Private Thread It's Not Fair!

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Emberdust watched her daughter stomp off like StarClan itself had personally wronged her. The queen didn’t react at first just chewing the last bite of her own meal. Licking her lips, she rose from her nest and shadowed the kit's steps before she stood over her.

"You know when I was your age…I once didn't get a chance to eat a lizard's liver. That's the best part - gives you extra energy. I was so upset...but instead I got to eat the lizard's wiggly fat tail." Her whiskers gave an amused twitch, her short tail flopping on its side just short of Swampkit. The action had meant to be encouraging.

"You will survive missing one bite of prey. Promise! But if you keep sulking this hard your tail might fall off."

"Noooo that's not fairrrr!"

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When Emberdust padded over to her, Swampkit looked up at her. While they had been eating, the molly hadn't even noticed who had eaten her favourite part of the prey but whoever it was she doubted it was her mother. The she-kit sighed when her dam started talking but listened anyways. She had a point after all.

"I guess you're right..." The kitten mumbled. Without a second thought, the kit picked up a piece of moss, throwing it in Wolfkit's direction.

I’m not different. Am I?

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Wolfkit had been enjoying his time simply observing a beetle that had made its way into the camp, while also protecting the small thing from Muddykit’s claws as it explored its surroundings, seemingly unaware that it was being watched, or if it was aware, it didn’t mind Wolfkit’s quiet company.

The scruffy tom hardly noticed the moss ball until the beetle opened up its iridescent wings and fled. Wolfkit waved the beetle goodbye with his tail before letting out a quiet hum of greeting to a fascinating little ant that seemed to be crawling around his tail.

He whirled around to face the ant, orange eyes gleaming with curiosity as he followed the insect. However he wasn’t quite focusing on his surroundings and his nose met with his mother’s hind leg with a small thud. The young tom moved his eyes up to Emberdust and furrowed his brows for a fleeting moment, as if sharing a short but meaningful apology

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Emberdust’s ear flicked backward just before the soft thud met her leg. She glanced down only to find Wolfkit staring up at her with those wide apologetic eyes.

"It's alright." She begun, tongue swiping over the tom's head. No matter how she tried to smooth down his fur it always seemed to stick back up, so...she was letting it do what it willed. "I'm made of tough stuff!"

She shifted her gaze toward pouting Swampkit next. Took a low shot at her brother but otherwise did no harm. "And you...you'll probably be named Swampstomp. Don't make me come up with other names for you when you're dramatic." Her paw slapped a bit of nesting material at the small she-cat, while the corners of her mouth teased into a grin.

"Now, since everyone’s so full of energy...How about the two of you bring me something interesting from the nursery. Whoever brings me the best prize gets the first bite at mealtime next."

"Noooo that's not fairrrr!"

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"Swampstomp!?" The molly fussed, offended by her mother's suggestion before realising that she was probably proving her point and going silent, a wave of shame washing over her.

However, when her mother offered a game, the molly nodded, getting up right away to search for something her mother would like in the nursery.

I’m not different. Am I?

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Without much fanfare, Wolfkit followed his sister into the nursery, he knew what he would bring to his mother, he had seen it in the nursery that very morning and he thought of Emberdust. A small orange flower that reminded him of his mother's eyes, eyes that she had passed down to him, though he didn't have the knowledge of his eyes, just that his pelt was a smokey black.

Wolfkit moved to his side of the nursery and shuffled through the leaves with purpose in search of the flower, until the light moved onto a bright orange pelt. Wolfkit beamed and picked it up between his teeth carefully before bounding back out to his mother.

He dropped the flower at her paws, it was small and half-wilted, but it was a bright orange that seemed to glow when the sun hit it, it found it just as beautiful as his amazing mother and he intended to make sure of that.

After dropping the flower, he rubbed his head against his mother's leg and let a purr escape him, the scruffy furred kit let the purr ring clear and loud, something that was more appreciative than anything else. Afterwards he transferred a few loving licks on his mother's fur. If this wasn't a nice gift, he wasn't sure what was.

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Emberdust hadn't expected either kit to take the challenge seriously but when Wolfkit emerged first her ears pricked.

The flower was wilted at the edges, a little battered from kit handling but they reminded her of her eyes, and his. Wolfkit pressed against her leg, purring so hard his whole body vibrated and Emberdust lowered her head to swipe her tongue between his ears. "That's a very nice gift."

She held him close for a heartbeat longer, tail curling to pull him into her warmth. "You're gonna make your sister furious beating her back here." She teased, eyes lifting expectantly for her daughter to make her reappearance, tail giving an excited twitch.