Secrets Revealed [Closed]

Nightheart took a deep breath as she walked towards one of the hills of the moors, Badgerthorn following close behind.

This was a day that she knew had to arrive at some point, but she had dreaded it so much she had used any excuse possible to delay it…but she could do it no more. The tom that she had learned to call her son, that looked so much like her, that she loved so much…would soon discover the secret behind his origins and only StarClan knew how he would react.

Would he run away? Would he hate her for lying to him all these moons? Would he go to RiverClan looking for his dad, if he was still alive? Would his loyalties be divided?

The fear of her losing him gripped at her chest like the sharp claws of an enemy made of ice. She had lost almost all her family already, she wouldn’t be able to bear losing him too.

“Badgerthorn…” As she arrived to the top of the hill she finally allowed herself to sit down, tail curled around her paws “…there is something I need to tell you”.

Badgerthorn padded quietly behind Nightheart. He wasn't sure what the warrior wanted. This didn't feel like a normal patrol. There was something in the air that hinted this was going to be an interesting conversation. The warrior had stopped behind his mother as soon as she sat down and spoke. His amber eyes falling onto her with confusion. Something in his gut told him this wasn't going to be good. "What is it?" He asked the warrior.

Nightheart let out a deep sigh as she tried her best to put her thoughts in order to be able to explain this to Badgerthorn. She turned to face him, but her eyes avoided his gaze.

“You probably know I had a sister, Sootkit, who went missing many moons ago…” Emotions were clashing within the she-cat, so few cats knew about this and revealing it once more…she simply couldn’t put her paw on how she felt about it, but she knew she had to if she wanted the tom to understand “Few know that she was found and raised beyond the border, in RiverClan, under the name of Thistleblaze. She found love in a tom named Sootwhisper and they had some litters. The last one I witnessed as it was in the border, and was the litter that took away her life”.

Her words were slow and her eyes soon started to fill up with tears as the memories came flooding back. Oh, how much she missed her sister, and even if she knew she was watching at them from the stars at times she wished she could just walk over to the Gorge in secret and find her there, waiting for her to share some words and stories like when she was still alive… “S-she had two kits. A she-cat, and a tom. She made me and his mate swear to take care of her kits with her last breath, we each took one by request of her, he took the she-cat whose name is now Viperstorm and I took the tom” Her evasive blue eyes finally met the amber ones of the cat for so long she had called her son, and with shaky voice both because of the grief that overwhelmed her and the fear of Badgerthorn’s reaction to her next words.

“Badgerthorn…you are that tom”

The tom had recalled a few times the name Sootkit was mentioned. It was mostly mentioned by old warriors, ones who would know the name. Then there was only one time from Nightheart. Badgerthorn sat in silence, amber eyes locked on Nighthert the only movement seen from him was his breathing and the occasional twitch of his tail. It was a shock to him.. That this sootkit managed to survive on her own until she was found by Riverclan. It was more shocking to him that this Windclan kit betrayed her clan and stayed in Riverclan. Did she not know? Or was she aware but chose not to stay for some unknown reason?

The tom reserved his questions for later. It must have hurt Nightheart to see her sisters death. Especially bearing kits. He had heard the name Viperstorm before at gatherings. He heard how she was a fierce warrior.. Did that run in the family? He was related to this she-cat... but more than he expected.. He was her brother.. "But..." His words failed him like usual. Amber eyes flicked to the ground, his eyes hoping to find the words he needed in the grass.. He didn't know what to think. He doubted that this was a lie, but at the same time it hurt that he wasn't told the truth to begin with. He looked so much like Nightheart the only difference was.. their eye color... Is that why he didn't look exactly like her? Because he was born to someone else? "I.. I want to see them.." He stated, keeping his eyes to the ground.