Fille Rusée's Story

Korolee chuckled at the fact he'd managed to pin one of the strongest kits he knew, but stopped when their lips touched. His eyes widened and he blushed as a kind of zap went through his body. He wanted to stay like that forever, because it felt wonderful, but he stopped, and pulled back, remembering the plan. He immediately regretted it, but knew also that he was only a week away from being a teen, and it was normal for him to do this sort of thing. His mind was at battle again, and he shook his head violently, trying to stop the noise. He got off of Orchid and lay on the ground, covering his paws with his head, muttering and batting at himself, trying to stop the noise.

Nightfur smiled at her husband, and licked his muzzle lovingly. "Well I have one thing in mind, but I'm not sure..." She whispered in his ears and saw Kioni's eyes widen. Snowpaw knew those looks, so he cleared his throat and beckoned to Misty with his tail. "Come on Misty, I've got some herbs I want to show you." Misty followed him none the wiser, as Snowpaw walked down the stairs of the secret passage whilst Misty slid, laughing all the way. Misty landed on his feet, skidding a short distance across the forest floor. He he decided to wait a while for Snowpaw, and heard a rustle of leaves behind him. He turned around, and saw a beautiful ginger cat, looking at him through deep amber eyes before turning tail and walking off into the forest. Misty stuttered before following, "Grandpa I'm just going for a little walk okay?" When Snowpaw heard this he walked quicker and once he got out of the staircase Misty was gone. He sighed and chuckled before going for a walk himself.

Korolee couldn't hear Orchid crying at first, but then the voices quieted down for a while. He panted, glad to be rid of the noise, then heard Orchid speak quietly from behind a tree. His face changed from an expression of relief to worry, and he padded over to Orchid behind the tree. He wrapped his tail around her, and sat next to her, letting her lean on his shoulder. "You haven't done anything wrong, don't blame yourself. I just..." He sighed, and looked down at the floor, his mind still throbbing from his fit of madness. "I'm sorry for scaring you..." He looked at her, a soft apologetic smile on his face.

Misty followed a couple of feet behind the ginger cat, staying quiet and ducking behind trees, wanting to know who this mysterious cat was. She was female, beautiful and very good at making her way through the forest. As they are raised, every cat is taught how to make their way through the forest to make it hard for anybody to follow them, and this cat was very good at it, disappearing from Misty's line of sight and reappearing several meters away from where Misty thought she was. He picked up the pace, but eventually he lost trace of her, and he cursed quietly under his breath. Exploring the forest for herbs had caused him to hear many cats swearing when their prey got away. Misty looked around, and was taken by surprise when a blur of orange knocked him off his feet and pressed him up against a tree trunk with a claw to his throat. Misty found himself looking into the eyes of the ginger cat he'd been following, and was hearing her speak in a rough yet subtle french purr. "Who are you and why are you following me?!"

Korolee leant his chin on Orchid's head, letting her snuggle into his fur, enjoying the feeling of them being so close. It gave him a buzz to know they were good friends. The voices got a little louder at this thought but for the first time in his life, they shut up completely. Korolee could celebrate later, right now he was preoccupied with Orchid. She pulled away, and he was worried. Was there something wrong? When Orchid asked whether he needed to go home or not he understood. "Oh, uh, no. No I don't need to go at all." He smiled before remembering something. He grinned. "Happy birthday!"

Misty stared down at the ginger cat holding a claw to his throat. "M-Misty of Cave Clan, son of Alphas Kioni and Nightfur, twin brother to Orchid." Misty gulped and calmed down a little, his very grown up introduction pleasing him and letting him return to his more serious state. "And I was curious for your information." Misty looked into the cat's amber eyes, watching as her eyes narrowed. She dropped him, and he landed on his feet. Misty groomed himself as the cat asked another question. "Age?" Misty froze as he realized he was a teen. "Teen today. 1 year to be precise." The orange cat licked her paw before answering smoothly, looking at Misty through gently narrowed eyes that were almost seductive. "Fille Rusée, Rogue, daughter of Dame de Grace and Raventail. Teen last week. Now that your curiosity has been fulfilled, chier!" She turned up her nose and turned sharply, flicking her tail as she did so, starting to saunter off into the forest. Misty smirked. "No." And he caught up with her, walking alongside.

