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Chapter 1

Warm fur pressed against my muzzle, the scent of sweet milk filled the air. Another soft body squirmed next to me. Paws nudged my shoulder, shaking me in my sleep.

"Echokit! Wake up! Come on, mom said we can go outside!" A pleading squeaked rang in my ears. I lifted my head as a warm draft of air blew in, ruffling my fur. Opening my eyes, I looked around and saw my mother resting. My brothers stood in front of me, twitching their short tails. "Come on Echokit! Were almost 1 moon! We should be exploring already!" My middle brother squeaked.

"Now Sunkit, your sister just opened her eyes, you just did too," My mother meowed, her dark brown eyes shined with pride. I stood up, wobbling a bit, and stared at my brothers. Stormkit, my bigger brother, a dark brown tabby with black stripe, stared at me with thoughtful brown eyes. Sunkit, my other brother, stood next to him with lighter brown fur and grey tabby stripes, almost exactly like my other littermate yet more like Leafstar.

I heard pawsteps enter the cave, immediately Sunkit and I ducked behind our mother. Only Stormkit stood stiffly in front of Sunkit and I.

"Leafstar? I brought you some fresh-kill, also Echosong wants you to eat these." A large tom stood by the entrance, he had a limp rabbit in his jaws and some bundle of stinky leaves.

"Thank you Billystorm, kits meet your father." Leafstar meowed, nudging us towards the large brown tom. I stood tall and padded up to him. Stormkit padded up to him first, both toms had a similar fur color and figure.

"Hi, I'm Echokit!" I squeaked proudly. Sunkit bounded up next to me and puffed out his chest.

"I'm Sunkit!" He squeaked. I looked over at him, and then bundled up my muscles getting ready to pounce. Stormkit giggled and watched me crouch.

"Rawr!" I squeaked, leaping at Sunkit. He squealed in surprise as I tackled him to the ground.

"Can't a queen get some sleep?" grumbled a tortoise shell she-cat lying in a nest not far from me. Her belly is really swollen, was she eating too much prey?

"Oh Cherrytail, can't you relax the kits aren't doing any harm." Leafstar purred, picking Sunkit up by the scruff. My father padded up to me and picked me up by the scruff too. I fell limp and frowned as they placed us back into our nest. Stormkit sat next to Sunkit and I, sticking his tongue out at me as I squirmed.

"Aw, but I wanna go outside!" I whined, giving Stormkit a good glare.

"Before you meet the clan, you must look presentable!" Leafstar meowed sternly, as she began to groom me. I fidgeted and squirmed as her tongue rasped over my coat. I frowned and sat tensely next to my brothers, who were also being groomed.

"Yuck," I grumbled as Leafstar fixed up my tuft.

After some serious grooming, Leafstar and Billystorm finally let us go. I ruffled my tuft so it looked fluffy again. "Come on Stormkit and Sunkit! Let's go!" I squealed, I began dashing out the cave, but Billystorm ran in front of us.

"Don't bother the warriors okay? And no bothering the apprentices, don't leave the camp either!" Billystorm instructed sternly. I nodded vigorously at my father.

"Yes Billystorm." My brothers and I meowed. He twitched his whiskers and let us through. Saying our good-byes we dashed out the cave, the warm wind blew through my fur. I felt like I could fly as I raced Stormkit and Sunkit to what looked like the freshkill pile. I sprinted ahead of them, giggling. Suddenly I crashed into another kit.

"Er, hey!" The kit meowed. He had a mossball in his mouth. His pelt was a creamy brown with dark dapples.

"Sorry." I murmured, hot under my pelt. My first time coming out of the nursery and I make a furrball of myself. I looked down and shuffled my paws. Stormkit came to a stop next to me.

"Hi! I'm Stormkit, this is Sunkit," He pointed at my brother. "And that's Echokit!" He squeaked excitedly. I looked up at the kit, he had bright amber eyes. He smiled and shifted his gaze to Stormkit. Suddenly, a golden she-kit padded up to us, along with a black tabby tom-kit.

"Hi, I'm Oakkit, this is Featherkit," Oakkit pointed at the golden she-kit, "and Nightkit." He pointed to the dark tabby kit. They smiled at us, they seemed pretty nice.

"Hey Featherkit! Echosong told me that catmint helps with greencough! I told you so!" Nightkit squealed happily. Oakkit and Featherkit giggled. I tipped my head curiously. What were they meowing about?

"Echokit, wanna get outta here?" Sunkit whispered to Stormkit and I as the older kits chatted more. I nodded and we crept out of there. Suddenly a patrol of warriors padded from a group of bushes, they were lean and tall, waving their tails proudly.

"Whoa…" I gasped, prey hung from each of their jaws as they padded to the freshkill pile. I began following them, suddenly this large ginger warrior with sharp claws padded up to me, smiling.

"You two must be Leafstar's!" He meowed, leaning down to sniff us. I nodded numbly, this warrior was huge! "I'm Sharpclaw, SkyClan's deputy, my mate Cherrytail is in the nursery, did you see her?" Sharpclaw meowed, beaming with pride. His light green eyes shone as he gazed at the nursery, "I'm actually heading there, I'll tell Leafstar you kits okay." He meowed with amusement, waving his tail.

