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It was time to tell her children the full story. While what she had told them had not been a lie, neither had it been the full truth. She had done so in order to protect them, but they were old enough to understand and make up their own minds now. She waited for them to escort Leatherfern our of the territory, as she waited in her den for them to return. She had known that Fernpaw was curious about her father for a while now, but it never seemed like the right time to talk about it. Skipstep knew the truth, and it was time for them to know as well.
"Come take a seat" she told Lionpaw and Fernpaw as they entered into her den. She made room for them on her large nest, allowing her tail to rest lightly on their shoulders "I know you both must have a lot of questions, but let me start from the begining "
She paused closing her eyes, as the images of the past came rolling back to the forefront of her mind. She had tried for so long to push many of the more painful memories away, but tonight she would have to relive them. "It all started before I was even born. My father was Goldenstar the leader of WinterClan, and my mother was Hazedthroat the deputy of WinterClan. You already knew that part, but the two of them were not together for love. In WinterClan, your bloodline was everything. The pure blooded WinterClan cats were destined to rule, while those that were outsiders or of mixed heritage were considered as lesser cats. My father hand picked my mother to become his mate due to her bloodline and acomplishments. He thought she would be easy to manipulate into doing his well, and from what I have been told for a while it worked. She tried very hard to please him, and it wasn't long before she was pregnant with me and my siblings" she paused giving them a chance to ask questions that would with no doubt be coming. (Since you are busy Jet, il start it off with just little and the kits, but you can jump in when ever ) aberrantfoxJetclaw
Post by aberrantfox on Aug 17, 2019 20:57:38 GMT -5
"Siblings?" Fernpaw piped up. The thought of there being family out there they didn't know about intrigued her. She tipped her head to the side. Her large ears tipping slightly in that direction. "Are they still alive?"
Skipstep had stepped out to talk with his sister and hear how it went, before he returned to the den, moving to sit beside Littlebird looking at their children. This was Littlebird's story to tell right now, her life story before SunClan, for now he had nothing to add. So he sat beside her offering his support.
She shook he head slightly "no none of them are alive today, but I will get to that. I also has two half-brothers and a half-sister. One of my half-brothers was born very small and died soon after becoming a warrior. My half sister... she... she took her own life before I was born. The only one of my half siblings that I got to know was Proudlion, but he to is gone. All of his children are dead or have disappeared" but she was getting sidetracked.
"Even though my father had my three half-siblings from his first mate, he wasn't satisfied. He put a big emphasis on our family name and honor. He thought my half-brother was ok, but what he wanted was a true heir. A cat that he could raise to become the next leader of WinterClan. At first he was very happy with Hazedthroat. He doted on her, making sure that she was well taken care of so that the kits she carried would be born healthy. But as time went on, conflict began arising between them. She wasn't as easily manipulated as he first believed, being a strong and independent she-cat. So my father began plotting on a way to rid himself of her, so that he could take on another more suitable mate after she had given birth" she flicked her tail and shifted slightly before continuing
"One day Hazedthroat returned to camp with a litter of kits, and decided to adopt them without asking Goldenstar for permmision. This infuriated him. Her only purpose in his mind was to be the mother of his children, and in taking on these kits she was taking away resources that his children would need to survive during leaf-bare and grow strong. He threatened to imprison her if she didn't give the kits to another queen, and she refused. He charged her with treason and imprisoned her in a private den near his own. As much as he despised her, he didn't want to place his kits in harm's way.. She soon went into labor and I was born, and it was only I that survived. He went into a rage, for not only had most of his children died but the only one that had survived was a tiny she-cat, not the tom he wanted to become his heir. Trying to appease his anger, Hazedthroat named me after his first mate, the only cat he every truely cared for.... at least thats what everyone said. But it was to late, his mind was made up. He decided Hazethroat had to die"
Post by aberrantfox on Aug 17, 2019 22:52:21 GMT -5
"That's not very nice." Fernpaw frowned at Littlebird exchanging a glance with her brother. "Is... leatherfern like that?" she sent Skipstep a nervous look. She didnt want to offend the tom who raised her with her constant inquiry of the tom she shared blood with but she just couldnt help it.
