Cinderstorm's Love

Chapter 2

"You can come in now," Greypool called. Acornfur rushed in.

"Oh my starclan," Acornfur said as he rushed up to two beautiful kits laying around his mate. "A tom and  a she-cat."

"Indeed," Cinderstorm said as she looked down at her kits then back up to her mate. "Antkit is the tom because of his brown color and Snowkit is the light grey or white she-cat."

The time passes faster than ever and her kits grow like weeds. "Cinderstorm! Cinderstorm!" The small female kit called.

"What is it deary?" Cinderstorm said as she basked in the sun.

"Antkit is playing unfair," Snowkit wined as Antkit held the moss ball above her head.

"Antkit why don't you give your sister a turn... bad kits don't become apprentices," Cinderstorm lied. 

Antkit immediately dropped the moss ball. "I'm not a bad kit!" 

"Haha, I have the moss ball now!" Snowkit teased as she raced around the clearing. 

"It's getting cold... Antkit, Snowkit stop getting under paw we need to get inside it will probably start to snow soon, and I don't want you catching a cough." Cinderstorm said as she ushered her kits into the nursery. 

Foxfur lay there with her kits that were eating some prey. "Cinderstorm," she said in greetings.

"Antkit, Snowkit!" Wolfkit called from by Redpine, "We're going to become apprentices today!" 

"I wish I could be an apprentice today," Antkit said with a drooping tail.

"Well, at least you still have us," Strongkit called. The white and orange tabby tom was walking over to them his two sisters following. 

"We should play a game," Ferretkit said as she bounded ahead of her brother.

"Maybe Shadowclan warriors attacking," Darkkit said as she pounced on her sister.

"I will be the leader of Thunderclan and Antkit can be my deputy. Wolfkit, Crowkit do you want to play?" Strongkit asked.

"Yes... one last battle," Wolfkit and Crowkit walked up.

"Antkit you can pick a cat to bring to Thunderclan... think of what is best," Strongkit said. Antkit couldn't decide his sister would be devastated if he didn't pick her but if he picked her Thunderclan could lose. 

"I choose... Snowkit," he said. Snowkit gave a little bounce then walked to stand next to her brother.

"Now who wants to be the leader of Shadowclan?" Strongkit asked.

Ferretkit fluffed out her fur and walked forward, "I,"

"Okay, now you choose a deputy and one other cat," Strongkit said.

"I choose Darkkit as my deputy and Crowkit as my warrior," Ferretkit said.

"That just leaves Wolfkit... what about Wolfkit will help the team that seems to be losing? Is that ok?" Strongkit meows. Everyone nodded. "Then on my meow, we attack!" Strongkit lets out a holler and the Thunderclan cats launch themselves at the 'Shadowclan' cats.

"I will destroy you Ferretstar!" Strongkit said.

"No, I will destroy you Strongstar!" She said as she gave her brother a swipe at the nose. The nursery broke out into a world win of battling kits. 

Grr... one would say Ah... the other would say. The kittens fought until there mothers stepped in.

"It's time for Crowkit and Wolfkit to become apprentices," Redpine said as she started to groom her kits. 

"Can we watch the ceremony?" Snowkit and Antkit asked.

"No it is far too cold and you are too young... you could die or get white cough," Cinderstorm said firmly. 

The kits wouldn't listen though. When their mother started to sleep, Ankit and Snowkit snuck out to see the ceremony. There was white fluffy snow on the ground but no one seemed to care. 

"This is magical... I can't wait till I become an apprentice." Snowkit said as she looked at the gathering cats. 

"Achoo!" Antkit let out a sneeze and a sniffle. "It's cold maybe we should get inside,"

"Yeah, we watched most of the ceremony," Snowkit agreed. They tumbled into the nursery and shook off their pelts. 

"Goodnight Snowkit," Antkit said as he curled around his sister.

"Goodnight Antkit," Snowkit fluttered off to sleep.