Mapleshade's Final Moments [Fanfic]
Aug 5, 2016 0:48:56 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2016 0:48:56 GMT -5
Original written by me on the original forums! I reuploaded it on Deviantart too, but I figured it's okay to post it on here! I still like how it came out. ^^
I imagine that, after everything Mapleshade's done, I am pretty sure her kits watched over her. They'd probably be horrified for what she's done, and they probably wouldn't feel safe around her anymore. This is how I imagined it would be like if she saw her kits one final time. Enjoy!
And no, I do not take requests.
Mapleshade stared ahead at the Dark Forest. She had been holding on for a very long time now, waiting for the moment to strike the Clans for revenge. Everyone treated her wrongly, when all she tried to do was to love. When she had been exiled from her own Clanmates, she began to plot her revenge on them, and her revenge on her former mate, Appledusk.
Appledusk kept her mind occupied for so many moons before she discovered the lies about him. But when the medicine cat, Ravenwing, figured out the truth about her kits' father, her Clan exiled her, and Appledusk wanted nothing to do with her when she went to RiverClan. He had blamed her for her kits' deaths, and she felt betrayed. All this time, she believed that he loved her, but it was all a lie.
The Dark Forest wanderer remembered seeing a cat called Reedshine at the Gatherings when she tried to reach her former mate. She envied the RiverClan warrior, the cat who wanted to have another litter of his kits. Mapleshade remembered giving birth to her own kits, Patchkit, Petalkit and Larchkit, but they all drowned in the river when she tried to take them into a new home.
Mapleshade stared at her pale paws. She can now see the ground through herself. She knew that her time is nearly over. She held on for so many years, only to have her goals uncompleted. She wanted to hurt the Clans, but she failed to do so. She never finished them.
But, even though she failed to succeed, she did want to see her kits, one last time.
Mapleshade turned and headed for StarClan, ignoring her weak muscles that were screaming for her to stop and rest, so she could fade in peace. I cannot leave, she thought. I have to see my kits one last time. No matter what she went through, or what she did, she will always love her kits. They were the most precious beings that ever appeared to her in her life. Before she dies, she wants them to know that she loves them with all her heart.
Mapleshade panted as she finally reached StarClan. She glanced over her shoulder and stared at her pelt, which was glittering with the stars on her fur. Mapleshade curled her lip. She hated this Clan, the Clan she put so much faith into, and only ended up betraying her. She believed in the warrior code and StarClan, that they would both protect her and her kits when she told the truth, but that belief shattered her heart, making her lose everything, and her loved ones. The fools who believed in StarClan and the warrior code were weak. She felt pleased that she lived in the Dark Forest during the rest of her afterlife. But she knew that her kits lived here, so Mapleshade had no choice.
The orange and white cat sat down, her legs trembling a bit from weakness and wrapped her white, fluffy tail around herself and patiently waited for the kits to arrive and see her.
To her surprise, her former mate, Appledusk, arrived. Mapleshade flattened her ears and bared her teeth into a snarl when her former mate kept padding toward her. What's he doing here? she thought with disgust. She wanted nothing to do with him, or any member in ThunderClan. She only wanted to see her kits.
"Mapleshade." Appledusk's eyes were cold when he stared at her, his voice icy. "What are you doing here?"
Mapleshade returned his glare. You have no right to feel any bitterness against me. You lied to me and blamed me for my kits' deaths. You didn't even ask me their names. You betrayed me! But she kept her jaws shut from blurting out all of her hatred toward her former mate. She didn't want to lose the only chance to see her babies, no matter how much she hated him.
"I want to see my kits," Mapleshade hissed. "If you will let me."
Appledusk hesitated for a moment, then stared at his former mate. He seemed to notice that she is very pale now, and Mapleshade blinked with surprise when he nodded.
"Fine. Stay here." Appledusk headed deep into the territory while Mapleshade patiently waited for her babies to arrive. After a few moments, her heart swelled with love when three tiny, helpless kittens came up to her.
