I'm not very proud of this one. I did it too quickly. -sniffle-

Lost

"Mother! Fernkit! Where are you?"

A little gray kit looked around frantically at the forest around him. Loud cawing came from the sky, and leaves scuttled around on the ground below him. He began to gasp wildly in fear.

"How did I get here?" he mewed. His little eyes darted back and forth, trying to spot someone he knew. They rested on a blurry shape that was rummaging around in the undergrowth. Curious, he walked toward it quietly, trying not to make it scared. As he got closer to the creature, he realized it was a Twoleg kit, playing around.

The little kit's mother had never told him the dangers of Twolegs, and he felt hypnotized by the strangeness of the thing. He padded quietly up to its giant paws and saw that the little thing was sleeping. "Hello?" he mewed, poking the thing with his own paw.

Suddenly the Twoleg kit's eyes opened. It looked down at the tiny kit and squealed in delight. The kit screeched in terror as the kit picked him up and cradled him in its arms. He continued to mewl and screech until he realized the Twoleg had a gentle touch and was stroking him on his head.

He battled the feeling, but he began to feel sleepy and closed his small green eyes. Purring wildly, the Twoleg kit took the little one back to where its family was waiting. It stroked the kit, and watched happily, as it fell asleep.

"Volekit! Volekit! Where are you, my son!" a gray tabby she-cat meowed, running frantically around her camp.

A white tom came over to her and meowed, "Brackenfern, what happened?"

Brackenfern whipped around and looked at her mate. "Blackspot, Fernkit and Volekit where playing, and now I can't find Volekit!" she wheezed. A little white she-cat at her paws was looking around too, though she appeared calmer than the rest of them were.

"Mother, I'm sure he's lost, is all!" Fernkit mewed, looking up at her mother.

Brackenfern and Blackspot looked down at her. "Fernkit, we know. That is the bad thing. Lately, whenever a kit is lost, they're lost for good. Volekit being lost is terrible. He could be gone forever."

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