Author's Note:
Wow, guys! Love the support! I told you guys it'd be something unique! :3
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Wulf: I told you you'd like it! Do you enjoy the multiple POV's thus far?
Gingy: Thanks, wonderful mod friend. It's not really which way is better, because it's more a personal preference, because about half of writers use breaks and the others use '-'s POV' to tell writers it is a different perspective. I'll experiment some when I create future chapters, but for now, I'll keep my style.
Emj: Thank you! I do specialize in writing canon fanfics, so unless there is a small exception, you'll see familiar characters in all of my writings.
This chapter we'll still have multiple POV's, but we will see Navarro's perspective in his new form. He has kept his memories, so how will he handle being a little kitten?
Chapter Two: New Life
The first part of his new life had been very confusing. He was aware of his surroundings, as if he was an adult, but he felt feeble. He smelled that he had only three siblings, which was weird, because mice normally had more kittens. His mother also seemed very large, or maybe Navarro was very small. He had heard her talking to plenty of others, but never saw them, because for some reason, he never felt like opening his eyes.
He wished that the three cats had told him where they would, but it didn't really matter, he'd leave as soon as he was large enough. He also scented that there were other kittens somewhere in the den, perhaps two mothers were living together? Navarro had never heard of large groups of mice before. All he knew was that he wanted to see where he was. He could sense that it was nighttime, so it'd be a perfect time to check out his surroundings, though he'd have to watch out, because their mother had brought all four kittens close to her, with Navarro at the edge. If a sibling woke up, he knew he'd be in trouble.
With a bit of effort, he managed to creak open his eyes. The moon was as thin as a whisker, and the stars shined dully. His siblings were sleeping peacefully behind him. Blinking, he turned to get a good look at them, and nearly died of fright. There was a large cat sleeping with three young cats, right there in front of him. Breathing heavily, he looked down at his paws, and jumped. His paws were not those of a mouse, he had been reborn as a cat!
Anger grew in his bright blue kit eyes. I was tricked! Those cats never said I'd be a cat! He thought. Navarro silently took in his new body. He had dark ginger fur, which appeared nearly red in the dark. Sighing, Navarro looked at his mother, thinking, I wonder how cats name their kittens? Will I be named something weird? Maybe I'll still be Navarro.
Carefully getting up on his young legs, Navarro snuck over to the entrance, his fluffy tail whipping around behind him. He was ready to see how many cats were in this group.
Bracing himself, Navarro looked out, and was underwhelmed. All the cats seemed to be sleeping, so the clearing was empty, but it was large. He gasped as he saw a pile in the middle that seemed to be a pile full of poor woodland creatures. Determined to explore, even with a weird sense that exploring without his mother's permission wasn't good, Navarro travelled across the dark clearing into one of the dens. The smell of cats immediately registered. This was a sleeping place. However, she only saw two cats sleeping together.
Suddenly, as Navarro began to turn and leave, one of the apprentices groggily lifted their head up, making Navarro let out a weird squeak of surprise, and freezing her to the spot. The cat sleepily whispered, "Dewkit, is that you? Why are you awake so late?" Navarro could only watch as the cat quietly got up and padded towards him.
"Oh Redkit! You opened your eyes!" The cat whispered excitedly. I guess that's my name, Navarro thought. As the kit stared at the much larger cat, unsure of what to think, the cat licked the fur between her ears and purred, "Don't worry, there's no need to worry. No one here will hurt you. I'm Lilypaw and that cat over there," she said, pointing her tail towards the other sleeping cat, "is my sister Seedpaw. Do you want to go back to the nursery?" When she saw confusion in Navarro's eyes, she explained, "Where your family sleeps."
When he nodded, Lilypaw smiled and bent down towards him, picking him up by the scruff. Letting himself go limp, Navarro watched his surroundings as Lilypaw took him back to his new family. Looks like he wouldn't be leaving anytime soon, but at least he knew no cat would eat him. Wait, he thought, will I have to eat my former brethren? A moment later, the soft swinging of his body lulled him to sleep.
Dovewing's POV (A week later):
Dovewing woke up only to be blinded by the rising sun. Shaking her head, she noticed that both Bumblestripe and Ivypool had already left. Sighing, Dovewing got up, happiness coursing through her as she remembered her new siblings. She couldn't wait until their eyes were open and Whitewing let them out to explore. Also, Ivypool had been hanging out with Foxleap quite a bit lately, which made Dovewing even happier.
