Chaper 2

Found in The Woods

Mary, nudged her 3 kits along, as they found a nice pine needle nest, well it seemed like a nest. It was piled high in the roots of a small tree. Mary and her offspring had been walking for a sunrise so far, trying to find a spot to live. This was atleast good for the night. "Mom im hungry!" Shine mewed. Scott, a smaller tom, agreed. Mary smiled and laid down. "Come and feed then." She said, and rested her head on the pine needles. The kits mewed with releaf, and began to feed. After awhile Shine gasped with sadness. "Mom your out of milk!"

Mary's eyes widened, and looked down. She was clearly out of milk. "Well," She mewed calmly, "it looks like it's time for you kits to eat meat!" The kits gasped and shook their heads.

"No mummy I want your milk!"

"No we can't, we can't!"

"I guess I could try it..."

They all looked over at Tiger, a large brown tom. "Ha ha Tiger thats really funny." Shine mewed, her white fur bristling. Tiger stepped forward, his eyes narrowed. "I think we should try it, it can prove we can be trusted, after what you did."

Shine growled, and her claws slid out. "Now clam down!" Scott mewed. His small orange body came between them. " Tiger has a point, but Shine has a right to be mad. Lets all be calm and listen to mom, alright?" Shine grunted and nodded, while Tiger smiled and sat down.

Scott was calm like his mother, but in a diffrent way. While she was silent, and would calm people down but her calm features, he can calm people by logical words. He can easily solve problems by words, and breaks up fights. He is honestly Mary's favortie if she had to vote.

Mary loves her kits for their personality. Shine's daringness and excitement, who would never turn down a fight, Tiger's smarts, and Scott's logicness and calmness.

"That is right Scott. Listen to me. I am going to try to teach you to hunt, but to make you aware I really don't know how to." She mewed to her kits, and her kits nodded, Shine smiling with the challenge. "For now," She continued," We are going to sleep till sunrise because im sure you all are tired." Shine grumbled and relucktantly went to her new nest with her brothers.

In the morning Shine woke up. She shook her brother, Scott to get up." Hey mouse brain lets go hunting!" She whispered, trying not to wake her mother. Scott grumbled and turned over, so Shine moved on to Tiger. "Hey Tiger lets go hunting!" She again whispered. Her luck was better with Tiger, and he jumped up, almost waking their mother. "Mouse brain be quietter!"

Shine, and Tiger began to walk away from the safety of numbers. "Ok so we have to get food for the family. I think mom is really hungry." Shine mewed to her brother, as she ducked under a large fallen pine branch. Tiger nodded, and looked around.

"I don't see any food though."

"Thats because we havent got it yet."

"Well how do we get it?"

"We hunt for it and kill it."

"Kill what?"

"The food."

"Why would we kill it it's our food."

"We need to do that to feed ourselves got it?"

Tiger chuckled loudly and nudged his sister. "Im just kidding im not stupid."

Shine grumbled about him being really stupid and walked away. Tiger sighed and followed. When Tiger found Shine she was crouching in the dirt her eyes narowed on something Tiger coudnt see. "Theres a big animal over there! I think we can kill it to eat!" She whispered, and Tiger crouched next to her. A large red creature came out of the undergrowth.

It was a fox. As soon as it saw the alone kits it charged. They yelped and began to run away. Mary ran past her kits and took the fox head on. It flipped her over, but she kicked it in the face. It tryed to bite her throught but she twisted around, and it hit dirt. As she looked to her kits, she felt a strange pain in her leg, and everything went black.