Dice

**Dice** is a black and white tom with yellow eyes.

#### Chapter 5

When Iceslide and Sulfur are hunting, Iceslide recalls some of what he's been told about his past. Sulfur's earliest memory is being abandoned on the side of a road as a kit. Though unnamed, Dice and Boost found him and nursed him back to health. Sulfur would have died if it hadn't been for them.

### Deserve's Beginning

#### Chapter 1

Dice is padding along the side of the barn, happily enjoying the winter's night. He enjoys being outside. It's noted that he's lived in the abandoned barn since he was a kit with his brother, Boost. When Boost died of sickness, he spent many seasons alone. Once in a while a cat comes by for food and shelter, and he's always willing to help. Twice an aggressive cat has challenged him for the barn, but he fought them off, refusing to give up his home, though he gets lonely.

Last winter, an abandoned housecat named Velvet came across the barn, and Dice let her stay and hunted for her until she recovered. Velvet enjoyed his company and had no where else to go, so decided to stay with him. After a few moons, they fell in love.

He notes that Velvet is expecting his kits, and they'll be born any day now. He can't wait to be a father and show his kits all the wonderful things about life around the barn. He hopes they'll love it as much as he did when he was a kit, and still does.

Dice is about to catch a mouse for Velvet when she calls for him, and he realizes it must be time. He rushes into the barn and comforts his mate. Dice excitedly helps to deliver the kits and announces their genders. As he watches them suckle, he thinks they're perfect. The stripes on the tabby kit remind him of his brother, Boost. Dice tells Velvet they can name the kits later and curls up against her. They fall asleep.

The next morning, Dice warmly greets Velvet and his kits, then leaves the barn to catch a mouse for her. The world feels new and fresh to him. He realizes he'll need to do extra hunting, noting that he tried showing Velvet how to hunt, but she had no interest. He hunts for her, and will need to for the kits until they're old enough to learn.

Dice returns to the barn with a mouse, and he and Velvet name their kits. After she names Song, Dice proposes naming the tabby Boost after his brother, and Velvet agrees. The white pawed kit climbs ontop of the mouse, and she jokes that he thinks he deserves it. Dice proposes naming the kit Deserve. When Velvet says it's a strange name, Dice corrects her, saying it's a unique name. The kit mews, and Dice takes it as agreement. They decide to call him Deserve.

Dice happily thinks about how perfect life will be here. He and his family will always share the barn together, and nothing will ever separate them.

### Shadows of Blood

#### Chapter 20

Deserve tells Bloodfur that after his father died. Being the only cat able to provide for them, their mother brought he, Boost, and Song to ShadowClan in hopes that they'd be cared for. Deserve adds that his father taught him to hunt before he died, so the killing bite was all he knew and used it on Snakekit.

## Gallery

Dice designDice on the cover of Deserve's Beginning
## Character Development and Origins

When I decided to write Deserve's backstory, I didn't think much about the names of his family members. I didn't feel they really mattered. I very hastily made Dice, Velvet, Boost, and Song.

His original story is similar, if not exact to the one seen in Deserve's Beginning.

Dice was originally born in the abandoned barn and lived there his whole life. A passing kittypet named Velvet met him, and though she disliked hunting, she fell in love with Dice. She decided to give up her kittypet life to be with him and start a family.

Originally, Dice's brother's name was Booster, but it was changed in Deserve's Beginning to Boost.

In an early description, he is described as a white tom with black patches and yellow eyes.