History Heartwarming / WarriorCats

* Bristlefrost and Rootspring exploring their new relationship in ''Darkness Within''. Unlike every other example of StarCrossedLovers in this franchise, they take the time to maturely discuss their romance and their future. When Rootspring admits he's not sure he can leave his Clan for her and needs time to think it over, she tells him to take all the time he needs; he later tells her the same. And when they both ultimately decide neither is willing to leave their Clan, ''they both accept that''. After ''so many'' StarCrossedLovers [[StrangledByTheRedString who rush into things]], or [[RomanticPlotTumor waffle back and forth]], or try to pressure the other, it's as refreshing to see as it is sweet.

He didn’t flinch. [["IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy]] I know."

* A background one, but when Harestar exiles Crowfeather for being a codebreaker, we hear that Nightcloud and Breezepelt protested the decision. It's nice to see that the development from ''Crowfeather's Trial'' has stuck and that family really has healed.

* Shadowsight's close relationship with his mother, and Rootpaw's relationship with his father. Dovewing is a comfortable presence in his life when it seems like everything's going wrong; meanwhile, Rootpaw is initially embarresed of his father but learns to appreciate and respect Tree's unique abilities, and goes to him for guidance when he doesn't know what to do.

* Though it triples as a TearJerker and NightmareFuel due to to the current situation, Bramblestar managing to resist Ashfur's control because of his love for Squirrelflight is one (just hearing her voice briefly snaps him out of it). Its ''especially'' HeartWarming after Crowfeather pointed out earlier how troubled Bramblestar's relationship with Squirrelflight has been over the years.

* Bramblestar and Squirrelflight returning to the living world and lovingly embracing each other.

* "Squirrelflight's Hope" has Squirrelflight defying her leader and mate in order to do what she knows is right. At one point she's put into a coma after a rockslide, and is given a chance to go to [=StarClan=] to spend the rest of her afterlife with her parents, three of her kits, and her sister. Squirrelflight [[IChooseToStay refuses]]. Why? Because her daughter, Sparkpelt, is still alive and needs her.

** Cloudtail telling [[spoiler: Brightheart]] she is still beautiful to him.

-->'''Mistyfoot''' (to Bluestar [[spoiler:while she's dying]]): "We forgive you, Bluestar."
-->'''Stonefur''': "We forgive you."

* Throughout ''Sunset'', Leafpool has been looking for [[spoiler: Cinderpelt]] in [=StarClan=] but can't find her. Then Yellowfang shows her [[spoiler: Cinderkit opening her eyes and she realizes Cinderpelt is Cinderkit.]]

* [[spoiler:'''Crowfeather:''' You walk in my dreams, Leafpool.]]

* In ''The Sight'' when [[spoiler:Graystripe comes back]] all of the clans start cheering him on.
** At the daylight gathering, Firestar announces one apprentice gets special mention: [[spoiler: Jaypaw.]]

* Berrynose and Honeyfern's [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther tender]] moment in ''Sunrise'' [[spoiler: before the MoodWhiplash]].
* Pretty much every time new kits are born (except for maybe [[spoiler:Silverstream's]] and [[spoiler:Yellowfang's]]).
* Naming ceremony at the end of ''Eclipse'': "[[spoiler:Cinderheart]], you are a warrior at last".

* In ''The Fourth Apprentice'', when [[spoiler: Honeyfern tells Jayfeather that she wants Berrynose and Poppyfrost to be happy together.]]

* In ''Night Whispers'', [[spoiler: Tigerheart stopping Ivypaw from destroying Flametail.]]

-->'''Jayfeather:''' ''(bitterly)'' I don't know. Strange things are happening in all the Clans, why ''wouldn't'' [[spoiler:one medicine cat murder another]]?

* That last line in ''Sign of the Moon'', [[spoiler:"I will wait for you forever, Jay's Wing!"]]
* In ''The Forgotten Warrior'', [[spoiler:Cinderheart's memory montage as she remembers her old life as Cinderpelt.]]
* Firestar telling Sandstorm how much he loves her in ''The Last Hope'' [[spoiler:before he enters his final battle]].
* In ''The Last Hope'', [[spoiler:Bluestar's eulogy for Firestar.]]
-->'''Bluestar''': [[spoiler:"I gave him a life for nobility, though he was born with more nobility than any warrior I ever knew.]]

-->'''Brambleclaw''':[[spoiler:"Will you be my deputy, Squirrelflight?"]]
* Before the final battle in ''The Last Hope'', [[spoiler:Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Jayfeather, and Brambleclaw forgive Leafpool and Squirrelflight, then apologize for how they'd been treating them since ''Sunrise''. This is followed by Brambleclaw telling Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and Hollyleaf how proud he was to be their father.]]
* During the final battle in ''The Last Hope'', [[spoiler:Hollyleaf sacrificing herself to save Ivypool. In the end, instead of seeking glory, she gave everything for a friend. Then she tells Leafpool that she's okay with dying, as she came to understand her mother.]]
* In ''The Last Hope'', Crowfeather [[spoiler:reconciles with Lionblaze and Leafpool.]] D'awww.
* Halfway through ''The Last Hope'', [[spoiler:the Three have given up, the Dark Forest is rising, and the Clans are awaiting the end of all things. Then Jayfeather gets his hope restored by Mothwing, when she shows him that there really is a way to save the Clans.]]

