Pay this no heed, 'nother challenge, I'll work on my stories soon, I promise!
This is really just about a kit dying. If it makes me cry, it counts as 2. I dont cry easily so... and if it doesnt it counts as 1. Good luck! 200 word minimum.
Stormkit sat, just inside the nursery walls, her bright blue eyes stretched wide in horror and fear. Three other kits were shivering with their mother against the opposite wall, as far away from the exit as they could get. They were from a different litter, and the queen in the nursery with them was called Cloudmist.
Her litter of three consisted of two toms, Flamekit and Dogkit, and the one she-kit, Ravenkit. Stormkit's mother was a gray-and-white tabby she-cat named Wisplight, and Stormkit's father was the deputy, a massive orange tabby named Bloodstar. (Yes it's in the same universe as my last challenge)
Stormkit herself was a orange-and-gray tabby with her mother's blue eyes.
Anyways, Stormkit realized that'd she'd zoned out and quickly planted her paws even firmer on the ground. Now she remembered, the Clan was being attacked by ShadowClan, as Skystar had launched an unprovoked ambush on the WindClan camp. It was terrible being a kit, having to stay safe in the nursery, because Stormkit found it unbearable as she heard thuds and screeches of pain and fury.
Suddenly there was a rustling, and a massive ShadowClan Warrior shoved his way into the nursery, his large bloodstained claws gleaming. Cloudmist unfurled herself from her one-moon old kits and leapt instantly, landing squarely on his shoulders and rolling both of the Warriors out of the nursery.
Stormkit immediately circled back to curl herself around Flamekit, Dogkit, and Ravenkit, who barely knew how to mew, let alone protect themselves. Many heartbeats passes, and Stormkit grew more worried about her mother and father as the battle wore on.
Then, another rustling sound covered the rest as another pair of broad ShadowClan shoulders squeezed into the nursery. A pale tortoiseshell she-cat, smelling strongly of the enemy Clan, was in the nursery with the four kits, so Stormkit did the only thing she could think of...
She attacked, biting the enemy cat's shoulder and swinging her paws around to claw at the cat's underbelly with needle-sharp claws. "Grrr!" The tortoiseshell hissed, knocking Stormkit off with one bump of her unsheathed paw, but the ginger-and-gray kit was determined to keep her denmates safe, leaping again onto the enemy cat's back, biting again and again.
It eventually became a rhythm, Stormkit would jump at the ShadowClan cat and maybe draw blood, the Warrior would claw her off, usually giving Stormkit terrible wounds, but the kit never gave up. Her vision blurred, but every time she got tired, she would yowl furiously at herself; 'Get up! Your denmates are counting on you!'
Eventually, as Stormkit made to leap again, her vision blurry and her senses pretty much gone, until a paw stopped her. "Stormkit, stop! It's ok now!" Her ears barely registered the voice, and as she raised her head, it felt like a million pounds. The mysterious voice was her mother, Wisplight, who was looking down at her worriedly.
A slow, dull pounding was starting to sound in Stormkit's ears, and she fought the urge to sleep. "Stormkit! What's wrong?!" That was her father, his normally calm mew sounding terrified. All of a sudden, Stormkit lost all feeling in her legs, and she crumpled to the ground, realizing that blood was seeping out of her pelt.
"STORMKIT!"
Her father sounded close to tears, and she felt him curl around her body, hearing her mother's frantic mewing. "Can we get the medicine cat?" Wisplight said, and Stormkit felt her father shake his head.
"It's too late..." He whispered, and Stormkit knew that all hope was lost.
Wisplight collapsed, licking Stormkit's cheek fur with a trembling tongue. "Goodbye, my daughter..." She whispered sadly. Stormkit suddenly felt a cold liquid seeping through her pelt and realized that Bloodstar was crying.
"I'll miss you, my precious Storm..." He nuzzled her cheek, and Stormkit felt the world slip away.
Sorry it's so short!
