Mosskit Book 2: The Journey

Chapter 26

            The nightmare had shaken Mosskit up, and he couldn't fall back asleep. He glanced around, looking for Ginger. The sun was only rising, and Snakekit was fast asleep. He swore that he had woken up before everyone else.

            She must be getting some prey Mosskit thought, waiting for the old she-cat to return.

            He sat awhile waiting as the sun rose up. Suddenly, the she-cat appeared out of nowhere, two robins in her jaw.

            "Mosskit?" she frowned. "What are you doing awake so early?"

            "I-I couldn't sleep," Mosskit said. "Oh  boy, is that a robin? I'm starving!" He grabbed the robin quickly, biting into it so he didn't have to answer any more questions. He didn't want Ginger knowing about his nightmares.

            "Well, I guess you were hungry," Ginger said. She padded over to Snakekit and lightly poked the she-cat. "Wake up, Snakekit."

            Snakekit opened her eyes. "Aw, no! Mosskit woke up before me again?!"

            Mosskit laughed as he ate his robin, watching the look on her face. She was obviously shocked that Mosskit kept awakening earlier than her.

            "You better fix that," Mosskit laughed. "Because you'll have to wake up even earlier in the clan!"

            Snakekit growled and leapt at him, pinning him down. She laughed and lightly pawed at him. "I will wake up first tomorrow. You'll see!"

            "Sure," Mosskit said, rolling his eyes as he pushed the she-cat off of him.

            "Eat your robin, Snakekit. We are on a schedule," Ginger said. "We should be arriving in SnowClan in a couple of days. We're nearly there."

            "Yay!" Mosskit exclaimed, jumping up and down, excited to discover his past.

            Snakekit finished up her robin, and they began on their journey again. This time, the conversation started up right away, unlike the previous day where they had gone awhile without speaking to one another.

            "So, about what you said yesterday," Snakekit said, shuffling her paws.

            "Yeah, what?" Mosskit asked.          

            "It-it made me think of my past too. I have so many unanswered questions. All I know is that my mother abandoned me and gave me the horrid name of Snakekit. But what if I have siblings? Who is my mother? What clan did she belong to? Who's my father?"

            "Wow, I guess you have more questions than me," Mosskit pointed out.

            "Not exactly," Snakekit said. "You've met lots of cats, and that's why you're so confused. I haven't met any members of my family."

            "Maybe you'll find them one day," Mosskit suggested.

            "Maybe," Snakekit said. "When I'm not beating you at apprentice training!" she laughed, poking him in the stomach.

            "Hey!" Mosskit said, leaping for her.

            Snakekit leapt aside, giggling. "Can't catch me!" she giggled, running around Ginger.

            Ginger rolled her eyes, obviously annoyed by their playing.

            "Oh yes I can!" Mosskit said, chasing after her. He reached out to bite onto her tail when he slipped, landing in a pile of mud. "Mouse dung!" he hissed, rising from the ground. His pelt was coated in the brown mud, making him look more like a brown cat than a white cat.