Chapter 6
Spottedkit charged out of the nursery after her sister and the two brothers as Tigerheart and Dovewing followed closely behind. The sun was only just beginning to set, its warm rays still heating the clearing. As much as she wanted to play outside the nursery, something they rarely did as they were still considered too small, Spottedkit was curious as to what her father had to tell Cinderheart so bad. He had looked a bit worried.
Tigerkit and Firekit began wrestling again, the two rolling over in the space that the clearing provided. Willowkit started to cheer Tigerkit on as she watched from the sidelines. Spottedkit frowned in concern as she watched how eager her sister watched the play fighting brothers, or more specifically, Tigerkit.
"Do you know what Lionblaze wants with Cinderheart? He looked a little panicky." Dovewing meowed to Tigerheart from behind their place behind Spottedkit, where they watched the kits play.
Spottedkit was about to carry on to the others, knowing she shouldn't listen to their conversation, but she found herself hesitating. If Tigerheart knew something, she wanted to know to. Lionblaze and Cinderheart were her parents after all. She had just as much right to know as they did, if not more!
"Go, Firekit!" She yelled, trying to make sure they believed she was paying no attention to their words and focusing entirely on the wrestling match between the two toms.
"No, I just thought he looked like he had a reason for going in there." Tigerheart replied swiftly, as if he already had his answer prepared.
"It just seemed a little odd..." Dovewing said, trailing off.
"Dovewing, don't listen in!" Tigerheart almost yelled, voice filled with shock and fear. Why would Tigerheart be afraid of Dovewing eavesdropping? Spottedkit thought as she continued doing it to them.
"I'm not listening in!" She said back, offended. "I'm not that much of an eavesdropper."
"Sure." He joked sarcastically, though Spottedkit heard the relief hidden behind it.
Spottedkit knew she wasn't going to get anymore information here, whatever Tigerheart knew he wasn't sharing, so she walked closer to the other kits. Firekit was now on top of Tigerkit, trying to pin him down. Despite Tigerkit being the bigger of the two of them, Firekit was the one winning. He almost had his brother's shoulders on the ground before he noticed Spottedkit watching him.
As Willowkit started yelling more for Tigerkit, Spottedkit began encouraging Firekit. "Come on, Firekit! You can do it!"
When he heard her, he lost his focus and Tigerkit overcame him, pinning him down as soon as he had been freed from his brother's hold.
"I win." He said in his brother's face tauntingly as Willowkit cheered excitedly in the background.
Tigerkit released him, allowing Firekit to get up, and was approached by Willowkit who continued praising him for his victory over his brother. Spottedkit padded over to Firekit, who was looking a bit angry at himself for letting Tigerkit beat him.
"You did really good." She smiled kindly at him at in an effort to brighten him up.
"Yeah, well I would have won if I hadn't have gotten," He said glumly while lifting his head up to meet her eyes and finished a bit hoarsely. "Distracted."
There was something familiar about Firekit, Spottedkit thought not for the first time. Something that made her heart quicken and chest tighten whenever his green eyes rested on hers. It didn't make sense but, she didn't try to fight it.
"Yeah, right." Tigerkit snorted, ignoring the complimenting Willowkit. "You'll never be able to beat me!"
And Tigerkit too. Though she couldn't exactly place her feelings with him. Whenever she tried, it just left her feeling confused.
Firekit huffed at his brother's words, but ignored them. Spottedkit knew Firekit didn't resent Tigerkit even when he chose to taunt and jeer. That was just how Tigerkit naturally was, and Firekit learned to just shut it out and not blame him for it. They were brothers after all.
"And you can forget about Spottedkit." Tigerkit went on, smirking. "She's mine."
Spottedkit felt her face heat up at Tigerkit's words, though she wasn't sure for which brother. Before she could say anything however, Firekit leapt at his littermate. They tumbled over and over again, sending other cats dodging out of their way. As Dovewing hurried over to contain their fight, Spottedkit looked over to her sister, moving towards her.
She stopped cold when she saw Willowkit was glaring at her, eyes filled with jealousy and hate. Spottedkit was then overcome with the same emotion she had felt when she had first laid her eyes on her sister: fear. Unbelievavle fear. This was her sister, how could she feel this way about her? But then again, Willowkit was the one staring right her with the most menacing eyes she had ever seen.
Tearing her gaze away, Willowkit walked away to see what was happening to Tigerkit and Firekit, leaving Spottedkit alone in the clearing felling very scared, indeed.
A/N: Sorry this chapter is so short. The next one will be much longer. I just finished like summarizing the last of the chapters so those will start coming faster. And I finally made a cover for this story though it came out horrible. Tigerkit is the only one that looks semi-normal but oh well...
