River Bound

This is a short one about a RiverClan kit/apprentice that doesn't like water or swimming... Amberfire3, RAVENCLAW!!!! Smartypants!!! Luna is awesome!undefined  05:35, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Prologue
"Sunnylight, you have three beautiful daughters!" Blackswan, the medicine cat, remarked.

"Yes, I do," the queen whispered, looking down on the kits with love in her eyes.

Suddenly there was a screech.

"WindClan, attack!"

"Oh, no!" Blackswan murmured. "Quick, hide the kits!"

"Too late!" a sneering voice snickered. It was a WindClan warrior!

The brown tabby tom pushed past the she-cats with brute force and grabbed the kits. He growled at the queen and the medicine cat, then disappeared into the battle.

"Scarpaw, take the kits!" the warrior ordered to a shivering white apprentice.

"Yes, Lionroar!" Scarpaw squealed.

When he tried to walk with all three of the newborn kits, he stumbled and one kit, Raykit, fell into the raging river and sank to the bottom.

"Oh, well..." Scarpaw muttered. "Good riddance."

But one RiverClan warrior saw the ginger kit as is struggled to rise to the surface. The ginger she-cat, Risingbird, dived into the dangerous river and gently brought the kit to the nursery.

Scarpaw was being stopped by two other RiverClan warriors.

"Take the kits! I don't mind!" the white tom wheezed. "I wouldn't really take them!"

He was silenced by a blow on the head.

"WindClan, retreat!" the leader yowled. The WindClan warriors streamed out of the camp.

And Raykit was to be haunted by this memory forever.

Chapter 1
"C'mon, Raykit! Sunnylight is letting us swim in the river!" Flowerkit yelled into my ear, waking me up.

"Yeah, Raykit, lets go!" my other sister, Wavekit shouted.

"I'm coming!" I mewed, getting out of the nest and stretching my bright orange body. "Just wait for me!"

They ran out of the nursery, desperate to jump in the water.

I lagged behind, though. I was still sleepy.

Finally reaching the river, I saw my littermates splashing around in the grayish-green water. It looked cold.

I tentatively dipped my paw in the water, and quickly jumped back. It's so cold and slimy! I thought in disgust.

"Jump in!" my mother, Sunnylight beckoned. I hadn't realized that the dappled tortoiseshell queen was in there too.

"I-I can't!" I meowed, suddenly scared of the dank water.

"Are you a RiverClan cat or not?" Flowerkit taunted, flicking her ears. The brown and white kit was getting on my nerves.

"Yeah! Are you a WindClan cat?" Wavekit teased.

I pelted back into the nursery and hid underneath the swan feathers.

"Raykit?"

I heard my mother's voice and burrowed deeper into the bedding. Something wouldn't let me go in the water. I sank into sleep before my mother could ask me what happened.