Moonrise

Chapter One
"Moonkit, it's time to wake up."

Moonkit pricked up her ears and yawned. She struggled to open her eyes and got her first glimpse of the world.

A orange and white tabby stood over her, looking delighted. "Moonkit! You've opened your eyes!"

Four kits dashed over to her; an orange tabby, a gray tabby, a gray and white kit, and a black kit. My littermates! she thought, excited.

"Look! Her eyes are weird!" shouted the orange tabby kit. "Look! They're two different colors!"

The bigger tabby Moonkit thought was her mother leaned closer. "Huh. I guess they are. But that doesn't matter," she added as Moonkit's face fell. "You're still my precious kit, Moonkit."

"What's your name?" Moonkit asked.

"I'm Ambershine," she meowed. Ambershine turned to the rest of the kits. "Introduce yourselves to Moonkit." Then she turned and walked out of the nursery.

The black kit padded up to Moonkit. "Hi, I'm Splashkit. The orange tabby is Squirrelkit, the gray tabby is Stormkit, and the gray and white kit is Dewkit."