Blackkit ^^^

2 days later...

When I woke I could hear voices outside talking about me.

"He's depressed," Littlewinds voice meowed.

"Could anyone help him?" Seedmuzzle mewed questionly.

"Just give him time," Jaggedbones voice sounded, "he will eventually get over it,"

"What if he doesn't?" Feathercloud cried, "And what about his training? He only has three moons left!"

I couldn't hear the rest, but I knew they were talking about me still. I eventually drifted back into sleep. 

"Rodentpaw!" A voice snapped at me. I opened my eyes to see a speckled face glaring at me.

"Hello Aquapaw," I yawned, "What time is it?"

"It's Sunhigh, and Feathercloud wants you!" She snapped.

"What for?" I asked sleepily.

"I don't know! Probably training!" She hissed.

"But I'm tired!" I whined.  

"You've been sleeping since Firpaws death!" Aquapaw snarled, "look at me! I don't look like I care but you don't know how much I miss him!" Then she turned and left the den. I got up and used the dirtplace, ate a squirrel, then went to find my mentor, Feathercloud.

"Good morning Rodentpaw," Feathercloud purred when she saw me, her beautiful white fur shone in the morning sun, and her green eyes glittered with her usual humor.

"What are we doing today?" I asked.

"Hunting patrol with Deadpelt and Blazeheart," Feathercloud explained.

The warrior den rustled when three warriors emerged, Blazeheart was followed by Thornheart, then Deadpelt. 

"Blackkit! Dappledkit!" Dovespirit scolded, "go find your father!" 

I turned around to see the kits crawling all over Dovespirit, Blackkit sat on her stomach, while Dappledkit was trying to climb onto her head.

"Ok!" Blackkit squeaked and scrambled over to Breezesong, who was giving Dovespirit a playful glare, Dovespirit smirked.

"We better get moving," Deadpelts echoey voice interrupted my thoughts.

When our patrol turned to leave camp, Twirlingleaf entered the camp with Hazelpaw tagging along behind her. The hazel she-cat looked tired, her eyelids drooped and her tail dragged across the floor. Her pelt was messy with mud-plastered across her legs, a few stray leafs were tangled with her belly fur.

"What happened to you?" I muttered.

"Twirlingleaf got me up way before dawn to do battle training by the river," Hazelpaw yawned, "she's letting me sleep for the rest of the day,"

"Lucky," I meowed in a low whisper so that she didn't hear me.

My ears twitched when a scuttling sound came from underneath a beech tree. I opened my mouth to taste the air and breathed in the scent of a shrew. I dropped into a hunter's crouch and slowly crept through the bushes. I saw a plump shrew nibbling on a daisy, unaware of my presence.

This will be an easy catch, I thought to myself.

I wiggled my haunches when it was a tail length away, my paw left the ground and my paws thudded down on the shrew, it didn't even have time to shriek before I snapped its fragile neck. I dropped it and kicked dirt over, hiding its scent from other predators. 

I continued stalking through Lightclan territory, nearing Hollow Tree. I enjoyed the New-leaf sun on my back and purred in delight. I felt free and happy out here, away from the worry of camp, but I felt as if two things were missing. I wanted to be running through the forest with my brother, that was one thing, but also I wanted... I wanted Hazelpaw by my side, we could be together, enjoying the beautiful sunshine together. I missed her all the time, even when we were asleep. I dreamt about her beautiful blue eyes and soft hazel fur. I felt a new feeling blossom within me, something that I happily accepted. It was love, I would tell her when we get back to camp about my feelings for her, maybe we could someday become mates? I didn't notice a small black pelt creeping towards me in the bushes, I was too distracted by the bird that was chirping at me angrily from a high branch. 

"Rodentpaw!" A tiny familiar voice squeaked, making me jump.

"Blackkit!" I had scolded, "what are you doing out of camp?!"

"I went to explore! I'm becoming an apprentice soon!" Blackkit mewed.

"Yeah, in like more than five moons!" I hissed to the tiny black kit, "we're going back to camp now!"

"Rodentpaw, who are you talking t-" Blazeheart broke off when she saw me chasing Blackkit, trying to catch him.

"BLACKKIT!" The senior warrior roared, scaring Blackkit. Blazeheart stomped over a picked up the terrified kit.

Dovespirit leapt to her paws and rushed over to me and Blazeheart when she saw Blackkit. 

"Springfoot was about to send out a search patrol!" Dovespirit yowled, "what were you thinking Blackkit?! There are foxes and badgers out there! What if a hawk snatched you?!"

"I'm sorry," Blackkit whimpered, "I wanted to explore!"

"You're a kit!" Breezesong hissed at his son, "what do you think Bramblestar will do if she finds out a one moon old kit left camp by himself?"

Dovespirit finally turned to me and Blazeheart.

"Thank you so much for bringing him back!" Dovespirit sobbed, "Dappledkit has been wailing in the nursery since he escaped!"

"That's okay," I meowed from behind the shrew that I had collected on the way back.

"It was Rodentpaw who found him," Blazeheart purred. 

"Thank you Rodentpaw!" Breezesong meowed. 

"No problem, have this shrew, you must be hungry," I told Dovespirit.

"Rodentpaw!" A tiny voice squeaked, I turned to see Wrenkit leading Tigerkit and Flamekit over to me from the fresh-kill pile. Tigerkit and Flamekit held a scrawny mouse between them.

"Look at what we brought you!" Wrenkit purred.

"Thanks," I purred back to the three she-cats. I picked up the mouse and padded over to where Aquapaw and Mintpetal were sharing a plump vole. 

"Nice catch," Aquapaw purred, licking the vole off her muzzle. 

"Ha, nice guess," I flicked her ear with my tail. I lay down next to her and bit into the mouse. It tasted old but I ate it anyway. 

"Mmmmm, nice fresh vole," Aquapaw teased. 

Sorry that this chapter stopped so suddenly, and I haven't updated it in a while. I've been busy and couldn't update.