Stuck at camp

[Amber]

"I know you would help me, that's why I trust you the most." Shadowkit whispered. Of course she wouldn't mind if Swiftkit had overheard, that would have really been nice. "You are always willing to help me what would I do without you." she purred. She felt her sisters tail around her a few moments later and wondered what that was about. Probably something Swiftkit did. It was an assumption she would make without even thinking about it.

As she looked at the rabbit, Shadowkit realized she really wasn't too hungry. Maybe she would eat later, that is if anything was left. Before she could even think about taking a bite she heard Swiftkit's comment. He was attacking her sister! It was bad enough that he had attacked her, but now Streamkit? Swiftkit had gone too far this time.

The little black kit's fur fluffed out and her eyes narrowed at her brother, he would not get away with that. The anger continued to swell in her stomach, even as Sandkit had silenced him. Shadowkit had never felt so angry at someone, especially a sibling. It was at that moment, she went away from Streamkit for a few moments and for a few moments her shyness went away as she lept at Swiftkit claws unsheathed and aiming toward him. "Never ever say anything to Streamkit like that again!" she hissed angrily.

[☆ Y e l l o w ☆]

For a little while it seemed things had calmed down. Swiftkit went on to talk with Stormkit and Streamkit and Shadowkit were talking. Sandkit bent down to take a few more little bites of the rabbit, savoring the flavor. It seemed peaceful, and even though it was nighttime and getting continuously more late, she wasn't sure if she even wanted to sleep.

Suddenly, a yowl coming from one of her littermates startled her. Eyes widened in shock, she saw Shadowkit lunging at Swiftkit, claws out. They were close to her. Acting on instinct, she got up and threw herself into the fray. The pelts of the two black kits blended together, but Sandkit managed to pick out Shadowkit's scent and give her a huge shove in order to get her away from her brother.

"Stop it, Shadowkit!" Sandkit hissed. "Swiftkit didn't do anything wrong!"

[nightstorm]

Silverkit's fur fluffed out as she saw her siblings start to fight. In her opinion, Swiftkit was being a big crybaby over nothing, and being mean to poor Streamkit and Shadowkit. But that didn't warrant Shadowkit's reaction!

But Silverkit, preferring justice to be done the right way, stood, and cried out, "Stop! What are you doing! Leave her alone!" and she too jumped into the fight. She misjudged her leap though, and ended up crashing into Sandkit, barreling her sister over. Silverkit found herself looking down at her sister, and realized that her claws were inches from being unsheathed. And on her own kin! Great StarClan! What was wrong with them all?!

[. s p o r e l e t t ♪]

Streamkit resisted the urge to give Swiftkit a dirty look at his accusations. He was her brother! She wasn't going to get upset with him just because he was being cranky and mean. She wasn't. Instead she focused on her sister. Shadowkit always made her feel loved and needed. She knew she and her sister had a bond closer than any other two cats in the Clan, and she was proud of it. So what if Swiftkit didn't like it? He was probably just jealous. Perhaps once they were all apprentices and he had a mentor to be close to, he wouldn't feel so angry any more.

But her mantra of forgiveness and patience was torn apart a moment later by her sister's screech. Though she had been making an effort to ignore Swiftkit's rude remarks, Shadowkit obviously couldn't. Streamkit would have done the same thing in her sister's place; he should have known Shadowkit wouldn't stand for Swiftkit's insults, should have known she would want to protect her, just as Streamkit protected Shadowkit. "Shadowkit, wait!" she squeaked as her sister leaped, surprised by the small black she-kit's rage. Then she jumped up as Sandkit leaped at Shadowkit and pushed her over, an indignant squeal escaping her maw. "Don't touch Shadowkit!" she shrieked, and pounced on Sandkit, tumbling end-over-end with her and Silverkit as the pale-grey tabby joined in the fray.

One moment Spottedkit was contentedly licking a few scraps of rabbit from his jaws, the next his ears were flattened against a storm of squeals and shrieks as all four of his sisters engaged in a screaming tussle with each other and Swiftkit. He barely had time to notice that Shadowkit was springing angrily over the rabbit, claws unsheathed, at Swiftkit, before Sandkit, Silverkit, and Streamkit had all joined in. The spotted tabby kit had time to think She-cats, with a mental roll of his eyes before he jumped to his feet and waded into the pile.

