No Secrets Between Friends

Ever had that awkward feeling where you walk into a room and people give you that stare that's a combination of what's she doing here and what the hell? Well, those were kind of the stares I got as I walked into ThunderClan camp. Despite all the eyes looking at me, my gaze was set on the little den o the cliff.

Brambleclaw walked cautiously up to me. "Violetmoon?"

"Take me to Firestar please."

He escorted me. I entered Firestar's den. He was sharing tongues with Sandstorm, but the moment I walked in, he stopped and looked at me. There was shock and anger in his eyes. He looked to his mate. "Sandstorm, please leave me to talk to Violetmoon."

The senior warrior nodded, and left. Now it was just me, Firestar, and Brambleclaw huddled up in the same den.

Firestar looked to me as if to say "I'm waiting."

I sighed. "Firestar I know I have a lot to explain-"

"You're right about that," he said in an annoyed tone.

"But," I went on. "Let me just start by saying that I'm sorry. When I snapped at you last night, I . . . . I wasn't well. I was going through some hard times and I took out all my built up emotions on you. It was stupid, and deep in my heart I'm sorry for disrespecting you. If you want to throw me out of the clans for my actions, I'll understand."

Firestar looked at me for a minute. He was thinking, I could tell. His eyes weren't really looking at me, they just so happen to be on me.

"Alright Violetmoon." He smiled. "I forgive you. And you're more than welcomed to stay in the clan."

I flashed a wide smile and let out a breath of relief. "Thank you so much!"

"However," he quickly put in. "You still will be punished for both harming Breezepelt and disrespecting me."

I nodded. "Of course."

"Your punishment," Firestar explained. "Will consist of the original punishment I assigned to you for Breezepelt, but now an added factor."

I sucked in my breath. Oh boy here it comes.

"In addition, you will also be helping out with Leafpool and Jayfeather in the medicine cat's den."

That made me groan a little. Despite how nice Leafpool was, and that Jayfeather was my friend, the medicine cat's den was not the most entertaining place in the world.

"And you'll have be more supportive to the clan," Brambleclaw added.

I smirked. "Well then that should be easy to do considering that-well, I'm going to be staying in the clan all day now."

It took two seconds before Firestar and Brambleclaw actually processed that in their head. Then they both had wide smiles on their faces.

"You're not pulling our tails now are you?" Firestar joked.

I nodded in a sarcastic way. "Of course I am, and I'm really a Twoleg."

The three of us laughed, though I of course didn't laugh as much as the other two did.

"Well it's good that you'll now be living with us now," Brambleclaw said. "Instead of being . . ."

There was a slight awkward silence. We were all standing looking at each other.

"I'm sorry," Firestar said. "Violetmoon I know you don't like it when cats ask, but, exactly why is it you couldn't stay here during the day?"

I could feel my pelt trembling as it they had their eyes on me. Crap! I had to improv quickly. "Well you, what had happened was, I've been . . ." Think, think, think. ". . . taking care of a kit."

Their eyes widened and Firestar nodded for me to continue.

"Well you see, she's not really my kit, she's my sis-cousin, my cousin's kit."

"Cousin?" Firestar asked.

Why was he asking-oh that's right. They use the word kin.

"Kin I mean. My kin died in a climbing accident, and well I couldn't just leave her kit alone right? So I raised her, but yet I've heard of you clans living here by the lake, and I really wanted to join. You all live exciting lives. You guys live so united and strong. And that's why I could only come at night because I had to take care of the kit during the day. But today, she told me how she wanted to live with Twolegs as a kittypet. So I let her go." I shrugged. "There wasn't much I could do. So I let her go, and now that I don't have to take care of her I figured that I could live here now-if that's okay of course?"

I could win an Emmy for this acting.

Firestar nodded to me. He seemed convinced. Same with Brambleclaw. Good, now I had solved one problem.

"Of course you may live with us," Firestar said with a small smile. He looked at Brambleclaw. "Take her to the warriors' den and help her fix a nest." He looked back at me before we left. "I think I can officially welcome you to ThunderClan."

So after about twenty minutes of cats greeting, welcoming, and junk, I finally got settled in. Found myself a nice little spot by the wall to sleep. My stomach was basically bursting with butterflies. Finally, I had a home.

As I shared tongues with Whitewing and Birchfall (ThunderClan's newest couple), Jayfeather came up.

"Pardon me," he said to us. "But I was wondering if I could steal Violetmoon for a minute?"

I nodded, dismissed myself from the two warriors, and followed Jayfeather. "Yes grumpy cat?" That was my little nickname for him. It bothered him a lot, which is why I used it.

"I was wondering if you could help me collect some marigold."

Odd. I could've sworn I saw a fresh stack in the medicine cat's den. Oh well, I needed to stretch my legs anyway, besides, Firestar did say part of my punishment was to help out with the medicine cat and grumpy cat.

We walked out into ThunderClan territory. It was weird why he suddenly just stopped dead in his tracks, not even near where the herbs grew. I stared at Jayfeather in confusion. "You lost?"

He shook his head.

I shrugged. "Well then let's keep on going."

"Not until we get something settled out."

