This chapter might be a bit creepy and disturbing. Enjoy! XD

IT'S NOT MY TIME

Russetkit was…well, different.

When she was born, her eyes were open and she could hear. It was strange, because her eyes were green. Usually when kits are born, their eyes are blue at first. Not Russetkit. Her pelt was a deep, rusty ginger-brown color. She had long legs, long whiskers, and a long tail. Why her mother didn't name her Longkit, we'll never know.

I wouldn't say I was her friend. But I was nice to her, which made cats believe I was her friend. The other kits tried to be nice to her, but she'd always say weird things, and they'd back away slowly. I felt bad for Russetkit. I'd see her sitting by herself under the shade of a willow tree, and I'd go and ask her if she wanted to play. Usually she would shake her head, but I kept trying. Mother always told me to be nice to every kit.

Now we're apprentices. Russetpaw's mentor is the RiverClan deputy, Graytail. I was never in a mock fight with her, but my fellow denmates said that they were, and that she had tremendous speed and power. No one ever beat her. But now I'm about to fight her in mock battle, and the other apprentices think that I just might have what it takes to pin her down.

"Ready?" Graytail asked, switching his gaze from Russetpaw to me. I nodded and crouched down, my heart fluttering in my chest like a baby bird stretching its wings. Graytail lashed his tail. "Go!"

Immediately, I sprang forward. Russetpaw slipped gracefully away and swatted me on the ear with her forepaw. I crashed to the ground, but hastily picked myself up and flung myself onto her. She reared up onto her hind legs and toppled onto me, easily pinning me down. I struggled underneath her grip, but all in all, I knew she'd won.

"Great fight," my mentor, Dustclaw, praised. "You both did very well, but Russetpaw is the winner."

I sighed as I climbed to my paws and shook the sand from my fur. I'd lost. Russetpaw did have a lot of skill and power! Lucky her.

"Congratulations," I meowed politely to Russetpaw, who was grooming her chest. She slowly gazed up at me, her dark green eyes glowing brightly. Startled, I took a pawstep back.

"Be careful what you say..." Russetpaw's voice was eerie and whispery. Her eyes quickly returned to normal. "What's wrong? You look like you've just seen a ghost!"

I was too frozen with shock to respond right away. I swallowed hard and stammered, "N-n-nothing." Russetpaw stared at me with a puzzled expression on her face, but turned around and began to clean her chest again.

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I was annoyed with Russetpaw.

Oh, I was infuriated with her.

She caught three pheasants. Three. They fed the whole Clan twice.

All she did was boast about it.

"You can call me Pheasantpaw now," she laughed, and the other apprentices laughed with her.

Out on a hunting patrol that leaf-bare, I caught a scrawny shrew. It was barely enough to feed a kit. I groaned as Russetpaw loped over to me with a large rabbit in her jaws. She eyed the shrew I'd caught and finally meowed, "You can be called Shrewpaw now."

It was just a joke, but that really put me in a rage.

"You know what?" I hissed to her. "You are just an annoying, arrogant piece of fox dung! Why won't you shut up about your three pheasants? No one cares!"

Russetpaw's eyes blazed. She flexed her claws and I gulped. Russetpaw tackled me to the ground, her claws ripping into my fur. I tried to yowl, but no sound came out. I was too startled and afraid. Russetpaw pinned me down and clawed my underbelly with her hind claws. I gathered all my strength and pushed her off. She flew into the air and crashed to the ground about a few mouse-lengths away from me. I prowled toward her and pinned her down.

"This is what you get," I hissed into her ear, and sank my fangs into her throat.

Nothing happened.

Russetpaw shoved me off of her and pinned me down again.

"How did you not die?" I gasped, struggling underneath her.

Russetpaw grinned and sank her claws into my throat. Blood bubbled from the wound and the world began to spin. I choked and gasped for air, but I knew I was dying.

Russetpaw licked the blood off her claws and watched me die. "It's not my time."

O_O Russetpaw is one freaky cat. This was pretty short; sorry. Hope you liked!

xx-Starfall-xx