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Time: Day 2
Character: Blossomfrost of OakClan
Ch.6 Discovered
Mist streamed around my eyes and I found myself sleeping the the nursery. The sweet scent of milk filled my nose. My mother, Squirrelleaf, ran her tail along my fluffy white fur. "Wake up Blossomkit," she whispered in my ears. "It is time to rise for the day."
I buried myself deeper into her warm fur. "No mommy," I whimpered. "Why can't I sleep a little more. Breezekit and Freshkit are still sleeping. Snowkit is too. Look at them all cuddled up. I want to be cozy like them."
"But Ivykit isn't," pointed out my mother. "Snowleaf already got her up. Why don't you follow her. You to can play hide-and-go-seek in the tunnels."
I poked my head up from her stomach. "You mean I can play a game. Can Gingerkit and Skykit join us? I won't get up if they can't." I put on my stubborn kit face and looked into her pale green eyes.
Squirrelleaf sighed. "They are already back there. You will be found super easily if you are laying beside me."
I shoot right up. "Why didn't you tell me that right away," I said to her. "I would have woken up a whole lot quicker if I knew Ivykit was seeking already." I scrambled away from her and into the darkness of the cave beyond.
"Ivykit," I called out, looking around for her or the other kits. "Where are you?" The darkness seemed to creep up on me. I had never been this far back without my mother. "Snowleaf, are you back here?"
A white paw emerged quickly from the shadow and pulled me towards an alcove. Another drew its self over my mouth and muffled the scream that tore from my throat. "Shh, Blossomkit, it is just me, Snowleaf."
I let myself be pulled back and I found myself looking into four pairs of eyes. I stared at them, and they stared back at me. "Are we going to play hide-and-go-seek?" I finally asked to release the tension that seemed to be building up.
Snowleaf put her tail around my shoulders. "We are going to play the quiet game instead. You have to stay quiet until I come back, okay. If Adderstar or Venomleap hear you, you lose the game. Do you kits understand?"
We all nodded, even though I didn't understand why we couldn't talk. I didn't speak until I could no longer hear Snowleaf's retreating paws. All the other kits stayed quiet even though no one was there to make sure we followed the rules.
"Why are we hiding," I whispered to Ivykit. "It was a nice day out. We could have played by the fresh-kill pile. We could even play hide-and-go-seek down here. It isn't that dark once you get used to it."
"Be quiet, Blossomkit," shushed Gingerkit. "We are hiding from the toms. Adderstar and your father are going to see if any of the toms are ready to be apprentices. We are much safer in here."
"Daddy wouldn't hurt me. He is my father, so he must love me, right?" I said, doubt lightly laced my voice. My resolve weakened when Skykit looked at me.
"Venomleap doesn't love anyone," she said in her soft, quiet voice. "He even beat Squirrelleaf when you were sleeping. She was trying to protect you. Haven't you ever wondered where she got all her scars from."
"Thats not true, that's not true," I muttered. I tossed and turned in my makeshift nest, spreading moss all over the forest floor. My claws marred the dirt ground.
"You're alright, honey," said a voice near my ear. "Nothing is going to hurt you now that I'm hear. I'll take you back to BloomClan where you belong."
"You're lying, Gingerkit. I know...," I trailed off at the end of the sentence. I peeked out of my eyes and saw bright sunlight instead of a barely lite tunnel. Only one cat was near me, a elderly she-cat with shimmering silver fur and a black underbelly.
"Good morning, Ivykit," she smiled at me. "I heard you mumbling your name as you slept. I'm Jay, and I was wondering what you are doing to far away from BloomClan. Does Petalstar know you are out here?"
I backed away from Jay, my weariness flying from by body like a frightened bird. She couldn't be working for Adderstar because she was a she-cat."My name is Blossomfrost," I revealed. That was as much as I wanted to say.
"Ivykit must be your friend then. Maybe she's one of Lightcloud's new kits," she said, completely ignoring the obvious signs that I gave her. "I really need to take you back to BloomClan."
I was about to say I wasn't apart of BloomClan when Jay offered me a freshly caught mouse. "Eat up, Blossomfrost. Petalstar would never forgive me if I returned one of her warriors in a weakened state."
I looked blankly at the plump mouse she placed in front of me. Warrior, warrior, warrior. She had called me a warrior. And Petalstar must be their leader, and she was a she-cat. Jay thought I was one of her warriors.
"Are you alright," asked Jay. "Did you hit your head on some branches? You're too used to fishing in the streams for your own good. I told Petalstar and Leopardheart that you needed more training in the forest. Did she listen to an old loner, of course not."
I dug into my food as Jay rambled on. It was surprisingly delicious, but it didn't help take my mind of what was happening to me. I was truly free. Mintswip, a tom, had helped me escape.
My whole world had turned upside down in one day. A tom had helped me, and I was eating with a loner who thought I was a she-cat warrior. And, I wasn't eating a scrawny sparrow, but a real, plump and juicy mouse.
"You're coming," called Jay. I raised my head from my breakfast and saw that she had already risen to her paws. "I thought I would come back with you. I'm getting too old to be walking around like this."
I took a deep breath and rose to my paws. "I wouldn't want Petalstar to worry about me. She would be lost without her best hunter." My legs shook as I rose, but I pushed aside the aches and pains from running through the tunnels and forest all last night.
"Well," cried Jay. "If we go quickly, we can make it to camp my midday tomorrow. Of course," she chuckled, "You already know that."
I'm sorry this is short, but there wan't much more that I needed to say for Blossomfrost. Next chapter will be Breezepaw, and than we might see some Brightkit and BloomClan, finally. Don't worry about the ending being anytime soon. It should last between 15-20 more chapters. A lot will happen in 15 days.
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