Kits being kits

The orange tabby she-kit opened her green eyes and yawned. Today was going to be a good day. She could feel it. She rose to her paws reaching out and poking her brother Elmkit on the shoulder as she slipped silently out of the nest. "Come on Elmkit let's go play" She whispered flicking her tiny tail and turning toward the entrance to the den. She slipped outside into the sunlight and flicking her ears forward and looking around the clearing. I wish we could go out of the camp She thought.


The brown tom had been awake for some time before Orchidkit prodded him. He flicked his ears and rose to his paws stretching in a long bow before following her out of the den. He paused beside her and glanced around the clearing. There wasn't anyone around no one to see them. The could probably slip out of the camp before they were even missed. He turned his copper eyes toward his sister his whiskers lifting in a smile and his voice rumbling in a purr. We could sneak out without anyone noticing. He thought. The tom rarely spoke, but his sister could usually decipher what he meant merely by his actions and facial expressions.

Tinykit was playing to catch an insect when she suddenly saw the two kits in the outside. They looked older than her but that didn't stop her to aproach them with a friendly smile and a pure desire to explore the camp out of the dark nursery. Maybe she could try to go with them, she though when the little black kit reach them. Moving her tail anxious, the she-kit talked with a cute meow.
"Are you going to explore the camp? Can you take me with you, please? My name is Tinykit."

His ears flicked backward hearing the other kit approaching before she spoke. He quietly flicked Orchidkit on the hip with his tail before turning toward the she-kit. HIs eyes fell on the dark pelt of Tinykit. He blinked warmly at her and shifted his weight back and forth from paw to paw. The dark brown tom made a swift decision before the other she-kit spoke. He turned his eyes briefly to Orchidkit and flicked his whiskers forward in a smile and letting his chest rumble in a purr. Let's let her join us. We could do with some friends. He thought blinking at his sister.

"Are you going to explore the camp? Can you take me with you, please? My name is Tinykit."


She too heard the approaching kit and was turning just as Elmkit touched her hip. Her almost non-existent tail standing on end. Her green eyes fell on the other kit and she smiled briefly as she introduced herself. Orchidkit flicked her ears forward and glanced at Elmkit who seemed to be thinking along the same lines as her. They had 4 siblings so they were never short on family company, but they needed some friends outside the family. Orchidkit returned her eyes to Tinykit and smiled a purr rising from her chest. "Of course you can join us. We've been out once already. We can show you what we know." She mewed and went to turn away toward the entrance. Then she spun back around realizing that she had not introduced them. "Sorry. I'm Orchidkit and this is Elmkit. He doesn't talk much, but the more time you spend with him the more you can understnad what he says with out speaking." She mewed and then almost as an after thought she continued. "Our parents are Shellwater and Otterleap. We have 1 brother and 2 sisters." With that both kits turned and headed for the etrance. Elmkit flicking his tail for Tinykit to join them.

The black kit blinked surprised because of the quiet of Elmkit. He was kind of similar to her, she though when Orchidkit was talking, but Tynikit never used the language of signs to express herself.
When the two kits approached the entrance and Elmkit flicked his tail, Tinykit understood and, with a little leap, she went to the exit of the nursery running and following the siblings.
The light of the outside felt warm in her body and she purred gladly when she finally was out. The colors and smells were something that she perceived with delight and happiness. She turned back her head to Orchidkit and Elmkit with big amber eyes of excitement for this new adventure.

She heard the rustle as Tinykit padded up to join them and she miled. She wasn't the only one who could understand her brother it seemed. She paused outside of the nursery and indicated it with her ears. "This, obviously, is the nursery." She flicked her ears to the left and said "That's the Apprenitce's Den, across from that," She mewed flicking her ears to indicate the larger den across the clearing. "Is that Warrior's Den." She paused and glanced at Elmkit then at Tinykit. "It's really fun to play in there while all the warriors are out on patrols." She whispered, conspiratorially adding a wink. With that she continued lifting her paw to point at the other dens in turn. "That is the Medicine cat den, it's filled with yucky herbs. And THAT is Fishstar's den. She's the leader." She paused here for emphasis and flicked her tiny tail and puffed ehr chest out in pride. "I'm going to be in that den one day. I'll be Orchidstar."


