Shining of the Four

Chapter 6

            Lemonkit slowly opened her eyes to see Frostflight leaning over her. She jumped at the sight of the she-cat, and she watched as Frostflight gave a little laugh.

            "Good morning, Lemonkit," she said.

            Lemonkit smiled. "Good morning," she said, rising to her feet. She slowly stretched, letting out a loud yawn. She turned, looking at Frostflight. The she-cat was smaller than most of the other warriors, and she was very pregnant. Ambershine, the medicine cat, claimed her kits would be coming any day.

            "Is everything okay?" Frostflight asked.

            "Fine," Lemonkit said. "When are your kits going to be born?" she asked.

            Frostflight smiled. "I don't know, Lemonkit, but I want you to know that even when the kits are born, Hailfrost and I will still care for you and love you very much," she purred.

            Lemonkit smiled. "Thanks. Frostflight, do you know what happened to my parents?" Lemonkit had been raised knowing that she was orphan. No cat had told her anything about it though, and she was curious to know why.

            She watched as Frostflight frowned. "I don't really know too much about your parents. But I'm sure they loved you very much."

            Lemonkit frowned. It felt as if everyone was hiding a secret from her.

            "Why don't you go play with Daisyfeather's kits?" she suggested.

            Lemonkit sighed. "Fine," she said, padding over to the five kits. She had to admit, she was great friends with all of Daisyfeather's kits. They were like her siblings, and they were very close to her.

            There were five-Raspberrykit, Thymekit, Mangokit, Koikit, and Windkit. Raspberrykit was a dark ginger she-cat who was the largest out of the litter, and certainly the loudest. Thymekit was the runt of the litter. He was a shy gray tom with a twisted ear, and he was certainly Lemonkit's favorite playmate.

            Mangokit was a bright ginger she-cat who was also a great playmate. Koikit was equally as loud as Raspberrykit, and with her tortoiseshell pelt, she could certainly be spotted out of the litter. The last was Windkit, the other tom. He was a pure white, and a lot of fun.

            "Hey, Lemonkit!" Mangokit said, waving her tail as Lemonkit padded over.

            Lemonkit smiled. "What's up?"

            "We're just about ready to play a game!" Raspberrykit announced, bouncing up and down with excitement.

            "Hopefully it's a fun game this time," Thymekit murmured.

            "Oh, it will be!" Lemonkit giggled, shoving him. He smiled back at her, a smile she loved.

            "Hey, Mangokit! What are you doing?" a voice came.

            Lemonkit turned, seeing Arcticpaw, one of the apprentices, walking into the den. He had pure white fur and blue eyes, resembling his mother, Winterfrost.

            "Playing catch the leaf!" Mangokit told him, swiping one of the leaves in the air. Autumn leaves still continued to fall, and Lemonkit knew leaf-bare was well on its way.

            "Wanna play?" Arcticpaw asked.

            The tom had been stopping by every once in awhile now to play with the kits. Lemonkit loved how he found the time to still be a kit while his siblings stayed in the apprentice den during their freetime.