Mosskit Book 1: Skycloud

by gingermemequeen

In this trilogy, a young cat named Mosskit embarks on a long journey, guided by his mother, to discover who he really is and to find what he has been searching for all along. In this first book however, we learn about Mosskit's mother, Skycloud. Skycloud is born in a clan far away, and then she travels to another clan where she experiences despair, friendship, and more.

1. Prologue

Rosefur looked down and smiled at her three newborn kits. Her gray and white pelt had definitely shown up in the kits, as well as her mate, Olivetail.

Olivetail stood beside Rosefur, purring at the newborn kits.

"What will we call them?" he asked his mate.

Rosefur thought for a moment. "Well," she began, looking down at the three kits. There was a white she-cat, a white tom, and a gray tabby she-cat. She pondered for a moment.

"We can call the white she-cat Petalkit. Oh, and the white tom can be Cloudkit!" she announced. "You name the last."

Olivetail glanced at the gray tabby she-cat. She slept soundly unlike her siblings who mewed loudly and squirmed around. She was the runt of the litter, but still, beautiful. "Skykit," he announced.

Rosefur purred. "Oh, I love that name!"

Skykit reminded Rosefur of her sister, Jetpelt. Rosefur let out a sigh. Her sister had joined StarClan not too long ago after coming down with greencough. Her only kit, Blackkit, had run off when Jetpelt's mate was too depressed to take care of him.

Rosefur hated thinking about her past. Everytime she thought of her past, she was reminded of her father and how he jumped over that cliff. She thought of her mother abandoning Rosefur and her siblings when they were only seven moons. Rosefur expected her mother had died by now since all her family did.

As Olivetail stared longer at the kits, his smile turned into a frown.

"What's wrong?" Rosefur asked nervously. Was he not happy with his children?

Olivetail let out a sigh. "Not too long ago, a large group of cats threatened war on ForestClan. I was leading my patrol when it happened. Birchstar agreed war, and I-well, they looked tough. Rosefur, I don't want our kits endangered."

"What do you mean?" Rosefur asked, anger bubbling up insdie her.

Olivetail looked down at his white and gray paws. "ForestClan is't safe anymore! Please, take the kits away from here! Raise them in another clan! So many deaths of cats this moon worries me. I don't want one of our kits dying, or you."

"I'll be fine!' Rosefur hissed. "I'm not helpless!"

She looked down at the kits sleeping beside her.

But you are, she thought.

"Please, Rosefur," Olivetail pleaded. "For the kits. You can come back in three moons," he told her. "Nothing will change."

Rosefur growled. She knew everything would change, but the way Olivetail was pleading made her realize how serious the situation was.

"Fine," she growled. "And will you be coming?"

Olivetail shook his head. "No, the journey is for you to make. But meet me back here in three moons unless I find you."

Rosefur nodded, knowing exactly what she would do in those three moons. Rosefur would find her mother.