Stormpaw was nuzzled against her best friend. Solemnpaw yawned loudly and smacked his lips for the taste of sleep. He was about to fall into slumber before Stormcry's voice whispered into his ears.
"Solemnpaw, why did you leave Shadowclan?"
The dark tom looked into her eyes, she was wide awake and looked curious. He grinned a little.
"I left... because I didn't belong." He said with a slight pause. It was a vague answer and bothered Stormpaw deeply.
"I don't belong here, but I would never leave," She protested. "Its all I know."
"You do belong. I'm sure you will do amazing things for this clan and appreciate it as much as I do. These cats took me in not too many moons ago even though I was raised to eat carrion, and I smelt of Twoleg Monster's. I know I have a purpose here, and you do too."
Stormpaw contemplated this. She always took the clan for granted, seeing that she wasn't liked by any other cats. Sunsteps was the closest cat she had to a mother. The queen witnessed Stormpaw's mother's death during a terrible storm, and nursed Stormpaw as a kitten when she had Wasp-paw.
Sunsteps was now the deputy, and Stormpaw was jealous that Solemnpaw had her as his mentor. Stormpaw own mentor, Bluemoon, loathed her, and the whole clan knew it. The whole clan accepted it. The whole clan believed the same thing. She wanted to be part of this whole clan. In a way, she hated herself, so did that mean she belonged? Was she better off dead?
She looked at her friend, who was now fast asleep. Wasp-paw was snoring loudly a tail length away, her mouth covered in cobwebs, as one of her lower fangs was ripped from its roots.
Stormpaw felt regret for what she did, and only hated herself more.