Plushstar's Journey

Chapter 4

A moon has passed and Plushkit was still upset that she couldn't be around Deerheart, but she's gotten closer to her siblings Barkkit and Berrykit and their cousin Briarkit

Berrykit and Briarkit leaped off the top the of the nursery. "SNEAK ATTACK!!" They shouted and bowled over Plushkit and Barkkit. The rolled around and heard Barkkit mew. "It's not a sneak attack if you shout it!" And pushes off Berrykit and leaps onto her.

Plushkit and Briarkit rolled around and broke apart, then started to circle each other. Both ears playfully down as they have a grin on their face. They leaped at each other and the black and white kit pinned the brown one to the ground and flopped down on the kits stomach.

"Briarkit!" The brown kit mewed, trying to wiggle out from under her. She then raised a paw and gently swatted the other kits muzzle till got off.

Ravenpaw was next to them, watching and eating a rabbit. "You two are gonna be apprentices in a moon. Want me to show you some fighting stances?" The black apprentice asked after swollowing a bite.

Plushkit's eats shot up and looked over at her friend and rolled into her stomach. "I thought you were with Dewdrop to go patroling." The kit said. The apprentice licked her jaws. "There was a change of plans, Lionclaw changed Dewdrop for Wolffur. I think he wanted us to rest since Dewdrop is a pushy mentor." She chuckled and stood. "We'd love for you teach us!" Briairkit said excitedly.

Ravenpaw looked around and looked at the the kits. Follow me." The apprentice took them to a empty spot between the leader's den and the elders den. "This is where Deerheart showed me a couple moves before I became an apprentice." She said. Then Plushkit perked her ears, remembering something. "Ravenpaw. This is sorta far from everyone." The kits ears and tail went down and between her legs. "What will Pidgenfeather think if she finds us here with you with no one else around?" She asked.

Ravenpaw stopped and looked behind her, tail tip twitching at the mention of the warrior and gave a big, thin lipped fake smile. "Pidgenfeather angers me more than she scares me. "Then her smile became more genuine and smirked. Besides, where still in camp by Spotstar's den and Spotstar is watching the camp through the cover of his den. If it was cloudy out or the sun wasn't directly above the camp, he would be sitting outside with the rest of us and not worry about getting sunburned." Ravenpaw informed them. She then looked at Brairkit. "Go find Berrykit and Barkkit. I'll teach them as well." "Ok!" The she-cat cheered and run off to find her cousins, leaving the two friends behind.

That when Plushkit felt something her shoulder and looked to see a black tail on it.

She followed it to Ravenpaw, who was looking down at her. "Are you alright, Plushkit? I noticed you look upset when your not doing anything. Just like now." The kit sighed and looked away. "I just wish Deerheart would look my way time to time again. It's like we were never friends to begin with." The kit mewed quite enough for the older cat to hear. "I know you're upset about Deerheart, but you got to see it through his eyes. He's a warrior now, not an apprentice anymore. If he were to constantly be around a kit, it wouldn't look good for him." "What do you mean? He's our friend, he wouldn't care what others would think, right?" Plushkit asked. The apprentice lowered her ears and look away, trying to figure out what to say next. "All I'm gonna say till your older is that Deerheart still wants to be in your life, but with Pidgenfeather being, well, Pidgenfeather, he can't even glance in your direction without her jumping on him at about it. Trust me, I overheard it a few times." Ravenpaw said. "I hope this changes when next moon." The kit mewed. "You and me both, Plushkit." She agreed, not aware their leader overheard their entire conversation from inside his den.