I've got another story for you! For this one, we're going way back to the first arc of Warriors. I know, right? Such a long way back. Anyway, here it is!

"Why can't he be a warrior? There's nothing else wrong with him. He's a good, strong kit. He gets on just fine if you signal what he's got to do."
"That's not enough. A mentor couldn't teach him to hunt or fight by signals. He couldn't hear commands in a battle, and how could he hunt if he cannot hear the sound of his own paw steps?"
"I'll find a way. He can be a warrior."
"Speckletail-"
"Hush! I will teach him myself if I must."

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The kit screamed as the cruel talons fastened onto his back. The great wings flapped. As the hawk lifted off, she sprang upward and snagged her claws in the white kit's fur.
For a couple of agonizing moments both cats dangled from the hawk's claws. Then the hawk released the kit with one foot and scored it's talons across Speckletail's face. The she-cat lost her grip and fell back, landing heavily on the ground. She scrambled to her paws, leaping at the hawk; but it was too late. The bird flew away, her precious kit held in it's claws. Speckletail curled on the clearing floor, trembling in shock and horror as the kit's terrified cries faded away.

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Two cats sat in a clearing. One, a blue-gray she-cat. The other, a black and white tom with a red tail.
"There is no way a deaf kit could survive out there, in the mountains, alone," the tom pointed out. The she-cat sighed. "I know. But it has been two moons, and he has lived thus far. How much longer must we wait for his frail body to join us here? And what could we do?"
The tom dipped his head. "Our options are few. We could either wait, or give him something. Something essential for the possibility of life."
"I say we go with the latter."
"Bluestar, you must know- this is not your decision alone. I must agree."
"And what of Speckletail? She would do anything to let her son live."
"And yet I am still unsure."
Bluestar bared her teeth. "Being unsure is what got him up there," she argued. "Unsure of why there was no one else in the clearing, unsure if he should have gone with his mother."
"I am beginning to think this is more about forgiveness from Speckletail, rather than saving him."
"Redtail-"
"No, it's okay. we will give it to him."
Redtail stared at Bluestar for a moment, his eyes filled with something one could only label as regret.
"When?"
"Tonight. He shall not go another day without hearing."
"Who will find him? Even with hearing, he could not survive long without help."
Redtail paused before answering. He took a breath.
"Those known as the Tribe of Rushing Water shall find him. They shall find Snowkit."

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