Shadowheart's Story ~The Promise~

Shadowheart yawned and stretched her paws, getting up and walking over to her new born brother. He was sound asleep in his hay covered den. Shadowheart smiled and walked to her parents, nudging them awake. "Daddy, get up!" Shadowheart licked her dad, and he sat up, stretching. Shadowheart walked tiredly over to her mother, and licked her awake also. "Mommy!" Shadowheart meowed into her neck. The grey she-cat yawned and stretched. She smiled down at Shadowheart. "Mommy?" Shadowheart asked, her yellow eyes sparkling in the rising sun. "Yes Shadowheart?" She looked down at her kit. "Will I become a warrior one day, like those cats they talk about in the prophecies? Shadowheart stood confidently, trying to seem strong puffing out her chest. The adult she-cat smiled at her kit. "Of course! Why wouldn't you be, you seem good enough to be one." Her mother smiled reassuringly at her kit. "Promise?" the kit spoke, her eyes sparkling in excitement. "Promise." She said, licking her kit on her soft, black fur, and smiling. "It's a promise then." The kit smiled, and walked away, out of her mother's site. "Promise." Shadowheart mumbled, walking farther away, climbing into a tree, thinking quietly to herself. But that's when she heard a blood chilling scream, her mothers scream.