Chapter 6 A Punishment and Act
Both kits looked at the angry warriors and slaves obviously not impressed on their little adventure. Daisypetal stepped forward glaring at the two kits.
"Do you have any idea how many patrols i've sent out looking for you two?" Daisypetal yowled. Both kits ears were flatten and knew it had to be the whole camp. Shinefur and Tinydawn came over to the two kits grooming them.
"Besides where have you been?" Shinefur asked. "The whole camp has been searching for you two" Tinydawn added.
Lightkit wasn't sure how to answer that besides exploring out of camp he knew they were going to smell badger on them.
"Why do you smell like badger" Kinkpaw asked. "Yes I was wondering myself about that too." Whitestar added.
Darkkit stepped forward "We were in a abandoned badger den. The scent was faint about a few days old" Darkkit explained.
"Liar, we would,ve scented one on our territory." Glowfur retorted. Lightkit glared at the tom, but said nothing else.
"Glowfur has a point unless the kits crossed the border then it would explain why we couldn't find you and the badger scent." Moonsong pointed out. The other cats agreed and looked back at the kits.
"Now i'm glad you're both safe, but you shouldn't have left camp. As punishment, you will be confined in camp until your apprenticeship." Whitestar announced. Both kits nodded in agreement and so did the others. Lightkit had no complaints about it really and it would allow him to have a chance to spend more time with Darkkit until they were apprenticed. Both kits parted their ways and went into own nursery's for the night.
4 days had passed since Lightkit and Darkkit's adventure and nightfall had come and gone and both kits were asleep. Lightkit, Brightkit, and Wolfkit woke up to the sound of yowling and screeching and hurried over to the enterance of the nursery. A group of cats were at the center of the clearing yowling approvals and disapprovals. Lightkit noticed that their father wasn't there and when Lightkit turned his head, both Shinefur and Rivershimmer were not in the nursery.
"What's going on" Brightkit whispered in Lightkit's ear. "I-I don't know." Lightkit stammered looking at the group. Lightkit turned to see Darkkit walking out of the slave den half awake. Lightkit rushed over to him attempting to get answers.
"What's going on Darkkit?" Lightkit asked. Darkkit shook his head and looked at Lightkit, eyes fully awake now and turned his head toward the crowd. Suddenly Darkkit's pelt bristled with alarm and his eyes full of fear.
"I-Its a slave beating" Darkkit shaked with fear.
"A slave beating? What's that?" Lightkit asked.
"They're never good. Two slaves have to fight eachother and usually they end bad. The slaves end up terribly injured and one slave actually died during one of those according to mom" Darkkit explained.
Lightkit turned to the crowd his eyes narrowed and rushed over to the crowd. Brightkit, Wolfkit, and Darkkit followed after him. When Lightkit reached the crowd he was shocked, he saw Kinkpaw on the ground badly hurt and bleeding and Raccoonpaw cornered by Daisypetal in front of a stone.
"Now Raccoonpaw i'm not going to say this again, attack Kinkpaw or i will." Daisypetal growled. Raccoonpaw shooked with fear. He knew he couldn't hurt his own sister, but the thought of Daisypetal hurting her again haunted his mind with fear. After a few moments without a answer, Daisypetal motioned Ivypaw with her tail.
"Ivypaw come here and attack these two useless slaves" Daisypetal ordered. Lightkit turned to see Ivypaw shocked by this. Ivypaw stepped forward but stopped and looked at Raccoonpaw and Kinkpaw.
"I KNEW IT" a angry voice said. Everyone looked to see Crystalheart glaring at Ivypaw and walked towards her.
"I knew you were in love with Hawkpaw, but i didn't expect you to not attack the two worthless slave apprentices." Crystalheart sneered at Ivypaw. Wolfkit looked at his older sister with surprise. Lightkit looked surprised and confused. Ivypaw looked at her mentor with rage.
"It's not my fault I love Hawkpaw. It's love and it has no boundaries." Ivypaw yowled angrly. Everyone was shocked and soon Dasiypetal marched forward to Ivypaw.
"We'll talk about this later. Now back to important matters." Daisypetal smirked at the two slaves and marched towards them.
"Not on my watch" Lightkit thought. Having enough of this Lightkit prepared his attack on Daisypetal. As he got closer, he felt a paw on his tail. It was Brightkit with a sad look.
