Alright, so a little time has gone by, say over a moon-and-a-half. Being kits is boring and I don't really have much to go on, unless I just did like, MousefurxLongtail fluff, but I'm not good at that, so I won't try. I switch POVs again! Hooray! If you don't like it I'm sorry, but I really don't feel like I can write this clearly in a single POV, I like having lots of angles to work with, and really, what story has more characters then Warriors? hah! I might as well take advantage.
Anyways I would LOVE more reviews seeings as I only have the original 4 I got from chapter 1. Seriously anything, stuff you hate, stuff you like. I want to hear about it. Thank you for reading! ENJOY!
Dapplekit POV
Thud! My brother charged at me, bowling me over.
I shriek, more from surprise then from pain, but Daisy doesn't know that so of course she has to intervene.
"Thistlekit! Leave your poor sister alone!" The white queen hissed, scooping me close to her with one fluffy paw.
I open my mouth to tell Daisy I don't need protecting, but think better of hurting the gentle queens feeling and go nestle close to my mother. If Thistlekit does try to sneak up on me again, he'll wake Mousefur, and no cat with half-a-brain would wake up Mousefur.
"Come on Thistlekit, I bet you can't catch my tail!" Longtail teased, lashing his tail all around the kit.
Longtail had been basically staying in the nursery sense we've been born. No one really minds, he keeps all the kits happy. Telling us stories, or teaching us the hunters crouch. Longtail says I have almost perfected it! I'll be the greatest warrior ThunderClan has ever seen!…If only everyone would stop treating me like a wounded thrush! Just because Thistlekit is so much bigger then me, it's not my fault he's a fat lump! Besides all his weight slows him down, I'm much quicker, everyone will see when I'm a warrior apprentice! Unfortunately we won't be apprenticed for another four-and-a-quarter moons.
Longtail jerked his head towards Whitewing, the queens kits were only a few days younger then Dapplekit and her brother, but they seemed more sheltered to her. Daisy says it's probably because it's Whitewing's first litter, so she's bound to be over-protective. I glanced at the two heaps, the she-kit was pure white, just like her mother, but with a block spot on her half her face and a few black spots around her haunches and hind legs. Her names Spottedkit. The other is a light-brown tabby tom with darker stripes along his back, named Owlkit.
Suddenly I was surrounded in a heap of fur, paws, and teeth, Millie's kits had re-entered the nursery after the recent warrior ceremony.
"I can't wait until we're warriors!" Briarkit exclaimed, rearing up on her hind paws and swatting her brother. Just when the fight was getting good Millie came in and scolded her kits for piling on top of me.
"You know Dapplekits' too small for your rough play!" Millie chided.
I lashed my tail as my den-mates slunk away from me in shame. She never said a thing about Thistlekit getting hurt! Why was it only me that was too small, we're the same age!
Just to prove my point I got into the hunters crouch, wriggling my haunches just the way Longtail showed me, and pounced right on top of my oaf of a brother! He tried to shake me lose but I had a tight hold on him, growling I nipped the back of his neck.
"Use your weight on her!" Mousefur exclaimed awoken by the racket of all the kits play fighting.
Thistlekit did just that, and squashed me against the soft moss bedding. Right when I thought someone was going to make a fuss over me being pinned again, Bumblekit saved me the embarrassment by tackling Thistlekit, knocking him off me. Which started another big play fight between me and my den-mates.
"Can't a cat get any peace around here?" Mousefur grumbled, although Dapplekit could see a softness behind the elders eyes betraying her sharp tone.
"How about a story?" Longtail prompted.
"Yes! Yes! The kits squealed. "Tell us about the battle of BloodClan!" Blossomkit squeaked.
Dapplekit yowled her approval. Any story about the old forest fascinated her. She loved to think of the far away place where her parents, all the senior warriors, even Firestar, grew up. All the kits settled in to listen to Longtail. When Dapplekit glanced back at her mother she noticed even Whitewing's kits were up and listening.
"Firestar had us gathered at Fourtrees…" The sight-less tom began…
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Foxscar POV
I was finally a warrior! Even though Firestar didn't give me the name I had thought up, this one is just as great! About half-a-moon ago I was on patrol with my mentor Squirrelflight, Hollyleaf, and my brother Birchfall, when we came across fresh fox scent near the old twoleg nest. Before any of us could even say 'mouse' the fox leaped out of the bushes, snarling and snapping at the patrol. Squirrelflight had only just recovered from her serious injury from the battle when the sun went out. She had just been re-assigned to be my mentor! I couldn't let her be injured again so soon!
Birchfall and Hollyleaf were scratching and nipping any part of the fox they could get to, always artfully dodging out of the way before the fox could reach them. They worked in unison, one would bite then dodge, and right when you'd think the fox was going to bite down, the other would bite and get the foxs' attention. Me and Squirrelflight stood side by side swiping outstretched claws at the foxs' muzzle. The patrol clawed and bit the attacker trying to drive him off.
But the fox was starving, you could see his ribs through his pelt, he was literally dying for food. With a fearsome growl the fox leapt at Squirrelflights' exposed throat, but before he could make contact I dove for my mentor pushing her out of the way, the fox snapped down on my flank, shaking me viciously before tossing me into the air. I landed hard, but mostly it just knocked the wind out of me. The rest of the patrol managed to chase the fox off ThunderClan territory and take me back to the medicine cat den.
Firestar said I could have my warrior ceremony when I was healed, and Icepaw insisted on waiting with me. I'm glad we both got to become warriors together.
Leafpool says my flank will probably always be scarred, I guess that's why I'm Foxscar now, but I don't mind. It'll just always remind me of protecting my mentor and my clan.
He padded towards the fresh kill pile and picked out a vole. He and Icestorm had to sit vigil tonight and he was starving. He finished in a few swift bites and lazily swiped a paw over his ear. He thought about giving himself a thorough washing but was distracted by tiny mews of excitement coming from the nursery. He wandered over and poked his head inside.
There sat Longtail right in the middle of a story with all the kits of the nursery stunned into silence. He was an excellent story-teller Foxscar remembered. The newly named warrior tried to find his brother Birchfall's kits in the tangle of fur. Spottedkit being the easiest to pick out with her almost all white pelt, and then he saw Owlkit, curled next to the tiny shape of Dapplekit and her brother, Thistlekit, Longtail's own litter. Foxscar mostly hadn't minded when he heard the news, but watching he kits grow he had his suspicions about the she-kit. She was just so small. There was no question her brother would make a fine warrior, yet his sister seemed so easily breakable. Her dark black fur, dappled with tortoiseshell dashed through the den and straight up to Foxscar.
"What's it like to be a warrior?" She exclaimed.
"It's hard work, see this scar?" Foxscar meowed showing her his right flank.
"Wow! I can't wait until I can chase off foxes!" The young kit squealed. "Longtail says I already have the hunters crouch perfect!" And just to prove it the kit wriggled down low to the ground, doing a very good hunters crouch. Foxscar was impressed.
"Don't try chasing any foxes yet, they'd make a meal out of little old you." The tom teased.
Mousefur, who had been watching their transaction, spoke up, "I'm sure she'll be chasing lots of creatures off our territory soon." The queen smiled. "She's small like her mother, but she'll be able to prove herself soon." Longtail added, all the while looking at Mousefur.
Foxscar left the nursery to sit his silent vigil with his sister, still not fully convinced by the elders words.
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I had a heck of a time thinking of names in this chapter, hope you liked them!
