The day was the beginning of Greencough Season, and also the day our favorite forgotten kit turned two moons.
The kits and apprentices were playing Snowball, and, like usual, no team would take Forgottenkit. Although everyone wanted Maplekit ( She was a good Snowball player, and half of the toms were head-over-paws for her ), she refused to play without Forgottenkit. So they played their own game at the edge of camp, where the snow lay thick and heavy and Maplekit's bushy tail dragged behind.
After that it was time to go to sleep. Maplekit waited for her mother's snores and then crept across the den to her best friend.
"Hey, Forgottenkit." Maplekit whispered.
Forgottenkit looked at her with his iridescent amber eyes. "Yeah, Maplekit?"
"Let's sneak out of camp. I want to explore the woods."
The dark kit beamed. "Yeah! That sounds so fun!"
The mischievous duo snuck out into the snowy woods. They had never been outside of camp before, and the wonders made them gape in awe.
Maplekit hesitated at the edge of a shiny twoleg contraption. It was unknown to her, but it said "Coco Cola".
"Wow! This is so cool!" Maplekit inched closer and a sizzle of foul-smelling liquid burst out. "Bleh!
Forgottenkit blanched. "Watch out!" He squeaked, kicking the can aside and getting his share of soda on his paw.
Maplekit's eyes gleamed. "Stick your paw out." She told him sternly. Forgottenkit stuck out his paw. Maplekit promptly licked it.
"Eeek! Don't blame me if you get poisoned!" The laughter in his eyes faded. "I know everyone else will. Everybody hates me, and I don't even know why." Maplekit looked away. "Snowkit said that I'm devil-spawn. Is she right?"
"Ugh, Snowkit... if she says something mean, or claws you, just tell me, okay? I'll rip her to shreds!"
"They'll blame me for that too, you know..."
There was silence.
After a few moments of scampering over frozen branches, Maplekit looked behind her and into Forgottenkit's eyes, her leaf-colored eyes fierce. They also said a message, loud and clear : This is mine. Nobody will ever take this away from me. This is mine.
"Hey, I'm beginning to think that 'Forgottenkit' doesn't really suit you. I remember you, eh?"
"Yeah. What are you getting at?"
"I think it's time for a renaming ceremony." Maplekit sat back on her haunches. "I am Maplestar, the great and powerful. And also amazingly beautiful."
Forgottenkit giggled in spite of himself. "Oh wise Maplestar, this scrawny kit wishes for a new name."
"Well, I am merciful. It is one of my many good qualities." Maplekit cleared her throat. "Oh scrawny kit, thou shall be named..." She looked into his eyes. His luminous, amber eyes. She thought well, this kit may be small, and neglected, and won't be the best warrior ArcticClan has ever known, but his eyes sure are remarkable.
"I hereby name you... Lionkit, for being brave enough to have a mouse brained littermate like Snowkit!" She mewed, but it was not for that reason.
Maplekit stood and continued into the woods. The tiny black kit hung behind, a smile beaming in his eyes.
"Well, come on, Lionkit." The calico she-cat purred.