The first tooth was gone already. I jumped and I slept on the forest border one final time. I knew where my life lay now.
It was dawn. I stretched. I felt the claws of a cat on me.
Maybe Kittypetstar wanted to cry to his mother like a kit. I thought. But the claws weren't his.
"Explain yourself!" The cat hissed.
"I mean no harm," I said, unleashing my front claws to protect myself. I sniffed. She-cat.
"Oh, so you want to fight?" The she-cat hissed, "Okay!"
She unleashed her claws as well. Then, she began to attack, right on my stomach. Her claws out, she pounced, clawing my white paw hard. I guess it would be a red paw now. With my bleeding paw, I reached out and lunged. Now, her fur was bleeding all over.
"StarClan, whoever it is, cannot save you now." I hissed. I was about to unleash my claws once more, but something stopped me. A voice, and a spirit of a cat. The cat, who I now know was Brokenstar, walked toward me. Only I could see him.
"Scourge. You haven't changed a bit since Tigerstar attacked you." He said, smiling.
"Of course. I am still a fierce leader of-" I stopped myself.
"Of what?"
"Nothing. I am just a rogue now. Not a leader of anything except myself."
"Listen, that loner needs you more now than ever. Plus, you says you can't have a companion to travel with you?"
"You have a point. The next I see her, I will."
With that, Brokenstar walked into the darkness, and disappeared. The she-cat had left. The bleeding on my white paw had stopped. I stood up. The nests of twolegs and everything were nothing new, since BloodClan's territory was nearby all this. But now, all of BloodClan has scattered. I was competely alone. I noticed that I was in a yard. The hole was still there. Which meant that I was in my old home now. I didn't want to go inside the nest, but I did it anyway. The same she-cat was still there, with it's fur all wet. Then I realized the she-cat I had attacked was my own mother, Quince. Oops.
She hissed. I said I was sorry for attacking her and that I was indeed her son. Then, I let myself rest for a day, before moving on to find my brother, Socks. I found him nearby the edge of our mother's home, on the steps. I walked up to him, and he defended himself. I explained that it was me, his brother Scourge. It took him a while, but he got it. Soon, we found that we were following each other everywhere we went. Maybe Socks needed a friend too, so I let him tag along. Now, we were together again. It wouldn't be long before that would change.
A week had gone since the battle with Firestar and the other clan cats. Me and Socks had arrived in BloodClan's old territory. There, sitting in front of us, was Sasha.
"Oh, was this your territory?" She said, "I didn't know. I'll leave if you want to..."
"No, it's fine." I replied. Then I noticed another she-cat behind her. "Who's the she-cat behind you?"
"Her?" Sasha said, "This is Pinky Nyanbow."
In my mind, I saw cherry blossom trees while me and Pinky were just walking, as the petals began to fall and fly across the sky. Socks snapped me out of it.
"Scourge, are you okay?" Socks said to me.
"Yeah." I turned to face Pinky, "It's nice to meet you. My name is Scourge, and this is my brother, Socks."
"It's great to meet you, Scourge and Socks. You see, I have lost my way from my home."
"Where is it?" Socks asked.
"Far from here. It's Nyanbow Palace. The only home I've known."
"Does that mean you are royalty?" I asked. I had heard of royalty before, but never had I actually known what it meant.
"Yes, I am." Pinky Nyanbow replied, "I am going to be a queen one day. I have siblings too. My sister is Brownie Nyanbow. My brother is Greenie. Though I consider him more of a cousin-"
"Anyway, I need to get back. Will you help me?" Pinky asked.
"Sure, why not? You can come too, Sasha. "I answered.
Pinky celebrated, then we set off. No sooner did Pinky look at me, and ripped a rose off of the grass for me.