Tw: Mentions of d3ath Proceed at your own risk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- . . . . . . . . . Sia had always thought that his family was normal. Peppered-mothsnap, him, and Skeletonpaw. Just the three of them. So why were cats telling him that they were only two now? No matter how many times he asked them to clarify what they meant, he still wasn’t convinced. It had always been the three of them. Never two. It would /never/ be two. Except now apparently. The apprentice’s face was scrunched up in a frown, pawing the ground with his large claws. This wasn’t real. Nothing was real. They were still alive. They still existed. No…not anymore. They were gone, according to those other cats. The ones who passed by him offering half-hearted pitiful glances before continuing on with their day. Only two. Did that mean that Skele had never existed? Maybe he could just imagine that they had never existed, then his world could be perfect again. Just him and Peppered-mothsnap. Then no one would be sad, and no one would glance at him with pity anymore. No one would treat him differently, he could just be a normal apprentice again. But that wasn’t right. There were three of them. That was the right response. But were they? Si was doubting himself, but he really shouldn’t. There had only been two-no! No, three. That’s right. There were three of them. Peppered-mothsnap, him, and Skeletonpaw. Peppered-mothsnap, him, and Skeletonpaw. Peppered-mothsnap and him. Only two of them. There were only two of them. There had always just been two of them. No one would know that someone else had existed. He would be normal again. Skeletonpaw? Who was that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gah I dislike how short this is but I ran out of motivation halfway through :\ Also, Sia still does know that Skeletonpaw existed, he just refuses to tell anyone that he lost a sibling