"My babies.." Mapleshade reached out with her paw, but one of her kits, Patchkit, flinched, and backed away with his tail tucked underneath himself. Mapleshade felt a prickle of worry. "What is wrong, my love? Have they been kind to you here?"
Patchkit didn't respond, looking at her with a terrified gaze in his eyes. Mapleshade felt alarmed when her two other kits were looking at her in horror too. "My dears? What is wrong? You can tell me anything."
"They fear you, Mapleshade."
Mapleshade turned to Appledusk and curled her lips. "What right do you have to be here? I am trying to have alone time with my kits during my final moments."
"You're the one with no rights here," Appledusk pointed out. "But I see no harm in you wanting to see your kits."
Mapleshade felt a puff of laughter. I chose the Dark Forest, you fool. I want no part of this Clan. You all betrayed me!
Mapleshade turned to see her three kits. But not my babies. They have done nothing to me. When the fading cat tried to pad even closer to her babies, they shuffled away from her. Mapleshade frowned. "Patchkit, what is wrong? I am your mother!" Patchkit always seemed closer to her than the rest of her kits. So she didn't understand why he kept moving away from her now.
"I'm scared," Patchkit whimpered, backing away from her. "I don't want you to hurt me."
Mapleshade frowned. "I wouldn't hurt you, love. Come closer." She leaned forward, but Patchkit hid behind Appledusk. Mapleshade felt a stab of alarm. What was wrong with her kits? Didn't they love her, like how she loved them?
"Mama hurt other cats," Petalkit whimpered. "She killed cats."
Mapleshade blinked. "I wanted to avenge you! And I have! You were in my dreams, telling me that you needed my help. And now I have given you that help!"
"That wasn't your kits, Mapleshade," Appledusk told her. "That was you and your own mind. Your kits would never want death upon those other cats. They were all nothing but a hallucination."
"I saw them!" Mapleshade mewed, desperately. "They had to be free! And you all treated us terribly! You blamed me for their deaths and wanted nothing to do with me!"
She felt a stab of satisfaction when Appledusk flinched. Was that guilt in his gaze? But he mewed, "You caused the Dark Forest battle and many lives have been lost because of you. You killed many living cats and cats who have done nothing to hurt you. Do you really think your kits would feel safe or trust you again after this?"
Mapleshade stumbled forward, feeling a trace of fear rising in her pelt. "They would trust me," she hissed. "I am their mother and I love them. The Clans needed to be punished."
Finally, Patchkit came over to her, and Mapleshade felt a surge of hope. Was he going to forgive her after all?
"You've hurt innocent cats," Patchkit murmured. His voice surprised her because he sounded so wise, as if he had grown older since he died. "You should have let go of that grudge, Mapleshade, and moved on to a healthier, happier live. We were fine in StarClan."
"How could I have moved on, knowing what everyone has done to me?" Mapleshade argued, feeling her desperation rising.
"Cats like Crookedstar moved on and didn't hold a grudge against you." Now it was Larchkit who spoke.
Mapleshade began to feel herself growing weak and she collapsed onto her belly, her chin laying on the ground. She tried to stand up, but sleep began to take over her body. But she didn't want to leave. She had to spend her last moments with her kits.
"Please," Mapleshade pleaded, reaching her paw forward to touch Patchkit.
But, to her horror, Patchkit turned away with the rest of his siblings, Appledusk leaving behind them. But the StarClan warrior glanced over his shoulder, glaring at her. "You should have never kept a grudge against the Clans, Mapleshade," he hissed. Then the StarClan warrior turned and headed away from her.
Mapleshade felt her heart crack. Her kits have left her, left her for their father. They were scared of her because what she has done. She will die here alone, in the Clan she hated so much, with no cat to love her, no cat to comfort her or be there for her during her final moments.
I have truly lost everything. I have nothing to live for now.
