[This is a quarter-moon later... So now you won't be confused!]

Swiftfeather pads out of the leader's den and smiles to Heatherwind.

"Hey have you seen Whispercloud's kits yet?" She meows

"I haven't." Swiftfeather meows

"I hope she's doing okay." Heatherwind meows, a frown appearing on her face "After what happened to Frostkit." Swiftfeather nods and looks up at the sky.

"I he--," Swiftfeather meows, but she is interrupted by an ear-splitting shriek

"Stripetail!" Heatherwind snaps her neck to her sister, her eyes wide. Swiftfeather glances back with the same look. Stripetail dashes out of the medicine cat den with Mintpaw not far behind.

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"H-Heatkit..." Whispercloud whimpers to herself. "He's..."

"I'm so sorry, Whispercloud. But you're strong. It's okay. Don't beat yourself up." Heatherwind meows sympathetically

"No. No, it's not."

"You st--" Heatherwind starts

"If you're going to say something about Bubblekit, shut it. At least Heatkit went to StarClan after he opened his eyes. This little useless lump of fur probably won't ever." Whispercloud snaps towards the other queen.

"Oh, StarClan! Don't s--" Heatherwind tries to meow but falls over and yowls in pain.

"Yeah!" Whispercloud spits "Feel how I felt, only I gave birth to useless kits!"

"St--" Heatherwind meows, but instead just yowls in protest. Swiftfeather, Rootfur and Stripetail burst through the entrance. Rootfur and Swiftfeather try and coax the
she-cat while Stripetail brings her paws across Heatherwind's belly.

"There are to be born any moment." The stripy medicine cat meows, then glances at the only tom "Please, leave and you can come back once your kits are born." Rootfur starts to protest but just sighs and leaves. Heatherwind yowls as her fur ripples and a fluffy dark brown kit lands by her tail. Without needing instructions, Swiftfeather bites the membrane sac and gives the kit a few licks then places it by her sister.

"A tom!" Swiftfeather meows with a smile. Heatherwind attempts to shoot one back but her body convulses once more. She yowls and another fluffy kit appears, except this one is a lighter brown with orange speckles. Swiftfeather repeats the process and smiles once more. "Another tom!" Heatherwind takes a deep breath and smiles back.

"Any more?" She asks the medicine cat

"Afraid so." Stripetail chuckles and, almost like it heard the conversation, a light brown kit with dark brown spots and a white belly slides out. Swiftfeather purrs and nips the sac enveloping the kit. Swamped by the older kits, Heatherwind nods her head to her sister, showing Swiftfeather that she wants her to lick it.

"Your first she-cat!" Swiftfeather proclaims, with a smile. Heatherwind yowls again and yet another ripple shakes her body and a small tuxedo kit appears. Swiftfeather does the sake thing and licks the tiny kit before nudging them to their mother. Rootfur pads in and squeals like a kit.

"Four little kits! So wonderful! Good job Heather!" She sends back a weak smile and giggles.

"Do you want to name them now?" Heatherwind smirks. Stripetail sighs with a smile and walks out like nothing happened.

"Uh, yeah!" Rootfur meows and plops down next to his mate. Swiftfeather readjusts herself next to her sister.

"The oldest," Heatherwind starts "with the fluffy dark brown fur is Grizzlykit."

"I love it." Rootfur meows "The second one, the fluffiest one with the orange speckles, is Gilakit."

"Perfect." Heatherwind sighs "Our only she-cat, the third oldest, is Doekit."

"Aw! I love it!" Rootfur smiles "The smallest one is Splashkit."

"Of course." Heatherwind meows and rest her head down, tired after what happened. Rootfur snuggles next to her and smiles at the kits. Swiftfeather pads out and Whispercloud pads back in, carrying Bubblekit by the scruff. She half tosses him, half plops him down and all the tiny kit does is whimper.

"Swiftfeather?" Fogstar meows lovingly to his mate "Will you lead the nightly border patrol?"

"Of course." She meows and gathers up her apprentice, Dovefeather, Cherryheart, Redfoot and Stormpool. The patrol jogs off to the ShadowClan boarder and stops about halfway.

"Is it just me? Or do you cats smell that too?" Stormpool hisses towards the pines

"It reeks of S---" Twigpaw pipes up but is cut of by a battle yowl. Dovefeather shrieks at the sight of the ShadowClan cats looping around them and bolting towards the camp.

"ShadowClan!" Cherryheart and Dovefeather yowl in perfect unison "They're getting closer!"

Thanks for reading and please, if you haven't, check out my other books! Also, shout out to warri0rslove She is an amazing writer, please check her out! She let me use Grizzlykit, Gilakit and Splashkit! Thanks! =^•^=

PS-- Sorry for the cliffhanger!! Or not! Hehe...