Hi everyone! 8 reviews on my first chapter! *squeals* I mean, *ahem* *manly squeal* But seriously, thank you! This blows my expectations forreviews out of the water! Now, let us get onto the chapter!


"WindClan are attacking!"

By Tadpolekit's side, Honeykit laid crouched beside her, determination sparkled in her eyes

"We'll get the fox hearts" she growled

Ahead of the two she-cats, Shadekit, Tadpolekit's brother let out a growl.

"WindClan wi-wi-will" the rest of his mew was cut off as a huge yawn escaped him.

"Come on Shadekit," Tadpolekit mewed. "We all promised to stay up until the cats from the gathering came back!"

"It's late, Tadpolekit! But yeah, you are right, I suppose," He stood up defiantly. "I will wait for the clan to come back from the gathering.

A new voice came in "Are you sure you don't want to go to your nests?" mewed Reedkit, his voice as soft as honey. "You she-cats look so pretty when you are asleep"

Shadekit let out a mrow of laughter, while Tadpolekit and Honeykit shared a look. They both knew that Reedkit never meant anything with his incessant flirting, but it got annoying when he insisted on doing it all the StarClan forsaken time! To make matters worse, Shadekit always thought it was hilarious, which only encouraged Reedkit.

Tadpolekit was about to muster a retort when a fifth, more authoritative voice joined in. "I agree with Reedkit," said Aethernose, Tadpolekit and Shadekit's father. "You two should be asleep."

Tadpolekit was about to ask whether Aethernose agreed with Reedkit on the she-cats too, but Honeykit bet her to it before she could open her mouth.

"Cloudedwater and Tansyfoot are both at the gathering, and we are all interested in what happened there tonight!"

Tadpolekit felt a flash of envy for her mother, Tansyfoot, and Cloudedwater, Reedkit and Puddlekit's mother; they were allowed to wander around outside of camp and go to gatherings, while here she was, with cats debating whether she should be asleep or not! She then went back to listening to Aethernose

"That's all very well for Puddlekit, Reedkit, and Honeykit, they are five and four moons old! But you two are just two moons old! You two need your sleep!"

Tadpolekit stole a look at Puddlekit. The older kit was looking at Aethernose with a bored expression on her face, and hadn't said anything since Reedkit and Aethernose had come into the discussion

Tadpolekit was ripped out of her thoughts as Shadekit spoke up "Actually, we don't. We will need our sleep when we are apprentices, because then we will have training in the morning. But we don't have training in the morning, because we are kits, so we should enjoy our time when we don't need our sleep."

"Cheeky fur ball!" Exclaimed Aethernose, flicking his tail over Shadekit's ears affectionately. "Ah, Graytail. Good to see you. Can you help me to convince these two mouse brains that they need to go to sleep?"

Graytail's eyes swiveled over Tadpolekit and Shadekit. "Oh Aethernose, leave them be. They won't be kits for ever. Let them have their fun. Besides, they are interested in the affairs of the forest, what is wrong about that?"

Aethernose let out a long sigh. "I give up," he said, and walked away, muttering something under his breath along the lines of "You try to be a good father."

Honeykit did a happy bounce. "Thanks Graytail" she mewed happily, "I was afraid that they would make you go to your nests! I would have been left all alone out here, waiting for the cats who went to the gathering to come back!"

"There's always Reedkit and Puddlekit" teased Tadpolekit, noting that the two siblings had gone off and moved away from Honeykit, Tadpolekit, and Shadekit.

"Those two are no fun," responded Honeykit. "They act like they are apprentices already! Seedstar should go ahead and make them apprentices already so they get out of our fur!"

"Let's not complain about them," Shadekit suggested gently. "Let's do something instead"

"Mossball?" Tadpolekit advocated

"I'll get the moss!" Honeykit squeaked excitedly, as she raced across the clearing

As it became late, Shadekit, Honeykit and Tadpolekit felt the claws of tiredness dig deeper into their skin. Just as Tadpolekit was ready to suggest waiting to hear about the gathering tommorow, Seedstar, followed by her deputy Stormfall, and the rest of the cats who went to the gathering began to file into the camp.

Tadpolekit spotted Tansyfoot and Ashenpaw, her friend talking quietly together and she raced over to them, Shadekit and Honeykit hard on her heels.

"Ashenpaw! Tansyfoot!" Tadpolekit excitedly squeaked. "What happened at the gathering? Tell us everything!"

Tansyfoot looked down at her kits, love in her eyes "So you did stay up to wait to hear about the gathering"

"That doesn't matter!" mewed Shadekit. "What happened at the gathering?"
Ashenpaw answered "WindClan have a new deputy – Thornleap is his name, and they accused us of prey stealing for the second moon in a row"

Honeykit let out a growl "Those pieces of mouse dung! I'll shred them!"
"What else happened at the gathering?" asked Tadpolekit

"Crystalstar reported that RiverClan re-took Sunning Rocks" mewed Tansyfoot "You should have seen how fast the expression changed on Swiftstar's face! Now kits, you have stayed up long enough, so come with me to the nursery"

As the four cats wandered into the nursery Tadpolekit felt wave after wave of tiredness crash into her. As she climbed into her nest along with Shadekit and Tansyfoot, she couldn't help but feel anger, along with her tiredness, at WindClan.

"One day I'll show those rabbit eating fox hearts who's boss" mewed Tadpolekit quietly.

"Of course my dear" responded Tansyfoot, as she licked her kits fur "One day."


So, how about all of that sunshine and rainbows in one chapter? The real story picks in the next couple chapters. Once again, thank you for the reviews. I had a couple of really helpful ones where people pointed errors I had made in the prologue, as well as praise which is also nice.

OK, I'm done babbling. Please review, they keep me going, and I'll see you next time!

Thanks!

- Willowstorm