Sorry about the short chapter, it was only a prologue so that I could have a starting point. Hopefully this chapter will have more action.

The Beetle

It was a normal day in greenleaf in Deltaclan camp. The camp was on a large island with many trees around the area. The camp was guarded with thick, spiny, weed-like plants. The plants guarded around a small hallow, with den for each level of cats in the clan dug into the wall. The nursery was in the back corner, and was make of a group of bramble. The roof was leafy to keep out rain, but sunlight still shinned in. There was a small cave near the back that the queens were to take their kits if there was an emergency.

Inside the cave, there were tunnels. These tunnels had a small entrance that only a kit could fit through, but they grew wider and stretched on for miles around. Cheetahkit and her brother Bushkit were exploring a new tunnel they had just found this morning. Their sister, Olivekit, was still sleep with their mother, Roseheart. "Come on, Bushkit!" Cheetahkit called as she started going farther down the tunnel. "Are you going to look at that moss thing all day?" Bushkit was looking at a clump of moss, with a beetle on it that he had never seen before. It was dark red, with brown spots on it's back. Bushkit loved to look at bugs, he even had his own spot of sand in the nursery were he drew a drawing each bug he saw.

"I'm coming!" He called. The scared the bug and it flew onto Bushkit's nose, leaving a weird goop in it's place. "Eww." Bushkit wiped his paw on his nose and walked down into the tunnel.

Cheetahkit was wandering down a smaller part of the tunnel. The walls were getting tighter, and tighter. Cheetahkit was having a hard time moving, until she saw an opening at the end. A weird light glowed from inside the cave. She raced forward to get to the light faster. She was just about to enter when… BAM! Cheetahkit was too big to fit through, and she was stuck!

"Bushkit!" She called, "Bushkit! Help me!" Cheetahkit couldn't hear her brother's paw steeps, and she started to worry that he had forgotten her. Cheetahkit whimpered a little, then a tear ran down her cheek. Soon she was crying like a new born kit for it's mother. "Bushkit! Mother! Someone! Help…" She was crying so much that her voice was hoarse.

Suddenly, she felt a tug on her tail. Something had her tail in its teeth, but what ever was biting her wasn't holding on tight enough to hurt her.

"Bushkit? Bushkit is that you?" Cheetahkit asked, her tears stopped flowing, but her face was still red. Bushkit pulled harder and harder, until… POP! Cheetahkit tumbled out onto her brother.

"Watch it, you big fur ball!" Bushkit said, pushing Cheetahkit of him. "Sometimes you are such a cry baby! What in the name of Islandclan were you doing?"

"Look in there!"

Bushkit suck his head into the entrance of the cave. Inside he saw millions of glowing worm-like pods that were hanging from the ceiling. Bushkit had seen a lot of bug kits, but he had never seen anything like this.

"We have to tell mom!" Bushkit said turning to face Cheetahkit.

"No way!" She exclaimed. "This could be our own special spot. If we tell mom, she might not let us explore any more! Why in the world would we tell mom?"

Bushkit though about it for a minute. Telling mom could mean that they couldn't play in the caves any more, but those eggs could be important. "We should still tell her..." Bushkit started to leave the tunnel. In his mind he has a map of the tunnels, which he was planning to write out in the sand somewhere. He went outside, and Cheetahkit was chasing behind him, begging him not to tell. Olivekit had just woken up, and yawned loudly. "Good morning, Bushkit." She said sleepily, "Were you and Cheetahkit in the caves again? Did you find anything cool?" Bushkit just nodded as he went to talk to Roseheart. "Hello Bushkit. How are you this morning?"

"I'm great mom." He said, "Me and Cheetahkit were in the caves and-" Cheetahkit came dashing out of the cave, hollering to Roseheart. "Don't listen to Bushkit!" She said. The two kits started talking at once. Soon Cheetahkit's voice grew louder and louder. Bushkit tried to keep his voice level, with young Fernkit and Aquakit still sleeping, but soon he lost his patient and started talking almost as loudly as Cheetahkit.

The shouting stopped when Cheetahkit and Bushkit heard Goldenriver's kits starting to cry. Roseheart gave the two siblings a harsh glare before going over to Goldenriver to help calm the kits down. "Nice moves, mouse brains." Olivekit said before walking off to one of the tunnels to explore the underground pond.

"Thanks a lot, Cheetahkit." Bushkit hissed, "Now I'm going to get in trouble for you stupidity!"

"My stupidity!" Cheetahkit hissed in a whisper, "You're the one who had to tell mom!"

"Telling mom was the right thing to do. Now we're both just going to accept the punishment." Even when he was in trouble, Bushkit always managed to stay cool and be responsible. Cheetahkit really admired that.

Roseheart walked back to her nest, where her kits were sitting. Fernkit and Aquakit were finally asleep again, but Goldenriver was still annoyed with Cheetahkit and Bushkit. "What were you two thinking!" Roseheart hissed quietly, "You knew there where two sleeping kits and you just came in and started shouting. I can't believe how rude my kits could have been! I hope Morningstar can teach you something!" Morningstar walking into the nursery right on cue. She had a calm look on her face, clearly hiding all emotion.

"Hello Roseheart." She said calmly, "I heard that you kits were making a bit of a commotion in her." She glanced over to Cheetahkit and Bushkit. "You two should have know better than to shout when other kits are sleeping. What was all the yelling about?" Bushkit looked over to Cheetahkit, wanting to make her feel better. He knew he had to tell his leader, but wanted to get his sister's OK. Cheetahkit meet his eyes for only a second and nodded her head.

"Well, Morningstar," Bushkit said nervously, "We were in the cave, exploring in the tunnels you found... There was this cavern with these pods of light in them. I-I don't know what they are..." "There were thousands!" Cheetahkit said, a little bit louder than she meant. She ducked her head in embarrassment. Luckily, Fernkit only stirred and Aquakit was still sleeping peacefully. Bushkit finally gathered the courage to tell his leader the most horrifying part. He looked up to face Morningstar, his eyes were filled with fear. "I... I... I think they were eggs."

Dun. Dun. Dun! What will Morningstar think of this news? And what will happen when all those eggs hatch? Find out next chapter! Please R&R!