Once in a Lifetime

[kelsey .]

The world is bright. Many colors I do not know. But-oooh! Is that pink? Applekit was suddenly nose to nose with her father, Chasernight. His strikingly pink nose was now in her face.

"Applekit!" Chasernight meowed playfully. "You'll bite my nose off if you get any closer to it!" He sighed, batting the she-kit softly with his paw. The little kit had already chosen pink as her favorite color, and it matched her perfectly-a bubbly, pink kind of personality.

"Sorry, Daddy!" Applekit squealed. She reeled away from her father and race dover to her mom. "Hi, Mom! Hiii!"

Fawnkit watched her sister and flicked her tail in annoyance. Why can't she be more subtle? If she acts like that when she is a warrior, she'll be a reckless mess! She stood up and stretched her long legs, yawning. "Father, Mother, can we maybe get some fresh air? This place is stuffy." She looked at Passion's kits, Veil and Gaze and the others. They were sleeping peacefully without a care in the world.

[Brambleclaw]

"Actually, I was thinking just that. How about we go exploring?" She suggested with a smile. She and Chasernight could go and take their kits exploring. A great way to know the land, and maybe prevent them from exploring later by sneaking out.
"But first, we have to make sure everyone's here." She said with a smile.
"Ripplekit, Indigokit, Fawnkit, Pebblekit, Pantherkit, Littlekit, Applekit, Stalkkit, and Minnowkit." She called each kit's name as she tapped their head.
"All here. Ready?" She asked with a smile. This could be fun, a little adventure with the whole family.

[[Named all the kits off the top of my head!]]

[kelsey .]

Applekit nodded excitedly and led the way out of the den. Her bouncy attitude annoyed Fawnkit. She doesn't get it. Will she ever get it? Fawnkit didn't know what was bugging her, but something was obviously getting under her fur. Lost in thoughts, she didn't hear her dark pelted brother creep up on her.

"Everything alright?" Indigokit's already deep tone spoke softly in her ear. She jumped and shivered, fear prickling her eyes.

"Jeeez! Don't sneak up on me like that!" She hissed scornfully, eyes ablaze. She raced ahead and got away from Indigokit's burning gaze. He caught Twopaw's eyes from across the clearing and waved his tail at his brother.

Twopaw looked at his family from the other side of camp. His eyes caught on fire with anger. So she doesn't care for us. I know Chasernight does. At least he talks to me! She's not my mother. Hundredpaw was also gazing at the big family.

How functional. We're not even invited. His eyes bore into Otherstar. He dug his claws into the ground. "Beautiful family, Otherstar! Feel as if your forgetting something?" He shouted.

[Brambleclaw]

Otherstar looked back and counted her kits again.
"No, we're all here. Thank you for your concern though!" She said with a smile. Ripplekit rolled his eyes and forced his way in front of his mother.
"Wouldn't they love to join us?" He asked, heavily hinting as to what they wanted. He understood. She didn't. Did she even care about them?
"Well, I guess... We could try and keep track of you all?" She offered uneasily.

[kelsey .]

Hundredpaw just blinked, dumbfounded. Wow. she really doesn't care. He flicked his tail angrily, and said, loud enough for Otherstar to hear, "Wouldn't it be nice to have a mother, Twopaw? Too bad she is dead to us." He stalked toward his brother defiantly.

"Yeah, Hundredpaw." Twopaw couldn't think of anything to say back, to snappy comment, nothing. He sighed.

Chasernight glared at his mate. "Otherstar! You don't even acknowledge our first litter! Are you crazy?" He said angrily, eyes blazing. Fawnkit stared up at him, fear running through her. Will Otherstar forget us, too?

[bluebrook3]

Pebblekit sat quietly a little bit way from his family. He was the mellow one of the group. He tended to blend rather then stick out, He liked it better this way after all, he is the middle child...He gave his silver pelt a quick lick.

