Here's the first chapter! Yay!

Chapter 1

I opened my eyes and yawned. Sunlight streamed into the Nursery Den. My siblings were nowhere to be found. Appleheart, my mother, also opened her eyes and stretched. There was a scent of freshly killed mouse on the breeze. Appleheart started grooming me but soon stopped when I flicked my ears. I felt a heavy weight land on top of me unexpectedly. I lost my breath and found myself staring at a black and white pelt.

"Badgerkit!" I squealed. "Get off of me, now!" He scrambled off of me. I leaped up and pounced on my best friend. He purred and nipped my ear. We rolled around before I yelled, "Truce, truce!"

Badgerkit smiled. "It's about time you woke up, Sunkit! I already ate my share of my mouse."

My stomach growled. "Would you mind if I helped you eat the rest?" I asked.

"Of course not, Sunkit! Come on, I'm still hungry!" we pushed out of the Nursery and immediately found the mouse by our favorite rock. Being eaten by, of course, Breezekit. Breezekit is Badgerkit's littermate. He has the worst personality ever. He's a complete mouse-brain.

"Breezekit! That's our mouse!" I yelled in his ear. Badgerkit sat silently behind me.

"It's my mouse now, mouse-dung!" he screamed back at me. Badgerkit tried to say something but I glared at him.

"Why would you take my mouse, Breezekit?" I snarled. Again Badgerkit tried to say something but I flicked my tail in his direction. This was between Breezekit and me.

Breezekit answered, "I was hungry, so I took it."

I growled and jumped on his big back. He is by far the biggest kit in the nursery. Breezekit twisted around and batted me with his claws unsheathed. He scratched my back leg and then stood on me. I tried curling around, but only succeeded in making my position hurt more. I yowled and shrieked. Voles, mice, and many types of birds' bones crunched underneath our weight.

"Get off of her, Breezekit!" Breezekit's weight was abruptly knocked off.

I panted and struggled up. Badgerkit had pinned Breezekit down and was snarling in his face. Badgerkit is smaller than Breezekit but he's faster. Breezekit easily knocked him off and unsheathed his surprisingly long claws. Just before he attacked, a huge black tom with a white tail stood in between the fight. It was Stonenose, their father.

"What are you two doing?" he growled. Badgerkit shrugged and Breezekit stalked away. I jumped out of Breezekit's way. "Wait, Breezekit, I need to-", But Breezekit had already gone.

"Sunkit, come here," I heard my name being called from the Nursery. I shot a thankful glance at Badgerkit then limped to my mother. Stonenose was speaking sternly to Badgerkit. Badgerkit was staring at the Nursery. I caught his eye and he gave me a small smile.

"What happened to your leg?" I glanced down. My leg had a tiny cut. She immediately started cleaning my leg. I lay down and sighed. Being a kit is so boring!

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather below the High Tree, and also all kits!" Cliffstar's call rang throughout the camp. Appleheart stood and called for my siblings. Owlkit, Mosskit, and Eaglekit crawled to my mother out of nowhere.

Together we pushed our way through the branches of the Nursery. One big, happy family, without a father. I've never really noticed or cared that I don't have a father. Stonenose occasionally visits the Nursery to play with Badgerkit and sometimes Breezekit and I've seen Ripplefur share tongues with Dappleclaw. But no tom has ever visited my mother, besides Tallnose, the clan's only elder.

It had been awhile since I'd seen all the cats of TreeClan together. Most of the cats in our clan have dark pelts to blend in with the trees. But as I looked around, I noticed I was the only one with a ginger pelt. Appleheart and Mosskit had sandy colored pelts, but nothing like mine.

Cliffstar began. "The cats that will go to the Gathering will be Ripplefur, Greenheart, Stonenose, Twigfoot, Darkclaw, Ravenpaw, Spottedpaw, and Flowerpaw. One other announcement; whichever kits were fighting ruined some prey and are now confined to the Nursery until Appleheart and Leafstone say otherwise. That is all."

My mother shook her head and glanced down at us. I guiltily looked down at my paws. Owlkit, Eaglekit, and Mosskit did the same. Apparently they had been fighting as well. I glimpsed Leafstone speaking briskly to Breezekit and Badgerkit. Breezekit's claws were sheathing and unsheathing. Badgerkit met my glance. He nodded quickly.

"It was me. I'm sorry, mother. Badgerkit and I were just playing," I added Badgerkit loudly to make sure he heard. A heartbeat later I saw Badgerkit speak and then Breezekit strolled away, his mouth twisted in a sneer smile. Soon after Badgerkit strolled over to us.

"You heard what Cliffstar said, Sunkit. Go to the Nursery, and stay there," Appleheart added. I nodded and crawled to the Nursery. Knowing our mothers, Badgerkit and I would not be allowed out of the Nursery until we were apprentices.

"Sunkit!" Badgerkit pushed his way into the Nursery. Of course, he knew it was Breezekit and I that were fighting.

"Thanks, Badgerkit. It would've been horrible without you here!" I touched noses with him and then lay down. He lay next to me and we groomed each other.

"It is okay Sunkit. Even I can't be with Breezekit for more than a heartbeat," Badgerkit laughed.

I trembled. "W-what would happen if I got in trouble, or got injured, or Cliffstar said I couldn't become a warrior. Would you still be my friend?"

Badgerkit licked my ears. "Forever, Sunkit. Now let's go make dirt!" He said, surprisingly enthusiastically.

I giggled. "I don't have to make dirt, Badgerkit."

"Me either. I meant, let's go talk to the warriors!" Badgerkit purred and together we crept out of the Nursery.

We hadn't even gone two rabbit hops when my mother caught us. "Sunkit! I told you to stay in the Nursery!" Appleheart yelled.

"But we just have to make dirt, Appleheart!" Badgerkit begged.

Appleheart frowned and looked down. "Badgerkit, Sunkit, you both just made dirt! Now go back to the Nursery, now."

We sulked back with our tails and ears low. Badgerkit lifted his nose and sniffed. He smiled and a moment later Eaglekit burst into the Nursery. Mosskit and Owlkit were right behind him.

"Hello, Eaglekit, Mosskit, and Owlkit," Badgerkit said calmly. Mosskit laughed and tackled Owlkit. Owlkit struggled before thrusting her off of him.

"Hey! Claws sheathed, claws sheathed!" Mosskit yelped. I stared at my siblings while Eaglekit, Badgerkit, and I purred. All of a sudden, Breezekit pushed into the Nursery. Everything stopped.

"I-I'll just go, then," Breezekit stalked out.

Done! Please R&R!

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