Korolee tumbled down a small slope, dust billowing around him as he ended up pinning Orchid again. "Ha! Pinned ya again!" He gloated, before getting off her to groom himself. He looked around as he did so. He knew this place, it was his home, but there was alight fog, and the dust they'd unsettled still floated in the air. They needed to get out of here. Almost as soon as he'd finished with his paw, he heard a low and crazy chuckle, as a silhouette stepped slowly forward through the dust.

Fille tutted and groaned when Misty refused to go away. She decided to ignore him, and carried on walking. Misty however, was curious. "So, you don't belong to any clan, does that mean you're a rogue?" Fille kept her eyes straight, muzzle up in the air a little, and clenched teeth. "Yes, and you're a rogue here too because if I recall, I told you to piss off!" She growled in her french toned voice, not looking at Misty. "Yes, and I said no because you're weirdly fascinating, I mean, what kind of cat's a rogue before they even become a teen?" Misty retorted, smiling slightly. Fille looked back this time. "How would you know, I might only have been a rogue for a day for all you know!"

Jenna kicked a stone along the ground as she walked towards the cave again. She had dyed her hair purple, and curled it slightly, giving the effect of a bouncy bunch of grapes. Not that it was very intentional, but it looked nice. She walked through the trees, admiring the last of the autumn leaves slowly tumble down. She heard squirrels and birds chattering about finding supplies for winter and making cozy hibernation beds. She understood why they wanted rabbit fur, she was wearing a rabbit fur scarf, and it felt like heaven. It kept her mind off of recent events as she approached the cave, where Nightfur and Kioni were sitting, leaning on each other's shoulders, but Jack was out of sight somewhere. Jenna supposed he was catching fish, or maybe he was buying it up at their local supermarket. Nightfur saw Jenna coming, and smiled softly, closing her eyes, a little tired. Meanwhile, Snowpaw was having a doze, and unbeknown to him, not too far from where Korolee and Orchid were.

Orchid was having a lot of fun when suddenly a branch snapped. Orchid spun around to see a very familiar figure. "Zuri! Korrolee we gotta go right now!" Orchid said, her voice shaking, as she backed up, ready to run.
"Now Now, Why do you think im going to hurt you dear sweet Orchid? I meant, We're practically family right?" Zuri purred. She took a few steps out of the shadows, slinking between trees as she did. She merely glanced at her son.
" We are not family!" Orchid said digging her claws into the ground. The earth shot up all around her and Korolee, protecting then from her grasp. Orchid pushed Korolee out of the back of the rock barrier, urging him to run. Once he did orchid ran as fast as she could. Orchid ran fast and hard till she came across her grandpa taking a nap. "Grandpa wake up! We saw Zuri!" She said as she nudged and pushed her grandpa.

Kioni was practically asleep when jenna walked in. He nearly flopped to the ground and passed out after all that had happened during the day. Kioni didnt notice that Flametail had been gone for a while either. "Oh its you..." Kioni managed to mutter to Jenna.

Jack had gone to gather fish from the creek for a while. After succeeding he stated heading back. "It sure is pretty this time of year...." He said to himself as he looked at the orange autumn trees. He neared the cave, not knowing Jenna was there. He walked in and plopped the wiggling fish down for everyone. Finally noticing jenna his ears went back and he went to go stare at the fireflies, Not daring to say a single word.

Misty smirked, looking at her fur. "Well, first thing is your fur. Lots of bits on your back aren't groomed well, showing you've been living alone for a while. Secondly, if you were new to being a rogue, you'd trust me more, but you've hardened over lonely days and nights with no one else nearby. Finally, you seem to know where you're going, as you're trying to lose me, but you're avoiding one direction. Thank you for pointing out the direction of your home!" Fille growled and pinned him to the tree again. "Listen here vous malin, I'm not lonely, and don't even think about going near my maison, or I'll kill you!" Fille was about to give Misty a scar to make sure he remembered her threats, when suddenly a strong wind blew through their furs, distracting Fille. Misty dropped to the ground, leaves joining the wind as he landed on the forest floor. He frowned. "I know that wind all too well..." Fur slightly on end, he started sprinting towards the cave. Fille was confused, so she took to the trees, leaping across the gaps easily, catching up to Misty without him knowing she was even there.

