Rushtail

Chapter 1

Rushkit first opened her eyes to see her mother and litter mates staring at her, and waiting for that special moment when a kit first opens their eyes. Rushkit blinked, almost as if blinded by all the colors.

"Wow," Rushkit said. "I never though the world could be so… colorful and beautiful, can I explore with Mossykit, Troutkit, and Hollowkit?" She looked up expectantly at her mother.

"Yes you may my beautiful little darling. All kits explore the RiverClan camp once they are old enough." Duskfur said and pointed her tail towards the entrance. "Don't go too far!" she said as Rushkit started running out of the nursery for the first time.

"Wow!" all the kits exclaimed as they peered around the RiverClan camp. There was a pile of fish in one corner, along with a few woodland creatures, but the looked yucky. The warriors den was in one corner, and they saw Leopardstar standing on the high falls, looking down on the camp. In the elders' den. Dawnflower, Voletooth, and Blackclaw were laying peacefully on the rocks. The kits heard about the old RiverClan camp before.

Dawnflower said "I remember the sunning rocks back in the old forest. ThunderClan and RiverClan used to have large fights over them, but after one clan won, the other clan tried to steal them back. There was that one battle that Oakheart had died, being killed by a rock fall, and then Redatil. Do you remember that battle Voletooth?"

"Yeah,'' Voletooth replied. "I do. I was in the battle with Oakheart. I was battling with a ThunderClan she-cat named Mousefur when I heard Tigerclaw and Oakheart tussling…" He broke off into a fit of coughing.

Blackclaw then noticed the kits. "Quick," he said to Rushkit "Fetch Mothwing or Willowshine. Whichever one is in the den. Got it?"

Rushkit squeaked. "Got it." and hurried off to the medicine cat den in a rush to save Blackclaw…