A Different Path
Prologue
Finally, the ashes settled upon the dark, grey forest. Trees were collapsed and full of grey ash. A queen stepped forward as they looked in to beyond, "Do you see that?" the pack of cats turned their heads to look the directing the queen was talking about. In between of the grey ashes, there lay a small, white furball. "Is that a cat?" asked a tom. No cats could tell what it was. A black coated queen started to move forward towards the while furball. "What are you doing?"
"Checking to see what that thing is." she replied. She swiftly moved around the burnt and grey trees towards the thing. She then slowed down and padded forwards sniffing to see if it could recognise the smell. Suddenly the thing's ears perked up. They were white but with unusually striped colours. Cyan and pink. Its head stood up too and looked towards the queen. "It's a kit!" she called. In the distance, cats were staring at each other, worried. Where did this kit come from? What was it doing here? The queen sniffed at the kit desperately looking for a Clan, rogue or kittypet scent. But there was none. She picked the kit up by the flank to reveal its tail. It was the same design as the queens. Three stripes. "Sirentail, are you alright?" called a tom.
"Yes, I'm fine! But I think I know this kit!" she replied. Cats murmured between each other. "Who is this kit?" Faster than before, Sirentail returned with the ash-covered kit. A tom walked towards her and sniffed the kit, "What are you talking about? You don't mean..." Sirentail didn't look away from the kit. She began to lick the ash away and uncovered more colours. On her tail, she had a weird pattern of stripes. Cyan, white, pink, white, then a purple mix of the cyan and pink. Finally, the queen put the kit down and looked up. "Lionfoot, I don't think so. I know so. This," she once more looked down at the kit "is our lost kit." A silver she-cat approached them from the crowd of cats. She looked down at the kit and back at the cat couple, "Are you sure this is her?" Sirentail and Lionfoot looked at one another with a confident look. "Yes, Silverstar. As sure as I have ever been. This is my kit."