A/N: Read the bottom A/N, I include more stuff there. R. &. R. No, seriously. I live for reviews. That means I will commit suicide if I don't get any. Do you want that blood on your hands? Do you? Do you really?
Thought I might mention that this fic is really different from how I originally wrote it. The kits' names were originally Yinkit and Yangkit, and the first chapter was very different. Also, the pairings were totally different, and so were who was mentoring who.
Disclaimer: I haven't done one yet. And this'll be the only one I do. I don't own Warriors. Did you really expect me to? Did you? Maybe someday I will be one of the Erins, but until then, I really, really, really don't own Warriors. I do own Moonkit and Sunkit though.
Dark and Light, Black and White
Chapter 4
"ShadowClan! ShadowClan is attacking the camp!"
Moonkit woke to the harsh cries of what he presumed to be the night watch. He could see and feel the other kits and Ferncloud crawling around inside the nursery.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Moonkit looked to his right and saw Hollykit, his very good friend.
"ShadowClan is attacking the camp. We have to get out of here! Quick, through this hole in the bramble!"
He heard snarls and battle cries through the nursery walls.
"What hole? I can't see a thing in this darkness!" mewed Hollykit's scared voice.
Moonkit was surprised. "What do you mean you can't see anything? I can see just fine!"
A large tom suddenly burst through the entrance to the Nursery. Moonkit didn't recognize the tom, so he assumed that the cat was ShadowClan.
"Take my paw!" he hissed quickly. Hollykit grabbed hold of his paw and he pulled both of them through the hole he had spotted in the bramble.
Once they were outside the nursery, Moonkit quickly led Hollykit to some bushes at the edge of the camp, where they hid. Hollykit and Moonkit huddled together to preserve warmth. It was a very cold night.
They could now both clearly hear the sounds of cats fighting. At first Moonkit felt happiness that he and Hollykit had managed to escape. Then he felt a sinking feeling when he realized something…
Sunkit was still in there…
The Nursery
The large cat slowly advanced on Ferncloud and the frightened kits.
"Just one queen? This'll be easy. And I just love killing kits…"
Ferncloud shivered and all of the kits took a step back.
The cat sprinted forward and threw a paw at Ferncloud's left front leg. She raised her own claw to block it, but the much larger cat was fainting. Ferncloud rolled a few foxlengths to the wall of the nursery from his second strike.
The large tom advanced on the kits, all of which had now backed up to the wall and were trying to lower themselves to the ground. He darted forward and all of the kits flinched away, but he was only aiming for one.
Sunkit.
He picked her up by the scruff and swung her around.
"Sunkit!" squeaked Icekit.
"Is this little kit your friend? Are you going to try to save her?"
"Put her down!"
The large cat glanced to where the voice had come from and saw Jaykit with his fur fluffed up.
"What's that? I couldn't hear you. Care to say that again?"
"I said, put Sunkit down!" with that Jaykit leapt towards the rather surprised Shadowclan warrior.
Jaykit managed to get a bite in on the ShadowClan warrior's front leg before he came to his senses and shook Jaykit off.
"You're pretty fast, for a kit. Luckily for you…" The warrior flung Sunkit's limp body to the side, where she hit the side of the nursery and landed next to Ferncloud. "I like to work for my kill." The Shadowclan warrior licked his chops.
Jaykit snarled and leapt forward again.
For Jaykit, everything was different the moment he leapt into battle. It was as if with every step he took, every time his paws hit the earth, he could sense exactly where everything was. He could sense exactly how the enemy was moving, and, judging by how the muscles in the enemy's body were bunching up, where he would move next.
It felt great.
He felt like he was made for this, made to fight.
He rolled to the left as the Shadowclan warrior made to rake his flank. He brought up his front paw and cut the Warrior's muzzle with his claws.
The warm red liquid dripped off his paws, staining the Nursery floor. He smiled thinking it was over.
It wasn't.
The warrior leapt up to his full height. He wasn't playing anymore, and he had the advantage of size and strength. Jaykit could fully see the situation he had gotten himself into, and it was a dangerous one. He could die.
