[AestheticDispleasure]

username: AestheticDispleasure
cat's name: Duckeyes
gender: female
age: 26 moons
rank: Warrior
clan: PondClan
where's the kits?: WIP

[este11e]

username: 1 1 : 1 1
cat's name: doegaze
gender: female
age: eighteen moons
rank: medicine cat
clan: twilightclan
where's the kits?: right behind her...
wip!

[canadianhowl]

username: dascandiansparkle
cat's name: leafwind
gender: female
age: 34 moons
rank: warrior
clan: pumaclan
where's the kits?:
WIP

[zippo.]

username: Zippo
cat's name: doveshiver
gender: female
age: 16 moons
rank: queen
clan: the land of three crows
where's the kits?:

"You lost.....you lost the kittens?" Rosestorm questioned calmly, the gravity of the situation slowly processing. "HOW DO YOU LOOSE THREE ENTIRE KITTENS?" she nearly shouted the younger mollies ears off, but instead settled on a half-whisper half-scream as to not alert Dusty, let alone Ash.

"It's easier than you think..." Doveshiver trailed off, head and tail low in shame.

"Alright alright, I don't doubt that - those littles are nightmares. Just tell me exactly what happened" The warrior sat down, wrapping her tail around her paws.

"Well, this morning they asked if we could go to the blossom pool. I know Ash said to stay in camp but it's not that far, I thought it would be fine. So I packed some extra food and we went over. They played for a bit, I kept an eye on them as they swam and played on the rocks. Littleswift did have a small accident, she slipped while playing under the waterfall but it was okay. I jumped in and got her, no injuries." Doveshiver began explaining, rambling on. The many different inflections in her voice amused Rosestorm.

"So, off to a great start. You're a lovely queen, overly helpful and worried - got it." She nodded along, smirking at the blush that rose on the younger mollies cheeks.

"You know Littlehawk, he's desperate to prove himself sense he has that crush on Ash. They came up with this elaborate plan - Littleswift and Littledaisy distracted me with cuteness! Daisy asked me to teach her how to make flowercrowns using the lilies and water reeds. Then Swift was asking all these questions about if I ever wanted kittens and if I had a boyfriend. Hawk must've run off then" She sighed heavily, wiping the sweat from her forehead with the back of her paw.

"You're saying you were outsmarted by littles?" Rosestorm snickered, trying to hide her obvious enjoyment of the entire scenario. "So you lost Hawk, how did you loose two others?" She questioned again.

"Hey! I wasn't outsmarted!" Doveshiver pouted, glancing down to her paws in embarrassment. "I just had too much faith in them, that's all. Well when I was making Daisy a flowercrown, Swift disappeared. Then Daisy and I went to go looking for them, and I turn my back for five seconds and she's gone! I panicked and ran around looking for them and that's when I thought to come to you" She looked up, a hopeful glint in her eyes.

"I don't even like littles, why am I going to be helpful?" Rosestorm tilted her head.

"Well, you're a very strong warrior. I think they followed the river into the chaos woods. I was hoping you would join me in looking for them and slay any danger that pops up" She beamed, brushing her tail against the older she cat. She knew Rosestorm was a bit arrogant, if she could butter her up enough she would have to help.

"You think just me and you can go into the woods alone? We'd need a whole party. We have to go Ash, she'll understand" She scolded, but still nuzzled the scared mollies cheek in comfort.

"Do we have to tell Ash? She's...." Doveshiver whined, closing her eyes tightly and letting out a heavy sigh.

"She's not as scary as she seems, trust me" Rosestorm smirked, a hidden truth behind her flirtatious and snarky words.

"Come on then, if I'm going to be murdered I guess it's alright if it's Ash" Doveshiver stood up bravely, though her steps did falter as the pair trotted back to camp.

"Hey Dustboy, where's Ash?" Rosestorm called to the chief, who rolled his eyes at the young warrior. The grey tom rolled onto his stomach, eyeing the two.

