Dark Destinies {Book 1}

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

(Hollypaw's P.O.V)

I stiffly padded into the clearing and cautiously looked around, half expecting Krestelpaw to jump out of no where and attack me. When everything was clear I walked toward the apprentice den, Owlclaw had excused me from training and told me to relax though I don't think that was possible, with the fear of Krestelpaw and the uncoming battle with Fireclan it made relaxing hard. 

"Hollypaw!" a voice called, I turned toward it to see Leopardspots. 

"Hi" I whispered as she appoarched. 

"I heard what happened from your mother" she meowed "I'm sorry about what happened" 

"Oh no it's not your fault..." I trailed, Leopardspots stared at me for a moment then smiled. 

"Would you mind watching the kits? Sunray and Hazelstripe invited me hunting" she asked. 

"Oh no it's no problem" I smiled, kind of happy to distract myself with kits. 

"Thank you" she licked my head then bounded away to meet up with Sunray, her mate, and Hazelstripe her friend, I watched them leave before I padded into the nursery. 

It was warm inside the nursery a great difference between the cold air outside, the floor was heavily padded with moss and feathers and felt different from the stone floor in the apprentice den, near the back of the den I spotted our old nest and I remembered fond times and memories there. 

"Hollypaw?" A little voice asked from the middle of the den, I turned toward it, to see the small golden and white tom, Littlekit sitting in his nest, it seems they were napping.

"Yeah" I smiled. 

"Did you say Hollypaw?" Mousekit, a pure golden tom kit asked, then stirred as well and looked up at me and smiled brightly, he quickly aroused Minnowkit, his white sister. 

"What? You big lump!" Minnowkit hissed and swatted Mousekit with her paw. 

"It's Hollypaw, she came to visit" Mousekit squeaked, Littlekit was already padding toward me. 

"What?" she sprang out of the nest and stared me in the eyes, a large grin spilled onto her muzzle "HOLLYPAW!" she yowled and ran out of the nest, pushing Mousekit down as she did. 

I purred as all three kits toppled over me, they weren't as small as I remembered and it was clear that they would be apprenticed soon. I let them fight with me but then I shook them all off and they landed on the nursery floor in giggles, I laid down on the floor. 

"So what's been happening?" I asked with a smile. 

"Oh well Minnowkit got us all in trouble" Mousekit teased playfully and swatted Minnowkit with a paw, she shot him a glare and swatted his head back. 

"I did not! I was trying to have fun" Minnowkit growled. 

"You know we can have fun here right?" Littlekit meowed matter-o-factually, Minnowkit rolled her eyes. 

"Yeah but all your guy's games are boring!" Minnowkit complained "I wish you and Ashpaw were still kits" she smiled at me. 

"Yeah sometimes I do to" I admitted with a sigh, being a kit was care free, you always got your food and warmth and no one ever made you feel bad or unwanted like Krestelpaw did. 

"Something happen?" Littlekit asked gently. 

"Me and Krestelpaw got in a fight" I muttered. 

"Oh did you win?" Minnowkit asked amusement glistening in her eyes as her small claws escaped her little paws.