Auroraskies
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Thornkit
“Everyone, I want you to follow your father and don’t wander off! Stay with your buddy!” Thornkit could hear Aurora calling out as the brown and white tom was padding next to Scorchkit, the younger brother giggling and bumped into his partner in crime as his eldest brother was his buddy. In front of them, Firestar was leading the family towards a nice little clearing nearby the camp for a little overnight adventure. Meanwhile Aurora was behind while making sure that no one got lost and keeping an eye on all six kits that were following after their father. The kits were five moons, their apprenticeship was coming up soon which meant this litter would be leaving Firestar and Auroraskies’ den soon to begin training. However, both parents were also preparing for the arrival of their second litter as Aurora would be heading towards Cherryblossom’s den soon to begin nesting while Firestar would prepare the den for the new arrivals.
“Guys come on! You’re too slow!” Thornkit called, looking behind to see Aurora waddling behind them with her stomach which was rounded with unborn kits. Mother had a reason to be slow, she had to take her time with traveling. However, Cosmokit and Beekit were by Aurora’s side as the two sisters were looking around the little trail they were on. Thornkit was very excited for this camping trip, him and Scorchkit woke up Firestar at the crack of dawn to make sure that the ginger Maine Coon got everything ready. The weather appeared nice, despite there still snow on the ground, but Firestar knew the territory quite well to know where it would be safe for his family to stay overnight. Hearing a small huff from Aurora, Thornkit turned back to see his mother letting out a deep breath as it appeared one of his little siblings perhaps kicked her a bit too hard. The black and golden molly noticed that everyone was looking at her and smiled softly “Everything is fine, kits are just being extra active today.” Aurora told her mate and kits, she knew that Fire was hesitant to let her join.. But she promised him that everything would be okay so long as she paced herself.
After a couple of more minutes on the trail, Firestar suddenly announced they arrived. Aurora smiled when seeing all six kits making a dash towards the small clearing that was ahead of them. Thankfully all six children were well-behaved, listening to Fire and Aurora. However, she knew that Scorchkit and Thornkit liked to cause some kind of mischief around so she wouldn’t be surprised if they tried bringing out some weird bug on their way back home. It appeared that her mate was here earlier, as there was a huge nest set up in an abandoned fox den while fresh-kill was nearby. Huh, that’s where he was last night. The pregnant molly moved towards her mate, giving him a kiss on his cheek “Thank you.” Aurora whispered softly to him, wanting the ginger tom to know that she was grateful for this little family trip. Fire knew that Aurora wanted to spend as much time with their babies as possible.
“Mom! Dad! Look!” Thornkit called, which caused Aurora to look towards her son. The molly soon began to waddle towards the group of kits that were looking down to see them staring at a Deer print on the snow. Crouching down until she was leveled with her children, Aurora observed it “Oh wow, you guys are getting good at tracking.” She purred, grinning at her children. They were quite the curious bunch, wanting to make sure that they explored everything within the camp when they first stepped outside. Tilting her head, she looked at Beekit “What do you think My little Bee? Big deer or baby deer?” She questioned, her violet-amber eyes lit up in amusement. Let’s see if her children could figure it out, her and Fire would easily know since they enjoyed plenty of strolls through the territory and exploring new things.
Auroraskies
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Thornkit
“Oh! Sweetie I don’t think that’s a good id-“ The black and golden molly said quickly, watching her eldest son lowering his nose to sniff at the deer track before suddenly letting out a squeak of surprise and quickly backing up. Looking towards her mate, her violet-amber eyes narrowed playfully at him and bumping her head against his shoulder as he found amusement in their son’s actions. Of course that was their family dynamic: Something amusing happened every day with their family. “Scorchkit, are you okay?” She said going towards the ginger and white tom and lowering herself to lick between his ears. Aurora knew that Scorchkit and Thornkit liked to act independently and didn’t need to be smothered by their mother’s love.. But Aurora couldn’t help it, they would always be her babies no matter what.
