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Chapter 4
Star fluffed out her fur in surprise and shock.
"But.... Sun.... is my mother..." she whispered. Suddenly, Blaze mewed loudly "Come on in Star, I know you are out there."
Star stiffened and walked in. As Blaze regarded her calmly, she burst out,
"How can I be related to.. to that thing?! We don't even look alike at ALL!"
"Well, your father is pure white, Star," Blaze purred, looking amused.
"URRRGH!!" Star grumbled and ran out of the den. She sprinted to the apprentices den, curled up in her den, and hoped that this was all a bad dream. But she knew it wasn't.
"What's the matter Star?" asked a voice in the nest next to her. It was Ocean.
"Can I trust you not to tell everybody?" she asked him. He nodded. "Okay, Blaze was talking to Autumnpaw, that kit, and was telling her how RougesClan is home to refugees from the other clans, like the elders tell us. But then he said that my mother Sun was brother to this BirdClan warrior Gorseclaw, and Autumnpaw goes 'Gorseclaw is my father!' That makes me related to that stupid kit!"
"Wow.... I'm amazed. You should go talk to your mother and make sure it is true. But you should also ask her why she ran away," Ocean mewed. He licked her ear. "Go on."
"Okay, I will. But maybe I will bring fresh-kill to Autumnpaw first."
After Star ran out, Autumnpaw went back to her little nest to contemplate the thought of being kin with Star. She curled up and was surprised when Star walked in stiffly and set a frog down in front of her.
"I am SO NOT EATING A FROG!" she cried. "What if it is poisonous?"
"It's not. We have some marshy territory and learn to hunt the good frogs. Anyway, its all you get, so eat up," Star mewed frostily.
"But....."
"Eat!" And with that, Star walked away.
After she gave the frog to Autumnpaw and had a bit of an argument about it, she walked over to the warriors den to find Sun outside of it, dozing in a patch of sun. She glowed like a flame.
"Sun, can I ask you something?"
"You may, my little kit."
"Umm..... is it true that you are sister to Gorseclaw, father of Autumnpaw and that you ran away from BirdClan for some reason?"
Sun sat up in shock. "Gorseclaw fathered Autumnpaw?! How do you know that I am his sister?"
"So it's true?" Star challenged. "Why did you leave?"
Sun bowed her head. "I didn't like the Clan ways. A-And Gorseclaw-then Gorsekit- was always bragging about how our father, Pigeontail-now an elder, I believe- had chased off 'those rotten RougeClan warriors.' I learned how they were thrown out of the Clans from some of the elders and decided to leave and join. I met your father along the way, and we went together and have lived here ever since." Sun suddenly sounded more forceful. "Don't ever be ashamed of your kin. Why, Frost's brother is now Treestar, leader of MarshClan. I want you to know that they do not matter to you. You are who you are and will not be judged by your kin!"
