Chapter 2

"Moonkit. Moonkit. Wake up sleepy head," Orangewhisker's mewed. Her soothing voice was sweet to Moonkit's ears, but she was getting tired of hearing it. Moonkit opened her eyes to see that Ivykit was waiting on her to wake up, while Gingerkit snickered.

"It's sunhigh! About time you wake up!" Gingerkit was teasing.

"Leave me alone Gingerkit," Moonkit purred with a shove as she got up. She padded towards the nursery entrance. "Come on Ivykit and Gingerkit! Let's go talk to the apprentices!"

Orangewhisker grabbed Moonkit by the scruff and started grooming the top of her head. "You kits need to leave them alone. They are probably busy training to become great RiverClan warriors. You will be one day too."

Something about the sound of becoming a warrior of RiverClan didn't sound right to Moonkit, but she shrugged it off and wriggled free of her mother's grasp. She pelted out the den and ran as quick as her tiny kit legs would carry her. Unfortunately for Moonkit, she ran straight into Dewheart.

"Where's the fire, Moonkit?" Dewheart laughed and bent down to lick his little kit. At that moment, Gingerkit and Ivykit bounded over. Gingerkit lunged toward his dad. Dewheart rolled onto his back and let Gingerkit have the victory. Moonkit and Ivykit watched Dewheart and Gingerkit for a few heartbeats before looking at each other and sneaking towards the edge of camp.

"Ivykit, you stay here. I'm going to go tell Beetlekit, Thistlekit, and Ripplekit to join us!" Moonkit ran off towards the nursery and stuck her head through a tiny hole in the back. No one knew about this hole except the kits in the Clan. Beetlekit came bounding up towards her and licked her ear.

"Hey Moonkit! What are you up to?"

"Hey Beetlekit. Get Thistlekit and Ripplekit and all three of you join me and Ivykit outside the camp for a meeting!"

Beetlekit dipped his head and padded to his litter mates to whisper that Moonkit called for a meeting while Moonkit slipped out of camp. Ivykit followed behind her to their meeting place.

"Why are we meeting here? I don't think we are supposed to be out of camp like this," Ivykit mewed, looking over her shoulder to see if someone had followed.

"Relax Ivykit. They won't tell us that we can't be warriors. I can't wait until we get to train together one day! We are going to be the best warriors in all the Clans!" Moonkit stopped before she continued when she saw the worried look on her sister's face and scented the other kits padding up. I'll just ask her what she is worried about later. Can't be too bad.

"Hey beautiful. Heard you wanted me," Thistlekit came up to Moonkits side and licked her cheek. Moonkit jumped a little and scurried over to her sister's side, annoyed that Thistlekit was amused by her reaction.

"I decided that we should practice being warriors and running a Clan for one day when we are older!" Moonkit squealed in delight.

"What does that mean?" Ripplekit mewled shyly.

"It means that we will have a kit Clan!"

"Moonkit, what are you saying?" Ivykit flashed her sister a warning glance as she said this, but Moonkit just nudged her and jumped up.

"Come on guys! Look, I will be the leader, Moonstar! Our Clan will be called MoonClan, since I came up with the idea. Unless you kits don't want to do this."

"I'm in!" Beetlekit got into a hunter's crouch and acted like he was stalking a piece of prey before pouncing on a fallen leaf.

"Since you have spoken up first, you shall be my trusted deputy!" Moonkit padded forward and licked his shoulder. Beetlekit licked her shoulder back.

"I'll join MoonClan too," Thistlekit purred as he moved towards Moonkit. Moonkit licked his shoulder and he did the same.

"If my brothers seem so fine with it then I guess I will be glad to be a warrior of MoonClan," Ripplekit mewed as she took her turn.

"I will be the medicine kit, if you want me to be," Ivykit dipped her head at her sister, who looked at her shocked. What if Ivykit was worried because she wants to be RiverClan's next medicine cat! Oh I really must ask her why she looked worried! Moonkit dipped her head back at her sister, still shocked.

"I am glad we all agree on this. I think this will be fun! As leader, I say that we head back to RiverClan camp for now before we are missed. Wouldn't want to get in trouble."

The five kits headed back into camp and started fighting with each other like most kits do. All except Ivykit, who ran to Juniperberry's den to watch her work. Moonkit wrestled with Thistlekit while Beetlekit had Ripplekit pinned to the ground. Moonkit dropped down and when Thistlekit started to crash his paws down on top of her, she rolled to the side. Thistlekit stumbled slightly from the surprise and Moonkit took her chance to trip him and pin him down. All three kits stared at her in wide eyed amazement. Moonkit felt their stares burn into her pelt and backed off of Thistlekit. The embarrassment she felt only heightened when she saw Minnowstar watching her from the HighStone and Juniperberry running towards her with great speed. Ivykit had gone to stand beside Ripplekit, a knowing look on her face.

"What did I miss?" Moonkit asked, the fur along her spine beginning to stand on end.

"Moonkit, prepare yourself for a hard life. You will be watched. I think you are part of a prophecy and Juniperberry has been keeping her eyes on you. She told Minnowstar to do the same. We watched you fight. Where did you learn those moves?"

"I may have…..left the camp to watch Fishpaw train…..he is a strong apprentice and I picked up on some of his moves. I admire the fighting spirit in him. Is it wrong that I watched him fight?"

"The way you moved was not like a RiverClan cat. Or at least that's what Juniperberry said. She's a wise cat, Moonkit, and though I may not know what the prophecy is, I wouldn't doubt that you could be the cat that fulfills it," Ivykit still looked worried and padded to her sister's side. She gave Moonkit a comforting lick before bounding over to Juniperberry's side. There was no doubt in Moonkit's mind that Ivykit wanted to be the next medicine cat. But was she really part of a prophecy? She sat down and thought about things. That would explain why she had such weird dreams at nights sometimes. It was always about fighting and a place with many rocks and a stream. It wasn't like RiverClan. In fact, it wasn't like a Clan at all. The dreams always confused her.

Moonkit got up, nodded her head at Ripplekit, gave Thistlekit and Beetlekit a nudge, and bounded to the nursery to lay down by her mother's side. Gingerkit was waiting there, looking at her like she was crazy. She licked her brother's ear and curled up next to her mom, letting Orangewhisker groom her. Normally, she would have tried to escape, but right now she was tired out from the day's events. Things would be much better once she became an apprentice and could practice her fighting without the burning stares from Minnowstar and Juniperberry.