fixed some things

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The morning mist settled over the area like a thin veil. A wooden fence surrounding twoleg buildings, to seperate the buildings from the forests. Upon the fence, a she-at rested, her pretty brown fur lightly damp in the morning mist. Two white stripes going down her sides. Amused green eyes stared out in the morning sun-kissed forest. A black tom with dark gray dash on his chest with piercing gray eyes walked up behind her on the fence, sitting next to her.

Below them, another cat walked towards the forest, their tail held high.

"Going out again, Jasper?" The brown she-cat asked.

Jasper, a white tom with a deep orange stripe down his back and ears, and a brown stripe and ringed tail, looked up at her, his eyes amused and determined.

"When have I not?" He asked. The she-cat gave a chuckle, her tail lazily wagging slightly, before settling in a motionless state again.

"You'll never get a female that way. Why not try some of the clans in the valley? The forest clan cats are far to stingy." She said. The black tom remained silent, and Jasper gave a snort.

"Please, those she-cats wont give me the time of day. I suppose a she-cat like you would have no problem finding a mate though." Jasper said, glancing at the black tom next to the pretty she-cat. The she-cat gave an amused meow.

"Well, finding one for myself was easy." She said, her ears flicked lightly. Jasper snorted.

"Well, my twolegs wouldn't get me a mate, so I will find one for myself! Wish me luck, Robin!" He yelled behind him. The she-cat, Robin, chuckled again.

"He wont find a mate that way." She said, purring lightly when the black tom rubbed against her flank.

"You shouldn't pick on him though." He said. He looked up at the forest again, watching the birds in the trees.

"You are the last person I wanna hear that from Ebony." Robin said. Ebony gave a low rumbled growl of aknowledgement. They both turned to look as a new cat approached them from below. His bright yellow fur stood out in the green grass. His ear tips and paws were black, his underbelly and tail tip white, with a black ring on his tail, seperating the white and yellow portions. He looked up at the two cats, his eyes desperate.

"Looking for something?" The she-cat asked. The tom nodded.

"My kits." He said, his voice pained. Robin blinked.

"Kits? There are many kits here. Which kits do you mean?" She asked. The tom gavea pained wimper.

"My kits.." He said, settling down on the ground. Robin got up and jumped down to him, Ebony following her.

"Your kits, huh? Twolegs steal them?" She asked. The tom nodded. Ebony watched the forest behind them, his gaze looking at some bushes.

For a moment, he thought he saw a white cat, with bright red eyes.

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Starpaw ran. She had crossed the border between Mistclan and Sunclan by accident while trying to catch a mouse, and she thought she might have been seen. She stopped once she was sure she was back in Sunclan territory, and glanced around, looking for new prey. She had to find something, or Blazestar would be disappointed in her. Having Blazestar disappointed in her seemed worse to her, than to have him mad at her.

She spotted a squirrel, and crouched low, stepping forward carefully. She held her breath, now only a few mouse lengths away from it, before she sprang, killing it with one blow. She looked around, shivering slightly, but not from the cold.

She couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching her, though she knew no one in her clan was. Did this mean it was a cat from another clan? She shook her head from side to side, and picked up the squirrel to take back to the camp.

Starpaw nodded to Smallclaw as he exited the camp. Smallclaw didnt even glance at her, the tom still seemed sore when he was attacked by Leaftail becouse he had hurt Starpaw when she was trying to play with a tired Whitestorm. Starpaw crossed the camp to the fresh kill pile, adding her squirrel to it. It was leaf fall, and food was becoming scarce. Starpaw could easily tell, from how the fresh kill pile wasnt as full as it normally would be, but it was early morning, so she supposed it was all right.

Taking a small mouse for herself, she sat down near the apprentice den, looking over the camp. The cats were all almost up, kits coming out to play, elders groaning in the early morning, warriors laying sleepily in the moring sun, waiting to see which would go out on patrol.

Dawnflower, Willowpelt, and Leaftail all had their kits, and Starpaw enjoyed watching them play, as It reminded her of when she was a carefree kit, and not an appretnice training to be a warrior. They had a shocking total of twelve kits now, and Starpaw remembered hearing Blazestar and Braveheart murmuring about how they may not have enough warriors to mentor them all when the time came.

