Pile of Paws [Tiger Fam]

Tigerstar never expected this. Never expected nine of them, his poor mate... Of course he helped where he could along side his leader duties, thankful to Rapidfire for helping him with tasks he couldn't get to because of his new kits. So now here he was, watching his kits for his mate while she took a break. Well it was more like feeling his kits because they all decided to make him their personal hill. Not that he could complain, but he couldn't quite tell how many were on him. He could feel one on his head, a few on his back, pretty sure one of them was some how clinging to his tail, he could feel sharp little needle claws in his leg. It hurt, but they were having fun. Besides a couple scratches were worth it if his kits were happy. He just wished Minkshadow was here to see her siblings, but it wasn't meant to be.

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Just because Quickkit had latched herself to their dad’s tail didn’t mean she got to have all the fun with the fluffy appendage. Viperkit had come up with her own game. As the leader’s tail swished from side to side the kitten jumped over it, giggling. The higher the leap of faith became, the more she laughed, winding herself up into a golden bundle of ceaseless energy. Her dad’s tail gave an unexpected snap, causing Quickkit to shout out her glee and Viperkit to take an unexpected tumble. The she-kit’s brow creased as she became extremely cross. ”Why’d you go and do that, dad?” she snapped, kicking a pawful of dirt in his direction.

Though, her anger was short lived, along with her interest in his tail, quickly moving on to the next best thing. Viperkit launched herself onto Tigerstar’s foreleg, scrambling up it onto his back. Atop his back, she dug her ring claws in harder for purchase, while her wiry tail was held pin straight for balance. Once accustomed to the bouncing she stalked forward, making a wobbly beeline towards Falconkit. Foxkit and Thistlekit lost their balance and she snickered, couldn’t they cling on better? No matter she had mastered the art of balance, and was coming for the top spot! “My turn!” mewed Viperkit “I need to get used to being up high seeing as I’ll be the next leader of WindClan!”

Dark green eyes peered up from beneath Tigerstar's chest, her body pressed up against his swirling red fur. "You're so cool, Papa. Didja know that?" Her voice squeaked up at him a smile from little ear to little ear, trying her best to get his attention away from her screaming and squealing siblings. He was WindClan's leader! That was the coolest of the cool and Moosekit needed him to know that. She needed to make sure they all knew it. And when Viperkit became the next leader? She would tell her she was cool, too.

She watched her siblings tumble around her Papa with a growing itch to leap out at one of their tails. Quickkit, Foxkit, Thistlekit, and Falconkit all looked like they were having so much fun... Oh, forget it! There would be plenty of time to remind her Papa how cool he was later! A tiny red tail dangled tantalizingly from Tigerstar's head where her brother, Falconkit, batted the swirling red ears of the older tom. Green eyes watched it flick back and forth until she just couldn't contain herself any longer. Little brown paws swung out and batted it as she stood as tall as her lanky legs could get her, teeth snapping shut around the tip of the furry tail that belonged to her brother. "Let me up, too! I wanna be Moosestar!" She sqealed around the tuft of fur, a small paw accidentally poked her father in the eye as she attempted to climb up the hard way.

Watching her siblings lazily from her father's back, Redkit laid horizontally, draped over Tigerstar near his tail. It was fun to watch everyone squirm to get to the top of the mountain, but they'd all fall eventually. It was all just a waiting game. Truly, it felt like a wonder Brightripple was able to deal with them all at once. Most of her siblings were high-energy balls of fluff, whereas at least she was blissfully quiet. She had been one of the first to climb atop her father, quickly grabbing her prime spot to lay down. It wasn't as if anyone else wanted it, they were focused on the biggest prize.

She, however, was content with the tail that she could bat at, right in front of her. Viperkit jumped over it with each turn and lash, until she didn't, and a pawful of dirt was scattering itself against Redkit's face. "Hey! Watch it!" Redkit mewed, her mouth curling into a frown.

Shaking the dirt from her fur, the deep-red kit watched as Viperkit made her way up Tigerstar, wobbling toward the top. She'll fall next, and take Falconkit with her I'd bet. Her opportunity was at hand if only the cards would fall correctly. It wasn't as if her already fallen siblings could crawl back up in time to stop her... she hoped. Turning herself, Redkit was flat against her father's back, ready for the opportunity to take the winning spot. She'd be Redstar, and nobody would dispute her.