"She's by the blossompools" He responded, resting his head on his paws as they ventured back to where this mess began.

"What's she doing at the pools?" Doveshiver pondered, leading the warrior to the beauty that was the waterfall and lake. The tense silence was broken by laughter, Ashes and someone else's.

The two crouched down, hidden in the reeds surrounding the body of water. There they saw Hawk, Swift, Daisy, and Ash enjoying the beautiful day. Hawk was desperately trying to make a flowercrown for Ash, while Daisy teased him. Swift, being a better sister, was trying to teach her hopeless romantic of a brother.

Doveshiver smiled at the scene, of seeing Ash in a relaxed state and seeing that the littles were safe and sound.

"Heya' Ash" Rosestorm slid from the reeds, a charming smile on her lips as she neared the beautiful second in command. Doveshiver scuttled after her, smiling awkwardly.

"Ah, Good afternoon Rose, Dove" She dipped her head in respects to the other she cats. "I was just asking the littles how they liked Doveshiver as a queen, why don't you tell Dove what you said?" The second in command looked down to the littles, who had now gathered at their feet.

"She's really sweet, and helpful. She even taught us how to make crowns" Daisy smiled innocently.

"I slipped and fell into the water and she dived in and saved me. She's like a hero!" Swift bounced up and down excitedly.

"She's no where near as beautiful as you Ash" Hawk purred, nuzzling into the older she cats leg. "But I wouldn't want anyone else to be our new mother" He admitted sincerely, looking up to Doveshiver who was now holding back tears.


"Oh" Doveshiver squeaked, her chest swelling with happiness. "Oh, my littles, I love you so much" She coo'd as the kittens cuddling up to her.

"Those kittens are going to be a nightmare when they get older" Rosestorm muttered with an eye roll.

"Perhaps, but they'll be my little nightmares" Doveshiver giggled, giving each kitten a kiss on the head before they ran back into the pools to play.

[Emberwhisker]

username: emberwhisker
cat's name: morningdust
gender: female
age: 28 moons
rank: warrior
clan: [url]gorgeclan[/url]
where's the kits?: looking after the kits for her sister who needed time alone,
she gets to caught up talking to her crush,
kits see this and see it as their chance to go and explore camp
she panics and rushes round camp frantically trying to find them
finds them curled up asleep next to an elder.

(will take place in the future)

morningdust heard her name being called from the nursery and headed over with a small bounce in her step. the young feline adored the nursery and the kits and hoped that one day she would be in there, naming her kits, teaching them new things and being a mother. She pushed her head through the lichen covered entrance, blinking a few times to get used to the dimmer light, when she spotted Amber-Rose and her three mischievous and stunning 5 moons old, kits; Dawnkit, Thornkit and Nightkit.

She listened sententially as the Queen asked her to look after the kits, telling her their every need and to under no curium stances should she let them out of her sight or take her eyes of them, even for a slight second. The young she-cat nodded and took Amber-Rose's place in the moss and feathered nest. The three kits jumped around morningdust excitedly.

"morningdust look at what I can do" Nightkit meowed getting into a near perfect hunting crouch and stalking her unaware brother, she leaped and landed on him with a happy meow of delight. Thornkit rolled over and soon the two were playing fighting and rolling around, flashes or brown fur and black fur here and there.

One the other paw, Dawnkit sat beside morningdust, she was the most humble out of the lot and the least playful, but what morningdust didn't know what that they had another plan un their sleeves. Soon Thornkit and Nightkit were starting to get on the nerves of the other Queens, who's kits were much younger than these three. Apologising to the Queens, morningdust took the three older kits outside to play in the clearing.

