a bright sun, a bright future[OPEN]

the snow drifted lazily through the air, landing on the mossy ground below and dusting the brown clearing with white. suddenly, a flash of fire danced across the clearing. the "fire" stopped next to a ball of moss, his large tabby paws slapping the ball high into the air and back across the clearing, the kit close in pursuit. Blazefang's one and only son, Sunkit, was already growing into an energetic and healthy tom, his ginger tabby pelt glowing like flames under the weak leafbare sun.

as he bounded across the clearing, he suddenly crashed into another cat, causing him to fly away in a whirl of paws.

as he raised his head, Sunkit made out a dilute tortoiseshell she-cat crouching over him, her eyes filled with concern. He quickly scrambled to his paws and puffed out his chest. "Hi! My name's Sunkit, because my mama said I looked like the sun!" He proudly proclaimed. "Do you want to play mossball with me?" He added as an after thought.

"You've never played mossball? Even as a kit?" Sunkit gasped, interrupting the warrior. the tom just couldn't comprehend how someone could not have time to bat around a ball of moss when they were as duty-free as any other kit. "No, that won't do!" He declared firmly, "Stay right here, I'll go fetch my mossball!"

He quickly scrambled off to retrieve his lump of moss and set it down next to Brairrose. "All you have to do is bat the ball away from me, and whoever can get it past the other wins!" He explained as best as he could, hoping the she-cat would understand. "Here, I'll start first!" Sunkit said, rolling the ball away with a paw and got into a crouch, his eyes narrowed at the warrior.

Brairrose batted the mossball back easily, aiming for the side. good, she was learning fast. Sunkit pounced onto the fuzzy ball, his front paws outstretched to bat the ball as hard as he could over the warrior's shoulder. it didn't even hit close, instead skimming under her belly. oh, well.

He paused to think about the she-cat's question. what was he looking forward to? He never thought about that before. Blazefang did mention before that once he was an apprentice, he would tour all of the territory, meet other clans at gatherings, learn to fight and hunt, and many more he couldn't quite remember. after a long pause, the ginger tabby declared, "I'm looking forward to learning how to fight! After I become a warrior, no fox or dog will ever dare to set paw in Thunderclan territory!"

Brairrose batted the ball back, no problem, but now Sunkit had to somehow hit the mossball from above his head. The little tabby leapt into the air and batted the mossball back towards the warrior, but in the process flipped and landed not-so-gracefully on his face.

after scrambling back to his paws, Sunkit thought about the she-cat's question. "I'm looking forward to meeting the other Clans," He decided at last, "I want to have friends from all the Clans, and I will help them whenever they need it!" That sounded like something a good warrior would do, right?

"Of course!" Sunkit mewed quickly, not even bothering to return the mossball. Blazefang is going to be so exited when he told her about his new friend-- and she's a warrior! How cool is that?