Betrayed

Greetings. I am Whisperinggrass of LakeClan. I have a huge secret, so huge, that no one can find out about. Not even my own mother. I know, impressive right? You're probably thinking it's some secret, forbidden love life...

Well it's not. You see, it's my brother. His official name is Stonekit, but I like to call him Stonepelt. He's my litter mate that was abandoned as a kit because he has some type of problem that even a medicine cat can't solve. Trust me, we've tried.

When he was no less than 2 moons old, the clan discovered he had some problems. His eyes are all crossed and he can't walk straight. Plus, sometimes he just can't speak correctly. Either that or he just doesn't want to. Fallingleaf, our medicine cat tried everything, from herbs that make you throw-up, to seeds that put you to sleep, to leafs that help get milk to come in a nursing queen. Nothing worked. By then, my mom and the rest of the clan had given up and tried to put him out of his misery. They gave him deathberries.

I couldn't believe it. I sat there as a 5 and a half moon kit with sadness threatening to overwhelm me. You see, we had bonded in those hard times for him and I loved him dearly. He shuddered one last time and everyone walked away to arrange his burial. But I just sat there, and was the only one to see him give a tiny, pathetic little cough. In an instant, I had forgotten my sadness and clawed the deathberry out of his throat. It turned out he had just been choking on it. From that moment, I knew I would have to protect and care for him myself, so I got him out of camp. I clawed myself so that it looked like I was hurt and ran back to camp. I raced to the nursery to find my mom, Darktail waiting for me. I managed to pant out "rouge" and she knew (or she thought she did) what had happened. She bolted past me to check on Stonekit, but I know she knew he wasn't there. We morned for him for many moons while I became an apprentice, then a warrior. And here I am today, still taking that risk in my life to keep Stonepelt alive.