The brown and white tom followed Orchidkit from the den and nodded along as she spoke about each den. He blinked at Tinykit as Orchidkit finished and rolled his eyes. She is ambitious. But I know she'd name me deputy if she were ever Leader. He thought and glanced off to the side letting his mind wander to that future day when he and Orchidstar would lead the clan. He felt pride swell in his chest and dropped his gaze licking his chest to force his fur back down. He then turned his attention to Tinykit. He flicked his ears forward and then back again. Then flicked his tail from Orchidkit to Tinykit.

Orchidkit watched this and smirked. "You could just talk you know." She said wryly rolling her eyes and turning her attention to Tinykit. "HE wants to know if you want to play leaders and warriors?" She asked nudging her broughts shoulder with her paw.

The kit looked all the differents places that Orchidkit was showing to her, flicking her ears and sniffing.
All the dens seemed like something really exciting to the black kit, but her favorite was the Warrior's Den. Since she born, Tinykit always had been conscious about the disadvantage of her size, because the she-kit knew that she will never be strong enough like her clanmates. But, the idea of being a warrior like the others gave her hopes to be useful to her clan.
When the kit with the short tail said that she will be called Orchidstar in the future, Tinykit admired her goals. She smiled when her brother, Elmkit, rolled his eyes and glanced at the black she-cat. She still didn't understand really well the thoughts that he wanted to tell without talking, but Tinykit could see that he would be close to Orchidkit if one day she became the leader, but she wasn't sure, especially when Elmkit suddenly started flicking his tail.
The little kit understood that he was trying to invite her to something, but she didn't know what. She glanced at the orange tabby she-cat and, like she suspected, Orchidkit explained to her what he was trying to communicate.
"Yeah! That sounds funny, but... How do I play?" She meowed with curiosity.

Elmkit

The young tom smiled at Orchidkit and blinked his eyes at her as her tone hit his ears. She sounded exasperated but he knew there was an under current of amusement. She enjoyed being the only one of their siblings to understand him. She enjoyed being his voice. He turned his attention back to Tinykit as she spoke. "Yeah! That sounds funny, but... How do I play?" He smiled warmly at her and flicked his tail tip. He turned his attention back to Orchidkit and stared at her tilting his head, his ears pricked forward as if to say Go ahead. Tell her how to play oh great one.


The short-tailed she cat glared at her brother playefully as he just stared at her. But there was no strength behind it. She enjoyed being his voice, and being able to understand him. It was almost like their own secret language. She reached out and nudged her brother with her paw making him stumble dramaticly sideways. "Okay, so one cat is the leader, and one is the deputy and then the third is an intruding warrior or Rouge. and the leader and deputy have to drive them off before they get to the freshkill pile, or nursery, or whereever." She laid out the instructions in one quick breath. She paused and glanced at Tinykit and then at Elmkit. she saw the almost imperceptible twitch of Elmkit's tail tip toward Tinykit and she nodded. She had a feeling it would build thir new tiny friends confidence if she got to be the leader. "You can be leader first. Oh great Tinystar!" She said with a smile, and flicked her ears toward Tinykit. "Now all you have to do is pick your deputy."

