ValleyClan. A Clan hidden in the valleys. The camp was located near a calm valley lake, in a safe, secluded spot. The camp had the typical setting of all Clans. The leaders den was in a burrow under the Great Rock, where all meetings were held. The medicine cats den was also in a burrow closer to the lake, with its entrance covered by ferns. The warriors slept in a large, hollowed clump of brambles and ferns. All apprentices stayed in a den simliar to the warriors den, but with less bramble. And the nursery and elders den were both formed around a cluster of cotton wood tress.
A small kit at the age of four moons watched the camp stir to life from a cotton wood branch. Her eyes scanned across the clearing, looking out for cats she knew. She spotted a few apprentices, Widepaw, the bulky tom. He walked along with Hickorypaw, the tortiose-shell she-cat. The young kits eyes trailed over to a few warriors. Icicleclaw, the fierce white tom, stood talking with his mate, Heronflight, Clan deputy. Then, she saw him. Patchstar, the Clan leader, her father, was watching over the clan from the Great Rock.
"Hey, Spiderkit, Spiderkit!" the small kit spun around as she heard her name. "Come down! Cloudfluff said we can go and play! Outside the nursery!"
Spiderkits ears perked up at the sudden idea, "Okay, Teeterkit!" she jumped down from the branch she'd been perched on, "Let's go then!" She smiled to her brother, and the two ran out the nursery, looking for something to do.
"Hi there!" a soft she-cat voice mewed, "How are you two kits today?" the cat asked.
"Great, Reedpaw!" Teeterkit mewed in response, "What about you?"
"Well, I was just about to head out for a walk, and maybe a hunt." she walked off a bit, and as she did she swished her tail onto Teeterkits nose. "Would you like to come along?"
"Yeah!" the sandy kit cheered, "Wanna come along, Spiderkit?" he asked his sister.
Should I? Spiderkit thought to herself. The two kits had been born when Reedpaw, and her sister, Hickorypaw, were three moons old. Making them only sevens moons. Her brother and Reedpaw were always close as kits, she finally decided her answer. "Er-I'll stay here for a bit, thanks for the offer." Spiderkit replied.
"That's fine." Reedpaw mewed, "Come on, Teeterkit, lets go." the gray tabby said walking away with the tan kit. Teeterkit looked back at his sister and looked away with gentle flick of his tail, signaling a brief good-bye.
As sun-high reached the clan, most of the activity was happening outside camp. The sun-high patrols were well on their way. Most of the cats that weren't on patrol were either training or hunting. Reedpaw was still with Teeterkit, probably showing him where she hunts, and trains. The strange thing was though, Reedpaws mentow, Rushingbreeze was one of the very few cats left in the camp. reedpaw probably had the day off of training.
Spiderkit continued to sit on her branch for a majority of the day, well until the first patrol returned. Puddlestep, the dark gray tom, the youngest warrior. Smokeflower, a dark gray tabby, and her apprentice, Widepaw. The three all held prey in their jaws. They set it down in the fresh-kill pile, which was, after a long leaf-bare, finally looking full again. Along with the few warriors at camp now, the only other cat was the medicine cat, Owlwhisper. He was a quiet, sandy tabby tom with dark amber eyes. He was tending to one of the Clans warriors, Shatteredbrook. She had recieved a bite in the shoulder when the fox attacked a patrol in the forest. Thankfully she was recovering quite well.
Finally. Spiderkit complained to herself as she watched Reedpaw and Teeterkit emerged into camp. She leaped from the brach of the cooton wood, and greeted the apprentice and kit. "How was your walk?" she asked the two.
"Great! I got to see so much!" Teeterkit squeaked as he bounced around the she-cat apprentice. "I saw where Reedpaw trains, I saw where she hunts." he continued on as he bounced higher and higher.
"Yes, it was quite fun." the tabby mewed looking down at Teeterkit, "It was great. Well, I'm going to go hunt my share of prey. I'll see you two kits later."
"Bye!" Teeterkit called over his shoulder as the apprentice padded away. "So, watcha wanna do?" he turned back to Spiderkit.
Spiderkit hadn't really thought of anything, but, she did think some good simple things would be good. "How about we ask if we can hear story from the elders'? Maybe they'll tell us stories about when the were training, or battles the were in!"
Thankfully, her tan brother seemed keen on the idea by the look on his face. "Yeah! Sure, we haven't gone in a while!" he sprang away towards the elders den. The black she-kit quickly sprinted after him.
The two kits slowly approached the elders den, the home of Snaketooth and Frogscreech. "Hello?" Teeterkit mewed softly in the den, "May we come in?"
"Of course." a raspy voice startled them from behind, "I'm sure Snaketooth won't mind. Follow me little kits." the old tabby beckoned with his tail to follow as he walked into the den. "Snaketooth, we have guests." Frogscreech growled at the other old tom.
"Hm. Oh, are you two the ones that live in the nursery. Nice to see you again, and you've grown!" snaketooth replied in a scrathed voice.
"Yes. We do live in the nursery, at the moment." Spiderkit mewed politely. "But soon, we'll be apprentices!" she added quickly.
"Yeah! Very soon!" Teeterkit chimed in.
Frogscreech coughed a bit, then spoke, "Ah, I remember becoming an apprentice. I was just as excited as you two are now. Our leader at the time went by the name, Pondstar, she was leader before your father, Patchstar." he cleared his throat again, the two kits listening intently. "I was with my sister at the ceremony when we got our apprentice names. I got mine, Frogpaw, and she got hers, Snowpaw."
"I've never heard of Snowpaw, what was her warrior name." Spiderkit asked curiously.
"Her warrior name was Snowtiger, she was a great warrior, probably better than me." he looked to his paws, "Until the attack with CliffClan."
"Oh." Teeterkit replied, looking down, but then he whispered, "Will we see her tonight?"
"Yes, you will. I'll show you where she is." Frogscreech answered with a smile on his face.
A rustling sound came from the front of the den, and throught the opening appeared a fimilar face. Widepaw. He came carrying a large rabbit, clearly for the two elder toms. "Is this enough?" Widepaw asked respectfully.
"Yes," Snaketooth rasped, "It's plenty, thank you." Widepaw dipped his head and headed out of the elders den. "Hm." Snaketooth mumbled, "If we're eatin', you must have food wating for you two."
"Yeah!" Spiderkit mewed, her fur tingling, "We'll be back to see Snowtiger though!" Teeterkit chased after his sister as they arrived back at the nursery.
"Good day?" Cloudfluff asked sleepily.
"Great so far! We still need to go back to the elders den after though!" Teeterkit piped up.
"Yes, we are going to see Snowtiger!" the black kit meowed.
"Snowtiger, she was a great warrior." Cloudfluff trailed off, "Alright, after you eat, and it gets dark out. But you can't stay for too long."
"We won't!" both kits squeaked. As Spiderkit lied down, she wondered what it would be like to point out a warrior of StarClan, and how this cat by the name of Snowtiger would look.