And It's Beginning To Snow

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A sigh of defeat sounded from beneath the thick brambles of the nursery, and in an exhausted voice, Dawnflight mewed, "Okay, you can play outside, but only just outside the nursery! No further! I don't want you getting under everyone's paws. And no playing near any playfighting apprentices, either!" The effect of Dawnflight's words were practically lost as Rainkit barreled out of the nursery, calling behind her for her littermates to join her. "C'mon, Paintedkit, Dewkit, Autumnkit! She'll surely call us back in soon enough! Let's have some fun!" Rainkit's eyes shone with excitement as she view the open camp for the first time in her life. So many new scents, new sight, and new experiences were to be had. Interest sparkled in her blue eyes as she caught the eye of a playfighting apprentice, who was midleap in a complex looking defensive move. How hard it must be to learn all of that... She twisted around again, and with an excited bounce, Rainkit spun on her white paws and called behind her. "Come on, guys!!!"[/b]


[OOC:the title: ITS FROM RENT. I'll bring snow into it somehow. ]

[.&&. Snowsong.]

"Hold your mice, alright, Rainkit? We're coming! And in case you've forgotten, I'm the leader of this litter!" An annoyed yet somewhat mischievous tone punctured the air as the entrance to the nursery rustled. Then, out padded a kit, slightly larger than the kit who had barreled out of the nursery in excitement.

Paintedkit acted as if it was regular, but his gaze betrayed his excitement, showing every bit of bliss that was welling inside of him. As his gaze scanned the Camp, it landed lastly upon two sparring apprentices. A smile played at his lips, and his tail slightly shot up in excitement as an apprentice landed on the other. "That seems fun!" With that, he whisked to Rainkit and launched himself at her, aiming to barrel her over.

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"Soooreeee-"[/b] Rainkit's reotrt was cut off sharply but a squeal of fake terror as Paintedkit launched himself apon her. Mind working quickly, and thinking of the apprentices in the hollow, Rainkit twisted sharply, attempting to get onto Paintedkit's back like they had. However, she had not accounted for her marginally shorter legs, and ended on on her own back, paws waving helplessly in the air. "Alright, you win!"[/b] Rainkit giggled in defeat before her brother could pounce on her yet again. Flipping over with one sharp jerk, she listened behind her into the nursery, where she could still hear her mother fussing over her remaining two kits. "Alright, O Paintedkit, our great Leader, would you please go tell those slowpokes in the nursery to get their tails out here while we can still play?"[/b]

[.&&. Snowsong.]

Paintedkit smirked as his sister admitted defeat, and then his figure slipped off of her. His ears flicked slightly as he heard their mother's voice echoing through the nursery, likely being used over the two other siblings. He was about to turn around without a retort when Rainkit seemed to mock his leadership. His gaze snapped to her. "Hey, I just beat you! I deserve more respect then that, and I was about to go get them anyway!" He chuckled slightly, noting that his so called retort was a half joke, and he shifted his figure toward the entrance of the nursery.

His paw-steps made an invisible path toward the nursery as he padded silently over to the entrance, using only a few steps. "Hey, you two, get your lazy bodies out here!" He yowled with somewhat a joking tone, his so called command echoing slightly through the nursery as his head poked through the entrance.

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Rainkit bowed her head sarcastically, but allowing Paintedkit to take the lead. Alright, Paintedstar.[/b] Her words were sarcastic, but inwardly Rainkit knew that Paintedkit was a natural born leader, and very well might replace Patchstar when the time came. Hopefully soon... Rainkit thought, shaking her tiny head. She was certain that only bad things could come if Patchstar continued to lead their clan. However, now was not the time to think of such things. They had exploring to do! Rainkit turned, meaning to see of her littermates were emerging from the nursery yet, when something gray appeared at the edge of her vision. She whisked around sharply, intending to find out what it was, but it stayed on the periphery of her vision, never totally entering her line of sight. Rainkit turned faster, determined to find what the mysterious gray object was. She raced faster, faster faster.... Rainkit's furious chase was interrupted by a laugh, coming from the entrance of the nursery. Dawnflight was nearly in hysterics as she watched middle kit of her litter chase her tail with so little success. Realizing her mistake, Rainkit uttered a low growl and stalked off towards Paintedkit and sat stiffly next to him. "Okay, go explore the camp. I'll be here to watch you.[/b] Dawnflight purred, ushering her remaining kits into the open. Her fit of laughter had put her in a better mood, and she nearly glowed with happiness as she watched her four kits explore the world for the first time.

[thisbecoconuts]

Autumnkit padded out of the den, a little wary of the white stuff all over the gound. She licked it tentitavely and shivered as he stuck onto her nose. She shook it, feeling runny. "What up guys!" she called bounding after her siblings. She grinned and almost tripped over her short tail. She overheard her brother call himself the leader and she frowned. They should not be thinking those things, not while the leader was alive and well! She shook her head, not wanting to ruin the good mood between them. She gave her mom a quick lick and followed them to explore the camp. "Thank you, mom! Where we goin' guys?" she asked, running after Rainkit.

