More gasps shot through the audience. Willowleaf felt a pang in her heart. She turned to the small "trespasser" cat. She had a worried look on her face. "No!" Silverstream meowed.
Tigerstar turned to look at her, his gaze falling onto Willowleaf. Willowleaf gulped. This cannot in any way be good... She thought.
"You." Tigerstar spoke, nodding towards Willowleaf. He turned and nodded towards the trespasser. "You." "What? This cannot be right! Willowleafs mother is Silverstream! And we have never seen this trespasser before." Leopardstar shouted, unhappy. "Silvetstream? Tell them."
Silverstream shook her head, expression fallen. "It's true. Bluefur and Oakheart had kits. I saw Oakheart in the deep night, holding a kit by the scruff. He told me that he and Bluefur had two kits, and that each took one kit. Oakheart took Willowleaf, the one who looked most like him. Bluefur took the other kit."
It all pieced together. Willowleaf never looked like Silverstream or her other siblings, stormpaw and featherpaw. Willowleaf always felt lost. Misplaced. Sometimes, when she was near the border, she smelt familiar scents. She dreamt of Oakheart meeting with a cat, one with silvery fur and piercing blue eyes.
Leopardstar looked broken in two from the news. She had always loved Willowleaf like her own kit. Willowleafs gaze turned to the cat found crossing the RiverClan border. She looked just as confused but also like it was making sense. Wait.. I have a sister? Willowleaf thought.
"No! I absolutely forbid it!" Leopardstar shouted. Willowleaf felt a surge of confidence in herself. She passed through cats in the crowd, waking to the centre. Leopardstar's expression looked lost and sad. "Please don't kill us. If me and this... Cat are such a threat to you, we could leave the forest forever." Willowleaf spoke.
Leopardstar spoke "no! I absolutely forbid you to do so Willowleaf."
Willowleaf meowed, "it's for the safety of RiverClan. We will never survive if the rogues continue to attack. I must. You need tigerstars Warriors."
"Fine. But you must NEVER return to the forest." Tigerstar spoke, satisfied with the arrangement.
Willowleaf looked to Leopardstar, who looked extremely upset. A frown filled her face. Willowleaf sighed. Some of Tigerstars Warriors began to surround the cat and Willowleaf, forcing them to walk. Willowleaf took one last glimpse of her home. Willow tree leaves brushed her face, and then it was gone. All of it. Gone.
