Chapter 1 Prophecies
"Bluekit, wake up, wake up!" said a squeaky voice yelling in my ear. A paw was nudging me. "Silverkit, be nice," I felt the paw slip away. "Mother was that how I was like when I was born?" a different squeaky voice questioned. "No not as helpless; you opened your eyes way faster so you didn't have a chance to be helpless." an older sounding voice spat in disgust.
"Bluekit is stronger than she looks," said a more protective voice. So Bluekit is my name. I like it. It reminds me of something or someone, but I didn't let that thought bother me. I distracted myself with the conversation around me. "Oh sure, like this pile of fur could be a ThunderClan warrior," sneered the questioning voice from before. "That's enough Icekit, don't be mean," said yet another squeaky voice.
So the rude voice is Icekit and the hyper one is Silverkit. I must live in a big civilization, I can just sense it. Icekit I will prove to you I am not helpless. I opened my eyes. When my vision came to focus I saw four kits staring at me, along with two queens. There was brownish and forest colored sleeping queen. "Guys, she opened her eyes!" Silverkit squeaked.
"I am Silverkit, and this is Longkit." Silver kit immediately said while she pointed with her tail toward a kit with black stripes and shaggy fur. "That is our mother, Willowflight." this time she pointed with her nose to a beautiful queen. "Next, this is Honeykit and Icekit," Silverkit pointed to a pair of kits, orange and white, respectively. "And there is their mother, Frozenleaf," she pointed to a queen with icy blue fur and eyes. "Finally, over there is Mintfur she is expecting Snowtail's kits." this time she pointed with her paw toward the sleeping queen. Silverkit plopped down on her side of the moss, obviously tired from the long introduction.
I looked around at the bramble surrounding me. "What is this place?" I asked in a way of interest to change the subject. "It is the nursery were kits grow and stay until their six months old and ready to become apprentices." My mother told me, studying my expression. I simply said "Oh." Willowflight's eyes were filled with disappointment. "So where is the apprentice and warrior den?" Those words came out as blood on a warrior cut.
"How did you know about the apprentice and warrior dens?"
I felt embarrassed, my pelt growing hot, "I must have overheard someone talking about it. Heheā¦" I covered; I had a strange feeling i was being watched with both negative and positive feelings around me. A cat walked into the den with fur black as night. "Tomorrow morning queens and Ambertail, Treefoot, Seedfur and Sunstar are meeting in Sunstar's den. Do not be late," He stated bluntly.
As he was leaving Longkit came up to him with curious eyes. "Poppytail, why do you smell so nice of herbs and leaves?" Longkit, a fan of medicine cats, asked many questions concerning medicine cats and what they do.
Poppytail left after answering Longkit's question. "I'll tell you a story. It's about Firestar and his kin. Did you know that, he and his kin saved all the clans from the Dark Forest" Willowflight's voice gave me comfort. "What's the dark forest?" I asked in honest curiosity, because when Willowflight said the Dark Forest, pictures of screeching cats and a scary and gloomy place with no sun flashed through my mind, and when Willowflight said Firestar, I saw cats crying out prayers for a dead flame colored cat.
"Well it's a place you kits will go if you're bad and a place where lots of deaths happened." Willowflight kept talking, but I was concentrating on the pictures I saw. Could the orange cat be Firestar? I wanted to ask my mother. "And a war between the dark forest and the clans began."
"Mother in the war did Firestar die on top of a rock" I asked, definitely curious. She gazed at me with eyes of analyzation "Yes dear, he died in front of the clans when a tree fell on him after he killed Tigerstar." My mother's voice churned and trembled; I had no doubt she was very sad .
As more images passed, I fell asleep; it had been a very long day. I awoke at dawn feeling the nest next to me empty. My mother was leaving probably heading towards my dad's den. I creeped out behind her. The ground was a white, cold substance under my paws, making them numb. I followed my mother toward a big rock. I went behind one of the nearby large rocks to stay out of view. I heard voices inside the cave. "So Sunstar, what's the news? I didn't even have time to organize the patrols today," A cat with a reddish tail, who i assumed was Ambertail, said. "Ambertail, this is important if you don't mind." Poppytail scolded. "Who is it about?" Questioned Ambertail in an obnoxious tone. Willowflight answered her rudeness. "Bluekit."
She said it with love and pride in her eyes, but Ambertail just laughed scornfully. "So the kit who happens to be a scrap of helpless fur is going to save the clans? Have you lost your mind Poppytail?! I came in to visit, and she barely had energy to live and not fight greencough." Sunstar directed a stern look at Ambertail. "Then would you like to mentor her." Sunstar told her this not as question, but a command. Ambertail hesitated for a moment, then, realized that she had been mocking Sunstar's daughter, nodded in disappointment. "So what's the history behind it Poppytail?" Mintfur asked. Poppytail looked up, sad, as though she were remembering distant memories. "Well I awoke and Firestar was there as well as Bluestar. They told me that the three seeds of a lily and the blue-furred one have arrived, and that they must join together to save the Clans once again. So I've been thinking, Seedfur didn't you mate with Lilypool, a ShadowClan cat, who right now has three kits? They must be 'the seeds of a lily' while the blue furred one is Bluekit." The cave filled with gasps. "But we're enemies with ShadowClan!" Frozenleaf replied. By now I was shivering; not because of the wind or the ground below, but what I was hearing with my own ears.
I didn't want to hear anymore, so I went back to my nest, thinking how cool it would be to fly or read minds. My paws felt even colder, I realized; there must be storm coming. With my dreams arising, I fell asleep, then opened my eyes to the sound of roaring wind. I felt cold, very cold, with the wind howling in my ears. I heard voices, but I was too tired to listen. Falling back asleep, I appeared in a peaceful meadow "Where am I?" I asked, hearing my voice echo, which freaked me out even more. a cat with light orange fur appeared. "I am Sandstorm. I will be teaching you about the aura you can feel in other cats. We sometimes feel it our mate, but you can feel positive and negative auras in complete strangers. I will train you once you become an apprentice. So until then, enjoy life as a kit." With that, Sandstorm disappeared.
I opened my eyes to a different den, where water from the ceiling was dripping down. Purely positive energy surrounded me as i took in my surroundings; Sandstorm was right; I can feel energies from cats. Poppytail was walking around, organizing berries and herbs, Longkit following him asking a dozen questions.
Longkit glanced at me and jumped with joy "She woke up, Poppytail! Bluekit's awake!" I stared at Poppytail with a questioning look. "You had white cough. Again, I must say that you're one tough kit. You may leave my den by next dawn." I nodded, looking over to see Silverkit, Honeykit and Icekit walk in. Honeykit had to nudge Icekit forward as Poppytail left us to reunite.
We start to chatter like little birds tweeting for their mother to give them food. I let my thoughts drift, feeling dazed from Sandstorm's news. "Guys really, I'm fine, I'm just tired. How long was I out for?" All the kits fell silent.
Silverkit was the only one to speak, "Three dawns. Poppytail or our mother wouldn't let us near you." Poppytail looked up from her studies and gave Silverkit a cold stare. "Guys I'm going to go to sleep, I'm tired," I yawned, and with that they left and I fell into a deep sleep.