Snowapw was sleeping fine, when suddenly he felt someone shaking him awake and shouting about Zuri. He jumped to his feet as fast as an old man could, and pushed Korolee and Orchid towards the tallest pine tree he could see. Korolee and Orchid dashed to the top of the tree, while the trees whispered in outrage that the white cat who'd burnt Birkita's new body was back. They sent a message as fast as possible to Nightfur and Kioni, the unexpected wind blew all the way to the cave, picking up leaves, dust and petals. Nightfur pinned the leaves down with her paw, and looked at the patterns they made whilst listening to the breeze blowing through her fur, that spoke in her mind as well as her ears with the voice of Birkita. Child, you must stop the white cat again! Your flower is in danger! Nightfur growled and her fur stood on end. "Zuri!" Jenna frowned. "I literally just got back, and there's trouble, jeez!" She and Nightfur dashed toward the cave entrance, Nightfur's fur flowing in the wind, and Jenna's grape coloured hair bounced as she ran down the high path. Misty ran alongside them, joining in their sprint towards Orchid. Jenna didn't even look down."Zuri, Orchid, trouble." She managed to pant, and the three of them ran along the ground as Fille silently followed through the trees.

Korolee gulped as his mother began taunting Orchid's dad and grandad, hoping she didn't kill anyone. He loved his mother, but he was mostly scared of her. He had gotten many a scratch from her. No one knew he was related even distantly to her, and he knew that both of them didn't want anyone to know either. Flametail surprised him, not knowing he could shapeshift. The lion bent the tree slightly, and Flametail shrunk his size so the tree wouldn't snap under his weight. Zuri didn't see flametail, or Misty racing up the tree to nuzzle his sister and make sure she was okay. She did see Nightfur come to stand next to her husband. "The only wretched bitch here is you Zuri." Zuri growled, and everyone thought she would pounce when Jenna caught up to them, panting. She bent over, leaning on her knees, sweating a little. It was hard keeping up with cats like these. "Sorry... I'm... Not...Used...To...Running..." She caught her breath and looked up. "Bad timing to talk?" She grimaced and positioned herself to look slightly cooler as her hair blew in the wind of the tree's rage. Fille observed from the top of a tree, unsure if she should come down from the maple. Nightfur took a step forward. "You leave this family alone Zuri, or you feel the wrath of Cave Clan!" She growled, tail fluffing up. Jenna kept at Nightfur's side, her boots squishing dead leaves beneath her, prepared to use her cat wrangling tactics. Everyone else prepared to attack if need be, even Fille moved to a slightly better position, but Snowpaw more than all of them.

Nightfur felt a jabbing sensation inside her a Zuri spoke, and was almost ready to pounce, but before she could even growl, her father stepped forward, his own tail brushing along Zuri. Jenna was reminded of a tango as they moved together. Snowpaw looked at Zuri with a calm expression, but Nightfur knew the look in his eyes right now. "Zuri, you seem to be under the delusion that we are lakes, because you appear to be talking about yourself." Jenna wanted to hiss and say various phrases such as, OOH SNAP, but knew that this was not the time for jokes and messing around. Snowpaw wasn't finished. "But you know what lakes have Zuri?" They have brooks and creeks, rivers and streams, puddles and waterfalls. Lakes have families Zuri, but if I'm correct, one of your brooks dried up just last week." Seeing Zuri's puzzled expression, he smirked. "Oh you don't know what I'm saying do you? You really have no concept of family." Snowpaw saw she was slowly starting to understand. "Kioni, am I right in saying that the alpha of River Clan died just last week?"

He looked back at Kioni, keeping his tail in contact with Zuri's. Kioni nodded solemnly, and Snowpaw turned back towards Zuri, who's face was in an expression of disbelief and shock. Her lips were thin, and her eyes were wide. "Such a shame..." Snowpaw leaned in towards her ear and whispered. "Here's a message he'd want you to have." Before Zuri or anyone else could do anything, Snowpaw swiped upwards with his paw, his claws outstretched as far as they could go, hitting under Zuri's chin, and scraping up across her face, scratching across her eye that she managed to close before Snowpaw reached it. Snowpaw dodged out of reach of an attack, and dashed to the other side of the clearing. Nightfur started to run towards Zuri and her father. "DAD!" Zuri leaped high, heading straight for Snowpaw. But at the pinnacle of her jump, an orange blur hurtled into the white cat, knocking her off her path and sprawling into the autumn leaves and dirt, and pinned her down. "Mon dieu tu es la plus grande chienne que j'ai jamais connu." Fille bared her teeth at the white cat's scratched face as she kept her in extreme discomfort.

