Chapter 7
A bolt of electricity shot through the darkening rumbled through the forest, sounding like trees falling and hitting the earth.A downpour set itself onto the RiverClan camp, forcing all into their dens for an early night. The water from the rain poured over the rocks outside the camp, falling into the raging rivers which crashed onto the shore.
Otterkit huddled at the back of the nursery with her mother Berryheart, and sister Dawnkit, bright blue eyes round as the tempest raged only fox-lengths away.
"Is the camp going to flood?" her cream-furred sister asked, her pale golden eyes rounded in fright.
Berryheart hushed her kit, "Of course not young one, and even if it did we'd be fine. You know that the nursery is made to float, that way the water would just carry us to land."
More lightning shot across the sky, lighting up the darkened nursery for a brief moment. Otterkit spotted her friend Rushkit at the opposite side, peeking out the entrance at the tempest before him.
"Wanna play a game?" she mewed, walking over to the gray and white tom.
Rushkit looked up, "Not really" he meowed truthfully, "I want to be out in the storm, doesn't it look so cool?!".
Otterkit simply stared at her friend like the time Minnowtail the elder told the clan she was expecting a litter of kits.
"Are you mad?" she squeaked while cuffing his ears playfully, "Warriors cant even go out there, what makes you think a barely six-moon old kit can?".
Rushkit flicked his ear, "Thats precisely it, We're six-moons old, we shouldn't be kits anymore! We should be apprentices!".
Otterkit sighed solemnly, Mallowstar had delayed their apprenticeship on reasons unbeknownst to her, but her father Grassfoot said it was because of the tension with WindClan.
Lost in her train of though for a short moment, as she turned around Otterkit realized her friend was gone.
"Rushkit!" she called, seeing his tiny gray body running through the tempest.
I have to save him! Otterkit didn't know why but she always felt a sort of kinship towards Rushkit, they were best friends!
"Otterkit no!" her mother screeched like an owl, but the gray-blue kit had already raced out of the nursery.
The harsh rain drops batted her pelt like pebbles, and the force of the storm almost crashed Otterkit into the rivers surrounding her. Squinting her eyes through the massive storm, Otterkit had no idea where Rushkit went.
Feeling a sense of urgency, she raced to the opposite side of the clearing, blue eyes watching for any signs of him.
And then Otterkit's heart almost stopped as she saw a tiny paw flailing above the water, the water crashing in the river.
"Oh no" she gasped as waves forced the kit back under.
Otterkit screeched to a halt at the edge of the river, what now? For a moment she gazed directly into the massive crashing waves before her, and she soon got lost in its power.
She felt a sensation come over her, it made her feel like the water was her friend, and that if she dove in right now she wouldn't get hurt.
"Otterkit get away from the edge!" she heard a yowl come from Petalfur the deputy.
But she had to do this, Otterkit had to save Rushkit. With one last look to the white furred deputy and to her clan, Otterkit dove head first in the raging water.
The force she impacted with the waves was tremendous, and for a moment Otterkit saw nothing but black. And then she could feel herself sinking to the bottom of the crashing river,
Otterkit was going to die, she was going to suffocate. But then something peculiar happened as Otterkit drifted along, she saw bubbles rising from her nose.
I can breath!? Immediately the blue-gray cat tested breathing, and she could! Not only could the little kit breathe underwater, but she glided through the depths like a fish!
This is amazing, Otterkit thought as she twirled upside down and swam to the bottom. But then she realized the whole reason she risked her life, Rushkit was still down here, and he couldn't breathe underwater!
Shooting forward like a falcon underwater, Otterkit looked with her bright blue eyes for any sign of her friend.
The water was as dark as stone, but still she could see through it, almost as if her eyes had another layer. And then she spotted Rushkit sinking to the bottom, his eyes still open in terror.
Don't worry, she thought to herself, I'm going to save you.
Quickly swimming towards the suffocating kit, Otterkit firmly grasped his scruff and headed towards the surface. The waves were still crashing angrily around her, and Otterkit had to use all her strength to push through them, and onto land.
Cats were waiting at the edge as Otterkit made it to them, dropping Rushkit and quickly looking for Whiteleopard.
But why wasn't anyone helping Rushkit, couldn't they see that he was hurt?
All eyes were placed on Otterkit, most in awe, or others horrified.
But Otterkit didn't care what they thought of her, she was a Zodiac and finally knew what her power was. And not only could she use it, but Otterkit could save lives, and most importantly Rushkit's life.
I'm going to train and master my power, her eyes gleamed with anticipation, And I'm going to use it for the good of RiverClan.
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