So, you guys actually wanted a story with Streamkit, Dewkit, Sunkit, and Smokekit so, here you guys go. Also I'm like 90% sure kits don't call their parents 'mom' and 'dad' like we do but you know what. I'm doing that. Also I decided to make this an AU you'll see as you read. P.S. yes two of my OC's from the speechless warrior make a small cameo as well. If you made a background cat and it didn't show up, don't fret. It'll be in the next chapter.
Smokekit narrowed his brilliant green eyes as he shifted his hunches. His eyes on the target just a little ways away from him, he just had to wait for the perfect moment to strike. A heartbeat passed, then two, finally, his target moved into the perfect line of sight and he charged, jumping in the air, he landed on it and started to chew as his prey moved away.
"Hey! Hey! No biting my tail!" His mother, Firestar, scolded him as she lightly tapped his head with her paw. Firestar was the leader of Thunderclan, and even though she was the leader she never treated Smokekit or his siblings any differently from the other cats. Smokekit fell back a bit by his mother's push and pouted at her. Just then, Sunkit came rushing into the nursery whining and whimpering. Smokekit couldn't help but roll his eyes at her, if there was one thing Sunkit was it was whiny, which was honestly odd seeing how she was the only one who actually looked like their mother.
"Moooom! Dewkit won't play with me! She keeps hanging around Cinderpelt!"
"I found a couple stragglers!" Came Graystripe's voice as he came into the nursery carrying Streamkit and Dewkit, Streamkit was struggling while Dewkit was whining.
"But, Cinderpelt was going to show me what lavender does!" Dewkit whined loudly to Graystripe.
"Dad!" Smokekit beamed at his father, Smokekit looked identical to his father right down to the long gray stripe that went down his back and ended at his tail, in fact, most of his siblings looking like their father. Streamkit was a light speckled gray with big blue eyes and a pink nose while Dewkit was a gray tabby with black stripes, yellow eyes, and a gray nose, the only one to not look like their father was Sunkit, no, she got all of her looks from their mother. Bright ginger, with all white paws and a white chest, she had faded orange stripes that were just hardly noticeable. The only thing Smokekit got from Firestar were her green eyes. Graystripe placed Streamkit and Dewkit down, both pouted bitterly at him.
"Now, Kits. It's getting late and you have a big day tomorrow." Firestar told them all softly and instantly all of them perked their heads up. Smokekit felt his paws tingle with excitement as he grinned with his siblings. Tomorrow was the day that they finally get to be apprentices!
"How about one last bed time story?" Graystripe asked them and they all nodded eagerly instantly huddling closer to their father as Firestar got up and shook some moss off of her bright ginger pelt, gently she sat next to Graystripe and nodded, "I'm going to tell you guy's how your mother beat the mighty and powerful Scourge." Graystripe excitedly announced and Firestar chuckled as she gently moved. Smokekit watched as his mother then left the nursery, probably to talk to Cinderpelt. Still, he sat and listened to his father's story about Scourge and Tigerstar and all the rogues that came into the forest. Smokekit didn't get to finish the story as he was shortly asleep before he learned about what happened in the end.
Smokekit wasn't asleep long as he woke to his ears twitching. Sniffing heavily, the kit blinked and tiredly rubbed his nose with his paw. He could hear something, waking up a bit more fully, he frowned and stood up. He knew he wasn't the only one to hear the noise as he could hear the others around the camp grumbling as they too got up.
"Was happenin'?" Sunkit slurred sleepily.
Firestar was quick to get to her paws and poked her head out of the nursery, Smokekit did so to along with his siblings as they were forced awake.
Smokekit could hear the noise it sounded like something giant crashing through the forest. Just loud, 'CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!' Was all that echoed around the forest while there seemed to be some sort of foreign yelling. Smokekit could tell it was yelling by the way it echoed around the forest but he couldn't understand just what was being said.
