The Legend of Shade

by NorthEasternSpirit

I am Shade, the protector of these Warrior's lands from outside evildoers. I am more then just an average tom. I am the fastest tom, and you cannot kill me. I am already dead. I am the one from Starclan who defends the cats of this land to the best of my ability. I am supernatural. I am Shade, the defender of clans. Little apprentices, if you aren't afraid of the dark, you will be.

3. Chapter 3

Finally, the actual legend of Shade begins!

Ch.3

Shadekit always knew there was something wrong with him. Or not wrong, but different.

The other kits were always avoiding him. He was the oldest one in the nursery, but they always seemed to leave him out.

"Look at those eyes! They seem to stare right through you! And look at those claws! They could rip could your eyes just by thinking about them!"

It wasn't his fault. His father, Blackheart, looked very similar to him, without the eyes, and his mother, Swanbreeze, had the ice-cold eyes he had as well. Both of them were jet-black, just like their son, and many cats feared him for this. One kit was not afraid of him, and that was Firekit. He was outgoing, friendly, and pretty much the opposite of Shadekit. But he seems to accept Shadekit for who he was, and the two of them always played together. Eventually, the other cats accepted him, but he was still the outcast of the nursery.

One day, Shadekit had gone to get a rabbit from the fresh-kill pile, and had tried to get a rabbit at the top. Unfortunately, he fell over into the rabbit, and jumped out immediately. He grabbed the rabbit, and brought it to his mother. The other kits gasped. Covered in blood, the young tom looked like a cat out of a story. They all ran away from him. Unable to take their teasing, he ran away toward the border of Desertclan. The camp is very near to the Forestclan border, and he ran over to their border without thinking. He jumped into a hollow and started crying.

It must have been an eternity before he heard a voice. "Wh, who, who are you?" The voice sounded very young, like another kit. He peeked out the hollow to see two young she-cats staring up at him. "I'm Flowerkit, and this is my sister Bluekit."

"Go away! Nobody wants me! I'm too scary looking!"

"Actually, I think you're quite handsome for a tom," said Flowerkit. "What's your name?"

"Wait, you're not scared of me?"

"Of course not! We've been looking for a friend to play with since Redkit and Fishkit became 'paws."

"I'm going to be a paw in a moon if I don't scare away everyone…"

"We'll be in two moons!" piped up Bluekit.

"So what do you say? Want to be friends?" asked Flowerkit.

"You really mean it?" Why would these two normal she-cats want to be friend with a strange cat like me?

"Of course! We can hunt together, and meet up over here every day, even when we're apprentices! But you still never told me your name…"

"I'm Shadekit!"

"Nice to meet you, Shadekit! So friends?"

He nodded. "Best friends!"

Hopefully, this makes up for the delay of North

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