"Goldenstar was many things, but nice wasn't one of them. At least to almost everyone...." she trailed off. He had been kind to her at the time, and she still felt that he had genuinely cared for her "I will get to your father, but first you need to understand how it was that we met. While my mother was still imprisoned, my father had already picked out a mate for me, Leatherfern, erm paw at the time. I was not even a moon old yet, and it had already been decided. Leatherpaw was a pure-blooded winterclan tom and was training to become a prison guard. Goldenstar had been impressed with him early on. I didn't understand it at the time, or why they always assigned an apprentice to watch over me and my mother. What ever the case may be, we had an instant connection and it pleased my father. All I wanted to do was to make him happy, so the feelings we had for one another were fostered from the first time that we met. He was kind, shielding me from the worst of the bullying from the kits my mother adopted, and hiding the truth about my mother's situation from me. I thought that she was to sickly to leave our den, I didn't know that she was being held hostage. My father threatened to kill me and the kits she adopted should she try to escape"
Post by aberrantfox on Aug 18, 2019 13:04:34 GMT -5
“Oh.” A sense of pride welled up in her. It sounded like Leatherfern had the same moral compass she had embedded in her heart when he was as young as she was. But she was troubled. Had her father only been with Littlebird because of a leaders command? She stifled a sigh and leaned her side into her brothers. While she was smaller and more fierce than he was he was massive in comparison to her which made for a nice backrest. This was something she seemed to always do since they were suckling. It was comforting.
"I was to young to recognize it, but we both had begun to fall for one another. We were near inseperable. That is until the day both of my parents died..." just thinking about it brought tears to her eyes. She had been carrying this guilt for so long, that it haunted all the corners of her darkest nightmares. Her kits knew that Singedwolf had brought her to SunClan, but not the bloody situation that had caused it.
"You see my father needed to rid himself of Hazedthroat before the clan would accept him taking on another mate. So he decided to hole a trial by combat. The idea was that StarClan would bless the cat in the right, and lead them to victory. The trial by combat was a fight to death, where only one cat would emerge victorious. It was to be held in the arena will all the cats in winterclan in attendence. In her weakened state, my mother didn't stand much of a chance against a trained killed like Goldenstar. He put on a show for the crowed, having already given the death blow he stood over her letting her bleed out as the crowd cheered" she shuddered, trying not sob. She didn't talk about this very often and it wasn't hard to see why she hadn't told all of the gory details to kits that were to young to understand it.
"He raised his paw to end it, and I... I ran and put myself between him and my mother. I pleaded for her life. He stopped, his eyes on me.... then" she almost couldn't even speak the words "then his blood sprayed across my face, and he fell to the ground. Hazethroat had mustered the last of her strength and slip his throat. The last thing he said as he died was my name...." she was openly crying now, unable to hold back the tears any longer
"Both of my parents died because of me, if I had been born a boy none of this would have happened... If I hadn't interfeared my father would still be here today. Sure neither of them were perfect, but they were my parents and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about them"
Post by aberrantfox on Aug 18, 2019 17:24:39 GMT -5
Fernpaw was frozen in her place glued to her brothers side. Part of her wanted to reach out and comfort her mother. It was a terrible story and she wasnt surprised Littlebird had left WinterClan. Weather of her own volition or simply because Singedwolf rescued her. Still. As she listened Fernpaw heard the sorrow in her mothers voice at the loss of her parents. If her mother felt this way how is it that she doesnt understand my need to know Leatherfern as the father I want him to be. she wondered sadly.
"The clan went silent, except for my half-brother. With both the leader and deputy gone, it would fall upon him to take up the mantle of leadership. Before he could move, someone slit his throat from behind. This cat turned out to be Understar, and he killed my brother so that there would be no threats to his leadership. He would have killed me to... but in that moment chaos erupted. Singedwolf grabbed me by the scruff and managed to sneak me out of the arena and into SunClan's territory. I don't remember much of the journey, I believe that I passed out after my brother passed away. But once I awoke I found myself here amoungst a sea of strangers" this part they already knew. She had told them several times about her time when she first came to the clan, and how scared she had been. SunClan was nothing like WinterClan, and here the only cat she had known.
"Everything here was strange, and the clan immediatly began telling me that I had to worship a god I didn't even believe in. The customs here.. well they were also stricter in some ways. A few moons passed, and It was time for my ceremonies. I was chosen to become the next priestess promised, even though I was barely even old enough to become an apprentice. Foxstar became my mentor, and for all intensive purposes like a mother to me. She kept me busy in my studies of SunClan ways, even though I felt out of place. Jetclaw was one of the first friends hat I made, and I also met Skipstep during this time, but i was so overloaded with work that we barely spoke more than a few words.I was trying to remain hidden from WinterClan, in fear that Understar would attempt an assassination against, but my rank as the priestess promised made this nearly impossible. It was during my first gathering as the priestess promised that me and Leatherfern met once more"
"I was furious with him or leaving me to my fate, and he was shocked to see me alive. After some convincing I agreed to meet with him sot that we could talk"
Post by aberrantfox on Aug 18, 2019 20:07:20 GMT -5
Fernpaw listened intently. Her green gaze fixated on her mothers gray pelt under the paint that covered it. A custom she never understood or much cared for. Her tail tip twitched as the story finally moved towards her father.