"Sandkit!" he mewed worriedly as the light-brown she-kit was assaulted by two of her sisters at once. Without hesitation he couched and lunged at the nearest kit, grabbing Silverkit's scruff and dragging her off of her sister. Though he tried not to be rough, it was impossible to be gentle in the middle of a fight, with worry and anger coursing through him. "Leave off, Silverkit!" he hissed, angry at all of them for getting into a fight, not least of all himself. He loved all of his siblings, but sometimes he wished there weren't so many of them!

[:c a i:]

((Swiftkit's not crying over anything. XD))

Swiftkit prided himself on his reactions and they did not fail him now. He realised the danger he was in from his enraged sister, whose claws were outstretched and her face twisted in an ugly glare. He narrowed his eyes and prepared himself to retaliate, though with the last shreds of his self-control he did not unsheathe his claws. He turned to face Shadowkit and swung his paw upwards to knock her off-balance. "You're pathetic, Shadowkit!" He spat furiously. "So now you're not too wimpy to fight? Well you picked the wrong opponent." He was bigger than his sister, and he knew he was stronger too, thanks to his size. And he was ferociously determined that he would never be overpowered by his sister. Well. Not this sister, anyway. What was she thinking, trying to attack him like that? She was obviously out of her mind. "I don't have to do anything you say!" He snarled. He was vaguely aware of the cries and shouts of his other siblings and fear ran through him as he realised Sandkit had got involved in the fight. Of all his many siblings, she was the one he wanted safe the most. But for now he had to focus on beating Shadowkit... He sprang away deftly, hissing in warning. She could still back off from him if she wanted.

[nightstorm]

Silverkit let out a hiss of indignition, and as Spottedkit released her, she hissed at him angrily. "YOU leave off," she spat. "Don't tell me what to do." She lashed her tail at him, and swiped a sheathed paw at his shoulder. "Move!" Deciding that it would take too long, and noticing that Swiftkit was confronting Shadowkit, she leaped over her brother, and at Swiftkit. "Don't call Shadowkit pathetic," she yowled. "She can take care of herself better than you can!" Silverkit might have been on the smaller side, but size didn't matter when she was upset. Nor did it hinder her ability to shout angry words. With a fustrated hiss, she attempted to push Swiftkit over and away from her sister.

[☆ Y e l l o w ☆]

Before Sandkit had a chance to react to anything, the nursery seemed to burst with the furious voices of her littermates as many of them joined in the fight. A heavy weight barreled into her, and she instinctively extended her claws in an effort to steady herself on the ground. Her claws touched fur but didn't manage to connect with any flesh. She realized it was Silverkit who had crashed into her, and Sandkit growled, both confused and angry. Didn't she want to stop the fight?

She was almost to her paws again when another yowl sounded in her ear, this time Streamkit. The gray kit sent her tumbling over the nursery floor again. By this time Sandkit was already sick of fighting and tore harder with her claws to get a hold on something and fight back. She caught a glimpse of Spottedkit with his teeth in Silverkit's scruff, and quickly regained her feet once more. Within a heartbeat she had turned to face Streamkit, and stood with her paws rooted to the ground, determined to make sure the fight didn't go on any longer. If Streamkit wanted to go help in the fight, she would have to get though Sandkit first.

[Amber]

Shadowkit had almost reached Swiftkit, but Sandkit just had to intervene. She tumbled to the side as she was nudged out of the way. "You are wrong. He did do something. You are just too blind to see it!" she hissed glaring at her so called sister. When she saw Silverkit enter this feud, she realized it really was on. The two most skittish kits probably in Clan history were forgetting about their fears. When Streamkit entered, a smile came to Shadowkit's face. Her sister really did protect her. She shook off her pelt, getting rid of the dust, and was about to help Streamkit when she heard Swiftkit's remark.

"I am not pathetic. You are the one pathetic. Trying to act all brave and big all the time, your worse than me and Silverkit with fears." she said glaring at Swiftkit with her light blue eyes. When he began to come at her, and Silverkit intervened the black kit was disappointed. Shadowkit wanted to face this brother, but she was glad she had two of her sisters standing up for her.
"Thanks, Silverkit. But if you don't mind. I would like to handle this pest." she murmered, not taking her eyes off Swiftkit. "You can help if you want, but for now he is mine. No one insults Streamkit, and calls me pathetic and gets away with it. Especially not this mousebrain." Shadowkit usually kept her trap shut, and tried not to speak her opinions, but this time she was too angry. In her mind, Swiftkit had gone way too far.

ooc// Tee hee, the teams are even. Three vs. Three.

