Leafpool let out a moan, "Squirrelflight!" The reddish ginger she-cat hurled around the corner, her fur spiked with bits of leaf scraps on it. "I'm coming Leafpool!" she panted, settling beside her sister. Outside the hollowed out tree trunk, on the Thunderclan border, the wind howled furiously and snow threatened to block the exit. Squirrelflight fluffed out her fur. When she wasn't pushing snow away from the exit, she was trying to help her sister through her long strenuous labor. Something's wrong, she thought as she licked in between Leafpools' ears. This was taking to long. In between contractions, Leafpool closed her eyes and slept. "Leafpool," Squirrelflight breathed into Leafpools ear. "Leafpool, we need to get these kits out," she eyed the herbs they had brought and stacked in little neat piles. "Raspberry," Leafpool murmured. Squirrelflight snatched the leaves in her jaws and stuffed them into Leafpools mouth. Another Contraction pulsed over her, and she yowled, ears flat teeth clenched. Squirrelflight crouched at her sisters Hind legs, just as a small, wet bundle slipped out from just under her tail. "You did it, Leafpool!" Quickly Squirrelflight nipped the slimy membrane off the kits fur and gasped in surprise and delight. Its fur was the color of the sun! She lapped at the tom-kits fur until he let out a loud shriek, then let out one that sounded almost like the roar of a lion. Leafpool moaned again and her muscles contracted, another small bundle sliding out. Squirrelflight pushed the golden tom away, towards his mother, then grabbed the next one. Slitting the sack, a small black she-kit tumbled out, squawking. Leafpool purred in amusement, "At least we know her lungs work good," Squirrelflight, glad to see her sister hadn't lost her sense of humor, even in her pain, hardly noticed when a unusually small gray tabby kit slid onto the moss. As Leafpool lapped at the last kit, Squirrelflight pressed on her belly, feeling for anymore kits. "That's it Leafpool. Those are your babies," Leafpools head dropped back and she fell into a deep sleep, with her three beautiful kits, curled into the curve of her belly.