Chapter 4

Snowkit was just beginning to fall asleep, when some warriors came in with her mother. Frecklepelt leaped onto High Rock and told the clan the most devastating news Snowkit ever heard before. Foreststar, Snowkit's mom had died.

"What? How could that happen?"Snowkit's brother, Whitekit wailed.

"What happened to my mother?"Snowkit meowed. Frecklepelt began in an icy tone:

"Foreststar, our great leader was killed by wolves. She died defending her kits. From now on, I shall be your leader. Eternalclan sent Nettletail a message and they said that all clan leaders must get nine lives because of Foreststars' early death. They said we shall meet at a place called the Sunstone. It's beyond a place called Lowstones."

"What's the Sunstone? What's Lowstones?"asked a confused Stonehawk.

"Lowstones are just beyond the Thunder path and Sunclan territory. The Sunstone is a rock that turns white when the moon shines on it. It's inside a tunnel."meowed Nettletail."The medicine cats have to meet there every half moon to share tounges with Eternalclan. That's what they told me."

"Anyway,"Frecklepelt began,"I have to go to the Sunstone along with Mudstar, Waterstar, and Sunstar because we have to go get our nine lives. Nettletail, did Eternalclan allow warriors?"

"Eternalclan said all warriors must go at some point, but only with their leaders. So I assume you should take maybe three or four?"Nettletail answered.
"Alright. I shall take Stormheart, Jaywhisker, Blazeheart, and Stonehawk."

"Let me give you traveling herbs, so you don't get hungry and tire as easily."Nettletail meowed as Frecklepelt and the warriors followed her into Nettletail's den.

"What about us?"Snowkit yowled."Who will care for us?"

"Calm down, Snowkit."Briarkit meowed sympathetically."We can just go ask Frecklepelt. She'll know what to do!"

Briarkit bounded off with Whitekit, Bronzekit, Emberkit, and Thunderkit to ask Frecklepelt. Snowkit wearily followed. She caught up to her sister just as she stared asking Frecklepelt.

"Frecklepelt, you, uh, FORGOT ABOUT US!"Briarkit wailed.

"Yeah! What was your reasoning? Do we not exist?"Emberkit growled, her fiery light blue eyes glaring into Frecklepelt's.

"Well,"Frecklepelt began in an icy tone."I was busy with the clan. I'm sorry I forgot about you"she meowed with no sympathy in her voice.
"Why don't you just go to Bagderclaw and hang with her?"Frecklepelt hissed.

"Sh...sh...sure."meowed Snowkit, who started to back away.

"You treat us like dirt now that our mom isn't here!"growled Whitekit."Well, I know she's seeing all this. Eternalclan cats see EVERYTHING!"

"How do you know this, Whitekit?"

Frecklepelt was attempting to scare them away. So far, no one had backed away except Snowkit, who came closer and closer and closer to her leader. I'll show that mangy flea-bag! I'll pounce on her and shred her! Snowkit thought.

"Well, mommy told me and I saw her."Whitekit meowed to Frecklepelt. She was shocked at his answer. Just as Frecklepelt turned away, Snowkit pounced, claws unsheathed.

"How DARE you insult me and my brothers and sisters!"she yowled as she landed on Frecklepelt. Frecklepelt tried rolling, but came face to face with an even angrier Bronzekit.

"You're such a mean leader! I HATE you!".

Bronzekit started clawing at her face. Everyone else started jumping on her and biting her. Then Blazeheart came in.

"What is going on?"he yowled. Frecklepelt answered first.

"These kits are attacking me because they think I killed Foreststar! You know I wouldn't do that, would you?"

"Of course you w-"Blazeheart was cut off.

"No! That's not true! Frecklepelt forgot about us and we were solving our differences!"Snowkit meowed innocently.

"Well, at least get off her."Blazeheart meowed. All six kits removed themselves from Frecklepelt.