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Rainkit's fur stuck out at all angles from her chase as she bounded happily towards Autumnkit, her irritation already forgotten. Dawnflight purred at her kits once more before padding contentedly back into the nursery. Meanwhile, Rainkit bounced happily, brushing fur with Dewkit and Paintedkit. Her gaze suddenly snapped upward as she spied a beautiful orange and black butterfly fluttering just above Autumnkit's left shoulder. She bunched up the tiny muscles in the her haunches and, without a moments hesitation, launched herself directly towards it. In her rush, however, she hadn't judged the angle properly, and with a surprised squeal she bowled right into Autumnkit herself, while the butterfly flew up, up, and away, out of reach. "Sorry, Autumnkit! The butterfly!"[/color] She reached helplessly up towards the insect before putting on her best remorse face to Autumnkit, michief still lurking in her ever happy features.

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Dewkit raced out of the nursery, but Dawnflight had already grabbed her by her scruff and dragged her out. "Mooommm!! I can walk by myself, I was born with three good legs!" she meowed and squirmed around. [gm, too bad. xD]

Dawnflight put her down, finally. Dewkit got up and limped towards the rest of the group. So what if she couldn't feel one of her legs. She lived without it. [ooc;// Yah, Dewkit is like, paralyzed].

Rainkit brushed past her and she smiled happily. Rainkit was going for the butterfly, as she'd noticed. Dewkit wanted to jump for it, but was afraid that she would hurt herself. She shook the thought out of her head. She was just like her brothers and sisters, she could do it! She smiled mysteriously and lept up for the butterfly. But she lost her balance halfway though the jump and landed on her stomach. "Pooh!" she meowed and shrugged.

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Rainkit's face immediately grew solemn as her sister tripped, worried that she would be sensitive about her injury. However, when Dewkit shrugged it off, Rainkit's face once again broke into a sunny smile and she bounced over to the others. In a voice slightly louder than necessary for the quiet camp, Rainkit called, "Alright guys, let's go have some fun!"[/b] Without further ado Rainkit bounded over to the area where the apprentices were playfighting, signaling with her tail for the others to follow.

[.&&. Snowsong.]

Paintedkit's tail shot up as he shifted his figure to face the rest of his siblings, which had just exited the nursery. The butterfly fluttered near his face, and then into the air, since two kits had already gone after it. A light smirk played at his lips and he coiled his muscles, preparing to leap. He figured he wouldn't catch the butterfly, but he wanted to see if he could just swipe near enough to it.

A few seconds later, a breeze whispered, and he took that as the signal. He launched himself upward toward the butterfly, ascending quite swiftly. He swiped both of his fore paws several times at the butterfly, though at different times. As he figured, the butterfly was only swept slightly by the air stirring his fore paws had caused.

He desired to remain in the air to try and swipe the butterfly's balance, but gravity had other plans. He was just about to swipe his paw again when he felt himself descending. When he landed, he landed upon his side as he missed his footing. "Ah, phooey." He then got to his paws and shook himself, and then he padded over to his two siblings who had tumbled. "You two alright, right?"

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Rainkit couldn't help it: She sat back and laughed. They had all tried to catch the butterfly, and failed miserably. "Yeah, I'm fine."[/b] Rainkit mewed, still giggling. It took her several moments before she could shake off her laughter enough to stand up again and continue her journey towards the apprentices who, though their claws were carefully sheathed, seemed to be in the midst of a fierce battle. "Come on, guys! I wanna watch the apprentices fight!" She trotted briskly, not wanting to get her ears clawed by Paintedkit for taking the lead. He really could be a pain in the tail sometimes - everyone knew he was the clear leader. [OOC:Nothing against you, Snowsong!] She glanced behind her once more, making sure that Dawnflight hadn't stuck her head out of the nursery to see what was going on. They had been forbidden to visit this particular part of camp, but what could happen?


[OOC: -ominous music- That ending totally implied that something bad was going to happen. hehe]

[რoonwhisker]

"Um, guys I don't think we should--"
"Come on, guys! I wanna watch the apprentices fight!"
"But... We," Dewkit started to meow, but it was too late. Paintedkit had already started going forward, towards the fighting apprentices. She hurried behind them, trying to keep up.

[.&&. Snowsong.]

Paintedkit was quite bothered by Rainkit taking the lead, but he managed to let it slide. For now, anyway. He padded to beside his sister, and his gaze rested upon the sparring apprentices. When one seemed to be struggling, his tail shot up.

An apprentice was knocked onto the ground, and it was squirming under the other apprentice's weight. "Try to kick him off!" Paintedkit shouted, trying to see if he had remembered the warriors' skills correctly.

(( Ew, I'm so crappy. T_T ))

[რoonwhisker]

Dewkit watched the apprentices fight, she squirmed a bit. She didn't want to be here, she knew they'd get in trouble. "Paintedkit? Why do they fight, why can't everyone just live in peace?" she asked, turning to her brother.


ooc;// Rainclaw should catch them rofl

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At Dewkit's words Rainkit dropped into what she thought was a perfect imitation of a fighting crouch, planting a fake snarl on her face. "We fight to defend our clan!" She announced, not even entirely sure what she was saying. Rainkit's next reply was interrupted by a sneeze, caused by the clouds of dust being thrown up by the snarling apprentices. They were really fighting hard! I can't wait til I'm an apprentice! I'll be the best warrior in the whole forest next to Paintedkit! Then, with a surprised gasp, she realized that the sun was glinting menacingly off of their unsheathed claws. "No! They're going to hurt each other!!!!" Rainkit gasped, horror etched in her tiny features, frozen in fear. She trembled even more as the image of spilled blood crossed her imagination.