->[[spoiler:''There will be three cats, kin of your kin, with the power of the stars in their paws. They will find a fourth, and the battle between light and dark will be won. A new leader will rise from the shadows of his death, and the Clans will survive beyond the memories of his memories. That is how it has always been, and how it always will be.'']]

* Dovewing and Tigerheart's relationship throughout the entirety of Tigerstar's Shadow. They get impatient with one another, they argue, they teeter on the brink of a breakup, and they pressure each other to make difficult decisions, [[spoiler:but they both have enough self-awareness to eventually realize how harmful this is. They end up apologizing for their fumbles, come out stronger than they started, and in the end, reach a mutually happy decision to live together in Shadowclan.]]

* Alderheart reconciling with Needletail after [[spoiler:her death]], with her telling him that she made it to [=StarClan=] and gently teasing him. After everything she's been through, she finally gets a happy ending.

* Bristlepaw's crush on Stemleaf. Even though she inevitably [[AllLoveIsUnrequited gets rejected]], she's still close with him after being a warrior and even becomes friendly with his mate, Spotfur. It's nice to see a love triangle in Warriors end amicably, and even after [[spoiler:Stemleaf's death]], Spotfur and Bristlefrost remain close and supportive of each other throughout everything.
** Contrasting this is Rootpaw's infatuation with Bristlefrost herself. After she saves his life, he goes out of his way to talk to her and meet with her more often than strictly necessary, and tries to do whatever he can to make her happy. [[spoiler:She ends up falling for him too.]]

-->'''Mapleshade''': "Your punishment is complete now, Crookedstar. [[DeusAngstMachina You have lost everything]]."
-->'''Crookedstar''': "No, Mapleshade. You're wrong. [[TrueCompanions I still have a clan that I love and am proud to lead.]] And now... ...now everything precious to me is here, in [=StarClan=]. [[TogetherInDeath My family is waiting here for me, when my ninth life has passed.]] It's you who have lost. You have no power over me anymore."
-->'''Mapleshade''': "I have destroyed you!"
-->'''Crookedstar''': "No, Mapleshade. I still have the cats that I loved. You have nothing and no one."

* Everything about the ending of ''Tallstar's Revenge''. Especially, [[spoiler:"I give you this life for forgiveness. No death need ever be avenged. Forgiveness brings peace far more surely than vengeance."]] and Tallstar [[spoiler:learning about Jake's son.]]

* [[spoiler:Shrewclaw]] giving Tallstar one of his nine lives.
-->'''[[spoiler:Shrewclaw]]:''' [[spoiler:"I know we were never friends, Wormcat."]]
-->'''Talltail:''' [[spoiler:"I'll be Worm''star'' now."]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Shrewclaw]]:''' [[spoiler:"But loyalty isn't rooted in friendship. It's much stronger than that. It comes from being born and raised under the same sky, from walking the same path as our ancestors, and from sharing the warrior code. With this life I commit you to upholding the warrior code, whatever challenges you might face. This is the wisdom of our ancestors, all our traditions distilled. Trust the code to lead you along the right path."]]
-->[[spoiler:Stars swirled through Talltail's mind as the life pulsed through him. He and Shrewclaw were one. Not friends. But they would fight side by side in any battle.]]

* Talltail's [[spoiler:selfless act helping [=RiverClan=] paying off in the end of ''Tallstar's Revenge'' when he saves Hopkit.]]
* ''Bramblestar's Storm'' fully averts the ForgottenFallenFriend trope; every Clan has their own special way of honoring the dead, which they continue to uphold as long as six moons later, and Bramblestar himself often thinks about [[spoiler:his deceased adoptive daughter, Hollyleaf]]. It's touching in a [[TearJerker tear-inducing]] kind of way.

* [[spoiler:Minty returning to her Twolegs.]] Sure, it's a little sad to see [[spoiler:her]] go, but the way [[spoiler:she jumps into their arms and meows excitedly about her time in the forest]] is reminiscent of a little kid telling their parents about the big adventure they had.
* The manga chapter of ''Bramblestar's Storm'' is this incarnate. It starts with an apprentice ceremony for Lionblaze and Cinderheart's kits, who were all named after [[spoiler:the warriors who fell in the Dark Forest battle]], then continues to [[spoiler:Squirrelflight getting sick and feeling depressed because of her "uselessness", and Bramblestar telling her to take the day off or offering to cuddle with her to make her feel better. After a few days pass, Squirrelflight goes on a walk to clear her head. Bramblestar follows, and while they're speaking Yellowfang appears to them and apologizes to Squirrelflight for lying, which lets Squirrelflight realize that she's not dying...[[BabiesEverAfter she's having kits]]. The last page is of her telling Bramblestar and twining their tails together happily]].