Fille had pinned Zuri down on her back, her back paws on her belly and her front paws on her shoulders. "Zuri. The acclaimed murderer and queen bitch of the forest." She outstretched her claws slightly, letting the tips dig in to her shoulders and belly. "I have only heard stories of you, I've only heard the wails of parentless families, and I've only met one child of this family, and I can already tell that just one of them is ten times the cat you are." Fille moved one back paws on to the hip joint of a leg Zuri was moving, causing Zuri to yelp. "My name is Fille Rusee, you killed my parents, prepare to die..." Fille acted as if she was going to raise her paws off of Zuri, but instead leaned in closer. "Congratulations on rejection." And all the cats and surrounded them, looking down on Zuri with rage and hate, forming a tight circle around her. And with that, Fille spat on Zuri's wound.

Zuri was surprised, angry, sad, furious, and in pain all at once, both her mind and body told her to run. And she did. But not before stopping to speak on last sentence. "You'll pay for this Kioni..." She hissed, and the look in her eyes was one of pure hatred and truth, she would get back at them. And kioni didnt like the sound of it.


As soon as zuri was out of sight Orchid rushed to her father, burrying herself in his fur. Kioni almost fell over from the force of his daughter rushing into him and let out an "oof". Kioni smiled and hugged his daughter. "Its okay sweetie shes not coming back for a while. Orchid smiled up at him then went to hugging her mom. "Youre not ugly mom, dont listen to her." She said as she purred into her mother fur. Suddenly she poked her head out, looking at Korolee. "I dont look like a rat do i!?" She asked rather loudly. Orchid thought she was at least a little pretty. She then turned to the Orange cat. "Whos that!? Why is she so pretty?" Orchid asked with wide eyes. Her mind kept running as she looked all around.


Jack got down from the tree after Orchid did, sitting at the opposite side of the clearing from jenna, thinking she was still very mad at him. He shifted into his usual cat form once again, letting out a sigh and cleaning part of his paw off. Not wanting to have to confront Jenna at the moment.

Misty launched himself into Nightfur, knocking her back a bit. She laughed and licked her son's head between his ears before Misty and Orchid swapped around, and Nightfur was embracing Orchid tightly, glad to have such a marvelous family "You don't look like a rat at all sweetie, why else would we name you after a flower?". Korolee stood back in the shade of the pine tree, watchign as an entire family rejoiced. He hadn't even known he had had a grandfather, and now he was dead. Orchid raised a good quesiont however. Who was this mysterious young cat, and why was she here? "Yes, who are you?" Fille turned around, and looked at Nightfur and Kioni through lowered lashes. "Someone." Fille was about to use her power to make the cats and human forget about her so she could follow her parents' murderer when Misty interrupted."She's Fille Rusée, we just met when Grandfather and I went for a walk." Misty smirked at Fille who glared back. Nightfur looked sideways at Kioni with a smirk of her own. She looked back towards Fille, and lowered herself into a bow."I want to thank you Fille, for saving my father's life and ours, and I am truly sorry for your loss. Please, have a meal with us in return for your help." Nightfur rose herself and raised a brow at Kioni to make sure this was okay, but was probably going insist on it whatever the two of them said. "It's the least we could do after you saved our lives." Snowpaw nodded, and bowed himself and then rose again. Jenna watched this all with her hands on her hips. "Is it often your family is saved by complete strangers?!"

Kioni was busy looking over his children for injuries when he noticed Nightfur speaking to the orange cat and bowing, Kioni didnt bow, nor was he going to. Kioni didnt bow to random strangers seeing as it was a sign of submission. Kioni simply nodded at his wife about the whole dinner thing, realizing the cave was going to be very full tonight, seeing as jenna might be there, Flametail too, though he hadn't eaten with them yet. "No jenna, this usually doesnt happen. But Zuris been around far too much for things to be normal." Kioni said, looking up at the human. "Well, we better get out of here, its not the best part of the woods to be in. " He said and started walking home, stretching his wings out. He folded them back up and continued walking.Orchid of course rounded up her friend and walked with her father. Jack followed close behind.

