Chapter 4
Jinxkit rose from her spot in the brambles, shaking out the rain in her fur.
Her tear streamed face was grimy and slick, her fur sticking to her muzzle and cheeks.
She let out one last sniffle and shook off the sadness that came the sunrise before. She felt stiff from her rain soaked fur and numb paws.
Padding back towards the camp, she let her paws and tail drag in the musky earth. She still felt sad about her fathers death.
To be honest, she didn't actually know if her father had died! She could have misinterpreted what she saw.
She sped up and raced back towards the medicine cats den with sudden energy, clouds of dust stirring in her wake.
"Hello Jinxkit! Wow your a fast runner!" cooed Mottleflight, a light brown tom who was making his way towards the dirt tunnel.
"Thanks!" Jinxkit exclaimed darting across camp and past the warriors den, entering the medicine cats den.
It was only dawn and cats should still lying in their nests. "Finchfeather!" Jinxkit squeaked hopping over a bundle of herbs and onto her fathers tail.
But her father didn't reply. "Finchfeather?" Her fathers body radiated cool air and when she went to prod his side his body was stiff and solid. "Finchfeather!" She shrieked, prodding him harder, but she knew it was no good. He was gone.
"He is with Starclan now.." Grasstorm murmered from behind Jinxkit, causing her to whirl around, a wild look on her face.
"No! No, no, no!" she cried out. She already knew her father had gone, but she refused to not respect her fathers passing.
Remembering what she thought the sunset before she fell asleep. Be strong. "Don't fret young one." rasped Maplefall, whisking her tail around her paws. "He is we're he needs to be." She glared at the tortoiseshell elder, ignoring the fact that Maplefall had no emotion in her voice.
Jinxkit felt her lower lip quiver, and she turned around sharply, shooting out of the den quickly. She looked around, trying to figure out where to go next. She was a kit so she couldn't do a whole lot except for play some stupid game.
Funny how the sunrise before she and her littermates were trying to practice battle moves. It was almost as if something inside her snapped.
"Hey look it's feather brain!" hollered Crowkit who strolled beside Flamekit on their way to the nursery, causing fury to roar up inside her.
"Shut up!" She yowled, leaping at them with her claws extended.
She watched in satisfaction as Crowkits eyes grew wide when she crashed into Crowkit, making them tumble in a fit of teeth and claws.
She'd had enough of these flea brained kits! She couldn't keep her anger bottled up any longer.
Using what she knew as battle moves, she darted under Crowkit clumsily and turned onto her back, kicking out her legs sharply, which caused Crowkit to fly backwards and stumble onto her back.
Leaping up again, Jinxkit lashed out at Crowkit, catching the younger she-cat in the ear.
She grinned as Crowkit yowled in pain, staggering and falling back down on the ground.
"How dare you!" Flamekit hissed, jumping at Jinxkit, claws unsheathed.
Flamekit shrieked in savage anger, pinning Jinxkit to the ground once again, slashing down at her face with his claws.
She watched as the blood trickled into her eyes, blinding her from sight.
She tried deftly to fight back, to defend herself, but she couldn't see and Flamekit was much stronger than her.
She heard from across the clearing the warriors shuffling out of their nests, and exiting their dens.
What would happen if they woke up to two kits having a violent teeth and claw fight in one corner of the camp?
She felt one searing pain over the other painful gashes as Flamekit tore her apart.
It was on her leg were Flamekit had landed, snapping her limb backwards.
She whined under her breath, forcing herself to bite her lip and not cry out. Why did she start a fight anyway!
It was such a kit like thing to do! She knew that she couldn't possibly win against two other kits almost both twice her small, abnormal size.
Even if she was older. She saw Flamekit's tail whipping around behind him as he raked his claws down her side.
Yelping she watched as it got closer and closer to her mouth, fur tickling her nose.
It swung to the other side of him, flashing back at her as she jolted forward ,as far as she could go, and nipped his tail.
Flamekit screeched and hopped off her, allowing her to leap up and dart past them, snapping at Crowkit, who was still cradling her ear, and hissing at her before bounding back into the nursery.
"Weakling!" bellowed Flamekit, before swishing around sharply and strutting away, his tail dragging behind him.
Crowkit faced Jinxkit, an arrogant smile on her face as she followed her brother, ears twitching in mockery.
Jinxkit huffed in exasperation, her strained leg twisted at an awkward angle.
It didn't hurt. It just felt... strange.
She watched as Frostshade rasped her tongue over Oatkit's pelt, smoothing it out with Shadowkit snickering beside him.
" Jinxkit?!" Shadowkit gasped, jumping over and examining her wounds. "Who did this to you?!" she exclaimed, her gaze a lake of cold icy fire.
