Forest in Shadows (Book One of the Prophecy of Darkness Series)

Chapter 4

"Moonpaw!" I hissed at my sleeping sister. "Wake up you furball! It's time for training!"

Moonpaw looked up sleepily and stretched. "Wow! We're battle training!" she mewed excitedly.

Yes you daft furball. What else do you think? I thought

"Brokenpaw! Moonpaw! Time for battle training!" Birdsong called through the entrance.

I walked out of the den and padded after them through the entrance to camp.

"Ok, Brokenpaw, you're going to begin by fighting me." Amberlake said.

More like destroying you! You are weak, so you need to die, flea-bitten kittypet. I thought.

I padded out into the clearing. Get ready to die kittypet. I thought.

We started with our new move. I unsheathed my claws and fought Amberlake. She hissed at me "Sheath your claws!" 

"No!" I hissed back and slashed at her throat. She fell back bleeding heavily from the wound in her throat.

"Brokenpaw..." she whispered and only I could hear her. "Why did you have to do this? You don't have to be evil."

I leaned down and whispered in her ear. "No, but I want to." I slashed my claws from her throat to her tail. "Good bye Amberlake. Too bad you were too weak to stay..."

"Brokenpaw...." Amberlake whispered with her last dying breath. I wiped my claws on the grass to get her blood off of them.

"NO!!!! AMBERLAKE!!!" Moonpaw shrieked. "BROKENPAW, YOU KILLED HER!!!!" I didn't even try to look like I regretted it. I shrugged. "She was going to die anyway. Why not make the process faster?" I meowed calmly.

"Brokenpaw! Claws are SHEATHED when practicing!" Birdsong meowed. "Come on!" she pulled me by my scruff. "Leopardstar will know what to do with you!"

Moonpaw turned and drug Amberlake's body behind us. It's not like I did anything wrong. I just sped up the natural process of death. Actually, I'm glad I might be kicked out of the Clan. This Clan is all weak! 

"Leopardstar! You need to see this!" Birdsong called.

"What is it?" Leopardstar meowed just as her eyes saw Amberlake's body. They slid over her body and landed on my claws, which were clogged with fur and blood. "Brokenpaw?" she whispered, staring at me in disbelief. "You did this?"

"Yes." I said simply. I don't regret it either.

"Brokenpaw, you have killed a Clanmate for the fun of it! You are banished from RiverClan! I give you one day to get off our territory. If we find you, my warriors have permission to chase you off." The warriors nodded at Leopardstar's words. "LEAVE US!" Leopardstar cried.

I looked at Moonpaw. "Come with me Moonpaw! We can go to father's Clan!"

"What? Father's Clan?" she mewed, confused. Yes, are you a mouse-brained kit, Moonpaw?

I rolled my eyes. "You didn't know? Tigerstar is our father!"

" Is this true?" she asked Leopardstar.

"Yes, Moonpaw, this is true. Your father is Tigerstar. I don't deny it." she meowed. "Well, whatever. Brokenpaw! Leave at once!"

I nodded my head at Moonpaw and slipped out of camp and RiverClan territory. I padded through the dense undergrowth of ShadowClan territory until I reached the camp.

"Wait! Who are you?" a gray and white tom apprentice hissed. "RIVERCLAN INTRUDER."

"No, I'm Tigerstar's daughter. Tell him Brokenpaw has come home." I meowed.