Nightkit felt a chill. He looked around the dark room. I'm in the tunnels! But how cold and dark it is here. Nightkit thought. Nightkit wiggled his ears. It was quiet and peaceful in the tunnel, but Nightkit still felt anxious. He smelled a very strange smell. Is that what the WindClan cats smell like or that is what the tunnel smells like? Nightkit followed the scent he felt around him. The little kit was walking pretending to be brave. When he heard a strange thud, Nightkit started to run faster. He was panting and staring straight ahead. Nightkit was trembling with fear and his heart was pounding like a hammer. He heard various voices above him. Suddenly he had an idea. I'll bury this tunnel and show them! Nightkit thought proudly. Nightkit was beginning to wonder if he could bury the great tunnel himself. Nightkit started digging a tiny hole. The kit felt at home here, but it was colder here than in a nursery. He felt tired so he lay down in the middle of the tunnel to take a break. He heard suddenly heard a conversation over the tunnel. It was the Tornjaw and Tallleaf. Nightkit was afraid that they would both discover him in the tunnel. He trembled at the scream of Tornjaw:
"Now!"
Nightkit felt the sand falling on his fur. Nightkit got up quickly and ran straight. He noticed that the tunnel began to close in.
"Oh no!" Nightkit shouted aloud. Before he could run out into the air, however, darkness overwhelmed him.
Nightkit was trembling with fear. He opened his eyes and saw Tornjaw, Tallleaf, Shrewtail and Barrenpaw in front of him.
"Nightkit?" Barrenpaw meowed. Tallleaf sat down beside his son.
Nightkit coughed up sand and Tallleaf looked at him worriedly.
"Tallleaf, how did he get into the tunnels?" Tornjaw asked, giving them both a frosty glare. Tallleaf opened its mouth as suddenly Bluefeather came running.
"Is he okay?" Bluefeather asked, panicked.
"He must have found an entrance to the tunnel." Tallleaf muttered. Tornjaw looked nervous. Bluefeather began to lick Nightkit when suddenly Sagewing appeared.
"Is he still alive?"
"Yes! Help my kit!" Bluefeather wailed. Nightkit started coughing and blinking his eyes.
"Barrenpaw help Sagewing" Tornjaw muttered. Bluefeather lightly grabbed Nightkit by the neck and went with the medicine cat. Barrenpaw was walking next to the feeder.
"We have to take him to my lair and examine him." Sagewing muttered calmly.
***
One night has passed since Nightkit escaped into the tunnels. The little kit was lying on the moss. He meowed softly as he noticed Bluefeather.
"It's all right, son." Bluefeather meowed softly, licking Nightkit on the top of her head. Nightkit looked at his mother who was looking at him with concern.
"I think he can go back to the nursery. He feel more better now." Sagewing said to blue-gray queen. Bluefeather was happy. Nightkit got up and followed his mother's scent. He got scared when he noticed Jaykit and Shadowkit staring at them both at the nursery. Nightkit realized that they were leaving the camp. The sky was covered with clouds. Bluefeather suddenly sat down close to the moor. Nightkit sat down next to her.
Suddenly, Tallleaf emerged from the bushes.
"I can only stay for a while. Tornjaw needs me in the tunnels." Tallleaf replied.
Bluefeather didn't answer, but looked stressed. Nightkit did not know what was going on. What is going on here? Nightkit silently asked.
"Son," the first Tallleaf began, "you know very well that me and your mom are worry about you."
Nightkit was confused. Do they want to punish him for escaping into the tunnels? Did Bluefeather say something to Tallleaf?
"Do you remember what happened to Stonekit..?" Bluefeather Asked carefully but with cold anger interrupting Tallleaf. Nightkit just nodded. Until he remembered the last time he played with Stonekit.
"We don't want this to happen to you as well. " She whispered licking Nightkit on the head. Nightkit rolled his eyes uncertainly. He felt tired but straightened up.
"So we decided that you will be looked after by the Flowerflight." Bluefeather murmured calmly. Nightkit was surprised. So Bluefeather will no longer deal with it? Do they want to give me back? He asked in horror.
"But I want to be close to you, mom!" He shouted at Bluefeather. However, cold she-cat was looking firmly at Nightkit. He was shaking with fear. They can't do this to me! He shouted silently. Tallleaf looked worried.
"Let's go back to the camp Nightkit." Bluefeather muttered, ignoring what his son said.
"But I want you!" Nightkit squealed, blocking the mother's way to the camp. Bluefeather sighed heavily. Tallleaf has already disappeared into the brush.
"Don't be such a rude kit." Bluefeather growled dryly. Nightkit wailed softly looking at his mother. But Bluefeather ignored it. She grabbed Nightkit by the neck and limped towards the camp. Nightkit was sad and depressed. I can not! I don't want to be far from my mom! He thought. Bluefeather released him and he clung to the ground as if dogs had surrounded him. Flowerflight came out of the nursery.
T-This can't be happening! he exclaimed in his mind. Flowerflight looked at Nightkit sympathetically.
"So you want me to take care of him until he becomes a apprentice?" Flowerflight asked amiably but with a worried look. Bluefeather just nodded. Nightkit didn't know what to say anymore. It is his mother who gives him to another nurse. Nightkit prayed to StarClan that it would not work.
"Are you sure about this Bluefeather?"
"Yes I am Flowerflight"
Nightkit tried not to cry. His heart was pounding slowly to pieces. The mother she loves is giving him back.
"We have a new brother!" Joked Goldenkit sitting next to Nightkit. Amberkit and Stagkit sat down next to Goldenkit.
"Cool!" Amberkit commented. Nightkit felt irritated. Don't give me back! he asked his mother mentally. Bluefeather looked at her son one last time and then walked away. Flowerflight approached four kits.
"Say hello to your new brother. " The queen replied.
Nightkit, however, immediately started towards the nursery, broken but also pissed off. He didn't want Flowerflight and her kits. He just wanted his real mother and father.
He lay down on the moss and felt like he'd been running for all eternity. He couldn't believe what his mother and father had done. They abandoned him and left him for another family. Amberkit was already sitting next to him.
"Don't worry, Nightkit. We will definitely make an amazing team!" Amberkit muttered. Nightkit only smiled artificially.
