I will respond to the reviews in the author's note if I have time. In this fanfic, I will alternate between Night and Dust's POV. The even numbered chapters will be Dust, and the odd numbered chapter's will be Night, unless otherwise specified.

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Chapter 2 : Realization

"C'mon, Nightkit! Wake up!"

Dustkit softly battered at her sister's downy pelt with pale brown paws, spring-green eyes wide with excitement. The color of her gaze was recently discovered the day before, and everyone was talking about it. At least, she thought everyone was talking about it.

Nightkit's eye color has not been revealed yet.

The dark tortoiseshell she-cat groaned and shifted in her nest in response to Dustkit's incessant yet gentle pummeling.

"Go 'way," She murmured, a sleepy lull in her voice.

Dustkit growled and swiped at her sister's ear with a clumsy, soft paw. She missed by a mouse-length. She probably needed to work on her aim.

When it became apparent that Nightkit wasn't to get up anytime soon, Dustkit scurried out of the nursery and into the medicine den. She had been brought to the medicine den the day before, and the little she-cat was fascinated with all of the herbs in the stock.

Aldernose, an older stone-gray tom with constantly unkempt fur, was counting a pile of tiny black specks. Dustkit waggled her little tail and clambered over to him over the piles of moss that the patients slept in. Luckily, no cat had stayed overnight, and the den was empty, not including the gray medicine cat.

Upon Dustkit's arrival, the tom groaned. "Here to pester me again, little kit?"

Not knowing what 'pester' meant, Dustkit nodded.

Aldernose snorted and pushed a budding flower toward her. The petals were a sunshine-yellow.

"This is celandine," Aldernose explained. "Useful for wounded eyes."

Dustkit was bewildered, and she sniffed the four-petaled blossom. "How does this help?"

Aldernose shrugged. "I was never taught why the herbs worked by my mentor, so I don't have the knowledge to inform you," He meowed, plucking the golden flower from the brown she-cat's paws and dropping it back in its pile.

Dustkit noticed the little mountain of dark specks that Aldernose was combing through. "Are those ants?" The inquisitive kit asked, remembering an ant she and Nightkit had seen in the nursery.

Aldernose snorted, however not with amusement. "These are poppy seeds. They can make a cat drowsy, dull their pain, or soothe them."

The she-cat's light-green eyes widened with curiosity. Maybe she could wake Nightkit up with a different type of herb, like the opposite of poppy seeds. "Is there an herb to wake up a cat?" She asked, sniffing around the herb store as if she had the ability to find the right herb using her inexperienced nose.

Aldernose nodded, and pulled a leaf from his store that resembled a fern. Dustkit studied it intently.

"This is ragweed. Why do you ask, Dustkit?" The gray tom asked, putting the leaf back.

"No reason!" The pale, sandy-brown she-cat lied, and promptly exited the den, darting back to the bramble nursery, the scent of milk emanating from the structure.

"I can't wait until Nightkit's eyes change color. Of course, if they change color. She looks so adorable with blue! Or maybe green, like Sandblossom! Or amber, like Cedarclaw!" A gray pelted she-cat cooed nearby. Her white-furred companion nodded, agreeing.

"I was disappointed when Dustkit's eyes turned green. Amber eyes would've suited her pelt better."

Dustkit turned away, not wanting to eavesdrop on a conversation between two fully-grown warriors. At least, that's the reason she gave herself.

Before going inside, she silently crept behind the den and found a fern that looked very similar to the ragweed leaf.

Dustkit tugged at the fern, and the green stem broke off from the main plant. She triumphantly clutched it in her tiny maw, and trotted back into the nursery.

Nightkit was still in her nest, her tail curled around her lithe frame. Her soft breath gently disturbed the moss in her bedding, and it was mesmerizing to watch.

Dustkit clambered up to her and prodded her muzzle with a paw.

Nightkit bared her teeth in a drowsy yet ferocious snarl, squeezing her eyes shut.

"Eat this herb, Nightkit!" Dustkit mewed, pushing the frond-like leaf onto her muzzle. "It will, um, make you the fastest cat in the clans!"

Nightkit grumbled, slightly incredulous, but proceeded to chew on the leaf.

Instantly, the dappled kit spat it out, eyes shooting open. "What is that?" She asked, cleaning her tongue with her paws.

However, Dustkit could not bring herself to respond.

Nightkit's gaze was a beautiful shade of gold. It matched her pelt perfectly.

"Dustkit?"

Their commotion had caused Sandblossom to wake up from her slumber. She opened her jaws wide, exposing her white teeth and pink tongue, in a huge yawn. When the lightly-colored tortoiseshell she-cat noticed her daughter's eyes, her mouth formed a cheerful grin.

Their mother then alerted every cat in the clan that Nightkit's eyes had finally come.

Way more cats scrambled to gawk over Nightkit's golden orbs than Dustkit's eye color announcement.

Nightkit was extremely sleepy. Dustkit wasn't sure why.

"All cats old enough to swim gather beneath the Speaking Oak for a clan meeting!"

Dustkit heard Sedgestar's yowl. She wasn't allowed to attend the meeting, since she couldn't swim, but she watched from the nursery entrance. With a pang of envy, she saw Sandblossom carry Nightkit by the scruff to the roots of the Speaking Oak.

"Cats of DawnClan, Nightkit's eye color has been pronounced!" Sedgestar declared. Sandblossom lifted Nightkit high above the crowd. Her yellow-gold gaze shone in the sunlight.

Dustkit saw Cedarclaw beam from afar with pride.

Dustkit saw Sandblossom victoriously raise Nightkit for all to see.

Dustkit saw the entire clan gush over how cute Nightkit was.

Dustkit saw a look of glory flash in Nightkit's newly-golden eyes.

And she realized that they, although they were littermates, would never be equal.

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