I yawned and got to my paws, it was another day. In our housefolk nest like every other day Yeti was already awake outside on the fence. Sometimes we would sit on fences and look at the big brown cat next door. The first time we saw him we thought it was some kind of weird black cat until Fluffy told us that some cats are born with brown fur. We didn't know his name so we called him Grumps. I could hear Yeti taunting him and throwing rotten fruit at him, as I stepped outside.
I walked over to Yeti, he had jumped down from the fence and was now eating food out of a bowl one of our housefolk had left.
"So "he started "Are you okay with everything?"
I stared at him confused, unsure of what he meant "What do you mean?" I asked
He raised his head up at me, face filled with surprise at what I had said.
"Don't you know? Fluffy and King are having another litter of kits I would have thought they would tell you first. The new litters going to be born soon, they told everyone two moons ago."
I felt fury wash over me. My parents hadn't told me I was going to have siblings, they probably weren't going to until Fluffy gave birth. When I was born I was the only one I had no littermates and to make it even worse I was born a she-cat. My father would never say it out loud but everyone knew he has always wanted a tom to teach how to fight. Yeti was also looking forward to a tom, one he could play with. King had never heard of a litter with one cat he said that at average they would have two or three, four if they were lucky. I was unnatural in his eyes, I always had been and always would be.
As I headed back inside, I saw my mother her stomach was swollen and mentally clawed myself for being so stupid. I regained my composure and marched over to her and King
"Why didn't you tell me you were having kits?!" I spat in anger at them.
King jumped to his paws, hovering over me and growled "How do you know that? It's none of your business!"
"But it's Yeti's." I retorted at him.
Fluffy came between us "Luna I wanted to tell you, but King wouldn't let me. I understand you're angry, but these kits aren't a replacement for you. We just wanted more kits. When you were born you had a brother but he was held too long by a housefolk kit and died because he couldn't get any 've had past litters who all died you were the first to survive. "She started crying, tears fell down her face and splattered onto the floor. King whipped around and stalked away paying us no attention.
That night I laid awake I felt a gaping hole inside me, whether that hole was guilt or emptiness I did not know. What I did know was that I wanted revenge for my brother, even though I did not know him that well he didn't deserve to die. But even if that housefolk was a cat I would have been too small to fight them.
The next day Fluffy gave birth to her kits, I hadn't been present for the birth but she had three kits. Two strong she-kits and a weak tom, at the time King was sure Loki would die so did the others but to everyone's surprise his sisters did, Mist and Raven. King would try his best to keep me away from Loki. He tried his hardest to make sure I would not interact with my brother in anyway wouldn't let me near. I was only allowed to see him once Fluffy had told King to stop.
Loki was a smoky grey that looked black but was not black. We had gotten along ever since we first met, we both disliked King. Both had the same fear of him and Loki was impatient to be strong enough to play with Yeti and I.
Once King learnt that Loki wouldn't grow up to be a miniature version of him he would be truly disappointed but I won't let him hurt Loki ever. Even If I get hurt myself in the process.
