Chapter Two: The Dropping
Flykit's P.O.V.
When Flykit woke up, her mother was waiting for her. She had Onekit in her mouth and she blinked when Flykit awoke. "Mom what's going on?" Flykit asked as Wavestar padded in the nursery. Adderwing watched sadly as Wavestar picked her up by her scruff and carried her out to the fresh-kill pile and set her down. He called out to the clan, "OceanClan! It is time for the dropping! Lets quickly get to the hole in time to drop the kits with the other clans." Almost the whole clan filed into a line and followed Wavestar out of camp. As some reeds approached, Flykit was getting tired. Just when she closed her eyes, Wavestar yelled, "We are here! OceanClan, go!" Flykit's eyes flew open, and she saw a huge hole by a large tree laying over a lake. "OceanClan is here!" Flykit saw that it was a spotted tabby she-cat that spoke. She held herself with dignity, as if she was Wavestar. Wavestar set her down, then called what must be the she-cat's name. "Shinestar!" he sounded happy for some reason. Oh! Flykit remembered someone mewing about Wavestar having a MoonClan mate. Oh StarClan, she must be the clan leader! Her belly looked bigger than any other she-cats in OceanClan! She can't be pregnant, but maybe overweight? Flapkit thought. "BreezeClan has arrived, and so has NightClan!" Shinestar spoke again, but this time she and Wavestar were beside her. "The dropping will now start," called a brown tom. "We four leaders," Wavestar started with, nodding in turn to the cats, "Me, Wavestar, Shinestar," nodding to her, "Quickbreeze,who hasn't yet gone to the Moonpool for StarClan's blessing," he nodded to the brown tom who had spoken earlier. "And last, Midnightstar." He nodded to a long-haired she-cat with piercing blue eyes. "I, Wavestar, present Flykit, with the wings, and Onekit with one eye, son and daughter of Adderwing and Blackhawk from OceanClan." Wavestar announced to all the cats gathered there. Blackhawk? How come I never met my father? He then pushed them forward, and the clan recoiled in disgust, drawing their lips back and hissing. "I, Shinestar,present Oddkit, the kit with different colored eyes, daughter of Greenwing and Scarclaw from MoonClan." she pushed a pure-white she-kit forward and her clan reacted the same way as Flykit's clan. "I Quickbreeze present Fernkit, with the wings, and Jumpkit, the one with only three paws, daughters of Haretail and Bounceflame from BreezeClan." Quickbreeze pushed the gray and white kits forward, and BreezeClan hissed and spat. None of the kits knew why! "I Midnightstar, present Owlkit, the kit with unblinking eyes, and Windkit, the kit with the power to control the wind, son and daughter of Nightheart and Frogfang from NightClan." NightClan reacted badly, but a she-cat that Midnightstar called Nightheart, was turned away sadly. If two or more kits are found to have defects, then their parents are forced to separate and not have any more kits so they don't ruin the blood line. Flykit thought maybe that was why she was so sad! "May these kits have good lives in StarClan, and in return , may they give us good hunting and good weather." Shinestar said, jerking Flykit out of her thoughts. Wavestar picked her up, and not even hesitating, threw her in the hole. She looked up, saw the other kits falling, and saw the look on her mom's face before she saw no more of the moon and stars, and fell into darkness.