Jenna and Nightfur nodded, and started to head off. Korolee walked with Orchid, mulling things over in his head. Meanwhile, at the back of the group, Misty was smirking at Fille, who was glowering back. "If your family wasn't here, Your innards would be in pieces across the forest right now." Misty stood up. "I'm sure they would be." He flicked his tail towards her. "Come on, we've got to have some dinner." Fille grumbled in french, considering whether to leave now or just go. She sighed, and stood up, walking smoothly yet quickly towards Misty and his family, her tail drooping slightly. She could have chased Zuri, but knew now there wasn't much point, she would probably get killed or hurt, and Nightfur had to repay her somehow. Misty followed close behind her, small compared to her bigger size. She was almost the size of Kioni, and you could barely tell she was a teen as she walked between Misty's parents. Misty watched her amber eyes look around, as if she still thought she was in danger. She was in fact, checking around her, her time spent as a rogue had had an effect on her, causing her to be ultra wary of her surroundings. Nightfur smiled up at the slightly taller cat. "So, have you got a family of your own to look after?" Fille's eyes widened in shock, and she looked down at Nightfur. "I'm a teen!" Nightfur's own icy blue eyes widened, and she looked forward, embarrassed. "Oh..." She cleared her throat, but then as she did so, she felt something rush up from in her stomach.

Nightfur rushed off the path, and went behind a tree. The group heard her being ill, and winced. As she came back they carried on, Misty offering a plant to chew on that would sooth the stomach. Snowpaw looked proudly at his grandson. Nightfur walked quickly forward as she chewed on the plant, trying to get to the cave as soon as possible. Jenna walked in the gap Nightfur had left, between Fille and Jack. She looked down at the ginger cat. "Bonjour, je suis Jenna Davis. Ravi de vous rencontrer. Je ne savais pas que les chats pouvaient parler français." Fille looked up at her in surprise. "Non seulement je peux comprendre que vous parlant anglais, mais vous parlez français aussi?!" Jenna smiled. "Oui, j'ai appris le français à l'école, et les humains peuvent avoir des pouvoirs trop parfois, il semble." Fille felt something twitch at her lips. And for the first time in years, Fille smiled. "We're here!" Jenna grinned, and she skipped towards the path. She walked carefully up the steep path, and entered the cave. Her and Nightfur were the first ones in. They set out fish and mice, one for everyone, except Jenna didn't have a mouse. As everyone sat down, Nightfur beckoned Snowpaw over to an alcove. Misty was puzzled as he watched his grandfather place a paw on his mother's belly, before muttering something to her. They both returned to where everyone was sitting. Nightfur whispered in Kioni's ear, and his face lit up. Nightfur cleared her throat and stood. "Everyone, before we start eating, I would like to thank Fille, and invite her to join our clan, as her smarts and bravery are the things we need for this clan." Fille was surprised, and nodded numbly, in slight shock for wanting to be... Accepted. Nightfur smiled. "And, I've got some news too." She closed her eyes, and let it out. "We're gonna have a baby girl."

Kioni knew what was up when Nightfur vomited behind a tree, and he was super happy too, He didnt show it though to maintain the secret till they got back. He did however intertwine him and his wives tails too comfort her after she got sick. When Nightfur finally told him he let out all that pent up happiness and his face lit up brightly. His face turned into a huge grin when he heard about it being another girl. " I wonder who she'll look like. Hopefully she'll be just as beautiful as her mom. Who am i kidding she'll be just as beautiful as Misty and Orchid." Kioni smiled.

Orchid jumped all around upon hearing the news "IM GETTING A SISTER!? Omg we can play together and go on adventures, and style eachothers fur! And misty can teach her all of the smart things he knows! And she'll be the perfect little sister!" She exclaimed as she bounced around the cave happily. "And we have a new clan member!....Right Fille?" Orchid said, putting her ears back, widening her eyes and pouting her lip, making the saddest and cutest face she could. "Right..?"


Jack was the last to enter the cave, he congratulated the family on the new kit and plopped down, half exhausted. Without noticing Jack turned back into a full blown human. Right in front of everyone. Kionis eyes got wide for a second, then went back to normal. "You humans sure are weird, you know that right?" He said smirking at 'FlameTail'. "What? Oh....Shit...Sorry for tricking everyone...I just wanted to be accepted and you wouldnt accept me as a human at first. I really am sorry for decieving you like that....Oh, by the way my names Jack.." He said, Awkwardly smiling, hoping theyd all forgive him. Well hoping that everyone except jenna would, Jenna probably wouldnt forgive him ever.

