Rose to the heart

Swiftheart sat near the nursery she was thinking about it alot lately knowing her litter would be here soonish.

She had not been back here since the day Murkystar her mother had died not wanting to remember how her mom lay there curled around her younger siblings her body still. The memory hurt alot... with the vanishing of the stars she had still not returned but swiftheart wondered silently to herself if the stars would ever return.

Sighing she sat down... her spirits were raised however hearing a kit nearby and she recognized it as her youngest sister Rosekit. Purring hapily she went over to talk and hang out with her.

"Hello Rosekit!" she purred happily looking at her younger sibling with a soft warm smile on her face.

Swiftheart laughed happily as her sister ran over and gave her a big hug. She hugged back tightly holding her little sister close. She was amazingly energetic just like swiftheart had been as a kit.. and still was really.

She purred listening to Rosekit list off all the things they might do together.

She nodding thinking a little.

"Hmmm... well when I was a kit I always wanted to go out and see the territory... but Mistyfalcon never let me..." with a quick glance at the elders den she shrugged.

"... but ... I guess if I were to go with you and if you were to listen to me at all times and stick close..." she gave a wide grin back at her younger sister nodding a little

"Come on" she squealed with a small giggle as she darted towards the clan exit while no one was immedietly watching them...

Its not that swiftheart loved to break rules... quite the opposite, it was just she fealt like cats should never be cooped up and loved the idea of being free so the one rule about

Kits must NEVER leave the nursery yatta yatta to her fell on death ears... the way she saw it was kits should only leave when a trusted warrior was watching over them very carefully which she still planned to do with Rosekit. Besides, there was arguably less danger out of camp than in it with all the dark forest cats roaming around she reasoned.

She glanced back over her shoulder sitting at the very border between the camp and the territory of shadowclan that lay beyond. When her sister caught up she glanced down at her "Ok... just remember to do what I say and stay close to me" she reminded rosekit before ushering them out into the big forest that was before them. The ground was a bit mushy underpaw as the spring had melted alot of snow and the marsh of shadowclan in general added to this.

"This will be so much fun" she grinned happily.

Swiftheart led the kit along into the forest of shadowclan. There was so much for the kit to see and learn about out here. The whole time Swiftheart kept a very careful lookout for any possible dangers but at the same time was alright with Rosekit getting to look around a bit, Swiftheart was very laid back and she thought taht freedom was one of the most imporatnt thing... kits shouldnt be locked in the nursery with this much energy.

She purred a little happily seeing how happy Rosekit was with this idea.

She got a bit of an idea and her guess was that Rosekit would enjoy this alot.

She showed Rosekit a marshy area and explained her idea "ok.. so you can say no if you dont want to do this but what if we.... have a mud fight" she squealed giggling.

"... not like a real fight or even a spar its more of flicking mud at each other"

Swiftheart explained. Swiftheart had never ever cared about looks to much as her fur was usually ruffled (unlike nightstalkers) and she never minded getting dirty... ti was all fun right?

She showed Rosekit what she meant and flicked a bit of mud in her direction but not intentionally hitting her yet in case her sister was not into this.