The Four Kits

Prologue

Katya padded silently through the night. Three of her four young kits stumbled in front of her, and she carried the smallest. The two surviving kits from her previous litter padded beside her. Their home had been invaded by many cats, and now Katya and her children were being forced to flee. The hair on Katya's pelt prickled as she remembered how they had tried to defy the other cats, and stay in their home. One of the rogue cats, a huge tom called Scar, had caught Splash, Rascal and Goldie's brother, and killed him. He had promised to kill them all, and so Katya and her kits had fled.

Katya jolted awake. She had been remembering the terrible journey again. Waking in the cold grass, with all six of her kits, Katya jolted when she realised a strange cat was standing in front of her.

"I'm still dreaming, aren't I." she mewed to the cat.

The cat nodded, a sweet scent flowing over Katya.

"Yes Katya. My name is Spottedleaf, and I have something to tell you.

Chapter 1



Firestar padded over the treebridge to the island. He was the last leader to arrive, all three other leaders were already there.

"Greetings Firestar." Leopardstar mewed, dipping her head to him. "I presume StarClan sent you here also?"

"Yes." Firestar nodded. "They sent me expecting to recieve a new member of the Clan."

Onestar and Blackstar murmured agreement. Suddenly, out of the shadows appeared a strange cat. Her fur glowed silver in the moonlight, and her green eyes swept over the leaders. Crouching nervously beside her were six young cats. Two of them looked old enough to be apprentices, the other four looked about four moons old.

"Greetings, leaders of the Clans." the strange cat meowed. "I am Katya, and I was given a sign as you were." she pushed her four younger kits forward. "This is Lion, Tiger, Snow and Night." she added, resting her tail tip in turn on a furry brown tom, a striped tabby tom, and two she-cats, white and black.

Blackstar stepped forward. "ShadowClan would be honoured to accept Lionkit into our Clan." he choked out the words. Firestar could see he was anything but pleased, but he was accepting StarClan's word.

Onestar was next. "WindClan would be honoured to accept Tigerkit into our Clan." he mewed the same words.

Firestar hesitated, glancing at Leopradstar, but she motioned her head for him to go next,

"ThunderClan would be honoured to accept Snowkit into our Clan." he said softly.

Leopardstar was the last leader to speak, welcoming Nightkit. Katya murmured a hurried goodbye to each of her kits, and promised to come and visit them, but already the moonlight was fading, and the leaders had to be on their ways.