"Daddy please tell us a story!" mewled Bramblekit.
"Yeah make it a very long one," mewled Tawnykit.
Tigerclaw looked nervously at Goldenflower, his mate. The two cats were in the ThunderClan nursery.
"Goldenflower I don't know how to tell stories to kits," protested Tigerclaw. "Can't you do it?"
"Oh come on Tigerclaw," Goldenflower purred. "Just do your best," she meowed as she walked out of the nursery leaving Tigerclaw alone with the two kits.
"Okay then," Tigerclaw sighed. "All right kits gather around," he commanded.
Tawnykit and Bramblekit happily bundled up to their father.
"This story is about a skilled warrior," Tigerclaw meowed. "Once upon a heartbeat there was a skilled warrior. He was so skilled that he was made deputy of his clan," Tigerclaw meowed.
Bramblekit and Tawnykit sat with large round eyes focused on their father.
"He was on his way to become a leader," Tigerclaw continued. "He had handsome dark tabby fur and a healthy ambition. But there was a problem," he meowed.
"What was it?" asked Bramblekit innocently.
"An incompetent blue fool was already leader," answered Tigerclaw. "That incompetent blue fool was the only thing keeping the skilled warrior from being a leader."
"So what did that skilled warrior do?" asked Tawnykit.
"Well," Tigerclaw began. "The skilled warrior made a plan to make sure that the incompetent blue fool was taken care of. He found some brave cats in a twolegplace and told them about his plan," answered Tigerclaw. "The cats from the twolegplace thought this was a very good idea and they were happy to have this skilled warrior as a leader."
"Then what happened?" asked Bramblekit.
"I don't know what happened next, the skilled warrior still needs to fulfill his plan…" Tigerclaw trailed off. Tigerclaw suddenly realized what he had just done. "Now go to sleep you little scraps," he hastily meowed. "And forget everything that I told you!" he commanded as he rushed out of the nursery.
"That was close," he muttered once outside.
Who should be the next one to tell a story to their kits? Post a review saying which mommy or daddy should be the next storyteller!
-Dustwhisker
Next Storyteller: Sorreltail (As suggested by Dimondwing of ThunderClan)
