I am back, with the second chapter of Driven Apart! I hope you enjoy!

"Come on, Emberkit! We're going to be late!" Moonkit yowled excitedly. Her first time out of the nursery! She was so happy, that she thought that her heart would leap out of her chest and bounce all the way to the mountains. Looking around, she spotted the small form of her only sister Emberkit, hurrying out of the nursery.

Moonkit ran to the towering fresh-kill pile, her whole body trembling in excitement. Lilyflower had told them to take a sparrow to Snowflight , one of the elders. She had mewed jokingly after "She might even tell you a story, if you are lucky!"

Emberkit bounded ahead and snatched a plump sparrow out of the towering pile. Unfortunately, the sparrow had been holding the whole pile up, so it wobbled for a while. Emberkit, obsessing over taking the bird over to the elders den, had not noticed and was dragging the sparrow by the wing. Through a mouthful of feathers, she yowled to Moonkit " I'm comingph" .

She spat out the bird, and mewed again "I'm just coming!" Stifling a mew of amusement, Moonkit looked up, and watched in horror as the fresh-kill pile collapsed on Emberkit's head.

Running as fast as her stubby legs could carry her , Moonkit tumbled next to the kit-shaped fresh-kill pile and started digging her sister out. Luckily , Emberpaw soon emerged , coughed out a mouth-full of fluff and meowed " Stupid food!"

Moonkit snorted with laughter, picked up the sparrow and padded to the elders den. Emberkit followed after , with every step she spat out a mouthful of fluff.

Finally , the two kits arrived at the Elders den . Two elders lay in the soft moss , talking. Moonkit could hear them from the entrance. Squealing with excitement , Moonkit scrambled up to the two elders who purred as she showed them the huge sparrow.

"Why hello kits!" the small white she-cat mewed " My name is Snowflight , and thank you VERY much for the sparrow. Would you like to share with Longear and me , while we tell a story?"

The two kits nodded in agreement , and settled down next to a tall sand coloured she-cat, who had a single ear which seemed as big as the sparrow.

The two sisters curled up next to each other, mewing with excitement to taste fresh-kill for the first time. To them, it tasted like to sweetest honey, the richest milk. They felt like they could run over a river, jump over the moon and fly up to talk to Starclan .

"Now then , kits" Snowflight mewed , her large , feathery tail gently brushing Emberkit's muzzle " What tale do you want to hear?" She continued " The tale of Firestar the great ? Or the tale of the Demon who roams the forest?"

Emberkit shivered as she heard the word 'Demon' , whilst Moonkit's emerald eyes shined with interest. Emberkit yowled " Firestar!" at the exact same second that Moonkit screeched " The demon!"

Longear purred , a long rumbling purr that spoke of moons of wisdom and battles.

Grumpily, Moonkit mewed " Fine. Firestar then . But that's only because your my sister,"

Emberkit purred happily and settled down to hear the story

"Many, many moons ago , in a very different place to here , beyond the mountains, a single kittypet joined our clan , Thunderclan. The kittypets name was.. hummm , let me think .. ah yes , his name was Rusty," Longear began. Curiously , Moonkit asked " But what does Rusty mean?"

Snowflight replied with a purr " We are not sure , it's a Kittypet name. Anyways , on with the story."

"And Rusty joined Thunderclan , and took the name Firepaw. That very day , the Deputy died , and Lionheart became Deputy. But after , Firepaw and his two friends Greypaw and Ravenpaw found out that the previous deputy , Redtail , didn't just die. He was murdered,"

The two kits mewed in awe as the elders continued their tale.

"He was murdered by a tom , named Tigerclaw. He was a huge , scarred cat . The other clans feared him . He was likely to become the next leader."

" Then Lionheart died , and Tigerclaw became deputy. He almost killed the leader , Bluestar , but Firepaw , now Fireheart stopped him in time. Fireheart was then named deputy."

Emberkit mewed " But what happened to Tigerclaw? Did he die?"

Longear purred and meowed " Listen , young one , and you will find out."

"Tigerclaw became leader of the dreaded Shadowclan . With him as their leader , he lead a pack of dogs into Thunderclan. The dogs killed Bluestar and a apprentice. Fireheart became Firestar."

The kits jaws dropped as Longear described the dogs .

"But then Tigerstar bought another clan into the forest , Bloodclan. This clan was vicious , and fought without a warrior code . Their leader, Scourge , killed Tigerstar with a single flick of his paw"

The kits gasped in shock at hearing about Tigerstar's death . How could a leader of all cats die from one blow?

"But then Firestar killed Scourge and the forest was saved . The end ."

Emberkit took one last bite on the sparrow and mewed "Thanks for telling us the story!"

Moonkit mewed happily and licked Snowflight's ear . "Yeah! Thanks!"

"Now kits, promise me one thing ," Snowflight mewed solemnly. The two kits nodded and mewed "What is it , Snowflight?"

"Promise me this. Promise that you will never, never , never grow up to be anything like Tigerstar or , Starclan forbid , Scourge?"

Moonkit scoffed "Of course. Why would we?", and Emberkit nodded vigorously.

"We promise!" The two kits mewed. " We promise!"

Phew, that was longgg . My fingers are tired after typing for so long !