Robinkit let out a small yawn and woke up, blinking open her amber eyes. She sat up and looked around, wondering where everyone was. The nursery seemed completely empty to her and she let out a small, plaintive mew.
There was no answer and Robinkit flattened her ears slightly. It wasn't the first time she had woken up to an empty nursery but she still wasn't allowed out yet. She didn't know why. All she knew was that the other kits were friendly and she wanted to play with them but she couldn't unless her mother was present. Speaking of her mother, she was never present and she wasn't present now.
Robinkit let out a sigh and laid down again, resting her head on her muzzle. Her ears flattened slightly and she gazed longingly at the entrance. I wish I can go outside and play with the others. It's boring being stuck in here all day.
"Robinkit?" The she-kit pricked her ears and blinked as she spotted black paws. She sat up and twitched her nose as she turned her head upwards to meet the amber gaze of her father. "Why are you in here?"
Robinkit flattened her ears slightly and looked away. "Mother won't let me outside when she's not here and-"
"She's never here," Sootpelt interrupted with a sigh. The warrior padded over to his daughter and touched her nose briefly to his head. "She went out on a hunting patrol just a few moments ago."
Robinkit glanced at her paws as her tail drooped. She had only seen Birdflight a few times and that was almost always at dusk. She laid down again and curled up in a ball, preparing to spend the rest of the day in the nursery. It was nothing new to her, but since she couldn't go outside and play with the others, her pelt was duller than the rest and she wasn't gaining muscle as fast or growing as fast.
A gentle paw nudged her to her paws and Robinkit reluctantly stood up and faced her father, who had sat down by now. "What?" the she-kit muttered, her tail drooping with disappointment.
"Why don't you go outside and play with the others?" Sootpelt suggested as he got to his paws. He headed over to the entrance and paused to look back at Robinkit. A frown crossed his face when he saw that his daughter didn't move. "Robinkit? Aren't you going to answer me?"
"No," Robinkit responded quietly.
Sootpelt let out a sigh and sat down. He lifted a paw and brought it down as Robinkit dashed over and pressed against him. The tom held her like that as Robinkit let out a few sniffles, her body shaking with each breath she took. "Why don't you want to go outside?" Sootpelt asked gently.
"Because mother says I can't," Robinkit responded, her mew choked. "She doesn't want me interacting with anyone."
"How long have you been stuck in here again?" Sootpelt asked, stepping away from his daughter.
"A moon," Robinkit responded quietly.
Sootpelt let out a huff and lowered his head to give his daughter a reassuring lick. "Then go outside and play. It does you no good staying in here all day again."
"No," Robinkit responded stubbornly.
Sootpelt let out a sigh and picked Robinkit up, who let out a squeak of surprise and protest.
"Let me down!" Robinkit squealed as her father carried her outside. Robinkit fell still and blinked her eyes as they adjusted to the dazzling sunlight and she stood stock still once her father placed her on the ground. There were cats everywhere! Robinkit could feel her jaws opening in shock and surprise as she tried to form words to describe the scene she was seeing.
Young cats were lazing beside a stick and reed-woven den as they shared tongues. Bigger cats were marching into and out of the camp, milling around and looking quite busy as they repaired dens. Robinkit could even spot Willowflame sorting some plants in front of a cave, her paws being as gentle as possible.
"Wow," Robinkit whispered. She looked up at her father, who gave her a smile and flicked his tail slightly. Robinkit tilted her head slightly, confused as her father flicked his tail again. It was almost as if he was trying to tell her something. Robinkit turned her gaze away from her father and looked around. She let out a squeal of delight when she spotted the familiar pelts of Hailkit, Stormkit, Waterkit and Birchkit as they chased each other around the clearing, occasionally tripping up of a cat or two. She bounded over, forgetting her mother's rule and amazement of seeing the whole RiverClan camp for the first time.
"Hello!" Robinkit meowed as she got closer to her fellow denmates.
All four kits paused in their game and they looked over, eyes widening in surprise. It was Birchkit who bounded over first, his white paws flashing against his black pelt as he raced over. "Robinkit! You're finally out of the nursery!"
That was all the other three kits needed and they bounded over after Birchkit, in a stampede of varying shades of grey. They surrounded her happily, all four of them bigger than they are. Birchkit was nearly an apprentice, as far as Robinkit knew and he didn't have any siblings. Hailkit, Stormkit and Waterkit were only two moons older than she was, which meant that they'll be her denmates for far longer than Birchkit will.
"Did Birdflight say it was alright?" Waterkit asked with a frown, her dark grey tail swishing uncertainly behind her. Her amber eyes held an unusual shade of worry and fear as well and Robinkit wondered what was going on. Though she didn't ask.
