Gingerkit was asleep in the moss-strung nest, next to her mother, Yellowflower. She had just been born the previous day.
She heard a loud whisper in her ear. "Gingerkit, wake up! I want to play with you."
Gingerkit shakily stood. "Hello? Who is this?"
"Open your eyes, silly, and you'll see!"
She opened up one eye for a second and then closed it immediately. Mustering up her courage, she opened both eyes. To her surprise and discomfort, it was very bright, almost too bright to bear. She had to squint to see the den clearly.
"Yay!" The voice said again from behind her.
Gingerkit spun around and saw a small gold and brown cat with fluorescent blue eyes. "Leopardkit!" She mewed.
"You're awake!" Leopardkit mewed. "Now we can go play!" She raced to the entrance of the den.
But just as she was about to run out, another cat called, "Not so fast!"
Both the kits looked at the cat whose voice was that. "Yellowflower!" Gingerkit mewed.
"We were just going to go play outside!" Leopardkit chimed.
"You both are going to be crazy little kits," Yellowflower sighed. "But you may go. Just stay away from the medicine and leader's dens please."
"We will!" Leopardkit leaped out the hole, followed by her sister. Gingerkit raced out after her and suddenly stopped.
"Woah!" she exclaimed. "What IS all this? It's so... big!"
"It's the camp!"
Both sisters turned around to see Splashkit and Waterkit wiggling their tails.
"Yes! Isn't it GREAT?" Waterkit mewed.
"Is this your first time?" Splashkit asked. Although he was trying to hide it, Splashkit was unsuccessful in hiding the remaining squeakiness in his voice.
"Yes!" Gingerkit mewed eagerly. "Can you show is around?"
"Sure we can!" Waterkit answered.
Leopardkit nudged Gingerkit. "I think we should explore it for ourselves," she murmured.
"Well, I'm tired anyway." Gingerkit yawned. "You three can go do stuff, but I'm going to go sleep."
She padded towards the nursery. Spotting a brown ball of fur, she prodded it. The fur wiggled and stretched open.
"I find out who this is after my nap," Gingerkit thought. "But for now, I'm going to sleep." She curled herself into a ball and dreamt a very childish dream: catching a butterfly.
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Gingerheart's Destiny
RandomGingerkit is like any other cat in MoorClan. She plays games with moss. When she's an apprentice she hunts and fights. But she has the fate of her Clan in her paws, though she might not know it. Yet. She's seen things that other cats couldn't see; s...
