Spirits Above

Chapter 3: Here we go again

Would you look at this! I am back after a hiatus that was longer than a year!

Ughhhhhh This chapter got deleted twice and I have to re-write it... ;-;

Here goes...

Chapter 3: Here we go again

Spiritkit's mind was foggy when she woke up. The fogginess was soon replaced by confusion. Was the encounter in the misty forest real or just a figment of her imagination? She hoped it was real, she did, in fact, want to be powerful. Slowly Spiritkit stood up, aware of her aching muscles and wounds. It was nearly dawn when Spiritkit woke up, yet there were still some cats out, probably waiting for the dawn patrol. She quietly made her way into the medicine cat den, first checking if the medicine cat was asleep, fortunately, Windfur was asleep, snoring slightly in his dream. He kept all of his herbs organized and it was easy to spot Marigold. Spiritkit quietly snuck in and grabbed some of it, not enough for him to notice it was gone but enough for her wounds to heal. The reason that Spiritkit knew about Marigold is that she befriended the recently deceased medicine cat, Lilynose. She taught Spiritkit about minor injuries, colds, how to apply bandages and keep the infection out, dangerous herbs and poisons. It was fun for Spiritkit but it wasn't something she would have liked to do for the rest of her life. Hence, now she knew how to treat basic things, it wasn't much but it was useful. She snuck out of the medicine cat den and padded to her secret place. When she got there, she found some cobweb, chewed the Marigold into a pulp and applied to her injuries, not forgetting to bind them with cobweb. Then she proceeded to go over the moves that she learned in her head. Her mind was becoming mistier and mistier. The last thought that crossed her head was. Damn, I need to sleep less...

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It was sunhigh when Spiritkit woke up, again. Her wounds felt much better, the infection nearly gone. She was surprised, she had not expected that the wounds would heal so fast. Nevertheless, she was relieved. She could finally go through the moves that she somehow learned with the mysterious tom! She quickly went through the forepaw slash, frontpaw blow and the back kick. Then she slowed down and worked on the precision. She spent a good hour on that before she picked up speed. She practised each move separately before combining them. She spun on her front legs before delivering the hit and then spun back and did the forepaw slash before doing the frontpaw blow. She did it again and again until she was satisfied she had her desired speed and accuracy. She switched up the combinations before running through them again. Only when it was sundown did she stop. Spiritkit was panting hard when she was done. She did work hard for a few hours. When her breathing finally slowed she allowed herself to relax for a bit, before starting to walk laps around her secret place. She didn't want her muscles to be cramped tomorrow.

Suddenly, her stomach gurgled, wanting food. Spiritkit felt a quick sliver of surprise before realizing that she did not know in fact when was the last time she ate. It was more than a day, was it not? She did not fancy being screamed at for being 'ungrateful' and 'taking more than supposed' from the fresh-kill pile. Hopefully, her parents would be too engrossed in Goldenkit to notice her take something. Since she couldn't hunt on her own yet she had to take her fill from it. Sighing, Spiritkit pushed herself out of secret place and made her way to camp. The camp wasn't far, per say, but it was a good distance away. Well, it was far enough to raise suspicion if she was spotted heading back so Spiritkit had to be careful, like usual. She started heading towards camp, staying in the shadows.

When Spiritkit made it to camp she could hear the light chatter of her clanmates. They were all engrossed in what they were doing and would not notice if she slipped by quietly, right? She hoped that was what would happen. She slinked through the camp wall and stayed in the outer part, steadily making her way towards the freshkill pile whilst remaining unseen. When she was as close to the freshkill pile as possible she started heading towards it. Keeping her back hunched and head low, her eyes, however, remained vigilant. She quickly picked up a small rabbit before heading back to the shaded part of the camp. She saw a couple of cats there and hesitated, she didn't want to interact with anyone and feel even more alienated even more than she is. She turned around before finding another spot that was shaded, it was more or less obstructed from the view of the camp. She settled down and started to chew on her rabbit. It was good but quite chewy, but who was she to complain? She couldnt catch prey yet, could she? Maybe I should try to catch something for myself, thought Spiritkit, should I try tonight since I got a lot of sleep? Hence, it was decided that she would go outside tonight and try to catch something for herself. Keyword, try.

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It was nearing moonhigh when Spiritkit decided to leave camp. She knew that she had to be very careful since Breezeclans territory was mostly moorland which meant that she could get spotted. Spiritkit crept her way to the dirt-place tunnel, she was really not looking forward to the smell. She was right. The smell was not pleasant, at all. It was dung after all, so that wasn't much of a surprise. Spiritkit continued creeping until she reached the end of the tunnel, she then started heading towards the forested area of Breezeclans territory.

Spiritkit finally got to the forested area and crouched down in what she thought was the hunting crouch. She did it again and started creeping forwards, she then pounced and smiled happily. I think I got it! she thought. Spiritkit then started to look for some prey, she wanted to catch something after all. Padding forwards with her nose in the air Spiritkit finally scented something, it smelled like a mouse to her and it was one. She crouched down and started creeping forwards, step by step, everything was going all right before she stepped on a twig which scared the mouse away. This happened multiple times before Spiritkit flopped down onto the ground and started questioning her life decisions. What did she do to deserve this horrible fate? Okay, maybe I am being a bit dramatic, she thought. However, Spiritkit really had no idea how to hunt. She was just going of the brief memories of the apprentices practising their hunting.

"You really suck at this, don't you?" a voice said behind her, " You should keep your tail straight and shoulders even, also don't go so close to the ground."

That voice sounded really familiar to Spiritkit. She quickly turned around and saw a misty cat in the shadows. She, of course, freaked out at first, but then calmed down when she realised it was the tom from the misty forest.

" So you are real then," she said, " but maybe next time don't sneak up on me in the middle of the damn night and freak me out!"

What am I doing? Spiritkit thought, getting quite friendly with a stranger?

" I feel offended, you thought that I wasn't real." that line was delivered quite playfully by the tom. " Welp, I kinda have to go but some last tips. Keep your tail straight, shoulders even, try to avoid being so close to the ground and watch your paws. Since I am feeling like being a horrible cat I am going to go now." the tom smiled before turning around and walking away with a skip in his step.

So there Spiritkit was left, dumbfounded. Wondering what in Starclan's name just happened, she fully knew what but her brain couldn't believe that a cat could be so... weird and funny for some strange reason.

What a weird cat... I like him...

A/N that is quite important, consider reading!!!

Remember, the reason Spiritkit is dumbfounded is that no one has really been nice to her in her life, or acted this way.

Let me give you some info on Spiritkit that I didn't write about that is quite important.

- Spiritkit is 5 moons old at this point in time.

- Her parents don't like her because they think she isn't perfect enough.

- Her mother (Silvermist) told the clan that Spiritkit is cursed and that a Starclan cat visited her in a dream and told her that, hence she named Spiritkit Spiritkit, maybe thats true maybe it isn't, find out)

- The reason the clan believe the parents is that Smokeleg(father) is a very high ranked senior warrior.

- The clan is fine with the abuse because Spiritkit is "cursed". Well, some don't agree but are not willing to speak up.

- The mysterious tom is young, more on him will be revealed in the next chapter.

That was a lot, like why did I come up with such a weird beginning for her that seems unbelievable? I need to clear that up.