Stagpelt's Story

Stagpelt's Story is the second story in Darktail's Tales and follows a she-cat who was born a tom.

Plot
Unable to sleep, Stagpelt finds herself recalling her kithood. She had been upset she had been named a tom-only name like Stagkit. Her father, Wheatfur, explains that they did that to make sure she stayed strong. Accepting the answer, she returns with him to there nursery where her brothers, Lizardkit and Bravekit, are play fighting. The moment they see her, they leave the nursery, wanting to play somewhere else now that she was there.

She then recalls her apprentice moons, in which she claimed their bullying got worse from there. She recalls the time Lizardpaw had put a thorn in her nest and it stung her. While he and their brother, Bravepaw, laugh at her, she is defended by Lizardpaw's mentor, Sandtail. He scolds the apprentice and Lizardpaw is punishes because a fellow apprentice had spotted him put the thorn in.

Stagpelt is now going through bittersweet feelings. The tom had always been nice to her, and she had fallen for him. However, she tells herself he isn't hers to have. The stormy morning she recalled started with Sandtail returning from sitting vigil. As he grooms the water off of himself, the two joke around until he asks her for some advice. He admits to liking a she-cat, but not knowing how to tell her. Shocked, she believes it's her and not Echostorm, another she-cat he's close friends with. She tells him he should just be honest.

Now she forces herself not to sob of her she remembers they day they were announced to be mates and that Echostorm was now expecting his kits. Upset, she curses her handsome tom-like looks, asking how any cat could love a cat like her.

Trivia

 * This story was inspired by Lolkat123's story, Tom, which is a story about a tom born a she-cat.