"Lightkit don't. I may not like you hanging out with the slaves, but I care about your safety." Brightkit warned.
"Besides Daisypetal is full grown warrior and your only a kit." Wolfkit added. Lightkit glanced at the two then turned to Darkkit only to have a concerned look.
"Relax i'll be fine. Besides Daisypetal can't hurt me even if she is clan deputy". Lightkit replied. Brightkit took her paw off of Lightkit's tail and her head down.
"Be careful" Brightkit pleaded. Lightkit nodded and saw Daisypetal's paw up with her claws unsheathed and ready to strike. Lightkit unsheathed his claws and hurried over and pounced on Daisypetal. His claws landing on her back and his teeth biting on her shoulder. Daisypetal let out of screech of pain before shaking off Lightkit and hitting the ground. Everyone was shocked by this. Some cats had disapproval looks while others had the look of admiration on their faces. Daisypetal let out a furious yowl before heading towards Lightkit.
"You stupid kit! How dare you interrupt a slave beating." Daisypetal hissed. Lightkit got up, positioned himself in a pounce, and was ready to attack.
"What did they ever do to deserve it you mangy mousebrain foxheart?" Lightkit snarled. Brightkit and Wolfkit gasped in horror while Darkkit had the look of shock and amazement.
"That's it you stupid kit. I've had enough of your schemes. You're just like your rebellious mother, always protecting the slaves and everything. Daisypetal spat. Lightkit was enraged at this point and attacked Daisypetal again. This time he landed on Daisypetal's face clawing on her nose and managing to bite her cheek. Daisypetal yowled in pain. Trying to shake off Lightkit, Daisypetal raised her paw with unsheathed claws and clawed Lightkit on his cheek falling to the ground. Yowls of approval and disapproval were heard and Shinefur rushed over to him.
"That's enough Daisypetal. This was foolish from the start of this." Shinefur hissed licking Lightkit cheek.
"I agree enough is enough. Brightkit, Wolfkit, and Darkkit take Lightkit to my den. Doespring take Raccoonpaw and Kinkpaw to your den and have their wounds treated." Cloudberry ordered. Cloudberry looked at the other slaves.
"Darkheart take the slaves to the slave den and rest for the night." Cloudberry ordered. Darkheart nodded and led the slaves away. Cloudberry then looked at the warriors with narrowed eyes.
"The rest of you go rest in the warriors den and pray that Whitestar doesn't kill you for letting Lightkit get hurt and as for you Daisypetal, you better hope Whitestar doesn't kill you as well otherwise you be dead." Cloudberry snarled and walked to her den. Brightkit, Wolfkit, and Darkkit manged to pick up Lightkit and carried him to the medicene cat den and put him down gently.
"Is Lightkit going to be alright?" Brightkit asked.
"Yes he'll be fine. Brightkit and Wolfkit you better go back to the nursery. Lightkit will be spending the night in here with me. Cloudberry said. Brightkit and Wolfkit nodded and both left the den. Cloudberry looked at Darkkit.
"You Darkkit did a great job tonight. You can go back to the slaves den now" Cloudberry ordered. Darkkit nodded and looked at Lightkit one more time before returning to the slaves den.
"What's going on here?" a voice said. Cloudberry poked her out to see Whitestar returning to camp. Cloudberry, Daisypetal, Crystalheart, Ivypaw, and Frozenpelt approached him.
"Whitestar, Lightkit is hurt." Frozenpelt said.
"WHAT! How did this happen?" Whitestar said panicking
"I'll tell you how it happened. Daisypetal decided to do a slave beating and Lightkit got involed. Lightkit attacked Daisypetal and she decided to scratch Lightkit on the cheek." Cloudberry explained glaring at Daisypetal. Whitestar looked at Daisypetal with rage, but said nothing he then turned to Frozenpelt and Crystalheart.
"I have to tell you Whitestar, Lightkit was real brave. He's just like his mother." Frozenpelt commented. Crystalheart glared at him, but said nothing.
"Thank you Frozenpelt. Now I have to go see Lightkit." Whitestar said.
"Whitestar if you don't mind I would like to talk to you about Ivypaw." Crystalheart sneered at Ivypaw. Ivypaw glared back, but said nothing.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow and as for you Daisypetal this discussion will continue tomorrow as well." Whitestar said in a cold voice. Whitestar and Cloudberry both headed towards the medicine cat den to see Lightkit.