Author's Notw: Hey guys its me! Itried to upload this 500 times! (Just kidding) I hope you like it cuz I spent alot of time. Feel free to criticize but dont be harsh! I luv the warriors and I hope you luv Frostkit and Ashkit and Moonkit. (They luv eachother)
Tenderbreeze lay in the center of the moonlit clearing, unable to move after starting her laborious journey into queen hood. As she lay trembling in the camp, her mate Owlwing was out bravely fighting for their territory against Hawkclan. She shuddered as another spasm in shook her frail body. It was a bitter leaf bare night, all the stars in Sliverpelt were out. Heronflight didn't know whether Tenderbreeze could cope. Please Starclan, Let Tenderbreeze be okay. Heronflightprayed to dotted sky above. Tenderbreeze wailed "Help! My kits are coming!" Heronflight sprang into action. A tiny white bundle toppled out. He gave it to Fluffyears to lick. The she-cat looked startled. But soon started rasping her tongue across the fur of the helpless kit. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! There's another one." The clan erupted from the silence that in covered it like a soundproof blanket. They broke into ear-splitting wails. "Tenderbreeze, hold on!" Specklefern urged. Tenderbreeze groaned. "Heronflight, Can she make it?" Nightwillow fretted. "It's in Starclans hands now." Heronflight meowed, grimly. Suddenly, a small sliver she-cat with dark blue eyes popped out of Tenderbreeze. Peigonspot reached out to lick the she-cat but Tenderbreeze hissed fiercely "I will be the one to lick my kits!" Peigonspot reared back in surprise. Tenderbreeze was like her name, tender. A small white blinked open her clear blue eyes. They were like the water, beautiful and clear. Where am I? Wondered the little white she-cat. A big white tom with blue eyes pelted into the camp. "Where are my kits?" He roared. "Hawkclan, You will pay!" There was blood dripping down his shoulder and one of his ears was badly torn. Tenderbreeze lay sleeping in the nursery, thoroughly exhausted from her ordeal. She lifted her head and whispered the she-kits name. "Little one, you will be called Frostkit to remember the beautiful icicles on the tiniest leaves. Frostkit. Not bad. Frostkit poked her snowy head out side. Moonlight dappled Frostkit's pel, making it sparkle as if a million suns were trapped under the surface.
Two moons later, Frostkit and her sister Moonkit were healthy she-kits. Tenderbreeze stirred at the sound of kits playing out of the nursery. She made a movement to gather Frostkit and Moonkit by the tail. Only Moonkit was in the nursery. "Frostkit! Where are you?" "Out here with Ashkit, Sunkit, Honeykit, and the others." Came the reply. "Come in here so I can explain clan life to you and Moonkit. Okay you are in the nursery. The nursery is where kits are born and where queens nurse their kits. Maybe both of you will have kits of your own someday." Yeah right, with whom? There are no cool toms anyway! "The nursery is part of camp. Camp is where we all live. There is the warrior's den. That's where warriors sleep. You'll become great warriors someday." Not just great, the best. Moonkit and I will be the best warriors Water Clan has ever seen! "There's the apprentice den. Each Apprentice will have a mentor. The mentors will pass on knowledge and teach you. Apprentices train hard to become a warrior. But there is much more than hunting and fighting. To become a warrior, you need to care for all your clanmates, even the ones you don't like. When you're an apprentice, you'll have to see to the care of queens, kits, and elders. It means you must clean and change their bedding, catch them prey, and help them with their ticks and fleas. You'll use something disgusting called mousebile." Yuck! "Speaking of elders, the elder's den is near. Elders are old warriors. They have a lot of knowledge and could tell you a lot of legends. But they can be very cranky, I'll take you to meet them 's also the medicine cat's den where Heronflight treats the sick and injured. He can communicate with Star Clan and interpret omens as well as making rare prophecies." Prophecies? What are they? "And there is the leader's den. Our leader is Cardinalstar.
