[Kacey!]

@occultation

Quailwing stood near RiverClan’s border with ThunderClan. The short, round she-cat quietly counted her kits.

Drizzlekit, check. Troutkit, check. Mottledkit, check. Creekkit . . . Quailwing blinked and looked about quickly, only to feel something bump into her leg. She looked down; there was her smallest kitten, sitting on her front paw, batting at a crinkly leaf.

“Oh, you four . . .” Quailwing sighed. Her kits had had the grand idea to go exploring outside the camp while their mother wasn’t watching. She’d have to keep a much closer eye on them from now on. It had taken her a while to find them, and she’d been so guilty about not watching them closely enough that she hadn’t asked anyone for help.

Troutkit batted at his sister, and Drizzlekit responded by rearing up and smacking both her small grey paws on top of the tom kit’s head. Mottledkit was busy sniffing at the root of a tree curiously. Creekkit had curled up in the leaf mulch now, dozing off in the protection of the worried queen.

Smiling a little — she was so grateful they were okay, but still so worried — Quailwing pulled all her kits close and began grooming their unruly fur so that they could head home.

(lol sorry for letting them go missing I hope this is ok ^^)