Yay, a semi-long chapter! The next chapter will be sorta short, but it will tell who Snowbird's mate was. I'm debating about updating my characters, do you think I should? No, I'll wait another two chapters, then I will.
"Raynekit, shut UP! We have to hide, the rouges might find us!" Bluekit whispered to a small silver-gray kit beside her. Raynekit immediately stopped talking and tried to find a place to hide.
Huge toms and she-cats crashed down all around her like falling trees. Her Clan were excellent fighters, hardly any ever died. There was Venomfang, tabby body hurling out of the air to protect them!
She couldn't suppress a squeak of joy, they would be safe now! But wait, where was Venomfang going? Why was there another cat picking up Bluekit and Lightkit? Why were they leaving her? What's happening?
"Mama! Help me!" she squealed. A spotted rouge was about to pick her up, when Venomfang and Nighthawk both appeared! The two bowled over the she-cat and Nighthawk scooped up Raynekit and ran. She dropped the kit back into the nursery and went to get rid of the last of the rouges.
Blazeheart and Paleflower picked their way through the bodies, looking for casualties to show to Fawnpelt. Snowbird was glancing around, looking for her kits and mate. (A/N: Who is Snowbird's mate? CONTEST RULES: You guess right, you get a sneak peek of a will-be new story, Of Daffodils and Darkness) She grew more and more frantic, yowling and sobbing.
She ran over and shook Raynekit. "Where are my kits?" she sobbed.
"That big rouge took them." Raynekit replied softly. "Now whom will I play with?"
Snowbird's eyes started watering again, and she started trembling. Her yowls of shock turned into yowls of hatred and loathing. She ran after the retreating rouges, and all that could be heard were her sobs and yowls. The others tried to call her back, but she wouldn't listen.
Icestar limped over to Raynekit. Her brown and white fur matted and caked with blood. One of her ears sprouted a new notch to match the other signs of previous battles. She picked up Raynekit and started comforting her, soothing the tired, hungry, saddened kit. She looked around for Nighthawk, intending to give her kit back to her, but the mother was off trying to track down Snowbird.
"Icestar, what will happen to Bluekit and Lightkit?" she whimpered. Her yellow eyes gazed up at her leader, waiting for an answer.
"Raynekit, do you want the truth or what is good that could possibly happen?" she asked. She hoped that Raynekit would choose the latter; she wasn't in the best of moods.
"The truth, please." Raynekit prepared herself for the worst, and she knew what would happen.
"Dead, Raynekit, dead. But, Raynekit, they could of always kept them alive, they might have needed more kits, you never know." The words on her lips tasted bitter on her tongue, she knew the chances of Bluekit and Lightkit being alive were slim to none. She didn't want to disappoint this kit, but she couldn't tell lies any longer.
Hello! Review, please. Don't listen to Flame Rising, he's just a piece of foxdung! Guess Snowbird's mate, you can do it!
Aneis