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Reednose's eyes widened as he saw the first of his mate's kits. There was sonthing odd about this kit. He looked at the other three kits then to Soakedpetal, his beautiful Russian Blue mate.

  "Lets name them!" Soakedpetal didn't see the strange fourth kit yet. "Branchkit, Drizzlekit, Pondkit, and..." The queen caught sight of the odd kit.

     "Hellkit." Reednose declared. 

    "Specialkit."  Soakedpetal glared at her mate.

     "Devilkit."

     "Batkit." 

     "Freakkit."

     "Wingedkit."

     "Fine." The kits began waking up. They had fallen asleep shortly after birth.  

"Are you my momma?" The solid brown tom-kit named Branchkit stumbled closer to the queen.

  "Yes I am." She cooed softly. 

  One of the grey she-kits, Drizzlekit, nudged Soakedpetal hungrily , letting out a weak mew of hunger. 

  "Momma I'm hungry!" Pondkit, the other blue she-kit whined, crawling toward Reednose instead of Soakedpetal. 

 "Momma's that way." Reednose gently nudged the kit toward her mother. 

  A winged small black kit with tiny horns got up gracefully. His name was Wingedkit. He opened his eyes and bounded over to his mother. 

  "Hello my dear mother. Starclan told me who you are while they were feeding me." He turned to face his father. "And you are my Father. Hello father. " 

 The new parents looked at each other, bewildered. How did their new born son open his eyes so quickly and move so gracefully. 

  "Can I go eat a mouse now?" The kit impatiently asked. Without waiting for a reply, Wingedkit bounded out of the nursery to the freshkill pile. Reednose walked slowly to the exit of the nursery to see his father approach the freshkill pile and begin talking to Wingedkit. 

                                                                                     ~~~~~

 "I, Burntstar, leader of Charredclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn. Wingedpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?" The brown and black calico leader looked down at her apprentice with pride. She looked past his horns and wings, seeing a young warrior. In fact, most of his clanmates didn't notice his differences  anymore. Everyone accepted his brother, Branchpaw.

  "I do." 

  "Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Wingedpaw, from this moment you will be known as Wingedback. StarClan honors your spirit and dedication, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Charredclan." The leader finished.

                                                                                  ~~~~~

 "Mother?" Wingedback poked his head through the elders den. Reednose had died two moons ago and Soakedpetal was the only elder in the den. 

  "Yes sweetie?" The elder walked over to the larger cat, her son, smiling. 

   "Another walk?" Wingedback asked. They had began taking walks together after Reednose's death. Pondpool and Drizzleleaf couldn't come. Drizzleleaf injured her paw severely, causing it to be bent at an uncomfortable angle. Pondpool was a medicine cat and she was dealing with green cough patients and Drizzleleaf's paw injury. Branchshade had stopped acknowledging his family. The only exception was when he bullied Wingedback.   

  "Of course, Wingedback." They walked through the leaf canopy at the back of camp. It was Charredclan's second main entrance. A few minutes after they left, a patrol came back, breathing fastly and looking ragged. 

  "We found the fresh scent of a fox!" Branchshade, said cooly, narrowing his eyes. 

  "I just saw Wingedback and Soakedpetal leave camp." Opalpaw said, Wingedfur's close friend who was only a few moons younger than him, stepping closer to the patrol and Burntstar. 

A shreik was heard in the distance, following the howl of a wounded fox. 

 "Mother! No Starclan no!" A few moments pass but time seemed to stop. After what felt like forever and 25 moons, Wingedback came back to camp, covered in wounds. His unnatural red eyes carried sorrow. Opalpaw's gaze traveled to Wingedback's eyes then to the body he was dragging. Soakedflower's mutilated corpse hung limply from his mouth. You could see her ribcage and her shoulder blade was sticking through her fur. Organs hung out of her stomach. 

  "Tonight we sit vigil." Burntstar motioned for Opalpaw, a close family friend, and Wingedback to follow her. It was then that Wingedback noticed that Opalpaw always seemed to have her tail between her legs. 

                                                                                  ~~~~~ 

  "You freak! You're the reason our mother is dead you stupid, insignificant, mousebrain, freakly little foxheart. Why don't you just leave Charredclan for good!" Branchshade hissed. It was moonhigh and Branchshade dragged his brother out of the warrior den.  

  "You know what? I will." Tears pooling in his eyes, Wingedback unfolded his fuzzy, black wings and felt a whoosh of air as he took off. 

                                                                                  ~~~~~

  23 moons later, Brokenfoot, formerly Drizzleleaf, and Opalfur walked together in the forest.  22 moons ago, after Wingedback's disappearance, Drizzleleaf retired from being a warrior early due to her injury. 

  "So how do you feel about Branchshade becoming deputy?" Opalfur asked Brokenfoot. 

   "Not very great but eh." Brokenfoot stopped limping, inhaling deeply. She turned to Opalfur, who just nodded. 

   "The scent?" Opalfur confirmed. 

    "The scent." The elder replied. 

    "Wingedback?" Opalfur called. A winged, horned, black figured jumped down from a nearby tree and ran toward them. 

   "My name is Different now." He told them. "And what's your new name?" He asked the white she-cat, Opalfur.

  "Opalfur." She replied. 

   "Uh hello? I changed my name too! I'm an elder now named Brokenfoot." Different rolled his eyes. Opalfur nodded and shrugged. 

  "My name won't be Opalfur for long." 

  "What?!?" Brokenfoot and Different gasped in unison. 

  "My name is now Special. I'm leaving Charredclan to live with Different. Becuase... Because... I love you, Different." Opalfur raised her tail to reveal a second tail. 

  "I love you too, Special."