Taking a break from my other story Scourge's Sister Mist do to extreme writer's block. So I am writing the back story for my Oc Night. You can find her on a forum called Warriors: The Lost Coast Clans RPG which is an awesome forum! I really recommend it!
Disclaimer: I don't own the ideas for the Clan names or any mentioned cats in this story except for Night and her family.
Night tumbled around with her littermates outside the nursery while her parents watched with fond expressions.
"Can't catch me!" The little black she kit cried out as she ran from her littermates her yellow gaze dancing with happiness.
"Slow down Night you might fall!" Her mother called out worriedly the pretty smokey black tabby queen watching her daughter with worried blue eyes.
"Relax Nyla. They will be alright." Her father purred the large black tom pressing against his mate with a reassuring smile in his warm yellow eyes.
"Are you sure Crow?" Nyla asked her mate worriedly.
"Of course. They are tough just like their mother." Crow purred to her licking her cheek.
"Ew! Why do you have to do that while we are around?" Night's brother Flynn, a dark gray tom, asked his nose wrinkled like he smelled something bad his blue eyes glaring up at his parents.
"Yeah! That's so gross!" Night's sister Fell, a little smokey black tabby she cat with her mother's blue eyes, piped up in agreement her own face twisted in disgust.
"I think it's okay!" Night piped up.
"Me too!" Piped up the quiet voice of Winnie, the smallest of Night's littermates, a little black she kit with blue eyes.
"Oh kits." Nyla said purring with amusement.
"One day you will find mates of your own. Then we will see how gross you find this." Crow purred in amusement.
"Mama I'm hungry." Night piped up as her little stomach growled and Nyla looked to her mate with a smile.
"I think that's my cue then. Be good for your mother kits. I will be back soon with prey." Crow purred as he got to his paws licking Nyla between her ears and touching his nose to the head of each of his kits.
"Can I come?" Flynn asked looking up at his father with wide hopeful eyes.
"Me too!" Fell started up excitedly.
"And me!" Night said excitedly.
"Don't forget me!" Winnie said in her soft voice. Nyla looked at the kits her blue eyes filled with worry as she looked at her mate.
"No kits I need you here to protect your mother. It is a really important job." Crow said with a smile and the four kits stared at him wide eyed.
"Don't worry Papa we will keep Mama safe!" Night said with a determined look in her yellow eyes.
"Yeah!" Flynn and Fell piped up at the same time.
"Yeah you can count on us!" Winnie piped up.
"Good. I will be back." Crow said touching his nose to each of his kit's heads one last time. Crow left them and Nyla watched him leave with a fond smile till he had disappeared.
"Don't worry Mama we will keep you safe!" Night said puffing out her chest.
"Yeah!" Flynn said with a determined look.
"Thank you my dears. I feel safer already." Nyla purred with a warm smile. The four kits smiled up at her puffing out their chests. After a few minutes they got bored of playing guard and instead played around outside tumbling about and wrestling. Winnie tried but kept easily getting over powered by Flynn and Fell.
"Night my dear can you come here?" Nyla asked her daughter with a smile to let Night know she wasn't in trouble. The black she kit nodded padding over to her mother and looking up at her with curious yellow eyes.
"What is is Mama?" Night asked curiously.
"I have a very important job for you and you have to promise Mama that you'll do it." Nyla said with a smile.
"What's that Mama?" Night asked.
"I need you to take care of your sister Winnie." Nyla said.
"Okay Mama. I can do that." Night said with a smile.
"Thank you Night. I am counting on you." Nyla purred leaning down and licking her daughter between her ears. Night smiled up at her mother and then hurried back to where her littermates were playing.
"Winnie lets play!" Night said with a smile.
"Okay!" Winnie purred squirming away from Flynn and bouncing over to Night. Night smiled and tagged her smaller sister.
"You're it." Night purred and the two sisters played tag while Flynn and Fell wrestled. Crow padded back into the clearing not long after carrying a plump hare.
"Papa!" Night purred as she and Winnie spun to look at him. Crow set down the hare smiling as his kits tackled him.
"Hello kits!" Crow laughed as Nyla padded over with a fond smile.
