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Echokit's POV
Three Moons Later...
"Wake up, sleepy-paws!" Cinderkit squeaked excitedly.
"Wah?" I asked, ready to fall asleep again. It's not even sunrise yet...I think.
"Mom says wake up! It's past sunrise!" Ashkit's voice comes in. I just want to sleep...
"Hey!" I meow suddenly as my brothers push me out of the nest. Jumping up, I batted Ashkit playfully in the nose and hit Cinderkit with my tail.
"She's just like Echofur. She was never a morning cat." Wolfheart's deep voice said proudly.
"Neither are you!" Duskflower said lovingly to her mate."But I guess that's why we named her Echokit. The only difference is her eyes! Just like your father's..."
"Hi!" Echokit turned around to see Jaguarkit, who was standing in a playful stance. "Want to play?" he asked, raising a paw up.
"Sure!" she said happily. A little while later, Ashkit and Cinderkit joined, while Stormkit played with Jaguarkit's lattermates. He likes them better than me! I thought angrily. But he never really liked me... A strange, but familiar voice enter my head. Hello. This time, please don't faint. There was definitely a laugh behind his deep voice. It was scary. Now, tell me. Stormkit. Do you know why he doesn't like you? Was he in my thoughts? And who was he? So many questions filled my head, it was overwhelming. Just like before... Dizziness filled me. Until...
"Echokit?" Jaguarkit's worried voice broght me back to reality.
"Yeah?" I asked. "Um...Can we stop playing? And just talk?" I asked nervously. It was hard to keep focused. Good. You're getting better. Now, tell me about Stormkit. Anger filled me. Why? Why are you so interested in Stormkit? Why don't you just go inside his head and leave me alone! Who was he? And why was he annoying me? Oh, because I'm lazy. Annoyance filled me, and overtook the anger. Legit reason! I exclaimed inside my head. It's to hard to get inside his head. But you? Well, it was as easy as catching a mouse! You were to interested in your own thoughts to notice me coming in! Stormkit was always looking out! It was like he knew I was coming. Surprising. I guess he was listening to too many of Darkwind's stories. She has so many. Darkwind? Was she one of the elders? I haven't met the elders yet! I'm going to go do that! Pushing the voice out of may head, I asked Jaguarkit, Ashkit, and Cinderkit to come meet the elders with me.
"I'm going to go see Snowstorm." Cinderkit said.
"We'll come!" Ashkit squeaked and Jaguarkit nodded excitedly. "You'll love them, I just know it!"
"And you better get use to Cinderkit going to visit the medicine cats. I think he'll become a medicine cat apprentice." Jaguarkit said.
"Maybe." I said."But you can only have two medicine cats at a time."
"Well, I guess." Jaguarkit said, finding in answer.
"Here we are!" Ashkit meowed, flicking his tail up and pointing at a rather large den. Climbing in, I saw three nest. "That's Thunderclaw, Darkwind, and Larkwing!" Ashkit said happily, pionting at each one with his tail.
"Let me sleep." Thunderclaw growled grumpily.
"Don't be afraid, Sweets." The dark tortoiseshell, Lawkwing whispered. "He's always been grumpy since Echofur died..."
"Echofur?" I asked, thinking about early, when Wolfheart said the name.
"Oh! You're Echokit aren't you?" She asked, and I nodded my head."She was Wolfheart's mother, so your grandmother."
"She's still his mother." Thunderclaw's deep snarl cut into the conversation."She'll always be!" He finished, and turned the other way in his nest.
"Of course she will." Darkwind said. Her eyes turned to Echokit."Have you come to hear one of my stories?" She asked gently.
"Yes!" Me and the others said in unison. Listen carefully... Oh, by the way, my name is Strike.
"So, this story begins with to rogues. Their names are Petal and St- No, Claw. Petal who was excepting kits with Claw, had her first glance at his bloodthirstiness. She left him. Not long after, she gave birth to his two kits, Flower and Sn- I mean, Ginger. Ginger was strong and healthy but her sister was weak and sickly. Petal too became sickly and both her and Flower died when Ginger was only four moons old. Claw found Ginger and his mate's and kit's dead bodies. He of course thought the clans did this, since Petal had asked them for help, only to be turned down. He went mad. killing every clan cat he saw. He killed many before being stopped by Echofur, who sadly died in the process." She finished.
"That's how grandma died?!" Ashkit said unbelieving.
