"Watch where you're going!" A small ginger she-cat spat. I flinched, ready for her to claw at me, she was from ShadeClan after all.
"Sorry," I mumbled.
"Flarepaw be nice," A gray tom scoffed.
"Shut up Graypaw!" The ginger she-cat hissed.
"Don't mind her, she's just upset is all. You see, she misses her brother and sister, Flamekit and Firekit." Graypaw whispered. But mourning for Unwanteds is against the warrior code! I mourned at first like everyone else but not anymore! They've been dead for almost six moons!
"I knew how you felt." I mewed to Flarepaw.
"How could you possibly know how I feel? You're the son of leader. That's why you weren't Unwanted. The rest of us, we lost some of our littermates." She growled.
"Just because Shadowstar is my father doesn't mean we can't get marked Unwanted." I shook my head.
"'We' What do you mean by 'We'?" She a narrowed her eyes.
"My brother, Ravenkit and my sister, Tawnykit were Unwanted." I shrugged.
"Then do you miss them, like I miss Flamekit and Firekit?" She asked hopefully, her eyes gleaming.
"No. I don't miss them. They deserved to be Unwanteds." I told her, padding back over to where the StormClan warriors were. It's true, I don't miss those filthy Unwanteds. It's their own fault, not mine. I couldn't just sit by and watch them break the rules, I had to report them. There would have been nothing to report if they would have just followed the rules. I don't need those stupid Unwanteds, I've proved that I am a better warrior than them, it won't be long now.
"Shadowstar, do you even know where we are going?" I asked, through Jaykit's fluffy fur.
"Of course I do. Bluesky told me to lead our Clans to the edge of the forest." Shadowstar mewed. I glanced back at the Clans, we were trudging through the forest.
"What kind of answer is that? You don't know where we are going. What if your dead mate is wrong? What if there is nothing at the end of the forest?" I hissed.
"If there is nothing, then there is nothing." Shadowstar shrugged.
"What? Shadowstar if your wrong, then all these innocent cats will die. It would be for nothing." I seethed, padding away. I brushed past Duskwind, my former mate. I hadn't talked to her since our kits were Unwanted. It's partly her fault, she was the one who reported them.
"Vinepelt, there's no need to be angry." Duskwind mewed.
"No need? He doesn't even know where we are going! Our Clan is going to die before it even got strong. He's throwing away the Clan the he created!" I growled.
"Vinepelt, you were my mentor. I respect you, just as you respect Shadowstar. But you need to trust him. We aren't a Clan if we can't trust each other." She mewed.
"I guess you're right Duskwind." I sighed.
"Snakepaw come on!" Dustpaw mewed irritably, his brother Rabbitpaw at his side. I breathed deeply as I raced up the hill.
"You're used to this! I'm not a warrior apprentice!" I gasped for air as I reached their side.
"We'll never reach the lake at this rate." Rabbitpaw scoffed.
"Foxpaw, Nightpaw and Cedarpaw are going to beat us!" Dustpaw sighed.
"No! We can't give up!" I told them. We were racing to the lake, it was pretty far away. Cloudlight suggested that I went to play with the other apprentices.
"We can't beat them. We're up against two BrookeClan cats and a BreezeClan cat. They are way faster than us StormClan cats." Rabbitpaw mewed.
"We are not StormClan cats! Those mangy crow-food eaters gave us away! No way are we part of them, we are loyal to UnwantedClan!" Dustpaw mewed furiously.
"But Vinepelt is a StormClan cat. He was really nice, I miss him." Rabbitpaw mewed.
"How could you miss him? He gave us away!" Dustpaw spat at his brother.
"Don't you miss our father? What about our mother, Duskwind?" Rabbitpaw asked.
"No way! I hate them! They gave us away, they don't care about us Rabbitpaw. They think we're dead and they don't care!" Dustpaw screamed.
"That's where your wrong brother, they do care. I know them, they care." Rabbitpaw said firmly before racing up ahead.
"He just misses them too much. It's taking him longer than it took the rest of us to let whats happened sink in." Dustpaw sighed, padding up ahead. Maybe Dustpaw is right. Maybe I should just move on and quit thinking about Frostpaw. After all, he is part of the group that cast us out. He didn't care what happened to me, he proved that when he didn't speak up when Snowberry reported me for his infraction.
