Patchkit watch all the alive cats go by him with prey in there mouth. Crossing the river without problem. Patchkit ears were flattened and was about ready to make one of those warrior trip on the rock. So they felt the same pain he felt from crossing the river. As Patchkit was about to pounce, his litter mate called for him.
Larchkit/Petalkit: "Patchkit!"
Patchkit looked to see the two other kits run up to him. His anger faded away for now. He was always happy to see his litter mates. Cuz he knows they'll never betray him.
Patchkit: "Hey guys. Did Silverlight send you down here to?"
Petalkit: "Nope. Papa told us where you were."
Larchkit: "A And we sneak past every cat to s see you."
Patchkit smile.
Patchkit: "T Thanks guys. You didn't have to."
Petalkit: "Duh we know that."
Larchkit: "Y Your are b brother Patchkit."
Petalkit: "Where you go. We follow."
The kits huddle together and watch the Riverclan cats go by them. Patchkit was still angry. But his siblings helped him keep his cool.
Later in the night...
The kits were sleeping next to the river until Larchkit ear twitched hearing another cat. Larchkit got scared and woke up the other.
Larchkit: "G G Guys. I t think we're not a alone."
The dark brown cat was shaking in fear as the other woke up. They sniffed the air and Larchkit was right. Another cat was among them.
(Don't say among us😾 that joke old as time now.)
Patchkit and Petalkit got up and was ready to fight.
???: "Whoa whoa easy kits. I'm just like you. That Starclan didn't accept."
The cat finally spoke. He was a white Tom with blue eyes and a scar that went down from his ear to eye to shoulder blade. The kits were still hesitant.
Patchkit: "Accept? What do you mean not accept?"
???: "I mean when you died you didn't go to Starclan."
Petalkit: "No we did. Are brother Patchkit was punished by silverlight cuz he wouldn't stop getting angry up there."
Larchkit: "W We just followed him s s so he wasn't alone. P P Please don't hurt us. M M mister."
Larchkit tremble in fear curled up and covering his face. The white Tom laughed.
???: "Ha ha oh that hoo hoo ho. So Starclan punish you. For being angry?
From what? That your no longer alive?"
Patchkit: "No. I could care less about that now. I'm angry cuz I have to spend my afterlife with cats that betray me and my mother."
???: "Why? What did they do to you guys?"
Petalkit: "Th Thunderclan. They kicked us out cuz we were half clan kits. All mama wanted to do was to help them by getting more kits for them."
???: "Yeah Thunderclan is a bunch of mouse brained fools. Shadowclan is better then all three clans."
Larchkit head lift up hearing three clans.
Larchkit: "T Three c clans?"
???: "Oh yeah. You got Thunderclan, shadowclan. Were I'm from. Windclan and Riverclan. I'm guessing mama didn't have the chance to tell you the other clans did she?"
The three kits shake there heads no.
Patchkit: "May I ask who you are s sir?"
Patchkit stuttered his words worried he might have done something wrong.
Snowtuft: "My name is Snowtuft. I'm a proud warrior of shadowclan. Though I've been dead for so long that's all I can remember."
Patchkit: "So do you remember why Starclan Didn't accept you?"
Snowtuft: "Eh I did a lot of bad stuff. Killing warriors with death berry and slicing throats. All that gory stuff. Kits like you shouldn't know about. Basically to sum it up. I broke the warrior code. And when you do that Starclan forbids you to enter their turf."
Petalkit: "Do you think Starclan we'll accept you one day?"
Snowtuft: "Pfft. I'm a dark forest cat kits.
Starclan would be out of their mind if they let me join them."
Larchkit: "W whats the difference w with a d d dark forest cat and a Starclan cat."
Snowtuft: "Dark forest cats like me are evil. And we prey upon goodie two paws like you. Say shouldn't your mother be with you. I thought your mother alrighty kicked the bucket."
Patchkit POV: ".......Thanks not like we wanted to hear that."
Patchkit: "If that's true. Then we can't find her in Starclan."
Petalkit: "And Papa won't tell us where she is?"
Snowtuft: "...... Who is your mother?"
All three kits: "Mapleshade."
The snowy cat widened knowing that name.
Snowtuft: "Whoa no way these are the Kits of Mapleshade. The main coon, tortoise shell she cat with ember eyes?"
Patchkit: "YES! That's her. Please can you tell us where she is at? We missed her so much."
Snowtuft: "Uh how do I explain this? Uhhh your mother is in the dark forest. She was banned for lots of blood sheds.
Perchpaw killed her after she killed Appledusk. She said something, out of. Revenge?"
Patchkit: "Wait why would she do that. Didn't Appledusk help her after our death."
Snowtuft:" Heck no. Your father blamed her for your death. And drove her out of the forest."
The kits were heartbroken to hear that their mother was betrayed by their father. This made Them angry now knowing the truth of what actually happened.
Snowtuft: "Come over to the river. I can show you the entire thing through her vision."
The kits followed him. As Snowtuft set up the vision in the water. There you can see what the kits didn't see after their death. And there it was. Snowtuft was right. Appledusk blamed Mapleshade for their death. And got kicked out.
Petalkit: *sob sob.* "She couldn't even be with us."
Larchkit: "No mama." *Sob sob*
Patchkit was tearing at what he saw. Sadness and anger form into one.
Panting hard he lashes out and claws the water to get rid of the vision.
Patchkit: *Pant pant pant* "OUR FATHER WELL PAY FOR WHAT HE DID."
the siblings agree.
Petalkit: "Yeah. He should have defended mama."
Larchkit: "I hope he gets killed again by a dark forest cat."
The snowy Tom smiles hearing the kits hating their father. Until he noticed their outline was turning blue to red. He walked up to them maybe he could get them to join the dark forest.
Snowtuft: "Say kits. Did you notice that your outline is pure blood red now."
The kits looked around themselves seeing the red outline. And the stars glistening faded.
Patchkit: "UHG! Why does it keep doing that?"
Snowtuft: "When a soul becomes angry there Starclan form turns into a dark forest form. Technically. You guys are slowly turning into a dark forest cat."
Petalkit and Patchkit said nothing.
But Larchkit was nervous.
Patchkit: "What happens when we join the dark forest?"
Snowtuft: "Well I'm glad you asked little kitten."
1 hr of snowtuft talking...
Snowtuft finished explaining the life as a dark forest cat. The kits ponder this for quite a long time.
Petalkit: "Can we first think about this, before we decide?"
Snowtuft was annoyed but understand were there coming from.
Snowtuft: "I'll be here next moon. If your here. I'll take you to the dark forest. Along with the others."
Snowtuft ran and disappeared in the bushes and never to be seen again until tomorrow. The kits stayed in silent thinking about the offers he was giving.
Should they give up there peaceful afterlife just to be able to see mother again. Patchkit for sure knew his decision. He just hoped his siblings would join along with him.
End of chapter 3...