"I better get going."the future leader mewed, giving herself a shake.
"Come on guys. Let's go to Badgerclaw."Snowkit led everyone away from the scene. Suddenly, there were some odd sounds coming from the nursery.

"Guys, it's Ashfeather!"Cloudfeather yowled as she plowed into the nursery."Are you alright?" Snowkit watched her siblings move away. She wanted to know what was wrong with Ashfeather.

"I...I...think I'm having my kits!"the queen panted.

"Kits? KITS? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A MATE!"Twigstep growled.

"Shut up, Twigstep!"Cloudfeather snapped back."You're not making this any easier. Snowkit, go get Nettletail!"Snowkit's paws were glued to the ground with what she was seeing. Ashfeather was panting like mad. White spit lined her mouth, and finally, a wet fluffy thing came out of her butt. Cloudfeather suddenly shoved past Snowkit, mumbling something about kits being lazy. Snowkit finally moved forward, and poked the wet bundle.

"NIP THE SACK, FLEA BRAIN!"Ashfeather yowled as yet another wet bundle came out. Snowkit started nipping at the kit."NO, NO! YOU'RE DO-"Ashfeather was cut off by another set of pains traveling her body. Nettletail arrived and Cloudfeather picked up the newer kit. She helped lick it to life, and nipped the sack as well. The first kit was all bloody and was mewling for someone. Snowkit started licking it. Ashfeather had 3 more kits, and then it was all silent.

"Ashfeather! ASHFEATHER!"Cloudfeather was poking her sister.

"Cloudfeather,"Nettletail meowed,"your sister died. Only two of her kits survived. A small black tom with one white paw, and a golden tabby she-kit."Snowkit stared at them.

"What shall we name them?"Snowkit asked in a small voice. Cloudfeather spoke up.

"Well, I think I will name one, and Snowkit, because you saved this little she-kit, you get to name her."Snowkit's eyes went wide.

"Really?"she asked.

"Really."Cloudfeather replied."I'm naming the tom Ravenkit, because that's a cool name."Suddenly, the perfect name for the little she-cat came into Snowkits' head.

"Heatherkit. That's Heatherkit."she flicked her tail at the golden tabby."She's pretty."

"Wonder who the father is?"Cloudfeather asked Nettletail.

"Well, he must've been a golden tabby tom with black stripes..."Nettletail mewed. With a last look over her shoulder, Snowkit padded back to where her siblings were sleeping and fell asleep. I named a cat today! she thought just before drifting into a really deep sleep.

It is the next morning, and Snowkit just woke up. She had been sleeping with Bagderclaw and her siblings. Frecklepelt had been accepted by Eternalclan and was now Frecklestar. Late last night, she had named the new deputy as Blazeheart. Everything was returning to normal as warriors got back to work. After giving herself a quick wash, Snowkit headed to the elders den to listen to Funnyheart tell a story. Before that, she wanted to check on Heatherkit and Ravenkit.

"Hello?"she called. A soft, tired mew answered.

"They're ok. You don't have to worry about them, you know."Cloudfeather mewed, a hint of amusment in her voice. Snowkit nodded, then went into the clearing.

"Where are you going?"Thunderkit had woken up and had seen her leave.

"To listen to Funnyheart tell a story. He ALWAYS tells the best storyies."Snowkit meowed. Before she went, she grabbed a fresh rabbit that was caught this morning and took it to the elders den.

As she came in, Funnyheart and Willowheart were sharing tounges. They were an old couple, but cute to watch.

"Hello young'n. What do you have?"Funnyheart stopped grooming Willowheart to ask Snowkit.

"Only the freshest rabbit that was caught this morning. I thought we could eat and then you tell me a story."Snowkit knew Funnyheart loved telling stories, but sometimes he didn't want to.

"Sure. I'd love to tell a story."Funnyheart leaned in and ate some rabbit."Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Tasty!"

"Well, Funnyheart you'd better get on that story!"Willowheart meowed.

