The Hidden Elements

Book One of the Hidden Elements series. Check out this page to learn more about the characters and upcoming books! This is by Jay, (FluttershyTheAnimalLovingDreamer), please no copying ❤ ♥  Santa Claws is coming to the Clans!  Purry Christmas!  And a happy new year!  We wish you the best!  ♥

Chapter One - Lilackit

I felt my brother's paws press down on my small head and I let out an indignant squeal as he started squirming around. "Come on, just wake up!" He groaned.

"I'm trying to, but I can't with you forcing me to!" I grumbled, and his weight was taken off me as mother hauled him off.

"Don't bother your sister, Lightningkit." She meowed. I loved my mother, and her name was Feathergaze. I finally opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was Feathergaze grooming her fluffy black and white coat, and Lightningkit jumping around.

"I'm awake, impatient one." I said as I stumbled to my paws. I yawned and blinked a couple of times.

"Finally! We can now go and play with the other kits!" Lightningkit exclaimed. I followed him into the clear daylight, and the flowers opened up. My eyes took in every detail of the camp.

The nursery was a small but cosy den that smelled of sweet milk and innocence when you went inside, the nursery was surrounded by a bush of daffodils and daisies, a perfect decoration and sweet environment because of the sharp brambles sticking out to protect it wasn't the most safe thing for kittens to get caught into. The apprentices den was nearby, and around it were glossy-leaved holly bushes with little white flowers and bright red berries. The elder's den was in between the nursery and the apprentice den, under a cherry blossom tree. The roots of the cherry blossom tree were spread out to the side to allow a hole to be in between, and inside would be the elders eating prey and telling tales. On the left of the nursery was the medicine cat den, and all around the entrance of the medicine cat den were beautiful, blooming flowers. There was also the warriors den, with a low-hanging branch just above the top of the den. Moss and small yellow and pink flowers coated the top of the den. And at last, there was Waterrock. It was a pile of large grey stones coated with moss, and water rushing under them, pouring into a small little pond. Just beside that was a small gap between two large boulders where the leader's den would be. Waterrock was pressed against a wall of stone, with a tall, beautiful jacaranda tree beside it.

And the entrance was the best part! Two large trees stood on either side and there was a small archway of twisted grass and plants, with small flowers of all kinds of colours jutted in between. FrostClan had the awesome and safe environment for us all to enjoy.

"The game is Clan war!" Lightningkit interrupted me from my thoughts.

"Wh-what?" I asked.

"Clan war! I'm Lightningstar of LightningClan and on my Clan there is gonna be you, Bluekit, Dawnkit, and Wolfkit. Our rival Clan is PineClan and their leader is Pinestar, and on their team is Sunkit, Nightkit, Sweetkit and Snowkit." Lightningkit explained.

"Oh.. Are there any deputies?" I asked.

"Yes, you are my deputy, Nightkit is Pinestar's deputy. Choose a name." Lightningkit mewed.

"Um... Lilacpetal?" I muttered.

"Good! Now let's-"

"PINECLAN, ATTACK!" Pinekit, or should I say, PineSTAR, yowled, and his 'Clan' hurled themselves at my 'Clan'.

Nightkit bashed into me and hissed, knocking me into a nearby bush. Nightkit let out a tiny squeak and so did I, and the bush we hit darkened. "Wh-what...?" I muttered, and as I was shoved into the bush again, it turned back to normal, but the flowers opened up more and the leaves shone. What's that all about?

"Retreat LightningClan retreat!" Lightningkit yowled. The LightningClan cats and I swarmed back behind our 'leader'. He was crouched beside poor Dawnkit, who was wailing in pain. One of the queens, or more like Dawnkit's mother, came pushing through all the kits.

"Oh no! My poor little Dawnkit!" She sighed. The queen was Tawnywing, a tortoiseshell she-cat I quite liked. "Sweetkit, Dawnkit, no more rough-play with the toms." Her tail lashed strictly. Suddenly, my mother, Feathergaze, padded up to us as well with another queen, Silverdrop.

"You too, Lilackit. Lightningkit, stay with the others if you wish." Feathergaze said sternly.

"Bluekit, Snowkit, come along." Silverdrop murmured to her two she-kits. She looked up for a second. "Nightkit? Will you stay with your brothers?"

Nightkit shrugged. "Of course, my mother will come out here to get me if she wants me to stop playing." Silverdrop nodded and turned around and guided her kits to the nursery.

"Actually, I wanted to visit the medicine cat den." I blurted out. My mother looked down at me.

"Alright, but don't get under Tigerleaf's paws, and don't interrupt her for whatever she's doing it." Feathergaze meowed.

I nodded in thanks and sprinted over to the medicine cat den. I loved the medicine cat den, it was nice and peaceful inside. Inside the medicine cat den, the ground was soft, bright green grass. There was a little drinking pond nearby all the moss and feather nests for injured and ill cats, and the herbs were stored in little stones.

Tigerleaf was inside, of course. She was a ginger tabby she-cat with white paws, a white belly, and a white tail tip with beautiful leaf green eyes. She looked up and stared kindly at me. "Why, hello, Lilackit. What brings you here?" She asked me in a soft, gentle voice.

"Oh, nothing much. Just checking out what you're doing, seeing if you need any help." I answered.

"Well, thank you for checking. At the moment, I am fine, however, if you can hold these juniper berries and rosemary for me, I'll be so grateful. Thank you." Tigerleaf meowed, giving me the juniper berries and rosemary. I held it in my mouth and I noticed the strong smell drifting from the rosemary to my nose.

After a while, Tigerleaf turned around so she could collect the juniper berries and rosemary from my jaws. "Thank you!" She said.

"You're welcome," I mewed. "But I have a question for you."

"Really? Well, I'll be more then happy to answer." Tigerleaf purred, and she sat down, curling her tail over her paws neatly.

I took a deep breath. "Well.... Since I am four moons and in two moons I'll be an apprentice, could I possibly become medicine cat apprentice?" I asked.

Tigerleaf stared calmly at me for a few moments, then finally broke the silence. "Of course, but first I'll have to check with Greystar." She mewed. "I would be happy to mentor you in the next couple of moons."

"Thank you!" I smiled, and I was literally glowing as I left the medicine cat den.

"You're welcome!" Tigerleaf called out as I slipped into the nursery to tell my mother the amazing news.