[Yoko]

Stormkit was growing irratated. He loved his siblings but it would be nice if they would shut their traps. He couldn't sleep at all. The noise was then increased with the thumping sound of kits barreling over one another. Annoyed, Stormkit raised his head and looked at the bickering siblings.

"What's the matter with you all?! We're a family and this is how we choose to treat each other? Hush up and let the newborns and Rivermist get some sleep! Don't they deserve at least that after all the noise and trouble we caused today?"

[:c a i:]

Swiftkit rolled away from Silverkit impatiently, sidestepping and turning back to Shadowkit. She was the only one he had a fight with and he would not touch Silverkit, even if she was teaming up against him. He ignored her, brushing aside her angry comments as if they bounced off him. He didn't want to start a slanging match with Silverkit too.

"You started this, Shadowkit." Swiftkit said icily. "This is your doing. Not mine. So when mother finds out about this, it is going to be you named as the one who dealt the first strike. Not me. I did nothing. I listened to Sandkit, I stopped this stupid argument. But you just had to take it further." He told her, eyes narrowed and posture tensed defensively. "You can still just back down. I haven't laid a claw on you, so take your fight somewhere else." Truth be told, Swiftkit was thinking of the trouble all of them would get in for fighting. Though instinct told him to dominate and win this fight, he decided it was a better idea to try and hide the evidence of their latest squabble before Rivermist realised what had happened. "Stormkit talks sense." He added, nodding at his sleepy brother. "Enough of this!"

[nightstorm]

((Time for the sleeping giant to wake up...xD))

Silverkit backed off slightly, ready to intervene if Shadowkit needed help, but allowing her sister to attack Swiftkit on her own. "No, Swiftkit," she hissed. "You helped start the fight. Shadowkit was just the one who was brave enough to start what you wanted to happen so badly. So now, it's on." She was just about to slash at him, when a yowl caused her to jump, and look around wildly. Her ears flattened as she beheld her mother, the wrath of StarClan in her eyes.

"WHAT IN STARCLAN'S NAME ARE YOU DOING?!" Rivermist thundered. "I GO TO SLEEP FOR TWO MINUTES, AND WAKE UP TO FIND YOU FIGHTING!" Her face was shocked, and worst of all, angry as she had never been before. "What, may I ask, is the meaning of this? Why are you all fighting your own brothers and sisters? Are you completely mousebrained?! If there is an argument, you come to me, no questions asked! This is completely unacceptable! I don't even no what to say, StarClan help me! Isn't it bad enough that there was a fight earlier?! Why are you fighting each other now?!"

The queen's tail lashed as she stared furiously at her kits. Her voice quieted, and became low with disappointment. This, perhaps was worse than even her wrath, because all of her sorrow at their fight, as well as her disappointment and anger, were combined into a single tone. "Nothing, do you hear me, nothing should ever, ever come in between you like this. I don't know what's gotten into you, lately, but it is not acceptable. Now, I want an explanation, now, and there had better be no blaming one person. You all are guilty, for you all have fought. I don't care who started it, I am finishing it. After this, there will be punishment, mark my words."

[Yoko]

Stormkit nodded to Swiftkit. He may not have agreed with, or even understood, what his brother was saying but if it would end the fighting, so be it. He rolled his eyes, couldn't Silverkit just let the arguement drop? But when his mother spoke he physically flinched. He was the one sitting closest to her, and at her rage he stumbled back. Never had he heard such anger.

As she finished her speech, his ears flattened and he opened his mouth to say, I had nothing to do with this! But that was a lie. He had everything to do with this. It was his game that had begun whatever arguement his siblings were having now. So rather than speaking, he edged his way guiltily towards the den entrance.

[Amber]

Shadowkit's response to Swiftkit was to completely ignore him. She couldn't stop, her anger had churned in her stomach for far too long, and now she couldn't help it. All she could think about was how this was his fault. If he hadn't been so mean to her about running to Rivermist at the start, and then continuing afterwards calling her names, she would have stopped. But now, it was on! She gave an icy blue stare at her brother, and nodded in thanks to Silverkit for a moment, only to quickly turn back to Swiftkit. "You are going down." she hissed ready to launch herself at him. And then, the yowling of Rivermist began. A plan formed in the little black kit's head and she smirked.