I could feel a knot form in my stomach. This wasn't gonna be good. He knew something.

"Jayfeather?"

He lifted his tail. "So you took care of your kin's kit and that's why you couldn't come to ThunderClan during the day right?"

I slowly nodded. "Yes." My voice cracked. I couldn't let him know I was trembling.

"Oh okay." He sat down. "Tell me then, what was the kit's name? . . . . Was it Jani?"

My eyes widened.

He sightless eyes stared through my soul. "Or was that your name when you were a Twoleg!"

Suddenly my heart was beating so fast it was as if I was having a heart attack. My blood turned to ice. Oh crap. He knew! Grumpy cat knew! Panic spread through my entire body like it was drug.

"How," I stuttered. "H-How did you know?"

That's when Jayfeather's eyes widened. "I uh . . ."

"Wait!" I held up a paw. We were both absolutely hiding something. Since Jayfeather already knew my secret I have every right to know his,

I sighed. "Wanna make a trade?"

"Huh?"

"A trade? Look we've both caught each other. If I'm going to live in ThunderClan, I want at least one cat to know my secret."

Jayfeather shrugged. "Okay, explain."

I took a breath. "You might want to get comfortable. This is gonna take awhile."

So I went on and told Jayfeather of the night I met Mother Gana, how I would come here at night and be human by day, how it turns out I was a half-Spirit, how Mother Gana was actually good, how Tigerstar manipulated me, everything! I told him every speck of information about me. Of course I left out the part about Blackstar though. That was a little more close to heart.

Jayfeather stood speechless in front of me. I gave him a minute or two to take in all that.

"I know," I said. "It's intense, but you'll eventually get use to it."

"So you're actually a Twoleg?"

"In a matter of speaking, yes."

"Fascinating." He got up. "Now it's my turn. The reason why I found of bits of your past is because, well, I can see cats' memories." He looked glum for a second. "Hm. You know after hearing your story, that actually sounds okay."

I nodded in agreement. "Yep. I would give fighting evil spirits to go into cats heads any day."

"Really?"

"Nah."

He playfully batted me with his paw. "You're nasty you know that?"

"And you're grumpy."

"Hey, if you call me grumpy cat, can I call you nasty cat?"

I scowled. "Um, I think cats will get the wrong impression. How about . . . . tricky?"

"Tricky?"

"Yeah, tricky. I tricked all of you didn't I?"

He laughed. "In a way I guess."

"So Jayfeather, is there anything else you can beside snoop into cats' personal space?"

He nodded. "Well, I can also sense cats' inner emotions. I can tell when you're lying, telling the truth, angry, sad, depressed, anything."

I blinked. "Okay so I'm keeping my mind away from you."

"You can try," he teased.

With a flick of my tail, I had Jayfeather in air, keeping there in antigravity.

"Not if you're up there," I said, laughing,

Jayfeather kicked his paws. "Alright you win! Let put me down!"

I lowered him back to the solid ground. I don't know why he was so worried about being up there though. Cats always land on their feet.

Giving himself a shake, Jayfeather looked at me with suddenly serious eyes. I was puzzled. "Look, if you had told me you were scared of heights-"

"No not that."

"Oh." Why so serious then?

"I'm serious because there's something I need to tell you."

Damn he's good. I nodded. "Okay then talk."

"You know who Rock is right?"

I nodded.

"Well Rock visits me in my dreams sometimes and tells me important stuff, and last night he came to me in a dream. He said to me to look for the ordinary she-cat who's the most different from us all. And so I popped into your mind last night, and . . ."

"I'm the she-cat?"

He nodded.

"Well that's nice news, but why did you have to find me?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. As quickly as he said it, that's how quickly he left."

I sighed. "These ancient spirits are just never straightforward are they?"

"Apparently," he said. He let out a yawn.

"Aw, kitty's tired?"

He narrowed his eyes but nodded.

"Best get some shut eye," I suggested.

Jayfeather began to walk back to the camp. He stopped when he noticed I wasn't following. "Well aren't you going to follow?"

I shook my head. "Nah, you go on, I'm gonna get water by the river."

"Alright." Jayfeather let out another yawn. "Well, see you in the morning. Wow, that's a first."

I smiled. "It sure is. Goodnight Jayfeather."

As soon as Jayfeather was out of sight, I sprinted towards the ShadowClan territory. It almost slipped my mind that I was meeting Blackstar tonight. My stomach was just jumping at the thought of it.

I approached the ShadowClan territory, my paws iching. Sitting down, I cleaned myself a little. Leaves rustled, but they coming from behind me. "Blackstar?"

Someone giggled, a voice too deep to be Blackstar. "Guess again."

Slowly I turned and met the gaze of a cat who I knew was here for trouble. "Hello . . . . Sol."

Sol smiled. "Hello Violetmoon. I've been dying to meet you."

A/N: It's about to go down!

Mother Gana: It sure is.

Me: Why? Why must you stalk me?

Mother Gana: Because I'm a Spirit, that's what we do.

Me: Don't you help people too?

Mother Gana: Not since they cancelled my services.

Me: . . . . . . Alright then (?). Review folks!