Ch.2, Ransom Kit
Pulling with all her limited strength, Sunkit was barely able to pull herself up. She couldn't think as she lay down to catch her breath. Finally, she was able to crawl onto land.
"Sweet, sweet land! I can't believe it! I am alive; if I had fallen in I would have drowned for sure!" Sunkit panted with relief.
Sunkit glanced around, she was exhausted.
"Oh! I am so tired; I could sleep for a moon! Hey! What are those?" Sunkit thought.
Giving in to her curiosity, Sunkit started to limp towards the things she had spotted, they were rocks.
"Hey! This must be that place that Honeywhiskers calls Sunningrocks. Maybe I could even catch a mouse! What a day I would have then: I was the first awake, first kit to leave camp, first to cross a dangerous bridge over a roaring river and to reach Sunningrocks, the best hunting grounds ever, and to catch a mouse!" Sunkit thought to herself with pride. However, she forgot all about it when she reached the big flat stones.
"Yes! Just the thing I need, huge flat sun warmed stones!" with that Sunkit drifted off to sleep immediately.
Sunkit awoke to the rustling of leaves. She looked around, warily but hearing nothing she started to drift off to sleep again.
"Just a mouse," Sunkit muttered to herself sleepily.
Before she could close her eyes again Sunkit heard hissing in the distance. Instantly awake and suddenly scared, she looked around.
"Who's there?" she called out shakily.
When there was no answer, Sunkit became more and more nervous; she stood and hid behind her rock.
"Go away! Please go away." Sunkit whimpered in the silence. She hated to admit it, but the young kit was terrified.
A large group of cats appeared and stalked out; a large menacing tom spotted Sunkit and said, "Ah, a small kit has ventured out of her nest!" With that he started for her.
Sunkit whimpered again and tried to become invisible.
Before the snarling ginger tom could reach her, Sunkit heard a yowling in the distance. Someone was coming to save her!
Soon, Blueriver appeared with Reedpaw, Honeywhiskers and Skypaw. Darting forward, Honeywhiskers reached forward and snatched Sunkit from her hiding place.
"Grassfire! How dare you come here, Sunningrocks belongs to Riverclan!" Blueriver yowled with anger at the ginger tom.
"Well, today, it will belong to Thunderclan! Attack the kit!" yowled the tom.
Sunkit was terrified but she took a tiny comfort that Honeywhiskers still clutched her in her teeth.
"Why would they want me? I haven't done anything wrong!" Sunkit thought desperately but soon she realized. She was to be a ransom!
Then, the surging mass of Thunderclan cats moved forward. The battle began; Blueriver yowled in fury and charged into their ranks swiping with his large claws. Strangely enough, the other cats paid no attention but ran at Honeywhiskers. The surprised she-cat was tackled by Grassfire and in the fight she had to drop the horror-stricken Sunkit.
"No!" screamed Skypaw when Sunkit was grabbed by one of the Thunderclan cats.
Blueriver dove at Sunkit's captor but failed when the Thunderclan cats formed a wall around her. Skypaw was fighting a white she-cat twice her size and Honeywhiskers was wrestling with another. It was to no avail. More Thunderclan re-informants arrived and soon Grassfire called, "Enough! If you want your kit back alive I suggest you leave. Your leader can take it up with Darkstar later." With that, the Thunderclan group stalked back into their forest watched by the helpless Riverclan cats.
R&R please!