Hi guys! This is a new Warriors book that Smokestarrules and I are writing! This chapter was written by Smokey and the next one will be myself!
Leaves crunched as cats padded through the sunny forest, the moor, from the river, and the pine trees. The sun shone down upon these cats as they entered the clearing cautiously. Each of the five had a small bundle in their jaws, most of which were wriggling frantically.
"You brought yours?" The brown and white tom asked the others, setting down his bundle. The others did the same, setting their own furballs down. They stepped back as their bundles started to unravel.
The bundles were in fact kits, and they blinked up at the older cats curiously.
The ThunderClan leader, a gray tabby tom called Stormstar, stepped forward. "What is their names?" He rumbled. He nudged the black-and-white she-cat he'd brought. "This is Leopardkit." Leopardkit ducked away, growling playfully.
Harestar, the WindClan leader, placed his tail-tip onto another kit- a dark gray tabby tom. "This is Hawkkit."
The ShadowClan leader, Frondstar, nodded towards a tiny brown she-kit. "Shadekit is ShadowClan's pick."
The last two leaders looked at each other before Finstar of SkyClan stepped forward. "My kit is called Sharpkit, in honor of Sharpclaw." Sharpkit, a ginger and black tomkit, blinked up at them with wide blue eyes.
At last the RiverClan leader, Dapplestar, came forward. She nuzzled the tiny tortoiseshell she-kit that she'd brought. "This is Lilykit," she said proudly. "My own daughter."
The leaders stepped back and sat a little way away from the kittens. Suddenly aware that she was alone, Shadekit stood on shaky little legs and bumped against Hawkkit, who cocked his head at her.
"Why are we here? Do you know?" He asked her, and she shook her head. Sharpkit joined them, Lilykit and Leopardkit behind him.
"I overheard my leader," Sharpkit said. His blue eyes studied them all as they listened carefully. "He said that we're gonna be raised to be friends, and eventually leaders."
The kits grinned at that; every kit's dream was to become leader!
"Why?" Shadekit asked quietly. "The Clans have always hated each other, right?"
Hawkkit pondered this, "maybe it's because we'll be good leaders if we're friends?" His tail flicked excitedly. "Cause that means we won't argue as much."
The other kits smiled again, and they started talking together, which made the leader's smile softly.
"I have a feeling that this experiment is starting off well," Stormstar said, turning his head to look at Finstar.
The ginger SkyClan leader dipped his head. "I agree."