This is SecretClan challenge #1!
Title: This is my Story
Summary: I didn't deserve to die, but I did. I died for something somone did long before my littermates and me we even born but I payed the price for it. I don't mind too much, At least I'm with familear cats now. I am Robinpaw of ThunderClan, and this is how I came to walk the starry skies with my warrior ansestors.
I should have been more careful. Maybe if I had been paying more attention to the rocky cliff and less attention to the mouse I was chasing I would have been alright, but I wasn't.
I was running, the wind in my fur. I couldn't hear the rumbling until it was right behind me.
The last thing I saw before the boulder crushed me was the sandy brown pelt of my mentor, Grassleap.
"It's past Sun high. They were born at moon high. Why haven't they opened their eyes yet?"
"Breezewind, They will open them when their ready."
"I suppose your right, Mistywing. It's just that Flamekit and Rosekit opened their eyes almost right away." Breezewind said.
"Well, no kit is as perfect as your two!"
"Whiteblaze, be nice." Mistywing purred.
"What did you name them?" Whiteblaze asked.
"Well, this white tom will be Ashkit. The ginger and white she-kit will be Brightkit and this ginger she-cat will be Robinkit." Mistywing mewed.
"Those are perfect names." Whiteblaze purred. I opened my eyes slowly. The sunlight stung my eyes at first, but they soon adjusted.
"Oh Whiteblaze look! Robinkit has opened her eyes!" I glanced the ginger she-cat in front of me. That must be my mother. I glanced over at the white tom beside the she-cat. And he must be my father.
"Whiteblaze, Robinkit has blue eyes like you." Mistywing purred.
"It looks as if Ashkit and Brightkit have opened their eyes as well." Whiteblaze mewed.
"Ashkit and Brightkit have amber eyes like me." Mistywing mewed.
"They are all beautiful." Whiteblaze purred. I looked at my father and then at my own pelt. I look more like Mistywing than Whiteblaze.
"Mistywing, can we go and meet the clan?" Brightkit asked.
"Please can we?" Ashkit begged.
"Yes, of course." Mistywing purred. She and Whiteblaze led us out into the clearing. Some cats stopped to smile at us, others just didn't even glance in our direction.
"Ashkit, Brightkit, Robinkit, welcome to ThunderClan."
"Mistywing, Whiteblaze. Are these your kits?" a black tom asked.
"Yes." Mistywing purred proudly.
"Kits, I am Rowanstar. I'm the Leader of ThunderClan." said the black tom.
"I'm Robinkit. This is Brightkit and Ashkit." I purred, flicking my tail towards my littermates.
"Robinkit we can introduce ourselves!" Ashkit growled.
"Welcome to the Clan." Rowanstar chuckled before padding away. He disappeared into a den.
"The camp is big! How many cats live here?" Ashkit asked.
"Lots. I'm sure you will meet them all." Whiteblaze purred. I couldn't help but notice a dusty brown tom glaring me and my littermates from a distance. I was about to ask who this cat was but I was interrupted.
"Mistywing! You had your kits!" a pale ginger she-cat mewed.
"Yes. Kits, this is Waterlily. She is my sister." Mistywing mewed.
"What are your names?" Waterlily asked.
"I'm Ashkit." Ashkit said quickly before I could answer for him.
"I'm Brightkit."
"And I'm Robinkit." I purred.
"It's great to have new kits in the Clan. Rosekit and Flamekit aren't going to be kits for much longer. They are practically six moons old." Waterlily said.
"Let all cats old enough their catch their own prey gather here beneath the high rock for a Clan meeting!" Rowanstar called.
"Can we go to the meeting?" Brightkit asked.
"We're not old enough to catch our own prey." Ashkit cuffed her on the side of the head.
"As long as you're quiet I don't see a harm in it." Whiteblaze mewed. I sat down in front of my mother, my tiny tail wrapped around my paws.
"There is two kits who have reached their sixth moon. It is time they we're apprenticed. Flamekit, Rosekit please come forward." Rowanstar called. Two kits bounded over to him. They are really big! I thought. Will I be that big one day?
"Flamekit, from this day forward until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Flamepaw. Your mentor will be Firebreeze." A dark ginger she-cat padded forward.
"Firebreeze, you are ready for another apprentice. You will mentor Flamepaw, I trust you will pass down all you know onto this apprentice." Robinkit watched as Firebreeze touched noses with the ginger tom before leading him away.
"Rosekit, from this day forward until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Rosepaw. Your mentor will be Dustfeather." A sandy tom padded forward.
"Dustfeather, you are ready for your first apprentice. You will mentor Rosepaw. I trust you will pass down all you know onto this apprentice." Just as Firebreeze had done, Dustfeather touched noses with his new apprentice before leading her away.
"Mistywing has had her kits. We welcome Ashkit, Brightkit and Robinkit into ThunderClan!" Rowanstar purred.
"Flamepaw! Rosepaw! Ashkit! Brightkit! Robinkit!" The clan chanted. I noticed that the dusty brown tom was not cheering with the rest of the clan; he just sat there , glaring at me and my littermates once more.
"You will be known as Robinpaw! Your mentor will be Grassleap!" Rowanstar purred. A dusty brown tom padded forward. I noticed that his pelt was marked with battle scars in multiple area's. I wonder if he's ever killed a cat. I shook the thought out of my head. I touched noses with my mentor and padded away with him.
"Brightpaw! Robinpaw!" The clan chanted. I felt a wave of sadness wash over me. My brother, Ashkit had died when green cough struck the camp. He should be here with us, becoming apprentices.
"What will we do today?" I asked.
