"Snowypaw! Yellow paw! Eagle paw! Briarpaw!" The clan mates cheered the four apprentices new names. Nightkit cheered along with them. The apprentices joined their mentors and padded out of the camp.

"Wow. Snow paw got winterberry, I like her!" Purred lovekit.

"And yellow paw got firefoot!" Added Softkit.

"EaglePaw got wash whisker, and briar paw got Echofur!" Smiled Nightkit. The three were friends now. It had only been a half moon since her first flight, and she had flown since, getting better each time. The clan seemed adjusted to her wings by now.

"You'll be great at hunting," briarkit, (or briarPaw now) had said. "Think of all the bird Pokemon you'll catch!" Nightkit gazed longingly out the bramble tunnel. They had to wait 5 and a half moons?! She wished she could be an apprentice now. She went back into the nursery to feed, but mindwhisker chased her out.

"No! No more kits. You can eat your own food now!" She hissed. Nightkit smiled, despite being yelled at,

"Really?" She purred.

"Yes, NOW GET OUT IVE HAD ENOUGH OF KITS!!!!!" She lifted Nightkit up with her mind and set her outside roughly. "NO MORE KITS!!!!" Nightkit scurried away, tail between her legs. She padded over to the fresh kill pile. She selected a pidgey. ^might as well get used to bird!^ she thought happily. She dragged the bird that was about as big as her over to a secluded corner of the camp. Lovekit selected a rattata and padded over.

"Mind if I join you?" She purred. Softkit came over with a pichu,

"And me?"

"Come over!" Nightkit purred, glad that they weren't jerks anymore. She sank her teeth into the prey. It was amazing! Succulent flavored washed over her tongue. She licked her lips.

"Wow!" She gasped happily. She could tell by her siblings expressions that they enjoyed their prey. Soon each kit was full, Nightkit had only had half of her pidgey! The others hadn't finished theirs either.

"I'm fuullll..." Groaned Softkit. To night kits relief, Sparkfang trotted over.

"Hey, are you full?" The three kits nodded. "That's ok. I'll help you." He finished the prey in three quick snaps. The kits bounced around his paws.

"Please teach us a battle move! Please!" Yiped lovekit, blinking her eyes innocently. Sparkfang rolled his eyes.

"Go play by yourselves. I have to go on a hunting patrol." The kits lowered their ears, but for only a second.

"Grrr im a houndoom!" Snarled Nightkit happily. Softkit growled back.

"Get out of our territory!" Lovekit roared, leaping at Nightkit. Softkit watched as the two pummeled each other, rolling around.

"Hey! Lemme join in!" He barked, leaping into the fray. The three tumbled around until Nightkit spotted something.

"Hey! It's bitter nose and flareface!" She gasped.

"Trespassers in our territory!" Lovekit squealed. The three kits bounded up to the elders.

"What are you doing in our territory?!" Demanded Nightkit. Softkit and lovekit were a step behind her, unsheathing their claws, their lips drawn back in a snarl, revealing tiny needle sharp teeth.

"Oh!" Gasped bitter nose, sharing an amused glance with flareface, "it's lightclan!" Flareface pressed her stomach to the ground, blinking fearfully up at the kits.

"Get out! Out out out!" Squeaked Softkit. Pouncing on bitter nose. The elder faked a swoon, and played dead on the ground.

"Oh no, my friend!" Gasped flareface, trying to keep her face straight. "Lightclan is the best!" Lovekit pounced on her too, and the flareon played dead as well.

"Good job warriors." Chirped Nightkit, and the three bounded away again. The elders sat up.

"She is like her mother isn't she." Mused flareface.

"Yes, I reckon she could be leader someday. We shall never forget Nightclaw, she saved us all." Bitter nose looked at flareface. The two nodded and headed back into the elders den.

Softkit was rolling on the ground.

"I'm booorrred..." He grumbled.

"Me toooooo," whined lovekit. Nightkit looked at them.

"But we just played a really fun game!" Nightkit gasped, exasperated.

"I know!" Squealed Softkit, "let's go outside!" Nightkit gasped.

"No! We're not allowed to!" She shook her head back and forth.

"Come on Nightkit, I agree with Softkit. Let's go!" Lovekit bounded after Softkit, who started to head towards the dirt place. She paused. "Hey, aren't you coming?"

"No."growled Nightkit, even though it was inviting, "I can't break the rules." Lovekit sniffed.

"Fine." She caught up with Softkit, "I knew you weren't cool." And the two vanished into the gorse barrier. Sighing, Nightkit padded into the nursery and curled up, tail over her nose and wings tucked wound her for warmth. It was towards the end of greenleaf, and it was starting to chill. She sighed again and closed her eyes, not caring at all about what could happen to her siblings.

"Nightkit? Softkit? Lovekit?" Called an anxious voice. Nightkit blinked her eyes open. She yawned, stretched, and padded outside.

"Hmm?" She purred. Sparkfang was wandering around, calling her and her siblings. "I'm right here papa." The jolteon pricked his ears and whipped around. "I was sleeping in the nursery."

"Oh, sorry I woke you up. Is your sister or brother there?" He replied,

"Oh. No, they're.." She paused eyes widening. "They're in the forest! They tried to make me come but I refused!" Sparkfang gasped.

"But it's Been two hours since I went on patrol!" He ran into light stars den calling, "lightstar! Lightstar!" Soon, a patrol was orginized, and they were leaving. Sparkfang brought up the rear.

"Hey wait!" Called Nightkit. "I could come!"

"No you're too little!"

"No! Wait, I have wings! I can see them from above!" Sparkfang weighed this.

"Ok fine! But stay close." Nightkit gave a little trill of delight before leaping into the air and swooping after the patrol.

Climbing up higher, she looked down and saw the patrol.

"I'm going to fly ahead!" She called down. Sparkfang gave the okay and she swooped ahead, flapping her wings. She spotted a glint of lighter brown fur and looked down. ^softkit!^ she thought. Soon she saw love kits darker pelt too. They were headed right for a nine tails den, with vulpixes too! She quickly flew back to the patrol. "They're up ahead! Hurry they're headed for a nine tails den, and she has vulpix!" She called down. Sparkfang nodded and lead the patrol at a sprint, following Nightkit who was a foot above him, and a little ahead.

She lead the patrol to where she saw her siblings.

"There!" She called, spotting them. The ninetails had seen them, and was advancing. The river rushed behind them. They were trapped! The patrol rushed forward. Sparkfang was barking commands.

"You two, get the kits and run! The rest, attack when I say, Nightkit, stay out of trouble!" She nodded, and the patrol waited for a few tense seconds, and then... Sparkfang kinked his ear. The patrol surged forward as one. Two eeveelutions broke off and charged at the kits, picking them up roughly by their scruffs. Nightkit flapped away, heading as fast as she could back to camp. Her work was done.

Soon the patrol came back. They were not injured.

"Everybody is okay!" Called Sparkfang, "we drove the ninetails and her kits out." Lightstar nodded approvingly at the patrol, and surprisingly, at Nightkit too. The umbreon smelled her mothers scent and felt breath in her ear.

"Good job." She heard her mother whisper. She whipped around to see Nightclaw smiling at her, but then she was gone, the scent still lingering. Nightkit felt very happy for once. She padded back to the nursery and curled up again, finishing her nap from earlier.