Author's Note: Okay, I lied about it going up tomorrow, but I was too excited! :D

The curtains rise once more, this act being about Fallenstar's kits. A new chapter will be up each day, so keep your hopes up, guys! *gives everyone a frog*

Plus, the chapters in Autumn's Awakening will each be at least 1,500 words each, so expect nice, long chapters!

Enjoy the story.

The first thing Fawnkit noticed about the nursery was that it was really stinky.

The brown dappled kit yawned and rolled over. She tried to ignore the stink as her mother licked her head fur, making it stand on end.

"But, Mom, I want to go outside with Dad!" Cried out a fluffy ginger tabby kit, his eyes narrowed and humorously serious.

"Not until Fawnkit agrees to go out with you." Reasoned the figure that Fawnkit has learned to call her mother.

"Don't pester, Fallenstar." Said a white she-cat with tortishell patches. She walked into the nursery and Fawnkit noticed that the she-cat's belly was rather large like the boulder outside the warrior's den. The tortishell glared at the ginger tabby and continued, "She is your mother as well as the Clan's leader, Flamekit."

Fawnkit fluttered her ear and scrambled over the brown and cream tabby she-cat named Fallenstar. Fawnkit grinned and said to her mother, "That's a nice name, Momma."

"Thank you, Fawnkit." Fallenstar purred to her daughter.

Fawnkit smiled and cast a smug look at Flamekit. Flamekit rolled his eyes and said to his sister, "Don't you want to go outside?"

"No, it's too cold out there, and the leaves crunch too loud when I step on them." Fawnkit didn't like it when her paws stepped down on those leaves.

"Mom, can't you make Fawnkit go outside?"

Fawnkit slid down Fallenstar's back and cried out, "But I don't want to go out."

Fallenstar sighed and looked at her ginger son. She blinked and said, "Alright, fine. I guess you can go out there on your own. Try to get Twigpaw or one of his siblings to show you around."

Flamekit puffed out his chest and said, "Or I can get Starlingwing to show me."

"He's out hunting right now." Huffed Fallenstar. "Just go look around. Don't get into any trouble either, I'll know."

"Alright, Mom!" Shouted Flamekit as he pounced out of the nursery.

Fawnkit shivered and snuggled in closer to Fallenstar's belly. Fawnkit loved the warmth of her mother, and she loved when the nursery's bedding is changed, it's always so soft and downy like a dove's wing. She knows because one time her dad caught a dove and Starlingwing let Fawnkit feel how soft the feathers are. She likes doves…

"Why don't you want to go outside, Fawnkit?" Asked Fallenstar.

Fawnkit yawned and replied tiredly, "I just don't want to."

"Don't you want to be a warrior?" Fallenstar pressed on.

Fawnkit flicked her ear and looked up. She tilted her head. Fawnkit knew what a warrior was. A warrior was one of those bigger cats that bring food for the really old cats and kits like her. They also bring prey for her mother as well. Fawnkit has heard amazing stories about warriors as well. Like when the warriors protect the Clan or maybe stories of a terrifying cat named Tigerstar. Sometimes Fallenstar tells the story about how she was a messenger that warned all the cats around the lake about the oncoming battle. Fallenstar is such a great cat, and Fawnkit was lucky to have her as a mother.

But for some reason, none of that appealed to Fawnkit. Fawnkit didn't like to fight, and she didn't want to feed a Clan full of ungrateful kittens similar to her brother. She didn't want to train some mischievous apprentices or hurt other cats or even argue with them. She didn't want to some day die with blood on her fur.

So will she never fit into the Clan?

Fawnkit was about to answer her mother's question but Flamekit dragged in a huge toad from the fresh-kill pile. He dropped it on the edge of Fallenstar's nest and said proudly, "Starlingwing caught it for us."

Fallenstar then looked up to see a ginger tom that looked pretty much exactly like Flamekit. His amber eyes shined with a light of sincerity and his orange tabby fur rippled with strength.

Flamekit stared up at the tom and said, "Hey there, Dad! That is definitely a large toad."

"Please keep that toad out of my nest." Fallenstar muttered, "I'd rather keep a clean pelt for the kits."

