I suddenly turned around and saw a shadow emerge from the woods. A copper colored tom stepped out and stared at me. Russetfur!

"Hello Sasha." Russetfur said.

"Hello Russetfur." I said.

"Is Tigerstar the father?" Russetfur asked quickly.

I shuddered. It would be bad if Tigerstar knew. I stiffened.

"Ho- Howw did you know?" I shuddered. I snuck a look behind me and saw my kits playing with each other.

"The toms look like him." Russetfur said.

"Oh Russetfur please don't tell Tigerstar." I pleaded.

"Sasha. This is going to be hard for you," Russetfur meowed. "Tigerstar has been injured pretty badly. He needs you Sasha." Oh Tigerstar! Thank goodness you're not dead! I thought.

"Oh…." I said. He needs me. I thought.

"Russetfur, go tell him I'm coming…. go tell him about his kits." I explained.

"Of course." Russetfur meowed. He turned around and started running towards the forest. I turned around and saw my little kit's faces staring at me.

"Moth, Hawk, Tadpole. I need to tell you something." I meowed softly.

"What is it mama?" Hawk said.

"Yeah, what's wrong mama?" Tadpole meowed.

"There's a secret I've been keeping from you." I admitted.

"What is it?" Moth asked eagerly.

"I need to take you somewhere. I should of taken you to this place long ago. But I was scared and worried." I said.

"We understand, mama." They all said in unison.

"Okay, we will leave now." I said as I guided them towards the forest.

It wasn't long before I would face one of my most scary fears. To face Tigerstar. I guided my kits to the Shadow Clan camp. I remembered the night when Tigerstar had shown me the camp and everything in it.

"Here we are." I meowed softly, a shakiness in my voice.

"Mama, I'm scared." Moth said.

"It's okay moth, it will all be okay." I assured him.

I looked around the camp base and saw nothing but injured warriors and even some kits. I shuddered at the thought. I pushed my kits behind me and scouted the area, trying to find Russetfur. Russetfur leaped toward me out of the blue.

"Sasha, I'm so glad that you made it." Russetfur said. "Tigerstar is waiting for you in the medicine cat's den."

"Okay, thank you." I purred.

"Your welcome." Russetfur purred back. I rubbed my face up against his and started towards the medicine cat's den.

"Sasha, wait." I turned around to see Russetfur standing in front of me.

"What?" I meowed.

"I'll take care of your kits until you are ready to show Tigerstar." He said.

"Okay, thank you." I purred. I continued towards the medicine cat's den.

The medicine den is a huge cave with moss and vines covering the top and partially covering the entrance.

"Hello, you must be Sasha." Pebbleheart said.

"Yes. Is Tigerstar okay?" I asked.

"Yes, he wants to see you though." Pebbleheart explained.

I walked past Pebbleheart and entered the cave. Tigerstar was laying down on a bed made of leaves. He had huge scrapes all over his body, but he seemed to be okay at the moment.

"Sasha?" Tigerstar meowed weakly. He lifted his head up.

"Yeah, it's me." I said.

TO BE CONTINUED….