Chapter 1

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" RabbitKit, ShallowKit, SnowKit come here at once!" Yelled EerieShadows. The three kits fur was fluffed out of fear as they stumbled their way over to the queen.
"What did I tell you three about staying out of TansyHeart's den?"
" You told us not to go in unless told to!" Squeaked out SnowKit. The queen looked at the three guilty kits.
" To be fair it was RabbitKits idea to go in." admitted ShallowKit. " Was not!" retorted RabbitKit.
" Either way you three are in trouble, you wait till your parents get back to camp SnowKit. Come on Sons back to the nursery and you'll stay there till you learn to listen."        The Queen nudged the kits back to the den all the while the kits are complaining. SnowKit sits there looking after her two friends. She thought about how much they get her in trouble. Just yesterday the two got caught trying to leave camp, SnowKit was about to follow them out of the camp. But then DeerLeap caught them, and stopped them. The young kit let out a mrrowl of laughter about the plans her best friends come up with.
IceCloud burst into the camp with a limp body hanging from her jaws, and the other cats from the patrol follow her in. Blood and dust cover the cats.  SnowKit recognizes the limp body as her father SnowPelt. His red eyes staring coldly into the distance, their usually happy glow gone. SnowKit let out a mournful cry and ran to her mother who sat with the body of her father.
Their leader HeatherStar pushed her way through the throng of cats till she was in front of a grieving family. " What happened to him IceCloud?" " We were attacked by a dog, we managed to wound it and send it back to the barn... But it was too late for..... for. .. SnowPelt... The dog managed to grab him and ... it killed him..." Meowed the hurt queen.
" I am so Sorry IceCloud, He will be missed. We will hold vigil for him tonight, but before that all of you go to TansyHeart and LightPaw to get patched up. I don't need any of you dying from infection." Meowed HeatherStar. All the cats beside IceCloud moved, the queens look in her eyes could tell she was in a distant place in her own head. The young kit was nuzzled in her father's pelt for the last time, a quiet whimper could be heard from SnowKit.
The two sit vigil for the rest of the night not leaving his side till it was time to bury the tom's body. Snowkit wanted to go and bury her father but she was forced to stay in camp. 

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