"Just eat some, Mom." Flamekit insisted, "Dad told me that your favorite prey were always frogs and toads."

Fallenstar blinked and took a bite out of it. She swallowed it and grinned. "Thank you for remembering, Starlingwing."

Starlingwing blushed and laid back his ears.

Fallenstar nudged Fawnkit towards the toad and said, "Fawnkit, don't you want to try some?"

"No."

Starlingwing chuckled. "Not the kit to try out new things."

"No!" Cried out Fawnkit running away from the slimy toad, "that's gross, it's covered in dirt! I like eating doves and pigeons."

"You're not going to survive for very long if you're that picky." Said Flamekit rolling his eyes.

Fawnkit shook her head and hid under Fallensky's tail. She narrowed her acorn brown eyes at her brother and fluffed out her fur.

She blinked when she spotted a cream colored kit stampede into the nursery. He had very dark brown tabby patches of fur and green eyes just like Fallenstar.

"Momma, Stempaw showed me outside the camp!"

Fallenstar sighed and pulled her son close, "I wondered where you went. I was so worried about you, Pinekit. You never know what could be out there." She narrowed her eyes and went on, "I'll have to punish Stempaw for putting my son in such danger."

Fallenstar pulled her son close and Pinekit wriggled out of her paws. "I'll be an apprentice soon, right, Mom? I'm four moons old!"

"I know that." Fallenstar purred. "And since you know the camp so well, how about you show your sister everything. I have leader duties to attend to."

Fawnkit was stripped of her warmth when Fallenstar stood up and walked out of the nursery.

"Come on, Fawnkit!" Cried out Pinekit, "I'll show you everything!"

Fawnkit groaned and followed her brother outside. The sunlight shined in her face and she grimaced. Pinekit guided her across the camp and introduced her to a few warriors. She met the deputy, Oakfur. She also met Ferretclaw and Pinefur who simply grinned at her.

Pinekit scrabbled into the warriors den and Fawnkit peeked inside. "Can we go inside?"

"Of course we can! Fallenstar told me to show you everything."

Fawnkit shivered and walked into the warriors den. The roof was made of intwined brambles, tree roots, and lots of moss. Sunlight dappled into the den and rocks were scattered around. Pinekit leaped over a sleeping black warrior's tail and Fawnkit only walked around him entirely.

Pinekit sat down in one nest in the corner made of hawk feathers, old moss, and long stands of staw. "This used to be Fallenstar's nest when she was a warrior. It's really soft too!"

"I don't think we should be here." Fawnkit said quietly looking around the huge den. But reluctantly, she laid down in the downy nest and purred. "You're right, it is soft."

"She must have been a super, duper, respected warrior." Said Pinekit darting out of the nest. "Come on, let's go to the apprentice den!"

Fawnkit pulled herself away from the nest and accidentally stepped on the black warrior's fluffy tail. He yelped and stood up, facing the tiny dappled she-kit. The tom huffed and said, "Hasn't Fallenstar taught her kits to not traipse on the other warriors' tails?"

"Sorry, Smokefoot!" Cried out Pinekit, "Don't mind, Fawnkit. This is her first time out."

"You don't have to defend me." Hissed Fawnkit leaping out of the den. She trotted across the camp, trying to keep up with her brother. He pounced into the apprentice den and motioned for Fawnkit to enter. She looked up at the roof and saw that it had several holes in it. It was mostly the huge roots of a tree, scrambled over dirt and sunshine peeking out of the holes. Darkness covered her pale brown fur and she looked around.

Pinekit already sat down in a nest and purred, "It's not as exciting as the warriors den, but it's still nice."

How is a den exciting? Wondered Fawnkit walking over to him.

"Hey guys!"

She looked up to the entrance and saw Flamekit's fiery pelt as he stood proudly. Flamekit fluffed out his fur and trotted down to his siblings. He sniffed the nest and wrenched back, "That nest stinks! Yep, it's definitely Birchpaw's."

"Birchpaw doesn't stink." Said Fawnkit defensively.

"He smells like stinking mouse-bile and dirty moss." Said Pinekit. "I am not going to be the next apprentice to lay next to him."

