Chaper 4: A Kit's Adventure Gone Wrong
Honeykit and Gingerkit were rolling in the dust while the other kits were watching them and cheering them on. Honeykit pinned Gingerkit down and yowled in victory, but Gingerkit suddenly knocked Honeykit's front paw off with her head and made her fall down and Gingerkit pinned her down
"No fair!" whined Honeykit. Gingerkit sneered and she was about to win the fight when suddenly the weight on Honeykit lifted as Gingerkit was being carried by her mother, Lioness
"I don't want you guys to hurt each other ok? Now go do something else or visit the elder's den or something." she said. The kits tails drooped
"Yes Lioness..." they all said and dragged their tails across the ground outside of the huffed when they were outside and kicked some dirt off the ground with her hind legs
"There's nothing to do out here! Every cat is busy and they don't have time for us!" cried Gingerkit. All the other kits nodded in agreement
"You can say that again." said Silverkit and he licked his chest fur and made it stick to himself again. Stormkit turned his head and stared at the big entrance that led out of the camp
"Hey guys, wanna go outside?" he asked. Honeykit shot her brother a scared look
"Are you crazy? If mom finds out, she'll kill us! Also Sunwhisker told me that we should always stay inside camp! I also heard that when kits go outside the camp, there are dangerous things out there that can eat you!" she squealed. Rainkit rolled his eyes
"Who cares! Fine, stay near the camp and not go too far ok?" he retorted. Honeykit flung her head to the other side
"Deal." she said. The other kits meowed with happiness and they all carefully rushed outside the camp when no one was looking.
Stormkit tripped on a stick and charged right into his sister who then fell over and hissed at her brother
"Watch it!" Stormkit's flattened his ears against his head in an apologetic manner then continued walking.
Gingerkit stopped to breathe in the wonderful scent of the forest and let out a huge breath, "What a beautiful scent! I can't wait to become an apprentice and get to run around the forest!" she said. Rainkit nodded in agreement then went towards the nearest bush and stared at the leaves and sniffed it
"These leaves smell nice!" he smiled. Suddenly he spotted a little red spot inside the bush and reached out to grab it
"Hey guys! I found something." all the kits crowded around him and looked at him as he reached out with his paw to grab them out of the bush. He dropped them on the ground and bent his head to sniff them
"Their berries! They look delicious! Want to eat them? Anyone?" he asked and pushed them away from him a bit to allow someone to take it. Gingerkit shrugged
"I guess I could use something to eat. I'm quite hungry, plus they look brilliantly delicious." she said. She bent her head down and chewed up one of them. Suddenly her eyes widened
"G-Gingerkit...?" murmured Honeykit. Suddenly they saw white foam come out of the side of Gingerkit's mouth and she collapsed to the ground, choking and squirming around
"Gingerkit!" yowled Rainkit. He bent over and looked at his suffering sister
"Quick! We need to bring her back to camp!" cried Silverkit. Honeykit grabbed her scruff and used all her strength to carry her back to camp and Rainkit helped her.
They were back at camp and everyone was looking horridly at the kits. Gingerkit had completely stopped squirming but she was choking and foam spluttered onto the ground. They saw Dappleheart and Lioness come out of the nursery and stared horrified at the limp body of Gingerkit
"Gingerkit!" screamed Lioness and she quickly ran to her daughter. The medicine cat: Sagetail and his apprentice, Rabbitpaw, quickly came out of their den and looked at Gingerkit. Honeykit put her down gently and Sagetail's eyes widened, "Rabbitpaw! Quickly! Fetch some Yarrow!" he ordered. Rabbitpaw nodded and turned around and dashed back to the medicine cat's den. Sagetail bent over and gently pushed on Gingerkit's chest to make her cough up the deathberries. Gingerkit's eyes suddenly rolled to the back of her head and her head went limp and fell to the side. Sagetail gasped. Lioness's eyes filled with worry. The whole clan was gathered around them and Cloudstar pushed through the crowd to see what was going on
"Sagetail...Is she going to be ok?" asked Lioness in a whisper. Sagetail closed his eyes
"I'm sorry Lioness but she's gone to join StarClan." Honeykit felt a claw pierce her heart, No...Gingerkit!, Honeykit almost screamed out the words. Her eyes shut and her brother stared in shock at the dead body of Gingerkit. Rainkit and Silverkit wailed at their sister and covered her with rasping licks. Lioness ran back to her den and Dappleheart followed her to comfort her. Rabbitpaw came back with a bunch of Yarrow but when she realized what had happened, she dropped them onto the ground and sighed and slowly shook her head. Cloudstar bent over and gave a few calm licks to the dead kit, "We shall sit vigil for this poor little kit and we shall bury her at dawn tomorrow." he said. He turned his gaze to the kits and narrowed his eyes, "And as a message to you all: Don't let your kits go outside of the camp. Dappleheart!" he shouted. Dappleheart came out of the nursery while a pale grey tom who was supposedly Lioness's mate, went inside to take over the comforting of Lioness, she walked towards her leader and came to his side
"Keep the kits inside while Jaywhisker goes to take care of Lioness. And make sure you keep a close eye on them." he ordered. Dappleheart dipped her head to Cloudstar and angrily flicked her tail for the kits to follow her. They listened but Rainkit wouldn't leave his sister's side and so Dappleheart had to stop and pick him up and drag him to the nursery. She put Rainkit down once they were in the nursery and they crowded together in a bundle with their ears flattened and their tails hanging low
"If you kits haven't gone out in the first place, this wouldn't have happened. I'm forcing you to stay in the nursery for the rest of the week. A single pawstep outside of the nursery and I will double it." scolded Dappleheart and she walked away to join Jaywhisker. Honeykit fell to her belly and dug her head on her paws. She felt her sister walk to her side and sit down beside her and lick the back of her ear
"It's ok, Honeykit. She's gone to a better place! She'll be more happy there then he-"
"She was only a kit! She'll never be able to grow up with us and become a warrior!" snapped Honeykit and she lifted her head
"And you know what? It was my fault! I should have stopped her! I should kill myself right now-"
"Whoa! Calm down Honeykit! It's not just your fault, it's ours too. It's ok..." interrupted Silverkit. Rainkit was staring down at the ground, motionless
"Gingerkit..." he muttered under his breath, "It'll never be the same without her."
Wasn't that sad? Review please!