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Redstar

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The sky was painted a dark shade of blue before the LightningClan leader even began to think about retreating to her nest for the night. It had been a long, yet rewarding day and though the red tabby she-cat's whole body was moaning with exhaustion, she was very much reluctant to settle down. There aren't enough hours in the day, the red tabby she-cat let her eyes stray to the sky above, starlit and totally still.

Drinking in the cool night air, the LightningClan leader paused for a moment to let her luminous amber orbs take in the sight of her camp below, at last still as the last of the warriors disappeared into their dens. Rarely was the camp so devoid of movement, so perfectly serene and quiet. Slowly, Redstar released the breath she'd been holding before at last moving onwards, cautiously picking her way up the hill top and to the badger warren that hosted her den.

It brought sweet relief to inhale the familiar musty scent of her den as she thrust her way through the lichen screen, shedding the blanket of moonlight and casting it aside for the cloak of the shadows themselves. The red tabby she-cat paused where she stood for a moment, smoothing down her ruffled chest fur with several hurried rasps of the tongue. When at last content that her pelt lay flat, she gravitated towards her mossy nest, ready to sink into the gentle arms of sleep.

It was only when she inhaled a deep breath that she finally noticed her unexpected visitor. A small frown settled upon the LightningClan leader's expression and, pupils expanding to accommodate for the darkness, she peered into the shadows. Great StarClan, who's up here? And why?
It was only a couple of heartbeats before she spotted the gently dozing body in her nest. It was but a small kit with a pelt as white as snow.
"Dovekit? What in the name of StarClan..." Redstar broke off, trying to work out how the kit had managed to sneak away from the watchful eyes of her mother unseen.

Tilting her head a little, Redstar cautiously moved forward. Extending a forepaw, she reached out to rouse the she-kit with a gentle prod. It saddened her to be waking the kit when she looked so peaceful, but she knew Firebird was bound to be missing her and she couldn't just leave her here. She wasn't at all angry at the young cat, just a little surprised to find her up here.
Clearing her throat, Redstar spoke in a quiet, gentle tone that she reserved only for the younger members of her clan, "Dovekit?"

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DOVEKIT of -LightningClan
01 Moons. She-Cat. Kit

The nursery was just too busy and crowded for her for some reason right now. Maybe it was because of all the moving around that she was doing. The nest with her mother and sister wasn't as comfortable as it had been earlier. So she was happy to be moving on her own though. The kit walked from the nursery to the apprentice den. It was too crowded there too, so she then moved to the warrior den. There were way too many nests and cats in there already. So next was the elder's den. But they just kept talking and talking and telling stories and it was starting to bug her. So then, she went to medicine cat den, but Rookfrost and Snowheart had herbs laying everywhere and were sorting through them.

There was only one den left to go and see how it was, Redstar's. She knew that she probably shouldn't be heading there, but she went anyways. She may be a pure white kit, but she seemed to be unnoticed as she may her way to the Leader's Den. She poked her head in and saw that Redstar wasn't there, but that her nest was clean and looked fluffy. She purred lightly at the thought and she walked over to it. She curled up into a ball and fell asleep almost instantly. But that sleep was soon interrupted when she was being prodded lightly. "Dovekit?" The kit jumped in her sleep adn woke to see Redstar standing above her.

She quickly darted from the she-cats nest and she lowered her head and tail to the floor. "I am sorry Redstar. The nest the me, Firebird, and Robinkit share was getting uncomfortable. I checked the other dens, but they were busy and crowded, so I came here and your nest was empty and looked so comfy..." Her already small voice trailed off after that and she waited for any kind of reprimands that the leader would want to give. She didn't know if her mother was worried or not, but her sister could be.

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Redstar listened to the white she-kit's explanation, studying Dovekit with mild interest. She didn't feel a single trace of anger towards her unexpected visitor, in fact she could empathise with the little kit. The red-yellow tabby she-cat could remember all too well when she'd been a kit, having to share her nest with her mother, Runningbreeze, and Oak-kit. She rightly knew that it could get very uncomfortable, just as Dovekit had told her.

Touching her tail-tip lightly to the white she-kit's side, she offered her a small smile, "Don't worry, little one," she assured her, blinking warmly, "There's no harm done."
Sitting up taller, she returned to the sanctuary of her own thoughts for a heartbeat or so. She had to admit, there was a large part of her that questioned how Dovekit had managed to sneak past the hawk-like eyes of her mother un-noticed, that was no mean feat. Redstar herself had tried a similar thing when she'd been young and had failed each time. The white she-kit must have been silent as death itself to elude Firebird. She couldn't help but find herself a little in awe at Dovekit.

"I'm surprised your mother didn't notice you leave, she must be worried," she mused lightly, her amber gaze flickering over the little she-kit, "You must have been very stealthy to escape un-noticed," she purred, amusement lighting her amber gaze, "Those skills will come in very handy when you become an apprentice."

It must have seemed very far off to talk of apprenticeship for Dovekit, after all, she was only a moon presently. But Redstar knew very well that these next five moons would fly by and the little white she-kit sitting before her now would no longer be a 'kit, but a 'paw. Redstar would certainly view her training with interest.

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DOVEKIT of LightningClan
01 Moons. She-Cat. Kit

She could tell that Redstar wasn't mad just by the way she was looking at the white she-kit, so that helped calm her down so that she could speak more clearly, and calmer. Dovekit looked toward the exit of Redstar's den and expected Firebird to come running in as if Redstar had told her telepathically. But it never happened so Dovekit calmed down fully and she focused her attention solely on Redstar then.

But even with being calm, the moment she felt Redstar's tail tip against her shoulder, she jumped a little, but relaxed once more. The little she-kit was nervous and scared, scared that she was in trouble. "Don't worry, little one, there's no harm done." Dovekit let out a puff of breath that she didn't even know that she was holding in when she heard that and she flicked her tail lightly. At least I am not in as much trouble as I thought. She let out another sigh of relief then and she focused back on her leader.

In all honesty, it hadn't been that hard for her to elude her mother, Firebird was asleep and she was a deep sleeper. "I'm surprised your mother didn't notice you leave, she must be worried." She looked at Redstar than out toward the exit once more. Was Firebird worried about her? Did her mother even notice that she was missing? As she thought of this, she didn't notice that Redstar was still talking, but she heard it all, or at least, she thought she did.

"You must have been very stealthy to escape un-noticed,those skills will come in very handy when you become an apprentice." A puff of pride entered the she-kit but it didn't last long. "It wasn't that hard Redstar. Firebird sleeps so heavily, that all I had to do was move around Robinkit softly and quietly." She knew that her sister wasn't as much of a deep sleeper as their mother, but it was still lucky that she got past her.

Dovekit looked up at Redstar though and she wondered something aloud. "What is apprenticeship like Redstar?" She wanted to know the leader's point of view, for she had to have the harder training right? To get to where she was?