Two Love Birds (Ravenkit & Jaykit)

<sup>A pure black bundle of fur was curled up next to the warm bodies of her two brothers. Both where breathing silently beside her, but her ears where picked and alert as the small kit listened the the sounds of the gathering outside.

Ravenkit had been laying there for a while now, pretending to sleep so her mother wouldn't be worried. The truth was that ever since the rouge Lightning had attacked her she had been afraid to sleep.

Every time her eyes closed, an image of the silver tabby jumping at her with claws un sheaved invaded her mind. Only when the she-kit was so tired her eyes closed on their own was she able to sleep.

Ravenkit had only recently returned to the nursery after Swirl-Leaf had given her the O-K. She still wasn't up to playing like she used to be, but that seemed to bring relief to the queens and other kits of the nursery, especially Silentkit.

Lifting herself up, Ravenkit decided to stop pretending to sleep and started to pad around the nursery, seeing if she used up some of the restless energy that was attacking her paws when she accidentally stepped on the tail of another black kit-Jaykit.</sup>

Jaykit was laying in the nursery's cozy floor, curled up in a black ball. Half asleep though half awake, he was enjoying the morning's weather. It wasn't completely morning yet, it was still pretty dark outside. But the sun was slightly creeping over the horizon.

The air was still warm but cool, and refreshing scents still swarmed the air with grace. New-leaf was always Jaykit's favorite season. And he sure was going to enjoy the most of it.

Suddenly, he sensed movement somewhere in the den, but he was too drowsy to respond to it and drifted back to sleep...

Right as he fell asleep, he was awakened by pain. Jumping in surprise, he stood up, startled. But he calmed down when he saw the restless figure of Ravenkit. "Couldn't get back to sleep?" he meowed in a quiet, tired voice, sitting back down and grooming his ruffled chest.

<sup>Ravenkit jumped back as Jaykit jumped up. The kit back upped and bowed her head in embarrassment. "Sorry, Jaykit, I didn't mean to wake you up." she mewed.

She shrugged at Jaykit's observation "Yeah, I guess so." she mewed as she held back a yawn. The air, though it was new-leaf was a little chilly as it blew into the nursery. "I'm sorry I woke you up...." she mewed again, not sure what to say.

"Umm.... it'll be a little different with Patchkit and Tigerkit apprentices." she mewed just to have something to say. "I mean, Patchpaw and Tigerpaw." she corrected herself as she scuffed her paw over the moss covered ground.</sup>

Jaykit nodded in agreement, bit gave a small shrug of doubt. "I didn't know them too well...I guess it's because I'm such an antisocial loner though." he nervously smiled, not very good at making jokes, or even talking all together.

Getting into a more comfortable position, he glanced back at Ravenkit with a curious shimmer in his eyes. Usually she was an energetic little she-kit with endless talk or movement. Now she seemed speechless and it seemed as if she had taken a completely different personality.

"I-Is something bothering you?" he questioned, a gentle sway of his faint moon dappled tail betraying his nervousness. "You seem different..."

<sup>Ravenkit didn't know how to reply to Jaykits "joke", so the usually hyper, happy, kit stayed silent. She was trying to think of something to say, something that wouldn't get Jaykit suspicious about her behavior, but she was too late.

"Uh, well, um, no-nothing is wrong...." she stuttered out, but Jaykit could easily tell she was lying. So she sighed and mewed "Well, actually something is wrong.... but..." Ravenkit didn't know what to say. She was at a loss for words. Right now she wished she was her old self, without all this regret of forcing Silentkit to "play" with her.

"Jaykit, have you ever wish you could change the past?" she finally mewed. Right now she just wanted to know she wasn't the only cat who wished they could change the past. Maybe if Jaykit had wanted to change the past he would know what she was going through. Regret is what she was feeling.

If Ravenkit had that reassurance, she was positive she would be able to face he fear of that rouge.

{I has an idea I need to talk to Wish....}</sup>

This had made Jaykit more curious. First her odd behavior, then lying, then talking about changing the past? Yes, it was definitely the opposite of Ravenkit. It must be pretty bad for her to be acting this way.

Straightening up, his ears perked and all attention fixed on the black she-cat before him, his eyes sparked with newly found curiosity. "Yes. Why? What happened?" he asked with interest, cocking his head to the side.

( Idea? =O )

<sup>{Yeah, idea. Deals mostly with Ravenkit XD I pm'd Wish but I'm not sure if I made any sense.}

"Well... you... well, I don't really know." Ravenkit replied to Jaykit. It comforted her that she wasn't the only person who wanted to change that past, but still, now she had to face the trouble of forgetting about the rouge.

Ravenkit sit down, her ears pulled back in confusion as she tried the think about what was really making her feel this way. It was about Lightning, she knew that much. But what exactly about Lightning made her feel this way?

"Ever since that rouge, Lightning, attacked me I've been, well, confused..." She shrugged "I don't really know why though."</sup>

"Confused...?" Jaykit became even more confused and curious than he was before. Glancing up in deep thought, he turned his head back to Ravenkit. "Did he say or do anything that could relate to why you are acting this way?" he asked, then shook his head.

"But besides that, I don't know why you would feel confused. So all I can think of is it maybe has to do with what he did or said." he meowed, almost as if he were talking to himself by the way his voice quieted down and in deep thought.

<sup>Ravenkit gave a nervous laugh. "Well, all he did was say what rouge life was like and about a relative I have in WindClan...." She mewed. "Then Silentkit got on his nerves and....." A little light went in her head. "Maybe it's because Silentkit seemed more interested in proving he was strong then about safety.... Thanks Jaykit, you're the best." she mewed happily, back to her old self as she stepped forward and gave his cheek a lick.

She stepped back, a little embarrassed. "hehe, so do you want to go play?" she asked as she noticed the sun had risen now.</sup>