Posted by: {{ Wolfie. (TRUFF is EPIC)
« on: October 25, 2012, 07:21:04 pm »
Taintedstar had enough. "FINE, WHATEVER!" she yowled, her screech echoing through the camp. "We won't destroy the herbs supplies. We'll just attack." she gritted her teeth, squinting her eyes in frustration as she spoke. She wished she were still young. She remembered the good days, before she had ever been deputy or leader...
It had been a sunny morning, and her mother and father were out on a patrol. Taintedpaw at that time, had been playing mossball with Victorypaw, her best friend, when they were supposed to be fixing the elders' bedding. "Hey! You kids get to work!" came the half laugh half yell of Aurorastar, the beautiful leader. Victorypaw dripped the moss, her black face innocent. "Sorry, ma." she told her mother, smiling sheepishly. The leader paused, then looked to the woods. "You two should go join Bronzeblade's patrol. He, Glorywings, and Cottoncandy are hunting by the Thunderpath." she suggested.
Taintedpaw brightened. "Really?" she exclaimed excitedly. A patrol with her parents and the deputy sounded great to her. Aurorastar nodded. Victorypaw nodded enthusiastically, and they dashed out if camp.
Taintedstar began to frown and quiver as she remembered the next part.
They found Bronzeblade and Cottoncandy in no time, but they didn't look happy. Taintedpaw approached her mother with a frown. "Where's Dad?" she asked. Cottoncandy's eyes were rounder than the full moon at a Gathering. "He's...dead." her mother choked. Bronzeblade looked down solemnly. Victorypaw's jaws gaped. Taintedpaw? She just stood there.
They all went back to camp, but it was a blur. The shock had consumed Taintedpaw. Her mother was consumed by heart wrenching sobs, but she was emotionless. Just...shocked and confused. But it got worse. As soon as they got back to camp, it was flooded with RiverClanners. Attacking elders and kits, raiding the medicine den...It was scarring, mentally. And in the blink of an eye, the fight was on. Taintedpaw and Victorypaw fought a stocky RiverClan female, and it seemed to go on forever. Just blood flying everywhere...
Then the yowl of the RiverClan leader: "Retreat!" As soon as the warriors cleared, Taintedpaw finally began to cry. Her mother was dead, some of her friends were dead. It was...trauma.
Taintedstar felt a tear run down her cheek as she stood there, but she blinked it away.
It was moons later, and she was a warrior now, Taintedriver. She had chosen her own warrior name, to remember the day RiverClan killed her mother, and her father died on the Thunderpath. It was the day Aurorastar died of Blackcough. She went quietly, and Bronzeblade took over as leader. He was like a father to Taintedriver now, so he chose her as deputy, naturally...
Taintedstar blinked the memories away, unwilling to go through any more sepia-toned nightmares. She wished her clan understood the emotional trouble she had with RiverClan. She would never tell them how she felt, though. Exposing her feelings would make her weak.