Whose Cloudtail's real father???

Darkstripe felt lonely. Since the Dark Forest was nothing but pure isolation no wonder he felt the way he did. Tigerstar had figured out how to overcome the isolation and visited his old friend twice a moon, but he spent most of his time plotting with his sons. He never taught Darkstripe how to overcome the isolation and Darkstripe hoped his old mentor would do so, but their some things that should always be kept secret. Darkstripe knew that feeling. No one, not even his best friend Tigerstar, knew he had a son. Darkstripe sighed.

"I'll never get to make it up to him." He said uncharacteristically wistful.

"Make what up to whom?" A voice asked. Darkstripe turned his head and saw Tigerstar standing over him.

"I was a horrible father to my son and I'll never get to make it up to him." Darkstripe answered. Tigerstar looked shocked.

"You had a son! Oh my goodness, your Dustpelt's dad!" He exclaimed.

"No your moron, not Dustpelt!" Darkstripe retorted.

"Hey, don't raise your voice or yell at me Darkstripe!" Tigerstar snapped.

"It's the same thing dummy!" Darkstripe screeched.

"I'm not a moron or a dummy!" Tigerstar bellowed. Darkstripe didn't yell back. He just looked at Tigerstar like he would look a naughty kit.

"You lost nine lives in one shot and you think you're not a dummy." Darkstripe returned. Tigerstar knew Darkstripe had him there so he decided to change the subject.

"Well who is your son?" He asked.

"Cloudtail." Darkstripe answered. Tigerstar was even more surprised by that. He fell over on his back and started rolling with laughter.

"Cloudtail! Wow Darkstripe you're about as bad a father as I am, if not worse!" Tigerstar laughed.

"Your not that bad of a father Tigerstar." Darkstripe replied. Tigerstar stopped laughing. He stood up and looked at his old clan mate.

"I told my son Bramblepaw that if he didn't join me I would kill him. I'm now plotting to use him and my other son, Hawkfrost, to take over the forest. If it all goes downhill then they'll both end up here with us. Yeah that's some real good parenting skills." Tigerstar spat.

"Okay, so we're both bad dads." Darkstripe said.

"You can't bad as bad I am. I never even saw mine, and I can't even remember his mother's name." Another voice said. Darkstripe turned to see Brokenstar looking at him. Although Tigerstar was the only cat able to overcome the isolation of the Dark Forest he could also take others with him. He usually brought Brokenstar with him to visit Darkstripe, but the ex ShadowClan leader always arrived afterwards. How? Darkstripe had absolutely no idea.

"Hey Brokenstar." Darkstripe greeted.

"How did you meet the mother Brokenstar?" Tigerstar asked.

"Well I met his mother after my exile, and she let me and my rouges sleep in her garden. I woke up the next morning and left and when I visited her again for shelter I found out she was pregnant, so I assumed it was mine." Brokenstar replied.

"What did she look like?" Darkstripe asked. Brokenstar was thinking silently.

"Well she was a light brown tabby she-cat. Her chest and paws were all white and I found that very attractive. I still don't know why, but I did. And her name started with a P, I think it was Prissy or something." Tigerstar purred.

"She sounds hot." He stated. Brokenstar nodded.

"Oh you can say that again. The only kit I remember was when I was ThunderClan's prisoner. I never saw what he looked like, but I know his name was Cloudkit." Brokenstar said. Darkstripe instantly stood up and unsheathed his claws.

"Cloudtail's my son, and his mothers name is Princess!" He growled. Brokenstar unsheathed his claws as well.

"No Darkstripe, he's my son." The former clan leader answered.

"Stop!" Tigerstar yelled. The two cats looked at him.

"I'll find out who Cloudtail's dad is with my tiger instincts." He stated. He pointed at Darkstripe.

"Eene meanie miny mo. Catch a rabbit by the toe, if it hollers kill it slow. Eene meanie miny mo. StarClan told me to pick the very best one and you are i-" His paw was pointing at Brokenstar.

T" He moved his paw and pointed at Darkstripe.

"Darkstripe's the dad." He answered.

"WHAT?" You can't do that it's against the rules1" Brokenstar yelled.

"If I gave a rat's posterior about the rules do you think I'd be here in the Dark Forest?" Tigerstar retorted.

"Obey the rules Tigerstar and maybe StarClan will let you out for good behavior." Another voice said. All three cats turned to see someone they never expected to see. The cat was small about the size of a young apprentice and his fur was black. He had one white paw and a purple collar studded with the teeth of his victims. The cat glared at Tigerstar with his icy blue eyes. Tigerstar glared back.

"What are you doing here Scourge?" He demanded.

"Well I figured if you could overcome the isolation then so could I. I am better then you after all." Scourge replied. Tigerstar growled.

"What makes you think your better then me?" He questioned. Scourge raised one of his paws and unsheathed his claws.

"I proved it nine times over in your forest Tigerstar. I'll do it in this one as well." Scourge threatened. Tigerstar remembered the pain of Scourge's claws. He backed down and looked away. Scourge gave a small smug smile and sheathed his claws.

"So you both think that you're the father of Cloudtail right?" He asked. Darkstripe and Brokenstar nodded.

"Well then I hope you know that Cloudtail is my half nephew. Thus making Princess my half sister. Now I may not know her at all and I may be a cold blooded killer. But I'm still a brother. And as such I want to tear Cloudtail's father limb from limb because he mated with my sister. So which one of you is it?" Scourge asked unsheathing his claws again. Brokenstar stepped back.

"He is." He stated. Scourge looked at Darkstripe.

"Darkstripe, do you still think that your Cloudtail's father?" BloodClan's old leader asked. Darkstripe shook his head.

"No I don't think so." He replied. Scourge nodded and resheathed his claws.

"I know so." Darkstripe snarled. Scourge whipped around and looked Darkstripe in the eye.

"Do whatever you want to me Scourge. I'm already dead so what does it matter. I pretended that Cloudtail wasn't my son so my clan wouldn't hate me for mating with a kittypet. So Tigerstar and Longtail wouldn't hate me for it. Princess swore she wouldn't tell my son or any other cat in the forest about it to protect me. Even when Firestar visited her she pretended not to know about the forest to protect me. I love her and she feels the same way about me and I'm not ashamed to admit that. Not anymore." Darkstripe said defiantly. Scourge looked at Tigerstar.

"You were right, he's the father." Scourge said.

"What makes you think that?" Brokenstar demanded.

"You were too much of a coward to admit that you loved my sister. Darkstripe wasn't and only the real father would act like that." Scourge answered. Brokenstar snarled at the black cat.

"You said you would tear us limb from limb of course I'd be scared. So why aren't you doing it to him?" He asked.

"Simple I lied. It's not like I've never done it before." Scourge replied. Brokenstar continued to argue with Scourge and the ex BloodClan leader didn't care. Tigerstar would comment every once in a while but one look from Scourge would silence him.

Even though his best friend was there with him, he had stuck up for the she-cat she loved and gotten the approval of his psycho half brother in law, Darkstripe didn't feel happy. Instead he just felt alone.