Here I am again!
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Cayloeforever35: What do you mean? The story... I don't know if it will, but it'll really change. Both of them will stop being cute, innocent kits and grow stronger and may maybe *spoilers* take advantage of each other.
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Now, onto chapter 3...
Frostkit padded after Snowkit, sniffing the air as she walked across the clearing. The two kits were more than two moons old, and they had grown closer every day. But sometimes, it seemed to Frostkit that Snowkit would never let go of the fact that Frostkit was usually spoken to, first.
"I've never been in that den before," Frostkit mewed, and Snowkit tossed her head diagonally back, which was something she did many times. "What is it?"
"I think it's the apprentices den," Snowkit replied. "We've never met any of the apprentices before, you know." That made sense, Frostkit supposed. She nodded and padded ahead of Snowkit, stopping right in front of the den, and curling her feathery tail neatly around her paws. "You go first," Snowkit mewed, referring to the game they often played. "I dare you."
"Fine." Frostkit padded into the den, sniffing the air as she walked. She spotted multiple nests, and cats that were not as big as Swiftheart, but were larger than her. They gazed curiously at her as she stopped and stared around her. "You can come in now, Snowkit!"
"So you must be Frostkit, if she's Snowkit," a handsome ginger tom concluded, stepping forward, his green eyes soft and friendly. Frostkit nodded, purring. Her blue eyes glowed with warmth as her gaze swept across his muscular form and soft expression. "I'm Tigerpaw."
Tigerpaw? Frostkit nodded as she spotted the dark tabby stripes on the end of his tail.
"Well, hi," Snowkit mewed, pushing slightly ahead of Frostkit and blinking sweetly. Frostkit stared at her in surprise, then stifled a purr of amusement. She saw Tigerpaw grin at her specifically, and flick his tail gently. Snowkit turned, and, unknown to Tigerpaw, shot Frostkit a hard stare. She had obviously seen the interaction between Tigerpaw and Frostkit.
"You two are Swiftheart's kits, right?" a dark red she-cat padded over to stand beside Tigerpaw. "I'm Rowanpaw, by the way," she added, as Frostkit nodded.
Tigerpaw shrugged. "Well, I guess we have to go, sorry. Our mentors are waiting."
As if to emphasize his point, a loud yowl came from outside the den. "Tigerpaw! Rowanpaw! We won't be here all day!" Tigerpaw waved his tail at Frostkit in farewell, then bounded after Rowanpaw, out of the apprentices' den. Frostkit padded out to see that they had completely vanished.
"I won't restate the obvious, Snowkit," Frostkit said finally, twitching her whiskers in amusement.
Snowkit faced her with a glare. "Yeah, so what?"
Frostkit jumped back, a little startled, and shrugged, shaking her head at the same time, while Snowkit huffed and turned away, but not before Frostkit saw the same unreadable expression that she had seen before pass over her face.
"I think he's a new apprentice," Frostkit mewed, hoping to lighten her sister's mood.
"He's not much older than me, then," Snowkit replied, turning back to face her, shaking out her white fur. Ugh. Why did she always have to bring back the fact that she might like Tigerpaw? Yeah, sure, he was nice, but really!
"Well, I suppose it's my turn, then," Snowkit added, breaking the silence. Frostkit flicked her tail, pricking her white ears and blinking, surprised.
"For what?"
"I dared you first, so now it's my turn to do whatever you tell me," Snowkit mewed, as if it was obvious.
"Oh." Oh, that. Frostkit hadn't expected Snowkit to start playing that abruptly. Wasn't she talking about Tigerpaw just heartbeats ago? Well, she supposed it was for the best. She couldn't put up with her sister talking about Tigerpaw the entire day. Her whiskers twitched. "I dare you to... put fire ants in Mosswhisker's nest!" she mewed, naming one of the elders.
Snowkit winced. "That's terrible compared to what I told you to do!"
"A dare's a dare!" Frostkit teased, and Snowkit frowned, before padding away to complete her task. Frostkit purred, then padded in the opposite direction of her sister.
She found that her paws had carried her to the apprentices' den. Why? She breathed in the scents, but somehow, Tigerpaw's seemed to be the strongest. Immediately, she found herself visualizing Tigerpaw's agile form and charming green eyes. She shook the thought away. I don't love Tigerpaw! That would be as bad as Snowkit!
Padding out again, she settled down in front of the nursery, curling her tail around her paws. A breath stirred the air around her, and she whipped around to see Ashstar gazing warmly at her. "Hello, little one."
"I'm Frostkit," Frostkit supplied.
"I would normally find you playing with Snowkit," Ashstar mewed. "Where is she, by the way?"
The answer came as someone crashed directly into Frostkit, bowling her over with a yowl of triumph. Frostkit rolled, and the two of them wrestled playfully on the ground, yowling delightfully. Finally, they broke apart, and Snowkit whispered into Frostkit's ear.
"I did it."
Frostkit nodded, and they sat up, finding Ashstar staring in confusion.
"Now, which kit are you?" she asked Frostkit, and Frostkit mewed the answer, feeling Snowkit's glare hot on her face and pelt, scorching into her, almost painfully. Frostkit shivered as Ashstar continued to talk to the two of them, but she was only half-listening. Her mind was on Snowkit. Why does no one speak to Snowkit first? she thought. She doesn't like it when that happens! I thought we were identical! Her mind calmed. It's probably just luck.
But, though she didn't know it, it wasn't, probably. There was an extra spark in her, a kinder personality, that attracted others to her.
Unlike Snowkit.
And, unknown to her, her more attractive personality would haunt her forever.
And for the first time, Frostkit turned to glare back at Snowkit.
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