Chapter 57
Icekit's POV
That's right! You don't mess with my sisters! Icekit thought as he stood on the dead fox's snout. He turned around and saw his sisters staring in awe. Leafstar's face was passive, and Frecklewish seemed to know more than she should have.
"Come on, let's get back to camp before anyone notices," Icekit said as he told his sisters to get up.
"When did you learn to do that?!" Cedarkit squeaked. "I want to learn how to do that!"
"I don't know, it just happened and I took advantage of it," Icekit shrugged.
"I think the big cats will notice the blood all over you," Littlekit squeaked as a little of the blood brushed on her. "That was so scary."
"Don't worry I will just wa-" Icekit stopped as he stood gazing up at his leader, jaw dropped on about what just happened.
"Can we worry now?" Littlekit asked as she gazed up, looking at Leafstar.
"Uh oh," Cedarkit squeaked. "I think we just got busted."
"You're going to be in big trouble!. Just don't tell anyone about what Icekit just did. We don't need the Clan worrying about… that. We'll say that a fox came and Leafstar drove it away," Frecklewish mewed, staring into Icekit's blood soaked fur. "Come with me kits, we'll wash Icekit in the river, then head back to camp. Your mother will be looking for you. You've probably worried her out of her mind! She's going to be really mad at you."
"Okay, Frecklewish!" they squeaked, still excited.
After stopping by a nearby creek to wash Icekit, they headed back towards the hollow. Cedarkit and Littlekit were still enthusiastic over Icekit's defeat of the fox. They emerged from the forest back into the gorge. Leafstar padded over where Firecloud and Sandywind were standing, looking agitated.
"Firecloud! Your kits are safe!" Leafstar howled as Icekit saw Firecloud and Sandywind run towards them.
"My kits! Are you okay? Icekit, you smell of blood! What happened?" Firecloud asked.
"We're fine! The fox was about to attack us and Icekit stood in front of us and-" Cedarkit mewed.
"And then Leafstar came and saved us and I got messy," Icekit interrupted, preventing their cover from being ruined.
"Leafstar, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! I can not express how grateful I am to you!" Firecloud thanked.
You mean how proud you are of me, Mama. I wish I could tell you. You would be so proud of me… I killed a fox! A full grown fox!
"No trouble. I think your kits need to take a nap. It's been a very long day for them and very dramatic," Leafstar replied.
"Littlekit, Cedarkit, Icekit, it's safe to go into the den. Let's have a nap, now. You must have had a lot of excitement for one day. Oh, and also, no leaving the nursery for a quarter-moon," Firecloud mewed as they walked into the nursery. Cedarkit and Littlekit started pouting, but Icekit just trudged over to his nest and fell asleep, exhausted from the day's events.
As soon as Icekit opened his eyes, he found himself in a grassy meadow, and saw what appeared to be another kit, a she-cat with white fur and ice blue eyes.
Maybe she's another one of those cats like Skywatcher!
"Hello? My name is Icekit. What's your name?" Icekit called to the she-kit.
"Who, me? Are you talking to me?" the she-cat asked, turning around.
"Yes, what's your name?" Icekit asked.
"My name is Snowkit! So you're another kit too?" Snowkit asked.
"Yeah. I haven't seen you before in SkyClan. Do you live here?"
"SkyClan? What's that? I live in ThunderClan! And the only clans that I know of are ThunderClan, WindClan, ShadowClan, and RiverClan."
"You live with the Clans! That's so cool! SkyClan lives alone in the forest. I wish we had other Clans around."
"Are you real? I'm probably just dreaming… I've never heard of SkyClan."
"Of course I'm real! A fox invaded our camp today, and I fought it off!"
"Oh I don't believe you."
"I did," Icekit insisted.
"Well, if you did, can you show me some moves?"
"Sure."