Post by Moonshadow on May 20, 2009 12:51:55 GMT -5
Chapter One
As the night blew away and morning began to rise, a young she-kit lay in her mother's paws. Her flame-colored pelt, which described her name, Flamekit, blended in with the rust-colored ground. She squirmed out of her mother's paws and sniffed the air. Her beautiful, crystal clear blue eyes brightened and she turned. She smelled her best friend from ThunderClan, Nightkit. She searched eagerly for the black tomkit, but he was nowhere in sight.
Flamekit's tail drooped. Maybe she'd imagined the scent of her life-long friend. But, she'd known him since she was born, only four moons earlier.
In the bushes behind Flamekit, hidden in the barrier surrounding ShadowClan's camp, a black kit with white paws was sitting, his tail curled neatly around his paws. His enchanting brown eyes were fixed on Flamekit, and she didn't notice him until he hopped down and scrambled up a tree, hoping Flamekit wouldn't notice.
But Flamekit saw the tom and scrambled up, her eyes aglow with joy and eagerness. She ran over to the tree and meowed softly,
"I can smell you, Nightkit!"
"Darn!" Nightkit mewed playfully, jumping down from the tree. Flamekit touched her nose to his flank in a friendly way, hoping he wouldn't shy away, for she'd never done that. She felt something like she felt for her mother deep inside her - but she couldn't feel that. She was a cat from a different Clan. Her mother had told her that it was against the Warriors Code to love someone from another Clan.
Nightkit blinked warmly at her and touched her muzzle with his paw. "Your it." He turned and ran off, and Flamekit followed, hard on the tomkit's paws. His fluffy tail puffed out behind him and he was gasping for breath already.
"You need to lose some weight!" giggled Flamekit as she landed heavily on him.
Nightkit shoved her off roughly. "Hey!"
Flamekit's short ginger-flame fur and Nightkit's long, black fur tangled and they looked like a ball of black and orange.
"You know," Nightkit began, "I shouldn't be here..."
"Why?"
"Well, it's kind of against the code. Kits aren't supposed to leave camp."
"so what? we've done it for moons."
"Flamekit..." Nightkit sighed, "you don't wanna break the code, do you?"
"No...you're right. Maybe we're only four moons old, but we're still breaking that code."
"I'll...go, then."
"Okay...bye." Nightkit wiggled out of flamekit's grasp. They touched noses gingerly and then Nightkit trotted off quickly.
"May StarClan light your path," Flamekit whispered. Nightkit's tail flicked at her and he vanished into the darkness. Flamekit turned away and padded back to her mother. She looked back where Nightkit had disappeared and whispered,
"Wherever my heart goes, StarClan shall follow. and I shall follow you, Nightkit."
A strong emotion filled her heart and Flamekit dashed back to her mother before she was overwhelmed. She knew Nightkit was forbidden to be her love or her friend or anything but an enemy. But she felt the emotion...and it was overtaking her.
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