"Fine. Alright. Well, this story is about my great grandfather. He was an epic cat. He fought many battles, and every battle he fought in, he won. His name was Jay Feather, on the account of how light he was on his paws. But he earned the nickname of Battle Heart. His parents were killed a long time ago and he always wanted revenge. One day, he was hunting, and met a pretty she-cat called Blossom. She was black and white with pale blue eyes. Battle Heart followed her home to see her den. Turned out, she lived in a group called The Warriors. They battled and killed cats outside their group. Battle Heart recognized the black tom that had killed his parents. So Battle Heart waited until nightfall and attacked. He killed the black tom that had killed his parents, and the black cat's mate. Blossom had noticed, and followed Battle Heart home to see why he had killed Blossom's parents. He told her
'I'm sorry. I...just... I just wanted to get revenge because your father killed my father and mother.'
'Oh. Well, you did me a favor. My parents wanted me to take over. I was dreading it because I would never lead our blood thirsty group.' So they became mates and yeah. The end."(a cheeto)

"Nice story."Snowkit streched and got up. It was sunhigh already. Even though Snowkit was one moon old, she still needed to nurse and went into the nursery where Bagderclaw was to do so. When she was finished, Snowkit went looking for her littermates. She heard Briarkit's voice coming from inside the medicine cat's den.

"Where's Snowkit? WHERE IS MY SISTER?"Briarkit yowled.

"Calm down. She wouldn't leave camp."Whitekit was thinking hard.

"I'll smell her out!"Emberkit chimed in. She started frantically sniffing the air.

"Wait!"Thunderkit gasped."This morning she to-"Before he could finish, Snowkit walked in.

"Here I am!"She said happily.

"Yes! Now we can play moss pass."Bronzekit meowed. Moss pass is played with a ball of moss, and you pass to your teamates to score a moss kick. Moss kicks are gotten by kicking the ball of moss in between two objects, like rocks. Your team wins the game when you score a certain number of moss kicks, usually ten or so. The only rule is that you can't push and shove while kicking. To decide teamates, everyone gets into a line and kicks the ball of moss. Whoever kicks it farthest is first leader and chooses first. The second best gets to be the other leader, and they have the ball first. When kicking for leaders, you stand where you kick so no one forgets.

"Alright. Everyone, get into a line."Snowkit meowed loudly. Briarkit went first, and hers only went a few tail lengths. Whitekits' sailed passed Briarkits' and landed about three fox lengths away. Now it was Snowkit's turn. She felt strength surging in her paw, building up, and then, she kicked the moss ball as hard as she could. It flew past Whitekit and landed a little less than a fox length away. Snowkit was so proud of herself. Emberkit went, and hers only barely passed Briarkit. Thunderkit was pretty good, as his landed a mouse length past Whitekit. There's no way he can beat me, Snowkit thought. I'm half-way across the camp! Bronzekit readied himself, and kicked.
"Wow! Bronzekit's flew all the way to the other side of the camp!"Emberkit was running in tight little circles. Snowkit wasn't totally defeated. She'd gotten second leader, which was ok.

"Well, I get to pick first."Bronzekit boasted."So I pick Whitekit."

"Then I'll pick Thunderkit."Snowkit remembered that Thunderkits' had gone the third farthest.

"I pick... Emberkit. Ha! You're stuck with Briarkit."

"No I'm not. She just had a bad kick. Everyone does sometimes." Soon the game was underway. Snowkit kicked two moss kicks in, and Bronzekit hadn't even scored one. Snowkit was going for her third when Frecklestar came in.

"Here I go!"Snowkit didn't even notice that Frecklestar was there.

"I don't recognize that tom."Emberkit was staring. Snowkit stopped and looked at him. He was a large tom that was grey and white. Suddenly, Thistlejaw hissed "He's Waterclan! What's a Waterclan cat doing in Forestclan?"

Waterclan in Forestclan? Interesting... FRECKLEPELT'S GONE CRAZY!

CATUS YA YA!

LOL A CHEETO!