"Yes." Thunderclaw's grunted. "And it's all that nasty tom's fault! If I could just lay my claws on him..."
"We know...you would kill him. But he's dead. He's dead because of Echofur." Larkwing said.
"Why? Why would he think it's our fault?" I asked unable to contain the question. Because the clans turn her down. Making it even harder to find food, build a shelter, the basic needs of survival! Strike shouted in my head. But couldn't she just go someplace else? I asked.
"Because we turned them down." Darkwind said after thinking for a moment."But we had two litters on the way and five kits already in the nursery! Not to mention the seven rowdy apprentices waiting to build nests in warrior's den, which was already as crowded as the nursery! Wolfheart, Duskflower, and Sandbreeze were all five moons old at the time!" Darkwind exclaimed.
"Wait, Duskflower and Sandbreeze are littermates? I asked shocked. Duskflower was so nice! But Sandbreeze...he was a different story.
"Yep." Darkwind said."Hard to believe, right?"
"Really?" Ashkit asked, shocked too."But Sandbreeze is just so...grumpy!" He meowed."But Duskflower is amazing!" He said proudly.
"Well, we can't say they aren't siblings because they have very different personalities." Larkwing explained gently.
"I'm going to find Sandbreeze!" I said as an excuse to get out of there. I ran out of the den before an of the others could speak. After running through camp, I finally found Snowstorm, who was teaching Cinderkit some herbs.
"What is marigold for, Cinderkit?" She questioned.
"It's helps with infection and healing within a wound." He said without hesitating.
"Hey!" I meowed."We're only four moons old! Don't you have to wait until we're six to start training him as a medicine apprentice?" I asked Snowstorm.
"I guess. But not start now so when we actually start, we have the basics done with! But I don't think Cinderkit will have any problem with other herbs, like feverfew, catnip, or aything like that!" Snowstorm said proudly."He's such a quick learner!"
"Do you know where Sandbreeze is?" I asked suddenly. Snowstorm's smile quickly fall of.
"S-Sandbreeze?" Snowstorm stuttered."He-he went on a patrol to Shadowclan's border." She said quietly. I wanted to comfort, but didn't know how. So, I ran to the entrance and waited quietly.
"What did you catch while you were hunting, Wolfheart?" Sandbreeze's familiar voice cut through the air.
"Two rabbits, one squirrel, and one large dove. I promised Echokit one for her first taste of fresh prey. Since her brothers already had their's, I thought she could pick hers for waiting so patiently." My dad said, bring back a memory from yesterday. "Echokit!" My dad called. Coldness was all around me but I couldn't find Duskflower. Running to him, I snuggled in his furry, warm legs. "What do you want to taste as your first piece of prey?" He asked smoothly. "Dove!" I said remembering the big, white bird that Snowstorm was eating the other day. "That's Snowstorm's favorite piece of prey!" I purred, leaning more into his soft fur.
"You think she'll eat all of that?" Sandbreeze said, surprised.
"No, mousebrain!" He said teasingly."I'm guessing she'll share it with Snowstorm. Her favorite is dove according to Echokit. Or maybe she'll share it with Jaguarkit. I have to keep my eyes on him. He looks like he has a crush on her." Wolfheart snorted."But if he wants her he'll have to go through me." Sandbreeze laughed. Soon after, Wolfheart did too.
"Hey!" Jaguarkit meowed behind from behind me. I jumped slightly, but turned around calmly.
"Hi." I said kindly."Want to share a dove my dad brought for me?"
"Sure!" He said happily. Your dad was right. Strike whispered in my head. He should keep an eye on him. So should I.
"Echokit!" Wolfheart said after he dropped the three other pieces of food in the prey pile. I noticed how Strike's voice sounded cold, almost lifelessness.
"Is that for me?" I asked, trying to ignore the worrying presences of Strike.
"Yep!" Wolfheart said cheerily."You should share it though. It looks way to big to fit inside of you!"
"I'm not that small anymore!" I purred playfully.
"You've gotten much better!" He meowed proudly, before walking off.
"Dove is good!" I purred after my first bit.
"It's my second favorite!" Jaguarkit purred happily. He seems way too interested in you. Strike's anonymous voice laughed.
I'm finally done! This chapter is about 1,500 words long! Yay! I have decided to make a challenge for you guys! To make me release the fourth or fifth (I forgot what one we're on xD), we need at least three reviews! It will raise each chapter depending on how many the one before it got!
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