Chapter 1: Into the world
Dawnkit had been born not long ago. Her brother Firekit opened his first and forced her to open hers.
"Where in Starclan are you two going?" Her mother Leafswirl meowed.
"Well... we thought we'd go see camp." Dawnkit meow.
"I'll keep an eye on them." Shadowkit meowed.
"You're hardly even 3 moons!" his sister Brightkit chided.
"We'll show them around!" Shadowkit meowed to Leafswirl.
"Okay. Go on little ones." she nosed them.
Shadowkit took lead around Myth Clan's camp.
"There's the apprentice den. Brightkit and I will be there in 4 moons." he meows.
"We'll miss you when you leave." Dawnkit sniffs.
"Don't worry, It's not like we're going away forever." Shadowkit touches his nose to her ear.
"Dawnkit!" her father, Stagsoar padded over and licked her between her ears.
"Hi Stagsoar!" Firekit chided.
"First time out of the nursery, eh?" he purrs.
"Yeah Brightkit and Shadowkit are showing us around." Dawnkit meows.
"You should really start stretching your wings." he stretches his broad white wings.
"I really wish I could use them already!" Shadowkit tries flapping his.
"You'll have to wait a while yet youngster." Stagsoar meows.
"Hey Stagsoar! Can you join Hazelwing's hunting patrol?" Roseheart calls.
"Sure!" he calls back. He leaned towards us and licked Dawnkit's cheek.
"Bye." he pads away. "Wanna keep exploring?" Shadowkit meows.
"Sure. I'm going to visit Primrosetail." Dawnkit meowed remembering her mother mentioning Primrosetail, her grandmother.
"Let's bring a mouse while we're at it." Brightkit chirps. Dawnkit grabbed a fat juicy mouse and padded in.
"Dawnkit! Firekit!" Primrosetail croaked. "Hi Primrosetail." she mumbled through the mouse.
"And you've brought prey!" Owlwing licks his lips. They stayed for a while then Honeypetal and Leafswirl called them.
"You youngsters should go back." Robinwing nosed Shadowkit and Dawnkit.
They raced over to the nursery and their mothers' washed them clean. "Did she wash you this hard?" Firekit complained.
"No." she chided teasingly. "Why you!" Firekit tackled her.
They tousled for a while then Leafswirl nudged them towards her milk-warm belly. They had milk for a while then she yawned. "Go to sleep little one." Leafswirl meowed gently
7 Moons later
"Wait for me!" newly named, Dawnpaw cried.
"Slow slug!" her brother Firepaw purrs.
She panted trying to catch up with her brother.
"Slow down you two!" Hazelwing gasped.
"Yeah! This is a hunting patrol not a race!" Eagleclaw meows.
"Crazy apprentices." Tumbletail grumbles through clenched teeth.
"We're faster than you at least!" Shadowpaw calls over his shoulder.
"Not funny!" Poppyflower meows.
"Keep going!" Brightpaw suppresses a murrow of laughter.
The 4 apprentices ran then stopped the Mountain clan border.
"I win!" Brightpaw jumped up flapping her wings.
"Well... look at here.. the half – bird apprentices." Nightpaw snarls.
"We haven't even crossed the border!" Dawnpaw protests.
"That's right Nightpaw. Lets keep going." her mentor, Bolttail, meows.
Then, their mentors appeared panting and sweating. The apprentices collapsed in laughter. "Come on you lot. Lets hunt." Hazelwing nudges Dawnpaw.
They hunted for a while and then went back.
She had a fat blackbird, she wanted to give it to her mother to share with her father.
When she got back she saw her mother's body in the middle of the clearing.
"Leafswirl!" she dropped her blackbird and pelted to her side.
"I'm sorry. She was hit by a monster on the thunder path." Commetstar meows gravely.
"Hollyflower! Save her! Please!" Firepaw cries.
"I'm sorry Firepaw it's too late. She's dead." Hollyflower meows.
"NO! MOM! PLEASE! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE DEAD!" she shook her.
Her father held a paw out and stopped her. She pressed close to him and cried.
Stagsoar was crying too. Same with Honeypetal and Robinwing.
"You were the only one who saw Whitekit before she died. No one understood me grief except for you..." Honeypetal buried her nose into her friend's fur.
"I love you Leafswirl..." Stagsoar licked his mate's cheek one last time.
"You... you were the greatest mom I could ever have... I wish... you didn't have to die..." she cried licking her mother's fur.
She sat vigil that night and the next morning Shadowpaw was behind her.
"I'm so sorry. Leafswirl was... an amazing cat." he touched her muzzle with his.
"You should rest. I'll bring you some freshkill later." he murmurs gently in her ear.
She nods and slept. At sunhigh Shadowpaw was standing over her with a mouse "Thank you Shadowpaw." she meows.
He nods and pads out of the den leaving her with the mouse.
Why did you have to die, Leafswirl?
Hai guys! I'm Dawn Nakamura! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of Dawnflower's destiny! If there is anything I need to change PLEASE tell me! Thank you for reading! It'll be a little while before the next few chapters, sorry!