Dim

Does Dim-eye remember what SkyClan was meant to be?

The proud cats who once thrived in lush territory under the warrior code? Does she remember that one "prophecy"? Legend tells of magnificent heros who would plunge into battle, not noticing the countless wounds and cuts they gained because it was all for the greater good. The cats who did it for ''destiny. ''

Destiny. Does one merely go along with it? Does it just happen to you-something you can expect as simply as the sun rising tomorrow or as the next breath you take? Does it truly take skill, honor, willingness to have a destiny? If it does, Dim-eye already failed.

Or do you fullfill it? Do you put effort into being what others expect and want you to be-do you try? And if you can try, isn't there a chance at failure? Dim-eye knows not of what she failed at, because no one saw any destiny for her until it was to late.

They say grief can motivate you. That your past mistakes will help you do better, that the lost friends dropping silently to the ground, are a constant reminder that some ordinary person should change the world for the better. A father, killed protecting his kit. A medicine cat and best friend, who bled to death to treat the sickness of others. A kit who drowned because his mother had all too much faith in walking over thin ice.

Dim-eye got the blame. Dim-eye knows she got the blame, blame from the same clan who would later scream in terror for the exact reasons Dim-eye said they would.

Back when Dim-eye was Dim-eye no one expected it. Not the disaster-no, not either of them. Not being singled out and forced to leave, not even that Dim-eye herself would become deputy. Hah. A blind in one eye, fuzzy-minded, depressed deputy, only appointed for being strong on the outside. The second disaster struck then. The first signs, practically invisible, Dim-eye, left alone with only StarClan to tell her of the imposing future. But no, there was worse, Dim-eye could have been Dimstar. No such chance, but maybe we would be even worse off if that happened.

StarClan themselves were more terrifying than Dim-eye's foolishness could have ever been. So they could see the future. They knew of ancient enimities, conflict against The Dark Forest and the sinners and criminals within it buried under sediments of forgotten history. War could happen any time, it was already everywhere you turn. The war to end all wars. Boom. Some other guy out their just needed a destiny. And with something this big, StarClan also needed someone to test it on. Death to an innocent to save many. Never thought maybe it wouldn't work.

Dim-eye doesn't remember a thing. Dim-eye is a fake, in the eyes of StarClan. Dim-eye is doubt.

Because Dim-eye is dim.