HeatherClan Book: Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Kits

Five moons later. . .

Goldenfur was heavily pregnant with new kits. Last moon, her older kits had passed their assessments and became Foxface, Iceclaw and Honeyflower.

Goldenfur felt a strong ripple through her belly. "Brackenfur, help!" she yowled. He realized she was having her kits and ran to Spottedpelt.

When they arrived at the nursery Spottedleaf started ordering cats around.

"Get some moss dipped in water and a stick," she instructed Brackenfur. He promptly hurried out.

Goldenfur let out a low groan of pain, and Brakenfur came back in.

"Bite on the stick when you feel pain, Goldenfur," meowed Jayfeather.

Brakenfur then gave Goldenfur the piece of moss and she drank gratefully from it.

Then, another ripple passed through her belly.

"Ohhh!" groaned Goldenfur.

"Just focus on breathing," calmed Spottedpelt.

An even stronger ripple passed, and a golden-yellow kit slithered onto the mossy ground. A tortoiseshell she-cat followed

Goldenfur pulled the small she-kit and her sister over to herself and started to nuzzle them.

Brakenfur the then left the nursery and started walking over to his close friends, Sunflare, Stormfur and Windflight.

Then Foxface, Iceclaw and Honeyflower bounded over.

"How's Goldenfur?" they asked.

"She's fine, come see your new sisters!" purred Brackenfur. The young warriors padded into the nursery quietly and looked at their new sisters.

"I just named them." she purred, "The yellow with the soft, brown eyes one is Aurorakit, the brown one with the blue eyes is Amber. . . she was cut off by Brightshadow bounding into the den.

"Silverstar, I need to see Birdkit," he begged.

"Very well," meowed Silverstar, shocked that a StormClan cat was in the HeatherClan camp. When she padded outside she realized that Lightningstar was outside with a kit.

"What time was you kit born at?" he asked.

"About two moons ago," Silverstar replied.

"That confirms my theory! Now we must find her power," Brightshadow mewed excitedly, in a low voice.

Silverstar invited Lightningstar into her den, and Runningkit demonstrated how fast he could run. The two kits started playing together. Runningkit pounced over a ledge in Silverstar's den. Birdkit followed, but instead of plummeting to the bottom, she spread her tiny wings and floated gracefully to the ground.

"She can fly!" Lightningstar and Brightshadowgasped together. Silverstar nodded proudly, a bit shocked herself, and ran over to groom her kit.

The two leaders and the deputy decided to head to CloudClan to see if there was a special kit there, but didn't tell their Clans.