An: IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOTE
Maplekit - Fem!Canada
Tigerpaw - Sweden
Snakepaw - Prussia
Sunkit - Fem!America
Fuzzykit - Fem!England
Sandkit - Fem!Finland
Chapter One
ThunderClan
Maplekit
Maplekit woke up in a snowy wonderland. Purring she jumped to her feet eagerly and looked around for the white pelt of her friend. She saw him at the entrance to the cave. instantly the happy kit ran towards him, but her joy at seeing her friend again, after a whole Moon of nothing made a happy cry burst out of her.
"Kumakichi!" she mewed happily and tripped on her paws running into the large polar bear. Embarassed she jumped back her going hot in horror. She was relieved he didn't tease her for being a clumsy paw like Sunkit would have. His dark eyes glimmered in amusement though. Maplekit couldn't stop another purr and hastily touched noses with him in greeting, shaking she was purring so much.
As Maplekit followed him inside the icy air of the cave seeped through her nursery soft golden brown fur. The kit glanced longingly at Kumajiro's thick white pelt and wondered if he'd mind her snuggling closer. Of course not. The Voice said in Maplekit's mind. Kuma loves you and we've done it before. Maplekit forced herself not to follow the instinct to look around the cave for the tom.
The first time she'd met Kumajiro in her dreams she'd been scared of him. The Voice had quickly reassured her that Kumajiro was kind. And after getting to know him the Voice proved right. The Voice had also been the one to explain to her that Kumajiro was a polar bear and that the snowy place outside was the tundra. It had told her the ice covered water you could see when you looked outside of the cave was a frozen ocean were polar bears hunted. Maplekit had gotten used to him, though she still hadn't figured out what he was. She'd mentioned him to kumajiro once and he'd looked so sad she'd changed the subject.
"Something happened." Kumajiro stated and Maplekit nodded. Kumajiro always knew her feelings and more than he should.
"Molepaw died of cough." she mewed sadly and grief pricked into her heart like sharp thorns. Kumajiro blinked at her sympathetically and Maplekit snuggled into his fur for comfort taking the risk even though she knew the Voice was wrong. She had never gotten so close to her large friend. After a few moments Kumjiro gave her head a calming lick and jerked his head toward the cave entrance. Maplekit followed curious.
He pointed to the mountains that bordered the tundra in the distance with one of his paws. "Those mountains are the hunting grounds of the Tribe of Rushing Water's ancestors. Passed them is the hunting grounds of your StarClan." Kumajiro explained gravely.
Maplekit looked at her large friend in wonderment. She'd known Kumajiro was special, but she hadn't realized he lived near the StarClan. Suddenly worry prickled her pelt. Kumajiro can't be dead. The Voice wailed horrified in her mind.
"I'm not dead." the polar bear assured seeming to sense her anxiety. Maplekit could feel the Voice calm at those words the same way she felt her own worry disappear like mist in the sunshine.
"Can we go see Molepaw then?" Maplekit asked, changing the subject and wondering why it felt so wrong to look up at her friend. We're supposed to be bigger than him. The Voice informed her sounding annoyed. Maplekit met this with disbelief, Kumajiro was three times bigger than Tigerpaw and he was the biggest cat she'd ever seen.
Kumajiro shook his head in answer and suddenly stiffened. Sensing something wrong Maplekit flattened herself against the cold ground as Kumajiro spun a furious snarl coming from his throat. The rumbling, deep from her normally placid friend, terrified Maplekit, but she stayed by his side and followed his gaze. What in the name of the StarClan could make Kumajiro feel threatened?
Maplekit's mouth dropped as a small yellow bird cling to a small tom appeared at the entrance. The tom was the strangest cat she'd ever seen. He was a silvery white tom with bright red eyes. Beside her Kumajiro stopped growling but she could feel his displeasure like brambles in her pelt. The tom gave Kumajiro one curious glance, before focusing on Maplekit intently.
"You aren't supposed to be here Gilbird." Kumajiro grumbled, giving the tom a warning glare as he took a step foreword. The bird ruffled its, or his if Maplekit's sense of smell was right, feathers.
"Try telling Snakepaw that." the bird chirped looking at the tom chidingly, but with obvious affection. Maplekit straightened and stared at Gilbird desbelievingly. He could talk! Snake paw opened his mouth to speak-
Maplekit woke to a warm falling on top of her. She yowled in protest and spun pushing her attacker off her. Maplekit turned, spitting with fury, to find her sister, Sunkit, looking at her with dazed blue eyes.
"Mouse-brain." Maplekit hissed irratated both at her rude awakening and being unable to hear what Snakepaw would say. She knew it was important. Hurt flashed through Sunkit's eyes and her tail dropped dejectedly.
"Sorry." Maplekit mewedd instantly in the wake of her sister's hurt. Maplekit leaned foreword to press her cheek to Sunkit's muzzle. Sunkit allowed it silently telling Maplekit she was forgiven by allowing it.
"It's alright." Sunkit assured her instantly, bouncing to her feet eyes bright. "I'll get Fuzzykit and Sandkit and you convince the others and then we can play Battle the BloodClan."
Maplekit nodded, but paused to give Sunkit a sharp look. "I am not Tigerstar or Scourge this time."
Sunkit blinked at her innocently, nodding in agreement. Maplekit didn't trust her, but decided not to push it wanting to find Squirrelflight's kits instead. The she-cat wasn't in the nursery, though her beeding smelled of her. Sandstorm, Squirrelflight and Maplekit's mother, was though. Sandstorm was watching Ferncloud's kits while the queen made dirt. When asked Sandstorm told Maplekit the older kits were asked to leave, because they were palying to roughly for Icekit and Foxkit to be around. Maplekit blinked her thanks to the pale ginger queen and quickly left the nursery, noting Fuzzykit's annoyed flicking of her tail as Sunkit tried to convince her and Sandkit to be Tigerstar and Scourge. Maplekit was worried that Fuzzykit would claw Sunkit for being annoying, again, but decided Sandkit would keep Maplekit's grouchy sister under control.
Unfortunately for Maplekit she ran right into another cat. The large orange and black striped tom steadied her easily, his tail flickign in worry.
"Be careful." Tigerpaw warned her seeming to decide she was alright. Maplekit stared at him eyes round at his deep mew. Tigerpaw almost never talked except when asked a direct question or around Sandkit. And when Sandkit was there she did most of the talking. Maplekit nodded, realizing he was waiting for her reply and watched the large apprentice disappear inside the nursery. Maplekit listened as sandkit purred in welcome. Maplekit liked Tigerpaw no matter how scary he looked or what his name was.
Maplekit looked around the camp and spotted the three siblings playing with a mouse. Lionkit had it and Hollykit and Jaykit were teaming up against him. Maplekit purred in amusement as Lionkit was flattened by his smaller brother while Hollykit dragged the mouse away. As soon as Stormfur finished scolding them Maplekit rushed foreword hoping they would agree. If not Sunkit would mope all day. In the back of her mind she wondered who exactly Snakepaw was.
