Bonjour everybody, I'm Storm of Starlight. Please call me Storm, though. This is a new story of of mine, and I hope it's going to be as successful as my other story, Rainstorm's love. So, I'm going to try to make a schedule, which I'm probably going to forget or make excuses. So here ya go, the story! P.S. I also want your cats to be in this story, and since I suck at making and creating cats, you guys can help and it would be much appreciated!

Chapter One: Kits!

It was a dark night, where the snow beat down in relentless waves against the forest. Where the clear sun has not kissed the skies in a long time. It was a dark leaf-bare. The moon shone rays of white light. The river, ice thick. The queen, Stormbreeze was kitting. It took the queen long hours of labor. Besides, the kits of Redstar were going to be born! The Clan were all anxious, and excited.

Troutpaw, a senior apprentice was sitting with a group of apprentices. Usually, it didn't really excite them that much that kittens were being born, but with only five apprentices, they wanted new littermates.
"I hope there will be she-cats!" Icepaw grins, shaking off clumps of snow on their head.
"I hope there will be toms!" Adderpaw added, grinning.
"There are already enough toms, Adderpaw!" Skypaw told Adderpaw with annoyance. "You, Troutpaw, and annoying Darkpaw." Icepaw added, snorting. "It's only me and Skypaw. We need more she-cats."

They haven't had kittens for many moons. And frankly, no one could really blame them. The previous three queens, all died in labor. They lost many dead kittens, and queens. But, the fact that Raincloud expected 5 kittens from the queen, it was a big excitement. A yowl came from the nursery. Raincloud, bent over the queen, was coaxing her.
"Come on, Stormbreeze. Push!" Raincloud meowed.
"O-Okay!" She puffed, and pushed.
A small, high-pitched mewl rises from the nursery. The cats from the clan yowl and grin with approval.
Redstar watched, his eyes wide with concern. "Do you need anything, Raincloud? Water? Prey? Herbs?" He asked the medicine cat.

"I need space," she grumbles, and Redstar huffed with annoyance. He left the nursery.
"Thank StarClan," Raincloud purred, and crouched. "Second one is coming. Come on, now, PUSH!" Raincloud mewed. The silver queen pushed with all her might, and two kittens slid beside her. Poor Stormbreeze was huffing with effort, but she nodded at Raincloud. "Okay, I'm going to do it," she said more to herself than Raincloud.
"Now, Stormbreeze," Raincloud was cut off as the queen wheezed, and pushed. The last two kittens were now out in the new world. Stormbreeze curled her long plume of a tail around the five kittens. Three females, two males. Quickly, Raincloud and her apprentice, Dawnpaw nipped the sacs open. They licked the kittens the wrong way, to warm them up. Stormbreeze gave a drowsy purr. The kitting took long, and the Clan was worrying.

Cats were sitting in groups, all talking about the day, and gossiping. The whole Clan knew it was important for kittens, and Raincloud was suspecting Lilyfur to be expecting kits. Lilyfur was talking to her mate, Stonetail, Lilyfur mewing about something excitedly. The warriors flicked their tails, telling news about what happened at the Gathering a few days ago. All the toms snarled rebelliously, about how ThunderClan was accusing RiverClan apprentices of stealing ThunderClan food.
"How stupid can they be? We don't want their food!" Adderfang growls, his tail lashing.
"We don't want their bloody food! Besides, why would we want to steal food from ThunderClan? Stupid squirrel-chasers." Snarled Shellfur.
"They really need to stop with the accusations. We were the ones who saw Mousefern trying to catch fish with Dawnwhisker! ThunderClan need to keep their cats in line," Salmontail gnashed his teeth.

But when they saw Raincloud come out, everyone got to their paws. Even the toms looked up, interested.

"Raincloud, is everything okay?"

"What happened?"

"Is Stormbreeze alright? Are the kits all right?"

Raincloud sat down, and then smiled. "Yes, all five kits are alright, and so is Stormbreeze. Three females, two males." She purrs.
The Clan cheered. "Yess!" The male apprentices cheered. "More guys in our group!"

The female apprentices also cheered.
Redstar was purring, his tail flicking. He rushed off to see to Stormbreeze. The RiverClan leader enters the den, and padded over to Stormbreeze.

"They are beautiful," Redstar breathed. He licked Stormbreeze's head, purring.

"I..want to name them now," Stormbreeze said, drowsily.

"Alright, do you have ideas?" Redstar settled beside her, curling his tail around her and the kittens.

