Prologue
Snowkit awoke from his sleep to feel the warmth of his mother's fur. He opened his eyes to see the den that he and his mother shared together with the other kits and their mothers.
The only thing he hated the most was the fact that he could not hear. For since the day he had learned to walk and speck a little, he could never hear what other cats were talking about.
He wondered every single day, but could never understand. Why must my life be like this, why can't I hear?
He soon exited the den to smell the fresh air outside. Already the clan was busy with there daily jobs.
It wasn't long before he saw the orange tabby with green eyes that he saw visit his mother every day.
Snowkit meowed a "hello" and the tom gave a nod back in return. I guess he's visiting my mother again.
In the camp's clearing, the other kits were playing around with a freshly made moss ball. Snowkit dashed over to the other kits and decided to ask them if he could play.
"Can I play?" he asked the other kits. All of them hesitated for a moment and then nodded in reply.
He enjoyed playing with the other kits, but he could not make up any good games like the other kits could.
Suddenly a look of horror and fear appeared on their faces, they soon quickly ran away.
Snowkit didn't know what they were afraid of until he felt something grab him painfully. He turned his head in shock to see it was a hawk that was trying to fly off with him.
His mother and the orange tabby raced towards him, his mother was first to grab the foot of the hawk.
The bird flapped it's wings harder while his mother and the other tom tried to hang on.
Finally his mother lost her grip and then hawk flew higher into the sky. "Mother!" Snowkit yowled in horror as his mother also cried out for him.
Helplessly, he watched as his home got farther and farther away. He would never know what his mother had yowled at him, he might never even see her again.
The hawk continued to fly without stopping while it seamed the life inside him was beginning to fade away.
I miss you so much, mother, Snowkit thought to himself as he felt sorrow inside him.
Snowkit felt that the last of his energy has slipping away and as his eyes closed, he thought he heard a loud bang before his vision was darken by shadow.