Misty couldn't help but grin at the news of a kit sister, and Snowpaw did too, their faces practically identical. Misty snickered at Orchid's reaction, her excitement lighting up the room. Fille smiled at Orchid's face, surprised again at the fact she was indeed smiling. "Perhaps." And just to please her, she leaned in and whispered in her ear. "And I could teach you a thing or two about fur grooming." She smirked but before anyone could say anything more Flametail was replaced by a blonde human boy named Jack apparently. Fille jumped to her feet, before realising there was no threat. Nightfur's eyes widened, and her lips quivered. She burst out laughing, rolling on the floor and banging her tail on the ground. Jenna looked at Nightfur rolling around, and started laughing as well. Nightfur looked up at Jenna "Did you-?" Jenna nodded, barely containing her laughter to reply. "Nearly the whole time!!" They both continued laughing, while Snowpaw and Misty examined Jack. "We've never seen a human male up close before." Misty said as he prodded Jack's side, trying to ignore his mother's laughter. "We've examined Jenna once or twice, but not a male. Are you much different?" Snowpaw asked, Jenna's purple haired head now on the ground behind him, crying with laughter. Fille watched the family, seeing Korolee sitting by himself. She scrunched up her nose and looked over at him. "This family is bizzare, no?" Korolee nodded, barely paying attention to anyone. He and his mother were probably going to have a long chat when he got home.

" i dont... Understand whats funny..." Jack said looking around at all of the cats and jenna. All of them were laughing. Jack decided to ignore it and answer Snowballs question. " Yes, im very different." Jack said, he flinched when Misty poked at his side. "Wah, that tickles stop that." He said chuckling a bit. Jack stretched, ending up flexing just about all of his muscles in the process, making himself look much bigger, then yawned and rubbed his eyes. He was glad to be in the cave where it was warm and safe from the wind, otherwise he'd be freezing his butt off.

Orchid bounced over to Jack for just a minute, not really too interested in his different male body then bounced back to korolee, nuzzling him into a nice warm snuggle. She was happy to be close to him and honestly a little jealous that the other cat was near him. She let her tail swish back and forth as she purred, her head leaning on korolees shoulder comfortably. "Do you wanna stay over? Its dangerous with zui out there.." She said quietly so her dad didnt hear.

Misty and Snowpaw stopped examining Jack, and instead smiled. "Humans are very strange." Misty said, and Snowpaw nodded in agreement. Nightfur and Jenna stopped laughing, Jenna wiped a tear away. She smiled at Nightfur. "We humans have this thing we call a hifive, you wanna try it?" Nightfur nodded, puzzled yet intrigued. Jenna held up a hand, and slowly, Nightfur put her paw on her palm. "Now what?" Jenna smiled. "Do it faster" Nightfur did so, and as her paw hit Jenna's hand, she smiled. "That was... Oddly satisfying..." She did it again, grinning. Misty wanted to try it, and he hi-fived his mother. He smiled. "Jenna, you should teach us more about human things." Jenna nodded, and pet Misty's head. "That sounds like a good idea." Korolee was surprised by the hug from Orchid, but accepted it slowly, careful not to let what happened last time happen again. He considered the offering of a night in the cave. "Okay, I'll stay for the night." Korolee didn't want to go home just yet. Jenna saw Jack yawning, and it spread to her and the other cats. "We'd best hit the hay then." Misty was puzzled as to why you would hit dried grass, but forgot about it, deciding to sleep rather than puzzle over it. He walked over to his bed, but before hopping in, he pulled out an extra pile of soft things they kept around. Nightfur pulled out several more, and combined lots of blankets they'd scavenged and feathers and things to make a larger bed. "I'm sorry Jenna and Jack, but we don't have enough for individual human sized beds. You'll have to share." Jenna's eyes widened, remembering what had happened last time that had happened. She sighed and climbed into bed. "I'll bring you all some bed stuff tomorrow..." She yawned and pulled her jacket off, using it as a blanket. Everyone climbed into bed, Orchid, Misty and Korolee sharing a bed, while Snowpaw slept in a softened alcove. Nightfur and Kioni lay like Sphinxes, Nightfur's bell collar laying around her paws. She always kept it in her bed, and Kioni's wing feather was stuck into the ribbon's material, the collar acting as a sign of being the Alphas of Cave Clan. Fille padded over, and bowed. "I shall retire to my own bed now, my alphas." And as Nightfur smiled upon the new clan member, the full moon rose and its bright light fell across the new Cave Clan.