Moonkit suddenly stirred. Curiosity gripped her gaze. "I want to meet the other kits!" She mewed. Tenderbreeze twitched her whiskers in amusement. "There will be plenty of time for that after I am done." "Can we be warriors now?" asked Frostkit. "No. Kits must be six moons old in order to become apprentices. Also, every full moon we go to the great hollow to meet cats from the other clans like Moonclan, Sunclan, and Hawkclan. We are all enemies except there is a truce on the gathering. The one who speaks for us at the gathering is the leader, Cardinalstar. He makes important decisions that affect the Clan. Leaders have nine lives to protect they're Clan. When he loses one life he only has eight left." Tenderbreeze explained. "Once he loses all nine lives he joins Starclan which is where all the dead warriors from all clans go." Well DUH!Frostkit rolled her striking blue eyes. Frostkit stirred restlessly.
"Can I go outside the camp?" Frostkit whined.
"No." Replied Tenderbreeze
"Why not!"
"Because that's not part of the warrior code."
"Can't I at least meet the other kits? I saw them going outside the nursery but they didn't talk to me I talked to them though." Tenderbreeze sighed in exasperation. "You've got a stubborn one there." Briarfur commented. "I can tell." replied Tenderbreeze. I'm going out of camp whether you like it or not!Frostkit thought rebelliously. I'll go once before by myself and once with Moonkit. "Tenderbreeze, May I please go out of the nursery? I won't do anything foolish. I promise." But that promise was empty, just like the nursery. "Oh fine. But come back at sunhigh." Before Tenderbreeze could get the last word out Frostkit ran out of the nursery, her tiny paws kicking up dirt. Frostkit and her sister were awestruck when they saw the clearing. "Wow, it's huge! I don't believe it!" Moonkit said breathlessly. "I know! Look at all the cats! The trees, they're huge!" The kits padded towards the fresh-kill pile. "So this is prey." Moonkit said, studying a huge squirrel twice her size. "How are we going to hunt prey if it's so big?" Frostkit asked worriedly, eyeing a huge mouse. "You'll grow. In time the prey won't seem too big." A new voice. "Owlwing!"Frostkit squealed with delight. "So you're our father? Frostkit told me you never visited, and you didn't." Moonkit challenged the big white tom. Owlwing looked a bit surprised but pleased. "So you do listen,"
"I'm not exactly deaf, you know."Moonkit replied cheekily.
"Well done then. You'll both be great warriors. The other Clans better watch out!" Owlwing purred. Frostkit glowed inside for being praised I wonder how Moonkit feels. Wait. What is that? It's like I sense what Moonkit feels. This is creepy and pleasant. "I'd better go, I need to go on patrol. I'll visit you sometime later!" Owlwing dashed off to go on patrol. "You're hearing must be good if you heard me." Frostkit meowed to her sister. "You were noisier than a badger in a fit!" Moonkit mewed humorously. Frostkit pounced playfully on Moonkit. Moonkit wriggled free and replied her sister with a friendly cuff. "So you're the new kits," mewed a golden tabby kit with sky blue eyes. Frostkit just opened her mouth to say something but Moonkit cut in. "Yeah, I'm Moonkit and this is my sister Frostkit. And who are you anyway?" Moonkit shot to the bright golden kit testily. Moonkit seems not to like Sunkit."Well, I'm Sunkit. This is my sister Honeykit, we kitted four moons ago." Sunkit said, nodding to the cream colored kit beside him. "I don't need you to speak for me!" Honeykit mewed indignantly to her brother and mewed to Moonkit and Frostkit, "Don't mind him. He's such a bossy furball."
Frostkit gave a mrrow of laughter while Moonkit said to Sunkit seriously, "You must really have a problem if your sister confirms that you are an arrogant furball."
"You must have a bigger problem if you don't realize my sister was just teasing."
"I'm afraid your case is worse if you can't figure out that I was making fun of you." Sunkit rolled his eyes, Moonkit was triumphant. She won the first friendly argument she had with Sunkit. Ha! The look on his face when Moonkit called him an arrogant furball! "Who was arguing?" asked a fluffy orange kit. "Hi, Lionkit. It was Sunkit and Moonkit, one of the new kits you know?" Honeykit told Lionkit.
"Who ended it?"
"Moonkit." Lionkit gave a mrrow of amusement. "No wonder you look grumpy." Lionkit meowed to Sunkit. Sunkit twitched his whiskers and narrowed his bright blue eyes at Moonkit. "I'm Moonkit's sister, Frostkit." Frostkit introduced herself to Lionkit.