Snowfur's kits would be the first to be mentored, having a full moon on the others. Bramblekit was already showing promise, already knowing one of the hunter's crouches, thanks to Starpaw, and was easily the strongest of the kits. Moonkit and Hawk-kit were far quieter than their brother, though Hawk-kit showed great promise in fighting.

Leaftail had kits as well, two total, both male. The first was Lightningkit, a bright yellow tom with clear blue eyes, that seemed to love causing trouble. On more than one occasion Starpaw had to hiss him away when he tried to bite her long tail. The other was Sunkit, a golden tom with deep azure blue eyes. Out of the two, Starpaw would admit she liked him best. He reminded her of Fernpaw. For being a kit, he was suprisingly mature, just like Fernpaw.

Willowpelt had two kits as well, Flamekit and Snowkit. Flamekit truly earned her name with her firey personality. Starpaw learned first hand that the she-cat had no problems fighting a larger cat, and one that was higher rank than her. She had seen Flamekit attack Smallclaw, and win, though probably becouse Smallclaw was still cautious of kits becouse of Leaftail. Snowkit was more mellow than Flamekit, but highly energetic. Lionclaw had once joked that it seemed that Snowkit and Starpaw should have been sisters, since they acted almost the same, only Snowkit wouldnt go and attack random warriors for the fun of it, and she couldnt out muscle any of her male kit-mates.

Dawnflower's litter had also come, having three kits herself. Wolfkit, Skykit, and Ivykit. Wolfkit was an odd tom, Starpaw found. He was brown with a pale yellow underside, light brown front left paw, and right hind paw, and pale blue eyes. He certainly enjoyed play fighting, but he wouldnt play fight with any of the she-cats, only the toms. She actually saw him attack Bramblekit when he had been play fighting with Flamekit, and was winning. Skykit was an energetic she-cat to say the least. She was a pretty pure brown, with sky blue eyes, which was how she got her name. She was constantly pouncing on Sunkit, which made Starpaw wonder if perhaps she liked him. Ivykit was a strange she-cat as well. She was brown with black tabby stripes, the stripes on her legs resembled ivy vines, giving her her name. She seemed totally smitten with Smallclaw, which Starpaw couldnt understand at all, and neither could Smallclaw, apparently, as the tom had tried to avoid staying within the camp now, to avoid the persistant Ivykit, though Starpaw understood the small she-cat meant well.

The last two kits, Palekit and Smokekit, were actually not of Sunclan. The nursery queens were taking care of them, each taking shifts it seemed. Palekit was an energetic she-cat, with a pale gold coat and brown tipped tail. Her unusual brown eyes made her stand out from the other kits however. Her brother, Smokekit, was dark gray, with one black front paw, and one brown front paw with a white tipped tail and light blue eyes. He was quieter than his sister, though just as energetic. He didnt talk all that much, but he certainly loved to play.

The two caused quiet an uproar when Lionclaw had brought them to the clan. They had been found about a moon ago, soon after Dawnflower had her litter, and Lionclaw had found them while hunting. They had the smell of Mountainclan on them. The kits were old enough that they said their names were Palekit and Smokekit, but they refused to say more than that. Tigerstripe, Sandtail, and Smallclaw were firmly against them joining the clan, just like they didnt like Starpaw becoming apart of Sunclan, but Blazestar stated that he could not abandon two kits, and that they could not currently be returned to Mountainclan, though he wouldnt say why. The way the air grew tense at that point, suggested to Starpaw that something was wrong in Mountainclan.

Starpaw had taken an immediate interest in the two newcommers, since she had yet to meet a Mountainclan cat. She had met Riverclan, Mistclan, and Moonclan cats before, be it on patrol, or when she was kit-napped as a kit, but she'd yet to have met a Sun-drownclan cat, or a Mountainclan cat.

As it turns out, the two were siblings, and they wouldnt say much of anything of their lives at Mountainclan, so Starpaw eventaully lost interest in learning more of them, and instead focused on her training.

Starpaw, Shadepaw, Bluepaw, and Fernpaw were already coming along well, Fernpaw coming along better than her siblings. It was no secret that Blazestar was considering making her a warrior early.

Starpaw yawned, taking a bite of her mouse, watching the kits. Recently, she'd been having dreams, that began to unsettle her. She had told no one of them, but she began to feel they meant something.

It was a dream of a river being swallowed by a massive flood coming from Sun-Drown Place, and a falling star burning out in the flood waters, reaching desperately for the night and sun.