Prologue

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The Thunderclan cats walked into camp, back from a gathering. Suddenly a small silver she-cat raced up to the group.

"Ravenclaw! Ravenclaw!" She called.

A blue-grey tom looked over at her from by the leaders side.

"What is it Silverpaw?" Ravenclaw asked.

"Hurry! It's Dawncloud! She's having her kits!" She meowed urgently.

At the mention of his mates name, Ravenclaw rushed to the nursery, with Silverpaw at his heels.

He came in and wrapped his tail around his mate. "It's okay, I'm here," he murmured to her.

She sighed in relief.

"How many?" Ravenclaw asked the Thunderclan medicine cat.

"Two born, toms, and two kits left" Cinderleaf replied.

Ravenclaw looked at his two first kits. One was a fiery orange color with white paws and a half white tail. The other was light brown with little dark brown flecks on his neck and a lighter muzzle and tail tip, when he saw the kit's eyes, he realized they where very large.

Suddenly, another blob came. Cinderleaf licked the tiny dark spotted golden kit "she-kit," she said, then set her next to Dawncloud's belly.

"Wait" Cinderleaf suddenly got worried.
"What? What is it?"Ravenclaw stood up.

"This one is turned the wrong way."
She replied.

She looked at Ravenclaw, "Well don't just stand there, go find a stick."

Ravenclaw took one last look at Dawncloud, then Cinderleaf.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. Now go" Cinderleaf meowed urgently.

With that Ravenclaw dashed off.

He came back with a short yet thick stick in his jaws and gave it to his mate.

She took it. Cinderleaf finally turned the kit around. Dawncloud bit on the stick hard, and the kit was born.
A small tortoiseshell she-kit with a golden paw, and silver and golden spots on her tail and a black tail tip. Silverpaw licked the kit and put it beside it's mother.

The tiny kit suckled.

Ravenclaw stared at his kits in awe. He turned to Dawncloud and licked her between the ears.

"Good job" he whispered.
"What should we name them?"

Dawncloud turned toward the kits and thought for a moment.

"This one should be Flamekit" she flicked her tail at the orange tom.

"And this one should be Leopardkit" she flicked her tail at the dark spotted golden she-kit.

They thought for a moment before Ravenclaw flicked his tail to the light brown tom.
"Owlkit."

Dawncloud turned to him, "Why?"

"Because I noticed that his eyes look big, and plus, with his spots on his neck, he looks like an owl I've once seen, it had flecks of brown on its neck, but a white heart-shaped face." He replied.
(if you don't know, it's my favorite owl, a barn owl).

Dawncloud looked at Owlkit, "Oh I see it now," she meowed.

"What about this one?"
He flicked his tail to the tortoiseshell she-kit.

Dawncloud thought for a moment. Suddenly the tiny spotted kit meowed a bit loud, the meow seemed to echo around camp. The perfect name suddenly popped into her mind

"Echokit."

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A half moon has passed, and Dawncloud sat outside the nursery, watching her three kits play. They had finally opened their eyes.

Flamekit had bright blue eyes and was not a bit shy. He was tough and had confidence, but still had a little bit of fear. He would boss most of the other kits around, and protect his siblings, since he was the biggest and oldest.
Older cats thought it was kind of cute. He was probably the fighter.

Owlkit had huge amber eyes, he was shy sometimes, but tough, probably the hunter.

Leopardkit had bright green eyes and a bossy attitude, though she was sweet whenever she wanted to be. Also a hunter.

Echokit still hadn't opened her eyes. Dawncloud started getting worried, almost every night for the past half moon, Echokit would wake up breathing heavily. Dawncloud would have to wake up Cinderleaf and help the poor kit. Sometimes it even happened in the day.

She told only Cinderleaf and her mate, but no one else.

Dawncloud worried that her kit would die.
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Finally Echokit has opened her eyes!

Dawncloud was really excited. Echokit had oddeyes. The right was a mix of cloudy grey-blue, and the left was a cloudy bright green, Dawncloud thought they where beautiful. Echokit was the shyest one of all the kits, though she was tough and friendly at times.

One day, Dawncloud realized that it seemed that Echokit's siblings seemed to guide her around camp, and that Flamekit would protect her more, like they knew something she didn't. She also noticed her kit wouldn't look at her when she spoke, or when the tiny kit spoke.

Curious and worried, Dawncloud asked Cinderleaf about it.

Cinderleaf looked Echokit over.

"I've seen cats like this before" Cinderleaf meowed, more to herself than to Dawncloud.

Suddenly she froze and turned her head to Dawncloud, sadness in her gaze.

"Dawncloud, Echokit is blind."

From that time on Dawncloud vowed to protect her tiny kit and to make sure she had a normal life.

Dawncloud later told Ravenclaw. He was shocked at first, but then vowed too what Dawncloud had.

Echokit soon knew that she was different, yet her family loved her, and always will.

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Hey guys!
Just wanted to say,
Thank you for choosing to read my book, it makes me happy, so thank you very much.
(P.S. This is my first warrior cats fanfic so please don't judge me if I do terrible).
donnita2002 😋

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