A New Warrior Cats: Clanborn: Lurking Shadows

Chapter 5

Cloudkit heard rustling and felt his mother's soft tongue. He also heard his sister, Lightkit whine. "Can't I go outside! Its boring in here." Outside? Cloudkit was excited. Maybe he could go outside. Cloudkit struggled to open his eyes. When he finally did it he was blinded by the light. He closed his eyes quickly. Cloudkit opened his eyes more slowly and waited while his eyes got used to the light. When Lightkit, his sister saw him she purred.

"Mother! Cloudkit opened his eyes! Now can we go out?" Stormwing licked him.

"You can go out! Make sure Spottedkit comes with you!" Cloudkit got up unsteadily on his paws, before falling over. Cloudkit tried again, but this time he managed to stay up. Cloudkit walked a

few unsteady steps and then he got the hang of it. Cloudkit ran over to where Spottedkit and her mother, Ferngaze were.

"Spottedkit, lets go outside!" Spottedkit looked pleadingly up at her mother. Ferngaze nodded and Spottedkit charged out of the nursery with Cloudkit close behind. Cloudkit came out of the nursery and saw cats moving around. He saw Breezewind, the clan deputy, naming the patrols. Most cats were gathered around him. Skypaw, the clan deputy's son, was trotting around Darkpelt, Skypaw's mentor and Cloudkit's father. Mistpaw, Skypaw's sister and the Clan deputy's daughter, was dragging bedding over to the nursery. Graypaw, Skypaw's other sister and the Clan deputy's other daughter was racing over to help Mistpaw. Graypaw saw him and had a quick chat to Mistpaw then came over to him.

"How is your first day out of the nursery?"

"Its really cool!"

"I remember mine." Graypaw's gaze clouded over.

"Tell me about it!" Cloudkit begged.

"I was in ThunderClan. My brother, Blackkit had just died from greencough. Our mother was heartbroken though she stayed strong for us. Skypaw, who was Skykit then, asked our mother who was Blackkit. Our mother was sad when we couldn't remember him." Graypaw shook herself as if she was getting rid of the bad memories. Cloudkit was surprised. He never knew that Graypaw was born in an enemy clan.

As if Graypaw knew what he was thinking she hissed, "It is like the same as this clan." Cloudkit nodded. "I need to go." Graypaw went into the nursery. At that moment Darkpelt saw him. Darkpelt trotted over to him. "You're out of the nursery!"

Cloudkit couldn't help but to ask, "Did you live in an enemy clan?"

"You could say it was an enemy clan. I was a loner." Cloudkit was shocked. His father had been a loner.

"What about Stormwing?"

"She was a loner as well. Even though I was a loner I still had some blood kin in ThunderClan."
"Like who?"

"Nightfur, my father is fully ThunderClan. Dawnstar, my sister is part ThunderClan." Cloudkit did a little bounce.

"I'm related to Dawnstar?"

"Yes!" Darkpelt purred.

"If you were part ThunderClan then why did you not live in ThunderClan."

"Me and my sister, Dawnstar were split up at birth. Nightfur took one kit. Blacklight took the other kit. So, Nightfur took Dawnstar and Blacklight took me."

"Why didn't Nightfur come to live in DawnClan?"

"He is too loyal to ThunderClan to just switch clans!"
"Can you play with me?"

"No, I have to mentor Skypaw." Darkpelt went over to where Skypaw was sitting patiently. Just

then Lightkit knocked him over.

"Are you going to play?" Cloudkit answered by leaping on her. She squeaked and tried to roll away, but she was too slow. Cloudkit landed on her and Lightkit tried pushing him off. Cloudkit fell off of her.

"Kits! Come inside!" Stormwing called them. Cloudkit got up and ran backside into the nursery. Spottedkit was still playing outside.

"Is Spottedkit coming inside?"

"No, she is older than you so she stays out longer." Cloudkit sighed. That was unfair! But, Cloudkit went back inside.