As soon as they got outside, the three started to play clans. With Thornkit as Thornstar, Nightkit as Nightpetal the trusted medicine cat and Dawnkit as Dawnshine a Queen. morningdust smiled with relief not that they had a larger area to play in. She lay down on the camp clearing, enjoying the rays of the sun that warmed up her fur. The young molly watched the kits intently, caramel-brown eyes never leaving them. but that would soon change.

she caught a familiar scent, the scent of new trees and turned to see Bramblestike pad into camp, his mouth full of juicy prey. the young feline felt her heart beat faster and dramatically louder at seeing the handsome brown tabby tom. the kits, seeing their chance, got to work on their plan. Thornkit dashed behind her and leaped on morningdust's tail, while the his sisters ran away and hid. she glanced behind her and flicked her tail slightly "coming thornkit stay in front of me were I can see you all just likes your sist-" she stopped, for now she had turned back around and couldn't see his sisters anywhere. Eyes wide with worry she turned back to thorn kit only to find he was gone as well. the petrified Molly stood up and circled the clearing egde, trying to find them. when she couldn't she did the only thing she could do. go to swiftstar. the older she-cat would understand. right? but what if she tells morning dust she can no longer look after the kits?

ignoring the voices in her head, the feline raced to swiftstars den, she didn't even wait for an answer, but barged into the den, skidding on the floor, and almost bumping into the black and white she-cat. Swiftstar obviously saw the terror in the younger felines caramel brown eyes as she immediately questioned what was wrong.

"the kits. amber-rose asked me to look after her kits. we were playing in the clearing and I lost sight of them! i...I don't where they are. I bet amber-rose will never ask me again.

Swiftstar looked at the molly and smiled slightly, she trusted you over every other she-cat in this clan morning dust, that is something to be proud of" she meowed "now lets spot talking about and go and find those little nightmares ok?" she meowed already walking out of the den. If Swiftstar wasn't such an understanding leader then morning dust didn't know what she would have done. probably panicked and sworn never to look after kits again. Shaking her head, morningdust hurried after Swiftstar, explaining everything that had happened, on the way, though obviously missing out Bramblestrike.

Swiftstar listened to Morningdust as they searched round the deputy den. no kits in there. They look all around the apprentices den. Nothing. Searched high and low in the medicine cat den, as there were many places for young kits to hide. Nothing. Searched in the warriors den. Nothing.

At this point poor morningwas close to breaking down. she coudn't believe she had lost the kits. "Amber-Rose is going to be furious with me. What if they left camp? What if they got eaten by a fox or worse taken by the two legs?!" she meowed distraught. Swiftstar turned to morningdust and placed her tail upon the younger molly's shoulder comfortingy.

"don't worry morning dust. we will find them. I assure you. worrying isn't going to do you any good or the kits any good now is it?" she questioned trying to get morning.dust to calm down. The leader only started to continue with the search when she was confident that morning dust had calmed down enough to keep searching. morning dust was in awe at how calm swiftstar, she didn't seem fazed or anxious about the situation at all, but in truth the older she-cat was starting to get rather worried herself, but being the leader she had to put out an air or confidence and leadership to stop others from worrying as well.

"we haven't checked the elders den, they could been in there listening to Mapleleaf and Blackthorn" morningdust pipped up, causing Swiftstar to smile in reply

"take the lead morningdust" she meowed proudly, now that the younger Molly was calmer, she was thinking clearer.

So morningdust took the lead, and headed into the elders den, she opened her mouth to speak when Mapleleaf quietly shushed her and looked down between her and her mate Blackthorn. There between them were three familiar pelts. "the kits!" she whispered in pure relief, sinking to the ground emotionally exhausted, just at Amber-rose headed into the elders den, after being told by Bramblestrike that morning dust was in there.

Morningdust jumped up when the queen entered "Amber-Rose... I .. I didn't look after them very well. they were clever and used their wits against me, hiding with the elders I presume. I panicked and went to swiftstar. I understand if you no longer want me to look after them but they are like siblings to me. I'm sorry" she meowed in one breath.

