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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 19, 2010 7:22:15 GMT 10
Sunsetcloud skirted around the camp of Echoclan, she craned her neck to see three sweet little kits, each one as cute as the other. She knew it was silly to creep in another clan territory just to take care and befriend a few kits, but she couldn't stop herself trying to lure the kits over to her.
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 19, 2010 15:34:59 GMT 10
Amberkit bounced out of the nursery with two of Mythwing's five kits tumbling after her. The other three, Echokit, Fernkit and Leopardkit, were outside
"I can't wait 'till I'm an apprentice!" Oakkit boomed, "I mean, all of us are old enough now!"
"... Except for me ..." Amberkit whimpered.
"It's alright!" Foxkit meowed. He stood beside the pure white kit, his auburn pelt brushing with hers. His yellow-amber eyes glowed, "You're only a moon younger than us! That doesn't stop us from still being friends!"
"Thanks, Fox!" Amberkit meowed. She felt a warm sensation in her heart, glowing like Foxkit's eyes, "You're so ni-"
"SSSH!" Echokit hissed. She crouched in the dust behind a rock, her hackles raised, and her sightless blue eyes flashing with alarm, "I smell something!"
Leopardkit sniffed, "Me too!"
"SHHH!!!" Echokit repeated, "Get down!"
Amberkit, Foxkit, Fernkit, Leopardkit and Oakkit crouched down in a line beside Echokit.
"I-it smells like Rogues!" Fernkit whispered.
"Yeah!" Oakkit agreed, "we should attack! They're probably back to steal prey or to take-over the camp!"
"But ... but what about what Skorpion said? He's gone good now!" Fernkit murmured, "Surely he wouldn't have lied to us after all that!" She took a peek over the top of the rock to spy a golden cat with long, silky fur.
"Maybe he hasn't told the rest of his cluster yet!" Oakkit hissed, "we can never be to cautious! Let's just knock the intruder over, keep them on the ground, and if they're okay, let them up again! If they're bad, we'll un-sheath our claws!"
"Okay ..." Fernkit meowed, "but if they're good, we won't hurt them ..."
Oakkit didn't listen. He heaved-in a lungful of air and gave a monstrous battle-cry, "ATTACK!!!"
All six kits leaped out from their hiding-spot and landed on the intruder. All of their weight kept the cat down while they inspected her.
"STOP!" Leopardkit yowled, "... this cat isn't a Rogue! Sure, they have a similar smell - sand and flame - but not the same bitter edge to it! Get off!"
Echokit inhaled. "Leopardkit's right! She smells like FlameClan!"
The six kits pushed themselves off the cat.
"We're so sorry!" Foxkit murmured to the strange cat.
Amberkit's amber eyes grew round as she watched her best friend. He was so considerate!
"Are you okay?" she meowed. |
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 19, 2010 16:08:41 GMT 10
Sunsetcloud, despite being winded by the six kits tackling her to the ground.
"It's alright" she gasped. The familiar warm feeling of love and caring flooded into her.
These ones are the most playful and sweet kits in the world she thought affectionally. She managed to get up, wincing as one of her bones cracked into place.
"I haven't managed to introduce myself, have I" she smiled kindly, though being alert the kits could always change their mind if they started to doubt she was really a friendly clan cat.
"I am Sunsetcloud. Do you know Flameclan's leader, Sunstreak? Well, I'm her mother"
She felt a shoot of pride at the two words; leader, Sunstreak
"Anyway, do you kits want to play or relax or do anything? I can take care of you for a while"
She observed the kits. They seemed like the sweet, cute types, yet talented and strong.
I bet that tortiseshell tom kit is a good warrior she thought with amusement. The ginger tom seemed pretty good as well.
She then observed the she-kits. They were all gorgoeus, with fluffy kit coats, which were starting to shed and become firmer, pointing out these six kits would beome apprentices soon
They all seem very talented she thought absentmindedly, her mind filled with the pictures of the kits
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 19, 2010 16:27:04 GMT 10
Leopardkit gasped, "You're Sunstreak's mother?!?"
She saw Oakkit start. "She's one of the greatest leaders!" he meowed. He puffed-out his chest, "I wanna become a leader! And be known as one of the greatest warriors in EchoClan!"
"I want to become EchoClan's medicine cat!" Fernkit purred
"I want to be a great warrior as well!" Echokit cried
"Me too!" Leopardkit added, nodding her head
"Me too ..." Foxkit gazed at Amberkit, "what about you?"
"Well ..." Amberkit murmured, "I wanna be a warrior and a queen!"
"Cool!" Leopardkit purred. She now focused on Sunsetcloud. Trying not to sound rude, she said, "How come you're here?"
