Chapter 10
Rejected
Leopardstar Pov:
I woke up and thought I was in the hole. I then remembered that I had crossed the river and entered Riverclan territory the night before. I scented Mistyfoot close by and looked around. She was snoring next to a kit; one that looked just like a tiger! I rushed over to wake Mistyfoot up and saw that she was flickering her eyelids. She popped open he eyes and wildly looked around. Her eyes locked with mine and we stared at each other for a few minutes. I blinked and started to say 'good morning' but was cut off by Mistyfoot hissing "You liar, ditcher, betrayer! You left me in the middle of this, this stupid excuse of a journey. YOU SLOW WITTED SQUIRREL! I WILL KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!" and with that, Mistyfoot leapt at my throat and slashed it with all claws unsheathed. I fell back with a grunt and dodged her next blow. I darted behind Mistyfoot and grabbed the kit. I held it over the river and growled to Mistyfoot: "stop or the kit gets it." She was terrified and slowly nodded. I placed down the kit and bolted to camp. I jumped in and yowled "I'm back!" all the warriors stared at me until Gingertail stepped forward "hello Leopardstar, welcome to Vixenclan. A lot happened while you were away. Shadowclan is now Darkclan, Windclan is Swiftclan, and Thunderclan is Treeclan. My name is Gingerstar now, our deputy is Mothlight and medicine cat is Fuzzfoot. You missed the examination to be a Warrior cat so please leave now. Grasswhisker and Breezefeather will escort you to the border." A black tom and gray she-cat stepped up and nudged me away. I yowled in protest; "But I'm the leader of this clan, I won't let you take it from me…" I left my clan and was sent back to Mistyfoot and the tiger kit. "Mistyfoot!" I wailed. "I was rejected. I cannot live on with this pain; I will kill myself for this selfishness. I left my clan when they didn't need me that much and now Gingerstar is leader. I wasn't there for the exam." I spat the last words out. I will do suicide to myself.
Mistyfoot Pov:
I decided to go to the Riverclan camp for myself and see if what Leopardstar tells me is true. I was on my way in when I saw Gingerstar ordering cats around angrily. I padded up to her with legs stiff with fury and snarled "What do you think you're doing?" Once all the cats noticed me they yowled "Mistyfoot is back! All hail Mistyfoot!" then cats started to throw fresh-kill at me and I passed out from a frozen trout. Eventually I woke up and Gingerstar was there with her jaws parted to speak "Mistyfoot, you will now be the new deputy of Vixenclan." I was utterly confused. "What Vixenclan?" "Oh, you probably didn't know this but Riverclan is now Vixenclan, Shadowclan is Darkclan, Windclan is Swiftclan, and Thunderclan is Treeclan. Would you like to take the exam to be an official warrior?" "Only if Leopardstar can too." "Well… Err… Umm… How about you pick any other cat not already in a different clan to join automatically with you?" "I went to Skyclan with Leopardstar while I was away and I kinda stole a kit and named him Tigerkit. Can he join?" "A KIT! ARE YOU INSANE!?" "Yes, Gingerstar, I am indeed insane." "Fine, I guess he can join." I rushed out of Vixenclan camp and to Tigerkit. I scooped him up by his scruff and was off again. I blocked out all other sounds other than the welcoming cheers from all of Vixenclan. They all gasped when they saw Tigerkit and one queen bolted up and took him to the nursery. I was about to follow but the warriors' ranks closed and I couldn't get to Tigerkit. I ignored him for a while when I shared prey with my clan mates.
Leopardstar pov:
It's been a long time since Mistyfoot left; I hoped she and Tigerkit were ok. I thought about seeing if they were fine but then realized what Gingerstar would do to me if I returned. I remembered that my life wasn't worth living for so I ran over to the river. I gulped before diving in; I stayed under for as long as I could. I didn't fight the urge to gulp in water and sucked it in. I passed out and before I knew it I was in Straclan.