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Into The Fire

Six cats lay calmly next to each other, looking up at the sky. Rain poured down and hit their pelts, but they seemed perfectly fine about the weather. One cat, a dark orange she-cat, looked up into the sky as if the rain was a welcome guest.

"The rain is beautiful, isn't it, kits?" another one, a large white tom with gray stripes meowed. His eyes were a perfect golden color, and he seemed to have a mystical air about him.

One kit, a gray-speckled white tom, looked up at his father. "It is, Whitestar! I love the rain!" he mewled, standing up to crawl up the large tom's head. He squealed blissfully when his father shook his head and he dropped off, thumping to the ground.

"You only say that because your name is Rainkit!" a little golden she-cat scoffed. She looked up at her mother and mewed, "Isn't that right, Halfmoon?"

The larger orange she-cat purred as she licked her kit's wet head. "No, little Goldkit. Do not tease Rainkit. Rain is quite a marvelous thing," she explained. Goldkit pulled away, looking at her mom with disgust at her being cleaned. The queen looked over at her other two kits and yowled, "Brackenkit! Mosskit! Don't climb that bramble wall! You'll get thorns stuck in your pads!"

One of the two, a large white tom, jumped off immediately. The other, a golden-brown tabby, stayed there defiantly looking down at his parents. "No!" he squealed, climbing higher. "I want to play! Halfmoon, it isn't fair!"

Halfmoon was about to jump onto the wall to get Brackenkit down when a large crack suddenly echoed throughout the camp. Many cats jumped up in fear as they watched a large, flaming tree crash down onto the wall. Halfmoon cried out in terror, but she soon saw Brackenkit's head pop out from under the wall. Whitestar dashed forward and grabbed the kit.

"Everyone, out!" he yowled, and he watched his Clanmates run from the blazing camp. There was a small opening where an agile cat could jump through, and thankfully, each one of his ThunderClan cats was nimble, for he had added it as a training requirement.

Making sure his family was following behind, Whitestar bounded toward the opening. He leapt over the flames as Brackenkit squealed in terror. When he was a good distance from the burning camp, he set the kit down.

Halfmoon quickly came up to him holding Goldkit and Mosskit in her jaws. She set them down and turned her head to see how Rainkit, who had been holding onto her neck fur, was doing. The orange queen gasped in terror when she didn't see a kit there. "Rainkit!"

"Where is he?" Whitestar meowed frantically.

"I don't know! He was holding on to my neck when I jumped over the flaming log! Now he's gone!"

Whitestar looked carefully at his mate. "Halfmoon, I'm going in to get him," he announced. Before Halfmoon could protest, he hissed, "If I don't come out, make sure Treefall knows he is leader. I love you." With this last message, he darted off to camp.

The flames were closing the opening over the flaming log. The camp would soon be destroyed, and the leader knew there was a small chance of him surviving. Suffocating like this would take all his eight lives he had left.

A small, terrified screaming pierced his hearing when he had leapt into the dying camp. He looked around to see little Rainkit slumped on the ground, crying and wailing for Halfmoon. The little kit looked up and saw Whitestar.

"I don't want to go to StarClan yet!" he yowled as his father came closer. "Don't take me yet! No!" Rainkit tried standing up and running when Whitestar grabbed his scruff, but he just fell to the ground. His poor kit was delusional.

Rainkit suddenly fell silent as his father began pelting toward the entrance. Smoke filled their lungs, and the flames were getting closer to them. Fear gripped the leader's heart when he saw the opening being lapped up by flames. The hole was too small for him to jump through, but Rainkit would be able to be thrown through.

"I love you, Rainkit. Tell your mother and siblings," Whitestar whispered. He made a mighty jump and flung Rainkit through the opening just as it closed. Rainkit was safe, on the other side of the fire. He could only hope that Treefall would lead the Clan somewhere safe.

Whitestar felt the smoke draining the lives from his body.

He went into the fire, never to come out again.

Into the fire.

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