The next day I went to visit Felis and Dew. Every step of the way I kept thinking of how angry I was about Blaze's betrayal...

Than a Liepard jumped at me.

It pinned me by the shoulders and laughed, I squirmed in its grip.

"Mira! It's me, Riptide!" I protested.

"I'm not Mira!" the Liepard giggled. "It's me, Dew!"

"Wha?" Then it hit me. "You evolved!"

"Yep!" Dew purred. "C'mon! Me and Felis are going to visit Lumber and Camelia's children!"

"Did she evolve too?" I asked. Felis came out, still a Purrloin.

"I will soon!" Felis smiled at her now much bigger sister. "C'mon, let's get going!"

"They're beautiful, Lumber."

"I know."

Two Kecleon climbed on Lumber's shoulders. Camelia smiled and took one of them in her arms.

"Their names are Leaf and Greentail." Camelia purred. "I feel so proud of them alreafy!"

"They are cute." Dew stretched out a paw towards Leaf who started playing with it.

"One day." Felis purred. "I'll have children, and they'll be beautiful."

"I wonder who'd the father be!" Lumber nudged me, who giggled nervously. "I have a hunch who it is!"

"Heh, heh..." I looked down. I can't be a father! I still feel like I need to cope with everything happening around me.

My mother's betrayal, Berry's attacks, the human girl...

"You alright, Riptide?" Felis asked. I shook my head.

"I have to go speak with my parents." Parent, that is.

I returned to our territory. I had to confess the truth.

I almost felt bad, knowing I would be destroying the family saying this. But I can't let my brother and sister live a lie.

Not like Lemon did.

"Mom, Dad!" No answer. Then, Thunder and Pixie appeared from the burrow.

"We were napping, Riptide!" Thunder said groggily. "Our parents are out on patrol, can it wait?"

"No, it can't!" I snapped. "Pine Nose isn't our real father!"

Pixie looked up at me.

"Huh?!" Pixie growled. "What's your proof?!"

"She spoke of someone named Yew while we sleeping!" I explained. "She said that it was a lie that Pine Nose was our real father! A LIE!"

"Blaze is coming!" Thunder gasped. He ran to Pine Nose and Blaze and bared his fangs.

"IS PINE NOSE OUR FATHER OR NOT?!" Thunder yelled at Blaze.

"What?!" Blaze snapped. "Don't you yell at me, I'm your mother!"

"He said it!" Thunder flicked his ears towards me. "He heard of you speak of Yew! Who is he?!"

"Have you been spreading lies?!" Pine Nose roared. He charged at me and smacked me across the forest. "COME HERE AND FIGHT!"

"A real father would never do that to his son!" I snapped. "Then again, it isn't as bad as letting your son die and never know the truth!"

"LEMON DIED AND YOU NEVER TOLD HIM?!" Pixie then fell and wailed in grief. I looked coldly at Blaze.

"Tell me the truth." I hissed.

"Yew is your father." Blaze looked down. I hissed.

"Look at me when you tell the truth!" I snapped. Pine Nose got angry and charged at me. He used Roar.

I fell back and unsheathed my claws, I charged at the big creature that was once my father. I leaped and my left paw met his face. He gave a yell and fell back.

Blaze screamed and ran to protect her mate, but Thunder slammed her into the dirt and Pixie clawed her face.

I looked down at Pine Nose.

"You will pay for this!" Pine Nose shoved me from him and smacked my face again with big paws. I snarled and threw my blood in Pine Nose's eyes. He shook himself and leaped again.

I jumped back and hissed. I leaped and used Quick Attack. Pine Nose closed his jaws on one of my hind paws. I squealed and clawed his nose till he let go.

"Go Riptide!" Thunder growled. "KILL HIM!"

"NO!" Blaze wailed. She threw Thunder and Pixie off her and ran.

Crap.

Blaze let out a beam of flames in my direction, I jumped the other way and covered my eyes. But I felt Pine Nose's jaws close on my ribcage.

I was fighting off my own parents.

"We'll protect you!" Thunder yelled.

I felt a flash of relief as Pixie leaped onto Pine Nose's back and clawed his ears. Thunder threw himself in front of our mother and kicked sand in her eyes.

"NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" Blaze roared. She stretched out a fiery paw and knocked Thunder into the lake.

"THUNDER, NO!" I gasped. I felt alarmed as I jumped out of Pine Nose's jaws and ran into the lake. "MUD TAIL!"

Pixie ran and picked up Thunder's body and ran as fast as she could. I ran to avoid the claws of my parents, but Pine Nose slammed his paw on my tail to stop me.

"OH NO, YOU'RE DEAD!" Pine Nose roared.

I knew what I had to do.

I ran into Pine Nose and slashed my claws across his throat, he gasped and fell back. His entire body shuddered as crimson blood poured out of his body. His eyes rolled back and he desperately attempted to grab me before he stopped moving.

He was dead.

I looked up to see Blaze yelling, chasing after Pixie.

"OH LOOK, PINE NOSE IS DEAD!" I yelled.

Blaze stopped chasing, her eyes wild with horror.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Blaze roared, mad with grief. She charged and I caught her neck fur in my claws.

"You will never say a word!" I hissed. I knocked her out and dragged her away.

I strolled into Mud Tail's den, seeing him tend to Thunder.

"How will Blaze keep quiet?" Pixie whispered. I chuckled.

"Trust me, I found a way." I snickered. "I gave her to the Bandits."

"Wha?" Pixie gasped. "You did?"

"Yep, but what are we going to do now?" I asked.