These cats are from chapter 37, One Step Closer. Enjoy!
WHAT?!
Do I regret killing Lilykit?
Of course I do.
After I killed my sister, Hawkfrost decided that I was too weak to kill my other siblings. Angry, I hissed at him that I'd never kill any cats in my Clan ever again.
I kept that promise.
"Dewpaw, you're kicking me in the belly!" Sagepaw hissed into my ear. I jolted awake and gazed around. I was in the apprentices' den, just like usual, and the other apprentices were lying around me, asleep. A dim predawn light was filtering in through the roof of the den, and I yawned. "What?"
Sagepaw scowled. "Keep your legs to yourself."
"Sorry." I rose to my paws and yawned again, stretching. I knew I wasn't going to fall asleep again, so I padded out of the den and glanced around the clearing. My mother, Lightfeather, was standing guard at the camp entrance. I hurried over to her. "Hello."
"Good morning, Dewpaw," she sighed. I tilted my head. "What's wrong?"
The ginger-and-white she-cat stared at the horizon. "I miss Lilykit."
I felt a pang of sorrow in my belly, but I shook it off. "I do too."
"Do you really think she was killed by a fox?" Lightfeather asked.
I shrugged. "She was covered in foxdung."
"If that's so," Lightfeather murmured, "the Clan would've found foxes in the territory by now." She hung her head and stared at her paws.
Lightfeather is heartbroken because of what I did, I told myself. My heart sank and I swallowed hard. "Mother," I began, inhaling deeply. "I killed Lilykit. Hawkfrost was visiting my dreams and told me that I'd be the most powerful cat in the forest, but my siblings would get in the way. He wanted them dead, and the only way that could happen was if I killed them. So…I killed Lilykit. I'm so sorry."
Lightfeather turned to me, her sky-blue eyes wide with shock. "What?!"
Super-duper short! It ends so abruptly. I'm not happy with this chapter. Oh well! Onto 49!
xx-Starfall-xx