"Nobody move!" Firestar hissed, not to them, but to the others warriors and apprentices who had gotten up and out of their dens. Everyone stood there frozen Smokekit heard Sunkit whimper as the noises got louder and louder to the point that several warriors jumped and got into attack positions ready for whatever was coming. Then, just like that, the noises came to a sudden halt. It became dead quiet causing Firestar to lower her ears dangerously.
With no warning, something cut through the camp's wall of brambles and two twolegs appeared all holding cages and long poles.
"TO SUNNINGROCKS! HURRY!" Firestar yowled and just like that all the cats ran in different directions, one of the twolegs actually managed to grab Cloudtail he let out a loud yowl and struggled against the twoleg's mighty grip on his scruff. In the blink of an eye, Firestar and Graystripe both hissed and Firestar charged slashing at the Twoleg's leg with her mighty claws causing the man to drop Cloudtail who quickly turned and ran out of camp with the rest. Firestar jumped off of the human and ran back to the nursery. With her fur rose up she looked at her kits and quickly yelled out,"HURRY! FOLLOW YOU'RE FATHER TO THE SUNNING ROCKS-AH!" With no warning, Firestar was pulled out of the nursery by a twoleg. The giant had her by her scruff almost making her immobile.
"MOM!" Smokekit shrieked out as Firestar was lifted up into the air. Firestar yowled out and with a sudden jerk of her hind legs she slashed at the twoleg's arm with her claws. That worked as the man screamed out and dropped her to the ground.
"Quickly!" Firestar yelled to them and they followed their mother and father as they ran outside of the camp. The twoleg's where quick to follow, however, twolegs were slow and dumb, and were slowly losing the cats that were all running. Smokekit tried to run with the rest of them but was realizing that their mother and father and were almost miles ahead of him and his siblings.
"Mama! I can't keep up!" Dewkit whined loudly as she struggled to keep the pace going. With no warning, Firestar managed to turn grab Dewkit in her mouth and keep running.
"Sandstorm!" Firestar yowled out, her mouth slightly full as she could see the pale blonde she-cat just up a head, Sandstorm turned and with no warning Firestar threw Dewkit at her. Sandstorm stopped and leaped up in the air catching Dewkit with ease. Sunkit was next to be grabbed by their mother. "Ferncloud!" With another toss, Sunkit was thrown to the gray she-cat who, like Sandstorm, caught her and kept on running a head. Streamkit was then grabbed and quickly tossed the Graystripe, who kept his stride up with Firestar's and caught the kit was great ease.
Finally, Smokekit was the last to be grabbed and thankfully he wasn't being tossed as he was just dangling out of his mother's mouth. Watching as cat after cat jumped down a small landing, his mother did so quickly and Smokekit could see that they weren't alone as other cats were on the other side of the rocks, Smokekit figured they must of been Riverclan cats. The other cats instantly took note as all of Thunderclan came down. Seeing how many Riverclan cats there were, Smokekit could only guess they were running away from the giant twolegs as well. Smokekit did a small scope of the Sunningrocks everyone almost seemed to be there safe and sound.
Silently, His mother placed him down next to Graystripe, who, Smokekit noted, refused to look over at the Riverclan cats. It wasn't pride, it looked more like shame. Looking at Streamkit, Smokekit watched as Sunkit and Dewkit were silently placed down next to them and soon everyone in both clans watched as Firestar and the leader of Riverclan walked up to one another.
"Firestar, I was wondering what happened to you, it's been a good while since you've showed your face." The other leader rather bitterly snorted. Her eyes then turned to Smokekit and his siblings, instantly, he fluffed up at the slightly disgusted look she gave them. "But, I see you and Graystripe had your paws full..."
"Leopardstar...I take it the reason you and your clan are here is for the same reason my clan is here as well?" Firestar asked as she kept herself emotionless.
"Twolegs? Yes, they managed to come through the camp, thankfully we out ran them."
"As did we."
Leopardstar let out a snort as she focused her attention back on Smokekit and his siblings. She only stared at them for a few seconds until Smokekit puffed out even more making him look almost as fluffy as Cloudtail.