Misty had grown a lot in 9 weeks. He had gotten taller and far more charming, the cat equivalent of puberty hitting him quickly. He caught a few fish with his father, glad to be learning to look after himself. He caught a large trout, and carried it home proudly, his head held high as he ran beside his sister. He walked into the cave, and put the trout down in front of his mother, who was just drowsily waking up. She smiled happily at him, and held out a paw. He high-fived it, then laughed. "Good morning mother." He purred and licked her fondly, and she smiled with droopy eyelids. "I'm lucky to have such a brilliant son." A voice came from the cave mouth with a french tone around it. "You are indeed."Fille walked up next to them and dropped a vole and few small mice in front of them. She had grown too, but not much. Misty was slowyl catching up to her. "It's getting harder to find food, especially with the first snow bound to arrive any moment." Nightfur sighed, "Well, Jack and Jenna's 'blankets' will keep us warm. It's amazing how humans thought of this stuff." Fille smiled. "It's probably because they have thumbs." Nightfur chuckled. Fille's joke lightened the mood, even though it wasn't the best one. Jenna had been teaching the cats about humans on a daily basis, or whenever they could. Nightfur wrapped her tail around Kioni's, feeling happier to touch him. Jack walked into the cave with blankets and a basket. Misty smelt food inside it, in particular, sandwiches. He grinned at Jack. "You have impeccable timing. We were just talking about your blankets!"

Jenna awoke with a groan, stretching her arms out. She rubbed her eyes and saw the time. It was fairly early, and the cats would be up by now. She got out of bed quickly, and dressed warmly. She put on two scarves, one for herself and one for the cats. She'd gotten a part time job as of late, and it paid well, allowing her to buy lots of things for herself and the cats. She ran down the stairs, and saw her mum sleeping on the couch with an empty bottle of wine on the floor. She sighed and put the bottle in the recycling bin as she went out the door. She hopped on her bike and went quickly to the cats, with a bag of stuff including a pillow. She normally only brang one thing, but she'd gotten lucky with a scratch ticket, getting her and her mum a couple thousand more dollars. She arrived at the cave, and hopped off her bike, taking off the helmet and letting her purple hair fall loose. She came up the slim pathway to the cave and came in, all grins and smiles. "Hey! How's it going!!" She asked everyone, putting her bag down before coming over and petting all the cats except Fille. She wasn't fond of the practice. She unwrapped the extra scarf and lay it on top of Nightfur's belly. "I got another pillow, and I've brought a chicken, I don't know if you've ever had any, there's only chickens on a farm on the opposite side of the town as far as I know. And there's some other stuff too." Nightfur smiled, closing her eyes. "Thank you Jenna. Don't you normally bring one thing though?" Jenna smiled. "Well, I had an extra scarf I didn't need, and I got a little lucky in money." She sat down properly next to Nightfur's head. She was facing Jack, but she tried not to look in his eyes.

Kioni looked around after jenna got there with a 'Scarf' and whatever this chicken stuff was. It smelled pretty good though. Kioni nodded a hello to jenna then look at her face, she was avoiding eye contact with the human boy, jack. Kioni didnt understand, cats looked each other in the eye almost all the time. He didnt know why she would be avoiding the young male, he was nice enough. Though he didnt seem to eager to talk to her either, and he almost always looked rather sad, only smiling when someone talked directly to him, and even then the smiles looked force. "Im sorry to be nosey, but whats up with you two?" Kioni asked, turning back to lick his wifes ear, he knew it was almost time for the kit to be born because she didnt feel too well and had been sleeping a lot.

Orchid waltzed into the cave shortly after her brother, She had grown into a very beautiful young cat, her fur was silky, her eyes always sparkled and her body was in perfect condition. Boys from the River and Woodland clan often tried talking to her now that she looked more like an adult. Orchid for some reason found no interest in any of them. "Hey, look what i figured out how to do" She said as the earth around the entrance of the cave closed up , blocking any wind from entering the cave. It wasnt dark though because the fireflied kept the cave glowing. Orchid was proud of her self, this way during blizzards they could completely block out the freezing wind. She opened the cave entrance back up. "Can i go get Korolee?" She asked, already heading towards the secret exit.

