Swampkit pretended not to hear the hushed voices of the other cats. 'Her eyes should have opened a moon ago', 'She is definitely going to be blind', 'I guess the only thing she can be is a medicine cat now, though Gravelfur already has an apprentice'.
The last one stung the most, because it was true. What kind of warrior was blind? Of course she couldn't become a medicine cat, simply because the spot was already taken. She had gotten used to navigating by smell, but this wasn't enough.
Then her eyes opened, and suddenly she was let into a new world. Eye, actually. She had to close it immediately, as the world was too bright. No one had noticed. Happy, she bounded to the nearest Queen. They were all her mothers now, but Mudmellow was her favorite. "Look! I can see!" She mewled loudly. She opened her eye briefly for the Queen.
Instead of the proud licks she was expecting, Swampkit received a gasp and and exclamation. "What on-"
Suddenly she was grabbed by the scruff and placed in a familiar nest. "Mudmellow!" She squealed with joy. "Look I can see!" She again briefly opened her eye. Hurt by the brightness again, she shut it. Now she noticed that the world was red under her eyelids. She had been seeing this whole time without knowing.
"That's nice kit," Mudmellow said. She got a quick lick, but then Mudmellow got up and went somewhere else. If Swampkit could only see better, she would know where that somewhere was. A bit disappointed in the reaction, Swampkit decided to go off and find Grasswhisker. He was always nice to her, and that was what she wanted at the moment.
She tumbled out of the nest and picked a direction. That way, towards the smell of outside. She wasn't supposed to go outside the nursery, but that's where Grasswhisker was and where she wanted to be. She sniffed a bit, searching for the scent of Grasswhisker. There! She followed it for about half a moment before being scooped up by a strange smell and being dumped back into the nursery.
"Who?" She asked blindly.
"Fishheart. Don't leave the nursery." With that the strange cat left. He was super cool, decided Swampkit. She wanted to be like him when she was a warrior! Or did she want to be like Grasswhisker? She couldn't decide.