Warrior Cats Fanfiction- Ripples of Fear

Chapter 2

Shadedkit twitched her whiskers happily as she heard gentle snoring from Echostep. She slowly rose to her paws and began padding to the exit of the nursery- until she stepped on Rosekit's tail. "Mouse dung!" She said quietly, rolling her eyes as Rosekit lifted her head.

"Where are you going, Shadedkit?" Rosekit whispered, her orange eyes glittering rather challengingly through the darkness.

"Exploring the camp." Shadedkit answered, glancing warily about her.

"Awesome! Let's go!" Rosekit mewed, bouncing up.

   Shadedkit nodded, glad to have company. "Okay, but be quiet."

Rosekit nodded, padding silently after her sister. The two paused as they heard rustling. Silverkit leapt up and trotted over to them. "Exploring? Cool! I'm coming too!"

Rosekit and Shadedkit exchanged annoyed glances, but Rosekit nodded to Silverkit and the three she-kits scurried noiselessly out of the den.

Shadedkit stopped once she was outside. "It's amazing!" She squeaked, seeing the river at the edge of the camp. She stumbled towards it, then bent over to see her reflection. She squealed in excitement. "Violet!" She mewed.

Rosekit padded over to her sister's side, peering into the water also. "Orange." She sighed.

Silverkit scrambled after them. "Ice blue." She mewed triumphantly, then glanced at her sisters. "So what are we doing here?"

"Fishing!" Shadedkit announced, edging closer to the edge. "I wait for a fish..." Shadedkit reached out a paw, small claws unsheathed, ready to snag up a fish. "Aha!" Seeing a flash of silver, Shadedkit stretched into the water. She gave a high-pitched squeak of surprise as she tumbled into the river. As her head broke the surface, she screeched in horror. "HELP!!!" She cried, before churning under again.

Silverkit, eyes wide in terror, scrambled over Rosekit, who sat, jaw gaping at her sister's daftness. They both ran to the first den they could find. "Help!" They screeched. "HELP!!!" A long-legged light brown she-cat emerged from the Warriors' den. It was Fallowleg.

"Wha-" her eyes widened when she saw the kits. "Rosekit! Silverkit! Where's Shadedkit? What are you doing here?"

Silverkit began bawling. "Shadedkit's in the water!" She wailed.

Fallowleg's eyes stretched wide in horror and she pelted toward the river. "Shadedkit?" She screeched, eyes searching the water.

Echostep raced up to them. "What is going on?" She demanded, then turned to Fallowleg, then the river. "Shadedkit!" She screeched, plunging into the water. Fallowleg wrapped her tail around Rosekit and Silverkit and carefully scanned the water. Echostep broke the surface after a while with a limp Shadedkit in her jaws. "We have to get her to Tornshadow!" She hissed through her daughter's wet fur. Fallowleg nodded and helped Echostep out of the river, then all of them raced to the medicine cat den, Fallowleg carrying Rosekit and Silverkit in her jaws.