Book Four, The Building Task

Chapter Five

Rosefall's POV

Tonight was a Gathering. It had been a moon after my kits were born and now they're very adventurous. My kits and Fallensky were fast asleep now.

I insisted that Fallensky should go to the Gathering but he quickly denied when he said he'd promised to play with his kits. I had simply rolled my eyes but I was grateful to have some time to myself, I mean, I do love my kits, but StarClan! They're a lot!

Dapplekit and Breezekit love playing with Lilly's tom-kits Shadowkit and Barkkit, and Primrosekit and Flickerkit love playing seperately.

I'm so happy my kits get to be raised around other kits, it feels right.

After all this thinking, I fell into a deep slumber.

I was woken by a head-butt to the stomach. "Dapplekit!" I heard Primrosekit exclaim. "Leave Rosefall to sleep!"

I raised my head. "Rosefall, you promised to let us explore camp today!" Breezekit mewed.

"Wait until Lilly and her kits are up, we can all go together.." I said tiredly, laying my head back down on the soft moss.

"They're already up!" Dapplekit prodded me with his paw.

"Alright fine. I'm up." I said raising my head again. I started grooming myself, then my kits. "Rosefallll!" Dapplekit protested, wriggling away.

I sighed. "You're meeting the Clan today. You must look proper!" I finished grooming Dapplekit. I groomed Breezekit then Flickerkit.

"Can we go out nooow?" Dapplekit urged, dragging me with his tiny claws.

"Hey could you take my kits too, I really need some rest, I didn't sleep well last night." Lily said with a yawn.

"Of course," I responded. I then nodded to Dapplekit. "Lets go." I gently pushed my kits and Lily's out of the den. I watched as they stared wide-eyed at the camp full with busy warriors.

"Rosefall, what are they doing over there?" Breezekit commented as she noticed that Larkfeather and Dewfall were patching a hole in Taro and Domino's old den.

"They're fixing up Taro and Domino's den." I felt sad as I remembered Barkkit, Shadowkit and Primrosekit have never met their father. He had left after the kits were named. Who would just leave their kits like that? Unbelievable.

"Let all those old enough to catch their own prey, join beneath the Greatledge for a Clan meeting." Batstar called from atop the Greatledge.

"Who's that cat? Also why do Larkfeather and Dewfall look different from us?" Shadowkit questioned.

"That cat up there is Batstar, she's our leader and a very important Clan member. The reason Dewfall and Larkfeather look different is because they're dogs, not cats." I responded. "No more questions and no talking during the meeting. Okay?" I said sternly.

The kits all nodded and we walked to the center of camp and watched the meeting. "I've called this meeting to discuss two things. Firstly, Winnie has decided to dedicate her time to aiding queens in the nursery instead of being a warrior." Batstar announced.

"If there is a battle, she will take charge in defending the nursery." Batstar finished.

Nods of approval went throughout the Clan and some words of congratulations as they remembered what she did many moons ago.

"The second thing was we need to discuss what has been happening recently. At the Gathering last night, I recieved news that each Clan seemed to be enduring a drought." Batstar said with concern.