Rosepelt returned with Heatherkit hanging from her jaws, covered with blood. The end of her tail appeared to be especially flat.
Heatherkit mewled, in great pain. She was barely conscious. She was barely aware of a throbbing pain in her tail, and she could feel the blood trickling down her underbelly and muzzle.
Why were you yelled at?
My oh my, it's a little bit scary.
"Oh well, they need to go out to the forest soon. When should we take them? Wait until they open their eyes?" Florasong asked. She looked at Faunakit with a thoughtful expression.
Faunakit yawned. The roof of her tiny pink mouth showed clearly as she struggled to close her mouth against the rush of air suddenly coming out of it. She began to panic, trying to mewl while she yawned.
Bellkit heard her sister's strangled cries beside her and began to panic also. She thought her sister was being tortured again. As the one right next to her, she was sure that she would be next.
Oh, why did I have to mess with the Shadow Man?
Rosepelt thought fast. Her kit couldn't tell what really happened, she she told them, "I took her out to carry moss for the elders for her punishment for running away, but we were attacked. A Twoleg's dog was on the loose. It finally returned because its Twoleg started yowling for it, but it tried to take Heatherkit with him!"
Rosepelt rushed into Yellowstar's den, breathless. "Yellowstar, something happened!" She stopped, panting, trying as hard as she could to recount her experience by Sunningrocks.
"I'm taking her to Snowpaw's den now. Please, wait here." Rosepelt hurried into the Medicine Cat's den.
Heatherkit gave a mewl of terror. <OUT>
Rosepelt hurried into the den, Heatherkit hanging from her jaws. She quickly set her down and began yowling for Snowpaw. "Are you here? We need help!"
"I can carry two kits at a time," Florasong told him. "Possibly three. I think we need to go when they open their eyes, and no later!"
Faunakit finally shut her mouth. She was relieved, and gave a few mewls to let her siblings know she was alright.
Bellkit, completely unaware of her father's gaze, heard her sister's mewls and stopped her own panicked ones. She curled up beside her, tired suddenly. She lowered her head and drifted off.
Faunakit fell asleep and began to dream.
Faunakit was falling. She fell for what seemed like forever. Finally, she hit the ground, and the impact left her barely able to breath. She heard unintelligible voices above her. Then, she heard her sister's screams of pain, and felt her brothers hit the ground beside her.
Faunakit woke up screaming.
Bellkit's peaceful sleep was interrupted by Faunakit's screams. She cowered as she began to whimper as well.
Bellkit
Kitbeater
Beaterdeath
Deathdoor
Faunakit felt Sunkit crawling towards them and leaped gently on him, wanting his support and comfort. She also wanted to make sure that he wasn't dying, also.
"Snowpaw!" Rosepelt ran over to the Medicine Cat. He was very young, but she knew he could handle anything he could. "I accidentally overgroomed this kit, and her skin is broken."
Blarestar noticed Ebonykit's tensed muscles and put a paw on her tail to restrain her from trying to escape. "Now, little ones, you will have individual punishments. I will punish you one by one, but not in front of the entire clan this time. Interrupting during a ceremony isn't drastic enough for that."
Florasong saw Bravekit trying to stand and gave a low, cold laugh. She got inot her best hunter's crouch and crept silently up to the blind, naive kit.
OOC: Don't interfere, please.
"If you say yes, I get you back to camp as fast as possible," Rosepelt answered. "And if you ever want to play again, you mustn't tell any cat. Otherwise, they might not let us play," she told Angelkit. The wind blew and Rosepelt instinctively curled her tail around the kit.
"No," Rosepelt told him. "No other queen will feed Heatherkit except for me. Which means that we have some work to do before she can eat." She snapped at the end of Heatherkit's tail, then picked her up by it. Swinging her, she said, "Let's go."
Heatherkit cried out in pain as she felt her mother's teeth close around her tail. It felt as though it was about to come out of its socket.
"So, while I punish the first kit, the rest of you will stay in the cage. You definitely will stay there until I come to retrieve you, or I'll ram your heads through the bars and force you to stay there! Do you understand me?" Blarestar lashed her tail back and forth, waiting for the kits' answers.
