Chapter 11

"Death Trap! Death Trap!" Tigerpaw shouted.

Death Trap was standing at the border looking thoughtful. She flicked one eye towards him. "Something important for me Tigerpaw?" She asked. Then she looked away again.

"Wingshadow is an easily angered cat. And she kills cats when she gets angry." Tigerpaw announced eagerly.

Death Trap's fur had rose up angrily when she heard Wingshadow's name, but aside from that she didn't have any reaction. Tigerpaw frowned. Didn't she think that was important? "Uh-huh Tigerpaw." Death Trap muttered sounding distracted. "Now tell me," She turned towards him with new interest, "what do you know about Bluepaw?"


"Windkit! Keep up!" Shadowkit shouted. She, Riverkit, and Thunderkit turned around to watch Windkit struggle after them. "You're so slow." Shadowkit groaned.

"Shadowkit!" Thunderkit exclaimed. "Stop being so mean."

Shadowkit turned to him. "We don't have much time before someone notices us. If Windkit stays so slow we won't get to explore as much." She reminded him. They had snuck out of camp to explore their neew territory, but somehow Shadowkit didn't think Stormstar would approve of that.

Windkit bounded up to them. "I'm here." She panted. "I'm here. . ."

"Great! Let's go!" Shadowkit declared. She leapt forward, going through some bushes. The other ktis followed suit, but they got quite a surprise on the other side.

There was a loner there. "Intruder!" Thunderkit shouted. He and Shadowkit got into an attack stance. Riverkit just looked around in confusion, as if trying to catch up with what had happened. Windkit though, screamed.

The loner leapt back a little, eyes wide. "Quiet!" She hissed.

Windkit whirled around and started back towards camp. The loner's fear quickly turned to anger. She shot after Windkit, caught up with her in a few seconds, and swung her to the side with her paw.

"Leave her alone!" Shadowkit shouted. She jumped onto the loner's back and tried to attack. But they were all still kits and the loner managed to shake her off easily. Shadowkit fell to the side.

Riverkit attacked too, Thunderkit seemed to have disappeared. The loner swung Riverkit away, slamming him into the same tree as Windkit. Then she bounded over and ripped her claws into Windkit's chest. Windkit let out a yowl of pain as her rather weak chest was torn into. Then there was the sound of cats coming. The loner looked up. "Looks like you're in luck this time." She hissed. Then she dashed away, giving Riverkit a hit in the head as she went, disappearing just as Stormstar, Angelwing, and Thunderkit came into view.

"Windkit!" Thunderkit cried.

Windkit had stopped making any sounds of pain, and her chest wasn't moving. "Oh my Starclan." Stormstar breathed.

Angelwing walked over and looked at Windkit. Without looking back at the others she shook her head. "I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do."

Stormstar looked at the ground. For a moment his expression was blank and no one knew what to expect. Then he lifted his head. "You know what, it's fine. My mate died, my first apprentice had to become a medicine cat, and my second apprentice died. Why would I expect this not to happen?"

"Stormstar-" Angelwing started.

"Let's get back to camp. We have to hold vigil for Windkit." He turned around and started back towards camp.

Angelwing picked up Windkit and followed him. She set Windkit's body down once they reached camp and walked over to Stormstar, who was heading towards where he held announcements. "Stormstar," She tried again. "Just don't forget, you haven't lost everything. You still have three kits, and you need to remember them."

Stormstar nodded. "That's true. And, I still have my sister." He looked at her. They were siblings after all. Angelwing gave a small nod, looking down at the ground. "Now, I have to tell everyone what's happened." He turned around and clambered the rest of the way up his rocks.

(I feel like I'm killing off more cats than in the actual series, especially since Windkit won't be the last. But maybe that's just me. And was this chapter rushed, or was that me too?)