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Chapter 1:

"Hey, Swankit." A squeaky voice whispered. The snow white she-kit sat up, blinking confusedly. "Huh?" She looked around. "Shh! Be quiet! We don't want any cat to know we are awake! Come on," the first voice hissed. Swankit obeyed, carefully standing and padding silently out of the warm den.

Swankit was greeted by 4 other kits: a red tabby she-kit, another white she-kit not unlike herself, and two dark brown tabby toms, the spitting image of each other. "Hurry up. We're sneaking out through the dirtplace. Oh, watch out for Jaystep, he's guarding camp tonight with Birchsight." The first kit mewed, nudging her towards the small tunnel.

The 6 kits slipped through into the dirtplace. "Where are we going, Marblekit?" Swankit asked quietly. One of the dark brown tabbies answered her. "To the stream by the border. I heard Blackwing and Sami talking about MistClan invading SmokeClan territory! We're going to find proof." Swankit blinked. "Who's idea was that?" The tom-kit looked over his shoulder at her. "Mine!" he announced proudly.

Swankit twitched an ear uncertainly. "Brackenkit," she began, but the red she-kit interrupted her. "Watch out!" she hissed. "MistClan patrol!" Probably coming to steal prey! Swankit thought angrily. Sure enough, the 3 MistClan cats leaped from rock to rock, crossing the stream easily and keeping low, jaws open for scents of rabbits or mice.

"Oof!" Marblekit suddenly gasped, jerking her paw away from where she had set it. "I stepped on a thorn. Sorry," she whispered, ducking down out of sight from the intruders. "They see us!" Swankit closed her eyes, praying in her mind to StarClan. Please let me survive! It wasn't my idea! Please let Marblekit, Brackenkit, Branchkit, Redkit and Fuzzykit be okay!

"What do we have here? A couple of lost kits," a snarl erupted beside the kits and they all jumped. "H-hey! You're- you're on S-SmokeClan's territory! G-get away from us!" Marblekit attempted to defend her terrified denmates. The cat, a dark grey tabby tom with ambitious amber eyes, curled his lip and showed his sharp fangs. "Aw," he sneered. "Look at the little kit, being all brave! Come on," with that, the tom beckoned his accomplices forward and they each grabbed 2 kits.

Marblekit, being carried by the grey tom along with Redkit, threw Swankit and horrified glance. Her eyes almost seemed to say, This is all my fault. I'm so sorry! Swankit blinked. It's okay.

As the kits approached the MistClan camps, the sun was slowly rising up over the moor. "I'm hungry," Swankit whined miserably, the tom holding her merely grunting. Swankit flattened her ears. Stupid MistClan! Stealing kits off of our own territory- just wait until their leader hears our side of the story!

Cats began pouring out of their dens, staring at the newcomers in bewilderment. "What is this, Darkear?" A large black and white tom demanded, bounding up to them. The grey tom dropped Redkit and Marblekit, being everything but gentle, and turned to face him.

"Badgerstar! Ravenflight, Rabbitear and I found these kits lost on MistClan territory, beside the stream. We assumed they are from SmokeClan." Darkear reported to the leader. Swankit glared at him. "No! That's not what happened at all!" Marblekit began to protest, but Darkear interrupted her. "Kit, where do you come from?" he asked.

Redkit stood. "Proudly, we are all from SmokeClan! Badgerstar," she went on, turning to the black and white tom. "Darkear, Ravenflight and Rabbitear were trespassing on SmokeClan territory!"

Badgerstar looked startled. "Oh? Did they, now?" He towered over the trembling kits. "And what were you 6 doing out of your camp so late?" Brackenkit met his gaze evenly. "Well, Badgerstar, we were sneaking out. I'm sure you've heard of kits doing it before," he replied, not breaking eye contact with the MistClan leader. Swankit thought she saw a glint of something- amusement? - in Badgerstar's eyes before he blinked.

"Take them to the nursery. Maybe we can use this… surprise, to get something from SmokeClan. Possibly that strip of land past the stream," Badgerstar mewed coolly and thoughtfully.

"Um," Swankit cut in meekly. "C-can we please have some food? We haven't eaten, and…" she trailed off. Badgerstar smiled, "Sure. Darkear, get them some prey." The kits were transported into a small, cozy den containing a few large nests and 2 she-cats. One was a silvery-grey tabby with warm, sleepy blue eyes. The other was a red and white splotched queen with kind green eyes. "Go introduce yourselves to Silverfeather over there." The warrior, Ravenflight, nudged them in the direction of the plump queen. "H-hi," Redkit mewed quietly.

Silverfeather blinked. "Hi, kits," she purred. "Who might you be?" Well, since you asked so nicely… "I-I'm Swankit, and I'm 2 moons old!" she announced semi-confidently, glancing around the circle of ktis. "I'm Redkit, and I'm Swankit's sister!" "I'm Fuzzykit, and I'm also Swankit and Redkit's sister!" "I'm Brackenkit, and I am almost 3 moons old!" "Branchkit, Brackenkit's brother." "Marblekit, Brackenkit and Branchkit's sister."

By the time the denmates were finished, the queen was smiling warmly and swishing her plumy tail back and forth. Her ear twitched. "Darkear? Is that you? Stop creeping around by the entrance and come in here!" Silverfeather called out. A dark grey striped head poked inside. "Alright," he grumbled. "I brought the kit's prey." He tossed a scrawny mouse and an equally skinny rabbit on the ground in front of them, delicately setting down a plump sparrow beside Silverfeather. She smiled at him happily and took a small bite out of it.

The kits exchanged glances but eagerly dug into the small amount of prey, sitting with their backs together in a straight line to face the queen. She blinked at them apologetically before taking another mouthful and casually pushing the remains of the sparrow towards them, as they had finished the mouse and the rabbit and were gazing at the entrance longingly.

"Thank you," Redkit dipped her head politely and mewed quietly.

*END OF CHAPTER 1- OMG 1022 WORDS! Hope u like it and advice is appreciated!