Thank you Grayshadow for the review! Yeah, she may have been a bit harsh. But believe it or not, she was discussing a punishment that would best fit the circumstances. That is, she was well aware of Foxkit and Lionkit being the main trouble makers. That is why the punishment was a grounding, Beekit and Pricklekit don't care as much about being grounded as their siblings as they are quieter. Softfoot also didn't want to cause problems between the kits if only some got punished. Anyway, I hope to develop Softfoot's character more and she will eventually have her own mini series!
Thank you Echoflight21 for the review! I am glad you like the chapter and I like how you can recite all the herbs! Haha! I may even use it for reference if I ever need to! :)
Thank you BlurstartheleaderofWildclan for the reviews! I am glad you like the story and Goldenstar. So I am not sure about your question, so I tried to look t up. From what I could find, I am not. The story is very child friendly and is not meant to be anything suggestive. Sorry if I made it seem otherwise! Also I do my best to update once a week.
Onto the chapter! Enjoy and remember to review!
Silverkit stretched her paws and opened her mouth her pink tongue flashing as she yawned. She took a few moments to come to her senses as she took a look around the den. Her eyes settled on Beekit and Pricklekit. She shifted towards the edge of her nest, her ears flew forward with interest. Beekit seemed to be shaking and his face was pressed into Pricklekit's side. Pricklekit gently stroked Beekit's forehead. Concern filled her eyes as she approached the kits.
"Is everything okay?"
"Yes, Beekit just had a nightmare," Pricklekit spoke for his brother. Pity filled Silverkit's gaze as she looked at the pair. Poor Beekit. Beekit was the runt of the litter and was also the quietest. He often stayed out of games and preferred watching. Pricklekit would offer to stay by his side and the two of them would sit in companionable silence.
Do you wanna talk about it?" Silverkit asked gently.
"No thanks. I will be okay." Beekit squeaked, his face ruffled from being pressed into Pricklekit's side.
"Hey! I have an idea! Why don't we ask the queens if we can go out and play something together! All of us! We haven't done that since well, you know when." All the kits purred remembering their adventure half a moon ago with the berries. Their punishment had finished a while ago but the queens no longer left them attended.
"I would like that," Beekit's eyes and voice brightening.
"Want to help me wake up the other kits?" Mischief twinkled in Silverkit's eyes as she spoke. Both kits nodded their agreement. Silverkit silently slunk forward towards Lionkit and Foxkit indicating with her tail for the brothers to follow. Silverkit circled around the sleeping forms. She made eye contact with Beekit and Pricklekit and nodded. They leapt forward and barreled into Foxkit and Lionkit. Both kits let out shocked mews as their sleep was disrupted. Foxkit and Lionkit faced their siblings about to yell at their littermates when Silverkit made her move.
"HELLO!" Silverkit leaping up batting the kits lightly on the head. The kits twirled around falling in the process to see Silverkit's amused smirk. The queens, Jaggedkit, and Moonkit all woke up from the disturbance. Multiple whiskers twitched as the cats observed the tables being turned on the most mischievous kits. After waking up more clearly, Lionkit's eyes twinkled,
"There is still one kit still asleep,"
"You're right, let's go!" Foxit's sides wiggled as the kits surrounded the sleeping gray form of Wolfkit. Silverkit looked towards Bluesky for approval before dragging Wolfkit's nest. The kits worked together slowly inching the nest towards the den entrance. Silverkit was surprised that he was still sleeping but guessed he had another late night. Finally all seven kits had Wolfkit outside the den. With a suppressed purr Moonkit climbed on top of Wolfkit her back paw slipped and she ended up kicking his nose. With a slight jerk, Wolfkit's eyes finally opened. With a surprised yowl he stumbled backwards. His hind legs caught on Lionkit's back who was strategically placed behind him. With a soft thump Wolfkit landed on his back, his eyes still blurry from sleep. Silverkit came forward placing her paws on his shoulders effectively pinning him down.
"Hello sleepy head! How did ya sleep?" Silverkit's eyes gleamed as she questioned the poor tom. With a slight huff he lurched up. Silverkit leapt back landing on her paws a little clumsily.
"All well and good before I was woken by a bunch of kits. Too bad I don't have a brother to help, oh wait I do, he's just as big of a mousebrain as the kits," Wolfkit purred slightly while Jaggedkit just smirked. Mapleleaf purred as she followed the kits out to make sure they didn't get into too much trouble. She called Bluesky out as she wandered off to find Goldenstar.
"Wolfkit, did your little friends finally get your furry behind out of your nest?"
"MOOOOM, why didn't you stop them?" Wolfkit whined. Instead of answering Bluesky addressed all the kits,
"Mapleleaf is finding some cats to watch you for the day. Make sure you listen to them, we don't want another incident like last time." All eight kits nodded as three cats approached, a golden brown tom, a pale yellow tom and a mostly black she-cat.
