This is a quick update. :) Because this is a new story, I will update now, but after this chapter it will be updated just as often as the others. Thank you all for the favorites, fallows, and reviews!
The first thing Hollyleaf noticed was the warmth. Something soft and furry was curled around her, purring softly. Hollyleaf snuggled against it, not sure why, but it seemed right. A scent reached her nose. Cat and milk. But this cat scent was was familiar. Cinderheart!
She was confused. Why was Cinderheart here? Wasn't she in Starclan? She tried to open her eyes but they wouldn't work right. She also couldn't hear anything and she couldn't stand. She opened her mouth and let out a little cry of confusion, trying to stand and move.
Something rough, like a tounge, started smoothing down her fur. She quickly fell back asleep.
She woke again. Hollyleaf struggled for a heartbeat, but finally opened her eyes. She blinked, only seeing a blur at first. As her vision cleared, she noticed that the thing keeping her warm was a cat. A big cat. As Hollyleaf sat up and looked around the dark den the scent of milk told her that she was in a nursery.
She had been in here for a many days by now. She wasn't sure how long though. This was the first time she was strong enough to see.
As Hollyleaf moved, the gray cat turned and looked at her with loving eyes. "Hollykit, your awake!" She purred and licked Hollyleaf between the ears.
Hollyleaf looked up and saw Cinderheart looking down at her. Hollykit? She wondered. And then she remembered. She remembered how Bluestar had sent her back to the Clans to fix what she had done in her first life. She was a kit again.
I guess I should call myself Hollykit now. Hollykit thought. And Cinderheart's my mother? So that makes Lionblaze my father? She shook her head, not wanting to think about that.
Hollykit felt something move at her side and turned to see another kit, the same age as her. This kit was a brown tabby tom with a white chest and underbelly. He blinked opened his eyes to show that they where icy blue.
"Hello, Hawkkit." Cinderheart nosed Hawkkit warmly as he looked up at her.
Hawkkit sure looks a lot like... She swallowed uneasily as she stared at the tom. His eyes locked with hers as he looked at her for a few heartbeats. Hawkfrost.
"Are they finally awake?" A voice asked from outside the nest. It was unfamiliar to Hollykit.
"They are." Cinderheart answered it.
"Can we play with them?" Another voice asks, sounding like a kit.
"Not yet." Cinderheart answered.
"Who is that?" Hollykit asked, crawling over to the edge of the nest to see who was speaking. What she saw was three other kits, though they where all older than her. She recognized them as Brightheart's kits. They must be two or three moons by now.
"This is Snowkit, Amberkit, and Dewkit." Cinderheart told her as Hawkkit padded over to look at them too. Cinderheart spoke to the three older kits now, "Would you like to show Hollykit and Hawkkit around the camp?"
"Yeah!" Snowkit purred, waving hishis fluffy white tail excitedly. "Come on! I'll show you everything!" The three bounded of the den.
Hollykit stumbled out of the nest and ran after them, Hawkkit only a heartbeat behind her.
Outside, the sun was bright and she had to pause to let her eyes adjust to the new lighting. She looked around, wide eyed. She had forgotten how big everything could be when your a kit.
The stone walls of the camp towered over her, protecting her and her Clanmates from the cold wind and the dangers from the forest.
Patrols where coming in and out of camp, cats coming in with their mouths full of prey. Purdy was telling the apprentices another one of his seemily never ending story while they cleaned the elders den. Jayfeather padded into camp, borage in his jaws. Bramblestar stood on the Highledge, looking over his Clan proudly.
New-leaf was always a good time for the Clan.
"Come on!" Snowkit called as he and Amberkit and Dewkit padded towards a cave in the side of the camp. "This is the apprentices' den." He told them.
"We'll be in here in three more moons." Amberkit added proudly.
"How many apprentices are there now?" Hawkkit asked.
"Four." Snowkit answered. "Cherrypaw, Molepaw, Lilypaw, and Seedpaw."
"The warriors's den is over here." Snowkit continued and the group of kits bounded to the thorn bush that is the warrior den.
Hollykit followed, trying to look excited or interested even though she already knew the whole camp and everyone in it. Slowly, the kits made their way around camp. Hollykit was slightly relived to see that Jayfeather wasn't in his den when they came to it. She wasn't sure if she wanted him in her head, finding out who she really was.
Now, they where walking over to the elders den. Purdy was sitting outside the den with Sandstorm, Graystripe, Dustpelt, and Millie.
Graystripe and Millie where sharing tounges together while Purdy and Sandstorm layed out, enjoying the sun. Dustpelt napped, curled up off to the side.
One apprentice where dragging dirty moss from the den while the other was entering the den with fresh moss.
"Sandstorm," Graystripe prodded her with his paw. "We got visitors."
Sandstorm opened her eyes to see Hollykit and the others padding toward them. "Are you here for a story?" She asked them.
"Yes, please." Dewkit meowed for the first time Hollykit had heard.
"What do you want to hear?" Millie asked.
"What about the story about the time I faught two foxes all by myself after catching a bird?" Purdy meowed. "I remember that day. My Housefolk had watched the whole time and-"
"No, maybe another time." Snowkit interrupted.
"Tell us about the Bloodclan battle!" Amberkit suggested, sitting down and curling her tail tightly around her small paws.
"Bloodclan?" Dustpelt asked, wakeing up now. "What about Bloodclan?"
"These kits want to hear a story about them." Graystripe explained.
"Well," Sandstorm started. "Bloodclan was an evil Clan, ruled by an evil cat named Scourge. They..."
Hollykit listened quietly, every now and then asking a question or two, even though she had already heard this story a couple of times. When it was over, the other kits asked for another story, but she and Hawkkit didn't want another.
Together they wandered away from the others. Hollykit found a puddle at the edge of camp where no other cat was. She and Hawkkit headed for it and Hollykit stopped at the edge. She leaned over it to look into the clear water, Hawkkit doing the same next to her.
She saw herself. She saw the same long black fur and holly green eyes as always had. But her eyes where rounder and her fur was softer. Hollykit sighed and looked away. She would have to get used to her new kit body.
Hawkkit looked from his reflection to her. "Hollyleaf?" He asked, sounding unsure. His voice was low and soft, as if there was a cat behind him that he didn't want to let hear their conversation.
Hollykit narrowed her eyes at him. "Hawkfrost?" She guessed, trying to look at him without remembering her death.
He nodded silently, starring at her. They where silent for a while before Hollykit asked, "Why are you here?"
"I..." Hawkkit blinked, looking a little surprised by the question. "I don't know."
"What do you mean?" Hollykit asked.
"I just woke here." Hawkkit explained. "After Brambleclaw, I mean Bramblestar, killed me for the second time, it was just black for a moment. I'm not sure how long I was just sitting there. But finally I woke and found myself here. Surrounded by Thunderclan." He spat angrily.
He took a deep breath before asking, "Why are you here?"
"I can't say." Hollykit looked away.
Hawkkit didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, he said, "I'm tired, let's go back to Cinderheart."
Hollykit nodded in agreement and followed him over to the nursery. They curled up in their nest and fell asleep as Cinderheart gently washed their fur.
How do you feel about Hawkfrost being here too? Please review. :)
