" Why would you name him after Tigerstar?"
That's what I hear from my Shadowclan clan mates all the time. I admit it that it is peculiar for me to name my kit after my vicious father, but I do have an explanation for it.
The reason I named my son after my father is, I loved my father, You only get one father.
Sure he was a murderer, a liar, a traitor. But I loved him.
When I was just a kit I vividly remember meeting my father for the first time. Darkstripe showed me and my brother Brambleclaw into the dark mossy Shadowclan territory. When I saw a dark tabby in front of me I was scared and I saw caring beautiful amber eyes in the world. I knew not to be afraid. I would never forget those eyes, Then I found out that he was LEADER of the Shadowclan, I was overjoyed. That meant I was a princess!
When Smallear told me I was going to turn out like my father, a traitor I had to go to Tigerstar and the Shadowclan cats, there I felt welcomed.
I remember when he invaded Riverclan, he savagely killed innocent cats, but I still loved him. The other cats told me the reason why he left Thunderclan in the first place is because he tried to kill Bluestar.
When he died because of his horrible wound from his chin to his tail I was just devastated. I was the traitior's daughter all alone in a different clan I hardly knew, but a much older cat Rowanclaw comforted me. I loved him, but to shy to tell him.
Though I moved on slowly…..
When I left to see what Midnight was, I kept on seeing a horrified look in Feathertail and Stormfur's eyes when they looked at me or Brambleclaw I never understood why they looked at me like that…then I remembered that Tigerstar kept them as captives.
When we finally got home to the forest, minus the two Cats that gave me and Brambleclaw scared looks. I was greeted happily by my clanmates. But mostly Rowanclaw, we then became mates.
Many moons later, I beared three kits. One was fire red like Flames. Flamekit. The other was the color the moon, a crème like Dawn. Dawnkit. The last one was a dark tabby, just like my father Then I wanted to name him Tigerkit, but I decided not to. It took days to figure out the name until his eyes opened. He glanced at me with the same look my father gave me when I was just a kit. So I knew I had to name him after his grandfather.
Ask me again why I named Tigerheart after Tigerstar? Because I loved him. What is it a shame to love your own father?