Mothleap's fate

Chapter One

"Mothkit, where are you?" Hehe, they'll never find me here. "Mothkit, we're coming for you! You won't win this time." Suddenly, a flash of ginger fur flew over her head. "Ha! Found you! Now we have to do what I want to do." "Alright, Sootkit, what do you want to do?" "Follow me." The two kits headed for the dirtplace tunnel. "Wait, are we going out of camp? You know we can't go outside of camp. If my dad ever found out, he'd tell your dad and we'd be in big trouble." "Oh, come on, Mothkit. I won't let anything happen to you." Mothkit looked up at the older kit. 'Sootkit's like an older brother to me.' Mothkit thought. 'If only Owlkit and Mintkit didn't die. Then, I'd still have my brother and he'd still have his sister. I hate greencough. It made Sandfur and Thornheart very sad.' "Thanks, Sootkit." "Hey, Mothkit, if I were to become clan leader, would you want to be my deputy?" "Of course! You're my best friend and best friends stick together. And if I were to be clan leader, which I don't really want, I'd make you my deputy and step down from being clan leader and just be your deputy." "Aw, thanks. Now, lets go before anyone notices that we're gone." The two kits were walking side by side when they heard the sound of crunching leaves. A snarl came from behind them, both kits slowly turned around. Behind them was a group of foxes. "It's some kind of fox patrol! Run, Mothkit, Run!" Both kits crashed their way through the trees and towards the camp entrance. "Fox! Fox attack! Help!" Sootkit cried. "It's a patrol of foxes! They want to eat us!" Mothkit cried. "What? Did you say fox patrol?" A gray and white tom meowed. "Warrior, battle stances! We've got classmates to protect! All queens, kits and elders hide in my den!" A white tom order.

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Mothkit looked outside Stonestar's den. 'Oh, no! The whole camp is a mess! And why isn't Stonestar moving? Oh my Starclan, he's lost a life! And Snowpaw, Eaglethorn and Dustear aren't moving either! Are they dead?'  Mothkit wondered. "Oh, no, Eaglethorn! Father, wake up! The battle is over, we won! Please wake up, we need you." A golden she-cat cried. "Sunpaw, he's dead." "No, he's not, Poppypaw. You're not a full medicine cat yet, so you don't know. Go get Twigleaf, he'll tell you that he's just passed out from the fighting." "Snowpaw! My kit! Oh, Starclan, why? Why did you take him from me? He was so young!" "Dustear, wake up! We need you, I need you, our kits will need you! I was going to tell you today, but now I'll never get the chance to tell you. Our kits will never know their father." "Who is responsible for this?" Mothkit turned around, behind her was Stonestar and he was looking at her and Sootkit. "Father, I a-" "It was me, Stonestar, it was my idea to leave camp." Mothkit mewed quickly. She couldn't bear to see her friend get in trouble with his father. "Mothkit, this is the third time that you've put the clan in danger. Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath the Clanrock for a Clan meeting! Mothkit, because of your actions, I am holding back your apprenticeship by three and a half moons. You will be the last to take from the fresh-kill pile, you will care for the elder and change the bedding in all dens. You will not be sleeping in the nursery, either. You will sleep under the bush by the elders den. For half a moon you will not have any bedding. And you will eat only when I tell you to." "What? Father, thats not fair!" Sootkit hissed. "If you're doing it to her, do it to me, too. I'm just as responsible as she is. If you're punishing her, punish me too!" "Be quiet, Sootkit." "No! I-" "Its okay, Sootkit. I'll be fine." Mothkit told her friend. "I thereby announce that this clan meeting has come to an end. Mothkit, I want you to start clearing out any old bedding in the dens. You can start with my den. And after that, you're going to help Poppypaw and Twigleaf sort herbs."

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After hours of doing chores, Mothkit noticed that cats were taking from the fresh-kill pile. "Mothkit! Mothkit! Over here! Take this to the elders. Then wait until everyone has had something to eat than you can eat, too." After bringing the elders their food, Mothkit went over to the fresh-kill pile. All that was left was a scrawny mouse that would barely fill her belly.'This stinks. I can't wait to go to my nest. Oh, wait, I can't.' Mothkit went to where she'd be sleeping. "I better start digging a hole to keep myself warm." She mewed to herself. She dug a hole that was just her size. She stepped into the hole and tried to get comfortable, when she heard the sound of crunching leaves. "Want some company?" "Oh, hey, Sootkit. I'd love some company. Its really cold tonight. I wish I had some moss sleep on. The ground is really hard. And thanks for sticking up for me earlier, you're a true friend."