Per the highly complex and inspirational idea given to me by ohmygawd, I present to you...
Never Again
Or…
The Vole
The furry little creature was as dead as dead could be, bloodied at the stomach where his father had killed it, it's beady brown eyes staring lifelessly in front of it. Pondkit stared down at the unmoving morsel, frowning at the poor, dead, unblessed scrap that was to be his meal.
That poor, poor vole…
He felt bad for it. He knew it was weird to feel bad for some prey, but it was true.
I mean, he certainly wouldn't like to be killed, much less eaten.
The little grey tabby tom bunched his paws beneath him, nudging the vole with his tiny pink nose. How were he to feel if this vole were about to eat him? Pretty bad, he imagined, being, well, dead and all.
What if there was a StarClan for voles, and this one was watching Pondkit now, planning his future downfall for eating him? Now that was a scary thought.
Birchleap, his mother, nuzzled his head with her soft grey muzzle. "Aren't you going to eat, Pondkit?"
"I feel bad for it," the kit confessed innocently. "What if it had family, or friends? Maybe it didn't want to die?"
The DarkClan queen frowned down at her son, puzzled by his odd behavior. But then, he was a kit. Maybe some encouragement would help?
"Well, think of it this way. If we didn't have this vole, we wouldn't be able to survive, would we?" Her soft, fluffy tail curled around his small shoulders. "He would like to have his body be put to use instead of rotting away in the tunnels. Make sense?"
"I guess…" So to please his loving mother, Pondkit ate the vole, feeling such an overwhelming wave of guilt that the kit, right then and there, swore he would never eat another vole for as long as he lived.
And he never did.
That one vole he did eat, who was named Sir Dangleberry, was so touched by the kit's noble way of life that he watched Pondkit grow from VoleClan high above the clouds and blessed him in everything he did.
And that was all because of a vow he made and kept.
AN: It might of been a joke request, it might not have been. Either way, I had fun with this one. XD
Review Replies:
ohmygawd - I hope this appealed to you and met you late night request requirements. XD
argo14 - I might take you up on that offer. :P Your characters seem like they'd be fun to write about!
anim8or - Thank youuu! :3 I've always loved writing about Jay and Honey, so expect to see a lot of stories done on them, especially in this collection. :P Your request should be up next if all goes well. :)