"We began meeting in secret, on a little patch of land just outside of WinterClan's territory. We were both young, and nothing really mattered to either of us except being together once more. The connection that we had as children only grew and blossomed the older we became. Friendship turned to romance, but neither of us were thinking about the implications of our situations. I was the priestess promised, and he was the deputy of WinterClan. We had a dream that one day we could rule our clans side by side, and stop all the senseless wars. I also didn't understand what it would mean to have kits with someone from another clan while belonging to sunclan" she closed her eyes knowing that this was the part the she felt most insecure about, and that they would both likely judge her for
"I found out that I was pregnant with both of you, and I got even more scared when I found out what would happen to you if something didn't change. You both already know this, but cats with sunclan blood can not be found in other clans. Those that are allowed to be killed upon sight, no questions asked. Naturally your father would want to spend time with, but what would happen if you decided that you would have rather stayed in winterclan? what would have happened had your father managed to successfully kidnap you that day? I didn't want lyou or leatherfern to be killed... I debated a long time about if I should tell him about the pregnancy, and shortly before then I found out that he had taken a mate in winterclan. while at a gathering. I was hurt, but also relieved. If he had taken on another mate, then he wouldn't be as likely to pursue me if I ended things....
The next time that we met, he revealed that he was now the leader of WinterClan. I used this as an excuse to end things with him, even though I have no doubt that he would have given it all away if it had meant being at my side. Its just that he would never make it through the SunClan initation, to set in his ways and beliefs." by now she was sure that both of her kits had witnessed what happened to those that failed initiation"I also knew that WinterClan needed him as much as I did. The clan was suffering, and even though I was apart of SunClan I still care deeply for the clan and the cats that live there. In contiuing our relationship I would have only been selfish. I would be depriving a clan of their leader, putting him in danger, and putting both of you into danger. I told him that we had to end things, that things between us was never going to work out. I gave him permission to have another mate, I wanted him to be happy in his role as winterclan leader,,,, to forget about me so that we both had a shot at being happy"
She shook he head "no, and before we parted that night he convinced me to stay one last night. He pleaded with me, to allow him to give me one last gift if things were to really end. I felt bad that I had to end things, so i agreed. That was when we did a small ritual. I though it was merely symbolic, but... Well it had very real consequences. It connected the two of us in a way that I can't explain. He feels my pain as his own, and that how he found out that I was pregnant...It was to late though I had already decided that ending things is what was best for us and our clans. How could the leader of one clan be really dedicated to their clan, when their heart lied in another?"
"Perhaps the words I said to him then seemed harsh, but it felt more cruel to make him believe there was a possability that things could work between us. He wasn't going to willing to walk away from what we had, and if we had reamined togaether it would have spelled disaster. If he left WinterClan and came to SunClan he would have been killed during initation and WinterClan would have fallen into ruin. If we continued to meet in secret, it would have placed both of you in danger. I even contemplated leaving SunClan to join him for a time... but you both know what happens to those that attempt to leave. They would have stopped at nothing to bring me to justice and you back into the fold. No matter how I turned, the only way to protect those that I cared for was to end it. I had to be strong for him, I had to be strong for our clans. I had to be strong for you"
"When I returned to SunClan it was hard not to think about it, and I threw myself into my work. This is when me and Skipstep began talking and building a friendship. He had just lost his mate, and we were both distraught. We connected over our sadness, and eventually the truth of my situation came out. I was pregnant, alone in a clan of strangers, with few friends. Skipstep agreed to be a father to you, even knowing that you were not his biological children. We 'pretended' to be in a relationship so that no one would question your parentage. I didn't want you to have to live with the weight of my decision to leave your father, always feeling stuck between two worlds. But... well sometimes unexpected things happen. Skipstep and I... we started to build a real relationship, one of trust and love. He stayed by my side even when I was stick that I couldn't stand. He stood by my side even when I lashed out at him due to hormones. He stood by my side no matter what this life though at us, trying to tear us apart."
