It had been seven moons since LeapClan was forced off of their territory. Berrywhisker smiled at the small kittens. His kittens.

Berrwhisker and his mate, Cherrysnow, had named the five of them; Blueberrykit, Puddlekit, Mistkit, Butterflykit, and Lilackit.

LeapClan had changed. It was more like a rather large group of rogues than a clan now. They still stuck to the warrior code, though.

A small group of scouts had found Flickerheart, Dawnstorm, Harepounce, and Cloudheart, bringing them back to the camp. A few escapees from the other clans had come to camp, too; Snowpaw, Honeybreeze, Shypaw, an Shadowpaw. Fawnpounce had given the apprentices warrior names; Snowfrost, Shysong, and Shadowtuft.

Dawnstorm and Cloudheart had two kits; Ripplekit and Duskkit.

In the presumed death of Mossleap, Pineclaw had become deputy. Him and Lilacice had a second litter of kits; Phoenixkit and Silverkit.

The group of cats had moved from the old twoleg nest and farther off, towards a small and secluded forest.

All the cats that weren't at the camp, which they now called ForestClan, were presumed dead and the cats all held a vigil for them.

Sometimes Berrywhisker wished things could've ended differently. Wished that LeapClan, CliffClan, and GardenClan were still in tact. Wished that Froststrike and the others hadn't betrayed them. Wished that CliffClan and GardenClan actually stuck to the warrior code instead of kidnapping and killing.

Then, Berrywhisker would just remember everything good that had happened to him, most of it surrounding Cherrysnow. He remembered the time where he first recognized the bubbly feeling inside of him as love for Cherrysnow. He remembered the moment when Cherrysnow had asked him to be her mate. He remembered first finding out that Cherrysnow was expecting kits. And he remembered his kits being born.

And remembering all of that made his worries go away. He knew that, no matter what, he would always be there to protect and care for his family, and knew that Cherrysnow would do the same. He knew that he had a clan to fall back upon if something happened, and a medicine cat to help keep everyone safe.

And in those moments he knew that he would always have his family. And those moments were what he needed, and he knew that everything would be alright.