[Captain]

BRIGHTPATH
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➣ It was a dreary day with depressing overcast clouds again and the slender tortie had been plagued with nightmares all throughout the night before. They had told themselves time and time again that they would tell Cloudyflight about what they had done, but that moment had never happened and it seemed to haunt Brightpath every second of every day, following them like a predator stalking prey. Such a feeling made their stomach hurt and it was on this day that the ThunderClan warrior decided they would come clean about their sins. To whom, one might ask. Well, after what happened with Sleethound, Brightpath had remembered the clan leader being quick to defend them and felt comfortable in their assumption that Cinderstar would be understanding towards what had happened several moons ago. If not, then they would welcome whatever happened to them. That’s all they could do, after all. They just wanted something, someone, to tell them that they weren’t some heartless beast.

“Cin… Cinderstar?” There was hesitation in Brightpath’s voice as they poked their head into the ThunderClan leader’s den, “Can I talk to you about something? It’s… important.” Was it? Their paws felt like they were trembling and the slim warrior wondered if they should’ve provided more context to their visit, but all of this was so scary and Brightpath wondered if they would get in major trouble for the things that occurred. Would they be exiled? Put on trial like Nectarflame had been? They were overthinking everything, but with their heart pounding in their chest with each second, it was hard to not do so. Oh StarClan.

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( @marni )