Chapter 4
"Come on Beetlekit!" She meowed, her voice shaking.
"Beetlekit? Please! Beetlekit!" She lied down, crying.
"Beetlekit, come on, please, this isn't funny, I know you're sick, you don't have to scare me."
"Beetlekit..."
She wailed, tears falling down her face, flicking down her whiskers.
Dusksky perked his ears, racing to the medicine cat den, Spottedflower quickly following him. Dusksky sighed, his ears drooping.
He padded over to Lilackit, sitting beside her, "He was really sick, Lilackit, there wasn't much I could do." he meowed, trying to comfort the kit in distress.
Spottedflower cried, "Should I go find Flameheart?"
Dusksky nodded, "It would be best for him to know as quickly as possible. I will give Lilackit poppy seeds for shock."
Spottedflower nodded, quickly padding out of the den to find her mate.
Lilackit shivered, her eyes fixed on the body of her brother. Dustsky sighed and got up, "Stay there with your brother, okay?"
Lilackit nodded, nearly wailing out into the sky again, "Beetle...kit..."
Dustsky grabbed two seeds and set them in front of Lilackit, "Eat these please, they will help make you feel better." He meowed.
Lilackit nodded and scooped up the seeds, quickly chewing and eating them. "Good, thank you. Now go to your brothers and sisters, and go to sleep. Your mother and father will talk to them about...Beetlekit." Dustsky turned around and began to organize his herbs.
Lilackit nodded again and got up, her paws shaky. She walked out of the den and padded quickly to the Nursery.
"Was that you? I think I heard your wail." Foxkit mewed.
Lilackit didn't dare talk to him about it, and just continued to her nest. She curled up, her body shaking.
Tears lightly dripped down her eyes and onto her whiskers.
Streamkit padded over and lied down with her, her head setting down on her own paws.
Foxkit and Mousekit padded over and did the same, curling up around each other.
Dawncloud watched the kits, watching them fall asleep. She sighed and layed her head down on her paws, falling asleep.
Dovestar padded out of her den, watching her cats move to their dens.
Leafsong and Beetlekit had passed away.
This shook the clan, especially Spottedflower and Flameheart and the kits.
Dovestar blinked upwards, looking at the Silver-pelt.
Beetlekit and Leafsong had been lied down in the middle of camp, for vigil.
Dovestar watched the deputy, Shadefall, move towards her.
"How do you like Flameheart, Darkfall, and Redwood to go on hunting patrol tomorrow?" He meowed, his fur ruffling in the wind.
Dovestar nodded, "And dawn patrol?"
"Sparrowtalon, Yellowpaw, Ferntail, and Frostleaf."
"Alright."
Shadefall padded away, his tail low. Dovestar paid more attention to the camp.. Dustsky sat outside of the medicine cat den, his head drooped.
Spottedflower and Flameheart were beside Beetlekit's body, filled with grief. Dovestar sighed, the gathering would be in a moon, and the kits would get their apprentice ceremonies.
Morning
Lilackit slowly opened her eyes, not seeing her mother, or her siblings. She walked out of the Nursery, yawning and looking for her siblings.
She laid down, her eyes glancing around camp. When she finally saw them, she saw Spottedflower talking to them about something.
Probably about Beetlekit.
Spottedflower nodded to the kits, and flicked her tail to the Nursery. They started to pad their way to Lilackit, their tails low.
She noticed Streamkit, who was crying. She got up and padded over, blinking at them,
"I'm gonna guess... Spottedflower told yo-"
"Yes."
Streamkit interrupted, sitting her rump on the ground, sniffling. Foxkit sat beside her, his tail over his paws.
Mousekit was unresponsive, until he actually sat down. Lilackit sighed, 'I told Beetlekit about becoming a warrior... Maybe you can become a warrior in Starclan...'