Ferntangle's Colors

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**FERNTANGLE'S

COLORS**

Find out the story behindFerntangle's love of colors and butterflies,and even her strange hatred for squirrels,along with her past before she was adoptedand welcomed into PuddleClan.

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░Chapter 1░
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The black and gray curly-furred kitten blinked silently as she looked around the den, her eyes adjusting to the sunlight. She had recently gotten around to walking, and had begun to take in her surroundings. She yawned slightly, settled down comfortably in her den, sitting at the curvature of her mother's warm and fluffy stomach.

Her mother, a beautiful brown and gray laperm, adjusted her gaze and head position to take a look at her daughter. She smiled warmly, nudging her kit gently, as to prod her into a standing position. Mewling in meek protest as she was nudged several times, the she-kit face-planted dramatically, not wanting to leave the warmth of the nursery. After this same process being repeated, the kitten finally gave up with a big sigh and got up, her legs wobbling as weight was distributed unevenly among them. Stumbling several times, she finally stood still, huffing and looking up at her mother.

A head then abruptly poked into the nursery. "Robinjump! How is Fernkit?".
Fernkit bowled over in surprise, then being buried among the mossy nests of the nursery. Her curly fur stuck out and her tail hung straight up. Robinjump chuckled, turning to look at the her sister, who was very excited to have a niece. "She's just starting to get up, Lichenfoot," the queen calmly replied. She shifted her gaze to Fernkit, who had gotten up once more. "Oh, okay, I'll leave you to it then!" Just as quickly as she had come in, the black she-cat sprang away.

Fernkit's muzzle scrunched up from disliking. The she-cat was crazy, sure, but Fernkit didn't know that she was her aunt just yet. She got up from among the moss, her fern-green eyes wide. "It's alright Fernkit, that was only Lichenfoot," Robinjump reassured. Fernkit nodded slowly.

Another cat came into the den, a much smaller one though. It was a black kitten, with strange, violet eyes. "Hey Robinjump!" the young tom meowed. "Hey Onyxkit," Robinjump meowed fondly. Another queen had adopted Onyxkit, whom had been abandoned by his rogue parents, but Robinjump treated him as her own.

Onyxkit purred, and then noticed Fernkit. "Oh, hey. I see you've finally gotten up." Onyxkit had been around since Fernkit was born, and was a few moons older, currently five moons old.

Fernkit blinked. Robinjump nudged her and meowed, "Say hi to him, you've been acting up all day. Be nice to Onyxkit.". Fernkit grumbled, wanting to sleep and slack off all day. "Hi," She squeaked.

Onyxkit giggled, and gave her ear a friendly nip. She recoiled, grunting. Onyxkit laughed louder. "You're ridiculously funny.". Fernkit huffed. "Well you're funny-looking." Onyxkit bursted out laughing and bowled over. Fernkit didn't see why it was so funny, but she couldn't suppress a small giggle that escaped her lips. His laugh was just so contagious.

Fernkit didn't mean to be all that rude, but it just seemed right. She knew she probably shouldn't be so much of a pest, so she told herself to at least try to "brighten up" when the time was right.

"Hey now that Fernkit is up, can I show her around camp?" Onyxkit broke Fernkit's thoughts. Robinleap nodded fondly. "Alright, awesome! C'mon then Fernkit!" He meowed excitedly. Fernkit
herself was quite excited, and couldn't help but grin.

Onyxkit bounded out of the den, and Fernkit stumbled after the older tom-kit. Fernkit parted her maw to taste all the scents that came to her, much different than the musky smell of the nursery. She stumbled to catch up to Onyxkit, and then sat in the middle of the camp next to him, looking around in all directions. "Look over there- that's the apprentice's den-". His voice drowned out underneath Fernkit's thoughts as she took in the camp and all of its aromas.