"Kits, this is Juniperpaw and Lightningpaw, they will be watching you today,"
"We will do well Snakefang, leave it to us!" Juniperpaw, the black she-cat spoke eagerly. She seemed to be only half a head taller than Snakefang so Silverkit guessed that she would be a warrior soon. The pale yellow tom presumably Lightningpaw didn't seem to paying much attention. His eyes were focused on Junpierpaw but he didn't seem to be hearing anything. Lionkit took the opportunity to slink up and screech right by his ear,
"HELLO LIGHTNINGPAW, I'm LIONKIT!" At the same time Foxkit latched onto his tail and tugged with all his might. Between the two kits Lightningpaw leapt up and smacked his head on a branch above him. This issued purring from all the kits. Snakefang had fled the scene at this point as well as Bluesky. Juniperpaw seemed to be doing her best not to purr as she pressed a paw to her mouth. Lightningpaw did his best to recover as he licked his chest fur in discomfort.
"So, what's the plan? Silverkit promised to play something that that every cat would enjoy," Pricklekit spoke up as the purring ended.
"Hm, any ideas?" Junpierpaw asked the kits. This caused silence as no kit was sure what to do. Lightningpaw's eyes lit up as he spoke for the first time,
"How about a competition?" Silverkit nodded her eagerly as she spoke up,
"We could have different contests so there are things every kit will enjoy!" Hoping Beekit would like some of the competitions,
"Yeah, and Junpierpaw and Lightningpaw can judge!"
"And depending on the test, we can split up a bit based on ages to make it more fair!" Wolfkit added. All the kits started to get excited letting out squeals of excitement.
"Okay, okay, clam down, we need to decide what to do," as Junpierpaw did her best to calm the rambunctious kits. All the kits started talking over one another as they tried to give suggestions.
"Hush! One at a time! Jaggedkit, you go first!" Junpierpaw instructed.
"Hm, how about best fighter?"
"Okay, Wolfkit?"
"Best herb identifier!" Moonkit rolled her eyes at this while Silverkit just purred, typical Wolfkit.
"Okay, Silverkit?"
This continued on as they decided on the rest as best yowler, best crouch and leap, best climber, fastest runner, stay still longest, hold breathe longest and as a bonus, who can stop from purring during the length of the contest. Some of the rounds were slightly different and easier so that Mapleleaf's kits and especially, Beekit could have a chance.
"Alright, we will start with the fight. We will have mock battles with two kits fighting each other at the same time. I will sort the older kits and Lightningpaw you sort the younger kits," Lightningpaw didn't seem to be paying attention as he stared as Juniperpaw, his gaze distant. Juniperpaw took a paw and thwacked his cheek firm but not hard to get his attention. He shook his head and murmured an apology although Silverkit could tell that he was trying not to smile. Juniperpaw explained to Lightningpaw again what they were doing and tried her best to force back a sigh of frustration.
Lightningpaw sheepishly called Mapleleaf's kits forward and placed Foxkit and Lionkit together while Pricklekit and Beekit were against each other for the first round.
Juniperpaw distinguished the older kits by littermates and had Wolfkit and Jaggedkit go first.
"We are only determining the winners so once you lose a round you are out! Now… Start!"
Jaggedkit took the first move and ran forward towards his brother. Wolfkit hurriedly dived to the side to escape Jaggedkit's outreached paws. Wolfkit continued to run and dodge Jaggedkit's paws finally Lightningpaw shouted,
"Come on, Fight!" Wolfkit was momentarily distracted and Jaggedkit used this opportunity to slam into Wolfkit. Silverkit knew that the battle had been won and sure enough after a few moments, Juniperpaw announced,
"Jaggedkit won! Silverkit and Moonkit are next!"
Silverkit and Moonkit entered the circle and slowly circled each other. This will be interesting. Silverkit thought as she studied her sister although it was unnecessary as Silverkit already knew her sister. After a few moments Moonkit leapt forward, however Silverkit saw it coming and slid to the left. Moonkit noticed this and lashed out her paw but Silverkit met it with her own. They continued to match blow for blow, neither kit beating the other. However, Silverkit knew her sister was tiring as she took deeper breaths. Finally, Moonkit's paws slid out from under her and her chin knocked against the ground. Moonkit looked pleadingly at her sister as Silverkit lurched forward. Oh, no you don't! I am not falling for that twice!
Silverkit pressed her paws against Moonkit's shoulders. She smirked as she leaned forward and whispered,
"I win" However, as Silverkit's face was by Moonkit's, she noticed something was off. Her breath came out in uneven gasps. Fearfully Silverkit scampered backwards as Juniperpaw announced Silverkit as the winner.
"Are you okay?" Moonkit slowly sat up and nodded silently. After a few moments, her breathing returned to normal. With a slight purr Moonkit meowed,
"Good job, furball, but I will get you next time!" Silverkit let out a sign of relief as she smiled but refrained from purring because of the game.
"Oh, and Moonkit? You just lost the purring contest," Silverkit meowed as Moonkit just rolled her eyes,
"I will win the next round. You just wait!"
What did you think of the chapter? What do you think is up with Lightningpaw?
The chapter was supposed to be longer and include the rest of the competitions but I ran out of time and still wanted to post a chapter so I cut it short. Would you want to see the rest of the competitions or no? Either way, who do you think will win what?
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