Chapter 2.
Light opened her eyes. Leaf and Lily were still sleeping, so she turned to knead her mother's belly for milk. At this, Leaf woke up and sighed, muttering, "Why do kits always wake so early?"

Light flicked her ear, "I'm hungry!" she mewled, going back to her suckling. Light felt Lily stir beside her and her sister began to warm herself on her mother's milk.

The sun had just begun to rise and Frost woke as well. Light heard him murmur into Leaf's ear, "I'm going hunting. I'll be back before sunhigh." Light watched him as he went to poke Blossom with a paw. Her older sister grumbled and put a paw over her ear. "Get up you lazy beetle," Frost hissed.

Blossom opened one eye and complained, "It's only dawn!" She muttered something inaudible then got up, "I'm coming, I'm coming."

The two cats padded toward the trees. Blossom stopped to scratch at her ear, yelped as she bumped the sore spot on her head, then disappeared into the forest.
Light got up and rolled the moss that had scattered across the clearing into a ball. Lily saw what Light was doing and bounced up to play moss ball with her sister. With her two kits away from her belly, Leaf began to groom her sleep-ruffled fur.

Light played with Lily until sunhigh approached and Frost and Blossom came back with fresh-kill. The three older cats feasted while Light and Lily play-fought.

"Pause!" Light squeaked and turned to bound up to her mother. Lily, however, came up behind her and tripped her off her paws. Light landed with a thump and squealed, "Hey! I said pause the game!"

"Oh! Sorry, I didn't hear you," Lily meowed apologetically.

Light huffed and sat up, looking at Leaf again. "Mama I'm hungry."

Leaf's whiskers twitched and she curled her tail around Light, "Well come here you little rascal!" Light squeaked and then giggled. She began suckling at her mother's belly. "What about you Lily?" Leaf asked her daughter.

Lilly nodded and lay next to Light and began to drink.

Frost suddenly pricked his ears. Blossom did the same, copying her father's stance. Leaf stiffened and sniffed the air. Light cocked her head to the side wondering what they were doing. Leaf stood up and Lilly looked around, confused. "Get into the den kits," Leaf ordered.

"But we didn't finish our game!" Light complained.

"Just get in!" Leaf's eyes were full of desperation as she bundled her kits into the den in the rock wall. "Stay!" She whispered once she had hid the kits under some moss.

"But what's happening!" Lily squealed as Leaf left the den. Light peaked out from the moss and gasped as she saw two russet coloured creatures jump out of the undergrowth, and she hid her head as Frost launched himself at the biggest one.