User:MonarchOfClovers

Clover looked down at the three mewling kittens. Moth (a pure white tomcat) and Monarch (a small calico she-cat), who were the oldest and Ripple (a silver tabby she-cat), the youngest. Ripple was trying to climb out of the cat bed that her mother's nest, while Moth and Monarch were cuddled up to each other, asleep. Clover purred as she gently pulled Ripple back into the nest.

Monarch raced away from Moth, purring. Ripple was right behind her. Their father, Oak, was watching them, as Clover needed rest.

Monarch padded to the fence, leaping up. Her mother, Clover, was a housecat. Clover spotted her daughter and came over. "Where's Ripple, Monarch?" Monarch shrugged, blinking. Ripple raced up to the fence and leaped up beside her sister. "I'm right here." She piped up. Monarch looked at her sister and spoke up, "Took you long enough." Ripple gasped, "So rude, Monarch! I thought big sisters were supposed to be nice!" Monarch purred. They chatted with their mother for a bit, before padding back to the cave they shared with their father and brother.

A few moons later

Moth, their brother, laughed as he walked on the road. "Moth, stop it! You'll get hurt!" Monarch shrieked. Ripple and her father had stayed behind. Moth looked back at his sister. "This road hasn't been used in a long time, Monarch. Nothing's going to happen!" He kept walking along it, Monarch watching him fearfully.

"Moth, really, you should get off now. I hear something.." Monarch called to her brother. Moth groaned, "It's probably just my stomach. Nothing's coming." Little did he know how wrong he was. Only a few moments after he had spoken those words, a car raced towards him. He didn't even have time to react. Monarch raced over to her brother, his white pelt now stained red. He wasn't breathing. Monarch yowled in grief for her brother.

Exactly a moon later

Oak was dead. He decided to wander into a fox den. Clover's folk wouldn't take them in. Monarch and Ripple were left as rouges. After Monarch had gotten attacked by a dog, she had gone blind in one eye. From that point on, Ripple hunted for her and protected her. Monarch stuck to the herbs. While they were in the forest they grew up in, they met a few cats. Lily, Robin and Oat. Monarch decided it would be fun to flirt with Oat and Robin, since she sensed their hostility. Surprisingly, it worked. They calmed down and let Monarch and Ripple stay.

Half a moon later

Monarch and Ripple were in the forest. Lily, Robin and Oat had left long ago. Monarch was trying to find prey on the ground, while Ripple searched the trees. Ripple called out, "I smell cats." Monarch turned towards her sister's voice. She heard two cats talking, but couldn't make out the words. (TSC story begins)