Chapter 3

Tigerkit got to his paws as Firestar made his way to Dustpelt's side. "Tigerkit, Squirrelkit, what are you doing here?" Firestar gasped in surprise.

"They must have followed us from the camp," Dustpelt muttered.

"Sandstorm must be frantic," Firestar meowed, staring sternly down at his kits.

Squirrelkit shrank back at Firestar's fierce gaze, but Tigerkit locked eyes with his father, "we wanted to see what was happening," he protested, his eyes blazing.

"You shouldn't have been here," Firestar hissed, "you could have gotten hurt or killed."

"Well, I didn't, did I?" Tigerkit hissed.

Firestar sighed and shook his head, "come on," he meowed, "let's get back to camp." he picked up Tigerkit in his jaws and Dustpelt picked up Squirrelkit.

"They're going to be a handful when they're apprenticed," Dustpelt muttered, through a mouthful of dark ginger fur.

"You've got that right," Firestar meowed.

Tigerkit grumbled all the way back to camp. I just wanted to see what was going on, so I could go back to camp, if they need more help, he thought.

When they got back to camp, Tigerkit heard his mother's frantic yowls from outside the nursery, even before they got into camp.

"Tigerkit," Sandstorm yowled, as Firestar and Dustpelt padded back into camp. "Squirrelkit, Firestar, what happened?"

"They must have snuck out of camp when I left to the Riverclan border," Firestar muttered, setting down Tigerkit.

"Why would you do such a stupid thing?" Sandstorm hissed, "you could have gotten yourself killed."

Squirrelkit's eyes were wide and she shrank under her mother's fierce gaze. But Tigerkit held his mother's gaze with boldness. "I wanted to see what was happening," he meowed.

"You could have gotten killed," Sandstorm yowled. Firestar pressed himself against Sandstorm in an effort to calm her down. She took a deep breath to steady herself and hissed, "go to the nursery and stay there."

Squirrelkit obeyed right away, but Tigerkit glared boldly up at them for a moment longer, before following his sister. As he left, he heard Sandstorm murmur, "he acts a little bit like Tigerstar too."

Firestar nodded, "I hope he will not be another Tigerstar," he meowed.

"Yeah, we can only hope," Sandstorm sighed and followed Tigerkit as he padded back into the nursery, fuming.

Who is this Tigerstar cat? Tigerkit wondered, is Tigerstar the same cat as Tigerclaw from my flashback. If so, why would I have a flashback of a cat I've never meet.

"Sandstorm," Tigerkit meowed, "I'm really sorry."

"I know," Sandstorm meowed, licking Tigerkit on the ears.

He padded toward Squirrelkit who was sitting with Leafkit. "Then Tigerkit leaped onto the silver she cat and bite her ear. She shook him off, but stopped when she saw it was a kit," Squirrelkit was meowing, "Tigerkit sprang at the silver she cat and was about to give her the death blow, but Dustpelt knocked him off and told him, 'Thunderclan warriors don't kill unless they have to.'"

"Wow, I wish I was there," Leafkit meowed.

The entrance rustled and Graystripe padded into the nursery. "Sandstorm, Firestar wants to see you in his den," he meowed.

"Okay, thanks Graystripe," Sandstorm meowed, getting to her paws and following Graystripe out of the nursery.

Wonder whats up with them, Tigerkit wondered and got to his paws. Quickly, he dashed out of the nursery and hurried to the highrock.

When Sandstorm paused to sniff the air, Tigerkit slipped into the shadows. Sandstorm shrugged and slipped into Firestar's den on the side of the highrock.

"You wanted to see me," Tigerkit heard Sandstorm meow when he neared the entrance, sticking to the shadows.

"Yes," Firestar meowed, "it's about Tigerkit."

A/n please review, next chapter soon

Tigerstar: 95 bottles of beer on the wall, 95 bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around, 94 bottles of beer on the wall. 94 bottles of beer on the wall, 94 bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around, 93 bottles of beer on the wall.

Stardream: please review before I kill Tigerstar for annoying the hell out of me

Tigerstar: you can't kill me, I'm already dead

Stardream: (gives him evil grin) you wanna bet

Tigerstar: (gulp) please review, before Stardream kills me a second time,