Hey guys! Guess who's back? Back again? Eagleflame's back! Yay! I know it's been a long time...like...a really REALLY long time. Heh...sorry about that... Anyways, I hope you guys like the chapter! It's kind of short, though...so...BEWARE!
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Blaze- Thanks Blaze! And it's ok that Amberkit and Emberkit are similar names, considering they are very different cats. :)
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Crystal- Thanks! And I think Skykit's cool too ;)
Those are all the reviews! Thank you guys so much for all the support! And now onto the chapter!
Skykit's POV
Throughout the forest thunder boomed and lightning lit up the cloud darkened sky. Outside of the nursery, rain poured down upon the sand floor of the ThunderClan camp, turning the ground to mud.
Skykit growled with annoyance and flattened his ears against his head as another crash of thunder shook the sky. It had been raining all day so Skykit had been forced to stay in the nursery until the storm had died down. But of course, it hadn't. At sunrise, Foreststar had called a Clan meeting, ordering all cats not to leave the camp alone; even banned the apprentices from going outside the camp all together.
At that time, the storm had been making it's way through RiverClan territory, swelling the rivers around it. Luckily, the dawn patrol saw the thunder clouds in the distance and the rain pouring out from them. They had hurried back to warn Foreststar.
Skykit let out an irritated hmph and swished his tail across the nursery floor.
"Skykit, will you be quiet please?" Daisytail scolded her kit, blue eyes flashing.
"But Daisytail." The black and white kit whined. "I've been stuck inside all day! And Emberkit's been sleeping the whole time." Skykit cast an accusing glare at the ginger and white she-kit curled up next to her mother.
"Well you can't blame her." Daisytail mewed. "After all, she did fall into a stream."
Skykit growled, sarcasm lacing his voice. "Ooooh. A stream."
The queen sighed and swept Skykit towards her with her tail, ignoring his mewls of protests. "No more talking tonight. It's high time you went to sleep."
"But I don't wanna sleep!" The black and white kit grumbled, mew muffled by Daisytail's tail fur. He spit the fluff out of his mouth and repeated what he said.
"You are going to sleep," She said, interrupting an angry Skykit. "And I don't want to hear anymore of her whining!"
Skykit cast an annoyed look at his mother before reluctantly curling up in her tail fluff. The young kit drifted off into a disturbed sleep, haunted by nightmares of crashing waves and deafening thunder.
Emberkit's POV
The strangely amber colored world around was blurred and fuzzy. Emberkit stretched open her eyes and immediately scrambled backwards; in front of her face were the bright amber eyes of her father, Leopardclaw.
"Leopardclaw!" Cloudsweep gasped. "Look what you did! You scared the poor baby out of her fur!"
Emberkit fluffed her ginger and white fur up. "I am not scared!" She protested, padding forwards to stare definitely at her father. Leopardclaw chuckled, a purr rumbling deep in his throat. He nuzzled Emberkit and gazed at her with loving eyes.
"I bet."
Cloudsweep purred and flicked Leoparclaw lightly with her tail. "Has it stopped raining yet?"
The muscular warrior nodded. "Yes, it has. But I suspect it'll rain more by sunhigh."
Emberkit bounced on her paws, her eyes alight with excitement. "Can I go play in the rain?"
Emberkit's parents exchanged a worried look.
Cloudsweep rested her tail on Emberkit's back. "I don't know, your still quite young and you might get a cold..."
"Please Cloudsweep!" She begged, widening her eyes hopefully. The kit turned to Leopardclaw. "Please?"
Leopardclaw was looking anywhere but Emberkit, he knew if her did he would have to give in. Finally the ginger tom looked at his daughter. "Oh, I can't say no to you. Yes, you can go outside."
Coudsweep gave her mate a look.
"What?" He exclaimed. "Tell me you can say no to that face!"
Cloudsweep sighed and shook her head. She put her head down and closed her eyes.
Emberkit crouched in the dense walls of brambles. Her tail quivered with anticipation. Suddenly something rustled to her left. She snapped her head around and saw a white and black shape squirming towards her. Emberkit sighed. Skykit.
"What are you doing, Emberkit?" The tom-kit asked.
"Shhhh! Not so loud!" the ginger kit hissed. "I'm going to sneak out of camp."
Skykit's eyes widened. "What, why? Leopardclaw and Cloudsweep would be furious!"
Emberkit shook her head, "I don't care. I have to see the river." Her eyes sparkled with wonder. "The elders were telling me that there's an even bigger river on the border between ThunderClan and RiverClan!"
"No!"
"Yes."
Skykit mewed, "Don't go Emberkit. Remember the last time you fell in the river?"
"That's why I have to go! I just can't stop thinking about it!" Emberkit persisted.
