Jake/Tigerkit

Jake shot his eyes open and gazed around his surroundings. He noticed his mother still curled up in her bed next to him. He got up and, careful not to wake her, jumped off the small bed and scampered over to the cat-flap.

He wriggled his small, fluffy kit body and jumped out. He looked around, his amber eyes wide as he gazed over at the fence. A sudden wind almost blew him off his paws and made him stumble on the ground. He shook his fluffy pelt and noticed a gap on the fence, big enough for him to fit through.

He squeezed through the fence and looked at the pine woods ahead of him with wide amber eyes. He placed his small paws on the ground, feeling the woods beneath him with his paw pads. He quickly scampered through the woods mindlessly and, before he noticed, had gotten very far away from his house. He dropped into a playful crouch and began leaping towards a frog, trying to catch it.

When he looked up again, he noticed cats all over the place, which seemed like a sort of camp, he looked around at them with wide and fear filled eyes. These cats looked dangerous. He froze in place as one of the cats turned to face him.

Jaggedfang quickly dashed towards the kit and swiftly clamped his jaws around the small kit's scruff, softly.

Jake shook his small head to clear it and looked around, he noticed he was being carried by a strange cat and quickly started to move his paws, trying to get free. He wriggled around to try and free himself but with no success.

"Stop moving!" Jaggedfang hissed and, quickly, Jake lay limp under his grasp. Jaggedfang took the kit back to his house and jumped over the fence. He padded over to the cat-flap and entered through it.

He made his way over to the she-cat sleeping soundly on the bed and dropped the kit by her side. He nudged her with his nose. "Cross, wake up" he hissed softly.

She opened her eyes and quickly jumped back upon seeing the brown tabby tom in front of her face. "Jaggedfang!" she gasped. "What are you doing here?"

The tabby tom shifted his gaze over at the kit. "He was wandering through the woods and made his way towards camp" he mewed.

Jake, not understanding much of what they were saying, started to chase his tail.

"Thanks for returning him" Cross mewed and swiped her tongue over his cheek. Jaggedfang nodded curtly. "It was nothing" he mewed, rasping his tongue over her forehead. He turned to leave but she stopped him.

"Aren't you gonna say goodbye to your son?" she mewed, looking at him with saddened blue eyes. Jaggedfang hesitated for a moment before turning around and padding over to his small kit. He bent his head and swiped his tongue softly over his kit's forehead.

"See you soon, my son" he whispered. He turned around and disappeared through the cat-flap and towards the woods.