The queen blinked slightly and chuckled, placing her head on morning dusts, comfortingly "I asked you morning dust because I trusted you. they would have been terribly behaviouved with any other she-cat, they asked specifically for you. "don't you worry, one day you will understand. maybe you should spend some time with me in the nursery and I can teach you some tips on how to keep their attention?" she suggested.

morning dust smiled "I would like that very much, thank you"

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[MeltiTheDragon]

username: Diamondshine101
cat's name: Flashflower
gender: Female
age: 81 Moons
rank: Permanent Queen, Clan Lorekeeper
clan: Cascadeclan
where's the kits?:

"You know, I'm really tired of laying around all day. Watch them Flash, maybe tell them one of your stories to put them to sleep. Kids, stop fighting and be good!"

The calico molly looked over a couple nests to the pair of squirming kits that were ignoring their mother and still wrestling each other for who knew what reason. Their mother seemed truly wiped from trying to keep them in line. She nodded in agreement. "Sure Shadow, my dear. I promise you, they'll be sound asleep when you come back."

"Thank the stars!" she sighed. "I'll be back in little while, no longer than half a night. `Kay?"

Once she'd left, Flashflower set up the nursery for story time. The kits had finally stopped wrestling with each other. Now they were staring intently at the nursery's only permanent adult resident. "Ivykit, Acornkit! Story time!"

The brother and sister hesistantly sat in the two nests in front of the clan lorekeeper. She smiled and began to tell them an old tale.

"There once was three bears!"

Acornkit looked at the rambling queen and mouthed to his sister, "Not this one again..."

"Shut up, I love this story!" Ivykit mouthed back, trying to not lose her place in the story.

Flashflower was, as always, very into the story. She gestured wildly, both her tail motions and her paw movements adding a spark of life to the story. "Then a young little warrior named Goldfeather came across a big den in the woods."

Acornkit fidgeted restlessly, and as he gazed longingly out of the den, he had an idea. The fawn tom carefully crept out of the den.

"The third nest fit just right...until it broke right where she sat! Remember, just because you fit does not mean you should sit."

Ivykit looked over to check on her brother, but she suddenly had to do a double take. One heartbeat her brother was there, the next he'd vanished. For a brief moment, she was going to ask Flashflower for help. But the queen had bad hips. All she'd do was slow her down! She snuck out of the den to follow him by herself.

-----

A little while later...

"And the father bear said, somebody has been sleeping my......AAHHH!! Where's the kits?! Where's the KITS!?"

The kits were both gone. Since when, she didn't know. But they were gone.

"Where did you go? I said story time, not hide and seek time!"

They didn't answer. Which meant they weren't anywhere in camp. She started panicking. If Owletfur found out she'd lost his kits, she'd lose her ears for sure. She cautiously peeked into the warriors' den. The deputy was sound asleep. Nap time. Relieved, she briskly walked out of camp, hot on the trail of the kittens' still fresh scent.

She followed their path as closely as she could. It took her alongside the Great River, straight through the infamous garlic patch that Campionstar wishes wasn't there most days, and down to the twolegs' bridge. Their scent was really strong now. The twolegs chattered to each other, brandishing long sticks with strings at the end. She sighed ; they were stealing fish out of the river. Again. Cascadeclan's been trying for ages to keep them off the territory. Prickly brambles on the bridge. Fresh meat to lure the foxes and bears. Nothing worked. But she could think about that later.

Acornkit burst out of the bushes, lunging for a small silvery fish dangling from the fishing stick. She quickly grabbed him by the scruff. "Hey! You're no fun! I was just hunting!" he mewled. The twolegs suddenly looked at them.

"I told you that was a terrible idea, Acorn!" Ivykit ranted, her silky black fur bristling in a mixture of anger and fear. The twoleg kits waddled toward them with furless paws outstretched to grab Flashflower by the tail. She dropped Acornkit and hissed. They screeched and ran back for their parents. Slowly, the three cats backed away. Too slowly, because the full grown twolegs grabbed boxes and ran to try and corner them.

