Chapter 1

"Come on, Darkit! Open your eyes already!" Darkits sister, Lightkit complained.

Darkkit let out a mew of protest, then curled up into her nest. She could hear Lightkit growl, then walk away. Darkkit let out a sigh of relief.

'In my own time, I will open my eyes." Darkkit thought to herself.

Her thoughts broke when something hard and heavy landed on her. Pain surged through her as It crawled over her. She forcefully opened her eyes, and saw her sister Lightkit hop off of her.

"Great! Your eyes are open! Now let's go explore!" Lightkit cheered.

"Stop right there!" Dovewing padded to her kits, glaring at Lightkit. "Why did you do that? Darkkit would've opened her eyes in her own time!"

"But It took so long, and you said I couldn't explore until she opened her eyes!" Lightkit protested.

Caught up In the argument, Darkkit let out a growl. "Stop! It's fine...I should've opened my eyes sooner."

Dovewing was about to protest, but instead just glared at Darkkit. Darkkit tilted her head In wonder as Dovewing continued to stare at her, with her face full of concern. 'What? Is there something wrong with me?' Darkkit worried silently.

Darkkit looked away and broke Dovewings long stare. Darkkit sat up, and started to run out of the nursery. 'Doesn't she like me?' Darkkit thought, blinking away tears.

She was just about to run into Lightningkit, when she stopped herself by skidding to a halt. "Darkkit! Your eyes are open-"

Lightningkit stopped his sentence, and stared Into her eyes. Many other cats crowded around her, staring in awe. Darkkit could no longer hold back her tears as she pushed through the crowd.

"Wait! Darkkit, come back!" Her mother Dovewing screeched as she ran to the camps exit.

She ignored the command and ran straight out of camp, and into the warm, green forest.

'Whats wrong with me?'

Lightkit watched as her sister ran into the forest, leaving the rest of the clan to stare in awe. 'Huh? Why did they stare?' Lightkit questioned.

"Send a patrol after her!" She heard Squirrelflight order the clan.

"Why did she leave?" Lightkit asked Bumblestripe, her father.

"I don't know. But don't worry, I'm going to find her, and bring her back safely!" before she could ask more, he broke off in a run and left her with Dovewing.

Lightkit stared at her mothers eyes, looking for any look giving information about Darkkit. She searched through her face, and found a strong emotion.

Regret.

Lightkit backed away from her mother, slowly getting closer to the endless forest that loomed over her. She waited until all of the cats were looked away, then she ran into the forest, following her sister's scent trail.

'Hmm...where are you…' She thought.

Lightkit felt her paws tense when she could no longer smell Darkkit's scent. She scented the air once more, giving her nothing but the scent of trees.

'Okay, If I were Darkkit, where would I go…' She thought.

She thought of Darkkit, trying to connect to where she might be. Then she suddenly heard a small noise of water. The scent of salt covered her like a heavy mist.

'The river!' Lightkit thought, determined to find her sister.

She quickly headed to the scent of salt water as she ran to the river. And sure enough, Darkkit was there, staring into the water.

"Darkkit!" She called out.

Darkkit winced and turned around. Lightkit happily padded to her, fighting back the numbness in her paws.

"What are you doing here? How did you find me?" Darkkit cried.

"I followed your scent trail and...well, the rest Is hard to explain. But I found you! What are you doing here anyway? Why did you run?" Lightkit let her questions pour out of her.

"Can't you see me?" Darkkit cried, "my eyes are weird! One of them is blue, and the other is purple!"

"There you two are!" Darkkit saw Ivypool, Finchpaw, Mousepaw, Sandstorm, and Bumblestripe rush over to them.

Darkkit felt winced when Bumblestripe stared at her strange eyes. She quickly turned away before they watched her even more.

"Come on! Let's get you two back to camp!" Ivypool ordered.

They were dragged back to camp, and back into the nursery where Dovewing waited. Dovewing quickly started talking, but Darkkit didn't want to listen. She ignored what Dovewing said, and waited till the end to say, 'okay'.

'Ugh, that was tiring…' Darkkit heard a voice in her head.

'What?" She thought.

'Huh? Who are you? Wait, Darkkit is that you?' The voice grew louder, as Lightkit turned to her, not speaking a word.

'Wait, can you hear me?' Darkkit thought, pushing down the fear.

"Y-yeah!' The voice answered. 'It's me, Lightkit! Are we in each other's thoughts?'