[Neptune.]

Cinderkit
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6 moons || she/her || ShadowClan Kit
small black tabby with minimal white markings; amber eyes

Her mother’s words wash over her, the poppy seed she’d eaten beginning to make her a bit drowsy now. The comfort of the lick on her forehead, right between her ears, is all it takes for a weak, broken purr to rumble to life in the tiny tabby’s chest. Her mother was here. That’s al that mattered, really. Her mother was here and she had her full attention on Cinderkit, unwavering gaze solely on her. She hadn’t realized just how much she wanted that until now… and how jealous she’d felt of the others in her litter who seemed to always be around momma. The reason for the attention n her was lost to her, the state of her hind leg not something she felt overly concerned with - the pain felt very dull now, and as long as she didn’t move, she could almost ignore it.

Amber eyes blink drowsily as Lostspark runs to where she keeps her herbs, settling briefly on Mossy. Is he sad? Why is he sad? Did she do something wrong? She tries to open her mouth, to say something to them, but the words aren’t cooperating, bubbling in her gut and twisting themselves into a knot that refuses to come out in any way. It’s frustrating. Why won’t her words work? She wants to say sorry! Front white paw stretches forward some, trying to reach for them, but suddenly momma’s back and she found the pinecone Cinder had collected just for her but she… doesn’t seem to realize it’s a gift.

Cinderkit can’t think much about that or protest at all, because suddenly her mother is touching her leg and oh that hurts. There’s a sharp intake of breath and her whole body shudders with the pain. She wants to cry out, but she bites her tongue, vision going half black from pain and poppy seed. But she fights to stay awake at least a little longer. The effort doesn’t do her much good, however, because suddenly momma’s moving her leg to tie something around it and a flash of pain so white-hot makes the kit hiss in pain before her vision finally goes black, falling victim to poppy seed and pain fully, unknowing of the gruesome scene taking place in the world of the wakeful.

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Hours later, when the sun was kissing the horizon hello and the cats of StarClan were beginning to show themselves, amber eyes blinked to wakefulness. The very first thing Cinderkit notices is the warm body surrounding her, keeping her safe and protected. The second thing she notices is the pain in her hind leg.

”Mmm…” she whines, uncomfortable, and tried to wriggle herself around. That just makes the pain flare up more and she winces, body trembling from the effort to maneuver herself around again. She has to see why it hurts so bad, but when she finally lifts her head high enough to turn around, she freezes.

Something isn’t right.

Where… where was her leg? WHERE IS HER LEG??? She wants to yell, but all she does is whip her head around frantically, looking for Mossy before shoving her face into Lostspark’s warm grey fur, trying to wake her when the words still get tangled in her gut and dissolve in her throat. What’s going on? She thought momma was gonna make her better, but her leg is gone now… what happened..? The tears well up before she can stop them, half out of desperation, half out of the pain that lances through her little body every time she moves.


[ @RoseRat - lostspark // @Fawn<3 - mossfreckle ]