The Dark Forest warrior felt her eyes closing with fatigue, and she was beginning to lose conscious. Mapleshade let out a sigh and blackness surged through her and began to disappear entirely. The orange and white cat was gone.
I imagine that, after everything Mapleshade's done, I am pretty sure her kits watched over her. They'd probably be horrified for what she's done, and they probably wouldn't feel safe around her anymore. This is how I imagined it would be like if she saw her kits one final time. Enjoy!
And no, I do not take requests.
Mapleshade stared ahead at the Dark Forest. She had been holding on for a very long time now, waiting for the moment to strike the Clans for revenge. Everyone treated her wrongly, when all she tried to do was to love. When she had been exiled from her own Clanmates, she began to plot her revenge on them, and her revenge on her former mate, Appledusk.
Appledusk kept her mind occupied for so many moons before she discovered the lies about him. But when the medicine cat, Ravenwing, figured out the truth about her kits' father, her Clan exiled her, and Appledusk wanted nothing to do with her when she went to RiverClan. He had blamed her for her kits' deaths, and she felt betrayed. All this time, she believed that he loved her, but it was all a lie.
The Dark Forest wanderer remembered seeing a cat called Reedshine at the Gatherings when she tried to reach her former mate. She envied the RiverClan warrior, the cat who wanted to have another litter of his kits. Mapleshade remembered giving birth to her own kits, Patchkit, Petalkit and Larchkit, but they all drowned in the river when she tried to take them into a new home.
Mapleshade stared at her pale paws. She can now see the ground through herself. She knew that her time is nearly over. She held on for so many years, only to have her goals uncompleted. She wanted to hurt the Clans, but she failed to do so. She never finished them.
But, even though she failed to succeed, she did want to see her kits, one last time.
Mapleshade turned and headed for StarClan, ignoring her weak muscles that were screaming for her to stop and rest, so she could fade in peace. I cannot leave, she thought. I have to see my kits one last time. No matter what she went through, or what she did, she will always love her kits. They were the most precious beings that ever appeared to her in her life. Before she dies, she wants them to know that she loves them with all her heart.
Mapleshade panted as she finally reached StarClan. She glanced over her shoulder and stared at her pelt, which was glittering with the stars on her fur. Mapleshade curled her lip. She hated this Clan, the Clan she put so much faith into, and only ended up betraying her. She believed in the warrior code and StarClan, that they would both protect her and her kits when she told the truth, but that belief shattered her heart, making her lose everything, and her loved ones. The fools who believed in StarClan and the warrior code were weak. She felt pleased that she lived in the Dark Forest during the rest of her afterlife. But she knew that her kits lived here, so Mapleshade had no choice.
The orange and white cat sat down, her legs trembling a bit from weakness and wrapped her white, fluffy tail around herself and patiently waited for the kits to arrive and see her.
To her surprise, her former mate, Appledusk, arrived. Mapleshade flattened her ears and bared her teeth into a snarl when her former mate kept padding toward her. What's he doing here? she thought with disgust. She wanted nothing to do with him, or any member in ThunderClan. She only wanted to see her kits.
"Mapleshade." Appledusk's eyes were cold when he stared at her, his voice icy. "What are you doing here?"
Mapleshade returned his glare. You have no right to feel any bitterness against me. You lied to me and blamed me for my kits' deaths. You didn't even ask me their names. You betrayed me! But she kept her jaws shut from blurting out all of her hatred toward her former mate. She didn't want to lose the only chance to see her babies, no matter how much she hated him.
"I want to see my kits," Mapleshade hissed. "If you will let me."
Appledusk hesitated for a moment, then stared at his former mate. He seemed to notice that she is very pale now, and Mapleshade blinked with surprise when he nodded.
"Fine. Stay here." Appledusk headed deep into the territory while Mapleshade patiently waited for her babies to arrive. After a few moments, her heart swelled with love when three tiny, helpless kittens came up to her.
