Ugh. I'm going to use the cat Sunstar as leader before Bluestar, okay?
ONLY
If only I'd seen what Tigerstar was doing to ThunderClan…
If I had, cats would still be alive.
If I had, cats would not still be hurting.
Brambleclaw wouldn't have been shunned.
Tawnypelt might not have left ThunderClan.
Brightheart would not have a ravaged face.
I would not be dead.
You all know the story of Tigerstar and his vicious reign over ShadowClan. You know the story of BloodClan; every cat does, even the kits. You know how he brought the dog pack into ThunderClan territory. You know every recorded incident of Tigerstar. But you do not know what happened between he and I.
We grew up together. We were kits in the nursery. Unfortunately, I was a few moons older than him, so I received my apprentice name before him. We chatted at the end of every day, and talked about my apprenticeship. A few moons later he turned six moons old, and earned his apprentice name-Tigerpaw.
A moon into his apprenticeship, I earned my warrior name. Soon, Sunstar only had two lives left. You also know the story from here: I became a queen and gave up my kits to become deputy and save the Clan from total destruction, blah, blah, blah. Tigerpaw, now Tigerclaw, was utterly jealous of my rank in the Clan. He wanted to be leader more than anything else, I knew.
One morning after I'd gone on the moonhigh patrol with Tigerclaw, Redtail, and Willowpaw, Tigerclaw awoke me.
"What is it, Tigerclaw?" I yawned. "I'm tired."
"I know, I know, but I need to ask you something," he murmured.
"What?"
"Well…when you become leader, who will you pick as your deputy?"
This question threw me off. Where did this come from? "Um…I don't know, Tigerclaw."
"Please, tell me when you make up your mind."
Then he let me sleep again.
Sooner or later I decided who it would be. Sunstar died, and I appointed Redtail as my deputy. I made my trip to the Moonstone, received my nine lives, and right when I got back, Tigerclaw greeted me with an unfriendly welcome.
"Why didn't you pick me?" he demanded, following me to my new den.
"Tigerclaw, please," I growled. "Everything's not only about you."
That blew it. He tackled me to the ground and pinned me down with one massive paw to my throat. "Why can't it be, though? Nothing is about me!"
"You haven't been a warrior for as long as Redtail, and I thought he would be the best choice for ThunderClan!" I hissed. "Now get off of me!"
"I would be a better choice than him!" he spat, stepping off of me. I was beginning to loose my faith in him, but after that battle with RiverClan when Redtail died, I knew I had to make him deputy. He deserved it.
"I knew you'd come to your senses some day," he murmured to me as he padded by. I bristled. What'd he mean by that?
Then Firepaw came into my life, and the rest is history.
Now I knew I should've never trusted Tigerclaw. I was the one who let him slip through my paws unknowingly to get to what he really wanted-power.
If only I'd seen what would happen to the Clans.
If only…
Not so bad, actually, but a bit short.
xx-Starfall-xx