Halllooo again! ^ ^ Chapter 3: Mouse-catch and mischief is UP and READY TO READ! lol! I hope you enjoy my second chapter, Bramb says HALOOO as well! ^ ^ lol! My friend, Demon Fox, requested chapter 3 and I gladly obliged! ^ ^ I wanted to post it soooooo badly! Thx Demon Fox! ^ ^ haha! okay so thanks aside, I'm really hoping for more reviews! Reviews make me happy!

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"Light is fading and Darkness is Falling, but the Stars shall rise and end the Dark Night..."

Chapter 3 Mouse-catch and Mischief

Mousekit woke to the smell of food. Mouse. Her favorite. Blinking
multiple times, she stifled a yawn and looked around. Jaykit, Lionkit, and Hollykit ,her siblings, were nowhere to be seen. Along with Bramblekit. It had been a few moons since Maplekit had died and Bramblekit was back and as fun as ever!

(I wonder where they are…. I'm going to try scenting them like Leafpaw showed us! Nice idea Mousekit. I know I'm a genius! No you're a mouse-brain without me. Uh huh, yeah sure. GET ON WITH IT ALLREADY! Okay Okay I'm going!)

She opened her mouth and drew in a long deep breath, hoping to smell them.

(Ah ha! I smell Jaykit, Lionkit, Hollykit, AND Bramblekit! Nice job Mousekit! It smells like…. They're playing with the-)

"WHOAH!", She yowled ducking just in time not to be hit in the face with the mouse, "HEY! WATCH IT!"

"Sorry Mousekit!" Hollykit yowled, "We're playing mouse-catch! Wanna play?"

(The answer to that is obvious...)

"YOU BET!" she yowled and was on her paws in a heart beat chasing after the mouse.

Lionkit was closest to it and pounced on the piece of fresh-kill.

In a whirl of color and wind, Jaykit leapt on Lionkit, pushing him away and reaching for the mouse.

He landed on Ferncloud's kits, Icekit and Foxkit. She pushed him off with her hind legs.

"Have I hurt them?" He gasped.

Mousekit stood right behind her brother, she could feel the worry come from him.

"Of course not," Ferncloud snapped at him." You're too small to squish a flea!"

Anger at Ferncloud's comment slashed through her. How DARE she insult her big brother! Jaykit must have sensed her reaction. He whipped his head around to glare at her, and mouthed the word: No.

"But you three are getting to rough for the nursery," She continued." All of you are." She added.

"Sorry Ferncloud." Hollykit mewed

"Sorry…" Jaykit echoed.

"It's about time Firestar made you apprentices and moved you to the apprentice den." Ferncloud mewed.

Excitement bubbled in Mousekit's chest at the word apprentice. She couldn't wait for that day to come! She felt a pelt brush hers, and she snapped her head to the right to see who it was. It was Bramblekit. The grey and black tabby she-kit's eyes were sparkling with excitement too.

(She is as excited as I am! But then again… WHO WOULDN'T BE?)

"If only." Lionkit sighed.

Mousekit whirled around.

(If only? IF ONLY? OF COURSE HE WOULD!)

"It won't be long," Hollykit pointed" We're almost six moons old."

"Yeah, Lionkit!" Mousekit piped in.

"Hollykit is right, we won't be waiting long!" Bramblekit added.

"Well, you're not six moons yet! And until you are, you can do your playing outside!" Ferncloud ordered.

"Yes, Ferncloud." Lionkit mewed meekly.

"Come on Jaykit," Hollykit called." And bring the mouse with you."

Mousekit and Bramblekit followed Jaykit out of the nursery and into the Thunderclan camp. Bramblekit went through the prickly entrance before Mousekit and after Jaykit, leaving Mousekit to get through the entrance last. She wormed halfway out when her thick, super fluffy, golden brown fur snagged on a thorn. She tugged but it wouldn't let go.

"Rrrrgh! Let go you stupid thorn!" She hissed between huffs.

"Do…you need help?" Bramblekit asked amusement plainly displayed on her face.

"No I got this!" She snarled.

She tugged even harder, managing to pull free the fur on her back… And get her even fluffier tail tangled in the thorns. She slumped on the ground, her eyes looking up at Bramblekit in defeat.

"So… What were you saying?"

"Do you need help?" Bramblekit repeated. It was more of a statement then a question.

"I—Yes." Mousekit admitted, averting her gaze.

As Bramblekit unlatched her tail from the thorns, Mousekit heard the sound of thundering paws. A heartbeat later, Thornclaw's breathless patrol skid to a stop in the middle of the camp.

"What happened?" Brambleclaw mewed.

Mousekit's gaze went from Thornclaw to her father back to Thornclaw.

"We found a dead fox on the territory." Thornclaw mewed after catching his breath.

Gasps and worried mews filled the air as Bramblekit and Mousekit sat side by side next to Jaykit, Hollykit, and Lionkit.

(What do you think they're talking about Bramblekit?) Mousekit thought, reaching into her friend's mind to talk to her without interrupting.

Bramblekit turned her head to look at Mousekit.

(Did you listen to anything? Thornclaw just said that they found a dead fox in the territory.)

(Where in the territory?)

(By Sky oak. Are you even listening to one word they're saying?)

(Um….. Who said it was by Sky oak?)

(Spiderleg mousebrain.)

Bramblekit let out a growl and turned her attention back to Thornclaw's patrol, while Mousekit broke her connection with Bramblekit's mind. The warm, glowing sensation that was Bramblekit slowly disappeared from Mousekit's conscious. She tried to focus on what the patrol was telling Brambleclaw, Firestar and the rest of the clan. …But she was easily distracted by the noises of the forest, the mews from Foxkit and Icekit, the space of air where Jaykit was sitting next to Hollykit and Lionkit…

(Heeey! Wait a minute!)

Mousekit whipped her head around, looking for her littermates. A grey tail disappeared from her eyesight into the dirtplace tunnel.

(Where do they think they're going? They're going to go and ambush the fox cubs. What fox cubs? You really aren't listening are you…? Well, they're not going to go and leave me here! I'm coming too! …Have you even thought that they left you here for a reason? Oh, and what do you mean by that? You talk to much mousebrain. No she doesn't. Yes she does. She kind of does… Okay, enough all of you! I'll show you I can be quiet! I'm going to stalk them! Okay you do that, Mousebrain; you'll be talking once you set foot out there. Will not. Will too.)

OOOOkaaaay! So many of you are probably wondering: "What the heck is going on here?" To clear things up...

Mousekit/paw/shadow has VIOCES inside her head. You know how your conscience speaks to you sometimes? Well Mousekit (paw, shadow) has 3. ^ ^Yes three!

I named them, Me, Myself, and I (though Mouse doesn't know that! XD)

Me: Me is the gruff more violent, more...Korra-ish one. She's the one who is fighting with Mousekit here in this chapter and chapter 2: Stars.

Myself: is the calm one who is much like Asami (yes I did notice I'm using LoK characters...^ ^my inner fan-girl is showing! lol!) She's the one who always tries to break the two up before they start yowling their heads off!

and last but not least...

I: I rarely talks at all. She's quiet and doesn't interfere in arguments between Mousekit/paw/shadow and Me. You'll only meet her a few times and she'll be on Mouse's side! (and she'll prob. be followed by ...s)

Okay srry if that was short! (or was it? I'm not sure) I'm looking out for reviews/comments! And faving and following is also encouraged! okay Mouseshadow01 signing off! till next time! ^ ^