The amber eyes of the kit blinked with surprise when Orchidkit called her like a leader. Tinystar... that wasn't a bad name, she thought for a moment, but even if it was great to be named like that, she knew that it wasn't her destiny to be a leader one day in the future. The black kit only wanted to serve her clan like a warrior.
"Umm.... well." Her eyes glanced at the two siblings with doubt. Selecting a deputy wasn't that easy and she didn't want to show a preference between the kits because the she-cat liked both of them.
"I, Tinystar, will take..." Tinykit paused a second and finally took a decision. "Orchidkit as my deputy." She meowed, puffing up his chest with confidence. Orchidkit said that one day she wanted to be a leader, but before that, she had to be a deputy. Why not practicing now? the little kit concluded. I hope I don't hurt Elmkit.
"Well, Orchidkit, are you ready to lead the daily patrols?" Her ears flicked to her, excited to start the game.

The young tom flicked his whiskers forward in a smile and waved his tail jovially. He wanted to be sure to show Tinykit that there were no hard feelings. He loved being the intruding warrior. He glanced at Orchidkit and narrowed his eyes competitively and lashed his tail as if to say I'm going to get past you this time. With that he turned toward the camp entrance but before he'd moved more than a few tail lengths he spun around and before flicking his tail around and touching his throat. Elmvoice. With that he spun and dashed away to the edge of the clearing and crouched down to wait for his moment.


The orange she-cats eyes brightened with excitement as Tinykit chose her. She glanced at Elmkit knowing he loved playing the intruding warrior. She watched him for a moment and rolled her eyes. "Not a chance little brother!" Orchidkit smirked at him as he spun away then back. She nodded thoughtfully then turned back to Tinystar as she spoke. "He's Elmvoice of Windclan now. I'll be..." she thought it over for a moment, this was always the best part of the warrior games. Picking your name. "Orchidblossom" She concluded and dipped her head to the other kit. "Yes Tinystar, would you care to accompany me on a hunting patrol?" she asked tilting her head and ignoring Elmkit who lay in wait on the other side of the clearing.

Her eyes followed Elmkit while he was going away. She felt better because she understood that Elmkit liked to be the intruding warrior and smiled him back when he laid down to wait for the two she-cats.
Tinykit glanced and flicked her ears at Orchidkit (now called Orchidblossom) when she asked her to join the hunting patrol. The black kit smiled with bright eyes and nodded.
"Of course. I will be with you in this patrol, Orchidblossom. It's going to be great to hunt again since such a long time." The she-kit talked imitating the voice of the grown-ups and puffed her chest again to look bigger than she was.
"It's better to start moving now. We need to catch a lot of prey today to feed all the cats in the camp. Let's go!" She meowed, happy. With confidence, Tinykit crossed the clearing swinging her tail to approach Elmkit, who was waiting on the other side and like his sister, for now, she ignored him just to continue the funny game.

Batkit, who was walking through the camp to stretch his paws, noticed a brown and white spot in the clearing, without moving from his place. He approached it to see it better with his green eyes and flicked his whiskers at the moment he saw that it as a tom kit laying down.
"What are you doing?" The dark tom asked, serious. He wasn't the kind type of cat when he chatted and because of that, he often used a mature and a little harsh tone that the other kits disliked.

Elmkit

The brown tom flicked his ear sideways as batkit trotted up to him. He smiled an including smile taking no note of the harsh tone the kit had used. He reached out with a paw and touched Batkit's shoulder before withdrawing his paw and touching his chest. You are with me He hoped the kit understood. He flicked his ears toward Orchidkit and Tinykit and then toward the freshkill pile. He raised the same paw and extended one claw as if to say We're after 1 piece of fresh-kill He then swept his tail around to the right to hopefully indicate that Batkit should come from the side while Elmkit drew the attention of Orchidkit and Tinykit. His copper hued eyes blinked warmly at the kit and then he began to slink forward toward the freshkill pile. Keeping his eyes focused on a mouse at the edge of the pile and his ears flicked toward his sister and their new friend.

