CHAPTER 2: Adventures in the Forest

Breadkit bounced up and down with glee as he, Plumpaw, and her brother Ricepaw ventured through the forest. The little kit sniffed around the bushes, his brown eyes filled with curiosity. The flowers were so nice! The sky was nice! Everything was nice! Plumpaw looked over her shoulder and smiled, Breadkit noticed the slightest bit of red in her face. Ricepaw simply stayed quiet. He was usually like this, even to Breadkit. Just then, the older tom's nose twitched and he murmured. "Shadowclan and foxes, we should leave and tell Goodstar or Stevehawk..."

"And basically tell them we were out here? No way, bro bro." Plumpaw huffed.

Breadkit scented the scent too, even though he had no idea what they were supposed to smell like. He knew anyways. "Plumpaw, we should go..." The purple she-cat's eyes gazed at him and her eyes softened. "Ugh, fine. Come on." She then turned to leave. Ricepaw ran behind her. Breadkit was about to join them when he saw the strangest thing he's seen since one of his father's demon summoning rituals.

Shadowclan cats were screaming and riding on the backs of foxes like cowboys on bulls. Breadkit's bright brown eyes widened and he screamed, somehow running faster than the foxes. "Come on guys, we need to go, now!" Ricepaw and Plumpaw's eyes widened as well and they began to run as well. After a lot of running, the Shadowclan foxpatrol caught up with the trio of young cats. One of them suddenly grabbed Breadkit by the scruff. The kit screamed out, "hEY! GUyS, HELP!" Plumpaw almost stopped to help, but Ricepaw shouted something to her to make her run towards the camp.

"Okay guys, we got what we wanted, we can go now!" The Shadowclanner that held Breadkit shouted to his gang, and the foxes stopped and started back to Shadowclan territory. Breadkit still continued screaming. The tom holding him whacked him in the head and Breadkit's vision turned to black.

Hours had passed before Breadkit regained conscientiousness. He was in a dark pit, random faces surrounded him. He could see two cats blocking the entrance. "Oh look, it's awake." A monotonous voice came, followed by a voice that sounded like a bell. "Lizardkit, be nice!" Breadkit's vision cleared, and he could see two other kits about the same age as him. The one with the monotone was a pure black tom with golden eyes, the other one was a golden she-cat with enchanting aqua eyes. Breadkit smiled, and jumped up. "Hey! I'm Breadkit, we seem to be in mortal danger!" He said gleefully. The she-kit chuckled. "Hey, I'm Cutekit. This party pooper here is Lizardkit. I'm from Riverclan and he's from Windclan. I'm guessing you're from Thunderclan?" The tom nodded, and Cutekit laughed. They then started a conversation, Lizardkit not taking much part in it.

Suddenly, the two guards were tossed out of the way and Breadkit and his fellow prisoners were tugged out of the pit, Plumpaw's eyes were widened with worry and fear. Breadkit could see Shadowclan cats, foxes, and the other clans fighting. He could see blood everywhere. "Breadkit, are you okay!? Did they hurt you?" Plumpaw was on the edge of crying. Suddenly, a fox dove in from the side, aiming it's claws at Breadkit. Time almost stopped. The kit braced for impact.
But nothing happened, Breadkit didn't feel any pain, he looked up at the two other kit's expressions, and then turned. There he saw the bloody figure of Plumpaw, her limbs shaking. The she-cat screamed curses at the fox, tears in her eyes. The fox finally fled, and Plumpaw collapsed in the dust, her amber eyes wide with pain. Breadkit screamed and shook his friend's pelt. The purple she-cat smiled, and her body fell limp without a single word. Lizardkit and Cutekit simply stared at the dead body in shock, the sight mentally scarring them.

Breadkit started crying and his claws suddenly turned into snipers. The previously harmless kit was now a killing machine, his gun claws shooting at every fox in sight. Every cat froze at the sight. Breadkit screeched, "This needs to stop now! These foxes killed my friend, this didn't need to happen!" Every cat stared at the now blank eyed Shadowclanners. The one he assumed was leader started to speak. "Thank you, kit, for freeing us. The foxes were creatures from the Dark Forest that controlled us. We're sorry about your friend, but we owe you dearly." He dipped his head, and turned to the other three clans. Breadkit could see Goodstar nodding to the leader, and Stevehawk growled. Brightlight rushed over to him, along with Lizardkit's and Cutekit's mothers, and he was dragged home. His mother was nagging him about going out of camp while Monkeytail checked his wounds. Breadkit noticed Normalpaw carrying Plumpaw's body and he started to cry. He would kill all foxes, every last one.