"I take it those are your little kits, yours and Graystripe's?"
Firestar just gave a prideful nod as she too looked over at her kittens. "To be apprenticed tomorrow at sunrise." Firestar proudly spoke.
"Hm, well, lets hope that Graystripe will actually stay for them this time," Was all Leopardstar said before turning her tail and waltzing away. Smokekit heard his mother let out a bitter snort before she corrected herself and stood tall. Graystripe let out a soft growl before his attention turned a Riverclan cat coming his way. Firestar said nothing as she had her attention on her own clan clearly counting each cat to make sure everyone was there.
"Graystripe!" The dark gray tabby cat greeted Graystripe. The two of them bumped heads weakly. "We still haven't found her..." The gray tabby whispered softly to Graystripe.
"Who are you? Besides a Riverclan cat?" Smokekit inquired as he sat down in front of the she-cat bravely.
"You never told them?" the tom cat turned to his father who just looked down shamefully once more. At this, Dewkit, Sunkit, and Streamkit all came up to Smokekit's side. The four of them looked at one another before going back to the older Riverclan cat.
"Kits." Graystripe started gaining their attention right away. "This is Stormfur... your half-sibling," Graystripe softly told them. Smokekit looked up at the Riverclan cat and then over at his father.
"This is our brother?" Dewkit asked shyly before Smokekit could.
"Yes. It's a long story-"
"Cinderpelt!" Hearing Firestar's startled yell, everyone turned to see her now looking for the medicine cat. "Graystripe we left her behind! I have to go back!" The leader yelled out clearly upset. Smokekit watched as his mother climbed up and rushed back to camp. Smokekit frowned, what if his mother got caught?
"Ma-" Smokekit started going after his mother but was stopped by his father.
"No. She knows what she's doing." Graystripe told him sternly before turning. "Cloudtail! Birdpelt! Go with her, and be careful!" Graystripe ordered and in the blink of an eye the two toms were gone.
"I'll go as well." Stormfur offered earning a nod from Graystripe.
"Thank you. Be safe." Stormfur was gone. Smokekit shuffled his paws anxiously.
"I want to hel-" Smokekit almost yelled but was silenced by his father once more.
"No! Smokekit! It's too dangerous, you're not even an apprentice yet. Stay here," Graystripe ordered him as he turned and instantly started to give orders to the others.
Smokekit looked at Sunkit, Dewkit, and Streamkit and growled. "I'm helping Mom."
"Dad said to stay put," Dewkit objected, Sunkit and Streamkit both nodded agreeing with Dewkit as she laid down on to her side. "Besides, you forget. It's MOM we're talking about here. She didn't become the leader of Thunderclan for nothing. She'll come back."
He could only tense up as his sisters just all sat there. Why was he the only one concerned about his mother? Keeping his head up high he looked over to where his father was and then up to where the ledge was. Narrowing his eyes, he made a mad dash for the ledge. Breathing heavily, he felt his legs pump as he charged forward. "Smokekit!" He heard Streamkit yell out giving him away. It didn't matter he was already up on the ledge and in one quick jump he was up on the top. Rushing as fast as he could he tried his hardest to remember were the camp was.
"Smokekit!" Hearing his father's yell in the distance, Smokekit tensed and continued running fearful of his father's oncoming wrath for disobeying him. Hearing loud shouts up a head, Smokekit pumped his legs harder as he charged forward. Narrowing his eyes he found the fallen bramble thicket and could see one of the two legs shouting and frantically moving around trying to get something off of them by the looks of it. Smokekit carefully maneuvered around the fallen brambles to get to the camp as quickly as possible. Once on the other side he paused at the sight. Cinderpelt was in a giant cage along with Dustpelt the two of them yelling out as they reached their paws out through the bars.
Cloudtail was fighting with the twoleg. The fluffy white tom hissing and snarling as the human tried their hardest to put Cloudtail in a cage. While that went on, Smokekit silently walked over to the cage as quietly as he could.
