BTW, I think that whenever a bad prophecy is foretold, I think the bad guys do everything in their power to try and stop it, leading to the prophecy actually happening. STUPID!
3 POV's for this chapter – Rushkit, Flashpaw, and Springflower
Fight for my Life
Name? Rushkit.
Appearance? Soft silver and gold fur with a white-tipped tail.
Position in ThunderClan? Tiny kit fighting for my life.
Why?
How am I supposed to know? I'm 1 moon old!
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My name is, well, Rushkit. My mother is Springflower in ThunderClan. I have a brother and a sister - Thornkit and Sweetkit. Thornkit is too wild, and Sweetkit is too boring. Mother said I was just right. But, I only knew the outside world – and everyone in ThunderClan - for one day before I was thrown out.
It all started the day I opened my eyes. Thornkit and Sweetkit were playing outside. I rushed out to join them.
"Hi!" I squealed, "It's so big outside!"
Right away, I could tell which one was my brother and which one was my sister. Not by scent, but by appearance. Sweetkit looked much softer, and Thornkit looked more…Thornkit.
They looked at me and started to giggle.
"Your eyes…" Thornkit choked.
"What about my eyes?" I asked, hurt. They both had dark green eyes.
"They're…" Sweetkit began.
"Rushkit! Sweetkit! Thornkit! Get over here right now!" Our mother meowed sharply. Was that worry in her voice? Probably scared that I wasn't in the nest.
We all tumbled over to her. Springflower licked Thornkit and Sweetkit on the head; they had opened their eyes yesterday, and she knew they were green. Then she turned to me.
"Rushkit?" She meowed, licking me. "Jayfeather and Moonflight just want to have a look at your eyes…"
I flinched away from Jayfeather. He had cloudy, staring eyes, and he looked pretty creepy, but Moonflight had kind, soft eyes.
She examined me for a couple of seconds, then leaned to murmur in Jayfeather's ear. He sighed and nodded his head. Mother let out a wail.
"No…" She whispered.
Confused, I went back inside the nursery.
Thornkit and Sweetkit where rolling around in the nest. When I came in, they started to snicker.
"Ok, what's wrong with my eyes?" I snarled, "I wanna know, and I wanna know now."
"They're so…colorful!" gasped Thornkit.
"What?" I asked, taken aback.
"One eye is blue, and the other is…rainbowy." Sweetkit explained.
"Rushkit," my mother called, "Come Rushkit."
"Rushkit, go with Brightleap," she meowed softly, "you're going on an adventure!"
"Ok." I squeaked. I rubbed against her. "Bye! See you soon!" I squealed before tumbling after Brightleap. She picked me up and I watched the clan dissolve into the trees.
Little did I know that that was the last time I would see my clan for many moons.
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"What are we going to do now?" I asked as she set me down.
"I'm going to go hunting while you wait here." She replied. With that she bounded into the wood.
I waited for so long, the moon went down.
"Brightleap? Where are you Brightleap?" I squeaked, running in circles. "Where are you? This isn't an adventure anymore! I wanna go home!"
Suddenly, I saw some eyes in the bush across the river.
"Brightleap? Is that you?" I squeaked, inching over.
An apprentice stepped out of the bush. She wasn't from ThunderClan, she smelled like fish and her pelt was long and slick, not short and bristly like ours. Her fur was pale, with dark flecks on her back.
"No, I'm not Brightleap," she meowed gently. "I'm Flashpaw. I'm going to take you to my clan."
"Ok." I whimpered, burying my face in her fur.
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Springflower's POV
I watched as Brightleap carried my daughter into the woods. Why did it have to be Rushkit? The prophecy…
The one with the rainbow eye will have the power and the choice to either heal or defeat the clan.
Not wanting to have the kit defeat the clan, Jayfeather ordered the kit taken out into the forest to die.
"It's the only way to protect us." He meowed.
"Only way?!" I had snarled. "That's my daughter! She wouldn't harm a butterfly! And the prophecy foretold that she could heal the clans as well!"
"I'm sorry Springflower, but I agree with Jayfeather." Moonflight put in quietly. "She will have the power. Us throwing her out might be for the best."
"For the best?" I whirled around in disbelief. "My kit will have the power to heal us, and you just –"
"Or the power to destroy." Jayfeather reminded her. "I'm sorry Springflower, but she's gone."
I turned to the place where the forest had swallowed the two of them up. "Rushkit…" I murmered.
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Ok, this ThunderClan kit thinks she's on an adventure, but her own clan abandoned her! So now what do I do with her? She wouldn't be accepted back to her clan, and the warrior code states I can't abandon a kit in need…
I gently picked her up. StarClan, she smelled like those ThunderClan! Trying not to gag, I carried her back to my camp.
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"Flashpaw! Where have you been?" Reedwhisker called sharply. "We returned to camp after that hunting patrol ages ago! At least you got some good prey," he nodded to Rushkit. "Go drop that on the pile."
I set her down gently. "You may notice that this is breathing and it is a ThunderClan kit."
"Holy StarClan! Where did you find it?" He meowed.
"It was abandoned. That warrior – Brightleap – abandoned it by the river."
"Take it to the nursery. I'll inform Minnowstar."
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I woke up in a nursery – I could tell because it smelled like milk. I was lying next to someone; it wasn't my mother.
"Rushkit," someone whispered. "Rushkit, go back to sleep."
"No," I protested, squirming. "I need to go back home."
I heard that someone laugh softly. "Rushkit, you are home."
"No!" I squealed. "ThunderClan…Springflower! My mom! I told her I'd be back! And Thornkit and Sweetkit…"
"Rushkit, you must have had a bad dream. I'm your mother, Pebbleflower. And your brother and sister are Fishkit and Dapplekit. You are home. Your home in RiverClan."
* * * * means a POV change. There are 2 POVs – Rushkit and Flashpaw.
* * * means a time flash.
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