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 19, 2010 16:44:36 GMT 10
Sunsetcloud was admiring all the kit's ambition and dreams, when she heard the tabby's question
"Um, I..just wanted to see kits like you. Theres none in my clan. They've all grown up" she said, unable to lie to kits, and let alone think up of lies.
She once again wished Sunstreak had kits, imagining how beautiful and talented they would be
A lot like these kits she thought.
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 21, 2010 14:48:15 GMT 10
"Anyway dearies, what would you like to do? I'm sure your mother and father wouldn't mind me taking care of you for a while" she said.
She stretched herself in case the kits wanted to do something very physical, like hide and seek
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 21, 2010 15:53:36 GMT 10
Leopardkit bounced on her paws, "Hide-and-Hunt!" she mewoed.
"Oooh! YES!" Oakkit cried, "Please, Hide-and-Hunt, it's my favourite!"
"That was the first game I played as a kit!" Amberkit said.
"Me too!" Echokit murmured.
"Can we please play it?" Foxkit meowed.
"Please?" Fernkit echoed. |
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 21, 2010 19:23:38 GMT 10
Sunsetcloud's bones ached at the thought, and she felt tired, but immediately she felt her mind and heart jump at the idea.
"Okay" she said
"I'll be the hunter!"
She closed her eyes and started counting
"One, two, three, four, five..."
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 27, 2010 18:12:57 GMT 10
Echokit scampered toward a rock-cluster. She took a deep breath, then dived into one of the narrow gaps.
Even though she couldn't see, she knew her dappled silver pelt would blend-in perfectly with the stone. She flattened her ears and crouched in the shadows, as if she really were a rock.
Meanwhile, Foxkit squeezed beneath a dense-branched shrub. It had no leaves - they had been burned-off, but there were so many branches! The shadows made great cover for him, despite the thorns pricking his pelt from all directions.
He could hear the golden queen's melodious voice clearly from where he was. He tensed as he heard, "twelve, thirteen, fourteen ..."
The queen would be hunting for him soon.
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 28, 2010 12:09:42 GMT 10
"...twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty!" Sunsetcloud called out
"The cat has gone out hunting!"
She prowled around, trying to spot out the six little kits
She found Oakkit, feebly hiding under a pile of leaves. He blended with them well, but his large muscular build let him down. She gently brushed them away and meowed in amusement
"The hunter has caught her first mouse!"
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 29, 2010 11:49:58 GMT 10
"Awww!" Oakkit whined. His fluffy tortiseshell tail twitched and he gave a soft hiss.
"Who's gonna be found next?"
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Fernkit pressed herself against the charred branch she crouched on. She had covered herself in charcoal so to disguise her scent and so her pelt would blend-in with the burned tree. She saw Sunsetcloud pad toward an unusually large mound of leaves. Where the leaves came from, Fernkit had no clue. The golden queen patted the pile of leaves ... and Oakkit sat-up.
Fernkit should have known. She shook her now black head and blinked her deep green eyes.
Would Sunsetcloud find her next?
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 29, 2010 15:23:59 GMT 10
Sunsetcloud looked around. There was lots of newly sprouted vegetation from the fire that was only a few moons ago. She shivered. The memory of meowing helplessly as flames surrounded her was enough to make her shake. She strained her eyes.
"You can come with me, little one!" she said to Oakkit and she slowly walked on.
She found it difficult to find any of the others. She finally found Leopardkit in a tree log, only given away by her bright blue eyes. Sunsetcloud leaned over the hole where she got in and said
"The hunter has caught her second mouse!"
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 29, 2010 15:59:44 GMT 10
Leopardkit sighed. She glanced at Oakkit. "Did you tell her?!?"
"NO!" Oakkit boomed. He puffed-out his chest defiantly, "But I do know where Foxkit is!" the tom was kneading the groud with his large paws excitedly, "He's hiding benea-"
"Shut it, Oak!" Leopardkit snapped, "you were about to ruin the hunt!" She rolled her eyes and shook her head. Brothers ...
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The second mouse! ... two have been found already ...[/b]
Amberkit squirmed further back into the mound of pebbles she had chosen to hide beneath. She knew she wouldn't stand a chance at winning - surely Sunsetcloud would find her next. Amberkit's fluffy, snow-white pelt stood-out so well against ... everything! Apart from snow ...[/b] Amberkit though to herself, But my amber eyes stand-out too well.[/b]
She jumped when she thought she saw the dark brown paws of a FlameClan queen approaching. She snapped her vivid eyes closed and crouched in her hiding place, covered in pale grey pebbles. Even though she was itching to, Amberkit kept her eyes tightly shut. If she opened them, Sunsetcloud would probably find her.
She'll probably find me anyway ...[/b]
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 30, 2010 7:13:50 GMT 10
Sunsetcloud flicked an ear at the two quarrelling kits
"Shush, you two. We need to be quiet if we find the others" she whispered.