"She didn't need to," Sootpelt meowed as he padded over. "As her father, I get a say in raising my daughter. Unless the roles have changed, and I wasn't made aware of that fact." The black tom gazed down at Waterkit, who shifted her paws slightly.
Stormkit pushed past her sister and gazed at Robinkit curiously. The gray and white she-kit was practically bursting with energy as she shifted from paw to paw. "Do you want to play tag with us?" she offered.
Robinkit pricked her ears and smiled. She glanced up at her father, wondering if it was alright. When her father gave a small nod, she turned to Stormkit and let out an excited, high-pitched squeak. "Yes!"
"Great!" Hailkit responded, the silver tabby tom brushing past his sister. He touched Robinkit gently with a paw. "You're it!" he meowed before racing away with the others.
Robinkit blinked, a bit confused and looked up at her father.
"Run and chase them," Sootpelt explained with a smile. "If you touch…say…Hailkit, then you have to run away from him and then Hailkit is it and has to chase you."
"Oh!" Robinkit meowed, giving her father a small nuzzle before racing after the others, her tiny tail streaming out behind her as she gave chase.
"Nah, I like carp better than I like trout," Birchkit declared.
The kits had stopped playing tag a while ago, all five them happily exhausted as they rested in the shade that the nursery cast. Blazefall, a silver and white tabby queen, and Adderfern, a black and white she-cat were watching them from a distance as they quietly chatted to each other in a patch of sunlight.
"Hey, Robinkit," Stormkit meowed, glancing at her. "What's your favorite fish?"
Robinkit tilted her head slightly. She hadn't really had that many different types of fish. Though out of the fish she had tried, she tended to like bass the best. "Bass," she responded after a while.
"Bass?" Hailkit tilted his head slightly before giving an approving nod. "I like bass too," he meowed happily.
Birchkit wrinkled his nose and glared at them both. "How can you like bass? They're big and disgusting and carp beats them all!"
"It does not," Hailkit snarked back quickly.
"Does too!"
"Does not!"
"What is going on here? Why is Robinkit outside of the nursery?" A stern voice made all five kittens froze. Robinkit gulped slightly, recognizing the voice if not the tone and looked tentatively upwards. A ginger and white tabby was glaring down at them, the tip of her tail flicking slightly behind her.
When no one spoke, the she-cat cleared her throat. "Is no one could to tell me anything?" Her gaze hardened, and she glared at Robinkit, curling her lip slightly to display a fang. "Robinkit, did you leave the nursery of your own accord? After all that I've told you?"
Robinkit gazed at her paws. "Sootpelt carried me out," she mumbled quietly.
A low growl rumbled in Birdflight's throat and she nudged Robinkit roughly in the direction of the den. "Go back to your nest," she ordered. "I have something to say to your sorry excuse for a father." Without checking to see if Robinkit obeyed, Birdflight turned around abruptly and stalked away, her tail flicking even faster.
Robinkit gazed at her paws, her vision blurring as she got to her paws and slowly made her way back to the nursery. Her gaze never left the ground as she reached her nest and curled up, hiding her nose underneath her tail as she closed her eyes, trying to will herself to sleep.
She wasn't alone for long and she soon became aware of four bodies pressing comfortably around her. She lifted her head up in surprise as she spotted her denmates, resting silently beside her, all looking at her with concern in their eyes.
"Leave me be," Robinkit muttered, ears flattening slightly.
"No," Birchkit responded. "You're our friend now and friends stick together no matter what."
"That's right," Hailkit chipped in. "You were fun to play with!"
"Birdflight had no right to treat you like that," Stormkit added with a small growl.
Waterkit lifted her nose towards the sky, letting out a huff. "I for one am going to claw her nose the next time she treats you that way."
"Waterkit, that is no way to speak about a Clanmate." Robinkit looked over her shoulder just in time to see Adderfern padding into the nursery and over to her nest. "After all, Birdflight is a respected warrior of our Clan."
"Respected?" Blazefall responded as she followed her fellow queen inside. "More like, she has bees in her brain!" The queen turned a kind gaze over to Robinkit before glancing back at Adderfern. "Is it time?"
Adderfern nodded in agreement. "It is," she responded.
"Waterkit, Hailkit and Stormkit, come here please. It's time for a nap." Blazefall meowed, gazing at her kits.
"You too, Birchkit," Adderfern added.
"But what about Robinkit?" Waterkit asked tentatively. "We aren't going to leave her in a nest all on her own are we?"
