Hellooooo! I'm back and sorry I didn't post today. I mean like a chapter because I messed…okay you get the point. I promise I'll be back to posting a chapter every day until I run out of ideas which won't be soon…I hope. Oh and in summer I'll be posting two chapters a day. Lucky you! Alright so let's get Chapter Four a go.
Silverkit raised her head. She was curled in a nest with Eaglekit and Shadekit. Just as her mother promised she moved back to Blizzardstar's den when Skyfur had her kits. Her kits were one moon old and Silverkit was now four and a half moons old. Silverkit was also the oldest in the nursery now, since Gingercloud's kits were apprentices. Darkpaw's mentor was Silverkit's brother, Stormtail. Hollowpaw got Bluejay, Ravenpaw got Smokefur and Dustpaw got Snowfrost, Silverkit's sister.
Skyfur's litter consisted of two she-cats and a tom. The tom was a cream cat, with one red brown foot. Skyfur allowed Silverkit, Eaglekit, and Shadekit name her kits. The tom was named Acornkit, which Shadekit helped name. One of the she-cats, a white she-cat with ice blue eyes, was named after Skyfur's mother and Eaglekit agreed the name was a good one that suited her. The other she-cat, a light gray she-cat with dark gray spots all over her back, was named Mistkit. Silverkit picked the name for her since looking at her reminded her of the mist and rain. Acornkit seemed to be strongest out of his litter with his sister Mistkit not to far behind. Icekit however was the runt and the weakest. She couldn't keep up with her sibling and sometimes it got in her serious danger. Silverkit felt bad for her knowing that she probably wasn't going to survive Leaf-bare.
Silverkit woke her nestmates and they went out into the clearing. The snow was up to their bellies that day. They dashed around, kicking snow in each other's faces and hiding in the powdery stuff. Skyfur's litter bounced out of the nursery.
"I'll get you Acornkit!" Mistkit yelped in delight. They chased each other around the clearing, squealing with excitement. Then Icekit came out of the nursery.
"Wait for me!" She yelled to her sibling. She scrambled through the snow. She was so skinny, Silverkit could see every rib on her body. Her littermates slowed down and encouraged her to chase them. Icekit started to chase them, then she stopped dead. She coughed up red stuff and collapsed into the snow.
"Icekit!" All the kits screeched. They all ran to her to make sure she was alright.
She was far from alright.
Silverkit recognized the red stuff as blood. Even though she only coughed twice there was a lot. Icekit was shivering and her eyes were clouding over. Silverkit pressed against her friend and tried to warm her.
"Skyfur!" Acornkit yelped in distress. The queen, suddenly alert, jumped out of the nursery. She took one look at the her almost dead kit and was over there in less than a heartbeat.
"Icekit! Icekit, if you can hear me please tell me!" Skyfur yelled to her kit. She looked at her other two frightened kits.
"Go get Willowleaf. Quick!" Skyfur said.
Silverkit licked her friend. Her fur was so cold. It seemed she really was living up to her name. Her eyes were almost completely misted over. Skyfur started licking her kit. Then Willowleaf came out of her den.
"Bring her into my den. Quickly! I might still be able to save her." Willowleaf called. Skyfur grabbed her almost dead kit and dashed into her den.
"Is she going to be okay?" Shadekit asked.
"I don't know." Silverkit answered. Silverkit looked behind her and a bunch of the warriors came out to see what was going on. Berrytail padded out, completely unaware of the incident with his daughter, and Beetlefur leaned over and whispered in his ear. Berrytail's eyes stretched wide.
"No…No! Icekit!" He yelled and dashed across the clearing into the medicine den.
Will my friend be okay? Silverkit wondered.
The kits sat outside the cliff that led to the medicine den. All the warriors sat behind the kits, their pelts glistening like frost in the moonlight. The moon had just risen and all the warriors were anxious to know about the little white kit's condition.
Willowleaf walked out of the den when the moon was a quarter of the way across the sky. Every cat stared at her with wide anxious eyes. Willowleaf bowed her head in sorrow and defeat. Silverkit then knew what had happened to her friend.
"The illness was too much for her. Icekit is dead." Willowleaf said. She stood aside as Skyfur padded forward. She was carrying her dead daughter. Berrytail followed close behind, his head bowed in sadness. Acornkit and Mistkit were last. They walked close together and made little sobbing noises.
