Prologue
Sandshine smiled as she curled her tail around her three newborn kits. She glanced up as Honeysong walked in with Shade. "Sandshine, you missed it! Some Pineclan cat stopped the gathering and brought in a new clan! Then Fogstar tried to kill her and Oakstar killed him! Thing is, that cat was about to have kits and now she's leader!" Shade yelled.
Sandshine laughed and moved her tail to reveal her kits. "You missed something too." she purred.
Shade's jaw dropped. He bounded up to me and licked one of the kits. "Let's call this one Leafkit." he purred.
"This one is Birdkit and this one is Cloverkit." Sandshine mewed.
Shade purred loudly. "They're beautiful." he whispered.
"I know."
Sandshine curled her tail back around her kits and slept. That night, when she and Shade were alone, she told him how Birdclan came to be and why she named her kits, Birdkit and Cloverkit. She made him promise to never let her kits forget the story of Birdclan. Sometime late that night, Sandshine died an untimely death. True to his word, Shade never let the kits forget their mother and how she saved the clans.
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Cloverkit woke up early that morning. "Hi Sweetkit," She whispered softly to her imaginary friend.
Cloverkit sat up and yawned. Birdkit was waking beside her. Leafkit was gone, probably in the medicine cat den, or at Birdclan again. Cloverkit sighed as Birdkit started bragging about being name after a clan to Brooksong's kits.
"Sweetkit, what are we going to do with him?" she giggled.
A soft voice reached her ears. "Closed doors will open to the tiniest Clover."
Cloverkit looked around. "What do you mean, Sweetkit?"
But only the sounds of the other kits playing filled her ears.