"Bye Sharpclaw!" I squeaked. I shuffled my paws on the ground, that warrior was amazing! I can't wait to be as strong as him!

"That…was…the coolest warrior I've ever seen! Did you see those claws?" Stormkit meowed, jumping up and down on the soft ground.

"But he's not as cool as Billystorm!" Sunkit put in, "I'm gonna be the best warrior!"

"Not if I can help it!" I growled playfully and tackled him. We tussled around and kicked up dirt, cuffing and biting. Finally I pinned him down with a big 'thump'. Stormkit laughed and rolled his eyes as I puffed out my chest.

"I'm the best warrior!" I growled triumphantly, ignoring Stormkit. I will be the best warrior!

Another gust of wind buffeted against my fur, I gazed at the rocky walls that surrounded the camp. Every cat in SkyClan was doing something, except for me. Even Stormkit and Sunkit were doing something, they left to go play mossball with the other kits.

I sighed and gazed at the training ground. Two apprentices were practicing battle moves with their mentor. I wish I could be an apprentice.

"Hey Echokit," A black tabby kit meowed, padding up to me.

"Hey Nightkit," I sighed. I rolled on my back, enjoying the warm sun. Nightkit settled down on the rocky floor next to me. I closed my eyes and absorbed the warmth.

Nightkit broke the relaxing silence, "You know, when I become 6 moons old, I don't wanna be a warrior." He looked at me, as if expecting a stinging retort.

"How come?" I meowed, it was every kits dream to become the greatest warrior. Why wouldn't Nightkit want to be a warrior?

"I just don't see myself on patrols, hunting, fighting, or leading."

"Then what do you see yourself doing?" I meowed, looking at him. His green eyes shone as he spoke.

"I want to be a medicine cat!" He whispered excitedly. I looked at him in surprise.

"That's great! How did Oakkit and Featherkit react?" I asked, smiling at him.

"I didn't tell them yet…" Nightkit murmured. "For some reason I thought that I should tell you first. I guess I was right to do so," He quickly added.

The sun rose to its fullest, rays of warmth showered the clan like rain in a storm. The gorge we lived in was blasting with colors, the orange stained gorge seemed to glow with the sun. Warriors and apprentices shared tongues, chatting about their day. I stayed where I was, not in the mood to gossip.

"Hey, I don't really feel like sharing tongues, wanna go to the elders den?" Nightkit asked, as if reading my mind.

I stood up and stretched, opening my jaw into a massive yawn, "Sure, I don't know where the elders den is though."

"Follow me, I'll show you," the older kit meowed happily. He stood up and stretched, then waved his tail for me to follow.

Due to my short paws, and the fact I was younger, I had to run to keep up. My paws scampered against the ground as I sprinted after my new friend.

We padded across camp, passing a few cats on our way. The Rockpile towered over us on our way. Climbing a small rock path, we passed the nursery continuing on the path.

"Here we are!" Nightkit meowed triumphantly. We entered a shady cave, it was cool inside and there was no draft.

"Hello young one," A large old cat rasped, grey covered his muzzle but his amber eyes shined like he had the energy of a warrior.

"Hi Stoneclaw!" Nightkit purred. I gingerly padded up, hiding behind Nightkit.

"Who is this little one?" Another old cat meowed, this time a she-cat.

"I-I'm Echokit!" I meowed, trying to sound braver than I felt. The old she-cat gave a deep raspy purr.

"Hello Echokit, my name is Lillycloud," She meowed. Sitting up, the she-cat began grooming her long tangled pelt.

"Can you tell us a story please?" Nightkit asked, gazing up with admiration.

"Of course we will Nightkit," Stoneclaw rumbled. I chuckled at the elder's sharp tongue. His bright amber eyes gazed at me, he flicked his tail for Nightkit and I to sit in an empty nest.

I gazed at the large cave, it was warm and cozy, dark enough to sleep, yet bright enough to see. The nests were warm and soft, I almost fell asleep, but I was too excited to.

"I'm going to tell you how SkyClan was created, and why it isn't close to any of the other clans," Stoneclaw began. I perked my ears when he mentioned 'other clans'.

"There are other clans?" I asked. How come I've never seen these other clans? He looked at me, flicking his tail impatiently.

"Yes, and it all started with a tribe in the mountains. This tribe was called, Tribe of Rushing Water…" Stoneclaw continued to tell the story of Stone Teller, Clear Sky, and Grey Wing.

The sun began to set as Stoneclaw and Lillycloud told us about Thunder.

"…then Clear Sky stood tall upon the rock, yowling for his clan to attack," Stoneclaw meowed.

"They say, Clear Sky's heart was as broken as the Thunderpath," Lillycloud added. I opened my jaw and gave a huge yawn.

Nightkit had fallen asleep, and I was struggling to stay awake.

I turned my head as I heard pawsteps enter the cave, "Echokit, you need to go to sleep," Tinyflower whispered. She picked up Nightkit, her son, and rested her tail on my shoulder. "Come little one, you may return tomorrow."

"Good night Stoneclaw, goodnight Lillycloud." I murmured as I padded sleepily to the nursery.

Until next time... :)