Like Parents Like Kits [CLOSED]

Sheepnose had been thinking on a subject for a while: StarClan. No, she still didn't believe that there were starry cats that lived in the sky and had lots of wisdom, but what she was thinking about was her kits. She didn't want them to grow up with the thought of magical dead cats, she didn't want that keeping them from being the best cats they could be. Sheepnose nodded, deciding to do what she had been thinking about for a while. She gently nuzzled her kits' heads to let them know that she wanted to speak to them. It was dark outside, most cats were sleeping, but that was good. Sheepnose didn't want anyone else to hear.
"Wake up, my little ones, and then come outside," She began, softly, so that none of the other queens or kits would wake up, "I'll be by the fresh-kill pile with your father."
After saying that, she stood up, slowly so that she didn't do anything to her kits, and left the nursery without a sound. The white she-cat darted across the camp, before poking her head into the warriors' den. She blinked, irritably, realizing that she'd have to step over some cats. She padded in, dodging the other warriors, before gently prodding her mate with a white paw.
"Pinewhisker," She whispered, sharply, "Wake up."
After one more prod, she left the warriors' den and padded over to the fresh-kill pile, sitting down and waiting for Pinewhisker and her kits.

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Sedgekit stirred, waking up from her sleep after hearing her mother. The brown-and-white she-cat blinked the sleep out of her eyes, before shaking her head to wake herself up even more. She nudged her two littermates.
"Come on! Get up!" She said, but then lowered her voice so that she didn't wake anyone else up. After speaking, she raced out of the nursery to sit down in front of her mother. She was curious as to why Sheepnose wanted to speak to her and her littermates now, at night.

Pinewhisker groaned, but didn't protest more as he koined his mate put in the cold air. He observed dryly that the weather was getting colder, so he wrapped himself up, hunching his shoulders over his short-furred frame

The unusually long-limbed she-kit got to her dainty grey paws and gave a stretch. She blinked her yellow eyes at Sedgekit, and nodded sharply. "Alrighty. I'm coming." She yawned with annoyance. The kit padded over to her parents. Her mother, who wasn't in the nursery, she guessed was outside. Galekit smiled at Sheepnose when she saw the white she-cat, something she didn't usually do. "Hi, Sheepnose," Galekit said, quietly as to not wake Pinewhisker up suddenly. Her tail covered the salient thorns jutting out from brambles swathed around the den. "I-I'm confused. Why are you waking Pinewhisker up?" She asked. She never addressed or used her parents' real name. She was strangely mature. She didn't jolt back when her father woke up. "Hello, Pinewhisker." Galekit whispered. The she-kit's excess fur around her neck was very fluffy, and made her seem like a tiny grey lion.

Driftkit stretched getting up.It was freezing and she shivered as she padded out of the nursery."Wait up,guys."She mewed as she bounded over to her family.The little kit plopped herself down beside Sheepnose and snuggled up to her fluffy white mother.She smiled when she saw her father and littermates."Why do you want us Sheepnose?"She mewed."Its freezing out here can we please go back inside?Hi Pinewhisker,Galekit and Sedgekit"The kit added.The kits amber eyes scanned she had never left the nursery before and everything was very strange.

Galekit narrowed her eyes at Driftkit, her sister. "Yeah, we can go back inside, if you be patient." Galekit retorted, although nothing specifically mean was directed towards her. She twisted to look over her shoulder at Sedgekit, who she expected should be shivering as well. She blinked emotionlessly. Her neck fur was a heating pad, the air trapped and consoled by the grey fibers surrounding it. It sank to her skin, making her neck feel warm, but the rest of her cold as a hairless cat.

Pinewhisker muttered codly back to Galekit before straightening up, watching his gathered kits with emerald eyes. "I suppose you have heard stories of StarClan?" he began, guessing what Sheepnose woke him up about.

"If you don't shut it,you will wake the whole camp!" Hissed Driftkit glaring coldly at her sister.The kit curled her tail around herself as she began to get accustomed to the bitter cold.Driftkit's gaze softened and she smiled, even though her sister was rude she was still funny.The "mane" Galekit had made her look rather silly thought Driftkit.The kit wasn't as feisty as her sister and would never say the things she said.Driftkit realised she had been day dreaming and quickly sat bolt upright, trying to look slightly less dopier.Her ears flickered forward listening intently."Starclan?I thought there were only five clans!"Driftkit mewed confused.

Galekit narrowed her eyes. "If I heard the word 'StarClan' one more time, I'll tear the pelts off of every cat! They're just kit-tales, that somehow make every cat want to believe in those special little snowflakes." She hissed, fur fluffing up. She now gazed at Pinewhisker somewhat coldly, tail wrapped around herself. Her little nostrils flared. "You don't believe in them, do you?" She questioned, seeming somewhat like she was interrogating.

