Chapter 1
Mumbles and whispers was what Dragonfly awoke to. She listened to the voices but didn't try to make out what they were saying. She squeezed her eyes shut and then opened them up for the first time. Her vision was fuzzy as she looked around the den. She blinked and got it into focus. She looked up and found herself looking into her mother's amber eyes.
Comet's face was set in dissatisfaction. Dragonfly purred, curling up against her mother but Comet shoved her away. Dragonfly blinked in confusion. Did she do something wrong? She let out a small mew.
"Can you talk or what?" Comet growled.
"I can talk," Dragonfly mewed in a small and unsteady voice. Something tickled her paw and she looked over at her sister. She couldn't remember her name.
"Blizzard!" Comet said. "Wake up. If Dragonfly's awake you should be too." Blizzard twitched, and managed to open one kitten-blue eye. It was dim and cloudy.
"Maybe she's not ready." Dragonfly suggested.
"If she's not ready then we'll make her be ready." Comet nudged Blizzard with a paw. Blizzard let out a cough and closed her eyes again, curling into the fetal position. Comet raised a paw to push her again.
"No!" Dragonfly squeaked. "Why cant she sleep?" Comet hissed at her daughter.
"Don't question me." She growled, barring her teeth. Dragonfly shrank back in fear. She poked Blizzard again, and when the tiny she-kit didn't respond Comet picked her up and carried her out of the den. Dragonfly crawled after them to see where they were going, but another cat blocked her way. It was a big ruddy-brown colored tom.
"just where do you think your going?" he asked her.
"T-to see where mommy is taking Blizzard." Dragonfly stammered. The tom showed his teeth in a staged smile.
"Don't you want to stay here with your dear old dad?"
"You're my dad?" Dragonfly mewed confusedly. He nodded, picking her up and carrying her back to her nest. She gasped when his sharp teeth nearly pierced through her fur.
"Roan." Comet had returned. "I think you're frightening our kit." There was a strange emphasis on the words 'our kit'.
"Where's Blizzard?" Dragonfly asked.
Comet turned to her. "I told you before. Don't ask me questions."
"Okay." Dragonfly whispered. She curled into a ball to go back to sleep.
"What are you doing?" Roan hissed at her.
"Going to sleep?" she mewed, opening her eyes.
"You ask my permission before you do anything. No matter what it is." He said.
"C-can I go to sleep?"
"No."
Dragonfly paused for a moment, before slowly uncurling and standing back up. She blinked. She didn't understand what was happening, or what life she had come into. She sighed and looked down.
"What are you huffing about?" Comet hissed.
"Nothing!" Dragonfly's eyes were round.
"Let her alone, Comet." Roan said. "Don't be hard on her yet. She is only a few days old, after all. She hasn't figured out the ropes here yet." He flicked his tail and left the den.
Comet twitched her ears irritably. "You'd better figure them out fast then, little kit." She said. Then she left the den as well, leaving Dragonfly alone.
Dragonfly wanted to go see where they had gone, but she was afraid of getting in trouble again. She stayed where she was. Am I allowed to sleep now? She wondered. Her stomach rumbled.
She sighed again, curling up into a little ball to keep warm. Her eyes drooped, and she fought to keep them open. She didn't want to be caught sleeping, just in case she wasn't allowed to. She struggled, but eventually sleepiness overcame her and her eyes slid shut as she fell asleep.