Chapter Six

Sandypaw's voice wakes Snowkit,

"I'm telling you Redpaw, I don't like him!" the two apprentices are just outside the nursery. Snowkit pads closer, his heart thumping in his chest.

"You looked quite smitten last night when you were with him during Oakbreeze and Pigeonpelt's ceremony!" Redpaw retorts. Sandypaw sighs,

"I just felt bad for him, Redpaw. You've been an apprentice for just about a moon now and he's still a kit, but I promise you I don't like him!" she meows. Snowkit's heart tears and he staggers back to his nest plopping down, though he knows he'll never be able to sleep. Sandypaw doesn't like me...she only felt bad for me! Like every other cat! Except Frostkit...Snowkit scolds himself silently as he thinks of the white RiverClan she-kit. If only he hadn't snapped at her, if only he hadn't ordered her to leave. Snowkit closes his eyes attempting to fall back asleep, and when he's just about to another voice jolts him awake.

"OWW!" Thornkit is struggling to get out from underneath his two siblings, Lightkit and Fuzzykit. They were born just a few sunrises ago and though Snowkit has wanted denmates for awhile now he isn't so sure. They stay up so late, whispering to each other about this and that. They practically follow him everywhere and for some reason the whole Clan adores them. Grumbling to himself Snowkit gets to his paws, I suppose I'll get something to eat he decides padding from the nursery. He blinks a few times as his eyes adjust to the bright Green-leaf light, Sandypaw and Redpaw are nowhere in sight though their scent leads out of camp.

"Probably gone hunting together!" Snowkit mumbles aloud,

"Who's hunting?" Snowkit spins around. Thornkit's sister, Lightkit is padding towards him. Her green eyes bright and her tan pelt glistening in the sunlight,

"Nothing..." Snowkit mutters avoiding her gaze. Lightkit flicks her white tail crossly but she doesn't reply. Instead she pads over to where her mother, Tansylight is sunning herself outside the nursery. Snowkit sighs at the sight of Lightkit with her mother and he scans the camp. Longing to curl up beside Daylily as she tells him stories about when she was a kit. She always makes her stories exciting, unlike the elders stories in which all they do is boast about the time when they caught a huge squirrel, fought a dog or jumped over the gorge. Which Snowkit knew was a lie but Daylily would always make him promise not to be rude to the elders. 'Elders are what makes a Clan strong' she would sometimes say. Snowkit always rolls his eyes, which makes his mother laugh though he knows shes serious about not being rude to the elders. Unfortunately Daylily is no where in sight, probably gone off somewhere with that excuse for a father Moontail! Snowkit thinks unhappily, though he can't do anything about it and so he heads towards where Sorrelpaw is eating a shrew.

"Mind if I join you?" he asks, Sorrelpaw flicks her ears.

"Don't you want to eat with your new denmates?" she asks glaring across the camp, Snowkit follows her gaze to find much to his surprise shes staring at Lightkit. Glancing back at the brown and white she-cat Snowkit notices for the first time how sad Sorrelpaw seems. Her normally bright blue eyes are puffy, has she been crying? Snowkit wonders though he's unsure what Sorrelpaw would be sad about.

"Uhh...okay so if you don't want me to I'll..." Snowkit trails off, spinning around and starting towards the nursery.

"No! No! Snowkit wait!" Sorrelpaw calls, Snowkit can't help but smile.I suppose Sorrelpaw and I could be friends...though the older apprentice has always been a bit mean to Snowkit he's willing to allow her to be his friend.

"Thanks!" Snowkit exclaims awkwardly, taking a bite of the mouse he'd brought over from the prey heap. He takes a few bites aware of Sorrelpaw's stare gazing into his flank making him jumpy. Once he finally looks up, he gasps and takes a step back.

"What?!" Sorrelpaw sounds scared and her fur begins to bristle, Snowkit stares up into her eyes. For the first time realizing just how much they look like Frostkit's. Almost identical...he thinks with awe, "What?" Sorrelpaw repeats. Snowkit shakes out his white coat,

"Sorry...Its nothing...but your eyes..." he trails off. Sorrelpaw curls her tail in surprise but her blue eyes are suddenly bright again.

"Oh...thanks," she murmurs softly. I didn't mean it like that! Snowkit thinks awkwardly, great now Sorrelpaw thinks I like her! I've already got Lightkit following me around! Not to mention Frostkit...

Snowkit swallows the final piece of his mouse. Getting to his paws,

"Well I'd better be going..." he mutters. Sorrelpaw paw nods,

"Me to, I'm sure Icepath will have some training for me...talk to you later." she winks before dashing off, Snowkit stares after her just a bit confused. Shrugging he pads towards the apprentice den, warily poking his head inside hoping to see Sandypaw, Redpaw or even grumpy Dustpaw. No cat is in the den, trying to hide his disappointment Snowkit starts for the nursery. Only to be ambushed by Thornkit and Fuzzykit,

"Got you!" Thornkit squeals fluffing out his spiky brown fur, his green eyes bright with playfulness. His shy brother, Fuzzykit is attempting to attack his older denmate. Snowkit glances down at him, Fuzzykit's blue eyes are in tiny slits as he attempts to knock his older denmate over. His gray fluffy fur is bristling with disappointment, Snowkit can't help but smile. He staggers dramatically to the ground, Fuzzykit squeaks in surprise before pouncing on Snowkit with tiny paws.

"We win! We win! We win!" he meows happily, Snowkit can't help but grin. But upon glancing around the camp and spotting all the warriors amused faces. Its hard enough to be an old kit! If I want to be an apprentice I need to act like it! He scolds himself silently,

"Okay enough play." he meows,

"Aww!" Thornkit and Fuzzykit whine.

"Badger ride?" Fuzzykit asks making his blue eyes round and pleading, Snowkit sighs.

"Alright, alright one time!" he meows.

"YAY!" Thornkit yowls leaping onto Snowkit, his tiny kit claws dig into his flank and Snowkit tries not to flinch. He bends down so Fuzzykit can climb on. He does, digging his kit claws into Snowkit's flank. I'm not going to come out alive! Snowkit thinks just a bit amused as he stomps around the clearing with the kits on his back.

"Make badger noises!" Fuzzykit chirps, Snowkit is about to do so when Falconflight and Redpaw burst into camp.

"Quick! Head for RiverClan territory! The forest is on fire!"

...HAHA! I don't own warriors! Please review and I hope you enjoyed the two chapters in one day!

~Petalwish