Warriors New Rivals
Chapter 22
"Mamma, I smell fox," Swiftleap heard Frogkit whisper to Lightwhisker.
"I'm sure it's stale," she soothed her kit.
Swiftleap parted his jaw to scent the fox; it was reasonably close to the camp. I'll keep you safe, don't worry… Swiftleap promised to the kit silently, he got out of his nest and went to wake Redfeather, the deputy of Roarclan.
"Redfeather, I smell fox," Swiftleap whispered.
"I think it's in the camp, wake Chestfall and Tumblefoot up," Redfeather ordered.
"Chestfall, Tumblefoot, get up there's a fox in the camp," Swiftleap silently called, the two toms head's popped up and they started to make their way to the entrance.
"Wait here little ones I'm going to find out if there is any trouble," Lightwhisker meowed padding out of the nursery to meet the warriors.
"It is somewhere in the camp," Redfeather warned.
"What!" Lightwhisker raced back to the nursery to check on her kits.
"I'll go with her," Swiftleap told Redfeather who simply nodded his agreement.
"Frogkit!" Lightwhisker's growl split the silence and Swiftleap raced over to the nursery, he came face to face with a fox that had a little kit in its jaws.
"Give him back fox-dung!" Swiftleap retaliated, he leaped at the fox and laded squarely on its shoulders; the fox yelped and dropped Frogkit so it could nip at Swiftleap.
"Leave my kit alone!" Lightwhisker charged at the fox and scratched its eye. The fox reared away and shook Swiftleap off; it quickly picked up Frogkit's limp body and raced toward the entrance.
"Let him go dumb fox!" Moonblaze had woken up and started to chase the fox out of the clearing, Swiftleap quickly followed.
"No!" Moonblaze's grief stricken meow stopped Swiftleap dead in his tracks, he slowly padded forward and saw that Moonblaze was sitting beside a small hole in the ground.
"Is he?" Swiftleap already knew the answer he would get but he needed to make sure, Moonblaze shook his head slightly and Swiftleap instantly knew that his brother was gone.
I'll never forget you Frogkit…