Not What They Seem

Have you ever seen stereotypes and thought of someone to be horrible because of them? This is how Tigerpelt feels, especially when he is being treated unfairly by Whitefang. How was this to happen?

Tigerpelt's mother was Cloudheart, a ShadowClan warrior. However, she had a forbidden love relationship with RiverClan's deputy, Stripefoot. Tigerpelt was the result. He swears he's a loyal ShadowClan warrior, and always will be, but even though most of the Clan has accepted him, Whitefang has not.

Whitefang took every chance he got to torment Tigerpelt of his 'RiverClan blood' and how he is 'not a pure ShadowClan cat'. Cloudheart told her unhappy son to ignore Whitefang's snide remarks and just be the best warrior he can be.

Whitefang's theory is that any Half-Clan cat is always plotting to betray their Clan to another, and that they would never care for anyone, just themselves.

However, that is not true. Let's visit the scene in ShadowClan.

"Come on, Tigerpelt, you are needed for a patrol," Shadeclaw, the ShadowClan deputy, prodded his Clanmate. "Wake up!" Tigerpelt just gave a groan and stretched before padding after his deputy out of the warriors' den rather blindly.

Tigerpelt gave a sigh when he realized that Whitefang was on the patrol with him. He would have to bear another morning of taunts and torment.

"I'd like to go on the next patrol, Shadeclaw," Tigerpelt mewed to the deputy.

"What's wrong with this on?" Shadeclaw asked.

"I just...nevermind," Tigerpelt sighed and followed the rest of the patrol out of the ShadowClan camp.

"Hey, Half-Clan, why don't you go over to the 'other side'?" Whitefang curled his lip as they checked the RiverClan border. "You would fit in there much better. ShadowClan doesn't need fox-dung like you."

Tigerpelt gritted his teeth but decided not to say anything. He sheathed and unsheathed his claws as the patrol padded to the ThunderClan border.

"Should we extend the border to the stream?" Harewhisker, another warrior, asked. "ThunderClan already has one in it's territory and we only share one with RiverClan."

"Good thinking, Harewhisker," Shadeclaw nodded in approval. "Let's move the border."

"What are you doing?" A hiss came from the ThunderClan side of the border. It was Lightningcloud, the daughter of Lightstar, ThunderClan's leader.

"Shifting the border," Shadeclaw replied. "ShadowClan only shares one stream, and that is with RiverClan. However, your Clan already has a river in your territory."

"And so you are shifting it because of that?" Lightningcloud hissed.

"Yes. And it will stay that way," Shadeclaw's eyes narrowed, his fur bristling.

"ThunderClan, attack!" Lightningcloud yowled. Warriors leapt over the stream and into ShadowClan territory.

"ShadowClan, attack!" Shadeclaw responded with equal force as he flung himself at Lightningcloud.

Tigerpelt found himself battling a tom nearly twice his size. Tigerpelt had just become a warrior barely half a moon ago and had not fully grown yet. Tigerpelt raked his claws across the tom's gray pelt only to be pushed away as the tom struck out a claw.

"Help! Help me! Can't swim!" A voice screeched. Tigerpelt turned and realized that it was Whitefang, his eyes wide with terror. As much as Tigerpelt loathed the white tom, he leapt into the water, his RiverClan swimming skills kicking in.

Grabbing the scruff of Whitefang, he began to pull them both back onto land. As soon as Whitefang got a good grip and was pulling himself up, another cat flung at Tigerpelt, sinking them both. Tigerpelt gasped out loud in the water, causing it to plunge into his mouth.

It was a terrible way to leave the world, but Tigerpelt accepted his fate. Soon, he was no longer choking and drowning, he was free, free of the water. Tigerpelt was in StarClan and would stay there forever.

Whitefang was very regretful because of the way he treated his dead Clanmate. Whitefang was never cruel to any cat, and begged for forgiveness to Tigerpelt, who forgave him kindly. Whitefang became a wise warrior, and never treated cats differently just because they were Half-Clan.

Tigerpelt's brave actions were remembered for a long, long time, as was this legend. Tigerpelt still stands as a brave, selfless and determined tom in the history of the Clans.

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