Miles's Story

Miles's Story is the fourth story of Darktail's Tales and is about a declawed kittypet joining ThunderClan.

Plot
Miles is looking out the window, wanting to go out and explore the wild. He had heard of wild cats living out there and wanted to see them. He placed a paw on the window, but was soon distracted by his housefolk. The older male and older female were leaving, leaving their oldest kit, Samantha in charge of the younger, identical male kits. The older male patted Miles head before leaving, telling the tom to take care of the house. Jumping down on the vet box, Miles remembers that he had been declawed and that he would have to keep that a secret.

While Samantha was playing with the two younger kits, he slipped out of the house, undetected. He jumped onto the fence and looked out into the forest. He thinks about how he would be abandoning his twolegs, but decides it's for the best, since they had declawed him. Miles then jumps down and waits at the border where he recalls patrols passing.

As he waits, he hears cats talking in the distance. Curious, he tries to listen in, but is attacked by a dark ginger tom named Redpaw. After pinning this tom to the ground, the two other cats appear. Pinestep is impressed, but Brindlestorm isn't. She is outraged when Pinestep complements Miles, but Pinestep reminds her that he's the deputy. The deputy then invites Miles to the Clan.

Miles ears the name Foxpaw and trains along side Redpaw as an apprentice. He becomes friends with the medicine cat, Fawnpelt and her apprentice, Beepaw. He notes that Fawnpelt reminds him of his brother and enjoys her company as if she was his sister.

Times pass and he becomes Foxwhisker, Pinestep becomes leader, Fawnpelt retires, Redflame and Beestripe earn their names, all without ever knowing his secret. During a battle for sunning rocks, Foxwhisker is pinned down by RiverClan's unnamed deputy and is killed. His dying thought is how he never should have left his home.

Trivia

 * Pinestar is the same cat who fathers Tigerstar.