Tigerkit's Destiny

by tigerfur123

One small kit will learn about what life has to offer, and that every moment should be savored, because one moment it can be there, and the next it can be gone. With so many tragedies in his life, Tigerkit thinks that there is no point in loving if it is lost after so little time. But he will also learn that there is truth in the saying 'all dry paths lead to a pool'. Please Review

1. Alliances and Prologue

Alliances:

THUNDERCLAN

LEADER- DAPPLESTAR- TAWNEY SHE-CAT WITH DARK BROWN SPECKS IN HER FUR

DEPUTY- BRAMBLETHORN- DARK BROWN TOM WITH BLACK AND GOLDEN STRIPES

MED. CAT-PETALSTEP- LIGHT GRAY SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

APPRENTICE, WINDSTREAK- WHITE TOM WITH DARK GRAY TABBY STRIPES

WARRIORS

FERNCLAW- GRAY TABBY SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

CLOUDNOSE- WHJITE TOM WITH AMBER EYES

FIREPELT- GINGER TOM WITH GREEN EYES

SHADOWFEATHER- BLACK SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

RAINFUR- BLUE/GRAY TOM WITH GREEN EYES

STONEROAR- LARGE GRAY TOM WITH A THUNDEROUS BATTLECRY

JAYFLIGHT- BLUE/GRAY TOM WITH WHITE PAWS

WETWHISKER- WHITE TOM WITH SMALL GRAY PATCHES ON FACE AND BACK

SWIFTMOUSE-LITTLE BROWN SHE-CAT WITH YELLOW EYES

SEDGEFOOT- GRAYISH BROWN TOM WITH CREAM PAWS AND UNDERBELLY

RUSHBELLY- TAWNY TOM

LILYSTREAM- FIERCE WHITE SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

BLOSSOMCLAW- WHITE SHE-CAT WITH LIGHT GRAY PATCHES

ECHOWIND- BLACK SHE-CAT WITH WHITE PAWS AND CHEST

PEACHFROST- CREAM SHE-CAT WITH FROSTY GREEN EYES

NETTLELEAF- LIGHT BROWN TABBY SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

APPLECLOUD- LIGHT GRAY TABBY SHE-CAT WITH BRIGHT AMBER EYES

IVYPELT- BLACK SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

APPRENTICES

OAKPAW- BROWN TOM WITH YELLOW EYES

BADGERPAW- WHITE TOM WITH BLACK PATCHES AND BLUE EYES

DOVEPAW- CREAMY WHITE SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

HONEYPAW- CREAMY GOLDEN SHE-CAT WITH AMBER EYES

QUEENS

FEATHERSTEP- BLACK SHE-CAT WITH PALE GREAY/GREEN EYES

KITS: BREEZEKIT- BLACK TOM WITH GREEN EYES, DAWNKIT- TORTOISESHELL SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

ICE BERRY- PURE WHITE SHE-CAT WITH BLUE EYES

KITS: FROZENKIT- SMALL WHITE SHE-CAT WITH PALE BLUISH GRAY EYES, BLUEKIT- BLUEISH GRAY TOM WITH BLUE EYES, BLIZZARDKIT- FLUFFY WHITE SHE-CAT WITH LONGER FUR AND BLUE EYES

LAKEBREEZE- DARK GRAY SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

KITS: TIGERKIT- BLACK TABBY TOM WITH WHITE PAWS, CHEST, AND UNDERBELLY, WILLOWKIT- WHITE SHE-CAT WITH LIGHT GRAY TABBY PATCHES

ELDERS

PARSLEYFUR- FADED TORTISHELL SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

