In My Moment Brambleclaw-Leaving Squirrelflight

Part of the In My Moment Series

Why Brambleclaw left Squirrelflight. Go to the discussion page to vote as to whether or not he should be forgiven.

Brambleclaw Explains
A large brown tabby tom sit alone, his tail flickering from side to side rapidly. He looked directly at you, his amber gaze piercing.

“You cannot in any way, shape, or form begin to come to grips with what I have had to go through. Imagine your mate, your right paw, your only friend in the world that has it’s back turned to you, lying.”

“I don’t understand why she didn’t tell me,” he growls softly. “Leafpool and I have no quarrel with each other, and Crowfeather is of my closest friends. Did she not trust me like I did her?” The tom shook his head.

“The worst part? She knew how much I trusted her. That I had no other cat in the Clan I could turn to. Tawnypelt is in another Clan and busy with her kits. Stormfur is in the mountains. Crowfeather is the father of the kits! No one but her could I have turned to in that moment,” his voice begins to rise, but he doesn’t get much louder than a bird’s call, as if trying to keep it under control. “She was the only cat I wanted to share my hurt feelings with, like a little apprentice running to his mother after a tough day with his mentor, and she was the only who would’ve understood, but I couldn’t turn to her.”

“Sure, there were those who would’ve given me a kind ear or sympathy,” he meows scathingly, “but only once and after that they wouldn’t have cared. So what else was there to do but in turn, turn my back on her? Don’t be fooled into thinking middle ground can be found here. The trust I gave her was too much.”

He quiets, taking a quick pause and shooting a glance at you. “Will I forgive her? I can’t honestly say that it’s up to me. Do I want to forgive her? More than you can imagine.”