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Challenge: You Have Everything I Ever Wanted
Words: 450 minimum
Words Used In Story: 761
Description: Your sibling, it seems like everybody loves them. They have the perfect mate, perfect kits, they are good at their job, but your kits hate you. Your heart is black, full of envy, wishing to be your sibling. Your parents hate you, but they love your sibling. Soon you face your sibling, the sibling that you always wanted to be.
~3rd POV~
Swanflight looked her two newborn kits in shock. The firstborn was a beautiful snow white she-kit with golden streaks along her fur; her eyes crystal blue. The other kit was a small and scrawny little thing. Her messy black pelt blending in with the darkness. Swanflight scrunched her nose in disgust as the runt squirmed over to her belly for milk. Swanflight kicked the black she-kit away and pulled her darling firstborn closer to her.
"Are you ready to name the kits, love?" Her mate called from outside the nursery. Swanflight could see his silhouette padding nervously back and forth on the other side of the lichen. "Of course. Come in," Swanflight hissed. Wolfstar busted into the nursery, but only to see his mate's beautiful sky blue eyes turned to an ice cold gaze.
"To get it over with, this kit," the queen dragged the black kit towards her mate,"will be named Maggotkit." Wolfstar glanced at Maggotkit and quickly nodded in agreement. "And how about this little gift of Starclan?" Wolfstar said as he nuzzled the firstborn. "I was thinking of naming her Lilykit," Swanflight sweetly mewed. Wolfstar stood up and purred in agreement. He gave Swanflight and Lilykit each a quick lick on the head and left the nursery, not even looking back at Maggotkit.
Tired, Swanflight curled up around Lilykit. "Sleep well, my love," she purred softly. The queen suddenly felt a small paw nudging her back. She whipped around and saw that Maggotkit was, once again, 'bothering' her. "Go sleep somewhere else!" growled Swanflight as she kicked Maggotkit away. Maggotkit let out a terrified mew but stay where she was. Swanflight had made it clear that Maggotkit will never be her kit.
~Time Skip, 1st POV~
"Yes, I win!" Lilypaw yowled triumphantly as she pinned me down. "Wonderful, Lilypaw!" Wolfstar mewed, his chest puffed out with pride. Wolfstar had made Lilypaw his apprentice and apprenticed me to blind ol' Threeleg. She gets the leader but I get the cripple. How sweet. "Time to get back to camp," the leader announced to the other apprentices and mentors.
"Hey Lilypaw!" Flamepaw called as he barreled over me. I snarled at him but he didn't seem to notice. The apprentice stopped beside Lilypaw, their pelts brushing. I gagged as Lilypaw licked Flamepaw in greeting. Flamepaw shot a glare at me over his shoulder. "Catch up, maggotbrain! Pick up the slack!" he retorted. He must've heard my disapproval. "Please, don't be mean to my little sister. It's not her fault she's so small," mewed Lilypaw pitifully. I glared at my sister. I don't need help from her. I will never need her.
~Time Skip~
I watched jealously from the nursery, Lilymist's kits being apprenticed. I saw her and Flamefrost sitting proudly in front of the crowd. I didn't like it. Oh, my kits? I had three of them. Two were stillborn. My surviving kit was Ebonykit. She's precious to me. I loved her with all my heart. But I don't think she felt the same about me.
~Time Skip~
The moon was high. Every single Willowclan cat sat vigil for Lilymist's death. Every single cat but me. I was supposed to be sad but strangely enough, I wasn't.
"Mom. Join vigil with me," my daughter Ebonyleaf pleaded. I refused. She got mad. "I bet Auntie Lilymist would sit vigil for you when you die! I bet she would be the only cat that would mourn for you!" Ebonyleaf retorted as she stormed away. I was shocked. Now, there's nothing left to lose.
~Time Skip~
"Mom! Don't leave! I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I love you!" my daughter cried. I tried to force my eyes open, but I couldn't. Tears rolled down my cheeks as my life started to ebb away from me. "Ebonyleaf, my kit. You're beautiful. Just remember that. I will watch you everyday from Starclan. I promise," I whispered. I took one last breathe and all was gone.
I opened my eyes again. Energy was starting to seep back into me. But then it hit me like a monster. I was dead. My daughter, she needs me. I collapsed once more, bursting into tears. I felt a body curling around me and soothingly licking my head. I had never felt that before. I had never felt being loved. I turned around to see who was comforting me. It was the starry figure of Lilymist. My sister. The sister I said I'll never need. The sister I envied from birth. The sister that had everything I ever wanted.