HEATHERBREEZE-GRAY TABBY SHE-CAT

RIVERCLAN

LEADER- RIPPLESTAR: BULKY GRAY TABBY TOM

DEPUTY-TAWNEYFOOT: BROWN TABBY SHE-CAT WITH WHITE PAWS AND GREEN EYES

MEDICINE CAT-BUMBLEFLOWER: LIGHT GRAY TABBY SHE-CAT

APPRENTICE, LOUDPAW

WARRIORS

TOADSPRING- TAN TOM WITH DARK BROWN STRIPES

FEATHERLIGHT- LIGHT GRAY SHE-CAT

TROUTSPLASH- BROWN TABBY TOM WITH AMBER EYES

MINNOWPOOL- DARK GRAY SHE-CAT WITH LIGHT YELLOW EYES

SILVERFISH- SILVER TABBY SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

PLUMCLOUD- WHITE SHE-CAT WITH INDIGOISH BLUE EYES

SUNDROP-YELLOWISH GINGER TOM WITH AMBER EYES

APPRENTICE, BRAMBLEPAW

REEDPELT- BROWN MOTTLED TOM WITH WHITE PAWS

APPRENTICE, SKYPAW

WHITEFEATHER- WHITE SHE-CAT WITH YELLOW EYES

APPRENTICE, CLOUDPAW

LIONTUFT- LIGHT GINGER TOM WITH LONGER FUR AROUND HIS EARS

SNOWCLAW- WHITE TOM WITH BLUE EYES

APPRENTICE, BEETLEPAW

THUNDERHEART- HUGE, KIND GINGER TABBY TOM WITH WHITE PAWS AND UNDERBELLY

APPRENTICE, BRINDLEPAW

LIGHTNINGSTRIKE- HANDSOM GINGER TOM, VERY AGGRESSIVE IN BATTLE

ASHTHROAT- WHITE SHE-CAT WITH A WHITE SPLOTCH ON HER THROAT

APPRNTICES

PEBBLEPAW- LIGHT GRAY SHE-CAT WITH DARKER STRIPES

MISTYPAW- LIGHT GRAY SHE-CAT

BEETLEPAW- TAN TOM WITH DARK BROWN STRIPES AND ONE WHITE PAW

SKYPAW- TORTISESHELL SHE-CAT WITH LIGHT BLUE EYES

LOUDPAW- TAN TOM WITH LIGHT TABBY STRIPES AND AMBER EYES

BRAMBLEPAW- GINGER SHE-CAT WITH DARK BROWNISH TABBY STRIPES

QUEENS

MEADOWBREEZE- LIGHT GRAY TABBY SHE-CAT

KITS: CLOUDKIT- WHITE SHE-CAT WITH BLUE EYES, BRINDLEKIT- GRAY TABBY SHE-CAT WITH WHITE PAWS AND CHEST

ELDERS

MOONSHADE- GRAY SHE-CAT

SWEETPOPPY- SMALL GRAY SHE-CAT WITH A GRAYING MUZZLE

WINDCLAN

LEADER: RUSSETSTAR- TAWNEY TOM WITH GREEN EYES

DEPUTY: GRAYHAWK- GRAY TOM

MEDICINE CAT: BRIGHTWING- BRIGHT GINGER SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

WARRIORS

LEOPARDNOSE- BLACK SHE-CAT WITH AMBER EYES

GRASSWHISKER- GRAY TABBY TOM WITH GREEEN EYES

GORSEFLOWER- GOLDEN SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES (EXPECTING….)

