Chapter 11
"Please can we come with you?" "No you guys aren't six moons yet" mewed Lionblaze to Hawkkit and Amberkit who were pestering him while Cinderheart was asleep next to Heatherkit. With that Lionblaze turned and bounded out through the bramble tunnel and into the forest beyond. Lionblaze sniffed Mouse then he crouched down tail just above the forest floor creeping and then pounce, with one swift bit to the neck the mouse was dead. After kicking dirt over the prey Lionblaze went on hunting. He was about to catch a sparrow when snap went a twig. Lionblaze whirled around d to become face to face with his three kits. "I thought I told you to stay in the nursery!" hissed Lionblaze. "We just wanted to hunt with you" squeaked Heatherkit. Lionblaze sighed and finally said "you have to go back to camp, but I guess you could watch me catch one more thing…" and with that Lionblaze sniffed around until he spotted a bird digging for worms he flicked his tail and all of his kits stared at him in awww as he slowly crept forwards, but as he was he stepped on a stick. The bird looked up and fluttered, but before it could take off Lionblaze leapt at it and pulled it down in one swipe of his paw. Lionblaze picked up the dead bird and carried it over to his kits that immediately began playing with it. "Now listen up I want you guys to stay right here and don't move you may play with the bird, and I am going back to pick up the mouse I caught, so don't move understand." The kits all nodded eyes round then once he turned his back he could here them squealing in delight as they began to play again.
Lionblaze picked up the mouse and began to head back to where he had left his kits when suddenly he heard a high pitch squeal. Lionblaze recognized it immediately, as Amberkit's cry of pain. Dropping the mouse Lionblaze ran as fast as he could to get back to his kits. Once there Lionblaze expected to find himself face to face with a fox or a badger, but instead found himself face to face with Scorchfur one of the Shadowclan warriors bending over to pick up Amberkit. Lionblaze hid in the bushes and as soon as Scorchfur lifted up his head to try and grab Amberkit by the scruff again he bowled him over tearing at his flesh. Scorchfur tried frantically to regain his balance, but couldn't. Lionblaze threw him back and stood up and glowered over Amberkit ready to protect her with his life, but Scorchfur had had enough and with one vengeful cry he ran back towards the Shadowclan border. Once out of sight Lionblaze turned around to face Amberkit who was shivering with fear. Immedieatly all of Lionblaze's anger turned to sympathy as he crouched down next to Amberkit and began to lick her fur. Lionblaze heard a rustle and jumped up hackles razed to find himself face to face with Brackenfur. "Umm…. I found your other kits." Brackenfur stepped aside to reveal Heatherkit and Hawkkit. Lionblaze leapt forwards to greet them then he scooped up Amberkit and Heatherkit and nodded towards Brackenfur to pick up Hawkkit, and he did.
Lionblaze padded into the warrior den. After bringing the kits home Ferncloud rushed them into the nursery to be greeted with purrs and licks by their mother Cinderheart. After Cinderheart had made sure that the kits were all right she scolded Lionblaze. Then, Lionblaze told the news of Scorchfur trying to steal the kits to Firestar who nodded and then dismissed him. Lionblaze lie down and fell asleep to the sound of the trees swishing in the wind.