Yawning, Dovewing got up and stretched, enjoying the feeling of her joints popping. Hopefully, it'd be a great day. Smiling, she contently padded out of the warrior's den, immediately feeling the heat of Green-leaf. She saw Bumblestripe eating a vole next to Rosepetal, who had a thrush. After getting a shrew from the fresh-kill pile, she went over to the two and sat down. "Good morning!" She happily exclaimed. She sat next to Bumblestripe, her eyes bright.
"Good morning!" Rosepetal replied. After a moment, she asked, "So, Dovewing, did you hear what Redkit did a few nights ago?"
Dovewing's attention immediately went to Rosepetal, "No, what happened? Is he okay?" A tiny but of concern showed in her eyes.
Rosepetal shook her head, smiling, "No, no, he's fine. What happened was that Redkit opened his eyes, and since no one was awake, he decided to explore the camp. Thankfully, he woke Lilypaw up and she returned him to Whitewing, and he didn't wake up again."
While Rosepetal spoke, Dovewing used her senses and heard Redkit asking Whitewing, "Can I go out with Nightkit? It's so boring in here!" Which made Dovewing stifle a purr.
Looking over at the nursery, Dovewing asked Bumblestripe, "Would you like to visit the kits with me?"
Bumblestripe shook his head, "Sorry, but we're going on a hunting patrol with Thornclaw and Hazeltail. Maybe later?" Dovewing looked over and saw Squirrelflight speaking to both of them.
"Of course," Dovewing purred. She finished her shrew and began padding towards the nursery.
Whitewing's POV:
"No! For the last time, I can't let you outside alone until Mudkit and Frostkit open your eyes! You two can just play in here!" Whitewing mewed, exasperated. Ever since Nightkit had opened his eyes, Redkit kept asking if they could go outside. Nightkit was just looking around the nursery. She wished Brightheart could help, but she was sleeping with her kits so peacefully that she didn't want to wake Brightheart up.
Redkit definitely wasn't the most dependent cat. It seemed as if he much more like Birchfall than her. He definitely would be a good apprentice if he wasn't too impatient.
"But Whitewing! I promise we won't get into trouble! We'll just find Birchfall and he can show us around! Trust us, we'll be fine!" Redkit begged, which tempted Whitewing, but since this was her second litter, she knew not to give in.
Licking down a stray curl of orange on his head, Whitewing sighed, "Maybe I'll let you leave if Brightheart wakes up soon."
Redkit hung his head, then perked up again, "Can I wake her up now?" His ice-blue eyes held hope, but Whitewing knew Brightheart wouldn't appreciate it.
As she opened her mouth to reject the idea, a rustle came from the entrance, and Dovewing stepped through, smiling, "Do you need help?"
Smiling back, Whitewing mewed, "These two kits can't wait for their siblings to be ready to play." Thank StarClan, she thought, I need some rest.
Redkit looked up at Dovewing, tilting his head, "Who's that?" He was dwarfed by his sister.
"Well Redkit," Whitewing mewed, "this is your older sister. I bet she can take you outside!"
At this, Redkit opened his eyes wide, "Can you?" He got closer to his sister, having to bend his neck way back to meet her eyes.
Dovewing nodded, "If you're good, than we can stay out for a while!" The two kits began to swarm over Dovewing, asking her plenty of questions. Yawning, Whitewing curled around her kits and began a nice nap.
Redkit's POV:
Wow, Redkit thought, I'm finally going back out into the clearing. This cat, who was supposedly their sister, was taking them out.
Over the past week, Redkit had assimilated quite well. He had met his father in this life, Birchfall, and he seemed very nice. He had managed to bond with his new parents, and he had begun to think of himself as Redkit. He also was good friends with his brother Nightkit, even though he wasn't very talkative. He was very good competition in a wrestling match, and Redkit had the urge to wrestle quite a bit, which at first he thought was weird, but now he enjoyed it. He found it really funny that while he was wrestling, Frostkit and Mudkit were just doing nothing. Why didn't they get up like he had, or Nightkit had?
As the two kits followed Dovewing outside, Redkit realized that there was a very tantalizing treat waving right in front of him. Grinning, he jumped up and snagged his tiny claws into Dovewing's tail, squealing in excitement as Dovewing's tail flipped around in surprise. Adrenaline coursed through his veins and he hung as tight as possible, even when Dovewing stopped and lay her tail on the ground, obviously waiting for him to get off. When he wouldn't, she turned her head towards him and mewed, "Redkit, could you please stop attacking my tail? It hurts a little."
