Nightkit's P.O.V
"Tonight, we have suffered a great loss. Rowanfur, Smoketail, Owlwhisker and Hollykit now join our warrior ancestors in StarClan." Foxstar sighed.
"I feel like this is my fault." Boltkit muttered.
"What's your fault?" Sagekit asked.
"Why Hollykit isn't with us." Boltkit hissed.
"It isn't your fault." Nightkit said, touching her tail to Boltkit's shoulder gently.
"It is! I was the one who forgot to wake her up!" Boltkit exclaimed.
"No, you weren't. Don't even think that. We all forgot that Hollykit was asleep. Don't blame yourself." Bumblekit mewed.
"There are nine cats who we have to thank. If it hadn't been for these cats, we wouldn't have come back from the gathering so early. Boltkit, Brightkit, Bumblekit, Thistlekit, Sandkit, Cinderkit, Redkit, Sagekit and Nightkit disrupted the gathering, to warn the rest of us what had happened back at the camp, if they hadn't dug a hole in the nursery wall and came to the island, StarClan knows how many more cats we would have lost. However, they will still be punished for leaving the camp." Foxstar mewed.
"What? That's not fair! We had to leave the nursery!" Boltkit protested.
"Boltkit," Nightkit warned.
"Foxstar, you said so yourself. If we had never left the nursery to find you at the gathering, then we could have lost more warriors. We couldn't stay there, It wasn't safe in the nursery." Boltkit hissed, ignoring Nightkit's warning.
"Are you saying that my father wasn't capable of guarding the nursery? That Blazestrike couldn't protect us?" Nightkit's pelt bristled in anger.
"That is exactly what I said." Boltkit snapped back, turning towards the small black she-kit.
"Our father fought his hardest to keep us safe." Sagekit spat, stepping next to her sister.
"If was doing such a good job then where is Hollykit now?" Boltkit spat back at her. Nightkit gasped, she felt as if he had just clawed at her. He's right. My father couldn't stop that tom from getting into the nursery and killing Hollykit.
"Boltkit! How could you say something like that?" Icestorm exclaimed.
"Nightkit, Sagekit, I'm sorry. I-I wasn't thinking." he apologised.
"No. You weren't." Nightkit shook her head angrily before she turned away from him. She padded away from the group of cats.
"Nightkit!" Sagekit called after her.
"Let her go, Sagekit. She needs time to cool off." Nightkit heard her mother say. Nightkit glanced around, somehow she had ended up in the nursery. She spotted the hole in the back of the nursery, if hadn't been covered up yet. She squeezed through and raced into the forest. I won't go too far, I just don't want to be in the camp right now.
Nightkit could feel the wind ruffling through her black pelt, she felt carefree. She knew she had to return to the camp soon, but she wanted to stay in the forest longer. She was still angry at Boltkit for what he had said about her father. Why did he say such an awful thing? I don't say things like that about his father. Nightkit thought bitterly. Then again, his father is my Clan leader.
Nightkit had reached the place where Bumblekit had spotted the log the night before. It was easier to see the log in the day. I'll go to the island, to think for a little bit. Then I'll go back to the camp. Nightkit padded to the water's edge, she could feel the cold water around her paws. It was almost soothing. She padded slowly, her paws in the water, over to the log. When she reached it, she leaped, her front paws landing on the top of the log. She had to pull herself up. She sat to catch her breath, before slowly and carefully walking to the island.
"Hey! What are you doing on our territory?" a she-cat voice spat. Nightkit turned to see a black-and-white she-cat. She turned to face her, but her paws slipped beneath her. She hit head hard on the log before tumbling into the water below. She gasped for breath, filling her lungs with the cold water. The last thing she saw was the outline of the she-cat before the sunlight faded and everything was black.
Blazestrike's P.O.V
"Blazestrike!" he turned to see his mate, Breezefeather.
"What is it? Is something wrong?" he asked her.
"Yes! Nightkit isn't in the nursery." she cried.
"Are you sure?" Blazestrike's eyes widened.
"Of course I am! I just came from there. I think she crawled out of the hole, it hasn't been covered up yet. I found a tuft of her fur caught on one of the small roots. Blazestrike, she could be out in the forest somewhere, all by herself." Breezefeather said wearily.
"Have you told Foxstar?" he asked.
"Yes." she replied, just the ThunderClan leader was padding out of his den.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather here for a Clan meeting!" Foxstar called.
"Another Clan meeting?" Tawnyheart scoffed. She's just grumpy, like always. The warrior hadn't been the same since the fire that took away her brother's life. Blazestrike had lost two of his brothers, Thislepaw and Redfire as well.
"Nightkit is missing." Foxstar mewed.
"Missing?" Mousepool frowned.
"Where could she have done?" Ashberry asked.
"We have to find her!" Doveflight mewed
"We can't leave her in the forest on her own!" Shadestripe added.
"What if a fox gets to her?" Fernpaw mewed nervously.
"She couldn't defend herself if a fox attacks." Her brother, Dustpaw agreed.
"Foxstar, if you don't mind I would like to lead a patrol to find her." Blazestrike mewed.
"Yes, Blazestrike you can lead the patrol. Take Brackenpelt, Blossomstem, Shadestripe, Ashberry and Fernpaw." Foxstar said. Blazestrike nodded to the cats who Foxstar had named and padded to the entrance of the camp. Nightkit, wherever you are, I will find you.