Flashflower yowled, "Ivykit, get on my back now." As the female kit got a good grip on her fur, she grabbed the other kit by the scruff and bolted back for camp. Her hips throbbed, with a sharp moment of pain as she skidded to a stop at the base of the ridge. She limped up the side of the cliff. Finally, she crawled into camp and collapsed in relief. Until...

"How dare you lose my kits!"

Owletfur was awake. And he knew that the kits had run off.

She tried to apologize. "It was an accident! I'm really, really sorry. I don't even know when they got away from me. All I was doing was telling them a story."

"Actually Dad, it's my fault," Ivykit interjected. "My brother got bored and I should've told Flashflower before I tried to stop him."

The deputy snarled, "No, it's still all Flash's fault. If she'd been keeping proper watch, he wouldn't have run off to begin with! Flashflower, do you realize how worried I was? I was starting to doubt whether they'd make it back in one piece, if at all! The kits are far too young to be out of camp on their own! You should be ashamed of yourself." He took a deep breath and glanced out at the just rising sun. "It's getting late. Get the kits to sleep, we'll finish this tomorrow."

-----

She dreaded waking up in the worst way. He was right ; she was one hundred percent guilty of letting them out of her sight. She should've paid better attention. Surprisingly, she wasn't the one he was mad at anymore.

"Lexi, er, Shadow, where have you been? I've been worried sick...is that catnip?"

Shadowfang looked absolutely exhausted. Her fur was ruffled and ragged, and it definitely reeked of catnip and garlic. "Well, I was taking a leisurely stroll down the avenue and the sisters were handing out invitations for-"

"Starclan's kits," Owletfur muttered, "please tell me you didn't take one."

"Of course I took one! They throw the best parties around! Simi got us fish for dinner again. And Remy always knows where to find the catnip jar."

He rolled his eyes. Those kittypets were nothing but trouble. Every day they were spoiled by their twolegs, but every quarter moon or two they're notorious for throwing the wildest house parties while the twolegs slept. Shadowfang, formerly a rogue called Lexi, loved those parties. "Next time, please tell me when you're going to one of those. I'd like to tag along sometime and I'd rather not worry about you."

"I promise," she purred. "By the way, where are my little fuzzballs?"

Anger flashed in his eyes as he shot Flashflower a nasty glare. She ran over there and put her paws over his mouth. "They're sleeping in their den, safe and sound, just like I promised!"

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[denja]

now closed for judging!

[denja]

username: Zippo
cat's name: doveshiver
gender: female
age: 16 moons
rank: queen
clan: the land of three crows
where's the kits?:

"You lost.....you lost the kittens?" Rosestorm questioned calmly, the gravity of the situation slowly processing. "HOW DO YOU LOOSE THREE ENTIRE KITTENS?" she nearly shouted the younger mollies ears off, but instead settled on a half-whisper half-scream as to not alert Dusty, let alone Ash.

"It's easier than you think..." Doveshiver trailed off, head and tail low in shame.

"Alright alright, I don't doubt that - those littles are nightmares. Just tell me exactly what happened" The warrior sat down, wrapping her tail around her paws.

"Well, this morning they asked if we could go to the blossom pool. I know Ash said to stay in camp but it's not that far, I thought it would be fine. So I packed some extra food and we went over. They played for a bit, I kept an eye on them as they swam and played on the rocks. Littleswift did have a small accident, she slipped while playing under the waterfall but it was okay. I jumped in and got her, no injuries." Doveshiver began explaining, rambling on. The many different inflections in her voice amused Rosestorm.

"So, off to a great start. You're a lovely queen, overly helpful and worried - got it." She nodded along, smirking at the blush that rose on the younger mollies cheeks.

"You know Littlehawk, he's desperate to prove himself sense he has that crush on Ash. They came up with this elaborate plan - Littleswift and Littledaisy distracted me with cuteness! Daisy asked me to teach her how to make flowercrowns using the lilies and water reeds. Then Swift was asking all these questions about if I ever wanted kittens and if I had a boyfriend. Hawk must've run off then" She sighed heavily, wiping the sweat from her forehead with the back of her paw.