"My babies.." Mapleshade reached out with her paw, but one of her kits, Patchkit, flinched, and backed away with his tail tucked underneath himself. Mapleshade felt a prickle of worry. "What is wrong, my love? Have they been kind to you here?"
Patchkit didn't respond, looking at her with a terrified gaze in his eyes. Mapleshade felt alarmed when her two other kits were looking at her in horror too. "My dears? What is wrong? You can tell me anything."
"They fear you, Mapleshade."
Mapleshade turned to Appledusk and curled her lips. "What right do you have to be here? I am trying to have alone time with my kits during my final moments."
"You're the one with no rights here," Appledusk pointed out. "But I see no harm in you wanting to see your kits."
Mapleshade felt a puff of laughter. I chose the Dark Forest, you fool. I want no part of this Clan. You all betrayed me!
Mapleshade turned to see her three kits. But not my babies. They have done nothing to me. When the fading cat tried to pad even closer to her babies, they shuffled away from her. Mapleshade frowned. "Patchkit, what is wrong? I am your mother!" Patchkit always seemed closer to her than the rest of her kits. So she didn't understand why he kept moving away from her now.
"I'm scared," Patchkit whimpered, backing away from her. "I don't want you to hurt me."
Mapleshade frowned. "I wouldn't hurt you, love. Come closer." She leaned forward, but Patchkit hid behind Appledusk. Mapleshade felt a stab of alarm. What was wrong with her kits? Didn't they love her, like how she loved them?
"Mama hurt other cats," Petalkit whimpered. "She killed cats."
Mapleshade blinked. "I wanted to avenge you! And I have! You were in my dreams, telling me that you needed my help. And now I have given you that help!"
"That wasn't your kits, Mapleshade," Appledusk told her. "That was you and your own mind. Your kits would never want death upon those other cats. They were all nothing but a hallucination."
"I saw them!" Mapleshade mewed, desperately. "They had to be free! And you all treated us terribly! You blamed me for their deaths and wanted nothing to do with me!"
She felt a stab of satisfaction when Appledusk flinched. Was that guilt in his gaze? But he mewed, "You caused the Dark Forest battle and many lives have been lost because of you. You killed many living cats and cats who have done nothing to hurt you. Do you really think your kits would feel safe or trust you again after this?"
Mapleshade stumbled forward, feeling a trace of fear rising in her pelt. "They would trust me," she hissed. "I am their mother and I love them. The Clans needed to be punished."
Finally, Patchkit came over to her, and Mapleshade felt a surge of hope. Was he going to forgive her after all?
"You've hurt innocent cats," Patchkit murmured. His voice surprised her because he sounded so wise, as if he had grown older since he died. "You should have let go of that grudge, Mapleshade, and moved on to a healthier, happier live. We were fine in StarClan."
"How could I have moved on, knowing what everyone has done to me?" Mapleshade argued, feeling her desperation rising.
"Cats like Crookedstar moved on and didn't hold a grudge against you." Now it was Larchkit who spoke.
Mapleshade began to feel herself growing weak and she collapsed onto her belly, her chin laying on the ground. She tried to stand up, but sleep began to take over her body. But she didn't want to leave. She had to spend her last moments with her kits.
"Please," Mapleshade pleaded, reaching her paw forward to touch Patchkit.
But, to her horror, Patchkit turned away with the rest of his siblings, Appledusk leaving behind them. But the StarClan warrior glanced over his shoulder, glaring at her. "You should have never kept a grudge against the Clans, Mapleshade," he hissed. Then the StarClan warrior turned and headed away from her.
Mapleshade felt her heart crack. Her kits have left her, left her for their father. They were scared of her because what she has done. She will die here alone, in the Clan she hated so much, with no cat to love her, no cat to comfort her or be there for her during her final moments.
I have truly lost everything. I have nothing to live for now.
The Dark Forest warrior felt her eyes closing with fatigue, and she was beginning to lose conscious. Mapleshade let out a sigh and blackness surged through her and began to disappear entirely. The orange and white cat was gone.