Warriors passed in and out of their den and the entrance, along with apprentices and pieces of prey. The camp surrounded by large walls of stone on each side, the rest covered by brambles and bracken that wove over a wall in which was a fallen log. Inside one of the sheer walls was a large hole, in which was the warriors den. A small stream ran across the camp which led into an even larger hole in the other stone wall, which was overflowing with the scent of herbs. That was the medicine cat den. A juniper bush was planted by the entrance, along with some other herbs that the medicine cats decided to try and plant there by the stream. Underneath the root of a tree was the apprentice's den, covered by a thick wall of bracken and bramble in some spots. The root was thick and long, but it hooked high above the den so it provided the perfect shelter. Moss was placed on top of the bracken to make it darker, and a few spider webs floated around the entrance. By that den was the elders, which was the smallest den in the camp. Part of it went into a crevice in part of the stone wall, while the rest was surrounded by a pretty flowering plant. The roof consisted of bracken, moss, and bark, in which provided good protection from rain and snow. The nursery was right by the elders den, both of them safely far away from the open walls of the camp. The nursery looked the most fortified, but it wasn't much. From all the fortifications of bark and layers of moss and bracken, the den held a sort of green-house effect. It trapped all heat inside and not much of the temperature from the outside could be felt there. Finally, there was a stump near the center of the camp, from which a large hole was underneath. A few strands of lichen covered the hole, and some stones where placed by the stump for the leader and deputy to easily access the top and call meetings upon it. The hole underneath it was obviously the leader's den, in which she finally noticed Onyxkit ambling towards it.

"Hey wait for me!" Fernkit called out frantically. She scrambled, and was suddenly tripped over by an apprentice. She emitted a grunt as she was winded after the apprentice tripped over her. The apprentice scrambled up, shaking dirt from their pelage and quickly trying to look dignified. They were obviously newly made an apprentice, not looking much older than Onyxkit. In fact, they looked around the same size. The apprentice was a she-cat with pure white fur, and a red-brown stripe running along their back. She had pale cream freckles and a light brown underbelly. She was strikingly pretty, which she obviously new. He fur looked very neat, probably groomed constantly. She looked very petite, probably from being a kittypet not too long ago. Her attention snapped to Fernkit, a cold hard stare meeting hers. "Watch where you're going, ya ugly cat with pig-tail fur.". Fernkit's pelt bristled, and she inhaled sharply. "I was watching where I was going, but apparently you weren't!". She scoffed, stepping towards Fernkit. "Yeah, right," she meowed, her sentence dripping with sarcasm, despite being so short. "Listen, I may be new, and I may have been a "kittypet" as you clan-cats say, but you'll find that I'm quite strong. And I'm not afraid to fight.". She unsheathed her claws, clearly not understanding the fact that she was being very disrespectful.

Fernkit huffed, her chest puffing out. "Well I'm still not afraid of you!" her voice was tainted with a slight tone of fear with a bit of a wobble and a rasp. The apprentice looked at her, very skeptical. "Yeah, alright luv, then lets dance.". The apprentice stepped forth, raising a paw as to strike at her angrily. Then a flash of black bowled her over. "Hey!" the apprentice mewed pitifully. "Get off me you're gonna ruin my fur!" She whined. Fernkit had curled up in a defensive position, and she slowly lifted her gaze to see what had happened.

"Kestrelpaw, what the heck do you think you're doing?! She's just a kitten, and you decide that it's okay to swipe your claws at her face? Gosh I have no idea how you joined this clan!" Onyxkit angrily meowed as he got off her. "Well- I- but, you know what, yeah whatever huh, yeah!" Kestrelpaw answered strangely, then stomped of angrily. Fernkit turned to Onyxkit, eyes wide. "Thanks...". The tom grinned. "It was nothing," he said fondly and gave her forehead a small lap. "She's just really annoying." Fernkit nodded, her audits twitching.