The two brothers shared jokes as Fawnkit watched silently. Then she said quietly, "Can we check out that den between the tree roots surrounded by rocks?"

Pinekit looked at her quizzically and said, "But that's the medicine den, it stinks like herbs in there." He covered his nose and hissed, "It's too bitter in there."

"Yeah," agreed Flamekit, "Why would you want to go in there?"

Fawnkit shrugged and calmly walked past her brothers out of the apprentice den. She sprinted across the camp and slid into the medicine den, seeing a small brown tabby with blue eyes setting down golden flowers on a sleek dark grey she-cat and pale grey paw-pads and eyelids. A long trickle of blood dripped down from her side.

She hissed in pain and took a deep breath.

"Quit, squirming, Dewdrop." Muttered the brown tom with leaves in his mouth. He spat them out and rubbed them on the wound, "You know you need to remember that you can't just fight every RiverClan she-cat you see even close to the border."

"It's Sparrowfang's fault that he hooked up with some fish-breathed she-cat."

"And he is being punished for it by not going on patrols for the next moon." Littlecloud pointed out, "It doesn't matter that Troutstream is bearing his kits. It was your brother's stupid decision, I hope you know that."

"I do." Dewdrop lashed her tail and directed her attention the tiny dappled she-kit in the entrance of the den. "Oh, Littlecloud has a guest."

The brown tabby looked down at Fawnkit and she shuffled her paws nervously. "H-Hello… Mister Medicine Cat."

Littlecloud purred in laughter, "My name is Littlecloud. This is Dewdrop." He motioned to the dark grey she-cat. "And welcome to the medicine den!"

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm putting goldenrod and dock on her wounds because she was being a mouse-brain."

"Can I help?" Fawnkit asked suddenly.

Littlecloud looked at her and grinned, a lost twinkle in his eyes. "Of course, Fallenstar's kits are always welcome to help me." He chuckled and pointed to a pile of tiny, round black seeds, "Give Dewdrop some of those black seeds. That would be really helpful."

Fawnkit grinned and rushed over to the pile of black seeds. She scooped some up and set them down onto a leaf. She carefully dragged the leaf over to Dewdrop's muzzle and proudly stepped back.

"Why, thank you, Fawnkit." Purred Dewdrop eating the leaves.

"Maybe some cobwebs as well to stop the bleeding?" Pressed Littlecloud, almost like he was testing her out for something.

"Sure thing, L-Littlecloud!" Said Fawnkit, struggling to remember his name. She trotted over to the cobwebs laying in the corner of the den. She carefully wrapped them around her paw and limped over to Littlecloud.

"Put them on Dewdrop's wound for me."

Fawnkit nodded and gently wrapped the sticky white threads on the wound. Dewdrop winced in pain as the kit's paw came in contact with the wound. But Fawnkit ignored it and successfully wrapped them on.

"Good job, Fawnkit!" Gushed Littlecloud patting her back with his front paw, "That was very, very, good."

Fawnkit puffed out her chest, happy that she has some use. "Can I help again, tomorrow?"

"Of course you can, little one!" Littlecloud said happily. "Make sure to wash your paws of any infections, just in case next time you come. You'll be my little helper."

Fawnkit proudly strutted out of the den and her brothers stared at her.

"You were in there for a while," said Flamekit sniffing. He reeled back and hissed, "You smell bitter now!"

"Fallenstar is going to make you wash off that stench, you know." Pointed out Pinekit.

Fawnkit lashed her tail and said, "I like it. And you know what? I helped Littlecloud heal Dewdrop. He said I was such a good helper."

Pinekit rolled his eyes and growled, "Can't you see what he's doing to you? He's going to make you a stinky medicine cat apprentice!"

Fawnkit tilted her head, "Is that really such a bad thing?"

"Uh, yeah!" Snarled Flamekit, "We won't be able to train together!

Fawnkit twitched her ear. "So?"

Pinekit groaned and said to his brother, "She's being clueless again. Come on, let's go to the elder's and listen to their amazing stories."

The two brothers left Fawnkit alone in the middle of camp.

A stinky medicine cat.