"This stinks!" Foxkit whined.
"Really?!" I said sarcastically, "I didn't notice!"
Goldenkit was pouting in the corner of the den. Then one of Snowtail's kits -Bluekit- ran right into her.
"Hey! Watch it!" Goldenkit shouted.
"I'm sorry, Goldenkit," Bluekit said, not sounding sorry at all. Goldenkit grunted and buried her nose under her paws. "Now, has anyone seen where Silverkit went? She was chasing me, but now I don't know where she is. She could be anywhere..." Bluekit's eyes narrowed and she turned back towards the entrance to the nursery.
Foxkit sighed. "I wish we could go play with them."
"Me too," I agreed. "If we were playing with them, I'd tackle them all, and then Shadestar would make me a warrior right then and there, and he would say 'Honeykit, you really know how to fight off other cats, you would make a great warrior' and then I would become deputy soon after, and then I would become leader, and I would get rid of all rules that say that kits have to stay in the nursery when their mom says they have to."
Foxkit snorted. "That'll be the day. The day when you become clan leader. If anything, it'll be me that's leader, not you."
"That is so not true!" I said, fur bristling.
"You guys are both mouse-brained!" Goldenkit interrupted. "Shadestar is still leader, and he's not going to make either of you a warrior until you've been apprentices. So you should just stop pretending you're so amazing and just sit through this quartermoon and get it over with."
Foxkit looked down at his paws, upset. I just glared at Goldenkit. Why was she being so mean to us? I mean, I'm in a bad mood, too, but I'm not being mean to everyone...
Just then, Seedstep -our father- walked in. "Hi, guys," he said. "I heard you got in trouble yesterday. Do you know why Brightstripe punished you?"
"Because we fought and set a bad example?" I guessed.
"Exactly," Seedstep said. "And do you understand that what you did was wrong?"
"Yes," Foxkit mumbled.
"Good," Seedstep said. "I'll go see if Snowtail's kits would be willing to come inside and play with you." He left the nursery without another word. After a few moments, Waterkit, Silverkit, Bluekit, and Mistykit walked in. They looked at us and we had a short conversation that ended in the phrase 'Okay, go hide, now,' coming from Waterkit's mouth.
The rest of us went to go hide in the small nursery. Snowtail's kits were three moons younger than we were, but I still enjoyed playing with them. We only had two more moons until we got to move to the apprentice den, and I was going to spend as much time playing with my friends as possible before we had the responsibility that the apprentices have.
Later that night, I had dreams of being a warrior; running through the forest, chasing mice; seeing the camp from HighRock. Those were some of the best dreams I'd ever had.