"You just can't-" The tom-kit broke off. "You know what, fine. Go swim in the river like a slimy fish. See if I care."
"Skykit-" The ginger kit meowed. But her friend was already wiggling out of the wall of thorns. Emberkit shook her head and concentrated on getting herself through the camp wall without leaving behind half of her pelt.
When she finally squeezed herself out of the fur-trap and stood panting on the other side. She whipped her head around and crouched down next to a bush a tail length away, searching for warriors. Once the coast was clear, she bounded away through the forest, enjoying the feeling of mulch beneath her paws and hearing the rustle of leaves above her head.
"Emberkit!" The faint call of her mother carried on the breeze. But Emberkit ignored it and ran deeper into the woods.
Emberkit stopped in her tracks, panting. She had run all the way from the camp to a large light brown rock jutting out from the ground. Her nose twitched, suddenly picking up a strange smell. And right after that smell had wrapped itself around her, a loud roaring noise filled Emberkit's ears. The kit layed her ears flat against her head, desperate to deafen the ear-splitting roar.
Suddenly a thought popped up in Emberkit's head. That must be the river!
She squealed with delight, flipped her ears back up, and bounded forward, running quickly across the warm stone. With every step, the smell and sounds of the water grew stronger, drawing Emberkit nearer and nearer.
Then the rock abruptly cut off, a tail-length down the churning river finally showed itself. Emberkit let out a startled cry and skidded to a halt, less than a mouse-length from the edge of the cliff. It took her a few moments to take in the sparkling water, but after her amber eyes got adjusted to shining light, she let out a purr of content.
"It's wonderful." Emberkit whispered to herself. She looked around, suddenly desperate to get down the stones and into the river. Aha! The little kit thought. To the left was a slope that led down to river. She bounded down the declining rock and paused at the edge of the rushing water. Reeds dotted the banks and behind her, ferns spread out into the forest, merging with the bramble bushes and trees.
Emberkit tentivly dipped her paw into the sparkling water and recoiled as it's chill soaked into her ginger fur. A dark shape suddenly streaked through the water. Emberkit jumped back and narrowed her eyes and the shape. She tip-toed towards the water and peered closer at the dark splotch. It suddenly leapt out of the water and into the air.
Once again Emberkit leaped backwards. The...thing...that jumped out the water was covered in silver scales and was shaped like a weird Holly leaf.
"It's a fish." a voice said.
Emberkit whipped her head around and found the source of the voice. It was a dark gray she-cat with different shades of lighter, bluish and darker grey mixed into her fur. The kit stepped out from the shadows from across the river and stared definitely at Emberkit.
"Who are you?" Emberkit meowed. The ginger kit eyed the RiverClan kit: she looked about the same age.
"Cinderkit." She replied. "And this is Amberkit."
Cinderkit turned around and started talking to the plants behind her. Emberkit cocked her head. Is this cat insane? She thought.
After a few more moments of talking to nothing, Cinderkit turned around, her eyes alight with triumph. Then another kit walked out from the shadows! Two of them!
"Hi." The new kit mumbled. Her ginger and white fur was ruffled and her blue eyes were uneasy. "I'm Amberkit."
Emberkit waved her tail in greeting. She opened her mouth to speak, when Amberkit suddenly turned to Cinderkit.
"We shouldn't be here!" The ginger kit hissed.
Cinderkit rolled her eyes. "Just because Sunkit is sick, doesn't mean that we couldn't go on an adventure! And besides, it's not like Otterstar's going to kick us out of RiverClan if she founds out we escaped again. Or will she...?"
Amberkit gasped and stared at her sister in horror. "I don't want to be kicked out of RiverClan!"
"I was kidding! Just kidding!" The grey sister defended herself.
Amberkit shook her head. "No, I have to go." She started backing up into the woods. "Nice to meet you!" The RiverClan cat called back before turning around and running off into the trees.
Cinderkit sighed and turned her attention back towards Emberkit. "She can be paranoid at times."
Emberkit laughed and shook out her ginger fur.
"Emberkit!" A cat's call sounded echoed through the forest.
"Uh-oh." The ThunderClan kit whispered.
Cinderkit sharply breathed in. "Ooh. I better run. Good luck with your...punishment..." The grey kit turned around and quickly ran away.
"Emberkit." A low voice growled from behind the ginger kit. Emberkit slowly turned around, ears pressed flat against her head. Sitting behind her was a patrol of four cats: Leopardclaw, Mintleaf, Flaregaze and Icepaw.
And that was the chapter! I hope you all liked it! Onto the QOTD!
QOTD- What is your favorite holiday?
AOTD- Christmas- because I get to see my family and there is tons of snow! Plus, first Christmas at my new house! :D
Thank you for reading, and until next time, cherrio!