Red Pandas: A Book of Random!

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This is my contest entry for round two of Camilla's contest! Enjoy!

Contest Name: The Darkest Of Nights by PenName_Camilla

Word Count: 715

Due Date: August 13, 2017

Date Submitted: August 13, 2017

Prompt: Your cat is different in some way.

Part One

I am useless.

I am weak.

I am worth nothing.

I hung my head, my dull hazel eyes boring into the dirt as I thought.

Around me, cats chirped happily. I resisted the urge to claw their muzzles, and the urge to see the blood pouring out of them.

I shook my head.

You mustn't think such things, Maplepaw.

Pricking my ears, I glanced around the small camp area. Ivy covered the walls of our dens, earning us the name of IvyClan. We are few, but we have many strong warriors.

Except for me.

My name is Maplepaw, and I am disabled.

Disabled. Injured. Broken.

Such ugly words, cutting into me.

But, I am also ugly.

I deserve those words, don't I?

Stormpaw is strong, and cats say as much.

I am missing one of my front legs.

And, my full tail.

Weak.

Pointless.

My sister, even weaker than I.

Fawnkit.

Dead.

Never opened her eyes.

My mother.

The clan leader, Viperstar.

Vicious.

A snake.

What a fitting name.

She shunned me.

"You're useless, Maplepaw. What kind of apprentice can't even run? A disgrace to my memory." my mother told me.

They all told me that.

The medicine cat, Frostwing.

Sunpaw.

Myself.

My mentor has yet to approach me in any way.

The older molly looked nice.

However, appearances can be deceiving.

A growl shakes me out of my pondering.

"Scum, what do you think you're doing?"

Sunpaw towers over me, already warrior size.

"Nothing." I reply, trying to keep my cool.

He shouldn't scare me.

But, he's hurt me.

Multiple times.

"Go." he orders.