Born a Killer

Treethorn of Neo Thunder Clan awakened in the nursery with a painful stomach ache. They're coming, she thought, so she attempted to stand up, but fell. I can't even walk, how can Tawnyfur and Deathfang get here? Her stomach ache worsened, which made her yowl in agony. Suddenly, Icestar, Deathfang, Tawnyfur, Emberpaw, and Ravenfire entered the nursery. "What's wrong, Treethorn?" Deathfang, her mate, yowled. "My kits are coming," she mewed weakly. Tawnyfur meowed, "Here, eat some poppy seeds. They will dull the pain." Treethorn ate five, then passed out.

When she awakened, she found that the pain was gone, and three bundles were next to her. "These are our kits," Deathfang mewled proudly. Emberpaw wimpered, and Tawnyfur hissed at one of the kits. "What's wrong with you?" Icestar, Tawnyfur's mother, spat. "Why would you hiss at kits?" "I'm not hissing at all three kits, just one of them," Tawnyfur spat. "Which one?" mewed Ravenfire. "The black one in the middle," replied Emberpaw, the medicine cat apprentice. " WHY? " hissed the kit's mother. "That one will become one of the most murderous cats known to any Clan. He is born a killer," meowed the medicine cat solemnly. As she said that, the kit gave an angry look at Tawnyfur and swiped at her face, as if he was already trying to kill her. Treethorn still denied that fact.

Although Treethorn didn't see its evilness as a kit, he grew up to become Blackstorm, mass murderer. Soon, she would have to kill her own child to end his reign of fear.