** So is [[spoiler:seeing him fix his relationships with ''both'' his family--Jayfeather and Lionblaze don't want him as a dad, but he got the chance to apologize, and the latter isn't even angry at him. However, he and Nightcloud become friends again, and he gets the chance to be a real father to Breezepelt--there are a lot of moments where he awkwardly tries, and seeing him grow more accustomed to the role and Breezepelt's shock, then acceptance...it's just nice to see that dysfunctional family finally sort themselves out.]]
** [[spoiler:Ashfoot helping Crowfeather in his dreams]]. There's even a [[spoiler:Feathertail cameo, where she saves his life again by fetching help.]]
** We get to see Breezepelt and Heathertail as a couple, and they're pretty cute. Between Heathertail constantly standing up for him and supporting him emotionally, and Breezepelt worrying about her well-being and being amazed she wants to be with him, there's a lot that'll make you go "awww"!

** The moment when [[spoiler:Breezepelt saves Lionblaze's life, and the latter asks him why. Breezepelt admits he was wrong to fight with the Dark Forest, that his loyalty should be with the Clans, and his half-brother is still a Clan cat. Lionblaze is quiet a moment, then says he's glad they fought on the same side, and they exchange "awkward, jerky nods". It's neither an eloquent apology nor an eloquent forgiveness, but that makes it all the nicer to see that they both managed to move on.]]

* Oakheart's line to Bluefur in ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', after he admitted to her that he couldn't stop thinking about her and she told him that he didn't even really know her: "I ''want'' to know you. Everything about you--your favorite fresh-kill, your earliest memory, what you dream of..." The line caught me off-guard and struck me as extremely romantic, so much that I gushed aloud.

* The manga chapter of ''Bramblestar's Storm'' is this incarnate. It starts with an apprentice ceremony for Lionblaze and Cinderheart's kits, who were all named after [[spoiler:the warriors who fell in the Dark Forest battle]], then continues to [[spoiler:Squirrelflight getting sick and feeling depressed because of her "uselessness", and Bramblestar telling her to take the day off or offering to cuddle with her to make her feel better. After a few days pass, Squirrelflight goes on a walk to clear her head. Bramblestar follows, and while they're speaking Yellowfang appears to them and apologizes to Squirrelflight for lying, which lets Squirrelflight realize that she's not dying...[[BabiesEverAfter she's having kits]]. The last page is of her telling Bramblestar and twining their tails together happily]]. This troper had a big grin on her face the whole time she was reading it.

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* [[spoiler:Crowfeather: You walk in my dreams, Leafpool.]]

->'''Jake:''' "Will you go home now?"
->'''Talltail:''' "I don't know if I have a home."
->'''Jake:''' "Of course you do! You have [=WindClan=]!"
->'''Talltail:''' "I ''left'' [=WindClan=]."
->'''Jake:''' "They'd let you back."
->'''Talltail:''' "I thought I'd keep travelling for a while. Would you like that?"
->'''Jake:''' "I think you should go home."
->'''Talltail:''' "Home? I have no home. I don't even know who I am anymore."
->'''Jake:''' (Rests his muzzle on Talltail's head.) "I know who you are. You're my best friend, and you always will be.

->'''[[spoiler:Shrewclaw]]:''' [[spoiler:"I know we were never friends, Wormcat."]]
->'''Talltail:''' [[spoiler:"I'll be Worm''star'' now."]]
->'''[[spoiler:Shrewclaw]]:''' [[spoiler:"But loyalty isn't rooted in friendship. It's much stronger than that. It comes from being born and raised under the same sky, from walking the same path as our ancestors, and from sharing the warrior code. With this life I commit you to upholding the warrior code, whatever challenges you might face. This is the wisdom of our ancestors, all our traditions distilled. Trust the code to lead you along the right path."]]
->[[spoiler:Stars swirled through Talltail's mind as the life pulsed through him. He and Shrewclaw were one. Not friends. But they would fight side by side in any battle.]]

->'''[[spoiler:Shrewclaw]]]:''' [[spoiler:"I know we were never friends, Wormcat."]]

* When Brokenstar was a kit, he was helping Yellowfang (the former not knowing she's his mom) with some medicine supplies. And when he gets some leaves on top of him, he squeals "I'm a tree! I'm a tree!" This shows that indeed, every villain in the series starts out as a [[UsedToBeSuchASweetKid cute little kit.]]

* In ''The Sight'' when [[spoiler: Graystripe comes back]] all of the clans start cheering him on.

* In ''The Forgotten Warrior'', [[spoiler: Cinderheart's memory montage as she remembers her old life as Cinderpelt.]]

* In ''The Last Hope'', [[spoiler: Bluestar's eulogy for Firestar.]]
-->'''Bluestar''': "[[spoiler: I gave him a life for nobility, though he was born with more nobility than any warrior I ever knew.]]