AN: Thank you ANONYMOUS, Dragon, and for your ocs.
A lone red leaf in the center of the clearing caught Pearkit's attention.
She crouched down, like she had seen Crimsonpaw and Pepperpaw do during hunting training a few days ago.
Wiggling her haunches, she was about to spring forward, when a sharp mrrow from Splinterkit made her stop in her tracks. Getting to her paws, she turned and looked at the other kit, who was standing there with Thornkit, Daisykit, and Dandelionkit.
"I think hunting practice would be a waste of time for you."
Pearkit glared sharply at the grey tabby.
"What's that supposed to mean? she demanded. Was it because she didn't know who her father was? Did Splinterkit think that made her less of a SeedClan cat than the other cats?
"Look at you, you're fat, fat cats can't hunt, the prey will hear you coming from all the way on the other side of the forest!"
Daisykit mrrowed, and Thornkit twitched his whiskers.
"Yeah," meowed Dandelionkit, "I think it's best if you just become a permanent queen as soon as you get your warrior name."
Splinterkit shook his head.
"That's not possible, no cat will ever love her!"
Pearkit turned away from the other kits, feeling their words pierce through her heart.
Were they right? Would she never be a warrior? Would no cat ever love her?
No, she shook her head with fierce determination, and sank her claws into the ground. She would prove them wrong, she would be the best warrior that SeedClan ever had!
She started going back to the nursery, when she saw her littermates huddled around the practice stump.
Might as well go play with them, she thought, figuring it could help her take her mind off of Splinterkit's hateful words.
"Hey, what are you playing?" she asked, when she reached them.
Prunekit leapt onto the stump.
"We're playing clan leader, right now, I'm the clan leader, and I'm choosing who will be my deputy!" she announced.
"That sounds like fun," meowed Pearkit, sitting down beside Pistachiokit.
"I guess so," he mumbled, bringing his paw up to his face, and swiping his tongue over it, "I mean, it's better than being in the nursery, " he ran his paw over his ear, and across his whiskers, "or hanging out with Splinterkit, Thornkit, Dandelionkit, and Daisykit."
He moved onto the other paw.
Pearkit shook her head, wondering how her brother hadn't completely groomed the fur right off of his paws, with how much he cleaned himself.
"I'm choosing Raisinkit as my deputy, since you both keep talking!" spat Prunekit.
The little black tom shot forward.
"Alright!" he exclaimed.
Pearkit winced, when he tried to jump onto the stump beside Prunekit, but instead, ended up slamming into it, face first.
"Are you okay?" Prunekit exclaimed, jumping off the stump, and landing beside Raisinkit, who was laying on his back. When Pearkit reached him, she saw that he had a dazed look in his eyes.
"What were you thinking you mouse-brain?" spat Pistachiokit.
Shaking his head, Raisinkit stood unsteadily to his paws with the help of Prunekit.
"Do you need to see Frogpuddle?" asked Pearkit, turning her head to look back at the medicine cat den.
"I'm okay," meowed Raisinkit.
"Are you sure? Should we at least tell Ambertail?"
Pearkit wasn't sure if she quite believed that he was okay, he had hit the stump pretty hard.
"He said he's fine, no need to get Ambertail involved, and who knows, maybe it knocked some sense into him," growled Pistachiokit.
Prunekit shook her head.
"I don't see why you're being so mean."
A long sigh emitted from Pistachiokit, before he turned away, and stormed off towards the nursery.
He'll get over it, thought Pearkit, turning to her other littermates.
"So, are we still playing clan leader?" she asked.
Prunekit turned to Raisinkit.
"Are you feeling okay to play?"
He nodded.
"Yes, it's going to take more than a stump to keep me down!"
"Excellent!" Prunekit rubbed her paws together, "Hm, the prey seems to be running well in SeedClan, and Pearkit has now become an apprentice, her apprentice name is Pearpaw, and her mentor is," the tortoiseshell she-cat narrowed her eyes, and gazed around the clearing, "Emberthistle!"
The spiky furred tom looked up from where he was sharing a vole with Sparkwillow.
"Be right back," he told her, getting to his paws.
Pearkit's mouth went dry,and her heart started pounding in her chest, as he neared them.
She hoped that he wouldn't be angry that they had disturbed his meal.
"Did someone call my name?" he asked.
"Uhh, we were just playing clan leader," squeaked out Prunekit, sounding as afraid as Pearkit felt.
"And that involves me how?" Emberthistle asked, narrowing his yellow-gold eyes.
Prunekit shuffled her paws.
"I assigned you as Pearkit's mentor."
Emberthistle mrrowed, and shook his head.
"I'm honored that you chose me to be a mentor, though, I'm not sure Seedstar will feel the same way when the time comes for you to be apprenticed."
"Why not?" asked Pearkit, as fear ruffled her pelt. Was Splinterkit right? Would she not be made an apprentice because of her size?
"Let's just say that Seedstar and I don't exactly see eye to eye," Emberthistle sighed and shook his head, "I guess I should be grateful that she hasn't kicked me out of the clan."
"What did you do?" asked Prunekit, her eyes wide with interest.
"It doesn't matter, you should get back to the nursery, it will be dark soon, and you don't want Ambertail to worry."
"Yes, Emberthistle," meowed Prunekit, before she started padding back to the nursery, with Raisinkit beside her.
As she watched them, Pearkit couldn't help but to feel a stab of jealousy, they were so close, always playing together, always sleeping next to each other. It was obvious, that out of the litter, they were the two who were the closest.
But who was the closest to her? Pistachiokit? No, Pistachiokit wouldn't let anyone close to him.
Splinterkit and Thornkit had each other, so did Dandelionkit and Daisykit. She supposed that even Ambertail and Emberthistle were really close.
Should she try harder to get closer to Pistachiokit? He was her brother, and maybe, he felt just as lonely as she did. Maybe, if she tried hard enough, they could be as close as Prunekit and Raisinkit.
She sure hoped so.
SeedClan
Leader: Seedstar - light brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes
Deputy: Acornstorm - brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Medicine Cat: Frogpuddle - grey she-cat with green eyes
Warriors:
Emberthistle - spiky furred tortoiseshell and white tom, with yellow-gold eyes
Flintblaze - dark grey tabby tom with orange eyes
Sparkwillow - pale grey tabby she-cat with pale blue eyes
Possumgaze - tom that resembles a lemur
Cherryfrost - ginger and white she-cat with green eyes
Leopardclaw - golden spotted tabby tom with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Crimsonpaw - crimson furred tom with blue eyes
Pepperpaw - black she-cat with white and grey speckles, and very dark amber eyes
Queens:
Sootspeckle - dark grey and white mottled she-cat with orange eyes (mother to Acornstorm's kits, Splinterkit and Thornkit)
Roseleaf - ginger and white she-cat with green eyes (mother to Leopardclaw's kits, Daisykit and Dandelionkit)
Peachfur - pale orange she-cat, with a light grey tipped tail, and blue eyes (mother to Crimsonpaw and Frozenkit)
Ambertail - tortoiseshell and white she-cat with yellow-gold eyes (mother to Pearkit, Prunekit, Pistachiokit, and Raisinkit)
Elders:
Nettleshade - spiky furred black tom with amber eyes
