Chapter One

A tiny black and ginger she-cat swung from the jaws of a queen. "Take her. I can't look after her anymore." A black she-cat growled as she set the kit down on the ground hard.

"What are you saying, Shade?" a dark ginger tom growled.

The she-cat rolled her eyes and snapped, "Take her to the Clans with you! I don't want her!"

The dark ginger tom stared after her in pure disbelief. He stared down at the tiny kit and studied her. She had meshed black and ginger fur with white paws and muzzle and an unusually long tail. The dark ginger tom curled his lip the shook his head when the tiny kit wailed loudly. "Come one, small one. I'll take you to RockClan." he meowed as he picked her up by her already soar scruff.

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"Rabbittail, why do we have to look after this strange cat?" a voice sounded. "She hasnt even opened her eyes!"

"Hush, Fireclaw said he found her. We're going to look after her." the queen snapped impaintently just before she nuzzled the small, spike-furred she-cat. "Come on, Cactuskit, open your eyes."

"Yeah, Cactuskit, don't you want to see the world?" the tiny squeak sounded again.

Cactuskit moved around blindly but was prodded by the tiny kit beside her. With reluctance, she stretched open her eyes to see the bright shafts of light glistening at the end of a dark den. "Oh, Cactuskit, your eyes are gorgeous!" a light brown she-cat with a stubby white tail purred.

Cactuskit stretched up onto her paws. Her legs were shaky as she stood and came to star into the aqua gaze of a small black kit. "Hi, I'm Splashkit!" Splashkit yelled.

Cactuskit flattened her ears at the sound of the obnoxious she-cats voice. "Nice to meet you. Are you my littermate?"she asked with a cock of her tiny head.

The light brown queen's eyes glittered with worry then she said, "I guess you could say that dear. I'm Rabbittail."

"Hello, Rabbittail." Cactuskit squeaked with delight.

"Come on, Cactuskit! Let's go see the camp!" Splashkit squealed with excitement.

Cactuskit stared at the black kit with narrowed eyes. Why was she so loud? Cactuskit sighed then followed her sister with reluctance. "Be careful!" Rabbittail called after them.

The moment Cactuskit stepped into the bright light, her eyes went black and she shook her head with irritation. "Don't worry, you'll get use to the sun!" Splashkit called from a few tail lengths away.

Once her emerald vision got use to the suns light, she saw Splashkit beckoning her with her tail. Full of energy, Cactuskit immediately started running. But soon, something tripped her up and she fell right on her face. Offgh!

"Hey, kits, be careful!" a some-what deep voice warned.

Cactuskit opened her eyes to see the tip of her tail in front of her nose. She hissed with sudden irritation as she tried to stand up but stumbled back to the dusty ground. The muffles of laughs and purrs sounded through the camp. Cactuskit's fur grew hot with embarrassment until another cat helped her up. Her fur was now hot with pure rage. "What did you do that for? I almost had myself up!" she snapped at the cat.

A dark brown tom stood in front of her with white forepaws and blue eyes. "Sorry, Cactuskit. I was just trying to help." he meowed with a shrug.

Cactuskit watched the tom pad away. How dare he do that? Now everyone would be talking about how the helpless Cactuskit was helped up by an apprentice. "Err.. Maybe you should go back to the nursery." Splashkit whispered to her then scampered away to another den.

Cactuskit lowered her head and began to pad back to where she came from. Her paws ached from running and her chin was scraped from the hard ground. Her littermate abandoned her and her Clan makes fun of her. What did she do to deserve that? "Kittypet." a snarl sounded from a large black and brown tabby tom.

"Rouge." a hiss came from a light brown tom.

Cactuskit's belly felt sick. Why would her clanmates talk to her like this? What did she do to deserve such behavior? Cactuskit raised her tail and ran as fast as she could to the nursery. She nearly crashed into Rabbittail when she was getting up from her nest. "What's wrong, Cactuskit?" she asked with a worried amber gaze.

"Nothing," she wailed as she laid down in her nest again.

"Hareleap, will you watch Cactuskit while I go have a talk with some of our warriors?" Rabbittail growled to a neighboring queen.

"What? StarClan no! I'm not watching over some rouge's kit!" she hissed fiercely.

"What? She's just a kit! She's probably nothing like her mother!" Rabbittail growled defensively.

Hareleap lifted her muzzle and growled, "Fine. But hurry back, I won't watch her for long."

As soon as Cactuskit's mother left, she glanced at Hareleap slightly through the corner of her eye. "Keep your eyes away from me, rouge! I don't trust you for one bit!" she snapped.

Cactuskit laid her head down on the soft moss and closed her eyes. Rouge? Trust her? Where was all this coming from? She had only just opened her eyes today!

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-Nightwish