Something was near.
The queen turned her head toward the corner of the nursery, her sharp eyes scanned the area.
She felt something tremble between her paws, she looked down, and saw Harekit, her cream and brown pelt was gleaming in the moonlight, dappled with stars and beams of light. Harekit had sensed the thing in the shadows as well, and was shaking with fear. "Wait." the queen thought, "Where is Lightningkit?" She asked Her daughter. Harekit looked up at her with wide, fearful eyes. "I thought he was with you?" She whispered, barely loud enough for her mother to hear. The older she- cat started to panic, Lightningkit's black fur would be nearly impossible to spot in the low light of the den.

"Lightningkit?"