Hello! It's Mystic and this is Lightningclaw's Past, a side story to Warriors of DustClan. I hope you enjoy!

"Jaques? Are you there?" the grey she cat asked. The Clan cat stood on the side of a Twoleg fence. The journey had been hard to get here with her belly so round and swollen with the kits she was expecting, but she had come to see her mate before she gave birth.

"Morningrose" the tom purred. "You came."

"Of course I did, we need names for the kits."

"But they have not been born yet. When are you expecting the birth to be?"

"Petalflight says tonight" Morningrose purred, nuzzling her forbidden mate.

"What will you tell the Clan? They will be kits without a father" Jaques mewed, a worried expression on his face.

"My friend Maplestorm looks a lot like you. He thinks they're his" the Clan cat mewed looking away.

"I hope you are safe then" Jaques mewed trailing off. "Let's name them before you must depart."

Morningrose purred and sat down, her legs tired from the journey here. "If there is a girl we will name her Bright because you are the brightest thing in my life" Jaques mewed. "That's a beautiful name" Morningrose agreed. "I want to name a tom Stonekit for the rocks in your…. garden where we sat all the time" Morningrose mewed. She was too tired to leap over the fence so instead of sitting on the smooth rock, they now met on the other side of the fence.

"If there are any more kits, you can decide the names" the pale ginger tom mewed. They basked in each other's presence in silence. Morningrose knew that she would not be back here for at least two moons while she was caring for her kits in the Clan nursery.

"I must leave now, DustClan will be worried, Redpond and Duskstep will be out of their minds with worry and it is a wonder that they let me out at all."

Jaques and Morningrose shared their final moment together and the she cat stood up.

"Two moons, only two moons my love" Jaques mewed and nuzzled her again.

"Two moons" Morningrose repeated and turned away. She heard Jaques scramble onto the high fence and they both looked back at each other. Jaques' blue eyes melted her heart but she knew she had to get back before the sunhigh patrol. She had to roll in the pine needles to disguise her scent and get back into the nursery before anyone fretted over her.

Morningrose trembled as she pushed through the hedge and ran over the Thunderpath, each step drew her further from her lover, the kittypet, Jaques. Her belly almost touched the ground as she stumbled through the dense flora that protected the clan from twolegs. Up the cliff, past the Mossy Hollow where Snowpaw and Swiftpaw were mock fighting, through the pines and finally she reached the Camp entrance.

"Morningrose I caught you a rabbit" Blizzardpaw mewed proudly. His sister, Peachpaw, rolled her eyes and carried the rabbit to the nursery for the three queens and kits to eat.

"Morningrose you're back!" Rowankit mewed his reddish brown fur fluffed up in excitement. The other kits in the nursery; Rowankit, Sagekit, Emberkit, and Lightkit (Lightfoot for any confusion) all watched as grey queen lay down and start eating the fresh-kill. Unlike Rowankit his brother, Pinekit still hadn't opened his eyes yet.

"Eat all of it" Redpond mewed when Morningrose offered it to her. "You'll need your strength while kitting"

"I was too nervous to eat before mine and I was so tired at the end of it!" Duskstep purred as her three kits batted at her tail.

The three of Duskstep's kits where one moon old, while Redpond's toms where only born a quarter of a moon ago. Morningrose's kits and the other queens' kits would all be extremely close in age which was a rare thing to occur in the Clan.

Suddenly, a pain sot through her belly as she collapsed to the ground.

"What's wrong with her?" Rowankit gasped in fear.

"Her kits are coming" Lightkit mewed, her dark brown tabby fur spiked in fear. "I'll get Petalflight and Mintpaw" she mewed and raced out of the nursery with her sisters at her heels.

Morningrose felt the never ending spasms of pain take over her body as she birthed the kits.

"Bite down on this" Mintpaw mewed and handed her a stick. Morningrose bit down and felt the stick crumble between her powerful jaws as the thunder boomed outside of the den. This was only the beginning of the kitting.

I couldn't figure out how to do that cool line thingy across the page which acts as a time skip so I guess I'll have to do it manually… TIME SKIP

"This kit" Morningrose mewed and nudged the grey tom at her belly. "He is Stonekit" the grey she cat mewed. As Jaques had thought a look-a-like of the kittypet lay at her side. "She will be called Brightkit" Morningrose mewed remembering Jaques suggestion.

"Those are beautiful names" Maplestorm mewed and Morningrose couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt at her best friends words. Would she ever tell him that they weren't his kits?

"Maplestorm" Morningrose mewed. "Can you get Cloudfur for me?"

"Of course" Maplestorm mewed at excited the nursery. I don't think I can ever tell him. How will he react? It doesn't matter, all that does matter are my kits. Looking at the last tom who suckled from her, another wave of love overtook her.

"Morningrose?" Cloudfur mewed, poking her head into the crowded nursery. "You're safe! I was so worried about you I didn't even catch a single mouse on the patrol!" her sister purred and walked over to her.

"I need a name for my last tom" the mother mewed and nosed the bigger grey tom.

"Name him Rowankit!" the red furred kit mewed but Redpond's tail brushed him up to his asleep brother, silencing him.

The awake kits burst out names to call the kits and the queens purred at the outrageous suggestions.

"Starkit!" "Moonkit!" "DustClankit!" they yowled but a loud boom of thunder and a bright flash of lightning made them shiver in fear as they experienced their first thunderstorm.

"It's alright Emberkit, the noises won't hurt you" Duskstep mewed, reassuring the frightened kit.

Will I be as good of a mother as Duskstep and Redpond? Suddenly, Cloudfur let out a purr as she thought of the perfect name for the grey tom. "His name is Lightningkit."

0w0 I hope you enjoyed be sure to review and thanks for the people who voted on my poll for Brightkit's name.

I'll see you all soon and if you haven't already (IDK WHY YOU ARE READING THIS THEN WHEN IT SAID READ THE ORIGINAL MAIN STORY BEFORE THIS ONE BUT) read Warriors of DustClan go check it out now so you actually know who everyone is.

Just saying Rowankit is soooooo cute ^~^ He is my fave in both stories XD

~Mystic