BOOK 1~A Broken Beginning

Chapter 1

Songbird lied on the soft den of the Queens' den of Skyclan, licking her young kits, Snowkit, a healthy, white fluffy she-cat, Bramblekit, a short hair brown Tom, and Blazekit, an orange tabby Tom that had been blind and slightly deaf.

Songbird groomed her kits before Leafclaw, her mate, walked in. His pelt smelled of fresh kill amd the fresh morning dew. He was on patrol Songbird thought as she gazed happily at him.

"Hello, Songbird." He softly purred, licking her shoulder.

"Hello, Leafclaw. Did the hunt go well?" She replied softly, facing away from the kits to face the brown tabby with green eyes.

"How are they doing?" Leafclaw meowed sitting next to the white she-cat.

"They keep rolling in the dirt... Every time I'm done cleaning them..."

"They're going to be great warriors, Songbird."

"I know... I sense Starclan will watch over them." She mewed softly looking at the three small kits.

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In Riverclan two kits the same age were being nursed by their mother Rainwing. Echokit a tiny black shekit and Hollowkit a tan and black striped tom.

The shecat lapped at their pelts roughly, gazing at the small shecat called echokit blankly. It's all Blueclaw's fault i have these stupid kits. The shecat thought grimmly. The young black shekit mewled and fell asleep next to her large brother. Rainwing got up with a sigh and padded over to see her supposed to be mate blueclaw and gave him a cold glare.

"What," he sneered gazing at her with a hard stare.

"Nothing," Rainwing huffed, turning away.

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Songbird rumbles softly and laughed at her brown furred mate.

"What?" He said, getting slightly nervous.

"You asked me how the kits were doing after I asked you how the hunt went. It went bad, didn't it?" She giggled.

"Maybe..." He said, flattening his ear and looking to the side. Songbird rumbled a laugh as she gazed upon her kits, playing in a dirt spot beneath the soft, dry grass.

"Hey! I just got you kits clean!" Songbird scolded. She held back a mrrow of laughter as they immediately tried to look innocent.

"Sorry, mother..." Bramblekit said sadly.

"We are just playing." Blazekit said, staring at the wall.

"Blazekit, we're over here..." Leafclaw murmured. Blazekit turned around swiftly as his bright green eyes met his mother's warm gaze.

"Dirt spots make us happy..." Snowkit squeaked.

"Because?" Leafclaw looked at the small, fluffy, white kit. She's going to be a beautiful young shecat one day.

"Because worms!" She leaped onto her brothers playfully, "Scram, Shadowclan!" She hissed playfully.

"Oh no! A Skyclan warrior! What ever shall we do!?" Blazekit said playfully, trying to squirm away from his bigger sister.

"You will bow before me!" Bramblekit hissed, swatting his paws at Snowkit.

"You will never take our land!" Snowkit said bravely.

Songbird let out a quiet mrrow of laughter and muttered to herself, "They're so cute..."