Redkit

I woke up and opened my eyes.

"Oh look," Frostpelt, my mother, said looking down at me with big blue eyes. "Redkit has opened his eyes!"

I yawned and looked around. I was in a small cave with a grass barrier to keep in the heat. There was another cat and her kits. I was lying beside my sister Wolfkit and my brother Skykit, who were already awake and looking at me.

I looked down and my fur was red and I had white paws.

Wolfkit was a small cat with yellow eyes. Her fur was dark gray and really thick, with some black around her eyes, muzzle and tail.

Skykit was snow white with a slightly darker tail, which gave him the illusion of having a blue tail. He also had ice blue eyes.

The other she cat was a light brown tabby, named Owlfoot. She had two kits, Sunkit and Birdkit. They were two moons older than us.

"I'll get Graystar," Frostpelt said, excited.

"Don't worry, I'm already here," a big gray tabby said, as he squeezed through the grass entrance.

I squealed and ran over to him. "Are you my daddy?" I asked him.

"Of course I am," Graystar said.

"He's also Clan leader," Wolfkit exclaimed, running over with Skykit at her shoulder.

"What's a Clan leader?" I asked, puzzled.

"I am in charge of the Clan. I decide when cats are made warriors or apprentices," Graystar began.

"Can I be an apprentice now?" I asked hopefully.

"No, you have to wait until you are six moons old," Graystar purred. "Anyway, as I was saying, I am Clan leader and I have a deputy. A deputy sends out the hunting patrols. Our deputy is Branchfur. We also have a cat who makes sick cats better.

"How?" I asked.

"With herbs," Skykit answered.

"The cat who makes sick cats better is called the medicine cat. Our medicine cat is currently Splodgepelt," Graystar said. "Now may I talk to Frostpelt?"

"Only if you don't eat her," Wolfkit said playfully.

Graystar purred and walked over to Frostpelt.

"They're a pawful aren't they," Graystar said, touching noses with Frostpelt.

"You have no idea," Frostpelt agreed.

I turned to Wolfkit and Skykit. "You never told me he was Clan leader!"

"You only opened your eyes today," Skykit shot back.

"Hey you two, break it up," Wolfkit said, playfully tackling me.

I was much bigger than her, so she crashed into me, trying to get me off my paws. Then Skykit jumped in to help Wolfkit. They both pinned me down. I wriggled out of their grip and jumped on Skykit. I knocked his legs out of under him.

"Enough Redkit," Graystar said, walking over. Had I done something wrong?

"Frostpelt tells me you only opened your eyes today. Is that correct?" Graystar inquired.

"Yes, opened them just before," I said, scuffing my paws.

"Well you have the makings of a great warrior," Graystar commented.

Suddenly a brown tabby tom came rushing in. "Graystar, Grasspaw is injured," he panted.

Graystar rushed to the entrance to the nursery.

"May we come?" Wolfkit asked shyly.

Graystar looked at Frostpelt. Frostpelt nodded.

"Come on, I'll show you the FlameClan camp after we sort out Grasspaw," Graystar said, following the tabby tom out of the nursery.

Wolfkit confidently followed Graystar out the nursery, with Skykit and I shooting nervous glances at each other. We walked out the entrance. I looked around. My eyes widened in amazement.

The FlameClan camp was amazing! It was filled with cats. Cats were everywhere. I didn't know any of them. How is Wolfkit so confident out of the nursery?

Graystar followed the brown tom through a little tunnel that lead to a second brown tom went into a small cave, much like the nursery, in which there was a nest made of soft moss and feathers. In the nest lay a small golden cat, wrapped in cobwebs.

"What happened?" Graystar asked.

"I was out training him around the CrowTree when we were attacked by a fox," the brown tom said.

"Did you chase the fox away, Branchfur?" Graystar asked.

"Is that Branchfur, the deputy?" I asked Wolfkit, quietly. She nodded.

"Of course I did," Branchfur said, answering Graystar's question.

A tom came out of the small cave. He was mainly white with a big black spot on his back and tail.

"How's Grasspaw coming along?" Graystar asked.

"He'll be fine after a rest," the cat replied.

"Are you the medicine cat," Skykit asked.

"Yes I am," the cat said. "My name is Splodgepelt."

"Can you show me how to heal sick cats? Please?" Skykit begged.

"Sure I can, if that's ok with you, Graystar," Splodgepelt said.

Graystar nodded. Skykit bounced into the medicine den after Splodgepelt.

"Come on you two, I'll show you the FlameClan camp," Graystar said to us.

Wolfkit and I followed him back through the tunnel, to the main clearing.

"That bush over there is the warriors den," Graystar said, waving his tail toward a bush.

"That cave over there is my den. The hollow log is the apprentices den. Underneath that tree over there is the Elders den," Graystar explained.

"Can we go talk to the Elders?" Wolfkit asked.

"No, not today," Graystar said. "You must be tired. Go back to the nursery."

I followed Wolfkit back to the nursery. We told Frostpelt everything that had happened. I was so tired, I fell asleep before Skykit had come back.


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