Swiftdash's Hope (Chapter 1)

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Swiftkit woke up to the sound of Blurkit shaking her shoulder. She cocked it up. "What?" She groaned. "Its the middle of the night!" Blurkit waved his tail, a funny grin on his face. "Come on! Let's go explore outside!" Swiftkit shook her head. "No! Blurkit! You know that there is a badger on the loose! You don't want to meet it!" Blurkit just rolled his eyes, and said something like "Fun-suck" But he sat down next to Swiftkit, and fell asleep. Swiftkit did the same. In the morning, Swiftkit looked over at her brother, and smiled. It had been a moon since her mom and dad had been killed, and she was feeling a little bit better. Swiftkit trotted to the leaders' den, where she knew Thornstar, the leader sat, talking with her deputy. She hoped that Falconflight would be Blurkit's mentor, he deserved it. They were talking about the badger. "Falconflight! I've already told you! we will not send any more warriors to their deaths!" Swiftkit hoped she wasn't talking about Duskfeather and Pathmeadow. Falconflight sighed. Her movement made a shuffling sound, and Swiftkit could guess that she was moving closer to Thornstar. "Yes. I know, but the badger gets closer to camp every day! We need to stop it!" Swiftkit listened. They argued for a while, but then Swiftkit scrambled away, and Falconflight left the den. The look on her face was exasperated, and Swiftkit hoped she wasn't angry because she didn't want to see the confident deputy angry. Blurkit pestered her about leaving camp some more. Swiftkit told him tat she wouldn't, avoiding that she had eavesdropped on the leaders' conversation. Later, she wished that she had told him. Swiftkit went to sleep, having normal dreams, like her, chasing a butterfly, and her and her brother chasing some moss-ball. Then the dream changed. Swiftkit watched ads Blurkit secured out of camp. _-This is just a dream-_ she told herself. She followed her younger brother into the woods, past hollows, and into a large clearing. In the clearing, a growling badger stood, menacing. Blurkit backed up, but he stepped on a twig. Swiftkit cried out "No!" But no one heard her. Swiftkit watched the encounter, unable to do anything. Suddenyl, the badger leaped on Blurkit, and Swiftkit woke up wth a start. She calmed herself. _-it was just a dream, just a dream...-_ then she looked over next to her. Blurkit was gone.