A young, white and ginger cat pushed her small nose into red colored fur. She breathed in her mother's milky scent and stretched out next to her baby sister, a white and golden kitten who was still sleeping. The slightly older cat kept her soft green gaze on her sibling.

"Fox, are you already awake?" A figure with yellow tabby stripes, with a tail tipped in white, arose behind the white kitten's mother.

"Hi Daddy!" Fox squeaked. She jumped in the air and landed on a soft, skinny, rolling shape under her paw. She realized that it was her sister's tail.

The kit squealed as she awoke.

"Ow! Mommy! My tail! Help!"

Hearing her youngest daughter scream, the red tabby bolted awake.

"Juniper? Juniper, what's wrong?" She yowled.

Fox's father quickly placed his paw on his mate's shoulder, holding her down.

"Blossom, Fox accidentally stepped on Juniper's tail. That's all. It's okay." He said soothingly.

The dark ginger tabby relaxed.

"Okay. I'm sorry Yellowtail, I was just having another nightmare of how those two wretched tabbies killed West. I was scared one of our kits was being hurt by them." She said in almost a sob.

"I'm sorry to startle you Mommy," Fox said in sad innocence "Sorry Jupy."

Blossom nuzzled her two kits and touched noses with Yellowtail.

"Since we're all awake, how about we go outside?" The yellow tabby offered.

"Sure. What do you think darlings?" Asked their mother in her loving voice.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Juniper squeaked "I want to go outside!"

"I'll go to!" Fox mewed, smiling.

They all padded out of a small opening underneath tree roots. The new-leaf sun beat down on her fur, making it glow a beautiful golden color. A small figure flashed at the edge of her vision.

A mouse!

Yellowtail saw it, too. He waved Fox over with his tail. She silently bounded up to her father

"Remember what I told you about catching prey?" He whispered flicking his ears to the mouse."Go for it."

Fox stalked behind the rodent chewing on seeds.

Don't let your tail sweep the grass, put your paws down softly...

She pushed on her haunches, ready to pounce. Then a small figure jumped in between Fox and the mouse. The little brown creature scurried off. She looked up to see a tabby splotched kit running and jumping, trying to catch a butterfly.

"Juniper!" Fox yowled "I almost caught that mouse!"

The kit stopped and looked around, seeming to not know where she was.

"You were catching a mouse?" Juniper mewed, eyes wide.

"Yes! And you got in the way!" Fox said, almost sobbing. Then she became quiet "Never mind. It was my fault. I couldn't have caught that mouse anyway..."

"Sorry Foxy" Her sister said, nuzzling her white fur "I'll catch you one later!"

Their parents padded up behind them. Blossom rested her ginger tabby tail on Fox's shoulder. "Sweetie, you were doing great. Very good form my Darlin." She mewed soothingly, nuzzling her eldest daughter.

"Try to watch were you are going next time Juniper." Yellowtail said

"Sorry Daddy," Juniper mewed sadly "I didn't see where I was going."

Fox swept her tail over her sister's back.

"It's okay Jupy, I forgive you."

The little kit looked up at her, smiling. She nuzzled her sister's fur and they laid out in the sunshine.