Thanks for all of my reviews yesterday everyone! My new chapter is up…Time for Mosskit's punishment!
Mosskit sat up straighter as Icestar padded into the medicine den. Icestar was followed by Pebblefur and Shadeclaw. Mosskit gasped. Icestar looked furious! Her beautiful blue eyes were full of anger. She looked at Rockkit and Fernkit.
"You two should leave. You have no business here," Icestar mewed.
Rockkit flicked Mosskit's ear gently with his tail tip and both kits slowly padded out of the den.
"And you, Spottedkit. You will be returned to your Clan shortly. Are you well enough to get some fresh air?" Icestar asked.
"Yes," Spottedkit whispered.
"Well why don't you go out and play with Rockkit and Fernkit?" Icestar asked.
Spottedkit got up and padded out of the den. As soon as she left, Icestar looked right at Mosskit.
"Mosskit…" Icestar mewed, "What were you thinking! You could have waited one more moon!"
Pebblefur's eyes were full of disappointment.
"I know I could have waited… but I wanted to prove to RainClan that I was ready to become an apprentice," Mosskit mewed softly, "I wanted to bring back some prey because its leaf-bare, and there's barley anything on the fresh kill pile."
"If you were smart, you would have let our warriors handle it!" Icestar spat.
"Do you realize how much you have broken the warrior code?" Pebblefur exclaimed.
"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean any harm!" Mosskit mewed.
"Stupid mouse-brained kit…" Shadeclaw grumbled.
Icestar waved her tail to silence him.
"Will I still get to be an apprentice with Rockkit and Fernkit?" Mosskit asked her mother.
"That is up to Icestar," Pebblefur mewed.
Mosskit looked at Icestar.
"I have discussed your punishment with Shadeclaw, and we have decided. It is cruel if we make you watch your siblings become an apprentice without you. You will become an apprentice with your brother and sister." Icestar mewed.
Mosskit felt relief sweep over her, but she did not show it.
"However, once you become an apprentice, it will be your job to clean out the elder's den, check the elders for fleas and ticks, and bring fresh kill to the nursery," Icestar said.
"If it were up to me, I would have made you wait another moon," Shadeclaw grumbled.
"Thank you," Mosskit mewed.
Icestar nodded her head.
"Come Shadeclaw," Icestar mewed.
Icestar padded out of the medicine den, with Shadeclaw close behind her.
Pebblefur padded over to Mosskit.
"You are a very lucky kit," she whispered.
Pebblefur licked Mosskit between the ears and walked away.
Rockkit and Fernkit raced in.
"We heard! Yay! It's great that you get to be an apprentice with us!" Fernkit mewed.
"You get to be Mosspaw!" Rockkit squealed.
:) So Mosskit gets to be Mosspaw. Yay! What will happen next?
