Mapleshade's Revenge (book 1)

main characters
Thornstar: big golden brown Tom with amber eyes and spiky fur (leader of ThunderClan)

Maplekit/Maplepaw/ Mapleshade: Ginger-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

Sunkit/Sunpaw/Sunblaze: dark ginger Tom with green eyes and white paws and ears (Mapleshades brother)

Frostkit/Frostpaw/Frostflash: white she-cat with Ginger ears and blue eyes (Mapleshade's sister)

Morningfrost: small Ginger-and-white she-cat with dark blue eyes (mother to Mapleshade)

Treelight: mottled ginger-brown Tom with amber eyes and black paws (Mapleshade's father)

sorry, to lazy to write allegiances |-.-

prologue
The ginger-and-white queen panted. The ThunderClan medicine cat: Spiritbird was pressing against her belly.

"the first kits coming." she meowed to the queen.

The queen's eyes glazed with pain as a small Tom was born. His dark ginger coat was visible in the bare light of the nursery.

"good job Morningfrost!" Spiritbird meowed

Morningfrost seemed not to hear, she yowled with pain as a second kit was born. A she-kit. Pure white except for her ginger ears.

"one more kit." murmured Spiritbird.

This kit took a while to come out. But finally, Morningfrost gave a great heave, and a ginger-and-white she-kit, just like her mother came out. Paws churning, e kit let out a loud mew.

"Well done." purred Spiritbird who was starting to get up "I'll go get Treelight."

At almost the moment Spiritbird walked out, Treelight, Morningfrost's mate and kits' father darted in. His amber eyes were wide as her spotted his mate.

He padded up swiftly and curled around her, then he looked down at his kits.

"I love them." he purred licking the top of Morningfrost's head "what should we name them?"

Morningfrost was purring loudly "the eldest, the Tom will be Sunkit, and the white kit Frostkit."

Then, she broke off and stared puzzingly at the last kit. She had no name for this kit, it was mysterious.

"what about this kit?" asked Treelight.

"I-I don't know" meowed Morningfrost puzzled "what do you think."

Treelight was gazing down at the little she-kit.

"I want her to be named Maplekit."

chapter 1
"ThunderClan attack!" Maplekit broke from the nursery. Her ginger-and-white pelt bristled with excitement.

"I'll get you Maplekit!" growled Sunkit playfully as he charged at his sister.

"Don't forget meeeeeeee!" yowled Frostkit as she hurled herself into the fray.

The kits started to play fight, which didn't last long because they started to chase each others tails.

"Come back here!" Maplekit yowled at Frostkit's tail as she pounced but just came up short.

"I'll get you!" mewed Sunkit laughing as he swatted at Maplekit's tail with sheathed claws.

"Got ya!" Frostkit cheered as she bit down on Sunkit's tail.

"ow!" Sunkit yowled, he shot a look at Frostkit then turned and bashed into her.

Maplekit got up giggling "hey! Stop fighting you two! With all the noise your making you'll scare off the prey from here to four trees if you don't pipe down!"

Sunkit and Frostkit sat up straight at Maplekit's mew of demand, both exchanged a glance then dipped their heads at Maplekit.

"if you say so Maplestar you bossy fur ball." meowed Frostkit solemnly

"do you want us to go check the elders for ticks for a punishment." joked Sunkit.

Maplekit giggled, Sunkit and Frostkit could never keep anything serious.

"come on!" she meowed cuffing her litter mates ears lightly "let's go get some fresh-kill to eat, maybe Morningfrost will want to have some!"

At the mention of the kits' mother the she-cat appeared from the nursery.

A beam of Greenleaf sun caught her pelt making her Ginger-and-white fur shine.

"can you get me some prey?" she meowed overhearing her kits "I'm starving!"

"sure!" squeaked Frostkit who was already bounding toward the fresh kill pile "I'm going to beat Sunkit and Maplekit there already!"

Her challenge made her brother and sister hare toward and pass her.

"hey!" she growled as she sprinted after them.

Maplekit grabbed a mouse and sprinted toward her mother, dropping it at Morningfrost's paws she gave a little smile.

"there you go mother!" she meowed, her amber eyes closed "I hope you like it!"

"thank you dear!" her mother gave Maplekit a lick on the head, then started to eat.

"aww!" Sunkit meowed skidding to a halt beside his sister "I wanted to being her that mouse!"

Maplekit gave her brother a little shove "to Kate!" she giggled "come on you lazy fur ball, Frostkit got us a squirrel to eat!"

Maplekit and Sunkit padded over to Frostkit. The white she-kit had already taken a bite, then she looked up at her litter mates "it's delicious!" she cheered.

Her litter mates smiled then laid down and ate. Life couldn't get any better for Maplekit. It was Greenleaf, there was plenty of prey. And best of all, apprenticeship started in less then a moon.

Apprenticeship. The thought of it made Maplekit skip with excitement. It was what all kits wanted to be. Or almost all, except for the lazy cats who decided to be stupid medicine cats. But that was no life. Life for Maplekit would be roaming the forest, hunting and fighting for her clan. Then the thought of being leader stuck out to. Leading her clan through the tough times, and guiding it on behalf of StarClan

one day I'll be such a good warrior I'll become leader! thought Maplekit with a little bounce as she finished her squirrel watch out other clans, here comes Maplekit!