Jack realized that jenna was avoiding him still and brought his knees up to his chest. He didnt like that they werent friends anymore but she wouldnt listen to him, it was obvious that jenna was still very mad. Jack sighed and buried his face in his knees, he didnt hear kioni speak, his mind was busy playing back what he remembered of the last night that they were friends.

"You ARE ready!" A fluffy white cat stalked in circles around a young brown and white cat. He was smaller than an adult, yet he still managed to look handsome and charming enough to prove he wasn't too small to steal a lady cat's heart. "Nice... Very nice." Zuri walked around Korolee, her white tail slinking through the air as if it were a snake, and her eyes were viewing Korolee with the look you would see in the eyes of a very proud and menacing figure, which is exactly what she was. Korolee sat tall, looking forward, trying not to let any emotion show in his face as his mother examined him. "You have the same blackness in your heart as I do..." Korolee felt something try to tug at his lips, but neglected it, regarding it as nothing. "What is your destiny?" Korolee smirked, the only sign of emotion that showed on his face."To avenge my father and take over Cave Clan." Zuri laughed evilly. "Yes! What have I taught you?" The smirk disappeared, replaced by a scowl. "Kioni and Nightfur are the enemy!" Zuri came up next to him and whispered in his ear. "What must you do?"Korolee snarled and his entire expression changed. "I must kill them all!"

Korolee placed the large piece of bark over the entrance to his home and set out to the cave, his paws squishing the dead leaves beneath his feet as he walked. His tail perked behind him, and he tried to look happy in case some cat recognised him, but he doubted anyone would even see him. He pondered over many things in his head. One, he wondered about how long it had been since he'd seen Orchid, and realised it had been about 7 weeks. He shook his head, and saw he was near the Woodland clan camp. He saw a young cat gathering food. She saw him and giggled, waving her tail at him shyly. He smiled back, and headed on. What he didn't see was the younger cat scurrying off and talking with two other ladies, all of them squealing in excitement. He kept thinking. Two, his mother. He had grown far more attached to her, but as of late he'd started to feel something inside himself whenever he looked at her. He didn't know what it was, but he'd tried to ignore it. Third, his mother had told him two weeks ago something he'd barely been able to handle. What had happened to his father, and he'd gotten a different feeling whenever Cave Clan was mentioned. Korolee scowled and continued walking.

Nightfur smiled proudly at Orchid, her weary eyes looking towards her. "That's marvelous dear!" As Orchid headed towards the secret entrance in the glow of the fireflies, she stopped her. "Ah ah, leave through the main entrance! The secret way is only for emergencies, remember?" Nightfur reminded Orchid of the rule, then pointed towards the main entrance with her tail. "Go on." She smiled and wormed further under the large scarf covering her. Jenna responded to Kioni's question with surprise. "What are you talking about? Nothing's happened. Why would you say that?" She cleared her throat, looking down at her toes, and she pulled at the scarf on her neck, the golden fireflies flying around, a few settling in her purple hair like a crown. They had a habit of doing that for some reason. Misty smiled at Jenna, knowing it was clear something happened, and felt a cat sit down next to him. He looked at Fille, and gave her a quick smile. He then stroked his mother's face with his tail, and Fille felt something tug in her chest as she saw the sweet sign of affection.

Kioni couldnt help but chuckle at Jenna comment and jacks complete shutdown. He felt sorry for the young man, he looked like his heart had been crushed into a million pieces. Kioni understood how he felt since it was the same feeling he had when Hope died. Kioni decided just to leave the subject alone. He did however notice that Fille and Misty had gotten closer. That was good, maybe they'd fall in love. Kioni purred happily next to his wife. She must have been cold so he grabbed one of the blankets and dragged it over on her, then snuggled up in it with her.

Orchid listened to her mom and slinked out the front entrance of the cave and wandered of into the woods where she mostly leapt between trees and such, not being in too much of a hurry to find her friend, she knew he'd be around. They hadnt seen each other in a while and she kinda wondered if he had changed as much as her brother did. She neared the usual meeting place and found a patch of grass that was warm from the sun. Orchid sprawled out, her fur shining in the sun and layed there sun bathing on her back, waiting to see if her friend Korolee would show up, she'd look for him if her didn't.