The Secrets of WillowClan: A Warrior Cats Choose your own adventure

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You shake your head, your fur bristling out and your tail between your legs. "I don't want to go outside, it sounds scary. I want to stay with you Mama." You creep over to her and cling to her warm fur.

Brindleclaw makes the closest you've ever seen her have to a smile. "Vhat a sweet little kit. Come, no more fear. Brindleclaw is here and vill protect you always. Yes?" You smile and nod, and your fur falls back down to normal. Brindleclaw begins to purr, a deep, comforting sound. "Very good."

You look up at Brindleclaw with wide, innocent eyes. You hope she hasn't forgotten her promise to tell a story. "Are you forgetting anything, Mama?"

Brindleclaw guffaws. "HA! No, Brindleclaw has not forgotten promise of story, little kit. Prepare yourself, is tale of sadness and danger, drama and adventure! I vill tell you tale of how I came to VillowClan," Your eyes dilate and you stare up at her, transfixed already.

Brindleclaw clears her throat. "Back in old country, Brindleclaw vas princess. You not know vhat princess is, so Brindleclaw explains. You see, tale takes place in ze Colony of Briauma. Zere cats live together, hunt together, sleep together, you see? But instead of leader, ze Colony of Briauma has one family. Always one tom of zis family rule colony completely, and his oldest son rule after him. Zis leader tom was called a king, and all his kits and ze kits of his kits vere princes and princesses."

"Brindleclaw was daughter of one of ze king's daughter's. For ze first three moons, Brindleclaw's life vas very easy. My Mama barely had to do anything, servant cats vere always at beck and call to give Brindleclaw and Mama vhatever ve vanted." Brindleclaw's eyes cloud over. "But zen something terrible happened."

"What?" you ask, guessing this was the part of the story you were supposed to jump in.

"Ve vere attacked by group of cats. Zey call zemselves Ze Circle, and zey are led by cat vith ze mane of a lion but heart of a fox. He is known only as Omen. He and his cats came to colony and killed ze king. Zey vanted to kill all king's family too, but one lucky kit escaped."

"You?" you ask.

Brindleclaw laughs again. "Obviously, how else could Brindleclaw tell you story? Silly little kit. Anyway, Brindleclaw mother raced her out of ze palace, Omen's lackeys coming fast behind her. Brindleclaw's mother put her in little basket, and push her out on stream. I drift in basket for two days, mewing and mewing for Mama." Brindleclaw sheds a single tear. "But Mama never came."

"When I reached shore, I jumped out first chance I got. I wondered, lost and starving until ze sun came down. So little Brindleclaw tried to curl up and sleep vhen she heard ze howl of coyote. She ran as fast as she could, but it vas not enough. She could feel breath of coyote hot on her tail ven out of nowhere, vho comes to save ze day? My father from VillowClan, vho had left moons before because he hated life in palace. So he took me home here and zat is how Brindleclaw come to live in VillowClan."

"Wow," you say. "What a great story." You yawn loudly. "Can you tell it to me again some other time?"

"Of course," purrs Brindleclaw. "Now is time for lullaby." You close your eyes and nestle into her fur as she curls around you and starts to sing:

𝆕 𝆕Little kitty, soft and sweet,

Little kitty, go to sleep,

Little kitty, zere you eat,

Little birdies, cheep, cheep, cheep.𝆕 𝆕

You drift into a sweet, dreamless sleep as you wish that life could stay like this forever.

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