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Are You Proud Of Me?

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Badgerpaw's eyes flickered. "Flintfang? Is that you?"
Flintfang's heart sank. "Yes, it's me."
"Was...was I good enough?" Badgerpaw rasped in a tiny voice. His paws shifted in the dust and a bead of blood appeared at the corner of his lip. "I tried to remember everything you taught me."
Flintfang stared at the battered little body. Badgerpaw hadn't stood a chance from the moment the first battle yowl split the air.
"I hope Brokenstar is proud of me," Badgerpaw went on. His eyes were clouding over and starting to close. "And my mom."
Flintfang felt something stir inside him. What was he going to tell Fernshade? That her kit was always going to die in this battle because he was too small, too weak?
"Fernshade will be very proud of you," he meowed.
Badgerpaw opened his eyes with an effort and looked straight at Flintfang. "Are you proud of me?"
Flintfang crouched beside Badgerpaw and stroked the apprentice's eyes with the tip of his tail to close them again. "You fought brilliantly," he murmured.
"Will you be all right without me?" Badgerpaw asked fretfully. He moved his head and the trickle of blood coming from his ear thickened, spilling out faster.
"We'll do our best," Flintfang replied gravely. "And we'll always remember you and how brave you were."
Was it his imagination, or did the tiny black-and-white chest swell with pride?

Excerpt from Warrior-Code of the Clans (The Smallest Warrior) pages 55-56

So, I read this story in Code of the Clans, and it broke my heart. A three month old kitten has no business in a raging battle…man, Brokenstar is such a jerk! Poor Badgerpaw. For those who haven’t read it, Brokenstar, the bloodthirsty, power-hungry leader of Shadowclan, makes kits become apprentices before the required age of six months, and because of their small size, they don’t stand a chance in a battle against a full grown warrior, as was the case with Badgerpaw. For those wondering, yes, Badgerpaw does die at the end of the story. I made his design by heavily referencing the illustration next to the story, his eyes looked light in the picture so I figured, since he’s old enough to have outgrown his blue kitten eyes, that his eyes were either light blue or yellow. Those are speckled of blood on the ground and on his face and paws, he was fighting in a battle, so a figured he would have more blood on him than just his own. Also, the patchy area over him and the ground is the shadow of the gorse that encircles the sandy Windclan camp they are attacking in this scene. I figured a little course grass might grow out of the sand, so I added a little. This takes place at night, but I didn’t want to make it too dark, or else you wouldn’t be able to see the picture. This was such a sad scene, and I haven’t seen many people draw it (compared to most other Warriors scenes) so I wanted to give it a try. Flintfang is off to the side, in case you were wondering, so you can’t see him here. Badgerpaw is lying on the ground looking up at his mentor as he’s talking.

Referenced this stock by Scat-Cat for the cat [link]

Badgerpaw, Flintfang, Warriors, Code of the Clans, and the story above are all copyright © Erin Hunter.

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