WC- Closer to the Stars

WindClan cats pride themselves in being the closest to the stars, mentally and physically. They even sleep under the stars in hopes of their ancestors to send them good dreams.

But one night, a fox took advantage of their unsheltered camp. A young queen named Dusksky and her two-moon-old kits snuck out of the nursery to the dirtplace. Because there was no barrier to block the scent, a group of foxes smelled the kit-scent and ambushed them when they were about to go back to camp.

The Clan remembered a terrible shriek, “Hide!” There was growling and hissing, and the wails of tiny kits.

By the time the warriors got in, the dirtplace reeked horribly of fox, and Dusksky was lying motionless on the ground, her brown tabby fur torn near her neck, making a pool of blood around her.

“Dusksky!” Poolflight cried, racing towards her sister, pressing her nose into her lifeless flank. Gorsestep barked an order to the rest of the cats. “Find her kits!”

WindClan split up, sniffing the air and nosing under the bushes. Finally, Rainstorm found the whimpering scraps of fur underneath a tiny elder bush near the edge of dirtplace.

A little gray she-kit tottered out and pricked her big ears. “Is the stinky thing gone?” she squeaked.

Her sister, a tiny copy of Dusksky with her brown tabby fur and big green eyes crawled out after her. “Don’t be silly, Smokekit! It’s scent is still here.”

Breezestar curled around the shaking kits. “The fox is gone, but tell us what happened,” she cream-colored leader said gently.

“We were going to the dirtplace!” the brown kit mewed. “And then a stinky red thing leaped out at mama.”

Smokekit sniffed haughtily. “We could’ve helped fight the fox, but Dusksky pushed me and Runningkit into this prickly bush!”

“Wait a second!” Runningkit meowed. “Where is Dusksky?” The kits stared expectantly at Breezestar and Rainstorm.

The two warriors exchanged a glance. “Let’s go back to camp,” Breezestar murmured finally, contemplating on how to tell the kits the fox had killed their mother. She was with StarClan now. “It’s been a long night…”