Noises

[Airpaw]

Airkit was nestled in her favorite bush, when her ears pricked. Two cats (Skybreeze and Dawn, but she didn't know that) were coming close to the camp.

She hid herself deeper in the nettle, ignoring the sharpp prickling-- and cocked her head to the side. Who were these cats? She was sure that her mother was in the nursery, and her sister with her.

(I just realized there are no toms in the clan besides Rainstorm. )

[Dawnkit]

Her uneven, lurching paw-steps falter as she nears the camp, overwhelmed at the smell of so many cats. "You didn't tell me there would be so many cats." she accuses Skybreeze, sounding oddly hurt. "What if they don't like me?" The bell on her collar jingles as she stops suddenly. She turns her worry-filled gaze on the medicine cat, not picking up Airkit's scent with her un-honed kittypet senses.

[Skybreeze]

*Looks down at the kit and sighs.* What if? You don't know that. You are you. Stay that way. If they don't like you the way you are to where you have to change, it's their loss, now come on. *Smiles warmly and leads her to camp.* It's not so bad, it's like a big family. *She scents Airkit and sighs.* Not again, Airkit, please. Not like in the clover patch, I might get a heart attack from all this scaring.

[Smokewhisper]

*Was sitting by the exit, waiting for Skybreeze to come back when she hears her voice.*

[Airpaw]

She heard heard Skybreeze's comment and ducked her head, somewhat pleased, somewhat disappointed with herself. She silently slid out of the bush and came to greet the two cats. She stopped at the sight of Dawn though, one small paw still in the air, and her tail fur stood on end. "Skybreeze?" She asked quickly, as softly as a breath of air. "Who... who is...?"

[Dawnkit]

She yelps as she hears Airkit's small voice, so close. She hadn't heard the white cat approach. Her ears flatten to her head, but it's not an offensive move, more of an 'I'm scared' look. She drops until her belly-fur is almost touching the ground, curling her tail underneath her. The bell on her collar jingles as she shakes.

[Frostflower]

Lilykit~ She pounced out from the other side of Skybreeze and accidently landed on the new kit, she squealed in terror as the unfamiliar scent flooded her nose, when she fell to the ground she crouched there, her head underneath her from paws shaking and mewling in fright

[Dawnkit]

She presses further to the ground, her eyes wide. They flit around nervously, then shut, the lids squeezing tightly shut. Dawn hadn't had a kit-hood like the cats in the clan, never played with littermates, denmates, or known anyone her age, really. She had been taken from her Mother at such a young age-- two sunrises-- that she hardly even remembered her. The only other cats she knew were the cats in the Gardens next to hers, Nudge, a six-year-old brown tabby, with rolls of fat hanging off of her body, and Stripe, a nineteen-year-old gray tabby, slightly skinnier than Nudge. Stripe was like a mother to Dawn, and Nudge her best friend.

(I based Nudge and Stripe off of two of my cats, one that I have now [the Nudge character], Suki, and one that died when I was around six [the Stripe character], Gabriel. Suki's actually really fat, and Gabriel lived to twenty. Why am I telling you this? Because I feel like it.)

[Skybreeze]

Lilykit! *She scolds the kit and gently picks her up and sets her down farther away from Dawn. She turns and says to the kits.* All of you. You guys should be in the nursery! As for who this is.... *Looks at Dawn.* This is Dawn. She will be staying with us for a while. I'm going to Fallenstar. You guys can play. *She licks Dawn a few times and says gently.* It's okay, they just wanted to play, they didn't mean any harm. I'm going to take you to Fallenstar, our leader. She's like our whole family's mother. She's really nice, don't worry.

[Airpaw]

Airkit cocked her head to the side, and slowly, on her stomach, stalked silently up to Dawnkit. Her head was leveled with Dawn's and her blue eyes were curious and shy.

"Hello, Dawn," she mewed quietly.

She then slowly stood to her feet and backed up a few paces, holding Lilykit back with an outstretched tail.

[Dawnkit]

Getting to shaky paws, her little heart still racing from everything that had happened, she faces Airkit and Lilykit. Dawn winces as her weight presses down on a burr trapped between her pads, then pulls it gingerly out with her teeth. She sets the paw carefully back on the ground.

"Hello." she mews softly around the burr. Her steady gaze, though guarded and half-terrified, regards the other kits with a natural curiosity, as could be expected from any kit. She sets the catch-weed gently on the ground in front of her, ducking her head to pluck another from underneath her bright blue collar, still watching the others out of the corner of her eye.

It didn't matter what Skybreeze had said-- she still wan't so sure about these clan cats. Growing up hearing stories about them had moved her window of sight a bit, seeing only the rough side of them, not the gentle side the medicine cat had displayed to the five-moon-old she-kit.

[Airpaw]

Airkit seemed to hesitate. She let her tail fur flatten, before blinking slowly. "I... I'm Airkit."

[Dawnkit]

"If's niche fo mee oo." she says, nose still buried in her neck. She pulls out a burr, spits it on the ground, and tries again. "It's nice to meet you. Have you always lived here, in the Clans?"

[Frostflower]

Lilykit~ She glared at her sister as she tried to restrain her then her eyes lit up and her ears pricked as her mothers name was mentioned, she bunched her haunches and leaped over top of Airkits tail and started prancing around underneath Skybreeze, "Mama? We go see MAMA!" She yowled gleefully as she got under skybreezes feet as she was walking, "And I no go nursery! I in camp! I big and swong!" She mewled, proudly puffing out her chest

[Smokewhisper]

*Blocks Lilykit from walking under Skybreeze again.* You're acting like a newborn! Stop it! We need to stay in the nursery until we're old enough. We can play with you.
*Turns to Dawn with a smile.* It's nice to meet you, I'm Smokekit.