"Smokekit!" Cinderpelt gasped in shock at the kitten. She then quickly shook her head. "Up there, there's a lever! Just pull it down with your paw it should open the cage." She mewed at him softly. Doing as he was told, he got to the side of the lever, and got on his hind legs so he could pull it down, but it wouldn't budge. That was when a bigger gray paw suddenly went on top of his and the bar was effortlessly pulled down opening the doors allowing the two to escape.
"Get to the Sunningrocks, and take him with you," Graystripe ordered as he pushed Smokekit towards them.
"No! I want to help!" Smokekit yelled to his father.
The human let out a yowl of his own causing both of them to look up and see Firestar, Stormfur, and Feathertail all on top of the human. The twoleg dropped Cloudtail. Smokekit tensed up as he slowly backed away watching as his mother was suddenly grabbed and literally thrown to the ground in front of them. Firestar skidded to a halt and wobbled a bit.
"Mom!" Smokekit rushed towards her and rubbed against her warm neck softly as she wheezed out weakly.
Cinderpelt got ready to approach them but Firestar spoke stopping her in mid-step. "I'm fine. Go to Sunningrocks. Graystripe, take Smokekit and go. I can handle the twoleg with Stormfur," She demanded angrily. With a understanding nod, Graystripe walked forward, ready to take Smokekit and leave as instructed, but then a net suddenly came over the two of them. Graystripe jumped back startled. There was a second twoleg just over the brambles holding the net over the two of them.
"Mom..." Smokekit whimpered as with a sudden movement both him and his mother were knocked off of their feet and up in the air unable to escape the twoleg trap. "Mom!" He cried louder. Firestar tried to move but the net made it impossible for her to do so. The twolegs yelled something to one another they both suddenly reached in and pulled them both out. One making sure to use both hands on his mother. They threw her into one cage and then added him in a second later. The doors locked and the twolegs walked away. Smokekit shook horribly and let out a soft sob. This was all his fault. If he hadn't of ran off against his father's wishes then they wouldn't be here. "I'm so sorry!" He wailed as he ran and rubbed against Firestar's chest. "I just wanted to help save you! I didn't mean for this!"
"Listen to me, we're going to get out of this, alright?" She whispered softly to him. Smokekit shook violently from his spot his mother gently nuzzled him to get him to calmly down. "We're going to get out of this. They cant keep us trapped. I'll get us out of this mess. I promise."
Smokekit had no idea how long him and his mother sat in that cage, he knew it had to be a long while as the sun had risen and was now high in the sky. Why hasn't Graystripe try to come and save them? He was there when they were taken. Had something happened to him? Was he in one of these cages? Smokekit didn't recognize any of the voices of the other's yowling and yelling. Smokekit perked his ears up and suddenly let out a gasp and backed up into his mother. Firestar tensed up and snarled out as a twoleg approached their cage. The door opened, Firestar almost got ready to run but before she could two other cats were suddenly thrown ungracefully into the cage with them.
Firestar let out a gasp as the taller of the two cats, a mottled brown tabby tom, stood grimacing in pain.
"Onewhisker!" Firestar carefully rushed over to the tom cat. Onewhisker blinked in surprise at the leader.
"I figured you were the last cat to get caught." Onewhisker told her softly as he cautiously licked his paw. He then looked at the other two in the cage with them. "So, who are these two?" He asked Firestar.
instantly the smaller kitten fluffed up her fur. She was a small ginger she-cat that could almost rival Firestar's bright ginger color. The difference between the two, aside from the obvious age difference, was that the small she-cat had white paws a white chest and her muzzle was white as well. Her tail had fluffed up to ten times it size as she spat at Onewhisker, "Mouse-brain! I already told you my name a thousand times already! It's Thistlekit!"
Smokekit looked at her and suddenly became aware of the smells that lingered together, the two of them didn't smell alike at all. Firestar seemed to pick up on this as well as her ears perked ever so slightly.
