Not It

Chapter 16

Throughout the camp, an aura of exhaustion seemed to dull the minds of everyone around.

So everyone was asleep. It was only customary for the first few nights after Halloween.

The moon sweetly glittered overhead.

All was calm. All was bright. 

Though it wouldn't last.

"Swiftkit stole my Sour Patch Kids!"

Immediately, the entire nursery was awake and screaming.

"Because you stole my Gobstoppers!"

"Pigeonkit took my Fun Dip earlier and I didn't care! Just get over it!"

"Or steal something back..."

"Give me my Sour Patch Kids back, Swiftkit!"

Pikekit had the thin she-kit pinned to the ground, his tail lashing furiously behind him as he growled at her once more. Chocolate coated the area around his muzzle and it covered his paws, staining the white kit's pelt.

Pigeonkit suddenly pivoted on his paws, turning to stare down at Pikekit.

"You stole my Mike And Ikes! I knew you weren't to be trusted!"

Pikekit was soon ripped from Swiftkit, who immediately skimped off to go eat the stolen Sour Patch Kids. Pigeonkit pinned Pikekit to the ground, hissing about his missing Mike And Ikes.

This was a usual occurrence after Halloween, regardless of the litters that had been born. The season before it had been hardly existent and the queens had been grateful for that.

Obviously, with the kits they'd had this Halloween, it was inevitable.

"Where'd my Kit-Kat go?" Applekit questioned curiously.

Furzekit quietly stuffed himself with candy that he'd secretly stolen from others.

"Okay, okay!" Swiftkit shouted, trying to get the cats to calm down.

The den silenced.

"In order to stop arguing about the candy, let's hold a competition! Whoever wins will get all of the candy in this den. If you agree to the rules, then scream Halloween!"

"Halloween!" All of the kits yowled, deafeningly loud.

Swiftkit bounced a little with excitement as she ordered, "Everyone, get your candy and drop it in the middle of the den. Don't forget the bags they came in! Hand them over to me!"

Pikekit dumped a ridiculous amount of candy, some in half-opened wrappers, onto the ground.

Swiftkit added her candy, mostly filled with Heath bars, Almond Joys, and Hershey's. Applekit added her Twizzlers, Blow Pops, Smarties, and Sweet Tarts. Cloverkit added her complete and total mix of candies. Troutkit gently put in her haul, which was rather small and consisted of Yorks, mostly. 

Furzekit dumped in his candies, too. Pigeonkit laid his down rather carefully, full of M&Ms, Reeses, Snickers, and Airheads, and they all handed over their bags that kept their candy, which was consequently a bunch of pillowcases.

Swiftkit took out a pair of scissors and started cutting them up. Eventually, she had glued them all up to be an extra large pillowcase, and she promptly dumped all of the candy inside. 

"Thornshine!" She called, and the light brown tabby she-cat came skittering up.

"Can you hide this for me?" Swiftkit handed over the bag, grinning. "It's for a game!"