Ooh.... they're talking about The Chosen One. XD
Chosen One
How would you feel if one of your friends was chosen to go on a trip—and you weren't?
How would you feel if your brother was special—and you weren't?
I've had that twice. First, with my brother Stonepaw, now Stonestep—Stonepaw was chosen as part of a prophecy; a prophecy that would save the Clans.
And I wasn't.
My friend, Birdwing, was chosen to go on a trip that would help Stonestep save the Clans—and, surprise, surprise; I wasn't.
I was furious at the time. I mean, if you think of the way that the medicine cat, Pebblepool, broke the news to us, you'd be mad, too:
"Stonekit, Flamekit; I have something to tell you," Pebblepool meowed seriously. "Come with me to the medicine cats' den."
Curiously, we bounced after him into the medicine cat den.
"Sit here," Pebblepool ordered. We sat on a leaf in front of him.
"So, what's the news?" Stonekit asked curiously.
"Yeah, I wanna know!" I agreed.
Pebblepool mewed hesitantly, "Your family is part of a prophecy."
I gasped. "That's great! We're part of a prophecy?! Stonekit, remember the stories of the Three; you know, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovewing; and how they helped save the warrior code and the Clans? We can be just like them! We can help cats, and—"
Pebblepool winced, and said, "No; sorry, Flamekit. Not you, just Stonekit. Stonekit is the only cat that is part of the prophecy."
I froze up in shock. "What—"
"I'm sorry, Flamekit, but it's true," Pebblepool said quietly, shaking his head despairingly.
Since then, I have been jealous. Oh, sure; I have warrior duties to do, and such; but Stonestep gets to do special stuff. As part of the very important prophecy, he gets to have his own den, with an apprentice of his choice; he talks with the leader a lot; he gets to do what he wants. Basically, he gets to do everything that I want to do.
And Birdwing; she, later, turned out to be part of the prophecy, too. Oh, I was raging mad. I was jealous. And, to make things even more unfair, every other cat in the Clan seems to be special, too. Stonestep is the Chosen One. Birdwing and a bunch of other cats are accessories in the prophecy: they get to do whatever they want.
And, even though I'm a warrior; that usually leaves me stuck cleaning the elders' den, a chore I absolutely hate.
Why must everybody be better than me? Why does everybody except me seem to be "Chosen"?
Why? Why? I have never hated my brother for what happened, but sometimes….
I want to be the Chosen One.