"Come on kits let your father get up." Nyla purred. The four kits tumbled off their father turning their attention to the plump hare.
"Wow! Mama it's huge!" Fell said looking at it with wide eyes.
"Yes it is." Nyla purred. The kits admired the hare with wide eyes as their parents shared an amused glance.
"Come on kits lets eat." Crow purred pulling off pieces for the kits before he settled down with Nyla to eat. The kits happily dug into their pieces. Night sitting next to Winnie eating her bit of the hare quietly. Flynn and Fell finished their pieced quickly and waited till Nyla and Crow were distracted before padding over to Winnie. Night watched her two littermates with suspicious yellow eyes while Winnie obliviously ate her piece. Night swallowed the last bite of hers while Fell stood over Winnie with narrowed blue eyes.
"Give us that piece." Flynn demanded as he stood tall and glared down at Winnie who cowered.
"N-no it's mine..." Winnie squeaked out.
"So what? You're just a runt. So give us your piece." Fell growled and Winnie's ears flattened. Night glared at her littermate's and stood up shoving Fell off Winnie and growling at Flynn.
"Leave Winnie alone." Night growled lowly.
"Why she's just the runt." Flynn sneered.
"Because if you don't I will make you." Night growled.
"Go ahead. But then I am calling Mama." Fell said with a smirk. Night growled and Winnie stood up placing her piece in front of Flynn and Fell.
"Just take it." Winnie whimpered. Night growled as her littermates settled down to tuck into Winnie's piece. Before they could take a bite Night lunged at them and knocked them away with a heave that she learned from watching her father as he chased off the occasional cat. Flynn and Fell yelped getting Nyla and Crow's attention. Nyla hurried over and fussed over her kits while Crow watched quietly from a distance givig Night a look of disappointment that made her flatten her ears.
"What happened?" Nyla asked in her motherly tone.
"We were just eating out piece and Night attacked us trying to take our piece..." Fell whimpered and Nyla shot Night a look that said she wasn't pleased.
"But I didn't! They were trying to take Winnie's! That's Winnie's piece I was trying to get it back!" Night protested and Nyla looked at Winnie.
"Is this true?" Nyla asked Winnie who looked up at her mother and flattened her ears. Night saw the menacing looks that Fell and Flynn were shooting her from behind their mother. Night shoot Winnie a look of encouragement and Winnie met her yellow gaze and her scared blue eyes got a determined look.
"Night was trying to get my piece back." Winnie said looking up at her mother and Nyla looked down at Flynn and Fell with an angry look. Winnie finished her piece while Flynn and Fell were scolded by Crow and Nyla. Winnie pressed against Night's side and Night smiled down at her smaller sister who smiled back up at her.
"Thank you Night." Winnie said thankfully.
"Of course! It's what sisters do." Night said making Winnie smile. After eating the kits were sent to bed while Crow and Nyla stayed up a little later looking at the stars and talking softly to one another. Night was curled up with Winnie keeping her smaller sister warm while Fell and Flynn pressed against her back twitching every so often as they slept. Night slept peacefully and eventually Nyla and Crow curled up around their kits and joined them in sleep. When the next morning came Crow was out already hunting for breakfast and Nyla was watching the kits play with a fond smile. Once again Flynn and Fell played together leaving Night and Winnie to play by themselves. Night and Winnie padded over to Nyla with curious expressions.
"Mama why don't you go out hunting or fight off cats like Papa does?" Winnie asked quietly.
"Well you see...I am not like your father." Nyla said hesitantly looking uncomfortable.
"How?" Night asked curiously.
"Well I wasn't born out here in the forest. I was born with Housefolk. They were these really kind people who made sure I was safe and fed." Nyla explained.
"Why'd you leave them then?" Winnie asked curiously as Flynn and Fell came over curious as well.
"Because I wanted to be with your Papa and I wanted you kits to have a choice. So when you are old enough you can become house cats like I was or you can live here in the forest." Nyla said.
"What's it like to live with Housefolk?" Fell asked curiously.
"Well you are never cold and you always have food and safety. The housefolk will pet you and take care of you. You won't have to hunt or fight like Papa and you'll always be comfortable." Nyla said with a fond smile.
"That sounds nice." Fell said with a smile.
