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Silverkit burst into the clearing and immediately was overwhelmed by the view. When she opened her eyes inside the cozy Queen's den, she thought there was nothing brighter and bigger. Now she realized just how wrong she was. Warm sunlight surrounded her and touched her pelt making it glisten. Her eyes sparkled and matched her sister's, who was equally as amazed by the sight before them. They were both breathless. There was a moment in which Silverkit knew she would remember this forever as she looked at the trees, dens, and walls of the camp. Her ears were filled with the pleasant sounds of birds chirping and leaves rustling. Silverkit was snapped out of her daze when Wolfkit meowed,

"Pretty amazing, huh" his voice slightly teasing as he addressed the sisters.

"There's more where that came from, come on," Jaggedkit added.

The brothers led the two she-cats to the first of many dens that she spotted when taking in her surroundings. As they entered the den, Jaggedkit informed them,

"This is the elders den, we will visit here a lot when we are apprentices as part of our training, We help take care of the elders. It is a thank you to them for all the service they have done for the clan. Tasks will include changing moss, grooming, and getting rid of fleas."

Silverkit's nose scrunched up in slight distaste but she was also excited to know that she could help give back to the dedicated members of Thunderclan.

"Silverkit and Moonkit, this is Missingnose, Kinktail, Mousetail, and Scareye," Jaggedkit continued.

"Hello, nice to meet you" the sisters said in unison as they dipped their heads respectfully.

"We look forward to helping take care of you when we become apprentices," Silverkit announced politely.

"Ah, finally, some respectful kits, I will keep you two to your word," a ginger tom meowed.

"Oh, we intend to Scareye, we cats of our word" Silverkit said sweetly though also with a little snark.

"Ah, bright too" he responded with a little laugh.

"Well, you are the one with a long scar over your eye, I doubt that it would be her" Moonkit came to her defense as she flicked her tail towards Mousetail.

"Just having your names and seeing you it's pretty easy to distinguish who is who. You confirmed you were Scareye which just leaves; Kinktail- the brown tabby tom with the broken tail, Missingnose- the gray tabby she-cat with a scared nose, and that just leaves Mousetail to be the pale gray tabby." Silverkit finished with a flourish of her long fluffy tail.

"Now, enough with the sass you two, we are still your elders despite your quick analysis of us," Mousetail snapped.

"Oh, hush, you have to admire their intellect and quick wits" Missingnose told Mousetail. Silverkit could tell that the damage slightly affected her voice making it sound slightly stuffed.

"Well, I am sure you two still have a lot to do, don't let us keep you. We will do plenty of that when you are apprentices. Now off with you four, we have a lot of rest to catch up on" Kinktail amended as she tried to stop an argument between the elder siblings.

"Come on, let's go" Jaggedkit said. The two toms had been listening quietly to the interaction between the elders and kits with amusement. Their whiskers still twitching as they led the sisters out of the den.

"Let's head to the Medicine Cat den next, it the closest to the elders den," Wolfkit said with excitement as he took the lead.

"I will race you Moonkit!" Silverkit shouted over her shoulder as she chased after Wolfkit. Moonkit squealed with delight as she chased after her sister,

" Hey, wait up, you don't know where you are going!" Wolfkit called as the sisters raced past him.

Silverkit looked back to see how close her sister was to catching up to her when, WHAM. With a small oof, Silverkit tumbled backwards. She looked up to see a sleek but none the less imitating gray tom. For whatever reason, she wasn't scared. As Moonkit finally caught up, Silverkit realized she recognized the scent.

"Daddy!" Moonkit screamed as she nuzzled her father's chin. Silverkit's eyes widened in wonder and delight as she took in the sight of her dad. He looked so strong and powerful.

"Exploring the camp, aren't you? Well you will want to slow down if you really want to take it all in." He said jokingly as he gave each kit a brisk lick on the head.

"We were just heading to the medicine cat den" Silverkit responded briskly as she recovered.

"Well, the den is that way" he chuckled as his ears flicked to a den completely separate from the course the kits were on. Moonkit had the graces to look embarrassed while Silverkit sniffed and said

"We knew that, come on Moonkit" the pair headed off to where the den actually was and as they did so their father, Soothawk saw the red tinge on his oldest daughter's cheeks. He just purred as he led his apprentice towards the camp entrance.

As Silverkit approached the den her nose was filled with the bitter scent of what could only be herbs. Cautiously, the sisters poked their heads into the dim and musty den. Behind them they heard Wolfkit lecture,

" Make sure not to eat or touch anything. Softfoot works hard to take care of the clan without kits getting sick because they messed with her herb storages." Moonkit just rolled her eyes while Silverkit opened her mouth to eloquently delivered a snarky reply when,

"Bossy as always Wolfkit. Although I appreciate the concern, I think I can handle what appears to be respectable kits. Hello little ones, I am Softfoot. I helped your mother deliver you two."

Silverkit startled at the sudden voice of the stranger behind her. She turned to see a pretty cream and white she-cat. After Softfoot finished her introduction, Silverkit could not wait any longer,

"How do you walk so quietly?" Softfoot purred and announced,

"Well, where do you think I got my name from? Now that you have seen the den you must go, I am much too busy to have four kits under paw. Out with you." She said briskly but not unkindly. Softfoot nudged a paw at Wolfkit who seemed to be occupied sniffing herbs and the kits headed out. Only when they had left the den did Silverkit realize Softfoot had never actually answered her question. Silverkit turned around ready to march back in when Moonkit stopped her,

"Come on, we still have more to see. We can find out later" knowing exactly what Silverkit was thinking without her sister actually saying a thing. With a sigh Silverkit followed her sister's lead as the toms approached the largest den in camp.

