Chapter 16: An Unknown Power

Chapter 16: An Unknown Power

     Rosekit and Frostkit stared at the bone.  "Who do you think they belong to?"  Frostkit asked.  "They look pretty old, yet the glow,"  Rosekit shrugged.  "I don't know.  Perhaps an ancient cat's?"  Frostkit took a step closer.  "I want to take a look, come on!"  Frostkit poked the bone.  He drew his paw back immediately after.  "These are no ordinary bones!  They hurt to touch!"  he warned.  Rosekit poked them anyway.  "They certainly are warm.  And it almost feels like... I don't know.  Like something has come over me,"  Frostkit nodded.  "I feel the same way,"  he added.  "Maybe we can sleep by them tonight?  They'll keep us warm,"  Frostkit asked Rosekit as he looked at the sky.  It was getting dark.  Rosekit felt a chill go down her spine.  Sleep with bones?  She thought.  What a weird idea!  But I guess we have to.  Rosekit and Frostkit curled up together.  It was only moments after that they heard a low growl.  "Cat pups be Spruce's dinner!"  A snarling fox jumped from the bushes.  "Cat pups give up!  End for you!"  Spruce growled.  "Please, please don't eat is!"  Rosekit wailed.  "Spruce have no sympathy for cat pups!"  Frostkit jumped to his paws.  "Just go away!"  he wailed.  Suddenly Spruce began walking backwards.  "What..."  Spruce stared at his paws.  "What are you cat pups doing!? Stop it!"  Rosekit and Frostkit exchanged a glance.  "Yeah, that's what you get for messing with cat pups!"  Rosekit yowled.  "Go away and don't come back!"  Frostkit joined in.  "Go get your dinner somewhere else!"  Spruce vanished into the forest.  "This isn't the last of Spruce!"  he screeched.  Rosekit and Frostkit looked at each other.  "Do you think this is our power?  To be able to order around cats?"  Frostkit asked Rosekit.  She shrugged.  "I can't think of any other reason.  All I know is we need our rest," she replied.  Rosekit and Frostkit curled up against the bones.  This time they slept.
     "How did you do that?"  Bluestar gasped.  "It's our power, right!?"  Rosekit mewed.  "No, it's not,"  Bluestar replied.  "I guess you haven't figured out your real power yet.  I just don't understand how you did that,"  Rosekit and Frostkit stared at her.  "Then what is our power?"  They asked.  Bluestar sighed.  "You were supposed to figure it out on your own, but you do already know.  Go ahead, tell me,"  she said.  Frostkit closed his eyes.  He thought back to when he was first born.  "We can read cat's thoughts,"  he said with a frown.  "You're right, Bluestar, I have known all along!"  Rosekit gasped.  "Then we can be warriors! We can read enemies thoughts and the thoughts of prey!  That makes up for being deaf and not smelling!"  Bluestar nodded.  "But first we need to know how you controlled that fox.  Anything weird happened lately?"  Rosekit nodded.  "We were sleeping by bones..."  She said.  "Bones?"  Bluestar asked.  Rosekit nodded.  "Do you know who they belong to?"  she asked.  Bluestar shook her head.  "I don't know much more then you.  Try to figure it out yourself, and I'll see if I can find anyone who might know,"  Bluestar said. "But right now it's time for you two to wake up,"  With that, Rosekit and Frostkit woke up.  The bones were still beside them.
                                           End of Chapter 15