Chapter 4
Lionkit woke up with a start, she woke up to see Stealthkit staring down at her. She couldn't remember a thing.
"What-? What happened?" Lionkit said confused.
"It's ok, we're going back to your clan." Stealthkit said trying to calm his friend.
"We?" Lionkit questioned
"Yes, we. Riverclan has abandoned me, so we're going to Windclan, I'm sure they will welcome me." Stealthkit mewed.
"Um… the thing is I'm not so sure they will." Lionkit tried to tell him.
"I'll make them like me… or else I would have nothing." Stealthkit said with tears in his eyes.
The two kits continued through the forest and eventually they came to a stop at the entrance to Windclan camp.
"Let me go first, I'll tell you to come." Lionkit mewed happily. She walked through the entrance and at an instant Specklefrost ran to her side.
"Don't you ever do that again! Do you hear me? Are you ok? What's wrong?" Specklefrost mewed immediately.
"But, I cant take credit for this… my friend he lost his… well everything to save my life, he deserves a home… a home here." Lionkit mewed with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"What do you mean?" Specklefrost said.
"I mean… Stealthkit." Lionkit yelped.
Stealthkit padded over on Lionkit's side as every body watched him struggle from a bite on his leg.
"This is stealthkit. He saved my life twice." Lionkit mewed.
"Why have you brought him here?" Specklefrost mewed sternly.
"He needs a home, I thought he could stay with us…" Lionkit meowed.
"We will talk later right now he needs to be fed… you too, and take him to Hazelpool to treat his leg." Specklefrost said giving orders. Lionkit quickly guided Stealthkit to Hazelpool and fetched them both food.
"Lionkit come here!" Specklefrost yelled across the clearing, she was standing next to Blizzerdstar. Lionkit quickly ran over to them.
"Yes Specklefrost?" Lionkit mewed.
"You have no right to bring him to the clan, and you know that. You are really lucky Specklefrost said she would take him in. but what happened?" Blizzerdstar said sternly.
While Lionkit was telling Specklefrost and Blizzerdstar what happened, someone started running through the camp entrance yelling.
"Get ready for battle I saw Riverclan cross they're river heading our way! Get ready!" A large tom yelled.
"Get all the kits in the nursery, queens stay out the elders will watch the kits! Go!" Blizzerdstar said giving orders to everyone she saw.
"Lionkit go get Stealthkit! Take him to the nursery, I have to fight!" Specklefrost said. Lionkit ran over to the Medicine cat den and took Stealthkit's side.
"He wont be able to walk he just had poppy seeds you will have to carry him to the nursery." Hazelpool mewed immediately. At the hearing of these words she remembered how he had carried her through part of the woods, she grabbed his neck and pulled, her strength was all on carrying him where he was safe, he had saved her life, now she would save his. Midnight ran to her side from the nursery and helped her carry the young kit quicker, Midnight was a an elder, the nicest one too, Midnight was Specklefrost's mom and so of course she helped Lionkit and Stealthkit now that they were a family. Once they had Stealthkit in his little den Lionkit watched the fight go on, most of the elders longed her to step back a bit but not Midnight, she was amazed to see Lionkits eyes sparkle with excitement.
"No!" Lionkit yelped so loud the whole forest could hear it, Midnight quickly noticed why she had yelped with pain in her eyes, and the elder held Lionkit back from her bleeding mother. Midnight had grown tears in her own eyes at the sight of Specklefrost bleeding on the cold ground.
"No, no, no, please, no stop!" Lionkit screamed and at the hearing of those words Stealthkit got up and bit Lionkit's neck into a deep sleep.
"What did you just do?" Midnights words sprang at Stealthkit.
"I put her into a deep sleep, kits can't handle that much pain, it's not good for their hope."
"And… I- I can't handle seeing her in pain…" Stealthkit stuttered at admitting his love.