Happy Valentines day!!! I hope you enjoy this cute little chapter about Sandkit!
"Newleaf is on its way... I can tell," Sandkit mewed happily as she sat under a tree in the ThunderClan camp with Dustkit.
"Yeah. Then we can get rid of all this chilly weather," Dustkit agreed, shaking flurries of snow from his dusty-colored pelt.
Sandkit sighed.
She felt trapped inside the brambly walls of the camp.
She wanted adventure!
"Hey, look at that!" she exclaimed, a bright plant catching her eye.
The plant was poking up in the snow drifts beside a thorn bush.
Its stunning petals curled in, not yet in bloom.
"Let's go check it out," Dustkit agreed, padding over to investigate.
Finally something to do, Sandkit thought as she trotted after her best friend.
Dustkit started to dig at the snow around the beautiful plant, Sandkit quickly joining in.
"Ow!" Sandkit cried as something sharp pierced her small paw.
"It has thorns!" Dustkit informed Sandkit who started to lick at the wounded pad.
"Do you think we can remove them?" Sandkit asked in between hurrid licks.
"It's a safe try."
Dustkit got to work, slicing the tiny thorns from the plant with his short claws.
Sandkit, not wanting to sit around while her friend did the work, joined in on the dislodging of the nasty thorns.
"There- All thorn-free." Sandkit announced once their duty had been done.
"Great." Dustkit's eyes lit up. "I know! Let's pick it and show it to all the other kits. They'll be so jealous of our treasure."
OUR treasure... Sandkit smiled
"Okay." Sandkit began to paw at the ground around the root.
The earth was solid, packed down by the ice and snow that had kept it firm for so many moons during Leaf-bare.
"Help me!" Sandkit called to Dustkit. "The earth is to hard."
Side-by-side, the two kits dug.
But their weak claws and tiny paws couldn't ground up the icy dirt.
With a loud, dramatic sigh, Sandkit plopped down to rest.
Dustkit kept on at it, his short grunts telling Sandkit that he was only trying to act strong.
"What's going on? Busy with something?" called a warrior's voice.
Redtail padded up to the two kits, his face smiling.
"We're trying to dig up a plant we found," Sandkit explained to Redtail.
"Looks like you've found a rose," Redtail explained.
He gently scooted Dustkit out of the way, then plucked the flower from the ground without harming it.
"Yes! Let's go show the others, Sandkit!" Dustkit exclaimed, charging off.
Sandkit stared at the rose which Redtail gently set at her paws.
"This rose has gone a long way to bloom so early. You know, it's the flower of love," Redtail told Sandkit, who looked up at him.
"Really?" Sandkit mewed.
Usually, she thought love and romance were gross sujects, especially for a little kit like herself.
But now, as she gazed at the rose's closed red petals, a thought came over her.
"Thanks, Redtail!" she called as she raced off with the rose.
"Anytime, Sandkit!" Redtail replied with a chuckle.
Sandkit found Dustkit by the apprentices' den, raving to some apprentices about the treasure.
A few kits were there, too.
Sandkit spotted Graykit and Ravenpaw sitting side-by-side.
Ravenpaw was a little older then Graykit, Sandkit, and Dustkit.
But he was close friends with silly little Graykit.
"Show us, Dustkit!" Graykit piped up.
"Just wait till you see it!" Dustkit shot Graykit a huge, I'm-better-then-you grin.
Dustkit caught sight of Sandkit who was hidding the rose behind her back.
"Come on, Sandkit," he urged her. "Show them our find!"
Sandkit hesitated.
She didn't want their delicate treasure to be put on display, passed around, and envied.
She wanted to give it... as a gift of love.
"Dustkit," she murmured. "Did you know the rose is the flower of love?"
Dustkit nodded. "Now I do."
"Then I want you to have it," she whispered in return.
"Me?"
"Yes."
Dustkit seemed to blush, then he shrugged.
"Um... thanks, Sandkit," he replied with a smile.
Sandkit pawed the rose over to Dustkit, who gave her a gentle lick on the ear.
"Look! There it is!" Graykit's eager cry called out as he caught sight of the rose.
But Dustkit and Sandkit didn't listen.
They trotted off together, the rose twined in Dustkit's tail.
Cute, eh? I don't care if you think DustXSand is a total fake pairing. I like it. 3
Anyway, enjoy the rest of your holiday, and stay warm! If you review you will get a good-old Sandkit plushie. Next up will be Squirrelkit. Thanks for the suggesting to a reviewer!
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