Havenspirit's Heart - Chapter One

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A stream sparkled in the sunlight, stones, smooth and round, clearly visible through the clear water. Grasses dipping their heads into the water, like storks drinking water, from a soft wind that made dead leaves spiral on the ground, and lifting branches on tress softly.

Sunlight continued to sparkle on the stream, watching the water slide past freely, bringing with it a small scrap of fur, mottled grey and white tabby. The kit's fur was washed clean, free of debris, and bore no trace of the previous night's ordeal, except from several shallow scratches under her fur. The river continued to move the kit slowly, and the dragging her with the current, sweeping her over the smooth rocks, and past the dipping grasses. Under the kit, her fur became tangled by some large rocks, trapping her fur in them. Now suspended, the kit hung, floating on the water belly up, as the wind blew fiercely to move her.

A reed stalk dipped down to meet her, controlled by the wind. It touched her nose, and swayed there slightly, brushing her, and tickling her unknowingly. Havenkit didn't react, as she was too deeply unconscious. The reed bobbed back up again, straightening itself back up, but the wind dipped it towards the seemingly dead she-kit, tickling her again. The wind blew fiercely, relentlessly brushing against her, creating a sensation that even a knocked out kit couldn't ignore. Havenkit flinched, her face being tickled from the reed, and she sneezed, eyes flying open.

Her movement woke her up, but it also dislodged her fur, letting the current manipulate her and continue to sweep her downstream. Havenkit bobbed easily, and she unconsciously used her tail as a rudder, feeling the stones under it. Her eyes narrowed in the sunlight, as they took in her new surroundings. A tree shaded her, but it was moving slowly, getting progressively faster, getting farther, until its shadow was unable to cover her. Only then she realized, that she was in a river. She was cold and wet, and she was far, far away from where she was from.

She gasped, and turned, but flipped herself over, making her tail stick into the air. She held her breath, holding to her only intake of air before she plunged. She gazed as the stones under her, at least a tail-length down. Her paws couldn't reach that! Panicking, she broke the surface of the air, and she reared, her head thrown back, water droplets sparkling in the sunlight, scattering in the air. She couldn't feel her paws, as they were slowly numbing from the cold water. Looking down, she was slowly sinking, the stone slowly becoming clearer and more defined. She flailed her paws, struggling to keep afloat, her fur dragging her down. As her mouth began to touch the water, still thrown back, she felt a flash of hopelessness, and was ready to drown, until a bolt of realization hit her. She didn't want to die. She wanted to survive, LIVE!

Determination sparked in her eyes, and she put one paw in front of each other, slowly paddling through the water. Slowly, painstakingly slowly, she made her way to the shore, water being replaced by stones as she travelled from the middle of the river, where she had lost hope, with nothing to hold her except water, to the slowly becoming closer shore, where the depth of the water became shallower, giving her more hope and determination to finish what she started. Finally, after what seemed like nine lifetimes, her flailing foot's tip touching and moving a pebble, making it skitter down to the deeper part of the river. Havenkit's hopes soared, and she continued paddling. She reached the shore, feeling her feet settle on the stony pebbles.

Waddling ashore, her feet stiff with tiredness, Havenkit turned back towards the river, her eyes sparkling with achievement. She collapsed, her legs buckling and folding under her, as she sat down on the stony shore, small rocks starting to dig into her soft pads. She panted with exhaustion, and silently thanked all of VoidClan and her ancestors, giving her strength to conquer the river. Her ears flattened against her head, feeling the wet fur. She watched the river as it flowed past, sweeping some debris from VoidClan knew where, watching the driftwood and bark slide past. But she couldn't sustain her act for long. Within a few seconds of watching the water, she blanked out, her energy spent.

Her dreams were dark and confusing. She opened her eyes, but the world was quieter, but still the same. Havenkit watched on top of a hollow, it's floor muddy and puddle-filled, and watched as cats slowly progress their way through the hollow, their fur sticky with mud and their eyes dull with exhaustion and grief. She watched as a green eyed calico she-cat stumbled in the mud, sobbing quietly. Beside her, small brown tabby she-cat sat beside her, ears flat with unhappiness. Cats progressed slowly, and her sight of the campsite faded.

Havenkit opened her eyes, blinking them sleepily, and her mind drifted back to her dream. She lifted her head for a moment before placing it back on her chin, eyes half closed. Blinking she wandered back into the memory. A calico she-cat? A brown tabby? The two cats were familiar to the small she-cat, but the recognition of them faded away as Havenkit tried to identify the two. She cried softly, trying to regain her memory.

Slowly picking herself up, the grey and white mottled tabby she-kit looked around warily. The sun had started rising over a faraway forest, and further away, was a mountain range, with snow capping its peaks. Havenkit tipped her head questioningly. Why does the forest look so familiar? Why am I here? What caused this to happen? The quiet she-kit was filled with questions, and her eyes were filled with misery. Let me die here. She growled. Her stomach rumbled, empty, and her head spun. She wasn't going to survive for any longer like this. Let death take me. She closed her eyes, determined not to move until she joined the starlight that had faded away in the morning sun, until, she heard a shout.

"Hey!" A cat's shadow blocked the sunlight. Havenkit looked up at the black she-cat that towered over her, her white chest catching the sunlight's rays. "Ottertail, Ender! Look who I've found!"

ASoBS says:

Hey everyone! Thanks for all of your reviews during the prologue of this book! Here, in this section, I will post a commentary and an update of when the next chapter is coming out, so then you can look out for it. Shout outs will happen here, too, for the first reviewers, so, try to be a first! Also, on special updates, like the 5th Chapter, I will be keeping track of people reviewing, so I can give them treats! Anyway, the next chapter should be out on the 6-7th of December.

Shoutouts ~

To everyone who reviewed! Next week and all the other chapters though, the first three or two will be shouted out!

Review Corner ~

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Thanks for all of your responses with last week's question! The answer will be revealed, just look at the allegiances! Now, What should Havenkit do with this unknown cat? What will she do next?

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