"Starlingpaw..."

"No! You told me that AngelClan would try to break me! Not Briarpaw!" I growled, refusing to even look at Hollyleaf.

"Briarpaw is a part of AngelClan." Hollyleaf reminded me. "None of the teasing and tormenting of your Clanmates mattered till he broke your heart."

"They were NEVER my Clanmates!" I snarled. "And of course I didn't worry about it till then, I loved him!"

"Starlingpaw, they still need you. You're being selfish." Hollyleaf meowed.

"Darn right I'm being selfish." I hissed. "But it feels great! I never want to go back there ever again. Why am I even still talking to you then?"

I turned around and Hollyleaf stood in my way sternly.

"I'll keep running away from you, there's no point in keeping me here." I purred. "You'll never convince me Hollyleaf."

Hollyleaf sighed in defeat and moved out of the way, letting me smugly leave the forest and back into sleep.


"Hello? Are you awake? Oh thank goodness!"

I felt a tom nuzzling my cheek and I leaped back hissing, scaring him in the process.

"I don't bite I promise!" He gasped, trying to get close to me. "You're safe now, my name is Jasper. I saved your life last night remember?"

Night...? The daylight is here!

"You seem excited now, what is it?" Jasper purred.

I explained to him how the forest I lived in was cursed with eternal night, leaving out the part that I was the cause of it and the reason why I left.

"So you've never seen daylight?" Jasper gasped. "You've never seen the sun?!"

"No." I noticed the things Jasper told me were 'blinds' were covering the light I've never seen my whole life.

"Let me show you." Jasper suggested, looking very happy. "Follow me."

I got up and followed him to the flap that'd lead us out of the Twoleg den, but before we could get out Jasper looked at me.

"I imagine this would be a lot to take in, so let me go out first and watch you come out." Jasper explained.

He went out the flap exit and I poked my head out, seeing him anticipating the moment I'd get to see sunlight for the first time.

I came out from the flap and closed my eyes once they saw the huge ball of light.

"Is...is that the sun?" I gasped, looking back at Jasper. He nodded.

"It may not be good to look at it directly, but it brings life to everything around it." Jasper meowed. "It brings the beautiful light blue sky you must've never seen before."

"Yeah..." I whispered in awe, definitely not missing the night. "I love it."

"You'll love the sunset too, the sky turns into an orange-pink. It's incredible." Jasper added. "I imagine you'd want to see more of Twolegplace."

"Yes."

"Then I'd be more than glad to show you." Jasper told me. "I should go with you in case another dog tries to attack you though."

I nodded, keeping my walls up knowing I didn't want to be close with him.

"Right, let's go then." I meowed with as little emotion as possible.

Jasper lead the way to the end of the backyard to the higher ground he called 'fences.' He leaped onto the fence and I followed.

"I figured you'd want to know about your new neighbors." Jasper meowed. "So here on the right of my Twoleg den are two of the most pleasant she-cats you'll ever meet!"

He eagerly jumped off the fence into the backyard of the Twoleg den next to his and pawed at the flap. I suddenly thought about the lack of elders in AngelClan but shook away the thought.

I was never going back there.

"Hello!" A dark yellow she-cat purred exiting the cat flap. "Who is this?"

"My name is...?" Do I want to keep my name? I mean, it can't be bad if I do.

"Sorry, my name is Starlingpaw." I answered her.

"Jessie, who's at the cat flap?" I heard a white she-cat meow as she went to her side. "Oh hello! I'm Minty."

"Starlingpaw." I repeated.

"Brought anotha' babe around these parts Jasper?"

I looked at the fence on my right to see a skinny brown and white tom with...two different colored eyes?

"Har de har Marquis." Jasper replied, rolling his eyes. "Enough with your Twoleg talk, you'll confuse Starlingpaw."

"Don't be a killjoy Jaspeeeeeeeer." Marquis teased. "If she's a kittypet she'd be used to this talk."

"I'm...I'm not." I admitted.

"Honestly no one's used to your talk Marquis." Jasper almost laughed.

Marquis glanced at me and quickly looked the other way licking his fur nervously. Which appeared different from his sassy attitude earlier.

"So what brings you here, bored or is your Twolegs's other cat having heartbreak issues again?" Jessie asked Marquis.

"The latter, Thomas won't leave the Twoleg nest." Marquis explained. "That Rose whatever sure had him wrapped around his paw."

"Rose who?" I asked.

"Rosesneeze?" Marquis guessed. "Some silly name like yours."

"Rosebreeze! That's my mother!" I gasped. "Did...did he say she met someone else?"

"Never heard of it."

"Then he must be my father!" I gasped. There was hope in being here after all. "Marquis! Take me to your nest!"

"I thought you'd never ask." Marquis teased followed by a wink. Jasper glared at him, but I paid no mind to it.

"Maybe I should go just in case." Jasper growled, his positive attitude being tested.

"You can come." I meowed, not waiting for an answer from Marquis. After all, tom drama was a thing of the past. Especially since I would be meeting my father!

The three of us got on the fence and jumped onto the other side landing on the Thunderpath as Marquis lead us to his Twoleg nest with a kick in his step seeming eager to be on a mission.

I almost thought Jasper was upset for whatever reason but when I looked at him he gave an affectionate grin before we arrived at Marquis's home and jumped onto the fence and approached the cat flap.

Marquis pawed the cat flap and it took so long till I heard a tom from the other side saying he was coming and my heart fluttered.

My father, I wish I asked about him in AngelClan. But that was in the past.

Right now it was time to meet my father.