Would I be that upset if Stormtail or Snowfrost died? Silverkit thought.
Greif twisted Silverkit's heart as Skyfur laid the tiny kit in the center of the clearing. She curled around the tiny body, licking her like she was trying to wake her, even though she would never be waking again. Berrytail curled around Skyfur and pressed his nose up against in daughter's flank. Acornkit and Mistkit huddled up with Icekit. Silverkit, Eaglekit, and Shadekit padded forward to the family, bowed their heads and sat near Icekit.
"You three can sit vigil with Icekit until midnight." Whisperwind said. "Oh and Silverkit I'll be sleeping in the nursery tonight." She licked Silverkit and disappeared into the nursery.
Silverkit raised her head and saw it was Midnight. Her friends and her bowed their heads and padded into the nursery. Silverkit curled up into Whisperwind's belly. She closed her eyes and drifted into sleep.
Silverkit awoke to a sunlight clearing where she met Dovewing for the first time. She had dreamed of the Starclan warrior many times after their first visit. But tonight was going to be different. Silverkit wanted to know if Icekit made a safe journey to Starclan.
"Dovewing!" Silverkit called to the gray cat.
No answer.
"Dovewing?!" Silverkit called again. Usually she came when Silverkit called to her.
"Dovewing won't be coming tonight." A calm and gentle voice said. A huge ginger tom, bigger than four cats stacked on each other, padded into the clearing and wrapped his tail around his paws. His magnificent green gaze rested on Silverkit's pelt making her feel warm and safe. Silverkit realized with a jolt this was the leader of Starclan himself, Firestar. He was the one who all the cats worshipped. He was only the most incredible cat to walk the old forest and lake. Silverkit's eyes stretched wide wondering what she should do.
"Don't worry, you don't have to do anything." Firestar mewed, as if he had just read her mind. Suddenly her question probed in her mind.
"Firestar, did Icekit make a safe journey." Silverkit asked
"Well, let's go see." Firestar said. He rose to his paws and walked into the forest. Silverkit followed closely behind him.
They walked through a dense warm forest. It seemed to be Greenleaf there. Silverkit always wondered what Greenleaf felt like. She had been born in Leaf-fall and almost Leaf-bare.
As the two padded on they saw cats. All of them bowed to Firestar when he walked past. Firestar would either blink at them or dip his head. All the cats looked at Silverkit in amazement when they noticed she was walking with Firestar.
They must really respect Firestar. Silverkit thought.
Finally Firestar stopped. He flicked his tail to Silverkit, gesturing her forward. She obeyed.
"There she is. Don't say a word. She's still a little nervous." Firestar whispered, Silverkit dipped her head and looked through the ferns.
There she was! And she was with a cat. A cat that looked exactly like Skyfur. She cradled Icekit.
"Shhh, everything's alright." The cat whispered to Icekit. To Silverkit's surprise Dovewing walked into the clearing with a plump bird clamped in her jaws.
"Here. Enjoy your first meal in Starclan." Dovewing said. Dropping the bird at Icekit's side. Icekit lifted her head and pounced on the bird. She started gnawing on one of the wings. Dovewing and the she'cats eyes gleamed with delight.
"Wait here." Firestar said. He jumped out of the ferns toward the three she-cats.
"How is our newest Starclan member?" Firestar asked kindly.
"Firestar!" The cat watching Icekit said. She bowed and told Icekit to bow.
"Is Icestorm being a good mentor?" Firestar asked.
"Yeah! She's really nice." Icekit purred and continued eating.
"How is Silverkit?" Dovewing asked. Silverkit pricked her ears.
"She's fine. She's one kit. Maybe you were right about her. I get the same feeling when I was around her. We'll talk about it later with Lionblaze and Jayfeather." Firestar murmured in Dovewing's ear. Dovewing nodded, relief showing in her eyes.
Wait, what's going on?! What did Dovewing say about me? What feeling does Firestar get? Silverkit thought. She saw her paws beginning to become transparent. No! No! Stay!
"No!" Silverkit screeched
Okay. So I started typing this yesterday. Oh and chapter four was really long so this is going to be in two parts. And since tomorrow's Friday I'll be typing two chapters. Maybe. Oh and I looked on Fanfiction this morning and I saw I got…..over 100 views! I know it doesn't seem like a lot but to me that's special. Thank You so much!