Sorry when I put that Wolfkit is a boy, she's actually a girl, it's just that I get her confused with Wolfstep from Yellowfang's Secret and Wolfstep is a tom. WOLFKIT IS A SHE-CAT!
Chapter 1
Shadowkit awoke to soft murmuring and whispering.
Yawning, she blinked the sleep away from her eyes and looked up to see Stormkit and Russetkit, mumbling to one another about something.
Shadowkit strained her ears and heard them speaking about Wolfkit and if she was a kittypet.
"Well, we don't know who her parents are," Russetkit whispered. "It probably means that she's either a kittypet or a rogue."
"She's a kittypet! We must exile her at once!" Stormkit squealed, his electric blue eyes flashing.
"No cat is forcing Poppystar to exile anyone," Shadowkit hissed from behind, making Stormkit and Russetkit jump.
"But Shadowkit," Russetkit mewled nerously, staring into her sister's dark eyes.
"No," Shadowkit growled. "Remember Firestar? He was a kittypet that wasn't abandoned in the woods by his Twolegs. He actually chose to join and leave. Not Wolfkit. She's a strong she-cat."
"If you say so," Stormkit huffed.
"Guys, Wolfkit isn't doing anything to hurt you," Shadowkit mewed as sweetly as she could; she was worried about Wolfkit, and pissed off at her siblings.
"Whatever. You're just an evil cat, like Tigerstar!" Russetkit hissed, then shuffled her paws beneath her as she saw Shadowkit glare at her with hurt eyes.
"Don't talk to me like that, you fox-hearts!" Shadowkit snapped, then her tail flew to her mouth as she saw the fear and hurt in her siblings' eyes.
"I'm sorry..." she began, but they had already raced off to tell Nightstorm.
Shadowkit sighed, wishing that her siblings weren't as cruel to her.
"Don't worry, Shadowkit. I feel the same way as you," Wolfkit mewled from behind, and Shadowkit slowly turned around, sighing in relief as there was no fear in Wolfkit's eyes, only sparkling understanding.
"Thanks, Wolfkit," Shadowkit mewed softly.
"Want me to help you chase off those mean ol' kits?" hissed Mintkit, prowling up to Shadowkit and Wolfkit.
Wolfkit giggled at the way Mintkit had her hindquarters high up in the air, and the way her tail was swaying.
"So, what was your name before Poppystar found you near the border?" Shadowkit queried to Wolfkit, who turned her dark blue-gray gaze on Shadowkit.
"I don't... remember. My eyes were closed then," Wolfkit replied. "The only thing I really remembered was my drinking milk from my mother on a sharp surface with my siblings pressed up against me. The sharp surface was all prickly, and had a damp layering on top."
Mintkit's small green eyes widened. "See? Not a kittypet! A rogue or loner!"
Shadowkit smiled warmly, glad to have at least two friends.
Her gaze darted over to her siblings, who had forgotten to tell on her and were now watching in awe as the apprentices demonstrated hunting moves. She should be close to her siblings as well as her friends, but she wasn't.
"I'm so excited!" Shadowkit heard Russetkit squeal.
"How odd is it that all the kits in the nursery are the exact same age; five moons old?" Stormkit queried.
"It's a coincidence," one of the apprentices; a light gray she-cat; meowed.
"Vixenpaw is right. It is a coincidence, but it's cool!" another apprentice mewed.
"Well, do you guys want to... want to watch the apprentices outside?" Shadowkit asked shyly.
"Sure!" Wolfkit and Mintkit meowed in sync.
"Hey, Russetkit!" Grasspaw meowed, signaling with his tail for the russet-colored she-cat to come over. "Watch what I can do!"
"Umm... OK," Russetkit mewled shyly.
Shadowkit, Mintkit and Wolfkit sat down beside Grasspaw and Russetkit out in the open field of the camp.
Grasspaw flipped in the air, landing with his claws unsheathed onto a dead mouse which was now gushing out crimson blood.
Russetkit rolled her bright green eyes. "You're such a show-off, Grasspaw."
Grasspaw looked at the ground for a moment, depressed, then padded off back to the apprentices' den in sorrow.
"I think somebody likes you!" teased Stormkit.
"Shut it," hissed Russetkit.
"Let's go back in the nursery," mewled Shadowkit.
Then she, Mintkit and Wolfkit padded off and back into the quiet nursery.
