Gingerheart pounced,biting the spine of the mouse he was hunting. He rose to his paws and faced Almondpaw,who had a bundle of squirrel fur in his mouth. "Nice catch,"the ginger-furred cat meowed. "Thanks,"Almondpaw replied,his mind buzzing.His first catch!His first ever catch!Of course,he'd caught plenty of insects on Gathering Nights,but that didn't count.This was his first real catch! Dawnpaw and Bladesky slipped from the bushes.Dawnpaw had a shrew,Bladesky had two mice. "I think we have enough prey,"Bladesky decided. "Let's head back to Coldeye." Coldeye had remained at their makeshift camp to keep watch. Almondpaw walked close enough to his littermate to feel her pelt brushing against his.He wasn't about to lose another one of his sisters. Coldeye bounced to his paws when he saw them approaching. "You all okay?" "We're fine,"Gingerheart replied. "The hunting's been great.And these two"-he indicated the apprentices-"are natural hunters." Bladesky nodded,whiskers twitching. <Why does he look so displeased?>Almondpaw wondered. <He's Songstar's brother.Is he not happy that his littermate has kits so good at hunting and fighting?> No one else seemed to notice.The breeze blew a little bit harder. They settled down to eat for the night. 0o0o0 Almondpaw jerked awake in the night,hearing the whining of a young kit. "Almondkit...Dawnkit...Coldeye...Bladesky...Gingerheart..."The voice stopped abruptly. He leapt from his nest,kicking moss all over SongClan's deputy,who awoke with a start.Bladesky called out, "W-wait,what's going on?"but Almondpaw was too far away to answer. At the bottom of a gully was a scrap of ginger fur. Laying there.A she-cat the size of an apprentice. Firekit.
Alright!Firekit's been found!Now we shall find out-what happened to her?And the foxes?And camp-what's going on back there?Is something amazing about to happen with Whiskerpelt?We'll see in chapter 6!
