Hello again! Sorry its been forever! I was offline for awhile then school piled me with a lot of homework/classwork that I missed! Luckily i have great friends who let me copy of them! I didn't set a goal last time because I wasn't sure I would be able to post when we hit it. So today's goal will be six reviews! And if you're wondering, yes my favorite number is six. :D
"But we're almost six moons old!" Stormkit complained for what seemed like the millionth time today.
"Oh, just give up already!" Ashkit growled.
"So you don't want to become an apprentice?" Stormkit asked.
"No! I just know if I wait, I will get what I want." Ashkit replied. A grin spread on his face as he saw Stormkit's smirk turn into a frown.
"Oh, just quit it already!" I snapped. Why can't they just shut up and stop fighting for once?
"Now, kits, go inside and clean out Lightenheart's old nest." Duskflower broke into the conversation.
"Why?" Stormkit asked. I rolled my eyes as Ashkit flicked his tail behind Stormkit's head.
"Well, duh, we're getting another queen!" He said smartly.
"Correct!" Duskflower smiled."Can you guess who?"
"Fawnheart!" Ashkit laughed."She's getting big, it's hard not to tell."
"Better not let Fawnheart catch you saying that!"
"Already did." The clan's deputy stepped out of the shade of the trees. He was right. Strike remarked. She is getting big.
"Sorry!" Ashkit yelped and hid under Duskflower's legs. Fawnheart laughed.
"Are you okay?" A worried Stonestar ran towards us. Sniffing her, he asked again,"Are you okay, Fawnheart?"
"Now, the one bad hing about a very nervous mate is that he always is checking up on you and making sure that you're out going out of the clan camp." Fawnheart laughed and Duskflower nodded in agreement."I'm clan deputy! I can take care of myself!" Fawnheart nuzzled her mate as she purred softly.
"I can't help it!" Stonestar defended himself playfully."I need to make sure the most beautiful she-cat and kits who are in her belly are unharmed!"
"Aw!" I couldn't help but meow. They are such a good couple!
"Echokit!" Jaguarpaw's voice carried me away from my other conversation.
"Yes?" I asked softly.
"Do you have time?" He asked. He looked like he just came from battle training, covered in dirt and sand.
"Yeah." I said and followed him into the empty apprentice den.
"Wolfheart trains me hard." Jaguarpaw started."But he's a good mentor. I'm going to be the best apprentice for him!" He declared.
"I'm sure you are!" I purred. Why do I like him so much?
"Even if Wolfheart prevents me from seeing you, when you become an apprentice he can't!" Jaguarpaw meowed.
"It took you three sunrises to come up with that?" I asked playfully.
"Maybe..." He said shyly.
"Mousebrain." I purred and pressed against his warm fur."When I become an apprentice, can we be next to each other with nest?"
"Of course, birdbrain."
Later at Night...
"Shouldn't we take Echokit too?" I heard Ashkit asked who I thought to be Stormkit.
"If you want to wake her up." Stormkit said dryly. I was right.
"Okay." I felt a gentle prodding on my side. Pretending to be sleeping, a rolled around and looked his light green eyes.
"Yeah?" I pretended to yawn.
"Want to come explore the territory?" He asked quietly.
"O-outside the camp?" I was shocked. Ashkit? Rule breaker? Never!"Sure." I said. I needed to protect them.
"Then let' go!" Stormkit growled.
"Wait. We can't go threw the main entrance. Sandbreeze is guarding it. Let's go threw the dirt place tunnel." I said. I don't want to get in trouble.
"Good idea." Stormkit said after a moment of hesitation. Did he just complement me? Me?
"We need to hurry." Ashkit said.
"Let's go." Walking throw the dark tunnel was more scary than I thought, but when we reached the dense forest, the moonlight lit the trees, bushes, and every other thing in the forest.
"Where do you want to go first?" Ashkit asked.
"The lake!" Stormkit said surprising happily. I thought he was always grumpy. He probably got it from Sandbreeze.
"Do you know where it is?" I questioned.
"Uh, no." Stormkit said before he ran off into a random direction.
"Come on! We need to catch up!"I ran at a slower pace than Ashkit since the weakness and sickness was still there from when I was born.
"Stormkit!" Ashkit yowled. After a little, we found him sniffing at a large entrance to what looked like a den.
"What is it?" I asked curiously.
"I don't know. But I don't like the stench." Stormkit gagged. He's right. Strike said in my head. I had given up on trying to push him out. Staying on one task constantly wasn't my thing.
"W-what is that?" Ashkit stuttered from behind us.
"It's probably n-" He broke off when he saw the large russet figure in front of us. It's yellow teeth showed the white foam around it's whitish-gray muzzle. It's black ears were pointed straight up, showing signs of his pride. His ugly body form was position in a threatening crouch as he let out a loud snarl.
"Run!" Ashkit yelped as he ran in the direction of the camp.
"NO! NOT TO THE CAMP!" I shouted with all my voice.
"I-it's a fox." Stormkit's scared words broke my hope in driving this fox away from camp. If he was scared, then I was too. Before we could do anything, the fox ran after our gray littermate.
"NO!" I shouted and ran after it, followed by the-still-frightened Stormkit. The fox caught up with my brother as the camp came into view.
"WARRIORS! FOX INVASION!" Stormkit yowled, olny to be drowned by Sandbreeze's scared cry of fear.
"NOOOO!" Ashkit yowled, diving for cover under Sandbreeze's long-furred belly. Sandbreeze wacked his unsheathed claws across the white muzzle of the intruder. Not long after, Wolfheart heard his son's cry for help and jumped on the back of the fox, only to be thrown into a nearby tree. The fox pinned Sandbreeze down, but was quickly clawed in the stomach. Sandbreeze used his backlegs to push up and thorw the fox off to run and wake up all the other warriors. Lionpaw and Jaguarpaw were quick to jump out of their den to defend their kit friends. Jaguarpaw leaped in front of me and slashed the rear of the fox, who I assume is a female. Lilyflower was quick to react, jumping on the back just like Wolfheart, despite not being a warrior. The fox easily shook her of and pinned her down.
"NO!" I yowled as the vixen bit down on her neck. Jumping with all the power in my back legs, I landed on her back. Using my claws to climb up to her head while she tried to shake me off. Using my visible claws, I clawed at his ears, while Jaguarpaw and Lionpaw cut her legs. Using my last burst of energy, I clawed at her eyes. The last thing I hear my two ear-slitting screeches;one from the fox and one from Snowstorm.
Eventful chapter! Do you think the fox had enough? Sorry it's kinda short, I didn't really have the time to make it longer. Anyway I hope you enjoyed! And I can't really think of anything else to ask besides... Do you ship EchoXJaguar? Because I do!
Have a good day/night/whatever!
~Silvermist
