Chillkit awoke to feel his mother's fur right next to him. He looked towards the other side of the den to see Flowerheart still sleeping with Sunkit and Petalkit at the side of her belly.
Both of the kits we born three moons ago, which made him the oldest kit in the nursery.
Chillkit decided to finally get on his feet and was about to exit the den, but heard movement behind him.
"Chillkit, where are you off to?" his mother's voice called to him and he knew that she had spotted him trying to leave the den.
With a sigh, he turned around to face his mother. "May I go out to visit Sliverbird in the nursery, Whiteflower want to hear one of her stories," he meowed and then waited for his mother's answer.
For moment, she didn't speak, finally he grinned at him. "Alright, but don't disturb her if she is still sleeping" she purred in reply and then nudged him to go outside.
"Thanks Whiteflower, I promise I won't get into trouble!" he replied and gave a quick lick on his mother's check before he exited the den.
Outside the den, snow fell softly from the sky and the camp was busy with warriors sharing tongues and others were bringing in fresh prey.
Instead of going to the nursery right away, he decided to stop at the fresh-kill pile to grab some prey to share with Sliverbird.
As he got closer, he could see that Hawkflight was just putting a tasty looking squirrel on the pile. "Hawkflight, may you help me carry that squirrel to Sliverbird?" he asked the warrior.
"Of course I'll help, you must really want to get on Sliverbird's good side," Hawkflight chuckled and then picked up the prey in his jaws.
Chillkit lead the way to the Elder's den as Hawkflight was careful not to drop it on the ground. Finally they reached the den and Chillkit looked inside to see if Sliverbird was there.
The sliver she-cat that he saw inside smiled. "Hello Chillkit," she then looked at Hawkflight that held the squirrel in his jaws, "Thank you for getting the squirrel for me," she purred and then Hawkflight dropped the prey at her paws.
"You're very much welcome, but it was Chillkit's idea. I better get going if I don't want to be late for my sun-high patrol," Hawkflight meowed and bowed his head in respect before exited outside of the Elder's den.
When the warrior had finally left, Sliverbird let Chillkit take the first bite. "So, what brings you to the elder's den today?" Sliverbird asked Chillkit. He finished eating his part of the prey and then spoke when she bit into the other half of what was left of the squirrel.
"I was hoping you could tell me the legend about the founders of the three clans. I want to know what happened before we came to be," he meowed.
Sliverbird looked at him, her eyes seamed more serious then they had ever been. "Those times in the beginning were the dark ages of what used to be four instead of three. The first leader of our clan and founder saved our clan from what would have been the downfall of all clans.
The legend tells that he was betrayed by his own brother, who killed the leader and told the secrets of his birth clan to cats that lived under the dark protection of the pine trees.
At the next gathering, he was shocked to see his own brother the leader of the rival clan. Still angry at his brother, he told the rest of the clans of how he had murdered the leader before him.
Suddenly all four clans began to battle, the clan that lived on the moors battled on the side of Maplestar. But the cats that liked the flowing water chose the side of Maplestar's brother.
Many lives were lost; many more of them were the cats that hunted on the moor. In the end, Maplestar killed his own brother to stop the bloodshed.
The island that had battled on was covered in blood and everyone knew that they could not longer live around the area knowing what they had done.
Maplestar was the one to choose those who would be the next leader. But only for those who had used to be on his brother's side during the terrible battle. For the warriors of the moor had all died.
The new leaders, Maplestar, Darkstar, and Splashstar created the clans that you know well today. But if Maplestar didn't win the battle, there would be no more clans," she finally finished and Chillkit looked at her amazed.
"Wow, I wish I could be as brave as Maplestar!" Chillkit meowed excitedly and Sliverbird grinned at him. "If you train hard and follow the warrior code, I know you will do great things someday".