"We aren't," Adderfern responded gently. She beckoned Robinkit over to her with a flick of her tail. As Robinkit padded over, the black and white she-cat glanced at the other kits. "Robinkit will be joining Birchkit and I until it's time for us to leave the nursery. Then she'll be joining you three and Blazefall."
"Really?" Birchkit squeaked as he shifted to the side to let Robinkit have some space.
"Really," Blazefall confirmed.
"What about Birdlfight?" Robinkit asked, tilting her head up to meet Adderfern's gaze as she settled down beside Birchkit.
"She can rot in a hole," Blazefall responded with a small growl. "If she wants you in her nest, she'll have to ask for it. In fact, I don't think she'll be joining us tonight."
"Blazefall!" Adderfern scolded, her amber eyes flashing. "Watch your tongue."
"Why should I?" Blazefall responded with a snort. "They'll be learning bad language soon enough."
"It's still not appropriate to display it to them so early in their lives," Adderfern argued.
Robinkit let out a sigh and flattened her ears, trying to tune out the arguing queens as she lowered her head and closed her eyes again. As she waited for sleep to claim her, she couldn't help but wonder if all of this was her fault. After all, Birdflight seemed to hate her for a reason, didn't she?
RiverClan:
Leader:
Lakestar: Grey tabby tom with amber eyes and a graying muzzle
Deputy:
Mossyfall: she-cat
Medicine Cat:
Willowflame: Ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes
Warriors:
Sootpelt: Black tom with green eyes
Shellfrost: A stone gray tom with a white chest and amber eyes
Petalflash: a golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Bounceheart: A fluffy light ginger tom with blue eyes
Rainspring: a light gray tabby tom with green eyes and a scar on his flank
Rosedapple:
Fernleaf: TBD
Smoketail: TBD
Apprentices:
Batpaw: A brown tabby she-cat with green eyes
Spiderpaw: TBD
Fishpaw: TBD
Kits:
Robinkit: Calico she-cat with amber eyes
Hailkit: A silver tabby tom with green eyes
Stormkit: A gray she-cat with amber eyes and white paws
Waterkit: A dark gray and white she-cat with amber eyes
Birchkit: Black tom with white paws and amber eyes
Queens:
Birdflight: ginger and white tabby she-cat with amber eyes (Mother of Robinkit)
Blazefall: A silver tabby she-cat with green eyes and white paws (Mother of Hailkit, Stormkit and Waterkit)
Adderfern: Black and white she-cat with amber eyes (Mother of Birchkit)
Elders:
Cloudstem: A white she-cat with brown patches and amber eyes
Otterscar: TBD
Nettlefrost: TBD
Spiderclaw: TBD
ThunderClan:
Leader:
Owlstar: A light dusty-brown tabby tom with amber eyes, broad shoulders, and white paws as well as a white chest
Deputy:
Foxfur: A long-haired cream colored tom with brown markings on his legs, tail, face and ears with blue eyes
Medicine Cat:
Birchsky: A light brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Warriors:
Thistleflight: A tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes
Softsong: TBD she-cat
Cedarfern: TBD Tom
Beefur: TBD tom
Featherfoot: TBD
Hawkshadow: TBD
Specklepelt: TBD
Kits:
Leopardkit: A golden dappled tom with amber eyes
Waspkit: A golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Queen:
Sandywing: TBD
Elders:
Newtbreeze: TBD tom
Hickoryshade: TBD she-cat
WindClan:
Leader:
Spottedstar: A dappled gray she-cat with amber eyes
Deputy:
Flintfire: A stone gray tabby tom with a white muzzle and chest and green eyes
Medicine Cat:
Weaselnose: A light brown she-cat with dual colored eyes, one green and one amber
Warriors:
Flamefall: A ginger tabby tom with amber eyes and a nick in one ear
Breezeleaf: TBD she-cat
Kestrelflame: TBD she-cat
Goldenheart: TBD
Wolfblaze: TBD
Russetwind: TBD
Apprentices:
Dovepaw: gray and white she-cat with amber eyes
Sandpaw: A light ginger tom with amber eyes
ShadowClan:
Leader:
Newtstar: black tabby she-cat with white paws and a white chest as well as amber eyes
Deputy:
Torndusk: A brindle tom with a torn ear and green eyes
Medicine Cat:
Jaggedfern: A black tom with blue eyes
Warriors:
Ashenlight: a stone gray tom with amber eyes
Birchskip: TBD tom
Lizardsong: TBD
Sedgepool: TBD
Honeyblaze: TBD
Apprentices:
Brightpaw: A black and white she-cat with dual colored eyes, one green and one blue
Pigeonpaw: TBD tom
Kits:
Elmkit: TBD tom
Queens:
Amberspeck: TBD she-cat (mother of Elmkit)