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Hello, it's cinderheart4life here, and this is Chapter ONE of this story! *jumps excitedly* Let's get to it!

Words- 1,273! YES!

Chapter One

Melodykit's POV

I wake to the warm milky scent of Daisyfur. My eyes blink open as Splatterkit sits over me. "Hi!" He chirps. I shake him off and watch his tail. I pounce on it and squeal.

"I got it! I got it! Mama, look, I got it!" Daisyfur smiles down at me.

"How wonderful dear!" I puff my chest out proudly as Splatterkit hisses.

"You get your dirty little paws off of me!" He leaps onto me and rolls me over. I squeal. "Splattakit! Splattakit!" Splatterkit jumps off and turns to Stormkit and Leafkit. Daisyfur suddenly pulls all of us to her belly.

"Mama! Hey!" I giggle, sending moss everywhere. Daisyfur looks up as Seaforest enters the den. Her elegant white and black fur shines in the rising sun's rays.

"Hello Daisyfur, kits." Her voice sounds depressed, as usual. I bounce up to her.

"Mama says you can never have kits, cause you are a Medicine Cat." Grief spills off of the she-cat in waves. Daisyfur gives me a stern glare.

"Melodykit, that is not something nice to say." She meows sharply.

"It's okay, Daisyfur. She tells me the same thing every time I come in here. Yes, you are correct Melodykit, I'm not allowed to have kits." With that Seaforest lies down a few feet away. Splatterkit, Stormkit, and Leafkit immediately walk over. Daisyfur nudges me over in the line of kits. As Seaforest's tongue meets a new littermate's head, they stick out their tongue and frown. Once she reaches me, I smile slightly, trying to be kind. Once Seaforest finishes, she sits back up.

"Now you all look so clean. And look, Foxkit and Bravekit are done as well. Now you're all clean." Then she sighs. "Goodbye Daisyfur. Goodbye kits." Sadness rolls off her again as she pads away solemnly. I bounce back to Daisyfur.

"Why does she always visit us?" I chirp, like I do every day after Seaforest leaves. Daisyfur rests her tail on my head.

"Because she wants to make sure you're all healthy." I nod and wobble over to Leafkit.

"Wanna go outside?" Leafkit's ears twitch. She tilts her head, then it snaps up again.

"Sure!"

We both bound out to the clearing. Pondstar's eyes drift down to us. "First time out, eh?" We both nod enthusiastically. Pondstar grins. "Be safe." I nod again and bounce to a small bush. Leafkit shoves her head into the bright green leaves.

"Empty!" She reports to me. I stick my own head in. It had bare space, and it was sheltered.

"Yes! We can play in here!" I squeak. I shove my body into the new play place. My fur has twigs stuck in it. I lick them out as Leafkit enters. I wash the debris off of her pelt. Leafkit grins. Then she stares at a round, pointy, brown thing.

"What is that?" Leafkit mewls, astonished. I stare at the object. Slowly, I inch towards it, my paw reached out, almost there...

OUCH!

Stinging runs through my paw. Leafkit stares, wide eyed. I look at my paw. There, stuck on it, was the object, and around it there was a scarlet liquid that smelled thick and salty. I scream. Leafkit looks around, panicking.

"Oh No! Daisyfur, help! Help Daisyfur!" She cries, tears welling in her blue eyes. I try to put my paw down, but it hurts even more. A scarlet print of my paw sits there. I wail.

"Help!"

Suddenly a rustle shakes the bush. I shrink down, terrified. White teeth come through, and I wail. "Daisyfur!" The teeth fasten around my thick scruff and pull me through the bush's branches and leaves. I try to turn my head to face my attacker, but I can't manage it. Soon I'm set down in the Medicine Cat den. Scruff and paw stinging, I turn my head to face Seaforest. She doesn't notice me though. I lift my head, which is still covered in tears.

"Help me!" I cry, ears flat against my head. Seaforest takes some yellow flower and chews it up. My heart sinks. Why would she destroy a pretty flower? She spats it on a leaf and takes my paw. She rips off the object carefully. As it unhooks from my paw, I scream. Seaforest licks my head in comfort. Then she licks off the scarlet liquid. She puts some cobwebs around my paw and lets go. I try to stand on it, but I whine and tumble backwards.

"My paw!" I squeak. "What did you do to my paw?" She narrows her eyes, then makes them wide and kind.

"I didn't do anything to hurt you, dear. I helped you. That pointy thing is called a burr, and they do hurt, so don't touch them." I nod quickly. Then she continues. "When I visit tomorrow, I'll have a look see. Now, go on back to Daisyfur."

I stumble back to the Nursery. When Daisyfur spots me, her eyes grow wide. "Oh dear, what happened to you?" I hold up my injured paw.

"I touched a burr and it hurt my paw. Seaforest fixed it for me." Daisyfur nods and pulls me close.

"Never leave without me again, you hear?" I quickly nod and curl up against my mother's belly. Her warm fur enfolds me in and I begin to dream of racing through forests and pouncing on mice.

I wake to the sounds of my littermates. I keep my eyes closed, knowing that they probably wouldn't want me to interrupt.

"Let's go out!" Stormkit's voice chided.

"Mama said we can't without her." Leafkit's voice reasons.

I hear a snort from Splatterkit. "We need to go get some fresh air. Mama can't deny that. And we can practice for being apprentices too! We can climb up all the rocks! Mama will be so proud!" A pleased purring erupts from Leafkit.

"Fine, let's go." I hear their feet scramble out of the nursery. It's tempting to stay back and nurse, because I hadn't gotten a feeding last night. But my littermates left without me. I had to go. I had to prove I was as strong as them.

I open my eyes and twitch my ears. Daisyfur was still sleeping. I stumbled out to my littermates at the foot of the rock pile. Leafkit smiles at me, as does Splatterkit. But Stormkit stiffens. "She can't!" He protests. Splatterkit glares at him.

"Yes, she can. How about we show her first?" He smirks, knowing his brother would still win this battle, even though it would be a compromise. Stormkit sniffs and turns.

"Fine, but we all show her first." I huff.

I bet they can't do it themselves!

But I sit back and watch them step up the pile, one by one, only sliding once or twice. Finally, Splatterkit starts to go up.

I'm next!

As he reaches the top, I sprawl out, trying to show how bored I am. I yawn for good measure. Stormkit glares down. Splatterkit smirks.

Suddenly, caught off guard, Splatterkit slips. His paw catches between a rock. He struggles against it, and it comes loose. In shock, I sit there, frozen. I hear yowls coming from my littermates of warning. Too stunned, I just sit there as a boulder rolls down towards me, gaining speed.

Sorry for the cliffhanger! I just love throwing those in randomly!

-cinderheart4life