"You're saying you were outsmarted by littles?" Rosestorm snickered, trying to hide her obvious enjoyment of the entire scenario. "So you lost Hawk, how did you loose two others?" She questioned again.

"Hey! I wasn't outsmarted!" Doveshiver pouted, glancing down to her paws in embarrassment. "I just had too much faith in them, that's all. Well when I was making Daisy a flowercrown, Swift disappeared. Then Daisy and I went to go looking for them, and I turn my back for five seconds and she's gone! I panicked and ran around looking for them and that's when I thought to come to you" She looked up, a hopeful glint in her eyes.

"I don't even like littles, why am I going to be helpful?" Rosestorm tilted her head.

"Well, you're a very strong warrior. I think they followed the river into the chaos woods. I was hoping you would join me in looking for them and slay any danger that pops up" She beamed, brushing her tail against the older she cat. She knew Rosestorm was a bit arrogant, if she could butter her up enough she would have to help.

"You think just me and you can go into the woods alone? We'd need a whole party. We have to go Ash, she'll understand" She scolded, but still nuzzled the scared mollies cheek in comfort.

"Do we have to tell Ash? She's...." Doveshiver whined, closing her eyes tightly and letting out a heavy sigh.

"She's not as scary as she seems, trust me" Rosestorm smirked, a hidden truth behind her flirtatious and snarky words.

"Come on then, if I'm going to be murdered I guess it's alright if it's Ash" Doveshiver stood up bravely, though her steps did falter as the pair trotted back to camp.

"Hey Dustboy, where's Ash?" Rosestorm called to the chief, who rolled his eyes at the young warrior. The grey tom rolled onto his stomach, eyeing the two.

"She's by the blossompools" He responded, resting his head on his paws as they ventured back to where this mess began.

"What's she doing at the pools?" Doveshiver pondered, leading the warrior to the beauty that was the waterfall and lake. The tense silence was broken by laughter, Ashes and someone else's.

The two crouched down, hidden in the reeds surrounding the body of water. There they saw Hawk, Swift, Daisy, and Ash enjoying the beautiful day. Hawk was desperately trying to make a flowercrown for Ash, while Daisy teased him. Swift, being a better sister, was trying to teach her hopeless romantic of a brother.

Doveshiver smiled at the scene, of seeing Ash in a relaxed state and seeing that the littles were safe and sound.

"Heya' Ash" Rosestorm slid from the reeds, a charming smile on her lips as she neared the beautiful second in command. Doveshiver scuttled after her, smiling awkwardly.

"Ah, Good afternoon Rose, Dove" She dipped her head in respects to the other she cats. "I was just asking the littles how they liked Doveshiver as a queen, why don't you tell Dove what you said?" The second in command looked down to the littles, who had now gathered at their feet.

"She's really sweet, and helpful. She even taught us how to make crowns" Daisy smiled innocently.

"I slipped and fell into the water and she dived in and saved me. She's like a hero!" Swift bounced up and down excitedly.

"She's no where near as beautiful as you Ash" Hawk purred, nuzzling into the older she cats leg. "But I wouldn't want anyone else to be our new mother" He admitted sincerely, looking up to Doveshiver who was now holding back tears.


"Oh" Doveshiver squeaked, her chest swelling with happiness. "Oh, my littles, I love you so much" She coo'd as the kittens cuddling up to her.

"Those kittens are going to be a nightmare when they get older" Rosestorm muttered with an eye roll.

"Perhaps, but they'll be my little nightmares" Doveshiver giggled, giving each kitten a kiss on the head before they ran back into the pools to play.

sorry this took so long to judge!! here's the winner... zippo! i hope you enjoy doveshiver - i loved the character you gave her and wowza that's a real gorgeous name you gave her,, it suits her so well!

[zippo.]

thank you so much!!
doveshiver will be well loved <3

[MeltiTheDragon]

Congrats zippo! :3 You can keep my art if you want.