"I wanna stay with Papa and you." Night said and Winnie nodded in agreement.
"Well I wanna live with those Housefolks." Flynn said and Fell nodded.
"Don't decide now kits. You have plenty of time to decide. Now why don't you all go play. I will be right back. I just want to get a drink from the stream. So stay near the den." Nyla purred but gave the kits a stern look. They all nodded and Nyla smiled licking each of them between the ears before she got to her paws and started to head off towards the nearby stream. Flynn and Fell went back to playing while Night and Winnie batted a moss ball back and forth. A rustle in the bushes caught the kit's attention and Flynn and Fell turned.
"Mama?" Fell asked looking nervous. A big black and white stripped head poked out of the bushes looking at the four kits with beady eyes.
"Get in the den!" Night cried out in fear shoving Winnie in the den as Flynn and Fell started running towards the den their blue eyes wide with fear. Night pushed her sister in the den's shadows and turned to help Fell and Flynn. A screech sounded and Night froze at the mouth of the den. The badger had Fell in it's mouth it's jaws crushing the kit who struggled for a moment in it's jaws before letting out another screech and going limp. Blood dripped from Fell's mouth and the awful wounds on her body as the badger dropped her. Flynn stared at it frozen in fear as the creature's beady eyes focused on him opening its blooded jaws as it lunged for him.
"Run Flynn!" Night screamed her yellow gaze wide in horror as her paws were frozen in place. She was shaking when she took notice of Winnie beside her. Both she kits were shaking in fear and Winnie was crying. Flynn tried to run too late and the badger crushed him beneath it's massive claws. Flynn screamed as the badger bit into him. Night trembled her gut twisting as with grief and nausea. Winnie buried her face into Night's coat sobbing and shaking. Night sprang into action dragging her sister into the shadows of their den as Flynn's screams stopped and the badger came to the den sniffing about for the other kits. Night's heart raced as she stood in front of Winnie pressing her smaller sister into the dirt wall of the den. Fear rolled off of them in waves as the badger got close to them its jaws and claws covered in blood. A yowl was heard and a blur of smokey black leaped on the badger driving it from the den.
"Mama!" Night shouted and Nyla curled around Night and Winnie.
"Oh thank goodness you are alright!" Nyla said and Night cried out in fear as the badger reappeared. Nyla growled at the badger standing protectively over her surviving kits. The queen leaped on the badgers face clawing and biting causing the creature to back out of the den trying to shake her off. Night couldn't see what was going on but she was relieved her mother was there to protect them now. A cry made Night's heart stop.
"Mama!" Winnie cried out pushing past Night and darting out of the den.
"Winnie no! Night said and a shriek echoed through the air. Night rushed to then entrance of the den to see her mother fall to the floor blood pouring from a deep wound and Winnie cowering eyes wide with terror. The badger grabbed Winnie in it's jaws and easily killed the little kit with one bite. Night backed into the shadows of the den shaking in fear as she watched the badger sniff the bodies of her mother and littermates before taking Nyla's body in it's jaws and dragging it off. Night whimpered and stared helplessly at where the badger had taken her mother's body. It seemed like an eternity before Crow burst into the little clearing his yellow gaze wide with panic.
"Ny-...No...No! Flynn...Fell...W-Winnie..." Crow said his eyes filling with grief. He gathered the bodies of his kits and curled around them his eyes glazing over with grief.
"I am so sorry..." Crow said his voice cracking. Night crept out of her hiding spot her body shaking.
"P-papa..." Night whimpered and Crow's gaze snapped around his gaze falling on Night. He jumped to his paws and rushed over curling around his only surviving kit as she pressed against him whimpering.
"I-it was so scary Papa..." Night cried and Crow hushed her gently before picking her up by the scuff his eyes dull with grief. The black tom hurried off carrying Night gently in his jaws. He practically ran until the sun started to set when he found a suitable den for the two of them. Crow curled up around Night and soothed her until she fell asleep before he let his own grief take over. The black tom grieved for his beloved mate and kits for almost the whole night before he eventually succumbed to sleep.
Alright guys that's the end of Part One as I think I am gonna split this into parts rather then Chapters. I hope you all enjoyed! Thank you so much for reading!