Hello again! Welcome back to One in Five!

Big thank you to SunKatt, Animal4Life, Duskspiral, The Imprisoned of Hell and The Forest Dog for submitting characters! They will all be used, and submissions will not be closing for a while, I think.

Allegiances will update as often as we get new characters, and I will try to be quick with it.

Okay, because there is going to be some time-jumping forwards at first, ages will not come into play until our main trio of siblings are apprentices. The POV will also change between cats and Clans, though Crimsonkit will be our main one.

Thank you all, and enjoy the chapter!

Crimsonkit woke up to the sound of seemingly nothing. She blinked open her green eyes to see sunlight streaming through the lichen curtain that blocked off the entrance to the Nursery. The moss was springy and fresh beneath her paws, and she hopped to her feet, then stretched, her jaws opening in a tiny yawn.

Behind her, her mother Hollyheart slept peacefully, her fluffy tail hiding her head from view. This was usually the scene she woke up to, but this time her siblings were missing. As her tiredness faded, she began hearing the sounds of early morning patrols being sent out, and it was obvious not many of her Clanmates were awake yet.

Soon she realised that she could still smell her siblings' fresh scents, and she looked back towards the entrance to see them creeping towards it. Quiet as a mouse, she followed them, and Etherkit acknowledged her presence with a nod.

"We're going to see what's outside the Nursery! Do you wanna join us?" she whispered.

"Yeah!" Crimsonkit replied as quietly as she could. It was harder when their task was the thing that made her the most excited.

Going outside

Hollyheart always said it wasn't for the kits, they could get under warriors' paws and who knows what powers they could interrupt, but that made it even more exciting.

"Powers?" she could remember squeaking, "We get powers?"

"Well, some of us do. Every fifth cat. So at least one of you should have one." her mother replied.

"Wow!" Dawnkit had exclaimed, "I hope it's me! I'm gonna be the best fighter in all the Clans, I'll have them all running off with their tails between their legs!"

"No!" Etherkit had declared, "I'll be the fastest cat in all the Clans. They won't even know what hit them!"

Crimsonkit thought for a moment. "Yeah, being strong and fast is cool, but I'll be the best hunter ever! When you're all starving, I'll catch you all the biggest, most juiciest mouses ever!"

"It's 'mice' dear."

By then, they were approaching the curtain. Crimsonkit could hear the voices better, and she could see various silhouettes flitting about. This was it, she was finally going to meet her Clan! Sure, the apprentices came in to change the moss, deliver Hollyheart's food and talk sometimes, and occasionally various warriors would visit, but she had never seen all the Clan before! The Nursery was getting boring, she needed to know who she lived.

Just as they reached it, and Etherkit stretched out a paw to draw aside the lichen, a voice called "And just where do you think you're going?" from behind.

They spun around to see their mother, still curled up, but her green eyes were peering over the top of her tail.

"We just wanted to see the outside." Dawnkit replied in a slightly pleading tone.

"We want to meet all of our Clanmates!" Crimsonkit added.

"And we want to look around camp," Etherkit finished.

Hollyheart sighed, then smiled. "Well I guess that now you're one moon old I can show you around."

The trio pricked up their ears.

"But stay close to me and don't get under anyone's paws!"

She stood up and joined them at the entrance, grooming them slightly, before nudging the curtain open.

Crimsonkit's eyes widened. She hadn't really imagined what camp looked like before, only heard the faint sounds of rushing water, but it was beyond all her expectations. It was beautiful. It must've only been a shallow dip, just above a fox-length at most, but to her it was tall. It was shaped in an oval and surrounded by a wall of tall, wavy grass that swayed in the wind. She couldn't feel it down in camp, but it had to still be blowing. On the right side opposite her there was a river that flowed down into a mini waterfall, then continued flowing into a circular pool in the center of camp, where a single stepping stone broke the surface in the center of that. And lining the walls were Dens that all looked similar to the Nursery.

As she watched in awe, a fluffy red, black and white she-cat emerged from one of them, stretched, and let her amber eyes travel around camp. They rested on the three kittens, and they lit up, and suddenly she was bounding towards them.

"Hi Hollyheart! Are these your kits? They look so cute!" she said excitedly.

Their mother laughed. "Yes, they are. Hello Mapleblaze."

"Wow. So sorry I couldn't visit, busy doing work. So if I remember correctly, they are...Dawnkit, Etherkit and Crimsonkit, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Wow, so cute."

She leant down to give each of them a little nuzzle.

Crimsonkit was about to ask if she had a power when a grey she-cat yowled over "Mapleblaze! You're on patrol with me!"

"Coming!" she called back, then with a quick 'bye!' to the kits she ran over.

A large dark brown tabby tom suddenly padded into the center of camp. "Alright, Sootshadow and Ebonyshine I need you to lead some hunting patrols!" he called, and the two warriors stood next to him and picked out more cats.

"Who's he?" Crimsonkit asked.

"He looks scary…" her sister added.

"That's Adderclaw, the deputy. He's been the deputy for over two seasons now. If he makes it to leader our Clan will be in the paws of a terrifying rule." Hollyheart replied.

"Is he the scariest cat in all the Clans?" her brother pushed.

Their mother gave a little mrrow of amusement. "Maybe, maybe not. Depends on everyone's opinions."

Suddenly the russet she-kit spotted a leaf twirling and dancing in the wind above the camp. Her eyes widened, it was just like the leaf games they used to play, but even better! She bounded over to it and tried to leap up to catch it, but it was too high. Her claws only brushed it slightly.

Still it was a good jump, she thought to herself.

Suddenly the leaf floated down slightly so that it was in her reach with a smaller jump and continued to flit about. She looked at it in confusion.

But there's no breeze in camp!

Still, it was a dancing leaf that wanted to be played with, and she leapt up and batted it out of the air. It was knocked down but floated back up, and Crimsonkit suddenly felt the wind changing course with it. But not the wind, a different wind. Nevertheless, she kept on toying with it, her littermates joining in. It must've only been a couple of minutes playing when the leaf floated to the ground, and did not come back up. She looked at it in dismay, then over to the entrance of camp where Mapleblaze was still waiting for warriors to join the patrol. Next to her was a grey she-cat with blue eyes, who flashed them a wink as the final few cats arrived. Mapleblaze laughed as one of them said something, and a small fire began to burn by her tail. She laughed again and extinguished it before the grey cat led them out of camp.

Crimsonkit widened her eyes, so many powers! I hope I get one like that.

Suddenly she felt her mother's gentle grip on her scruff, and she was carried back to the Nursery with her littermates. She set them down just in front.

"Come on now, time to head back inside."

"Aww but Hollyheart! We've only just come out!" Etherkit complained.

"When you're older you can come out more. Now let's head back inside."

The three kits trudged back into the Nursery, watching as the lichen curtain closed behind them once again.

Next chapter I shall do once again from Crimsonkit's POV

Hope you all enjoyed, feel free to submit more characters, and I will see you soon!

See you on the flip side because I can't think of a better outro

Bai

~KT