Nick's Secret

Important! (please read)
'''I know that BloodClan wasn't around when SkyClan was, but let's pretend it is, okay??? Also, I'm mixing canon characters with non-canon characters, so if you don't recognize some, don't be surprised. Also, remember that the mothers of the kits are the ones who teach them, not the warriors. Finally, I am writing in a different style so it's more to-the-point and personal, in first-person view. And the chapters will not be named'''

BloodClan
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 * leader     =Scourge- Small black tom with white forepaw, icy blue eyes
 * deputy     =Bone- Black-and-white tom, green eyes
 * medcat     =None
 * warriors   =Brick- Dusty brown she-cat with red tail-tipIce- Black tom, brother of Snake, Violet, and BarleySnake- Dark brown tom, brother of Ice, Violet, and BarleyViolet- Small ginger she-cat, sister of Ice, Snake, and BarleyBarley- Black-and-white tom, brother of Ice, Snake, and VioletBoulder- Gray fluffy tom, blue eyes
 * apprentices =None
 * queens     =Glacia- Pretty yellow she-cat, amber eyes
 * elders     =None

Prologue

 * "So what are you really like, Nick? What's your truth?"
 * I narrowed my eyes at Mintfur. The white she-cat, rude and conspicious as she was, was asking a very good question. Though the answer would be very long. But, we had time. All the time in the world.
 * I sighed. "Do you really want to know that?"
 * She looked slightly surprised. "Of course! I'm going to be a residence in this dumb place anyways, so I may as well know what I should about you. I don't wanna be living with a freak!"
 * I dipped my head. I didn't really know what the word 'freak' meant, but I bet it was something bad. I think I had heard it and BloodClan once. And I guess I was a 'freak'. I had done more bad things in my life then I care to count. But, now, a cat was finally asking about my life. Surprise, surprise.
 * "Mintfur. When I tell you what you want to know, you'll wish you'd never asked. Are you completely sure?
 * Mintfur just growled a little. "What did you do that's so bad? You didn't get away with killing Goldenstripes."
 * I flicked an ear. "True...true. But you still don't know what I've done before. I was a monster."
 * She sighed. "Not as bad as what I did."
 * I just snarled. "You don't know the half of it."

Chapter 1

 * "Mom, make him wake up! Make him open his eyes!"
 * That was my sister, I think. She was poking me in the side, just 'cuz I wouldn't open...well, my eyes. I growled. Quit, you're hurting me!
 * All of a sudden, a fury of colors overwhelmed me. I looked up, and saw a blonde she-cat looking at me lovingly. "Welcome, son," she mewled, cuddling me. I turned my head to look at sis.
 * She was beautiful, let me tell you. She had the smoky gray tabby pelt of our father, and the striking eyes of our mother. Amber. The most beautiful I had ever seen, more so than mom's.
 * I turned, and saw a small black tom with a white forepaw. He was smiling slyly. "Ten days," he growled to my mother. She nodded, but protectively wrapped her tail around us. What was the black cat talking about? I looked into his eyes. He was small. I didn't think he would hurt me. But I immediately turned away. There was something in those icy eyes...
 * I heard him snarl. "The gray one looks strong. The blonde one is puny. You know what happens to the weak here, Glacia. There's no room for the stupid."
 * Now, that made me leap to my paws. "I'm not stupid! I'll be leader of this jank place some day!" My mother, Glacia, was trembling now. She looked at the black cat pleadingly. But he just smiled vainly.
 * "Maybe I was wrong. Maybe that one will survive." he hissed.
 * "Scourge, with all due respect, can Boulder come see his kits? May he please bypass guarding for today?" she was crouched on the ground, looking up with Scourge with round, scared eyes.
 * He bared his teeth at her. "No! There is no one else to guard us! Do you want any friggin' outsiders to chase us out, like they almost did before?"
 * Scourge was looming over my mother, his claws raised. Sister just sniffed. She wasn't really caring at the moment. But I did.
 * I leaped on Scourge's white paw, sinking my teeth into it. He hardly did anything at first, but after a second he slammed me against a dumpster. I was hurting all over. I think I was broken.
 * "Don't you ever do that again, fool. I'm just sparing you cuz you're a kit!" he turned, his face a whisker away from my mother's. "If that stupid creature touches me ever again, I'll kill you. All of you and your stupid family!" He raked his long claws across my mothers shoulder, and she yowled in pain. The mean cat left, but when he was almost out of the alley, he turned, looking at his paw, then me. "Your name is Nick, for the way you nick cats' when you bite." He then told the cat I knew as Barley to stay guard. Scourge left after that.
 * I was brimming with pride then, even though I was in pain. Sister looked up at mother.
 * "Why did the meanie scratch you like that?"
 * Barley flicked his ear, but didn't say or do anything.
 * "Shhh, daughter! Scourge is our leader. If we do something that displeases him, he gives us a mark. It means we're dishonored, and we cannot leave our alley 'til the wound is healed." She turned her gaze to mine. "Son - Nick, I mean - Scourge could've killed you if it pleased him. He spared you. You don't know how lucky you are! Just promise you'll never do something like that again!"
 * "I promise," I said, shaking my head. Although I didn't know if I meant it.
 * "How come you don't name me yet, mother?" asked my sister.
 * "I don't name you. Scourge does," she replied, licking her wound. "He named Nick, and he'll name you in a few days. He'll name you something reasonable."
 * Sister wrinkled her nose. "I don't like him. He's a meanie."
 * "Don't call him that! He's not lying. He really will kill you. And he'll do it whenever he wants, too."


 * Is it good?!?!?! I like writing about BloodClan. It's fun. When You're Gone   Clover!  14:36, September 4, 2009 (UTC)