Post by aberrantfox on Aug 20, 2019 18:23:01 GMT -5
Fernpaw looked from her brother, to her mother, to skipstep. "Im the reason they found out we werent Skipsteps huh?" she said noting her pelt was unmistakable.
"No" she replied leaning down to lick her daughter's ears "That was all Leatherstar. Had he not have... well announced it , some would have wondered but I could have passed you off as Skipstep's child. Most cats in SunClan didn't even know I had any connection to him"
"My pregnancy was difficult. I was very young, and had I been wiser I would have waited before ever becoming pregnant. My body was to small and still growing. I was often to sickly to eat, and towards the end of my pregnancy I had been placed on nest rest. I wasn't allowed to leave my nest, and I had to have assistance even shifting my weight. When I went into labor, I was already so weakened that my body couldn't take much more. Then there were... complications. The first kit was stuck, to large to make it out on its own. Mountainsound did her best, but it blocked the exit for two long and I was torn open to get it out. The kits was already dead... Two more kits were born, both were dead and I wasn't doing much better. I was dying. Leatherstar had felt how much pain I was in, and couldn't control himself as he began his trek here.Finally you two were born, but it wasn't even certain if you would make it. It took Mountainsound and Foxstar working vigerously to breathe life back into your bodies. I probably should have died that day... I was in and out of conciousness, as Leatherstar came barging into camp declaring in front of the entire clan that he was there to see his children"
Post by aberrantfox on Aug 23, 2019 16:29:35 GMT -5
"So he wanted to see us from the beginning?" she meowed tilting her head to the side. "He just went about it wrong because he was so desperate." she stated with pitty in her gaze.
If you want to shine like the sun, first you must burn like the sun ~ SunClan High Priestess
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Post by racer on Aug 29, 2019 9:40:10 GMT -5
LITTLEBIRD
SUNCLAN PRIESTESS PROMISED
She slowly nodded. Perhaps if things had been differently, they could have had their biological father in their lives growing up, but circumstances seemed to have been against them from the very start. At every turn there was always something there to pull them apart. "He knew that you were his, and due to his connection to me he could feel the agony that I had been going through even from WinterClan. He had made the long journey to SunClan, believing that I would soon be drawing my last breathe. I don't know if it was pain or desire to you that drove him onward"
"But in either case, him being there put all of us in a precarious position. You both know this now, but any cat with SunClan blood can not be found in other clans. His announcement.... Well it created fear and paranoia among the clan. The leader of another clan trying to place claim on SunClan kits, well it was unheard of. Foxstar was going to drive him away then and there, but I asked for him to be allowed in. To be able to see you at least once... and to do what I had to to end this once and for all. For the good of both of you, for SunClan, and for WinterClan... To avoid war and placing you two in the middle, I had to break his heart. To show him that that was nothing left to be had here. I told him that was the last time he would be allowed to see you, that even though you were biologically his that he would never have a role in your lives. That even though you would both know the truth of your heritage, that Skipstep would be the father in your lives"
she paused knowing that her words had been harsh, bordering on cruel... but it was the truth "I thought it would be enough to drive him away, but he refused to leave it there. All it did was drive him to desperation. At one point he even tried to take you by force"
Post by aberrantfox on Sept 5, 2019 12:31:35 GMT -5
"That doesnt sound like the monster we were raised to believe he was." whispered Fernpaw. A flash of disappointment and anger in her green gaze. She had always wanted to discover the truth for herself but the stories she heard growing up always cast Leatherstar in a very dark sinister light. Not the loving desperate father who would give up everythign to be with his kits.
If you want to shine like the sun, first you must burn like the sun ~ SunClan High Priestess
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Post by racer on Sept 21, 2019 18:07:59 GMT -5
LITTLEBIRD
SUNCLAN PRIESTESS PROMISED
"He is no angel... the stories that you heard were true. However, I wouldn't call him a monster either. He does have a darker side, and everything you have been told was the truth, it was just not the whole story" she paused knowing that they would both be mad at this whole situation "I told you what you needed to hear, so that you would stay away. If you had sought him out... It could have very well meant both of your lives. I just wanted to keep both of you safe, and to give you a stable and loving family that I never had growing up. This isn't the way i wanted you to find out, but the plan has always been to tell you the truth when you earned your warrior name. So that you were both old enough to understand both my story and SunClans rules. I won't stop you from seeing you father if that is what you wish"
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