Perfect

by The F R A Y

All Ravenpaw wants is to be noticed. Tigerleg wishes to become a warrior worth knowing. Mapleheart feels the need to be beautiful. And Tanglestar struggles to become a good leader. Each one of these cats tries to make themselves 'perfect,' all while struggling to understand who they really are. Please read and review?

1. Prologue

Before reading this story, you need to know some things.

First of all, this is a WARRIORS fanfiction. The characters are completely 100% cat, but most of the things the cats go through, are things humans will go through. I won't give anything away, so don't get your hopes up. Second of all, this story could end any day, because I'm known to not get on for weeks or months at a time. Oh, and please give me good hard critiscm, while keeping certain things in mind. I know that these things wouldn't actually happen in Warriors, but Warriors wouldn't actually happen in real life, eh? Finally, I know the story is rated M, but no worries. There will be absoloutely no graphic lemons. :)

Now, here is a little poem by Ellen Hopkins.I own nothing and it goes completely to her. I am only using it because it expresses the cats' journeys to becoming 'perfect' when they don't even know what 'perfect' really is.

"How
do you define a word without
concrete meaning? To each
his own, the saying goes, so

why
push to attain an ideal
state of being that no two
random people will agree is

where
you want to be? Faultless.
Finished. Incomparable.
People can never be these,
and anyway,

when
did creating a flawless facade
become a more vital goal
than learning to love the person

who
lives inside your skin?
The outside belongs to others.
Only you should decide for you-

what
is perfect"
― Ellen Hopkins, Perfect

Prologue

The leader looked down upon his daughter, smiling as she looked back up at him. "Goldenpaw," he said softly. "You will have plenty of problems in this life of becoming the best warrior you can be. You're not the only one."

Goldenpaw's smile faltered. She dipped her head down, looking at her paws. "But...I AM the only one going through this! Clan cats' problems are supposed to be things like trespassing cats, battles..." she trailed off.

"No!" he said angrily. "It may seem abnormal, but it has happened before. You know the warriors...?" he liste off a few cat's names. "They all went through serious problems, as did I."

The young apprentice huffed. She sunk her claws into the moist ground. Rain dropped from the sky and fell on her ears, dripping down the back of her neck and wetting her fur. Wind suddenly whipped through the sky, and the leader's long fur started to blow everywhere.

He got up quickly as thunder boomed through the sky, and the ground seemed to shake. "Let's go to my den, daughter," he said warmly. "I'll tell you the story there."