"Nobody, I'm fine..." Jinxkit muttered, trying to hide the wounds that she had.
Licking them clean, she tossed around a tuft of her own fur, while waiting for her mother to finished cleansing Oatkit.
"Listen Jinxkit." Frostshade soothed gently, lying down beside Jinxkit softly, her vibrant eyes laying on her own fluffy grey pelt.
à Jinxkit tried hard to avoid her gaze, turning her head and squeezing her eyes shut. She heard Frostshade sigh and lay her tail on Jinxkit's shoulder.
She shrugged it off and lay her head down, a silent tear falling down her cheek.
"I know Finchfeathers death is taking a toll on you, harder than it is on any of us, but he has to be let go." her mother reasoned, her voice an almost constant repeat of when she herself is hurting bad.
She heard Frostshade sniff and continue on. "He wanted to let you know that he loves you and that you one day, will be a great leader."
Jinxkit clenched her eyes closed even harder than before, resisting the tears that she knew would flow if she didn't do so.
"Nothing will ever be the same without him..." Jinxkit replied hoarsely, coughing slightly and sobbing silently.
"He was always there for me.. Always called me his little warrior..." Jinxkit sniffed, shaking out the cobwebs in her head.
Listening intently, she heard Frostshade rise from the ground and pad away, murmuring under her breath.
Jinxkit could catch some words but refused to listen further. She decided to just rest, for her own fatigue to rejuvenate itself.
Shutting her eyes, she fell asleep.
When sleep came, Jinxkit opened her droopy eye lids, the opaque lights fogging up her vision.
Everything was misty and airy, but the foggy disfigured every shadow that lurked in them.
She tried to make out the shadows, what type of creature it was or cat.
Suddenly one stepped forward,a set of muscled jet black shoulders appeared after a head, a fluffy black tabby inching towards her.
She couldn't tell if she knew the cat because she could only see vaguely.
She took a wiff of the air around her and instantly she recognizes the scent. "Finchfeather!" she hollered, spiraling out of control and colliding into him.
She giggled and looked up into his eyes, his own piercing green ones gazing into her blue hue.
"My dearest Jinxkit." he purred nuzzling her nose affectionately while she returned the favor by licking his cheek.
"I already miss you so much!" Jinxkit exclaimed, hopping up and down in excitement, her tail bobbing with her.
Finchfeathers gaze was somber and he looked at her with a warm smile.
"I have only come to give you a message dear one." her father replied, padding away from her towards another moving shadow.
The misty atmosphere made her feel uneasy because of the unknown.
She watched as another cat appeared out of the mist, it's cloudy fur fluffing out at its sides, blue eyes staring into her.
She knew this cat!
"Cloudshimmer?" she meowed startled, bristling with her tail twitching nervously behind her.
Her father halted her with his tail as she approached Cloudshimmer, eyes hard. "An Omen."
He murmered to Jinxkit, grazing her ear tips with his chin as he looked down on her. She shrunk back feeling small.
"Do not let the raging fire consume the falling feather. Blood will rain over the land and fire will consume the earth, but when the droplets fall the extinguish the fire, all is at risk." Cloudshimmer repeated, her voice the same husky, yet gentle, level of kindness.
The she-cat the retreated back into the woods, her frame becoming distorted until it was no longer visible.
Jinxkit sat there, staring into the direction the Starclan had gone. She didnt know what to think. What could this Omen mean?
Numb and frozen she shifted uncomfortably in her position.
"Finchfeather? What does that mean?" Jinxkit meowed, turning her head to face her father.
Finchfeather had his back to her, eyes gliding over the foggy terrain.
"That is somthing you must find out on your own." he replied, whisking around to face her.
He began to fade, ever so slightly at first then become more clear. "Don't go!" Jinxkit pleaded, leaping forward to nudge her father in the chest.
To feel his coarse fur brush her nose. "When will I see you again?!" Finchfeather blinked twice, replying, "Soon enough my dear. Soon enough."
Jinxkit still didn't feel happy. She finally had her father back and he was leaving so quickly!
"B-but, will you still love me then?" Jinxkit wailed as Finchfeathers body became mist before her eyes.
She smiled and sighed as she heard his reply.
"Always."
Author's Note
It's been sooooooo looooong! It took me FOREVER to finish this chapter and it's not even that eventful :/ Anyway, SOOO sorry this took along time to come out. I will try to get them out when I can, but I got other things in life that need to be taken care of :/
Also, I need a few kit's that are going to survive along with Jinxkit and her siblings and I need some idea's. Post if you have any and I'll be glad to take some of those idea's and incorporate them into a character of my own ;)
Blessings! Shinny