The five kittens, were all wriggling beside her.
The first female kitten, was a white kitten. She had black ears, and black paws. She had a black belly too. Her nose was bright pink.
The second female kitten was a black kitten. She had dark caramel colors around her tail, and swirling around her belly and paws.
The third female kitten was stone gray, having silver slashes and dark black stripes. She had white flecks around her eyes.

The male kittens, resembled their father greatly, having one of the male kits a dark red, which was almost brown, with white socks, and white tail tip.
But the runt of the litter, a small, weak male kitten was exactly the image of his father. He was small, lean, and had a dark reddish color, with a long tail. He has a flurry of white, small spots on his belly, tail, ears, and his paws. He resembled the great leader. Redstar was overjoyed as he licked each one of them.

To the first kitten, Stormbreeze licked her head. "I want her to be named Dovekit."
Redstorm liked the name, he thought it fit the dainty, pretty kitten perfectly
Then, she let him pick the second name. He looked at the kitten, licking her head lovingly.
"Fawnkit." He thought, because of the beautiful fawn patterns on her belly, he thought it would suit her. And, he knew that Stormbreeze always wanted a kit named Fawnkit. So, he thought it was fitting her perfectly.
Stormbreeze purrs, happy.
"The last female kitten, I want her to be named Streamkit." Redstar nodded, his eyes flickered in grief. His dead sister, killed by ThunderClan warriors. His beloved littermate, Streampaw. She died when she was barely an apprentice. The apprentice was chased over the ThunderClan border, where a dog was after her, but the dog drowned in the river.
The ThunderClan cats, were patrolling the border, and then caught a frantic, small apprentice cowering on their territory. Back in the day, the ThunderClan leader, as well as the wretched Clan itself, ThunderClan killed many cats. They were supposedly known for being 'loyal' and 'respectful' to the code. But everycat knew that was long forgotten. With three RiverClan patrols watching in agony, as they killed Streampaw, teasing her, scratching her, and biting her till she died.
The river current was against RiverClan that day. No cat could cross, even the most experienced RiverClan swimmers. And, Redstar was the one who watched her die, crying in agony. Streampaw, his younger sister died on that day. She was a respected apprentice, where all the Clan mourned her lost with great grief. She had many toms who loved her, many friends, and her sense of humor...Redstar snapped back from his sad thoughts.

"Thank you, Stormbreeze." He murmured, licking the kitten over and over again. She actually looked like Streampaw. Oh, how he missed Streampaw. "I know how much this means to you," Stormbreeze turned her brilliant gaze on her mate. "So, I thought, in honor of Streampaw." She meowed, her voice filled with heavy sorrow. Streampaw was her best friend. Seeing her die that day, shattered her heart. The Lost War..War that lasted for moons, about all the cats that ThunderClan was killing. Many ThunderClan and RiverClan cats died during the time period. It was a very hard time for everycat. But, RiverClan won, and it's been moons since they have killed a RiverClan cat. But, reports have started that it's beginning to happen with ShadowClan. And RiverClan knew, if ShadowClan requested help, then RiverClan would be more than happy to help.
Redstar turned to the male kittens. "Oakkit," he said immediately. His dark pelt was matching the beautiful oak trees that surrounded the camp. Stormbreeze smiled, approving.
"And.." He turned to the small male kitten.
"Foxkit." He said, his mind blank. He'd hope that the namesake of the fearless animal would help him become strong, like his littermates.
Strormbreeze nods, as the queen closed her eyes, falling asleep. Redstar heard the continuous beat of the snow on the nursery. It was a big nursery, but Stormbreeze being the only queen here was worrying him. She'd be all alone, frankly, and it's unnerving, the quiet silence. Redstorm decided he'll sleep here. Anyway, he wanted to stay with the kits. He hated sleeping by himself in the leader den.

He scrapped up a nest for himself, yawning. It was a long day. His heart swelled with pride. His kittens. They'd grow up and be warriors, and they'll make him proud. And, he hoped, that Foxkit will become just as great, regardless of his puny size. He knew, as a kit that he was a small cat. His littermates always jeered on him. He too was jeered for being the runt of the litter. Now, his littermates treat him with great respect. He hoped it would be the same for Foxkit.

The RiverClan leader curled up beside his mate. Just as he closed his eyes, his deputy ran into the nursery.

"Redstar!" Hailstorm gasped. "WindClan-" his yowl was cut off as he heard screams and hisses. "WindClan and ThunderClan..They've teamed up! We're getting attacked!"

Hey guys! First chappie. I think it's pretty good for the first chapter, haha. Tell me if you like, and rate, comment, and follow! Here's a cookie for you! (::)