Prologue-

Dusk, the time was nearing for the end, for her it was anyway. The queen sighed as she looked outside the den, it was really a beat up trash can but it was enough. She turned to go inside; she smiled as she looked at her kittens adorable faces. She then frowned as she saw her new born kitten; he wasn't going to see the next day if he came for him. She had to save him, what ever it took. She took him into her arms and she began to cradle him back to sleep, she looked at the setting sun and sang,

My good and tender son
Don't be frightened and don't be scared
My son, I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live
I pray we'll meet again
If He will deliver us

The moon sent its powerful rays down to the Earth as darkness strived to devour all that it came in contact with. Quietly, he walked down the street, today was the day that he would get his queen back. The same queen that had his kits, he let a smile creep onto the side of his monstrous face as he stood in front of the alley that he once called home. Those strays deserved every bit of torture that he could muster; he swiftly jumped on top of the gate and let out a sigh of relief as he saw no one in sight.

He scanned the area in sight of his queen but to his dismay, she was no where in sight. He landed on the ground with a small thud and went into immediate action, he peeked into all of the dens as quickly and stealth fully as he could but couldn't find his Aethina.

Aethina was a beautiful queen with a black body and a white bib… he wished that things didn't go badly with their relationship, and then he and Aethina could have been together forever.

He shook off the memories from the past and proceeded on to the next den. He suddenly stopped just before the entrance, he caught a familiar scent. He smiled as he recognized the scent of his eldest kitten, River.

He knew his searching was over; he entered the den but received a punch in the cheek. He caught his footing and saw his son shouting for help, he couldn't believe that his own son had betrayed him.

"Please help! It's Macavity!" River shouted, but no one was around, River had to think of something quick! River was a tall and lean teenager with dark gray fur. He was the best built out of all the toms, the other toms were lanky and rather thin.

River hissed at his father and bolted back into the den, disappearing into the darkness.

"You little bastard!" Macavity yelled as he sprinted after his son, he growled as he saw that no one was in the small den.

Macavity was about to turn around, but different scents entered his nasal cavity.

He caught a whiff of Aethina's sweet scent, he followed it but it was mixed with three other scents.

He could smell River's scent, fresh, it lead out a small hole in the trash can they called a den. He also caught the scent of a little queen-kit; he recognized it but only vaguely. He knew that Aethina was expecting another kitten when they stopped seeing each other and it was obviously a little queen.

Then there was a scent that he didn't recognize, it was a tom but a newer tom, a new born kitten.

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