"Marshkit, you know you're special, don't you?"Bramblefur said one day.
Marshkit nodded. He knew that from the beginning he was special in some way.
The other kits were always teasing him when he didn't say something right.
He remembered one time that he wanted to play with the others.
"Hey! I... I want to join. Can I-"
The other kits laughed at him, and threw something at him.
"You can play with this piece of moss, furball!"
Marshkit looked at the moss and put his paws on it. It was comforting. He decided to keep it in his den next to Bramblefur's.
Days later, he got upset over Bramblefur taking the moss away.
"It's not fair!"He screamed. "Why can't I keep it?"
"You want to be comfortable in your nest, don't you?"Bramblefur replied.
"But I want to keep it!"
"I'll get you some new moss for you if you let me get rid of the old moss."
"Okay."Marshkit said, a little less upset.
As Bramblefur walked away with the moss, he whispered some words to the moss she was carrying.
"Goodbye bad memory of my past. May you never return to me again. Because if you do, you're crowfood."
He had just gotten upset about not winning a game.
But the teasing kits were now treating him like a rouge cat.
"Oh look."Bramblekit said. He was a brown and black tom with blue eyes. " What do we have here? A rouge cat in our territory!"
"Leave now." Rosekit added. She was a dark ginger she-cat with blue eyes. "Or we'll turn you into crowfood."
Marshkit began to get more upset.
"I think we hurt the kit's feelings."
"Let's get out of here."
The two kits ran away.
He now focused on the present, where Bramblefur was in front of him.
"Well, you have something that happened in your mind that changes how you see things. But there is nothing wrong with you. You are still my son, and you will always be my son."
"Always? Even with this mind thing?"
"Yes."Bramblefur replied. She began to groom Marshkit.
"Not so rough!"Marshkit said.
"Brightclaw is making a special place in the camp for you. It will be known as Marshkit's Special Place. Whenever you feel like you are getting angry or sad, or you just need a break, we'll go there together. Okay?"
"Okay, Bramblefur. Can we help build my special place?"
"Of course. We'll need some sticks. Can you find some and bring them back to me?"
"Of course."