"Your sister did us a favor by laughing at Sunkit, he's getting too annoying." A spotted pale gray kit dashed to his brother. "Hi, I'm Ashkit," he mewed. Frostkit whispered to Moonkit. "I need to talk to you urgently behind the nursery."
"They're the new kits. The white one is Frostkit and the silver tabby is Moonkit. Where's Mudkit?"
"With our mother, Petrelfeather. Mudkit got dirty and our mother was cleaning him. I wanted to sneak out but I got caught. So, I came to find you." Ashkit explained. "You want us to show you camp?" asked Honeykit. "Sure!" the new kits replied enthusiastically. "Hey! Let us come too!" Lionkit and Ashkit mewed. "Then we should wait for Mudkit." Sunkit concluded. "But he takes forever! He's always so muddy!" Honeykit made deep gourges in the Earth. "No. We are waiting." Ugh. He is such a bossy furball, but I guess if Honeykit can live with it I can to."How did you figure out how to outwit Sunkit this match?" Lionkit asked. "Match?" Moonkit asked quizzically. Frostkit let out a mrrow of amusement. "That's what we call it when two or more argue in a fun was."
"Hmmm…let's see….I used my brain?" Moonkit suggested. The group of kits laughed. "You've got a sense of humor." Sunkit said choking with laughter, while the others chortled merrily. Frostkit was a little bit jealous at this. They like Moonkit more than they like me! I am so sneaking out of camp after the tour is over. "Don't be surprised, though Sunkit is a little conceited, he could be nice if he wanted to." Ashkit told Frostkit and Moonkit. "I am friendly! What do you mean 'when he wanted to'?" Sunkit asked in a fake hurt voice. "Oh, never mind that. Where's Mudkit?" Frostkit meowed. As if on cue, a brown and white kit bounded to his brothers. There are so many kits and cats here! "You missed the latest match! These are Frostkit and Moonkit, the new kits. Anyway, in the latest match, Moonkit won! Sunkit lost for the first time!" Honeykit mewed quickly as Mudkit gazed admiringly at Moonkit. "Is it true? You lost?" Mudkit asked Sunkit. Sunkit nodded grudgingly and said, "I'll get even next time." Sunkit gave Moonkit a small cuff around her ears but Moonkit ducked and replied, "And it's myjob to make sure you don't." They all laughed. Great! Looks like Moonkit made some friends. And I didn't.Frostkit thought sarcastically. "Would you kindly show us camp now?" Frostkit asked impatiently. "Come on then!"
The kits padded to the a fallen tree sourounded by pinecones. "Is this the elders den?" Frostkit asked, she could see a huge opening in the middle. Lichen draped over the entrance. Frostkit stepped in tentatively. "Hello youngsters!" meowed an elderly grey and white tom. "Hi Pigeonspots!" The other kits chorused. Pigeonspoot looks old. And you must be Tenderbreeze's other kit. What's your name?" Pigeonspots mewed to Moonkit. "Moonkit." "Quite a fitting name," an elderly dusky brown queen remarked, "I'm Fluffyears. So you are showing the new kits the camp?" The kits nodded in unison. "Run along then, Thorntalon is getting cranky." we'll come back sometime later for stories, I hope. "Let's go to the apprentice's den!" Lionkit suggested. "Yeah, we can see if Leopardpaw is there." Honeykit meowed. Brambles arched into a dome. There is a small opening leading into the bramble dome. Moonkit peered inside. This is where I'm going to sleep when I train I guess. It looks nice and roomy.I wonder how it looks in the night? "Seems that they're all out training." Mudkit mewed sadly. Frostkit and Moonkit were also disappointed; they'd hope to pelt the apprentices with questions. "Eeeewwwww! I still can't get used to that foul mousebile though I've been an apprentice for four moons!" a distant voice sounded. "I'm just lucky to be gathering moss for the elder's bedding," said a muffled voice. A magnificent spotted she-cat bounded past the kits to the elder's den. A grumbling grey tom followed her. "Mousebile, ugh!" he muttered darkly. I bet I'll feel that way when I'm an apprentice!"The she-cat is Leopardpaw and the tom is her littermate, Skypaw." Ashkit fired up. "I want to see the warrior's den." Moonkit mewed. "Hoping to sleep there someday?" Sunkit teased. "If a mousebrain like you can be a warrior, why not me?" Moonkit retorted. Looks like Moonkit already has a rival. Sunkit just shrugged and took lead. "Bossy