Driftkit sighed."kit-tales"didn't explain anything,she really wanted to know who and what they were."Galekit,please shut up and let Sheepnose and Pinewhisker explain."mewed Driftkit shooting her sister a cold glance.The small kit was even more confused how come she hasn't heard any "kit-tales" or of any "starclan" but then again the little kit was just to sheepish to ask anyone but her family.Driftkit subconsciously pawed the saandy floor and when the dust went up her nose she sneezed.This seemed to bring her back to reality."ugh,I'm all dusty now!"she yowled with an annoyed smile.

Sheepnose gave both Galekit and Driftkit warning glances, but they softened afterwards. She could tell that Driftkit and Sedgekit were just confused, but Galekit seemed as if she hadn't believed in it anyway. That was just less explaining she had to do with Pinewhisker.
"There are only five Clans, darling. SkyClan, WindClan, ShadowClan, RiverClan, and-" Sheepnose was cut off by Sedgekit.
"ThunderClan! Our Clan!"
"Yes, dear, ThunderClan is one of the five ones. You will hear cats from ThunderClan, and even other Clans, speaking about starry dead cats that live in the sky. They call it StarClan. They say that whenever a cat dies, their spirit goes up to the sky to be with the other dead cats, and they appear as a star every night." Sheepnose said, her voice soft, but inside she wanted to hiss with bitterness. It was all a stupid kit-tale.
"No, Galekit. Pinewhisker and I have no belief in StarClan," She began.
Because we're actually smart! She thought, then continued on.
"And, I woke you all up so that Pinewhisker and I can tell you the truth. There is no such thing as StarClan. It didn't exist before, it doesn't exist now, and it won't exist in the future. I don't want you to be blinded by lies, and I don't want it to hold you three back from being the best ThunderClan cats you can be. So please, just trust me and Pinewhisker. StarClan. isn't. real.""
All the while, she wrapped her tail gingerly around Driftkit, who had been sitting closest to her.

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Sedgekit listened intently to her mother, then nodded quickly.
"Morningshine told me about StarClan! Is she...um...blinded by lies? Like you said?"
Sedgekit watched as Sheepnose nodded, "Yes, dear. I wish she didn't though. Morningshine is a very intelligent cat, who's also our kin. She along, with the rest of our kin, believe in StarClan. I'm starting to believe that Pinewhisker and I are the only cats that don't believe in StarClan. But it's for the best. Tell me you won't fall for a kit-tale like them?"
Sedgekit puffed out her chest with a bold nod, "Of course, mommy! I'd never lie! And I'd never listen to a lie!"
Sheepnose gave her daughter an approving lick between the ears, before looking to Galekit and Driftkit, expectantly.

Galekit let out a relieved sigh. "Thank goodness!" She said. She shuffled her paws. "If I was the only one who was actually smart, I don't know what I would do!" Galekit added. The she-kit didn't even restrict her comments, but she did lower her voice so that others couldn't hear. She let out a small laugh, but it sounded scornful in contrast to the usual, bubbly laugh. She blinked twice, and slowly, too.

Pinewhiskerspoke coldly as his mate finished her words. "StarClan isn't real, it's just tales, and that is the end of it." he blinked as the sun was starting to show above the treetops. "You should take the little ones to sleep." he suggested before getting up and flicking his tail in farewell, trotting away towards the camp exit.

Driftkit's amber eyes widened in amazement Starclan sounded amazing but also stupid.What kind of cat would believe that rubbish she thought."Starclan sounds stupid,what cat would believe that rubbish?!"Mewed Driftkit.She purred happily as Sheepnose wrapped her fluffy white tail around her."Thank you Sheepnose,"meowed the kit.Driftkit was happy that she now knew what Starclan was but in a way she wanted it to be real.

"Thank you for believing me. Don't let lies sway you towards the wrong path," She began, and nodded as her mate left.
"And now, it's time for you three to go back to sleep. You've missed some rest time, but it was worth it. To the nursery you all go." She said, nosing her three kits towards the nursery.

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Sedgekit blinked as she was nudged forwards gingerly by Sheepnose, so she let her little paws guide her towards the nursery. Once she was inside, she snuggled down beside her mother, who had curled up in the nest as well.
"Good night, mommy! Good night Galekit and Driftkit!" Sedgekit purred, with her high-pitched feminine voice, before she drifted off to sleep.

Driftkit bounded after Sheepnose and Sedgekit,tripping over her feet as she ran.When Driftkit reached the nursery she skidded to a halt,but not very well as she tumbled right over with a.Oof.Driftkit shook herself and padded over to her sister and mother,curling up beside them."Night Sedgekit,Galekit and Sheepnose,"she mewed.Driftkit tried to think a bit about what her parents had said but sleep quickly over came her.