Chapter 1
Foxkit woke by his brother Snowkit pawing at him mewing. Foxkit opened his eyes sleepily and saw Snowkit's face right in his. Letting out a startled mew Foxkit leaped up. "You're up!" Yowled Snowkit "Finally!" Foxkit shook moss out of his fur and stretched. "Come on!" Snowkit yowled pulling on his ear. Indignantly Foxkit batted him off
"That hurt!" Foxkit complained.
"Sorry! Now lets go!" Snowkit replied not sounding overly sorry.
"Go where?" Asked Foxkit excitedly bounding up.
"Not in here!" Whispered Snowkit looking mischievous. Foxkit bounded out of the nursery after Snowkit and out into the camp. Warriors trouped in every direction and they had to dart to one side to avoid being trampled. "Wow!" Snowkit mewed as exited as ever. "I know!" Foxkit replied "I can't wait until I become a warrior."
"Me neither." Both Snowkit and Foxkit jumped as a new voice sounded behind them. Nightkit had joined them. Nightkit technically wasn't their sister but could just as well have been. Her mother and siblings had died in a terrible storm and she had been nursed by Icedrop, Foxkit and Snowkits, mother instead. "What are we gonna do today?" She asked interestedly. Snowkit lowered his voice before answering, "We're going to sneak out of the camp!" He announced. Nightkit looked worried "Are you sure we should?" She asked nervously " It could be dangerous."
"We'll be fine!" Snowkit insisted.
"What are we waiting for?" Foxkit asked excitement bubbling inside him. 'Lets go!" Snowkit lead the way to the small hole in the brambles. Suddenly Beetlekit leaped at Snowkit "Can I come?" He asked. Beetlekit was Foxkit and Snowkits brother.
"Aren't you meant to be in the medicine cats den?" Nightkit asked.
"I feel fine!" Beetlekit insisted "I'm not sick anymore and its really boring being stuck in there all day."
"Sure you can come!" Snowkit said over Nightkit protests. Not very silently they slipped through the thorny hole and out into the fresh forest. Lush greenery bloomed on every side and pretty flowers waved in the soft breeze. It was the beginning of newleaf and the forest was thriving. "Lets catch a mouse!" Snowkit suggested. He crouched down his tail high and stalked forward. The mouse was gone in a heart beat. He sighed disappointedly. He turned to walk back to them and then froze, his eyes filled with horror. "Run!" He screeched. Barley glancing behind him Foxkit shot off Nightkit and Beetlekit hard on his tail. The fox sprang after them. Foxkit heard Beetlekit let out a terrified wail. He spun round to see Beetlekit lying on the ground, bleeding from his leg, fox standing over him.
Foxkit yowled and leaped at the fox, digging his claws into the fox's flesh. The fox let out a guttural howl and tried to throw Foxkit off. He hang on for dear life as the world swung and spun around him. "Foxkit!" A voice far away yowled. Foxkit lost his grip and went flying. His head slammed into a tree and the world blacked out.
Foxkit woke drearily. His head ached and the world was unsteady and fogy. Faint voices were mewing around him but he couldn't quite make sense of what they where saying. "Foxkit, Foxkit? Wake up." The voices cleared and the world steadied. Shaking his head slowly he pushed himself into a sort of sitting position. He was in the medicine cat den. Fluffytail and Icedrop where standing over him. Further away he could see the faint outline of Beetlekit. His breathing seemed erratic and his paws where twitching. "What...h how" spluttered Foxkit.
"You got attacked by a fox." Icedrop murmer softly.
"Eat these." Ordered Fluffytail pushing some herbs towards him.
Beetlekit suddenly let out a faint whimper and flailed his paws. Instantly Fluffytail was by his side whispering soothingly. "Is he going to be ok?" Icedrop asked her eyes wide with worry.
"I really can't say," Fluffytail replied sombrely " he's in the paws of Starclan now. But I know one thing, even if he survives he will never be a warrior."
Yes, I drew the drawing. I was actually really pleased with it! The book gets better by the way, this was when I was just starting writing.
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