furball!" Moonkit muttered under her breath. "Don't I know it!" Frostkit whispered back. Sunkit's ears flicked backwards a bit and walked on. Bracken bended into a fence and arched into a huge dome. Reeds and lichen covered the entrance. The kits was suddenly breathless. Holy Starclan! I'll be sleeping there one day. "We'll be sleeping there someday." Frostkit murmured to her sister. "I know. We'll be the best." Moonkit said simply. "Yeah, the best of the best." Frostkit mewed determinedly. "Oh no you won't!" Sunkit meowed. "I'll be the best." Frostkit snorted. "In your dreams mousebrain!" Frostkit retorted."No, you're my brother. I'd be much more capable than you are anyway." Honeykit said. "Ha!" came the reply. "I want to be the best fighter in the whole Clan! Ashkit would probably be the fastest. Mudkit would be the best swimmer." Lionkit meowed. I want to be the fastest and the best fighter and I will be too. "I think we should show them the leader's den." Mudkit mewed thoughtfully. "Yeah." A stone wall with brambles hanging over it appeared. A crack allowed cats to enter. I wonder what it looks like "We can't go in." Ashkit explained. "Oh."Frostkit and Moonkit sighed, evidently disappointed. "There's one last place to explore." Frostkit mewed happily. "The medicine cat's den!" Moonkit mewed. The kits raced to the rocky boulder with a crack. The scent of herbs laced the air. "So this is the medicine cat's den." Frostkit mewed, "Why is it so dark and damp?" "Because I need to store herbs for healing." A deep gentle voice mew. Frostkit whirled around to see the source of sound. She faced a white tom with black patches. "I'm Heronflight. Water Clan's medicine cat. Don't touch the herbs! They can poison you!" Heronflight screeched. Frostkit wrinkled her nose and so did Moonkit, the scent of herbs were overwhelming. I'm glad I'm not Heronflight! Imagine working with this all day! Mudkit leaped back and guiltily said, "Sorry." Heronflight twitched his whiskers in amusement. "Kits are always daring and curious." He sighed. "Run along, I've got lots to do. And stay away from my herbs!" Frostkit opened her pink jaws and yawned. Moonkit felt drowsy. I'm not really tired. I just want to see what wonders lay beyond camp sooner"I think we should go back to the nursery. Briarfur would carry us by our scruffs if we don't go back for naptime." Sunkit declared. "First good idea I heard from you, and probably the last." Moonkit meowed. By the time they got to the nursery, they fell immediately into sleep. Frostkit was impatient for her chance escape. I explored camp and now I'm going to explore the forest. Curling by her sister, pretending to sleep, she waited. When at last she heard small snores coming from the nursery did she dare leave.
Wow. I wonder what this white stuff on the ground is? Frostkit thought as she padded along the forest floor. She suddenly saw another cat. A gray one with black spots and a black tail. He looked very familiar, Ashkit? Suddenly she felt a sense of dread in her. I must help that cat! Something terrible is going to happen to him, I know it!She sprang into action. She leaped toward the cat with outstretched paws. She barreled him over. "Great Starclan!" He exclaimed. "Shut up!" Frostkit whispered. A twig snapped under the cats weight. A large red thing came pushing through the snow. Fox! Starclan help us! The fox left as if interested in something else. "Thank you so much! You saved my life.
"What are you doing here?" asked Frostkit. "I snuck out of camp."
"I did exactly that!" Frostkit meowed. She tried to pad closer to Ashkit to see him better. A sharp thing found its way deep into her pad. "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Frostkit yowled. She stepped into the open. She immediately regretted it. The fox was back looming over her, its cherry red coat making ruby images in the watery ground. She shrunk into the shadows, but it was on her trail. Starclan help me! Ashkit leaped out of the bushes. "Get away from her you mousebrain!" He pelted toward the fox and gave it a stinging blow to its ear. The fox whipped around and swiped its dirty claw across Ashkit's flank. Ashkit fell to the ground. "NOOOOOOOOO!" Frostkit yowled. The fox turned on her. Suddenly everything went dark. Little did she know she just crossed the border to the terrible Hawkclan territory.