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The Truth About Tigers: Book #1: Related

Prologue

(Tigerstar's POV)

A menacing dark brown tabby tom towered over the dark grey one.

"What business do you have here? Your only interest is betraying everybody! First you betrayed ThunderClan, then you betrayed ShadowClan, then...well, you died on BloodClan's side, so that counts as betraying BloodClan!" the dark brown tabby spat. His piercing amber eyes looked like pools of angry fire, but the tabby refused to say that--to him, 'fire' meant only one thing: Firestar. To him, his eyes were burning pools of angry tigers, leaping at each other from side to side, dying when some evil claw raked across their bellies. He had died that same way, at the claws of Scourge!

"I--Tigerstar, you know I'll follow you when you take revenge on Firestar!" the dark grey tabby tom stammered. He looked worried and frightened--and he had a right to be so.

Tigerstar glared at the other tabby. "Do not speak to me of revenge, Darkstripe! I know that revenge always turns out to be a failure. I shall seek out StarClan and ask to be reborn again as a kit! Like Cinderpelt, that fool!" he growled crossly.

"But--I--Tigerstar! How could StarClan say yes if they knew that you were a traitor? And how would you find them? Escape from this Dark Forest is impossible! You yourself said so, and Brokentail, Hawkfrost, and I agree!" Darkstripe wailed. As Tigerstar looked over him, the old ShadowClan leader knew that Darkstripe was hiding the fact that if Tigerstar left, Darkstripe would be alone.

"Fine," Tigerstar hissed. "I'll stay. But sooner or later, Firestar will find out about my heritage. And then, all my honour will be ruined." Tigerstar snorted. Like he had any left.

(Darkstripe's POV)

What's wrong with Tigerstar's heritage? the tabby tom thought as Tigerstar left the clearing. Does he not have wildcat blood?