echopaw's decision

by sparkflight

when a young rouge named echo and her mate, hawkstorm, die of greencough, then are both reincarnated into brother and sister, but as it turns out, her brother, is from thunderclan, while echopaw has been raised in shadowclan. oakfur, there father, hates thunderclan and all of it's cats. but when her father becomes ill, though, echopaw must choose between her brother and her father.

8. Chapter 9

chapter 9: change

echopaw knew she was in trouble, and she was the only cat to blame. echopaw herself could hardly believe she had hurt an apprentice, however much of a fox-heart she was. as she walked towards dropletstar, she could feel the gaze of the clan burning her pelt. when she reached the edge of the rock, dropletstar opened his mouth. echopaw, earlier today you slashed splashpaw in the face with claws unsheathed. care to explain your actions? but echopaw felt no need to justify herself to the shadowclan leader; it did not matter if she was on his good or bad side when she announced she was leaving. so she just lifted her chin and mewed, if you want to know why, ask splashpaw if there was a reason for her to say that medicine cats were useless and boring. even if you don't, what do I care? I am going to join thunderclan. tell dappleheart to come back and heal my father, but I won't be there.

and the cats of shadowclan were left with there mouths hanging open as they realized they had just been abandoned by there only medicine cat and it might be at least a moon before the other one returned.

but as echopaw left the clearing, she noticed three cats in particular who's faces were a mixture of disbelief and betrayal: wrenpaw and palepaw, her littermates, and the most heartbreaking one of all, her father watching her leave from the medicine den. she wished with all her heart that he could come with her, but she forced herself to look away, at the cats she could take. wrenpaw? palepaw? she pleaded. I can't do this alone! both of the cats faces were shocked, but they both stood beside her, as if they would never let her go. of course, they both purred.