Hope- A Warriors Fanfiction (Unedited)

2. Punishments

I felt sick. What they had done to me was evil and twisted. I stumbled out of the elders den feeling ashamed and used. Thing is, as soon as I stepped out the murmurs started again...

"Haha!"

"I think pondfur liked her..."

"Why do the elders always get to mate the kits?"

"Lucky elders."

Was what happened normal? I was so confused. I ran as fast as I could towards the safety of the fern tunnel. I skidded to a halt when I entered the camp. What was happening here? Shocked, I gazed around my camp. Nightstorm had mounted Stonefeather and was mating her. No. Why? I didn't like Nightstorm and I didn't want Stonefeather to have his kits. This was terrible.

I sprung forward and slammed myself against Nightstorm, pushing him of my mother. He wasn't going to mate with her. Nightstorm scrambled to his feet and hissed at me.

"What do you think you are doing?!" he hissed angrily. I suddenly realized what I'd done. I was going to be in so much trouble. My mother looked pleadingly at Nightstorm.

"Please Nightstorm. She's just a kit," she said as I snuggled against her fur. I felt her lick the top of my head. Nightstorm scowled at us.

"You should've told her more about life here. Why can't she settle in when Shadekit can?"

Shadekit's my brother but we don't really talk. We used to when we were little but he's a tom and I'll always be second best. I miss the old days...

Nightstorm had gone and I sat in the nursery. I knew what I'd done was wrong but it felt right. I wanted she-cats and toms to be equal.

The next day, Talonstar called a clan meeting. I knew what it was for: my punishment.

I padded out with my mother into the toms camp and looked up at the highrock. Talonstar was sat proudly on the very tip of the highrock, looking down at us. I swear I saw him smirk at me as we waited for it to start. I kept wiggling because I was so nervous. Please don't let this punishment be that bad.

"Silence!" called Talonstar, his deputy at his side. The gregarious toms beside us ceased to speak and gazed up at Talonstar."Now, we all know about a certain kit, who seems to think that she can do what she wants," I twitched nervously, "Well she can't!"

I felt his amber eyes fry my silver fur.

"She needs to be punished," he said sneering down at me. The toms erupted in speech, shouting punishments and hurtful comments.

"Death to the kit!"

"Rape her Talonstar!"

"Cut her tail off!"

"She's worthless, kill her!"

I couldn't bare them. I wanted to run but my mother calmed me with a soothing lick on my head. It reminded me that I wasn't hated my everyone. I thought for a moment, if I look weak then they'll just keep taunting me. I sat up and puffed out my chest. I didn't care anymore. They could hurt me but I'd just come back fighting.

All these thoughts were racing through my mind and Talonstar read out my punishment.

"Wasppaw, as she wronged you, I give you permission to have her first little of kits." I saw Wasppaw bow his head to Talonstar and smile menacingly at me. I swallowed, I wasn't going to let this hurt me.

I was about scamper back to the nursery, when Talonstar started speaking.

"However, I don't think this is enough. Hopekit will also have Nightstorm's kits as she wronged him too."

No! I hated him so much! I felt anger building up inside me, I wanted to scream. Nightstorm was so much older than me; it was disgusting! But, I would be strong, for all the she-cat's. I would teach my kits to be kind and stand up for themselves. I would be the best mother there has ever been in the history of the clan.