The Interpreter - Chapter 3

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Chapter Three

We returned to our little makeshift home to find Soda and Storm quarreling. "I don't want you to talk to her about it!" Storm hissed. "And that is final!" With that, he stormed out of the den. When he saw us, he stopped and gazed at me with wide blue eyes. "What are you doing her? You're back already?"

I narrowed my eyes and straightened my shoulders. "Yes. What were you two yowling about so loudly that we could hear you from outside? Do you want the entire Clan to hear you two bicker? We must appear as a united front. Don't you understand that Storm? Can't you put your pathetic jealousy aside for once in your life?" I snapped. I didn't need to know what had started the argument; I knew by Storm's words they were speaking about me.

His eyes widened with shock, and then decreased into a glare. "Cat, you know that I care for you, but you need to pick a side! It's me or that lunatic in there! We should have left him when he didn't want to find you that day!"

"I need to do nothing," I replied defiantly. "The only one who needs to do anything around here is you!" I allowed my voice to soften. "Look Storm… you know that I love you, but… now is not the time to let petty jealousy rule you."

"I love you too, Cat," he murmured. "But you can't have the both of us here. I can't deal with him."

"I'm not kicking him out. What would the Clans think? When this is all over and done with, we can go our separate ways and you and I can go back to the old forest and have kits and be happy, but until that day comes, we must stick together. It is the most efficient way for survival," I answered firmly. "I am the leader in this group, and I must make decisions that benefit us all."

My mate hung his head and then glared at the ground. "I will put up with him for you and only you. I will not tolerate him, but nothing you can say will make me like him. If he leaves on his own accord, would you let him?"

"No one is required to stay, but I don't want you to try and chase him off… Something tells me all of our destinies have led us here… We have a purpose here… I can feel it and so can October, but I don't know what that is."

Soda poked his head out of the den before allowing a smug smirk to creep onto his face. "See, Storm? She wants me here."

The darker gray cat let out a warning growl, and I shot Soda an annoyed look. "Not helping, mouse-brain!" I turned away from him to look at Storm and October who had come up on my mate's other side. "We need to stick together."

I opened my mouth to say more, but my father's voice cut me off. "Let all cats old enough to swim gather here beneath Meeting Stone for a Clan meeting!"

"Do you think that applies to us?" October inquired.

"We should probably go," I answered. "It's probably about us anyway."

Storm led the way through the reeds and into the heart of the RiverClan camp with the rest of us close behind. Many warriors were already gathered at the base, looking up expectantly at their white-furred leader. I glanced up to see his green eyes resting on me. When he realized I had caught him, he immediately averted his attention to the Clan.

"Cats of RiverClan," he began, his voice loud enough so all could hear. As soon as he spoke, the quiet murmurings died down as all the cats focused on his words. "As you have probably already realized, four loners have taken residence in the fallen willow tree upon my orders. I know that many of you are probably wondering and confused as to why I have allowed them to remain here, so I will tell you why now. I want you to hear it from me and not from someone else in the form of a rumor spreading like wildfire. One of these cats—the she-cat named Cat—is my daughter."

Shocked murmurs broke out amongst the crowd. "I didn't think it was true!" a pure white she-cat on the edge of the crowd exclaimed to a speckled gray tom.

"Icestar wouldn't announce it to the Clan like this if it wasn't," the tom replied.

I could feel the eyes of some of the warriors on me and I shifted uncomfortably. Storm wrapped his tail around my shoulders.

My father raised his tail for silence. "I ask you not to judge me for the cat I once was, but think of me know as your Clan-mate and leader. Yes, I am expected to uphold morals and be an exemplary warrior, but I am a cat just like the rest of you. I was young and foolish once, and I have made mistakes that will haunt me for the rest of my days, but life must go on. This doesn't change who we are, or what we do. We are warriors, and life will go on as it always has. However, I do have a request that I would like to make. Cat," he meowed, looking directly at me.

I sat there, frozen. What could he want with me? He didn't want me before, so what did he want now? My brain was still scrambling to process everything he had just said about morals and mistakes. Was I just a mistake to him? Was that it? Would he request that me and my friends leave his camp and never return? Had this all been for nothing?

"Cat, I would like to invite you and your companions to join my Clan."

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