Banditkit shot up, something was grabbing her by the scruff "Let me go, let me go, let me go!" She yowled, flailing around, panicked.
"Hey, hey, Banditkit. It's just me" She recognized the voice of Cloudstep
"You should still put me down!" She pouted
"Why didn't you come back? Lost forest was worried about you!" He meowed, worried for the kit's well being.
"I didn't want to have to sleep with Willowsplash" she meowed
"There's a rumor going around camp that you're lying that Willowsplash was attacking you. But I believe you. I may not have proof, but I still do" He purred, licking the kit.
He eventually brought the kit back to camp, he set her down in the clearing, walking off. Banditkit sat there, staring blankly at the ground.
"Banditkit!" Lost forest sounded so relieved that she was back "Why'd you run off like that, Willowsplash was just worried about you" She meowed, concerned.
"I feel so unheard! You're all ignoring me, saying that Willowsplash loves kits and Coalkit and Silentkit did it! Just listen to me, listen to me, LISTEN TO ME!" She cried, sniffling.
"Because she-" Lost forest hesitated, sighing "She's my littermate, she always cared to others. It might be because you are halfclan" She meowed, Banditkit's ears shot up.
"Who told you this? I thought only Bettastar and Swifthare knew!" She hissed, glaring at her. Confused.
"Racoonpelt told Tidestar and Tidestar told almost everybody. Only a few kits and apprentices are unaware" She meowed.
"Banditkit, Banditkit!" Willowsplash meowed.
Lost forest nudged her. Licking her ear. "Go on, address her. Confront her, tell her what she did" she meowed.
"O-okay" Bandikit replied, approaching Willowsplash anxiously. Was she really about to confront the she-cat?
"Willowsplash, what you've been doing to me isn't okay, hurting me, being rude to me, holding me in a painful manner, even!" She hissed "I could go on and on!" She continued.
"What are you talking about, that rumor you were spreading? Nobody is going to believe that fib!" she derided, laughing.
"Willowsplash, you don't laugh at a kit!" Lost forest hissed.
"She was making a fool of me first!" Willowsplash hissed childishly, glaring at the kit angrily.
Banditkit hid behind Lost forest, scared. Banditkit winced, scared. "All I'm asking is you treat me like your kit!" She cried.
"Let's discuss this in the nursery" She grimaced at the kit, picking her up and bringing her to the nursery, Lost forest secretly following. Sitting outside the den.
"Banditkit! Don't you embarrass me like that again, you're going to ruin my reputation!" She hissed, clawing at the kit's nose.
"Please, I just wanted you to understand!" Banditkit cried.
"And doing it in front of the whole clan?" She yowled, clawing at the kit's torn ear. "You made a fool of me, and you are going to have to accept the consequences of it!" She hissed, biting the kit's tail and dragging her across the den.
"Which one would you prefer? For me to rip your eye out or bite off half of your tail, and shall I blame a fox, Coalkit, Silentkit or say it happened randomly?" She questioned.
"None, neither!" Banditkit cried, lunging at the she-cat's face and biting one of her eyes. Slashing at her shoulders and darting out of the den. She laid next to Lost forest, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Shhh... Shhh... It's okay, Banditkit. I'll bring you to the medicine den, we'll treat those wounds" She meowed "Willowsplash will be in big trouble after this"
"It hurts..." Banditkit meowed
"Get back here, Banditkit!" Willowsplash hissed, darting out of the den.
"Willowsplash, what you did isn't okay, I think we're going to have a different cat take care of her, I can't trust you with her" Lost forest meowed angrily.
"What do you mean? I can't take care of her?" She cried angrily.
"Willowsplash, what you did was unacceptable. You've been abusing a kit! Of course you can't take care of her! Do you even know she's half blind, did you even know her mother was murdered in front of her, do you even KNOW her at all!" She yowled "You know what, you're a horrible littermate, you're mousebrained, and don't deserve to be a mother. All you do is obsess over your own kits, and ignore Banditkit!"
Banditkit looked at the two tortoiseshell felines, littermates, arguing over her own well-being. "And? I let her into my life willingly considering she's a dirty, filthy half-clan cat! I should be in full control of her life, she's lucky I even accepted her into Windclan!" She blurted out.
"That's the thing, you didn't accept her into Windclan, you weren't even the tiniest bit welcoming!" Lost forest retorted in defense to Willowsplash's argument
Banditkit hyperventilated, staring at the two she-cats as they argue. "Please, just stop arguing, stop, stop, stop!" She yowled.
The two she-cats stopped arguing, shooting each other a look. Lost forest picks up Banditkit and snarls at Willowsplash "I will never forgive you for your horrid actions" Lost forest walked off to the medicine den while Willowsplash sat there, frustrated.
Willowsplash scoffed, walking off to the medicine den to also get treated. Banditkit let out a sigh, laying down in a nest. Falling asleep.
(Chapter end)
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Banditfoot's sorrow (WIP)
FantasyWho'd ever suspect that a simple secret could ruin a warriors life and whole reputation so easily? Banditfoot was a good cat, but once she figured out the who other cat who carried this secret was, it was too late. She had made the biggest mistake o...