Orchidkit

The young she-cat flicked her ears toward Tinykit and smiled as they headed 'out on patrol.' She saw Batkit join Elmkit out of the corner of her eye, saw the pair converse, awkwardly, and then Elmkit began to move forward slinking low to the ground his belly brushing the earth. She let him get about halfway to the pile before lifting her voice in a loud caterwaul "Tinystar! Windclan intruders!" She turned toward the tabby she-kit and opened her eyes wide as if frightened. She wasn't sure where the black kit Batkit had gone but she figured he hadn't been able to understand Elmkit anyway so he couldn't be much of a threat. "What should we do?"


OOC: sorry it's so short. I was thinking that Tinykit could attack Elmkit and Orchidkit could fight Batkit so i'm not fighting myself. Let me know if that's okay. =D

She stopped for a second when she saw the dark silhouette of his first friend Batkit. It was surprising to see him out of the nursery, but the most strange thing was that he was actually starting a chat with other cats. Well... maybe Elmkit wasn't the best option to talk, but he could be a good friend. Maybe Batkit could sympathize with that.
Tinykit soon left the surprise and continue walking, happy to see Batkit again and excited. Maybe he could join the game and play with her and the siblings. That would be awesome, she said in her mind.
The warm eyes of the kit glanced the movements of the tom-kit and soon noticed that his eyes were looking at the fresh-kill pile, probably looking a prey as his objective as a Windclan intruder.
"We have to defend the clan, Orchidblossom! Riverclan, attack!" The tiny she-kit shouted like a leader, flicking her ears towards the "trespassers" and run toward Elmkit to pounce on him and start the fight.
"Stay away, intruders! This is Riverclan territory!"  


OOC: Don't worry! I think that the idea of the fighting it's great :)

Batkit was a little annoyed to discover that the tom-kit didn't speak with words, but with signs and movements. Maybe he is mute, he thought when he touched with his paw.
"You want me to be with you? He asked when he pointed himself. Then, when the brown and white kit flicked his ears, he understood that he wanted to go the fresh-kill pile.
The dark tom was about to ask something again, but he suddenly noticed a familiar cat on the other side of the clearing, walking with another she-cat towards them. Is that... Tinykit?. He started to understand the situation of the kits and concludes that all this was probably a game. Even when he didn't like childish things like that, the tall tom couldn't deny that he wanted to be Tinykit, his only friend for now.
And because of that, in the moment that the stranger kit started to moving forward, Batkit followed him behind, imitating his moves. With his belly in the ground, he padded forward slowly and flicked his ears and whiskers when Tinykit jumped to attack the tom with the copper eyes. A game of battles, uh?

The brown tom was so focused on the mouse he was trying to steal that he didn't see Tinykit until it was almost to late. Her yowl jolted him to a halt "Stay away, intruders! This is Riverclan territory!". The white marking on his upper lip lifted in a snarl and he rose to his paws in time  with her pounce. He rolled as she struck him his side hitting the packed earth and a "Umph" excaping his lips as air was forced from his lungs. He tontinued the roll until he was on his back, Tinykit on top of him. He brogught his hind legs tight to his chest, spreading his paws and searching for her stomach. She was smaller than him so he wouldn't push too hard to avoid sending her into a den or right into the bramble wall. When he felt her fur on his hind paw pads he extended his legs skyward in an attempt to throw her off. He growled deep in his chest but kept his tiny kitten claws sheathed.

Orchidkit

The orange tabby raced after Tinystar her eyes focused intently on her brother. She decided that the she-kit could manage her brother she saw a shadow which she hadn't noticed before. It had followed her brother. it was Batkit! She turned her attention on the young kit and dropped into a crouch moving forward on sturdy legs. "You will regret the day you tried to attack Riverclan you windclan Scum!" She growled trying to circle her opponent to get a shot at his side. "I Orchidblossom, deputy of Riverclan, shall stop you!" She growled. She was doing her best to stay inside the game, but give the black tom as much information as she could. She knew Elmkit was difficult to understand with his general refusal to talk like a normal cat. She'd heard him once or twice, but only when it was something very important. She shook the memories from her head and leaped forward intending to give Batkit a swipe to the ears.