Hey, it's been a teeny bit since I updated this... mostly just because I forgot. Welp, what else is new...?
"Smokepaw," Nightfrost started.
"What?" Smokepaw asked.
"I-I'm just happy that you passed." Nightfrost shrugged. She closed her eyes and became visible again.
"I can tell there's something else you want to tell me." Smokepaw meowed and gave her a look.
"What do you mean?" Nightfrost asked, her anxiety rising. "I'm not hiding anything."
"Nightfrost.." Smokepaw started and gave her another look.
"I said I'm not hiding anything!" Nightfrost hissed. "Don't you trust me?"
"Nightfrost!" Smokepaw meowed. "Stop lying to me!"
Nightfrost's shoulders sagged. "Fine." She meowed. "I... remembered something from when I was a kit. There was a tiny black kit beside me, and then Shadestar took her out of the nursery and killed her."
"Does that mean.." Smokepaw started.
"Shadestar has been killing for a long time." Nightfrost meowed glumly.
"None of us are safe, Nightfrost." Smokepaw meowed. "We should run away!"
"And go where?" Nightfrost hissed. "No matter where we go, Shadestar will always be on our tails."
"Smokepaw!" Graymist meowed. Nightfrost turned around and saw Graymist padding towards them.
"Yes, Graymist?" Smokepaw asked.
"It's time for your warrior ceremony." Graymist meowed. Nightfrost smiled at Smokepaw and he smiled back.
"Let's go." Smokepaw meowed. Nightfrost nodded and the two followed Graymist back to camp. They entered the camp and Nightfrost padded over to Darkheart. She wanted answers.
"Hello Nightfrost." Darkheart meowed glumly. Nightfrost could tell she was still upset about Tigertalon's death.
"Hello, Darkheart." Nightfrost meowed and sat down opposite her mother. "I have some questions."
"Feel free to ask me anything." Darkheart meowed.
"I remembered something from when I was a kit." Nightfrost started. Darkheart tensed. "It was a tiny black kit laying beside me. It was a she-kit and it was very small, smaller than Littlepaw. Then Shadestar took her out of the nursery and killed her."
"I-I" Darkheart started. "There's something you need to know."
"Tigertalon was not your father." Darkheart meowed.
Nightfrost's eyes widened. "Then who is?"
"I can't tell you." Darkheart meowed. "But the kit wasn't black. The kit was very dark gray."
Nightfrost then knew who her father was. It was Shadestar.
"Are you saying that Shadestar is my father?" Nightfrost meowed. Darkheart meowed sadly. "Then why did he kill the kit?"
"Because he knew that the kit was his, and he woudn't stand for a kit of his being small and scrawny." Darkheart meowed. "Her name was Tinykit."
"Tinykit." Nigthfrost repeated.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join beneath the high pine for a clan meeting!" Shadestar yowled. Nightfrost saw the cats of SmokeClan glance warily at their leader. They reluctantly padded over to the middle of the camp and sat down next to each other. Nightfrost sat down next to Starlingclaw.
"Crowpaw, you will now be known as Crowtalon." Shadestar meowed. He didn't even bother to rest his muzzle on Crowtalon's head, much less say the right words. "Redpaw, you will now be known as Redscar. Willowpaw, you will now be known as Willowface. Littlepaw, you will now be known as Littleleap. And finally, Smokepaw. You will now be known as Smokeblaze and we welcome you as full warriors of SmokeClan."
"Crowtalon! Redscar! Willowface! Littleleap! Smokeblaze!" The clan cheered. Nightfrost cheered the loudest for Smokeblaze. She was so happy that he was finally a warrior. But after Shadestar leapt down from the high pine, what Nightfrost didn't see was him pushing Reedfeather on the wall of the camp, and breaking her neck.
Well...This story is definitely getting dark. But hey, at least our main characters aren't dead! *yet* MWAHAHAHAHA. Have a good day (or night) and keep writing! -Phoenix
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