Blurkit was sick. Most of his kithood was spent under the watchful eye of Jayfeather, figuratively speaking of course, because Jayfeather is blind. The rest of the time our mother watched him.

I was the lively kit, the spitting image of my mother with a personality to match, as my father would say. I didn't understand why he couldn't play with me. "He's sick," they would say. They would always say, "He's sick."

Once, I tried to play with him in the medicine cat's den. "Flowerkit," Jayfeather screamed, "get out of here!" My mother warned me to never do it again. "But Squirrelflight, he must be bored to death in there. Surely I can keep him company." She agreed, but told me to be careful and to not jump on him. "He's much lighter than you."

I stayed and talked with my brother. We talked about everything, what we wanted our warrior names to be; I chose Flowerclaw, a mixture of sweet and scary; he chose Blurbreeze, so quick no cat could see him coming, I showed him some warrior moves, but as Squirrelflight requested I didn't jump on him. We were so close.

I didn't realize how badly he was sick until he died. Jayfeather had come in and whispered something to Squirrelflight. She looked sad and scared and upset. I will never forget that look. "Flowerkit," she said, "I have some bad news. Blurkit is dead."

Everything froze. I blinked. "Blurkit," I murmured, "dead?" I knew the answer; of course I knew the answer. She nodded.

I ran to the medicine cat's den. "Jayfeather," I screamed, "this can't be true. He can't be dead! It's not true!"

I calmed down and he showed me the body. Blurkit's small dark tabby body, eyes closed as if he were asleep.

My mother walked in followed by my father. Their sorrow showed in their eyes.

We stayed up all night for him, my father my mother, and Jayfeather. I didn't fall asleep once, which is very hard for a kit to do.

I'm a warrior now. My name is Flowerclaw and in my eyes, my brother didn't die a kit, he died a warrior, Blurbreeze.

Note: This is for my kitten, Obi-Wan. He died far too soon, but he died a warrior. Also for my cats Milky Way and Lauren two noble StarClan warriors.