(Another new chapter! Three in one day!)
…Warriors…
"I'm coming!" I say running and then tripping to the door in my turquoise, ruffled dress. "Sparrowpelt put your present on the table over there." I say pointing to the little table.
"Ok thanks. Your party is going to be awesome!" Angie says placing the present on the table. "Oh yeah, happy birthday, Alexa!" Sparrowpelt is her warrior name in the Clan we made up, RainClan. I'm also the leader, Amberstar and she is my deputy. If we could both be leaders we would be.
"Will you ever call me Amberstar?" I say only half joking.
"No."
We start laughing.
One by one they bring me the presents. Some were amazing, some were funny, and then there was Sparrowpelts's. It was in a small and in a bright red box. It looked a lot like a jewelry box from K Jewelers. Which is odd because I'm not really a jewelry kind of person and neither is Angie. I open it and…
"OMGSC it's beautiful!" I exclaimed. If you don't know what OMGSC means, it means Oh My Great StarClan. The bracelet had a big round, clear stone that, in the right light, seamed to see into your soul. Nothing like this can really come from a store can it?
"You're welcome! I found it in a cave." Angie says
"Excuse me, but I was there too!" butts in Anna.
"Oh yeah and Anna was there too." Angie says dryly.
I was speechless. (And that doesn't happen often)
The rest of the bracelet was just the usual clear beads you can find at any store, but the big one was just breath taking. I never understood most women's obsession with jewelry until now. Well I guess this is still kind of different, but still I am amazed.
"Not trying to ruin the moment, but doesn't this loser still have to give you a present," says Tony, subtle as always. He points to Demean.
"Well I do have a present," objects Demean "I just wasn't ready to give it to her yet."
"Not getting any younger here," Tony says expectantly.
"Demean, did you bring a present?" I ask. "If you didn't it's alright, I guess."
"I got you something!" he says, leaning in and pointing to himself. "It's just not a physical gift… it will be… interesting."
He takes my hand and I stand up. His arms go around me and I do the same thing. I can feel his leather jacket tight against my body. We lean in and…
"You do know that you and all your idiotic friends are all losers and the past 3 months with you have been horrible." He is whispering this into in to my ear "I just did this because all my friends dared me to spend time with you people. And every month I spent with you I got $30."
Now, me in my right mind would pound him so hard he turned purple, but stupid heartbroken me just stood there frozen. So I had my friends take care of him. They chased him out of the house, but he already ran away. I could hear him laughing with his sick friends that were apparently waiting outside. I don't know to respond to this action. I guess I'm just a bad judge of character.
"Party's over." I hear myself say. The voice is hollow and foreign. "You guys can all go home."
"Are you sure?" asks Mac.
"Yes." I say. I'm finally able to move, but all I do is holding open the door.
When everyone leaves I say, "Sparrowpelt, before you go just let me say I will never take this bracelet off. It just feels… special." I promise.
"Are you sure you even want me to leave? Do you want to talk or something?"
"A Sparrowpelt that wants to talk about feelings? No thanks. See you tomorrow maybe, I guess." I manage a pathetic smile.
…Warriors…
"Ah!" I wake with a start. I look around. I'm safe in my den. Thank StarClan. Wow, I haven't had a nightmare about that party in years. Actually I don't think I ever really thought about it. Why was I with that jerk? Why am I thinking about that?
I feel so alone. I miss my friends. All the sudden, more than anything, I want to see them. I wish I had had that talk with Sparrowpelt.
Sparrowpelt. My best friend. Wow, I miss her so much.
I walk out of my den, I can't sleep now. Or be alone in that den.
Maybe I should go to Jayfeather, but I don't want anyone finding me walk out of the medicine cats den in the morning. No way am I going to Lionblaze. I don't need any annoying sarcasm to remind me of Demean. Maybe I should go to Foxleap. He is my best friend. But I don't think I need a guy friend right now. What about Dovewing? She's my closest female friend.
While I'm talking I don't notice the sun starting to rise and cats are starting to come out of their dens.
"Amberstar? What are you doing up this early?"
I turn around to see Squirrelflight walking toward me. I can't tell if her voice is quiet because she doesn't want to wake anyone, or because I can't hear.
"Oh… um… I had a… sort of… nightmare," I feel my fur get hot with embarrassment. That's not exactly what you want to hear from your leader.
She must see how worried I am. "Want to tell me about it?"
I would love to spill my guts and tell her all I felt, but I'm a cat. Not a twoleg.
"It's nothing," well if I can't even convince myself this, I doubt she's fazed. "Just something from my past."
Thank God, she's not the young Squirrelflight I read about. I think. She would never let me go with that statement!
…Warriors…
"We haven't gone for a walk in moons!" I say to Jayfeather. It's so magical out here. The snow left a perfect white blanket covering everything and Jayfeather and I are the first to mess it up! I stick my nose in the snow and flop around trying to make snow angels. Well, trying to at least. Cats are not meant for building snow angels…
"Is it me, or is it getting colder?" I feel a sudden chill and it's not really going away.
"Oh my StarClan!" shouts Jayfeather. "All your fur is falling off!" I look down to see a pile of red fur contrasting the bright snow.
"Ah!" I scream as I get on my hind legs, which feels way better than hunching over on all fours.
"I hear it over here!" screams Lionblaze as he and all my kits step out from some bushes. "What in Great StarClan's name is going on?!"
I look down to see them shrinking, or am I growing?! I look at my paw to see it growing nails. My paws elongating into fingers. I feel my head with my arms and feel my head growing fur. No hair!
"What's going on?!" Jayfeather screams at me "What?! How?!"
"Jayfeather," I cry out. "I'm so, so sorry." Tears fill my eyes. I can barely see how angry he is as I wipe away my tears. "I'm so sorry I never told you. About my past. About how… how… I'M A TWOLEG!"
Everyone gasps. Jayfeather's sightless eyes as wide as can be.
I stumble bad and fall into the snow. Finally at the same level as my family.
"How could you?!" screams Jayfeather. "I'm your mate! You're supposed to tell me everything and you don't tell me that you're a TWOLEG! I loved you!"
I loved you I think. Loved you. Loved.
"You don't understand." I cry out in between sobs. "Jayfeather you've got to understand!" I say; he doesn't understand me. I'm speaking English! "Jayfeather," I meow, "you've-"
"Shut up!" he Screams at me.
"I knew we should have never trusted you!" screams Lionblaze. "From the moment you came to the clan I knew you were horrible! You are evil! You made my brother break the warrior code! He had kits with you! You betrayed him! You betrayed me! You betrayed the clan! Go! Leave! Never come back, you worthless foxheart!"
"No! You don't under-"
"Get out of here!" Screams Lionblaze.
"Go!" screams Jayfeather. "Never come back!"
I take one last look at my kits. All speechless, unable to meet my gaze. So broken. I turn and run blindly into the forest. For I have no place to go. I'm leaving everything behind.
…Warriors…
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