"Are you from Shadowclan?" She asked the she-cat, instantly Thistlekit nodded proudly.
"I'm the daughter of Barktail and Midnightclaw!" She stated ever so proudly as she continued to hold her head high in the air. Firestar went to respond to her; however before she could the cage was suddenly jerked up in the air everyone braced themselves as the cage suddenly moved around and suddenly they were put inside of a monster.
"Mom..." Smokekit whined as he rubbed against his mom's flank for comfort. Smokekit started to shake and he could see that he wasn't the only one afraid as Thistlekit seemed to shake as well.
"Firestar! Smokekit!" Hearing his dad's voice off in the distance Smokekit rushed to the cage door and started to move his paw frantically out of it.
"Graystripe! Dad!" Smokekit cried out as he could see his father just outside, Stormfur right behind him. Graystripe could see them and Smokekit could see him.
"Gray-" Before Firestar could finishing saying Graystripe's name the monster shut it's mighty jaws engulfing them all in darkness. "Oh no..." Firestar breathed out. Smokekit shuddered as he attached to his mothers side instantly.
"Firestar... Please tell me you have a plan?" Onewhisker softly asked her. Smokekit could hear the worry in his voice as he seemed to whip his head around. Smokekit could hear the cries of the other cats in the cages as the monster suddenly lurched forward. For the first time, Smokekit felt his mother's silence and it shook him to the core.
Graystripe felt numb as he looked at all of the other clans now at Sunningrocks, all four clans all together no one fighting but all in a panic.
"We need to leave!" Blackstar finally shouted out as he slammed his paw down causing everyone to go silent.
"Absolutely not!" Tallstar snapped to Blackstar, "Not only do we not have anywhere to go, but, they have several of our warriors, kits, and apprentices!"
"They have Firestar too! I'm not leaving without her!" Graystripe finally got his senses back and he placed his large paw down firmly. Almost instantly all of Thunderclan exploded, most in concern, some in rage.
"We don't have a leader?! What are we going to do!" Duskpaw, a full black tom, who was being apprenticed by Brackenfur exclaimed loudly. Brackenfur wanted to quiet him but that didn't stop the outcry.
"What ARE we going to do?!" Sunpaw, a sleek and slim light ginger tom with a dark striped red tail, let out a low cry as he shook in place.
"They have Mom!" Sunkit wailed out loudly as did Streamkit, Dewkit was the only one trying to keep it together as she looked down in a silent panic.
"Wait...Where's Smokekit?" Dewkit finally questioned and Graystripe felt his ears go back startled. "They have Smokekit too?!" She wailed.
"Everybody calm down! Panicking in this situation isn't going to help!" Graystripe took control once more. "We are NOT without a leader! I know Firestar! She will come back, she'll come back with Smokekit as well!" Graystripe snapped at the clan.
"We need to leave. I agree with Blackstar." Leopardstar cut in causing Graystripe to snarl out at her,
"Are you insane! Even if you were to leave where would you go!? Starclan never gave us a sign or even so much as a warning it was time to just leave!"
"We can't go back to our homes either! The twolegs tore them all apart!" Blackstar argued with Graystripe.
"We can rebuild!" Graystripe spat.
"They'll come back! They know they didn't catch all of us!"
At this point almost everyone was arguing whether to leave or not. Some cats pointing out that it's probably best if they left, some pointing out that Starclan never gave them a sign to leave the forest.
"We're not leaving!" Graystripe put his paw down causing Leopardstar to just scoff at him,
"You're only saying that because your mate and kit got caught! If they were here you'd be onboard with it!"
"Firestar is more than just my mate! She's the leader! and I refuse to leave without her by my side!" Most of Thunderclan agreed with him. "I'm sorry, unless Starclan gives me a sign. I refuse to leave."
"I'm afraid... That's where we come in." Came a familiar voice of Brambleclaw causing everyone to turn. Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt and Crowpaw all stood there after moons of being missing the three of the four missing cats returned. "Starclan has sent a sign."