As I was bored and the food pile was getting low, I went hunting and by the time I returned a new kit was born.
I visited the new mum and kit in the nursery, and as soon as I laid my eyes on him, I was instantly jealous. "Why am I jealous of a kit?" I wondered, it was not like the kit had done anything to me.
I tried to stay away from the male kit as I did not want to do anything that would harm the young’un. It was not his fault I was unreasonably jealous of him. It was not until the fox incident that I realised why I was jealous of him.
Three moons had passed since the kit, Tornkit, was born. A group of 4 warriors decided to go hunting and as I was not busy, I decided to go with them. Although they were all older and more experienced, I ended up being the unofficial leader of the group.
Our patrol started out like any other day, clear blue skys, the occasional bird seen, we went to where the rabbits were breeding at the moment, hoping we could catch a few unsuspecting ones. We arrived there, and saw a few. We all looked at each other and as no one was directing us, I stepped up and directed them to surround the rabbits and prepare to take a few out so we had a satisfactory food pile again.
What we did not know was we were competing with a fox. The first we heard of it was when Coyotefang was attacked. If it had been one of the others with us, they would have been killed instantly, only Coyotefang or I would have survived that first attack. He held him off long enough for Fireflyglow to get there and take over the fight. Coyotefang limped away and Fireflyglow, being the weakest of the group, did not last long. Cicadapelt, and Nightpouce, went to finish him, earning a few scratches, but the cowardly fox ran off, faster than we could chase. CicadaPeld, NightPounce and I chased him off our territory and into the next clans land yowling to their warriors to take over. The ShadowClan heard us and took up the chase. I hope they got him as we turned tail and headed back to the safety of our clan.
The first kill we made on return we left at the boarder as an apology for chasing such a vicious predator on to their lands. I checked the next day if the food had been taken, and it had, so our apology was sought and accepted.
We, then, headed back to where the 2 severely injured cats were. I picked up Coyotefang and carried him home. I shuddered him off gently near the medicine den and headed off to report to Jaguarstar, being both the unofficial leader and the only uninjured cat in the group.
When I returned to check on them, I noticed Tornkit helping FreckledWish, not at all bothered by the gore he was facing. It was then I realised why I had been jealous of the kit. He was like FreckledWish and I knew he would become her apprentice. I was jealous of the time he would be able to freely spend with her. So I stalked off in a different direction and brought down a small wild goat in my anger, dragging it back to camp with difficulty. It was probably just as well it was difficult to bring back as it allowed me to think rationally again.
