BrambleClan Story EP. 25- Trouble With Tigerstar
As I lay in the leader's den contemplating life, I couldn't help but overhear Spottedstar arguing with his deputy, Shortstep, a cream-and-tabby short-legged tom.
"Look," Spottedstar growled, "I don't care what you do with her, just get her out of my clan!"
"But-" The young warrior objected.
"I said, get that traitor out now!" Gritting his teeth, Shortstep nodded obediently and waddled off somewhere. Pretending I didn't hear, I began washing myself when Spottedstar stepped in.
"Hi," I greeted him.
"I've been thinking," He mewoed, not returning my greeting, "I want those shadow warriors you were talking about. I think that if we can get enough, we'll be able to take out the other five leaders, one by one. What do you think?" Gulping hard, I replied,
"Er, Sure!"
"Great, I want them as soon as possible." He meowed. Without another word, he left me in the leader's den, dumbfounded. What have I gotten myself into?
After eating a rather scrawny mouse from the fresh kill pile, I settled in my nest of fern tendrils in the leader's den. Spottedstar was nowhere to be found. Without giving it a second thought, I fell asleep.
When I opened my eyes, I was in a dark, foliage-deprived forest. In front of me was a clearing with a large rock on the opposite side. There were two large, almost identical, muscular toms sitting on the rock. A set of glaring amber eyes burned into my fur and a set of icy blue eyes did the same. It was Tigerstar and Hawkfrost. Carefully, I trotted over to the rock, dipping my head respectfully in greeting.
"Hello Tigerstar, Hawkfrost." They did not look happy to see me. Tigerstar hopped down from the rock to face me, tail lashing in anger. Here we go...
"Look who we have here. Birdsong. What is wrong with you?!" He growled.
"Tigerstar, I-"
"No excuses," He hissed, "Just because I've granted you the gift of life doesn't mean you can use it for false accusations." He was talking about the shadow warrior thing. Hawkfrost hopped down to face me also.
"I've been focusing on your thoughts lately," He said, "'She-cat of a lonely brothel'? Really, I thought that you would at least have some respect for yourself." He began to laugh. "Well, I guess i was wrong."
"Tigerstar, just hear me out!" I pleaded, "If you just send down a few shadow warriors, I can achieve the goal I was sent on the overworld to do. Then, I can come back up here as soon as possible helping you in your... Er, endeavors." He didn't look convinced. Hawkfrost was emotionless.
"No," He finally said.
"Wha- Why?! Please, Tigerstar, please!" He lifted his enormous forepaws and pushed me, making my fall on my back and startling me awake. "Fox-dung!" I muttered to myself.
"Hm?" Spottedstar was already awake, washing himself. It was barely dawn.
"Nothing," I said, walking solemnly to the camp entrance. Shortsetp was keeping watch.
"Woah woah woah," He said when I tried to leave, "Where are you going?"
"Out," I mewed back sweetly. "Don't worry; I'll be back." Shortstep had a crush on me since I came down from the Dark Forest. I put on the façade that I felt the same, and he acually believed it. Well, most of the time. It seems like the more time I spend in the overworld, the more naïve these cats become.
Wasting no time, I found the tallest tree I could and climbed to the topmost branch. Sitting there, I looked down on the snow-laden forest. It was nothing like the Dark Forest, and if Tigerstar was true to his word, I would never go back to the place I called home.
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