The Shadowclan warrior took a step forward, growling. "Brat! You'll pay for that…"
Jaykit tried to back away, but he wasn't fast enough. He thought he heard Icekit mew pitifully in terror from behind him as the Warrior closed in.
But then, a new arrival made her appearance known. A light brown tabby she-cat with white paws, a white chest and amber eyes leapt upon the back of the Shadowclan warrior.
"Leafpool!"
"You're…" the tom growled, in pain.
"A medicine cat. But that doesn't mean I can't fight."
She sunk her claws into his fur and bit into his throat. The Shadowclan warrior desperately tried to escape, but after finding he couldn't resorted to feebly whimpering. After about a minute, Leafpool relented, and the Shadowclan tom went running out the nursery with his tail between his legs.
"Thanks for saving us, Leafpool." Mewed Icekit. She was still frightened.
"Leafpool! Is Sunkit okay?" Jaykit called. The moment Leafpool had rescued them; he had run to her side. She was still unconscious.
Leafpool darted to Sunkit's side and looked her over.
"As far as I can tell, Sunkit is perfectly fine. It was just the shock of the situation that made her loose consciousness. She just needs some Chamomile to calm her, which I have in my den."
Jaykit let out a sigh of relief. "I'm glad she's okay. Is the battle over?"
Leafpool shook her head. "Far from it. There are still some Shadowclan warriors in the camp. However, most of them have been - wait…where's Moonkit? And Hollykit?"
"I thought I heard them talking about leaving the Nursery when Shadowclan first attacked." Foxkit offered.
"It's possible. I just hope they're okay."
Moonkit was in a troublesome situation. A large and burly Shadowclan cat stared down at him and Hollykit.
"Hmm, what are you little kits doing so far away from the nursery?"
Moonkit found that, in spite of the situation, he was filled with an icy calm.
"Running away from you. By the way, I'm Moonkit."
The Shadowclan cat chuckled. "Why would I want to know your name?"
Moonkit smirked. "Just thought you might want to know the name of the KIT that beat you."
Moonkit leapt into action dodging with his superior speed. He would roll, jump, and evade; yet he couldn't get a hit on the seasoned warrior. It was taking everything he had to survive on the defensive.
Suddenly, Hollykit was behind the Shadowclan cat. Moonkit repressed the urge to smile. The Shadowclan cat hadn't noticed.
"This is for attacking ThunderClan! Hollystar smash!"
Hollykit shot up onto the cat's back and dug her claws in.
"What the- get off me!"
"Never! Yah!"
Moonkit took that opportunity to roll under the cat and use his hind legs to claw the Shadowclan warrior's soft underbelly. The warrior cried out in pain.
He finally reached over and smacked Hollykit off his back. She cried out in pain. Then he reached down and grabbed Moonkit, throwing him to the side. Then he slowly advanced on Hollykit.
She was breathing fast, and took a couple of seconds before squealing "Save me!"
In a second Moonkit was up and the Shadowclan warrior was down.
Moonkit felt strange. It was as if power and adrenaline were coursing through him. It almost felt painful, to have this much power.
It had started the moment Hollykit had yowled for his help. He had felt a bit better, as if all his exhaustion were disappearing. Then he felt stronger, and faster. He had leapt up and instinctively batted the Shadowclan warrior, quite hard, to the ground. In a second the adrenaline rush was gone, and he felt more exhausted than ever. He felt an extremely painful burning sensation, like his insides were being cooked. His paws were heavy, and he could hardly lift his head. He let himself slip into the darkness.
"Ugh, where am I?" Moonkit rasped.
"Shh, you have no injuries, but you're very exhausted. Just lay down and be quiet."
But Moonkit couldn't relax until he knew what was going on. He sat up quickly. And opened his eyes.
"What happened to Shadowclan? Are the rest of the kits okay? And Hollykit?"
He finished his short panic attack and noticed that he wasn't in the nursery. It looked more like the medicine cat den.