STORMWHISKER- GRAY TOM WITH WHITE PAWS

DARKCLAW- BLACK TOM WITH YELLOW

BRINDLEFUR- GRAY TABBY SHE-CAT WITH WHITE CHEST

BRIARNOSE- SMALL BROWN SHE-CAT

WHITEWHISKER- WHITE TOM

HEATHERSHINE- LIGHT GRAY SHE-CAT

EMBERBLAZE- REDDISH GINGER TOM WITH WHITE PAWS

APPRENTICES

STONEPAW- DARK GREY TOM WITH WHITE PAWS

FEATHERPAW- SILKY GRAY SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

QUEENS

GOLDENPETAL- GOLDEN TABBY SHE-CAT

KIT: RAGGEDKIT- BROWNISH GINGER TOM WITH A RUFFLED, MESSY PELT AND BLUE EYES

FURZEHEART- BROWN TABBY SHE-CAT WITH BLUE EYES

BRAVEKIT- DARK BROWN TABBY TOM WITH A WHITE TAIL-TIP, HAREKIT- LIGHT BROWN MOTTLED TOM WITH AMBER EYES

GRAYFERN- GRAY TABBY SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

KITS: SPOTTEDKIT- TORTOISESHELL SHE-CAT WITH WHITE PAWS, RUNNINGKIT-WHITE AND TORTISESHELL SHE-CAT WITH YELLOW EYES

ELDERS

SUNWING- LIGHT GINGER TABBY SHE-CAT WITH BLUE EYES

SHADOWCLAN

LEADER: FOXSTAR- LARGE REDDISH GINGER TOM WITH WHITE PAWS AND TAIL TIP

DEPUTY: SCORCHPELT- TORTISHELL SHE-CAT WITH AMBER EYES

MEDICINE CAT- MINTLEAF- SHORT HAIRED WHITE SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

WARRIORS

NIGHTWILLOW- BLACK TOM WITH A BROWNISH STRIPE DOWN HIS BACK

PINECLAW- BROWN TABBY TOM

HOLLOWBELLY- GINGER TOM WITH AMBER EYES AND WHITE PAWS

POUNCETAIL- WHITE TOM WITH BLACK PATCHES AND A BLACK TABBY STRIPED TAIL

SHADESTRIPE- DARK TABBY SHE-CAT WITH WHITE PAWS

APPRENTICE, SORRELPAW

SQUIRRELFANG- GINGER SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

MOLEWHISKER- GRAYISH BROWN TOM WITH AMBER EYES

OWLFUR- LIGHT BROWN TABBY TOM WITH WHITE PAWS AND CHEST

APPRENTICE, KRESTLEPAW

SNAKETOOTH- GRAY TABBY TOM WITH GREEN EYES

APPRENTICE, LARCHPAW

DARKSPOTS- BLACK TOM WITH BROWN SPOTS ON HIS FUR

SWALLOWNOSE- STUCK UP LIGHT GRAY SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

ANTPELT- GINGER TOM

CINDERDUST- GRAY SHE-CAT WITH AMBER EYES

APPRENITCES

HOLLYPAW- BROWN TABBY SHE-CAT WITH AMBER EYES

FROSTPAW- WHITE SHE-CAT WITH AMBER EYES

SILVERPAW- SILVER TABBY SHE-CAT WITH BLUE EYES

QUEENS

MOUSETAIL- MUSKY BROWN SHE-CAT WITH YELLOW EYES

KITS: LARCHKIT- BLACK TOM WITH AMBER EYES, HAILKIT- WHITE TOM WITH AMBER EYES

AMBERSPLASH- BRIGHT YELLOW SHE-CAT WITH GREEN EYES

KITS: SORRELKIT- BROWN TABBY SHE-CAT, KESTRELKIT- MOTTLED BROWN TOM WITH GREEN EYES

Prologue

Long, tough strands of grass hung over their small makeshift den. The smell of heather drifted in the air, but it was overpowered by the smell of warm milk.

Two tiny shapes lay at a small brown she-cat's belly. The smallest, a tiny brown she-cat, was curled up close to her mother's soft fur. The other, a lithe brown tom, almost identical to the she-cat, was suckling vigorously. They both looked just like her.

She looked over at the gray tom, and father of her kits, as he picked up the cold body of a tiny gray tabby tom, and watched as the tall grass swayed behind him. Her heart ached to see him take her kit away, but knew it would be no better off where the other two were going.

She hadn't told him yet. She didn't want to, since she still was regretting the decision that she had already made.

She waited for him to come back. It seemed like moons before his smell came in range of the den. She let out a sigh of relief as he pushed his way through the grass.

