely has right with his suspicious about the rogues. They went to sleep here and Ravenpaw in his dream saw Bluestar, Whitestorm, and Spottedleaf in StarClan. They tell him to ask Firestar for help. Ravenpaw and Barley decide to go to Thunderclan.

In A Clan in Need, Ravenpaw and Barley were going to Thunderclan to ask Firestar for help. They were stopped by windclan patrol that was searching for Crowkit, Ravenpaw and Barley found him. Then they met Dustpelt with his patrol and they went to the Thunderclan camp. Firestar want to help them but he can't due to the former Blood clan that are stealing prey and attack patrols. When Firestar ask Barley if he knew something about Bloodclan cats, he ran away to the forest. Ravenpaw was trying to convince Barley to help and he agreed when Sorrelpaw gets badly hurt. They two leave to find Violet, Barley's sister a kittypet who has some information about Bloodclan cats. They find out that BloodClan is under the new leadership of Ice and Snake that are trying to rebuild BloodClan and then the Thunderclan finally win fight with Bloodclan and Firestar decides to help Ravenpaw and Barley regain thier home.

In The Heart of a Warrior, Firestar sends a patrol to help Ravenpaw and Barley and after some time they win fight with the rogues. Later Jumper and Hoot (no longer as Ice and Snake) ask Barley and Ravenpaw if they can stay at the barn as that they have left Bloodclan and Barley agrees to shelter his brothers. Jumper and Hoot were very lazy and force Ravenpaw to do everything for them. When Barley finds out what they have done to Ravenpaw, he was very angry and say that Ravenpaw was more loyal than them two and banished his brothers from the barn. And from then on, Ravenpaw and Barley were peacefully living on their barn.

In Midnight, Ravenpaw and Barley gave shelter at their barn, to Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, Tawnypelt, Stormfur, Feathertail and Crowpaw before their journey to the sun-drown-place.

In Dawn, After a attack on Shadowclan camp all clans shelter in a ruined Twoleg nest near Barley's farm before their Great Journey. Firestar ask Ravenpaw if he wants to join the journey but Ravenpaw declines. Ravenpaw and Barley farewell them all then they watch the clans leave.

Quotes
"Neither of them forgot Ravenpaw's Clan origins, and they helped the cats from the forest many times over, joining the battle against BloodClan with relish and then allowing all four Clans to hunt and rest at their farm before they embarked on the Great Journey."

- Narrator on Barley and Ravenpaw The Ultimate Guide

"Blood isn't everything. Loyalty is everything. And Ravenpaw has been more loyal to me than you could be in a hundred lifetimes."

- Barley to Hoot and Jumper in The Heart of a Warrior, page 83 "Oh, Barley. You know me so well. Better than any cat ever has. But there is a secret that I have kept from you without meaning to: I have always been a warrior. I have a loyalty to these cats, and I must fight alongside them, whatever happens."

- Ravenpaw to Barley before the fight with the kittypets in Ravenpaw's Farewell, chapter 10

Fanon
RavenBarley is one of the most popular ship in Warriors. Currently RavenBarly has 125 fanfics in total on AO3.

Fandom
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Trivia

 * Vicky has stated that Ravenpaw and Barley loved each other and their life together.
 * Ravenpaw and Barley would rather die than let BloodClan take over their barn, and they are safely in control of it.