"Are all kits so energetic?" an amused voice meowed.
Moonkit looked at the cat from which the voice was emanating. Being in the medicine cat den, he fully expected to see Leafpool. But that wasn't whom he saw.
He saw a dark tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes, white paws, a golden-and-brown striped tail tipped with black, a dark ring around one eye, a narrow white muzzle, and a distinctive dappled brown and black coat (A/N: detailed enough, Freeheart?).
"Who…who are you?"
"Greetings Moonkit. I am Spottedleaf. I was the medicine cat for ThunderClan so many seasons ago, when Firestar first came to the forest."
Moonkit gasped. "Whoa…so you are…like…Starclan or something?"
Spottedleaf sighed. "Yes. Starclan or something."
"Awesome! So, why are you talking to me?"
"Because you are not a normal cat. You are able to unlock a great power."
"Umm…what's that mean?" Moonkit mewed, confused.
"All will become clear when the full moon darkens."
"The full moon? Like, at a gathering?"
"Your time here is over now. Rejoin ThunderClan, return to your clan."
"Wait! I don't-"
"He's awake!"
"Oh, thank StarClan! I thought he would never wake up!"
Moonkit opened his eyes. Again. Darn lifelike dreams.
He was lying in the same Medicine cat den that he had been in only seconds before. Huddled around him were all the kits and Leafpool. Lying to his right, unconscious, was Ferncloud.
"How are you feeling, Moonkit?"
Moonkit groaned. "Like I got hit by a Twoleg monster. Hmm…I was having a strange dream."
Leafpool grimaced. "What did you do to put yourself in such state? As far as I can tell, you don't seem to be injured at all. However, you have been asleep for almost two days."
Moonkit thought. "I'm not so sure myself. I just remember feeling really strong, and then weak, and then I…t-two days! What happened?"
Leafpool settled down into a sitting pose and spoke. "Only moments after you fell unconscious, the ShadowClan warriors fled. I had to treat many cats for injuries, but nobody was really badly hurt."
He lay back and let out a breath. At least no one had been really badly injured. Suddenly he felt a heavy weight hit his chest.
"I'm so happy you're finally awake!"
He blinked up at a very happy-looking Hollykit, who happened to have collapsed on top of him. Moonkit got about as close to blushing as a cat can be.
"H-hi, Hollykit. Good to see you too."
"Hey! Can't I say hi to my brother?"
Moonkit looked to his side. "Sunkit!"
Sunkit was huddled with the other kits. She had a smile on her face.
Moonkit was happy, until the confusion came. "Hey, what happened to that ShadowClan cat in The Nursery?"
Sunkit twitched her whiskers. "Leafpool saved us. I was unconscious, but I also heard that Jaykit helped protect me."
Moonkit turned to Jaykit. "Then I owe a debt to you, for protecting my sister."
Jaykit smiled. "No problem. Besides, that ShadowClan warrior was asking for it."
Then Jaykit meowed again. "But I also heard than you helped protect my sister."
Moonkit looked sheepish and replied. "If you could call it protecting. Hollykit is a great fighter. We worked together."
Hollykit crawled off Moonkit and struck a pose. "Yes! Hollystar is getting the respect she deserves!"
Moonkit smiled. "I'm so happy that nobody in the clan was really hurt."
Leafpool smiled. Moonkit acted very wise for his age.
"And it is all thanks to Moonstar!" He shot off the ground and posed beside Hollykit.
Leafpool sighed. Or not.
A/N: That's the end of that chapter. Hope you enjoyed it! R&R! A special thank you to Dinsoku, for being a very faithful reviewer and a good author. Was that detailed enough, Freeheart?
If I had wanted to make this a humor fic, I saw a lot of opportunities to do it. Here is one sample of my absolute randomness!
Omake: "Awesome! So, why are you talking to me?"
"Because you are not a normal cat. You are…Arnold Schwarzenegger in disguise!"
Yes. I'm just that random.
I will update with 15 Reviews. Or just until reviews stop coming.
Kagekitsune49, out.