One Of Many (A Warrior Cats Fanfiction)

Chapter One

Aloekit tensed her muscles and leapt out of the moss onto a ginger kit. 

"Got you!" she squealed, giggling and rolling on her back.

"I'll get you for that!" The ginger she-kit, Aspenkit, mewled back, sticking out her tongue.

"Shhh, you two. Let everyone sleep, the morning patrols just came back. They want to rest." Aloekit and Aspenkit's mother, Fennelstripe, groaned from her nest.

Aloekit and her sister had just turned four moons old. Only two more until they were apprentices! Aloekit was excited to have a new nest in the apprentices' den. Maybe Smokestar would make her a warrior only ONE day after she became an apprentice. That would be so awesome!

"Aloekit, Aloekit!" Aspenkit mewed, waggling her hindquarters. "Let's go find Nettleblossom and Pearstride! They'll teach us hunting crouches!" she bounced up, nearly hitting her head on the den wall.

"Hush, Aspenkit. Palekit is sleeping." Poppyfang, the other nursery queen, murmured from her nest.

Palekit was Poppyfang's only kit, she was so tiny! Palekit was only TWO moons old, unlike how Aloekit and Aspenkit were FOUR moons old. They were half her age!

Palekit was a white speck curled up next to her mother, snoring away. There was playing to do! Palekit was so silly. Palekit never played with Aspenkit and Aloekit, she was sooooooo boring.

"Alright!" Aloekit squeaked, ignoring Poppyfang's complaints. Sleeping was for nighttime! It was nearly sun-high, too late to sleep.

Aspenkit bobbed out the den entrance, her tail whisking out of sight like a butterfly.

"Hey!" Aspenkit pulled her tail away from Aloekit's teeth. "What was that for?"

"Your tail looked like a butterfly!" Aloekit purred, rubbing against her sister before running over to the camp entrance, where Nettleblossom with meowing orders at patrols.

"Nettleblossom!" Aspenkit sped past Aloekit, nearly tripping over her paws before sitting down next to Nettleblossom.

"Why, hello Aspenkit! Good morning, Aloekit." Nettleblossom purred and sat down, curling her tail over her paws. "What are you two doing out here?"

"We came to see you and Pearstride!" Aspenkit mewed, her whiskers twitching.

Aloekit nodded, confirming her sister's words. After all, she was Aloestar! Leader of High Camp! Well, Pine Camp, but High Camp was better and more prey-rich, so she wanted to lead it. The leader had to make sure what everyone else said was right, they were so important! One day she'd be in High Camp, leading everyone in the world!

"Aloekitttt." Nettleblossom waved a paw in front of her face, purring.

"Sorry, Nettleblossom. Just daydreaming again." Aloekit dropped her gaze. Everyone said she was crazy for drifting into 'her own world'. One day it would be her world! In High Camp! She'd be leader and Aspenkit would be deputy. 

"Can we have that mouse?" Aspenkit gazed hungrily at a pile of prey that the hunters had brought it. It must be still warm.

Nettleblossom frowned. "I'm not sure," she mewed. "I'll ask Pearstride how much we can spare," she looked across camp before pinpointing her mate and enticing him with a flick of her tail.

Pearstride padded over, his mottled tail pointing up as he saw Nettleblossom. He purred and rubbed cheeks with her.

"Yuck! Romance!" Aspenkit stuck out her small pink tongue, squeezing her eyes shut.

"Can we spare a mouse for the kits? They haven't eaten since yesterday, and that shrew was small." Nettleblossom frowned her mouth in worry.

"Sorry, kits. The hunting patrols were out of luck. They found just enough for High Camp. Minus a few, but the messengers won't even notice." Pearstride shook his head no. "We'll see if there's any more prey later." He turned tail and left, heading to where Smokestar was waving his tail.