"Snakepaw come on!" Dustpaw growled from up ahead.
"I'm coming!" I called, stumbling after him.
"Fuzzynose, Shadowstar wishes to speak with you." Foxtail mewed. I nodded hesitantly before following him. I noticed Vinepelt, Ashpaw and my apprentice Frostpaw were slowly following as well.
"I need to speak with the four of you." I mewed. We all nodded before staying back. Foxtail followed the rest of the cats, leaving the four of us alone.
"What's this about?" I asked.
"I've heard reports that you are mourning for Unwanteds." Shadowstar mewed slowly.
"Mourning for Unwanteds?" Frostpaw asked, pretending to be puzzled.
"So what if I mourn for Mistypaw? It's your fault for sending her away as an apprentice." I snapped.
"Mistypaw was sent away as an apprentice?" Ashpaw gulped, scared.
"Are you telling me you don't mourn for the kits you have lost?" Vinepelt questioned him.
"No, Why should I? I have two perfectly good kits here. They followed the rules." Shadowstar shrugged.
"Well, some of us weren't so lucky to have our kits in the Clan." Vinepelt hissed.
"It's not my fault your sons were Unwanted, Vinepelt." Shadowstar said firmly.
"So why did you bring us here?" Ashpaw asked.
"I wanted to tell you that you need to stop mourning for Unwanted kits, of there may be punishments." He mewed.
"What are you going to do? Send Frostpaw and me off with next years Unwanteds? Come on Frostpaw." Ashpaw spat at our father before leading my trembling apprentice away.
"Shadowstar, what have you become? The Shadowstar I met in the twoleg place wasn't so heartless. I guess that Shadowstar died in that battle with his son." Vinepelt hissed, padding after Ashpaw and Frostpaw, leaving me alone with Shadowstar.
"Fuzzynose, why are you mourning for Mistypaw?" Shadowstar asked.
"Why am I mourning for my sister? You answer this, why are you mourning for Bluesky? Why are you mourning for Stormpaw?" I growled, my fur bristling in fiery.
"They weren't Unwanteds. I'm allowed to mourn for them." Shadowstar scoffed.
"Your lying and you know it. That's isn't the real reason you miss them, you miss them because you loved them. You loved them and you didn't want them to die. Well that is how we feel about, Tawnykit, Ravenkit, Mistypaw, Snakekit, Dustkit and Rabbitkit. We mourn for them because we loved them and we were powerless when it came to their deaths. Because we couldn't save them." I spat at my father before turning away. I never thought my father could be so heartless.
"We'll stop here for the night!" Rabbitstar announced. I yawned widely before curling up next to my mentor. I didn't have any other friends in the Clan, since I had been the one reporting everyone. It's not my fault if they broke the rules. Shadowstar is right, I can't mourn for them. As of this moment Tawnykit and Ravenkit are nothing but filthy Unwanteds to me.
"Fl...er" Wolffang mumbled. I could tell she was already asleep. I frowned slightly but decided to ignore her. The medicine cat padded over.
"What did she say?" Fuzzynose frowned.
"I don't know." I shrugged.
"She said 'Flicker''' Moonshine mewed, padding over to her sister.
"Flicker? That name seems vaguely familiar but I'm not sure where I heard it before." Fuzzynose frowned.
"You were only a kit. It was when StormClan was just forming. You, Shadowclaw as he was known then, Fox, Clover, Snow and you brother were in twoleg place. You had come across Vinepelt, or Isaac. That was his name then," Moonshine mewed, turning over to me. I nodded before she continued. "Isaac brought you all to Wolf, Flicker and me. Your father said he was starting a Clan and needed Clan members, asking us to join. Wolf and I agreed but Flicker couldn't leave his twoleg boy, Thomas. We never saw our brother again and Wolffang sometimes says his name in her sleep." Moonshine shrugged. Fuzzynose nodded. I stretched before closing my eyes. I could hear the faint sound of footsteps as they walked away. I took a breath before falling asleep, dreaming of our new home.