Her words bringing him back to reality, Redkit mewed with shame evident in his voice, "I'm sorry." However, once he got off, his head perked up again, "Can we go to your den? We'll be good!"
Smiling, Dovewing shook her head, "No, no, we have cats still sleeping, and they'll be pretty grumpy if you wake them up. Let's just play some mossball, okay? Have you played mossball before?" When both kits shook their head, she continued, "The point of the game is to keep the ball of moss in the air, while passing it to each other. Do you think you could do it?" While the kits looked at each other in excitement, Dovewing got a ball of moss from the outside of the nursery and brought it over.
"Ready?" She mewed. As the kits nodded, she smacked it with her paw and it went straight up and towards Redkit.
Grinning, Redkit hit the ball as it went to him, but didn't see where it went. "Where is it?" He yelled, swiveling his head from side to side. Nightkit laughed loudly as the mossball landed on Redkit's head, causing him to spin around startled. Redkit looked at his laughing brother and his grinning older sister and muttered, "Not fair!"
Dovewing stifled a laugh, "Alright, send it back over!" She seemed to be enjoying herself.
Determined to make up for his hilarious mistake, Redkit smacked the mossball as hard as he could, but only sent it very low to Dovewing, but she saved it and sent it back. Eventually, they got a nice rhythm. They continued to play, and Redkit was fully focused until he saw Lilypaw step out of her den.
His eyes blinking in surprise, he ran over to Lilypaw, "Lilypaw! I thought you left!" He jumped on her back and crawled up until she was steady.
Lilypaw laughed, "Spiderleg decided to give me a day off, so I slept in. Just why are you out here?" She lightly shook herself, so that Redkit had to hang on tight to stay on.
Redkit smiled. He loved the vibration. "Dovewing brought Nightkit and I out here! Can you teach us battle moves?"
Lilypaw shook her head, "Once you're a bit older I'll teach you hunting and fighting moves, but for now, you need to grow." She carried him towards Dovewing. "Good morning," she mewed to Dovewing.
Dovewing smiled, "I hope he isn't bothering you." Nightkit was looking around the camp, silent.
Lilypaw laughed, "No, no, he isn't bothering me. He just wants to be taught battle moves."
Before Dovewing could respond, Redkit mewed, "Can I learn some? Please? I'll be fine!" His eyes pleaded for it to happen.
If wouldn't work though. "Sorry Redkit, maybe when you're a bit older," Dovewing mewed.
Sighing, Redkit jumped off of Lilypaw's back and landed on her feet, "Can we play some more?"
Dovewing nodded, "Of course!" Looking at Lilypaw, she asked, "Would you like to play, or do you have stuff to do?"
Lilypaw shook her head, "Spiderleg gave me a day off, so I'll play." She got in position to hit the mossball, and Dovewing sent it up.
Later that day...
"Okay, I think it's time to go back to the nursery," Dovewing mewed gently, as both kits yawned. The sun was barely beginning to fall, but Redkit and Nightkit had worked a lot more than usual.
Redkit shook his head while he yawned, "No, no, we're fine." He shook his head as if that would provide energy.
Dovewing smiled, "Go on back, I'll," she paused as another cat came in through the entrance. Looking at Lilypaw, she mewed, "Could you take them back?" Without waiting for an answer, she ran up to the cat and brushed up against him, their tails twining.
Lilypaw sighed, "Alright guys, go in." She guided them in and left.
Everyone was asleep except for Frostkit and Mudkit, who were wrestling with each other. "Your eyes opened!" Redkit exclaimed. Smiling he bounded over to them.
Frostkit jumped up and hissed at them, "Who are you? Are you trying to attack Mother?" She unsheathed her claws, which were even smaller than Redkit's, and narrowed her eyes.
Redkit laughed as Nightkit stared at them, "No, mouse-brain! I'm your brother! So is Nightkit!" He looked at Whitewing, "Oh, and by the way, her name is Whitewing, not Mother."
The suspicion in Frostkit's eyes disappeared and was replaced by joy. "Yay! Two new playmates!" She proceeded to tackle Redkit, bowling him over.
Surprised, he growled playfully and rolled around with her. However, after a few moments he jumped off and mewed, "I'm too tired. Let's play tomorrow!"
Redkit climbed into their nest and curled up with their mother Whitewing, who was still in her nap. He closed his eyes and did what kits do a lot of, sleeping.
A/N:
So Navarro is fitting in pretty well, right? He seems like a annoying kitty though.
I'm proud of this chapter, do you guys like it?
Until next time!
