Without a Trace

Chapter 4

Lightkit wakes up, and looks around and sees a strange tom, and a she cat. She freaks out and runs towards the Twoleg door and starts pawing at it.
"I can not stay here! I belong with my Clan! With my..." she falls onto the floor and begins to cry. "MOTHER! Why did those Monsters have to kill you? StarClan! Why do you punish me?" she lays her head down on her paws and cries.
The tom walks over to her. "Hey, are you alright?" he asks Lightkit.
"NO! My entire family is gone! I woke them up, and they fled before I could get my mother!"
"Hey, calm down, it is going to be alright, please just listen, you are just in shock from what happened, I am sure your Clan is around here somewhere."
"Yes, they are, they went to Four Stump, but since I am just a kit, I do not know where that is... I wish I could go home!" she lays her head back down and cries some more.
"Please stop crying, if I did not save you, you probably would have been dead too. Also, what is your name?"
"Why did you not leave me to die?!" she looked up at him angrily. "Also my name is, Lightkit. My mother gave it to me when I was born. When I turn six moons, I would have became an apprentice, and then I could leave camp, and hunt, train, and even fight! I was looking forward to it... but... now it is not going to happen." she said still crying.
"I love your name, Lightkit. Mine is Shadow. This is my home, but I always wanted to live in the wild, but my mother is too protective, and she does not even let me leave the backyard!" Shadow screamed loud enough for his mother to hear.
Cotton hears what Shadow said about her being too protective, she storms over to him. "Shadow! I am just being protective because you do not understand how rough it is out there! You might have run into a nice wild cat but not all wild cats are nice!" she exclaimed. "Also, miss, Lightkit, is it?"
Lightkit nods.
"Well, you can not have that name here! Your new name is Star!" Cotton said angrily.
"WHAT! NO! I CAN NOT HAVE THAT NAME! IT IS AGAINST MY CODE!" Lightkit exclaimed.
"What code do you believe in? Because around here, there is no code!" Cotton said, still angry.
"The Warrior Code! All wild cats believe it! You can not take me away from my beliefs! I can not do this! I just want to go home!" Lightkit screeches.
"Well, this is your home!" Cotton is still arguing.
"I am not changing my name! Only my leader can do that!"
"Well, I am now your leader!"
"NO YOU ARE NOT!" she exclaimed running to the door and jumps to the window and looks out the window.
"I can not deal with you!" Cotton yelled after her. "You are going to do what I say and that is final!"
"NO I AM NOT! You can not change me!" Lightkit yelled over her shoulder.
"MOM! Please just let her calm down, she just lost her mother, and her Clan! She is going through a hard time! Give her some space, and then talk to her later!" Shadow exclaimed walking over to Lightkit and lays down next to her and tries to soothe her.