New Life -RedxShadow's kits OPEN-

[redwood]

Darkkit ran as fast as he could past the warriors and into a small bush that would hide him and his sister. His heart flutted like a butterfly as he watched the warriors pull their attention back to their duty of keeping the Camp safe. Meaning, he and his sister were safe from their eyes and could go deepter into the territory. "Come on," He ducked away and padded into the territory. "I can't believe we did that!" He mewed puffing out his fur in suprise and joy.

[Kovu]

"I can!" she shook in her surprise as she somewhat lied, "I knew we cold do it together!! Cause we're awesome like that! Now!~ Where are those pesky rogues?" she sniffed the air and growled, hair prickling on the back of her neck, "I smell snake!!" lashing her tail; though honestly she didn't an this was all an exciting game of play-pretend.

[redwood]

"Where?" Darkkit hopped around sniffing for the rogues then for the snake. He saw a small broken branch that kind of looked like a snake. Darkkit dropped into a crouch, or what he thought was a crouch, and wriggled his hind end. The dark tomkit lept at the stick and missed by four mouse lengths. "Mouse-dung!"

[Kovu]

"Use your nose!! Your nose!" she squeaked scrambling onto him and scrabbling against his fallen-over form, "Eek! You missed! Now it's gonna eat us! Quick! Cherrybounce th deputy to the rescue!~" she yowled and pounced off her brother and ended up overshooting it with a huff, "Did it die?"

[redwood]

Pushed to the ground by his sister Darkkit's legs spralled out from his body. "Hey!" He said angerly looking at his sister through one eye. "No! Its coming for you!" He sprang up and hooked the stick with his claws and knocked it away. "It didn't bite you right?" He asked sniffing his sister in mock fear for a snake bite.

[Kovu]

She yowled in mock pain and milked the snake bite for all it was worth, limping and dragging a hind leg through the dust with moans and whimpers of pain; eyes wide in panic, "It ate my leg! Darkstar! Help me, the world's fading to black!" and she slumped over onto her side with her tongue sticking out.

[redwood]

"StarClan save her!" Darkkit mewed. "You stupid snake," he bounded over and started batting at the stick with sloppy strikes. Once he was satisfied that he had killed hte 'snake' Darkkit made the mistake of setting his paws down claws unsheathed. He tried to walk but it was difficult with leaves caught on his claws. "Mouse-brain!" He spat trying to shake the leaves free.

[Kovu]

One eye opened to watch him kill the snake and she couldn't resist stifling a giggle when his claws picked up the leaves. She froze in sudden foreboding when a huge shadow passed over her from up above. Her flanks rose and fell in a shaky manner as she whispered, "D-Darkstar...W-w-we've g-g-got c-c-company!!"

[redwood]

Still trying to shake the leaves from his paws Darkkit irritatedly mewed to his sister, "Dead cat's can't speak Cherrybounce." The leaves seemed to be multiplying. Then he noticed the shadow pass over him. Standing aquiredly on his hind paws he looked up. But couldn't make out what it was. "What is it?"

[Kovu]

"Its a-!" she screamed and hurled herself into her brother, clingjng to him and cowering, "An eagle!" she whimpered, "'Member when Mum told us about them?!" The eagle cried out and swooped lower. An actual danger.

[redwood]

The dark tom-kit's eyes widened in terror. He had herd his mother's stories aobut eagles snatching kits and even apprentices, and sometimes even full grown warriors. If it had a chance both the kits would be killed. "Run!" He screamed dashing for cover under a bush. He felt a strong wind come down from the sky caused by the bird's wings. It was close and he still had not reached cover. "Cherrykit, where are you?" He called over his shoulder. Please StarClan save us!

[Kovu]

But Cherrykit was fluffed out in fear, full out running in the other direction; a red target as she ran ever closer to camp screaming her mother's name in terror. The eagle cried out again and she could feel the rush of wind from it's wings beating down upon her tiny body. It was right above her!

[redwood]

Redwood turned in her nest, dreaming of seeing her mate again. A smile crossed her muzzle. Feeling for her two kits with her front paw she didn't feel their warm bodies. The red queen was awake in a heartbeat. Where could they have gone? Panic started to rise in her belly. Then she heard her, faint but she was there. Her daughter was calling for her, then the horid cry of an eagle. Redwood pelted out of the nersery and into the Camp. Searching for her kits.

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Darkkit turned in horror as he noticed his sister was running the other why. His heart was beating so fast and his eyes were wide with fear. "Cherrykit! Not that way!!" He screamed. Without thinking about his own safty the small kit ran for his sister and sank his teeth into the eagle's leg. It screamed out in pain but kept coming for the kits. What else could he do?

[Kovu]

Amongst dreams, Shadowleopard had arisen to greet his mate he sorely missed and longed to have by his side once again. He curled himself around her, pressing himself against her lovingly, sighing in ecstasy at seeing her and feeling her beside him once again. Danger threatened. Shadowleopard felt something strike his heart hard. "Love...Out kits are unsafe..." he faded from view as he woke her up. As much as he ached for his kits and mate to join him...he knew their lives hadn't been fulfilled just yet and he felt awfully scared about his little precious daughter for her troubles and fear to come.

Cherrykit threw herself onto the ground with a squeal of fright and haunches over, curling into a furry ball of fear. Just as the undaunted eagle touched down. Scooping her up in it's talons with a mighty cry and shove off the ground. She screamed. But amidst the chaos, a bulk of dark warmth closed around the she-kit...Her father...She was sure of it...

[redwood]

Darkkit watched in horror as the bird started to lift away carrying his sister with it. "StarClan help us!!" His cry was washed out by the cry of the eagle and his ears stung from it being so lound. But the sound that was punding in his ears wasn't from the pain, his mother was coming!

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Redwood heard her daughter's screams come from outside the Camp walls. "No." She rushed forward passing the cats on gaurd duty not stopping to tell them what was happening. The queen could see the dark shape of a large bird's wing flapping in the air just above the large bushes where she could hear her kits' cries. "Not my kits you mangy bird!" She gave a battle cry and flung herself at the brown animal racking her claws down its body and bitting the wings. She could feel the bird struggling with the extra weight of the she-cat but still it going up. A snarl ripped through her throat and blood pulsed in her ears. "I won't let you take her!" She screamed feeling the tallons easily tear into her shoulder and down her side. "You won't take me either." She mewed calmly with menace lacing her words. With one well aimed blow her claws cut into the eagle's face and split the eye. With a cry full of pain the eagle's claws dropped her kit and she let the bird go, it won't live through the night. "My kits, my kits!" She circled both of her kits covering them in licks. She could feel the terror in each of them and figurned that disaplining them right now wouldn't work. She picked Cherrykit up in her jaws and carried her back to Camp. Darkkit followed hiding himself under her belly. Blood trickled from the claw marks left by the eagle, a scar she would bare till the end of her life.