The Kittypet

By Sorreltail x Brackenfur Luv

Remember at the beginning of Into the Wild? When Rusty/Firepaw/Fireheart/Firestar asked Graypaw/stripe if he wanted to live like a kittypet? What if he accepted? Well...what if Spottedleaf, Sandstorm, and Silverstream had become kittypets before this happened? Here is thier story.

Prologue: The Meeting

Rusty sat out on his fence post, staring at the forest once again. He sensed something different was going to happen that night. Something strange. Something wonderful. He jumped off the fence post, and padded towards the scented forest. There, in front of him, he saw a small gray kitten in front of him.

"Hello. My name is Rusty," mewed Rusty.

"Hi!" mewed the kitten, licking his paw. "I'm Graypaw, warrior apprentice of ThunderClan."

"Thunderwhat?" asked Rusty.

"ThunderClan, you know, the four warrior Clans that roam the forest," mewed Graypaw.

"Well, anyway...have you ever thought of living like a housecat?" asked Rusty.

"Uhh...no...and...uhm...I don't think I want to," mewed Graypaw.

"It's really great. You get inside from the winter snow, there are other housecats to talk to! Smudge, Henry, Star, Marie, Desert, Princess, and Autumn," mewed Rusty. "Smudge, Henry, Princess, and Marie were raised housecats, but Star, Desert, and Autumn are new they said they were from those Clan thingamabobers. Desert and Autumn are from Thunderwhatsamahooy, and Star is from Riverwhatsamahooy."

"Desert and Autumn? Were thier names Sandpaw and Spottedleaf before?" asked Graypaw.

"Uhm...yes?" replied Rusty.

"Well, maybe I'll try being a kittypet for a few days...I'll think it over tonight, and you can meet me here tommorow!" mewed Graypaw.

"Well, catch you tommorow, Graypaw," mewed Rusty.

"See you tomorrow, Rusty," mewed Graypaw, and went back into the forest. Rusty thought it over.

"I'm going to go see Desert and Autumn," he thought. Rusty raced across the field to where a dappled tortoiseshell she-cat and a ginger she-cat sat on a fence post meowing about nonsense.

"Hey, Rusty," mewed the tortoiseshell.

"Hey, applehead," teased the ginger she-cat.

"I just met a Graypaw of ThunderClan. Do you know him?" asked Rusty.

"For crying out loud! In the name of StarClan, is he going to become a kittypet, too?" asked the ginger she-cat.

"I don't know Desert. He said he'd think it over," mewed Rusty. The sound of a twoleg came, and the two she-cats turned.

"Well, we'll see you later," mewed the tortoiseshell.

"Bye, Autumn! Bye Desert!" mewed Rusty. Than, he went to interview Star. She was a young she-cat herself. Still a kitten.

"Hey, Rusty!" mewed Star, jumping off her fence post to meet him. "I saw you over at Desert and Autumn's place. The meow's in the air that there's a new kittypet, and he's staying at your place." Rusty began to purr. Star was his best friend.

"Uhh...yeah. Graypaw of ThunderClan," mewed Rusty.

"Ohh, another apprentice. Hmm...hey Princess!" mewed Star. Rusty's sister, a shell-colored tabby popped out.

"Yeah, Star?" asked the she-cat.

"Another apprentice is comin' to town! Spread the word!" mewed Star.

"Will do, sister from another mother!" mewed Princess, and hopped over to Smudge's house.

"Oh, dear StarClan," mewed Rusty. "You two are too close!"

"Well, me and Princess, we are so much alike...sorta like you and Desert, we kinda just, CLICK! She's my sista from anotha motha!" mewed Star. Rusty rolled his eyes.

"Catch ya later, Star," he mewed.

"Bye!" she purred.