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mackstarr wrote:Username: mackstarr
Cat's Name: Stormcloud
Cat's gender: male
Clan Thread: Pineclan
Stormkit laid very still. He could hear the sounds of his nursery-mates breathing around him. All breathed slowly now. All except his mother. She knew he was a trouble-maker, but Stormkit had been keeping his excursions on the downlow lately so she would not suspect his intentions. Soon, her breathing evened out and Stormkit let out a silent sigh of relief. He waited a bit longer, and then crept to his feet. He was 5 moons old and he was bigger than most other kits his age. Why couldn't he be an apprentice now?
He slipped past the dark green moss hanging around the entrance to the nursery cave and felt a large water droplet splatter across his dark-furred face. Shaking it to free his yellow eyes of the water, he glanced around the still camp and darted for the secret entrance that his clan used to escape in dangerous situations. He scrambled up the rockpile, his fur blending in perfectly with the stones in the dark. Soon he was dashing through the forest, the smell of swaying pines filling his senses. Rain pelted down harder now but he didn't turn back, his puffy kitten fur clinging to his skin. Soon he saw a gap in the trees and veered off toward it with curiosty. Stretched before him in the opening was a massive expanse of water. A gigantic pond, swirling with ripples as the raindrops mixed with its surface. Stormkit padded up to the edge, sniffing about and full of childish excitement.
A scent familiar to him grabbed his attention. It was a water vole, one of his favorite meals that the warriors brought back to him. He dropped into his clumsy impression of a hunter's crouch and began to creep toward the smell. He spotted the tiny creature sheltering under a thick-leaved plant. Yowling prematurealy, he leapt at the creature. It was long gone by the time his paws thudded onto the wet ground where it had been. As he landed, the mud beneath Stormkit's paws caused them to fly out to his right. He crashed face-first into the pond and scrabbled about in an attempt to regain his footing. The rushing summer rain was too strong though, and the small waves that lapped at the shorelines dragged his small paws out from under him. He spluttered and coughed and kicked frantically to keep his water-logged coat from dragging him under. He felt a stone meet his pawpad and shoved with all his might, stretching toward a floating branch. He clung to it and cried out for help, although he did not have much hope that his sleeping clan would hear him from their dens over the storm. He floated for quite some time, drifting nearly 3 fox lengths from the shore, the clouds above his head allowing him to occasionally catch the fleeting glimpse of the stars. Starclan help me, he thought. I'm sorry.
Soon, muffled voices could be heard calling out over the din. Stormkit inhaled a mouthful of water as he opened his mouth to cry out. "I'm here! I'm here!" Dark cat shapes splashed into the edge of the water. Two swam out to him and began to tug the stick he clung to back to shore. He finally stood shaking like a leaf in the wind on the muddy shore. In the darkness, he could see the light blue eyes of his leader staring down at him. "I-I'm sorry, Finchstar," he muttered. She didn't respond, only flicked her tail and beckoned the rest of the three cats on patrol with her to follow. Stormkit was scooped off the ground and he recognized his mother's smell, mixed with fading fear. She made him help the elders for next three sunpasses, but did not scold him any more. It was as if she knew that he had been scared enough that he would not be going on any solitary aventures again until he had begun to train.
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