It wasn’t until her gaze went towards Thornkit as the brown and white tabby tom was making his way towards the deer track. Her youngest son was quite curious about it, and Aurora opened her mouth about to stop him until it was too late and Thornkit lowered himself to smell it. However, his reaction was different compared to Scorchkit’s. Thornkit looked at the ginger and white tom and tilted his head “Scorchkit! Why did you jump back? It doesn’t smell that bad” The tom said before giggling and suddenly ran after his eldest brother to head towards the fresh-kill pile. Aurora’s mouth was parted in shock at first, looking towards Thornkit and Firestar. Getting up, the heavily pregnant molly waddled towards her daughter Beekit.. But not before purposely bumping into her mate, and scrunching her nose playfully at the massive Ginger tom “He’s gotten that from your side” Aurora said innocently, as she knows that Fire liked to blame their kits unique personalities from her side.
Lowering herself until she was laying next to Beekit, the black and golden molly let out a loud purr at her daughter’s words “You got it!” Aurora said, excitement in her tone as the molly rubbed her cheek against her youngest daughter’s cheek “My Sweet Bee, I’m so proud of you” Aurora praised her, looking at her kit with pure adoration. Her Beekit was hers and Fire’s shyest baby, but was their sweetest one. She could tell that all the siblings, even Fire and Aurora’s eldest children were quite protective over her. Starclan help the tom who took interest in her one day, he shouldn’t be worried of not only Firestar. Noticing that a piece of fur was sticking up on Beekit’s head, Aurora began grooming the top of her daughter’s head and smiled softly at the small black and golden tortie “Thank you for helping me travel safely here Bee” She said, her voice gentle. Although having six kits, her and Fire always made sure that their children were all loved equally and always got the proper attention.
“Momma! Dad! What’s this?” Thornkit questioned the pile of pebbles that were nearby the pile of food, nearby was a huge circle that had smaller circles inside. Grabbing the piece of mouse and nudging Scorchkit, the smaller Maine Coon tom bounded towards it. Aurora chuckled and slowly got up, and waddled towards their direction. Watching as all her kits and Firestar arrived, Aurora went towards the small pebbles “This game is called Pebble Toss, I had played this game since living in the city.. My siblings and I used to play this mostly growing up” The molly explained, turning to look at Firestar with a cheeky grin on her face and going towards him. “Daddy and I played this game on one of our earliest dates, he’s very good.. Would have beaten me too” Aurora said, leaning to press a kiss on his cheek. Ah yes, their infamous pebble toss date. Fire was a quick learner, so he caught on very well by observing Aurora. The ginger tom had almost defeated her if she hadn’t pulled out one of her oldest tricks at the last moment. Although both of them were competitive, both of them had a lot of fun when playing the game.. However both of them were very childish at times, calling the other a cheater sometimes or using a distraction.
“Let’s see if you can beat the undefeated Queen at her own game” Aurora said, wiggling her eyebrows at her kits. Seeing the excitement in her children’s eyes brought warmth into her heart. Aurora knew that her biggest competition was Firestar, as her mate was going to do everything in his power to win. Of course Scorchkit and Thornkit were favorites out of the boys, Primrosekit and Tumblekit had sat on the sidelines as expected.. But Aurora had a feeling that perhaps Beekit would be the underdog.. Between her kits, it was fair game. There were three circles, the smallest one inside was ten points, the middle was six points and the smallest was four points. Going towards the pebbles, Aurora pawed the pile carefully before finding a small black pebble. Despite being heavily pregnant, Aurora was determined to show her kits how the game was done.
Her gaze was fixed on the circle for a moment, she thought about her moves for a moment before suddenly throwing her pebble towards the direction of the circles. Aurora purposely didn’t use all her strength as her pebble landed on the four point mark. Thornkit’s eyes widened “Wow!” He said before turning to Scorchkit “it’s your turn!”