Minkstar was born into PondClan to Redstone and Heronstep as Mink-kit, along with her three littermates, Thornkit, Minnowkit, and Sandkit. With an average kithood, Mink-kit became an apprentice at the 6 months. This being said, Minkpaw more often than not found herself in the medicine cat's den, wanting to someday rise to the position she saw a most beneficial and helpful to her clan. However, to her disappointment, her littermate, Sandpaw was given the medicine cat apprentice role. Fueled by a spite for Sandpaw, Minkpaw began training harder and more quickly than the other apprentices in the clan. Upon receiving her warrior name, Minkfoot, she would take her vigil as a time to reflect upon her jealousy. She knew her littermate was very good at what she did, and therefore, Minkfoot vowed to become PondClan's leader, where she could hopefully be able to protect the clan and the medicine cats on which that clan relied on. With the help of her former mentor, Beeclaw, Minkfoot began to train well into her moons as a warrior, building her speed to something that could not be beaten by any cat. This, along with her strong dedication to the clan, earned her the title of deputy under Darkstar, whos lives went in less time than could have been anticipated after he refused to leave the side of Mossfur, his mate after she came down with deadly blackcough. Try as they might, neither Sandflower nor her mentor, Doefoot could get him to leave her side, and in that, his last 3 lives were gone less than a moon after his mate's left her. This left Minkfoot, now Minkstar, a leader far younger than she had anticipated, but prepared to be able to protect Sandflower and Doefoot and the rest of PondClan and best she could.