Chapter 13

A/N: Well, you guys wanted Soldier's Daughter, so that's what you get!

Disclaimer: I don't own Warriors, or this song.

It's the way he looks at you
That says to me
This isn't over
From the outside looking in
You see there's nothing sacred here

Nothing sacred
You can bend
But you can't break

For the reasons out of our control
You try to make it roll
Like a dice away
But you say that you're all empowered here
This is obviously not clear enough
To me
You can bend
But you can't break

Hey little girl keep dancing
Hey little girl keep dancing alone
'Cause there's not enough time in your day
To keep you here

The soldier's daughter
Did your daddy
Did your daddy hurt you
Did he make you feel bad
Did he poison your views
With the water he was raised on
Oh your father's son says hang on
Hang on

Hey little girl
Keep dancing
Hey little girl
Keep dancing alone
'Cause there's not enough time in your life
To stay here
So over the hills he'd climb
Just to see her there in time
Just to watch the sun shine through her dress

The sweet soldier's daughter
The sweet soldier's daughter

It's the way he looks at you
That says to me
This isn't over
From the outside looking in
You see there's nothing sacred here

Tawnypaw busily sorted through Smallear's fur, Bramblepaw at her side. Once again, Fireheart and Brackenfur had promised them to do battle training the next day, and now they were confined to help elders with tick problems.

He's only keeping us in camp because he doesn't trust us!

"You know," Smallear meowed, interrupting her thoughts. "If you don't want to be like your father, you aren't doing a very good job."

Tawnypaw narrowed her eyes. What was Smallear suggesting?

"The elder continued, "When Tigerstar was an apprentice, he was just like you. Naughty. Rebellious. Arrogant."

Tawnypaw pushed out of the den. She was not Tigerstar!

Nothing sacred
You can bend
But you can't break

"Tawnypaw, wait!" Bramblepaw yowled, racing after his sister. He caught up to her, shaking his fur.

"Stop! Smallear didn't mean it. You know other cats trust us!" The tabby yowled.

Tawnypaw turned to face her brother. "If you know one cat besides our mother, and perhaps Brackenfur that trusts us, please tell me."

Bramblepaw looked at his paws for a moment. "Fireheart," he meowed. "He wouldn't have chosen to mentor me if he doesn't trust me."

"Are you sure he didn't choose to mentor because he doesn't trust you?"

For the reasons out of our control
You try to make it roll
Like a dice away
But you say that you're all empowered here
This is obviously not clear enough
To me
You can bend
But you can't break

"Smallear!" Tawnypaw yowled to Fireheart. "He's always comparing me to Tigerstar, saying I'm just like him!" Tawnypaw was fully aware of her brother supporting her.

"Thank you, Tawnypaw," the ginger warrior meowed, before leaving Tawnypaw alone.

The young she-cat watched Fireheart go. That's it? She thought. He's not going to talk to Smallear? That's it. I'm leaving!

Hey little girl keep dancing
Hey little girl keep dancing alone
'Cause there's not enough time in your day
To keep you here

Tawnypaw dragged in another piece of bedding to the elder's den. She had been confined to camp again. Luckily for her, Smallear was taking a stroll.

"I'll go get the rest of the bedding," Bramblepaw meowed. Tawnypaw just nodded, unable to meet her brother's gaze.

As soon as her brother disappeared from the den, she dropped the wad off moss she had been holding. She crept out from the elder's den, searching for an easy way out of camp.

The back entrance.

She turned and raced behind the nursery, pulling herself through a narrow gap. Careful not to leave any fur behind, she slipped out into the forest.

The soldier's daughter
Did your daddy
Did your daddy hurt you
Did he make you feel bad
Did he poison your views
With the water he was raised on
Oh your father's son says hang on
Hang on

Tawnypaw padded through the forest. Her paws prickled with unease. She had only been in this part of the forest once, with Brackenfur. Her eyes darted to shadows spread across the forest floor. She imagined each shadow was a ThunderClan warrior, mocking her.

Hey little girl
Keep dancing
Hey little girl
Keep dancing alone
'Cause there's not enough time in your life
To stay here

Tawnypaw reached the ShadowClan border. Her paws prickled yet again. With a sigh, she crossed the border. She didn't care who saw her now.

She didn't even get more than a few fox-lengths into ShadowClan territory when she ran into a ShadowClan patrol. Blackfoot and Russetfur led it.

"Intruders," Russetfur hissed, unsheathing her claws. Tawnypaw let her fur lie flat.

"I've come to see Tigerstar!"

So over the hills he'd climb
Just to see her there in time
Just to watch the sun shine through her dress

Tawnypaw sat in the middle of the ShadowClan camp. Cats around her stared at her with open uncertainty. It had been three days since Tigerstar had accepted her, and already Tawnypaw was fitting in, through not completely.

"Tawnypaw," Tigerstar's voice called to her. She wheeled around to see the dark tabby padding over to her.

"Yes?" She squeaked. What had she done now?

"Come. We must meet with ThunderClan and WindClan now." The big tabby made his way to the entrance of camp, the other cats following him.

I raced next to Russetfur, my paws a blur. My life with ThunderClan was no more. I would be the most loyal ShadowClan cat the forest had ever seen!

The sweet soldier's daughter
The sweet soldier's daughter

A/N: So how was it?

VOTE:

Once Upon a December: Leafpool

Me Instead of Him(my song): BluexLion