Poppykit could smell the death in the air. it made his nose wrinkle and ears pinback; it clogs the back of your throat up with the coppery scent of blood.
blood. dried and matting fur Poppykit thought was ever so pretty. He stayed where he was, paws glued to the floor and eyes impossibly stuck staring at the body.
Mirehound was dead and his life was a little bit less colourful.
Dappledleaf had just been tending to some nests when she heard a voice call her name; Flowerkit. With confusion, the flame point molly padded out of the nursery, mouth open to say something when she stopped dead in her tracks.
Mirehound.
Oh, oh dear. She quickly padded to her own kits, nosing them towards the nursery. "I'll explain later, my sweets, once Mirehound gets all cleaned up, okay? This isn't something you three should be seeing right now." With the kits hopefully in the nursery, she turned back around. The next step was talk to Cougarivy. Who was attempting to get Dawnstars attention. She knew better than to interrupt that, so the queen turned to Iciclestrike, one of Mirehounds littermates. With soft steps, she walked to the grey rosetted cat and sat down beside them, not speaking, just sitting beside them. She knew how much this kind of grief hurt, and how often times you couldn't be spoken to during it.
"Why don't we start to clean her up, Iciclestrike?" Those were the only words she would speak to the other cat, her tail wrapped around her paws.
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RUEKIT
Dreams were good. Dreams were nice and comfy and excitable sometimes. Ruekit liked dreaming. She liked being warm and cozy and feeling loved.
What she didn't like, was seeing a body in the clearing, and what was even more concerning, was that it was Mirehound's. Blue eyes widened as Cougarivy had dragged the body into the clearing, blood stains on Big Sis Mire's beautiful rosette pelt. Was she...?
Oh, Cougarivy's next words confirmed it. Mirehound really was dead. Ruekit gave a panicked squeak as Flo went up to poke Mirehound. She called for help; for her's and Ma's and Pop's help.
"Flo?" She called, shakily. "Flo, come back here, sugar." No matter how much she and her sister loved Mirehound, Ruekit wanted to protect her sister.
The lilac, red and cream calico frowned up at her sister, tilting her head to the side, but was silent as she stared at Ruekit. Something was wrong, wasn't it? She wasn't used to seeing Rue so... sad. And a glance at Poppy affirmed that this was a 'don't say something dumb because you don't understand whats going on' kind of situation, so Flo silently moved over to her sister and brother, glancing back at MIrehound.
Oh.
Mire must be sick... o-or hurt or something. That was why cats were crying. Her mother hustled her towards the nursery, and the tripod pressed her side into her sisters, a wave of confusion and dread causing her to be unstable. "R-rue, wh-what's going on? I-is everything okay?" She pleaded softly, glancing back as her mother comforted a sobbing cat. Glancing over at Pop, she hopped over, eyes shimmering with tears of confusion. "It's okay Pop, l-let's go ba-back inside now?"
Flowerkit had a feeling she was missing something.
The lilac, red and cream calico frowned up at her sister, tilting her head to the side, but was silent as she stared at Ruekit. Something was wrong, wasn't it? She wasn't used to seeing Rue so... sad. And a glance at Poppy affirmed that this was a 'don't say something dumb because you don't understand whats going on' kind of situation, so Flo silently moved over to her sister and brother, glancing back at MIrehound.
Oh.
Mire must be sick... o-or hurt or something. That was why cats were crying. Her mother hustled her towards the nursery, and the tripod pressed her side into her sisters, a wave of confusion and dread causing her to be unstable. "R-rue, wh-what's going on? I-is everything okay?" She pleaded softly, glancing back as her mother comforted a sobbing cat. Glancing over at Pop, she hopped over, eyes shimmering with tears of confusion. "It's okay Pop, l-let's go ba-back inside now?"
Flowerkit had a feeling she was missing something.
Ruekit shivered as she stared at Big Sis Mire's body with hollow, hollow blue eyes. Oh God. Oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God. She needed to get out of here. She dug her claws into the dirt, because the only other option was in her eyes, and as much as she wanted to rip the sight of Mirehound, so clearly dead, out of her mind, she wasn't ready to give up being able to see just yet.
She was still staring blankly at Mire, and was only shaken out of her stupor because Flo was pressing herself into her side. "It's okay," she said, trying her best to mask her terror with her usual, gentle calm. "It's okay, sugar. It's all going to be okay, don't worry. Its okay." She kept repeating the phrase, like saying it would make everything okay. Whether it was to reassure her sister or herself, Ruekit didn't know. She wrapped her tail around her tripod sister. "C'mon Flo."
She walked herself and Flo over to her brother, wrangling him as well. "C'mon Pop." Her voice was flat, hollow. Not like her usual happy self. She didn't have the heart to correct herself, to try and act like everything was okay. Because it wasn't. Mirehound was dead, and the sun was shining.
Applechatter would never understand kits, though they had something cute. Something sweets. They were so young, a whole world in front of them. Sometimes they mused, were they once so cute and small? Of course they were, one had never heard of a large, adult cat suddenly coming into existence. Still, the thought was somewhat amusing.
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She has a Semi-Closed den policy.
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: a orange she-cat with a white chest, underbelly, and muzzle, with green eyes : Foxkit.jpg
Foxkit wondered out of the play den, her green eyes gleaming in the sunlight, she glanced around the camp her gaze landing on a kit I think thats Mosskit! she padded over too sit in front of them, "Hi! My names Foxkit. You?" she asked excitedly, her tail swishing back and forth
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