Onyxkit turned his gaze to the leader's den, and grinned mischievously. "Well now that you're in my debt, I have to ask a favor of you." Her brow raised at she gazed at the tom-kit skeptically. "Yeah, alright lets hear it wise-guy.". "Well, you must come with me to the leader's den, and then your debt will be gone." Fernkit giggled, "Of course, I will do anything to pay off my debt, oh great Onyxstar. You are so kind and generous for helping me, I will do whatever you ask.". She felt as if she may have gone too far, but as she lifted her head after bowing dramatically, she squirmed with amusement as she saw his ears redden.

He offered a light cough, then turned his gaze towards the den. "Then let us go, my fair maiden.". Her brow rose and grinned mischievously after hearing him say "*my*" fair maiden and he coughed once more, this time much more awkwardly. After a pause of silence, Fernkit finally spoke, "Yes, lets go.".

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░Chapter 2░
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Onyxkit nodded to Fernkit, signaling her to follow him to the leader's den. "It's so cool!" he whispered to her, speaking so in a slower tone as to add emphasis. Fernkit nodded. "Well I guess we better go look at it then!.". She went ahead, stopping at the entrance and breathing slowly. She looked in, pushing past the lichen with her small head, seeing that it went so far that you couldn't see the end. The hole just faded into an inky black cloud.

"C'mon," Onyxkit nudged her from behind. Shivering, she stepped one paw inside, then squeaked in surprise as her next foot step never got to land. She had been lifted off the ground by the scruff, paws churning in the air as she was abruptly lifted and confused in why she didn't feel the ground anymore.

She was placed down gently and then the tom who had picked her up turned and picked up Onyxkit.

Her audits twitched as she heard Onyxkit start squeaking frantically. "I'm so sorry Faultstar I didn't mean to I was just wondering-". "Hush," Faultstar meowed as he dropped Onyxkit with a light thud beside her. Faultstar was a gray tom with long, lustrous and shiny hair. He had strange black marks along his fur, some of which faded into gray, others which looked like cracks in the earth. His face had flecks of white in which scattered across his face, obviously from age.

Fernkit broke away from staring at him with a yelp as he made eye contact with her. She quickly dipped her head to acknowledge her respect for the leader.

Faultstar's tail snaked under Fernkit's chin, tilting it upwards and tickling it softly. "Now, let me see your face, I haven't seen you yet before.". Fernkit met his gaze, offering a light smile. Faultstar grinned. "Yes, as beautiful as your mother, and I think I may know who your father is.". Fernkit's eyes widened as Faultstar winked and ambled away, a light skip to his step. Fernkit didn't know who her father was, although many talked about it being Thrushcry, who had died recently before everyone found out Robinjump was pregnant, but they hung out a lot. Others said she looked a lot like the medicine cat, Duckstep, whom Robinjump had a history with as well. Whomever it was, Robinjump didn't speak about him.

Onyxkit nudged her gently, nipping her ear playfully. "C'mon, Squirt, lets play some mossball," he meowed. She nodded, and followed after him then stopped. "Hey, who are you callin' a squirt, shorty?". She hit him playfully with a paw, then they began to tussle, Onyxkit going fairly easy on the younger she-kit. With a dramatic sigh he huffed and wheezed and collapsed. Rolling her eyes, Fernkit nipped his ear. "C'mon goofball, lets go play some mossball.".

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"HA- TEN VERSUS THREE!" cackled Fernkit. Onyxkit and her had been playing for a while now, the sun slowly lowering away from its highest position in the sky. "Well, someone isn't whiny anymore, am I correct?" meowed Onyxkit slyly. Fernkit huffed and sat down, ignoring the incoming mossball as it landed on her side. "Wow, you really are insufferable," he laughed, then ambled to her and sat by her. "I was just speaking the truth."

Fernkit frowned, her tail swaying as she emitted a *harumph*. Onyxkit giggled and cuffed her ear. Her whiskers twitched slightly, and her stomach grumbled. Onyxkit looked curiously towards the source, and Fernkit embarrassedly hunched over, her audits reddening.

"Ah, now I see why you where so susceptible to being moody. You're hungry! C'mon, lets go get a squirrel or something," he pranced away, speeding to the prey pile. Fernkit scurried to her paws and scrambled after him.