"This is the Warriors den, we will sleep here when we finish our apprenticeship. It is a great honor and the eldest warriors sleep in the center where it's warmest" Jaggedkit whispered.

Silverkit got sick of Jaggedkit's rant and entered the den with Moonkit close behind.

"Wait!" the toms protested while trying to stay quiet

Moonkit rolled her eyes and took the lead, "Come on, let's see if there are any warriors in here."

The sisters approached a black and white form that turned out to be a tom as the sisters got closer. The sisters giggled as they encouraged each other to poke the sleeping form. Eventually they decided to do it together. The jabbed the tom's side with their kitten paws. The tom jerked and lifted his head slowly, confusion glazed his eyes. Squeals of a mixture of delight and slight terror erupted from their jaws as they fled the den.

As they burst from the den they heard his agitated yowl as he burst into the clearing, a red-orange tom approached the scene. As the black and white tom opened his jaws to lecture the kits. He was stopped by the red-orange tom

"Waking up late as usual Spottedpelt, I see" The tom looked ready to argue but decided to keep his mouth shut when he received the amber glare of the red-orange tom.

"Sorry, Firepounce, I will go on a hunting patrol"

"Good, take Volefur and Cloudheart with you." Firepounce told Spottedpelt. Spottedpelt dipped his head respectfully and walked off.

The kits were all watching the scene with amusement when Firepounce directed his heads towards them. Two of the kits looked up in slight horror while the other two tried to stifle there cries of delight. The large tom looked at the two she-cats and said,

"You two must be the newest kits, I am Firepounce, the Thunderclan deputy." He said with dignity and a slight lift of his head. In most situations a kit would be horrified by the thought of getting caught by the deputy of the clan; but with a sister and best friend by your side, what should be horror can be joy at meeting the deputy the first time they set paw outside the Queen's den.

" I am Moonkit and this is Silverkit but you probably already knew that. So, are we going to get in trouble for waking Spottedpelt?" spending not time with nonsense, Moonkit came straight to the point. The toms whiskers twitched in amusement at the small kits retort while the tom kits watched in horror.

"No, it was about time he got up, saved me from having to do it,"

"Good, well I believe we must be going, we have more to explore. It was nice meeting you." Silverkit added as the sisters dipped their heads respectfully the tom kits following their lead. The deputy waved his tail in a farewell as the kits headed off. The tom kits considered mentioning what had just happened but decided otherwise as the approached the last den in camp. Before either tom could open their mouths, Silverkit announced,

"This must be the apprentices den, this where we will live in a few moons, right?" The toms just nodded as they were at a loss for words as they were still recovering from how the she-cats responded to meeting the deputy. As all four peaked their heads in the den two cats turned their heads towards the kits. A brown tabby tom and a ginger she-cat. The tom looked at them with scrutiny while the she-cat meowed a gentle greeting

"Hello, I am Morningpaw and this Acornpaw. Did you need anything?"

"Nope, just exploring but thanks," Moonkit told the she-cat.

"I can't believe we will live here soon, it's so big" Silverkit added.

"Yeah, well we will get to live here first" Jaggedkit teased

"Yeah well you are older so obviously that's the case" Moonkit remarked with a sarcastic edge. The kits ducked out of the den, Wolfkit stifling a laugh at the lip his brother was receiving from a younger cat. The look on Jaggedkit's face sent all the kits into giggling fit as they rolled on the ground laughing. After a few minutes the kits finally recuperated hardly knowing what had made them laugh in the first place. Slowly Silverkit, Jaggedkit, and Wolfkit sat up but Moonkit was still on the ground. Silverkit rushed to her side as her sister was hardly breathing and kept going into coughing fits. Cries filled the clearing as Silverkit shook her sister trying to help her. Wolfkit ran towards the medicine cat den while Jaggedkit watched the scene in utter horror.

"MOONKIT GET UP! WHAT'S WRONG? HELP! HELP! SOMEBODY HELP MY SISTER!" Softfoot and Wolfkit rushed towards the sisters. She focused her attention on Moonkit after murmuring a few words to Wolfkit. Tears streamed down Silverkit's face as she shook violently. Wolfkit came to her side and gently licked her side while murmuring.

"I have some thyme here for you, take this to help you-" Wolfkit was stopped as Silverkit started screaming at him.

"I AM FINE! MY SISTER IS HURT AND NEEDS HELP NOT ME!" Wolfkit used this to his advantage and shoved the herbs down her throat. As Silverkit calmed Wolfkit gently mewed to Silverkit

"Softfoot will take of her, there is no better medicine cat and she will do the best for your sister but being freaked will not help Moonkit. So you must keep calm" At this point Softfoot seemed to have helped Moonkit. Moonkit was now sitting up shakily but otherwise fine. Silverkit sagged in relief as Softfoot gently picked up Moonkit and carried her towards the Queen's den. Without a meow, the tom kits came on either side of Silverkit and guided her towards the den and most importantly, her sister. As they approached the den, they heard Softfoot talking quietly to Whiteflower,

"She collapsed from what appears over exertion from today's adventure. She should be fine but let me know if anything goes wrong," Whiteflower dipped her head a concerned look on her face as she drew Moonkit closer and took Silverkit from the toms. The kits curled up and fell asleep as they were once again in one another's presence.


I hope you liked the chapter, it is longer than the first.

I do these chapters as I go so there is no regular schedule but I will try to do at least a couple a month.

Anyway, what did you think of the chapter? What do you think happened to Moonkit?

See you soon for the next chapter!