Ana-Kitsune
Sage In the Making
This roleplay is for
Xadieve
and
Ana-Kitsune
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Dustmask shivered. It was a hot summer night but suddenly she felt a chill. She gave her two tiny kits a sniff. Yes, they were safe and sound snuggled against her breast. She took a deep breath. It had been a difficult birth, but it was over now and her kits were here. Still she could not shake the dark feeling in her gut, as though something was amiss. Perhaps it was due to the brightness of the sky? A full moon hung low and lit the ground outside the cave. She had made a nest close to the entrance because after giving birth, Dustmask needed to relieve herself often. The cave was filled with cats, all who would die to protect it against any danger.____________________________________________________________________________
Dustmask dispelled her feeling and lowered her head. Closing her eyes and breathing deeply of the scent of her two healthy kits, drifting back to sleep. Her eyes closed and nose filled, she did not notice the fox until it was too late. It was after the kits, but they were buried safely beneath her fur. Instead it decided to take the exhausted queen on. It sank it's teeth into her neck leaping backwards towards the cave entrance, dragging the floundering Duskmask behind. She fought to free herself but the strength was already fading from her body as her windpipe was crushed and blood fell freely from her jugular.
The kits, blind and helpless, cried out. They knew not what happened, only that their mother was suddenly gone. The fox stole away, dragging the now still mother. As the fox receded into darkness the queens eyes glazed over, staring up at the sky and reflecting the full moon. Nobody noticed the fox was even there save for the kits, who mewed relentlessly.
Elsewhere in the cave, a Medicine cat was being given a message by starclan. For the two kits who now mewed so desperately for their mother, would one day be heroes.