KittenHood

Bright light stung his young, kitten eyes. Blinking past the tears that had watered up, he looked around the small, cramped den. He was sleeping beside a silver-gray tabby she-cat, and she watched him with loving amber eyes.

"You've finally opened your eyes love." She whispered, and as soon as he heard her voice he knew who she was. His mother.

A rush of memories flooded his mind, how a small black tom kit had dared him to go into the Medicine Cat's Den, and how a shiny, dark berry lay in the clearing. I bet you wouldn't eat it!" The black kitten had goaded, and he had. The pain and choking feeling burned in his throat as he remembered what eating that small berry had done to him.

His mother's eyes watered up and she licked him fiercely on the top of his head."Don't ever go in the Medince Cat's Den again Viperkit! I could have lost you...my only kit, gone before he could even become a warrior." Her amber eyes wavered, and she pulled him closer. "Promise me you'll never do that again!"

"I promise,"Viperkit squeaked fluffing his white and gray pelt."But you gotta stop licking me, your mess'in my fur up." He was staring to feel a little embarrassed as Adderkit, the small black tom sat twitching his turned to a long legged tan she-cat with green eyes.

"See Hightail? I told you he would be fine." There was a slight quaver in his mew.

Hightail, Adderkit's mother gave him a harsh look."Viperkit could have died! Just because he's safe now doesn't mean that your not punished anymore."

Adderkit's tail dropped, and he shot a look at Viperkit, as if it was his fault. Viperkit ignored the black tom, and glanced around the nursery. It was made of thick brambles and bracken, with thorns edged around the outside to keep foxes and badgers away. Dawnfeet, a creamy furred she-cat with a plumy tail sat outside the den, most likely watching her three kits play in the clearing.

Viperkit looked at his mother, Willowfur expectantly."Can I go outside and play?"

Willowfur's features twisted up into amusement."Your certainly feeling better. I guess but don't pester the warriors, their busy today."

Viperkit dashed out of nursery, smirking at Adderkit who sat dejectedly beside Hightail. He sped out into the clearing. He was a MistClan cat, and MistClan warriors were padding out and into camp, looking very busy. The leader's den was an abandoned fox den under a rotten tree stump, and MistClan cats called it the Low Stump.

The ground under paw felt moist and at times Viperkit felt his paws sink into it. That was because MistClan cats lived in a marshy area, and were known to not be afraid of going into what the other three clans thought were unnecessary battles. Viperkit snorted, what did they know? He would fight with all his might if Banditstar asked him to. He shook a splash of mud off his white paw and looked around.

Yellowkit, Redkit, and Greenkit were all swatting at each another playfully, and Ravenkit, Adderkit's sister was poking her head out of a pile of leaves, before disappearing back under neath. Viperkit smiled, and wriggling his haunches as he sneaked around the leaf pile. He grinned from ear to ear when he spotted her black tail sticking out and pounced.

Ravenkit's black head popped up from the leaves as she let out a surprised squeak. She spun around and batted her white paws at his ears. Viperkit ducked and launched himself at her, and both kits went tumbling through the leaves. He let out a gasp as she pinned him under her, and looked up wide eyed into her blazing green eyes. Her white flecked fur stood on end and she gave him a triumphant look.

"I beat you!"Ravenkit yowled, swishing her tail over his nose. Viperkit sneezed loudly."Eh, get off me!"

He shoved her off and rolled back over onto his paws, looking at her from the corner of his eye. As she turned around he let out a small battle cry and threw himself at her, bowling her over onto her flank. "Sneak attack!" She yowled, battering his tummy with her hind paws until he fell over.

Ravenkit ruffled up her kitten fur and got up onto her haunches, swiping at his ears repeatedly until he mange to throw her onto her back. In that small moment of weakness Viperkit put a paw to her shoulder and opened his mouth wide as if he were about to bite her neck. She gave a shudder and twitched her leg before staring glassy eyed at nothing.

"I'm dead,"Ravenkit gasped. Viperkit chuckled and let her go.

"Ravenkit!" Hightail yowled from inside the nursery."Time to take a nap, you've been up since dawn."

Ravenkit let out an exaggerated yawn, flicking her fluffy tail over his nose. He sneezed again,"See you later Viperkit."

He watched her pad into the nursery before looking away. Yellowkit's creamy dappled pelt blended in with her brothers creamy fur. The only difference between all three were their eye colors and pelt designs. Redkit had red eyes and brown tabby stripes on his creamy fur. Greenkit had green eyes and creamy fur. Yellowkit had creamy fur with dapples and, well yellow eyes.

Redkit bite Greenkit on the tail and he yowled loudly."Redkit!"Dawnfeet scolded."What have I told you about playing rough?

Redkit licked his lips, and Greenkit scrabbled away."I can't help it he's such a poor sport! Greenkit's no fun."

Greenkit let out a whimper and pulled his tail closer to his body,"H-he bit me! Redkit's always biting me and Yellowkit. He never bites Ravenkit, it's not fair!"

Dawnfeet glared at all three of her children, before letting out a defeated sigh."Come here kits, I think it's time you all had a nap."

Redkit threw Greenkit a dirty look as he clawed at the ground."You just had to whine didn't you?" Greenkit shrunk back and all three kits reluctantly followed their mother back into the nursery. Suddenly Dawnfeet looked back at Viperkit, and motioned with her tail for him to follow. "Come now Viperkit, you don't need to be out here this long, not after being so sick."

Viperkit looked back at the busy camp, before twitching his ears and stumbling after her. Is it just me, or does it seem like MistClan's preparing for something?

Okay this chapter hardly shows anything, except Viper's friends, enemies, and as you can guess, his rival. The four clans are MistClan(Which is based partly on ShadowClan), MoonClan(Which is based on a mix of RiverClan and WindClan), GrassClan(Based on WindClan) and CaveClan(Based off ThunderClan and ShadowClan).

Here's a bit of Clan description-

GrassClan:GrassClan cats are swift and agile. These cats live in a prairie of tall yellow and green grasses with hardly any trees for cover. They hunt anything they get their paws on and sometimes stray over the border accidentally. They don't like being under trees and not being able to see the sky. The GrassClan camp is a small hallow surrounded by brambles and thorns.

CaveClan:CaveClan cats are hardy and cold resistant. They live in caves in the mountain and hunt in a spruce and pine forest. They don't see the sky, sun, moon, and stars until they become apprentices and get to explore CaveClan's hunting grounds. These cats are less likely to succumb to sicknesses like greencough and blackcough.

MistClan:MistClan cats live in marshy areas and are known to steal prey from other borders in times of misfortune. They aren't afraid to resort to more uncivilized ways and can sometimes lose themselves in what they were trying to do. These cats eat things like rats, lizards, and toads without grimacing.

MoonClan:MoonClan cats like to keep to themselves, and when least expected will lend out a helping hand to cats in need. They live on an island and like to lay in the soft sand relaxing most of their day. They do not usually start battles and are known to be the most peaceful and resourceful of all the clans. They like to eat fish and go swimming.

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