[Brambleclaw]

Otherstar shook her head.
"I offered, didn't I! But why would they want to join a bunch of kits, hmmm?" She said with a sigh. "Let's go." She added, turning to leave.
"I'll join you, mom." Googolpaw said warmly, hoping his mother didn't feel hurt. Gigapaw hissed but said nothing as her brother walked over and nuzzled his mother.
"Sounds like fun to me."

[kelsey .]

Hundredpaw stared at her disbelievingly. I'll just leave. she won't know I'm gone. His scathing comments didn't offer her any guilt of forgetting her first litter. She porbably doesn't even know Googolpaw is her own son!

Chasernight was stung by his mates Ignorance. she's getting on my nerves. "Otherstar, maybe I should hang back and stay with our first litter." He said with emphasis.

[Brambleclaw]

"If you want. It isn't my fault they don't want to join me." She said with a sigh. "Is there something biting you, Chasernight?" She asked with a sigh, looking to see nine bundles of fur bouncing about the camp like monkeys. She sighed.

[kelsey .]

"Yes. Yes there is, Otherstar. You...I don't think you pay attention to our first litter, okay? You didn't invite them, Ripplekit did! And you hesitated!" He glared at her with cold eyes.

[Brambleclaw]

Otherstar shook her head sadly.
"I just thought they'd rather stay here, okay? I already have nine kits to deal with." She said unhappily, turning and making sure all the kits were present. "We're going. You joining us?" She asked sadly, mostly hurt by her mate. Googolpaw said nothing as he looked away sadly from his family.

[kelsey .]

Chasernight was still whiplashed by her previous words. They echoed in his mind.

Forgetting something? Hundredpaw's voice rang out in Chasernightsears. He blinked in astonishment at her reply. "Nope! We're all here! Maybe those weren't the exact words, but something like it. "I guess. When we get back...will you try to talk to those two? They are your sons."

[Brambleclaw]

"Yeah, yeah." She said with a sigh. Chasernight was acting like her mother now. Always telling her she was doing something wrong. It got old. She hurried out into the waving golden fields of TrueClan territory and sighed. She hoped the kits might be able to enjoy themselves. She realized that Googolpaw had stayed at camp, but she didn't blame him. After all, she had forgotten them all.

[kelsey .]

Fawnkit followed her mother quietly. She gasped as she stared at a glowing filed, it's beautiful golden light illuminating them all. "Wow!" she said in astonishment.

Indigokit dashed into the field, getting lost in it's glory. "Uh...where am I?" He called unsurely.

[Brambleclaw]

Ripplekit rolled his eyes.
"TrueClan." Suddenly, he caught an unfamiliar scent on the air. "Who is that?" He asked, and heard a swishing in front of him but heard or saw nothing more.

[bluebrook3]

Pebblekit padded slowly behind his mother and other siblings that went on the walk.

[kelsey .]

Indigokit eventually found his way out and cuffed his brother on the ear. But then he heard it, too, and so did Fawnkit. Applekit was completely oblivious;she was chasing a yellow butterfly.

"Sh!" Fawnkit hissed, leaping onto her sister to shut her up. Applekit wailed softly but remained somewhat silent.

[kelsey .]

bumpers

[Brambleclaw]

[[Applekit isn't supposed to be here, you know...]]

Ripplekit went forward to investigate.
"You stay back." He commanded sternly, slipping silently through the underbrush and vanishing.

[kelsey .]

[[Um. Why?]]]

Fawnkit rolled her eyes. "Yes, Sir." She hissed haughtily. Indigokit just stared blankly at the golden fields, wondering what was out there. Chasernight watched his male-kit disappear into the majestic golden brush, and leaped in after him.

"What are you doing?" Chasernight hissed to his son crossly. "If this is a fox, or a badger, or anything else, you'll be killed. Let me go." She sighed and pushed ahead of Ripplekit. Kits these days, thinking they are so matrue...