Hazelkit woke up before Flamebranch had. He was starving because Wiretail hadn't let him drink milk in hours.
"Hey, where can I get milk?"
Birchspot woke up. She was another queen, who had heard about Hazelkit's parents. She had kits, two in fact, so she could foster Hazelkit for a little while. Her kits were older than Hazelkit.
"You can drink milk from me. Don't push Littlekit or Fringekit away, though. Ask them if they could make room if there isn't any."
"Thanks!" Hazelkit sounded cheerful as he hopped over to the other kits.
"Who are you?" Littlekit's voice sounded serious and raspy. Hazelkit felt threatened.
"Who's the brown scrap over there, Little?" Fringekit had woke up to her brother's voice.
"Hi. I'm Hazelkit. My sisters left for StarClan and my mother left me alone. Birchspot told me that I could stay here for a little bit."
"Big words there, Hazel. Don't hurt yourself."
"Little, that's mean. His sisters died when the greencough spread here."
Hazelkit noticed two other kits run over from the other side of the nursery. They were younger than Littlekit and Fringekit, but older than Hazelkit.
"Don't think you'll get lucky. Littlekit's very rough. He'll crush your spirits like a warrior crushes the spirit of their prey."
"Just go and hide behind Possumkit. You can't stand up for this little one, Golden."
"I'm gonna tell Rockkit and Houndkit on you!" They're the oldest here. They can beat you instantly, Littlekit. I'm sure they'll make fine warriors."
"They can't stop me from blocking Hazelkit."
Hazelkit was annoyed. He knew that there were four queens: Wiretail had him, Birchspot had Littlekit and Fringekit, Raggedheart had Rockkit and Houndkit, and Lynxfur had Possumkit, Goldenkit, and Lilykit. But he didn't like when they were all together! That's eight cats, all who are very irresponsible and annoying. Even though Lilykit, Rockkit, and Houndkit weren't here, just Littlekit was enough to annoy him.