"Don't worry. I buried him deep so that any foxes won't be able to dig him up" he mewed, his voice drained. He padded over and sat above his small family. She looked deep into his eyes, wondering what he thought about their kits.

She had seen what the other fathers in the Clan had looked like when they saw their new-born kits. Pride glowed in their eyes, radiated off their pelts. They bounced around the clan, telling every cat in the forest about them. But her mate, the father of her kits, showed no expression now.

"Flint, aren't they just wonderful?", she asked, her voice cracking. She was worried what he would say. If he approved of them or not.

He nodded. His eyes seemed dull, almost bored. She wondered if her choice that she had made was the right one.

"What should we name them?" she asked. He shrugged his bulky shoulders. If he isn't going to put any thought into their names, then don't let him name them! Her sister's voice rang in her head. That's exactly what she would say, she thought to herself.

When she told Brindlefur that she was pregnant with a barn cat's kits, she was furious. She didn't know who Flint was, no one in the clan did. He was one of the cats who lived in the old barn outside of WindClan territory, one that was past some twoleg dens.

She had met him one day when she was hunting near the horseplace. He was visiting his sister Cream, who lived there with her mate Stripes. She saw him many times after that, but when he went back to his own barn, they had only met up once every moon.

Now she racked her mind for a good name for the little she-cat. "Kits are a gift from starclan", her mother used to say. "Omen" she blurted out. Flint's eyes flashed for a moment, as if surprised to hear her voice, but quickly returned to their dull state. "The she-cat's name is Omen." He didn't question her, only nodded.

"You name the tom" she urged him to be the tiniest bit enthusiastic. Fury surged through her when he didn't say anything. "Why don't you like Whitewhiskser? He was telling everyone at the gathering about how you saved Grasskit the other day from a hawk!" Brindlefur had said that to her when they were just made warriors. Later that spring, he had asked her to be his mate, but she had refused, since she was already seeing Flint.

Now she wished that he was her kit's father, and that she didn't have to make such a hard decision.

"Spider" she was startled at the sound of her mate's, no, ex-mate's, voice.

"You want to name him Spider?" she asked. He only nodded. "Okay. Spider it is." She looked down at him. He had long legs already, so the name suited him well.

"You wish that someone else was their mother" she blurted out, Frustratedly. It had been burning in the back of her mind, and she knew it was true.

For once, his eyes changed to another emotion. First it was shock, then guilt. Her mind flooded with memories of seeing him, their pelt's brushing together, spending several nights in the same makeshift den that they were in now. He looked at his paws.

"Oh, Briarnose, you know that I loved you . . . it's just that, when I first met you, I was in such a deep love. But then . . . we didn't see each other as much, and Mitzi, she was so kind, so sweet, and when she found out about your kits, she wasn't mad at all, but happy" he said quickly. "And that's when I realized that I loved her" he mumbled quietly.

She swallowed the cobnut stuck in the back of her throat. She was hurt, that was for sure, but she didn't know whether or not she was angry.

Now she knew that she had made the right decision.

She stood up, shook out her pelt, and moved over, away from her kits. "What are you doing" he asked her, looking up at the sound of rustling grass.

"I can't live with the memories of you suckling from me, Flint. I knew from the minute I found out about them that I wasn't going to keep them. Cats would find out, and I have dishonored the Warrior Code by having your kits. They would live a life of accusations and blame. Half-Clan cats are not welcome in WindClan, and we are too cold hearted to even think about being an impure clan." she ranted. Giving her chest a few licks, she fought the urge to take back her words and bring the kits back with her.

She knew that life as a barn cat was no pleasure, not the same as being a Clan cat, but that is what they were destined for. "Good bye Flint, take care of our kits" she mewed. She leaned down and licked them both on their soft pelts. "Good bye, loves" she whispered, and then started her way back home.

But before she made it past the wall of heather and grass, she turned back to her old mate. "I want Mitzi to raise them as her own, and have them think that she is their one and only mother" she mewed, and then turned tail and ran.