"Mommy!" Shadowkit mewled running to Rivermist and shivering with fear. It wasn't hard for her to tremble, she did it so often. "Thank you for coming to my rescue, Swiftkit was about to attack me and he looked scary." she said softly. Sandkit and Spottedkit were being mean too, Streamkit and Silverkit were trying to help me, cause Swiftkit is so big and scary looking." she added, the cold stare she had been giving her brother just a few moments before was now full of innocence. "Stormkit tried to stop him, and I think he was trying to take a nap."

[:c a i:]

"What!" Swiftkit yowled. "Mother, she's lying! You can't believe her! She attacked me! All the others saw it!" Shadowkit wouldn't get away with this, the lying little piece of foxdung! What a pathetic wimp of a creature she really was, trying to wriggle her way out of trouble with her ridiculous victim act. "I didn't even touch her! She's the one that jumped on me! She's gone mad!" He protested, eyes wide with astonishment. He'd never imagined that any cat would do something so dishonourable as to try and lie and cheat and shift the blame, especially not one of his own siblings.

But would his siblings lie for Shadowkit? Surely not. They were good cats at heart and Rivermist had always brought them up to tell the truth... But Silverkit and Streamkit seemed to do anything for Shadowkit. Would they go as far as to lie to their mother? Because on this occasion, it really wasn't Swiftkit's fault. He'd done nothing! Even when his crazed little sister had physically attacked him, he'd kept his temper. Not one word coming out of Shadowkit's mouth was truth. She was exuding dirty lies and Swiftkit prayed his mother wouldn't be taken in by it, but his mother always seemed to believe precious little Shadowkit.

"How can you lie like that? To mother, of all cats." Swiftkit's voice was genuinely sorrowful, eyes wide with shock and hurt. What kind of a horrible trick was this? And what did it say about Shadowkit's truest nature? That she was a weaselly little schemer, that's what. "Mother, you saw her! You must have heard me trying to stop her! And if you're going to punish anyone, don't punish Sandkit or Spottedkit or Stormkit. They really aren't to blame." He finished, trying to let his mother know that he was telling the absolute truth.

[Yoko]

Sandtail sighed. It was far too chilly for her to stay outside, especially with her kits. Violetkit seemed fine, but Creamkit caught a shiver a little while ago. There was no sense in allowing them to catch greencough for the sake of other kits.

By now she had figured that all would be asleep and she and her kits would just pick their way to their nest and no cat would stir, but as soon as she was a tail-length from the nursery she knew it would not be so. The chilling voice of Rivermist caught her ear first. She'd never seen her fri- former friend so furious, and sorrowful.

Then she heard the ridiculous mews of Shadowkit and Swiftkit. Angrily, she swept into the nursery.

"What's going on in here?! There are newborns in this nursery, and far too much noise for them to sleep!" she hissed.

She turned to Rivermist, half-wanting to scold her for not being able to handle her kits, but the pain she'd heard in the queen's voice earlier made her bite her tongue. They had been friends too long for a mere kit squabble to break them completely. Besides, it was obvious that they would be sharing the nursery for a long while.

She turned to the kits swiftly. She mewed in a stern, threatening voice. "Look at all the stress you're causing your own mother! Didn't she just say that she didn't want to hear any kit blaming another? I certainly don't care who started it, all of you should know better. If you can't play or speak nicely to each other, then don't speak at all. I want silence in this nursery for the rest of the night, and I'm sure your mother does too. Not another word about your kittish arguements!"

It wasn't the first time she had scolded them. There were just too many for Rivermist to handle, and after today especially she would need the break.

Sandtail turned to Rivermist with ashamed eyes. It had been less than a day since she had stormed into Ravenstar's den demanding that some punishment befall them.

"I am sorry about the incident earlier. Violetkit is too, right?" she eyed her little fluffball kit.

Violetkit gave a slight nod and mewed in a very very quiet voice. "I am sorry Rivermist. I did say something rather mean to Sandkit."

Sandtail smiled proudly. "There. We forgive each other then?"

Violetkit felt furious inside. Why was her mother making her apologize? Well at least she made it sound good. There was no denying she was skilled in deception these days.

She turned to Stormkit who was also near the entrance. His head was down and he looked near tears. Violetkit was going to console him but her sister beat her to it.

"What's wrong?" she heard Creamkit whisper, blue eyes wide with concern.

Stormkit just shook his head.

What's up with him?