At one point she saw a flash of white in the corner of her eye and turned around- but all she could see was pebbles, small to large. she sighed and turned around again. She was walking for a while until a ripple went through a large cluster of rocks. She whirled around and peered at them. She looked closer and saw the camoflauged coat of the bright-eyed white kit rippling with excitement. she crept forward, being careful not to make much noise and whispered in the kit's ear
"The hunter has caught her third mouse!"
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 30, 2010 9:33:11 GMT 10
Amberkit hung her head and wriggled out from underneath the mound of pebbles. Her eyes were narrowed and her ears laid-back. "I never win ..." she muttered, "my stupid white pelt always gives me away ..."
"But you're great at hiding in snow! And when it's misty!" Oakkit cried.
"Other cats can do that to!" Amberkit retorted, "I mean, grey cats could look like small boulders, and other cats could bury themselves in snow ..."
"Ah, but if we bury ourselves, we can't stalk prey!"
Amberkit swung her head in Leopardkit's direction with a quizzical look on her face.
Leopardkit grinned, "You can stalk prey in snow, and it definitely won't see you! Your long, white fur blends in so well, I can't see you!!! Whilst if a cat with a pelt like mine, Oakkit's ... or even Echokit's decided to stalk prey in the snow, the prey would know that crawling boulders or shuffling piles of snow with tabby faces that follow them just aren't right!"
Amberkit opened her mouth to reject, then closed it. Leopard had proven her point.
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Echokit could sense something. A living thing. She strained her ears. It didn't sound like a cat at all. She breathed in.
Mouse! ... what's a mouse doing in the camp?!?[/b]
She listened closely. She heard a tiny, rapid heartbeat, and the shuffle of minuscule paws. Echokit's mouth watered.
Mouse ... or game? ... we can play this game anytime! It's the mouse that matters! I could help fill another belly![/b]
The dappled silver kit shuffled back further into the tiny cave she had found, stepping from heel-to-toe so to soften her steps. She heard a startled 'squeak'. Had she scared the mouse away? She heard a faint scratching sound to her left. Tensing her muscles, she took a deep breath. The mouse was near! She could smell it.
An itch began to burn in Echokit's nose. "Ahhh ... ah ... CHOO!"
Echokit gave a frustrated hiss as she heard the scampering grow fainter. She leapt in the direction of the sound and slammed her paws onto the dusty floor. More squeaking. Echokit had the mouse's tail beneath her paw! She dug her claws into the soil and, estimating the where-abouts of the creature, lunged forward.
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Post by Flamefox on Mar 30, 2010 12:02:02 GMT 10
Flamefox walked in when Echokit lunged. He watched as she gracefully caught the mouse. He smiled and watched the three kits and the queen looked around the camp. "What are you looking for?" he asked still smiling.
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 30, 2010 12:44:20 GMT 10
"DAD!" Echokit cried. Forgetting the game, she leapt out of her hiding place with the mouse dangling in her jaws, "Look what I caught! Look! I got it all by myself!"
Oakkit and Leopardkit bolted to their father's side, "Hey, Flamefox!"
The tortiseshell tom was bouncing on his paws and Leopardkit was kneading the ground, "We haven't seen you in ages!"
"Where have you been?"
"Will you play with us?"
"Have you come to see Mother?"
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 30, 2010 17:49:40 GMT 10
Sunsetcloud stiffened with shock. She hadn't noticed the Skyclan tom get so near them. She first felt a burst of alarm that he was going to steal the kits.
You mouse-brain, they're HIS kits! she thought to herself. She could be punished for invading territory! And someone might think SHE might of been stealing the kits! Flamefox was getting closer to where she was.
"I have to go, sweeties" she whispered.
"Bye-bye! Hope I get to see you some other day!"
She set off away from the Echoclan camp at a fast trot
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Post by ✲Mythwĭng✲ on Mar 30, 2010 20:34:16 GMT 10
"Huh?" Oakkit murmured, "Where'd Sunse-"
"Shhh!" Echokit hissed, "She's gone home, okay? She thought she was going to get in trouble just for playing with us ... and I don't know if she will or not."
Oakkit cocked his head, "How'd you know that?!?"
"I ... I could sense it ..."
"Oh ..." Oakkit should have known! Since Echokit was blind, her other senses were very, very strong. She could almost read minds! She could sense if a cat was nervous or excited, angry or upset ...
Oakkit shivered. When Echokit said she could sense something, it creeped him out.
He sat-down and whispered, "I hope she comes back again one day ..."
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Post by Sunsetcloud on Mar 31, 2010 7:24:22 GMT 10
As she moved away, she vowed herself to someday see those kits again. She puffed, obviously tired from the eventful day. She slowed down to a walk and left the Echoclan territory.
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