"Nothing. Go and get some rest. You'll need for tomorrow." Grassleap growled before padding away. I nodded and padded into the apprentice den. There weren't that many apprentices in ThunderClan. Only Brackenpaw, Flamepaw, Rosepaw, Brightpaw and me. I vowed to make my Clan proud of me.
"Robinpaw! We made you and Brightpaw a nest." Brackenpaw purred.
"Thanks." I padded over to the bed of moss and fell asleep. I woke up in StarClan's forest.
"Welcome, Robinpaw." said a warm voice. I glanced around, but I could see no one.
"Who's there?" I asked.
"Robinpaw, beware a cat who is closer than you think." a small tom stepped out of the Shadows.
"Ashkit!" I breathed.
"Robinpaw, you must be careful of those cats around you." He said seriously.
"Ashkit, what are you talking about?" I demanded. He's starting to scare me.
"Beware the cat with a dusty pelt. You are in danger when he is around you."Ashkit mewed.
"Ashkit what do you mean?" I asked, but my brother was fading away. I awoke back in the apprentice den. I closed my eyes once more, thinking about what my brother had told me.
"ShadowClan is attacking!" Flamepaw shouted. I woke up immediately, racing out of the apprentice den. I launched myself at the nearest ShadowClan cat. Russetpaw. I had seen this she-cat at gatherings. She was always bragging about how much of a great fighter she is. Now it's time to see just how much of a fighter you really are. I thought. She fell backwards, landing on top of me. I bit her ear as hard as I could. Russetpaw shrieked in pain. I slashed her muzzle. She tried to claw at me but she missed. I slashed at her paws, making her fall to the ground. I bite her throat, almost killing her. My ginger pelt was now dripping blood. Her blood. I towered over her, her blood dripping from the side of my mouth.
"Please don't!" Russetpaw pleaded. I was about to reply when a powerful force knocked me off my paws. A ShadowClan tom was on top of me. Nightcrow. I rolled out from beneath the tom. I slashed at his hind leg, only just missing. Nightcrow jumped at me, pinning me to the ground. He bit into my ear. I couldn't hear my shriek over the battle cries of the other cats. Nightcrow was suddenly picked from me. I stared into the eyes of my father, Whiteblaze. His white pelt was matted and stained in blood.
"Be more careful." He growled before leaping at Nightcrow. I nodded before joining the battle once more. I fought with another ShadowClan apprentice, Weaslepaw. I didn't take long to send him screeching in pain.
"ShadowClan retreat!" Snakestar howled. The ShadowClan cats bolted out of the ThunderClan camp. We've won. I thought proudly. The ThunderClan cats began crowding around something. I wasn't sure what it was. I pushed my way through the cats until I was at the front. I saw what they we're crowding around, and I didn't like it either. Why? Why her? I thought sadly. I didn't care that we won anymore. I would rather we have lost than this happen. How could StarClan do this to me? I thought. She was all I had left and now she is gone. The clan gathered around the lifeless body of Brightpaw to mourn for her.
"Robinpaw! Wake up!" Rosepaw batted her on the head with her white paw.
"What?" I yawned.
"Grassleap is waiting for you." She scoffed. I raced out of the den immediately to meet my mentor.
"Took you long enough." Grassleap growled.
"Sorry." I mumbled.
"We're hunting today. You can hunt by the Sky Oak. I'll hunt on the ShadowClan border." he said. I nodded. We never actually hunt together. He always wants us to split up. It's like he doesn't like being around me.
I raced out of the camp. I padded slowly in the direction of the sky oak. I lifted my muzzle and tasted the air. Mouse. I slowly crept forward. My ginger pelt kind of blended into the rocky cliff beside me. I ran; chasing the mouse, the wind in my fur. I couldn't hear the rumbling until it was right behind me. A giant boulder came rolling down, crushing me and my 's the last thing I saw before I awoke in StarClan. A black she-cat padded over to me.
"I'm dead, aren't I?" I said.
"Yes." She replied.
"What will Mistywing and Whiteblaze do now? All three of us are dead." I murmured, more to myself than to her.
"They will just have to move on, as many other cats have done before them." she replied.
"Will I get to see Brightpaw and Ashkit?" I asked hopefully. At least I'll be with them.
"Of course. But don't you want to know how you died?" the she-cat asked.
"I already know how I died. The rock tumbled down and fell on me. It was an accident." I said. It was no cat's fault that I died.
"If only." she said sadly.
"What do you mean?" I ask, confused.
"You were killed by the warrior Grassleap. In revenge he made the rock tumble down and kill his own apprentice." She said.
"Grassleap? In revenge? What did I do to make him want to get revenge?" I ask.
"No what you did. What your mother, Mistywing did." she said.
"I don't understand, what did Mistywing do to him?"
"She chose another cat over him. Grassleap loved her, but she chose Whiteblaze over him. He swore he would make her feel the he had felt. The only way he a chance to do so was through her kits." There was silence for a short time. It was as if she was waiting for me to say something.
"That's just sick." I said.
"Do you want to go back?" she asked suddenly.
"Back where?" I ask.
"To ThunderClan. To your home. Do you want to go back to the cCans?" She asked. I thought for a bit about her offer. What about Ashkit and Brightpaw?
"No." I said finally.
"Are you sure? I could send you back. You could fully live your life. You could become a warrior." She said.
"I'm sure." I said firmly. She nodded.
"Come, and I will take you to see your littermates." she said, leading me away. And that's all I remember. I walk the stars with my warrior ancestors now. I, am Robinpaw of ThunderClan and this is how I became to walk to the starry skies of StarClan with my brother and sister, Ashkit and Brightpaw.