The sky was a mixed color of orange, pink, & blue. It was dawn, and the sun had started raising, its rays shining onto the trees and below a specific oak tree lay a thick, pale-colored she-cat. "It's all over..." the she-cat sobbed "Once they find out...I'm ruined...", her blonde-colored tabby fur had lightened up as the sun's rays shined through the tree. "Why did Speckledleaf do this to me...I'm too young!" she hissed, she then looked about her surroundings "I wish Eaglepelt were here...he would comfort me and console me..." she continued to meow to herself " But now I have to run away...I have to leave FlintClan, for I have betrayed my clan and don't deserve to be there...".
Grass nearby rustled and the she-cat jolted upwards, her amber eyes flicking back & forth "W-Who's there?" she stuttered "S-Show yourself!", the grass nearby rustled again and a tom showed up behind her. "It's just me..." the tom spoke, he was a pale brown tabby tom with pale blue eyes-but as the she-cat turned he looked angry, "Icefeather..." the she-cat mewed, she hesitated then stepped towards him only to get hissed at.
She flinched and looked away "How could you Springheart? How could you be so-so...foolish!" he hissed "You knew what you did was against the clan code! You were aware of the fact that Eaglepelt loved you-and you're also aware of the fact that our father is the leader!", he stepped forward "How do you think the clan will react to the fact that you're pregnant with kits that are now half-clan?! How do you think Eaglepelt will react to how the only cat he loved betrayed him and had kits with a tom from MudClan?" he sneered in disgust, he sheathed his claws in anger "How do you think father & mother will react when they find out about this? What will you do then? Hmm?! Answer me!" he yowled. "I don't know."
Springheart mewed forcefully through tears, "You think you know everything brother? You think I would actually go after a tom from a different clan? You think I don't know the things I've done now? Not only am I going to be punished by StarClan-but now I'll have to be yelled, scolded, and sneered the things I've done over and over in my ears by the cats I used to know and it'll never go away. This isn't my fault...but it's no use to explain it now" she paused suddenly and turned away from Icefeather, "What do you mean it's not your fault?" he meowed, but she didn't answer-she just started to tremble and he assumed she was just crying again.
But instead, she flopped down on the forest floor and started to moan and gasp in pain,
She was having her kits.
Icefeather-as the medicine cat of FlintClan-looked at her in shock "What? It's only been 4 moons, they're coming too early!" he hissed "Damn...she must've been too stressed over the past couple of days..." he analyzed, she shrieked in pain as she began to spasm-Icefeather placed his paw gently onto her stomach, and she turned her head to bite his paw but he pulled it away before she could. "5-5 kits? This'll be a long kitting sister" he sighed
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Springheart had weakened after she had each kit, she was on her final one which finally slipped out as she spasmed one last time. "That was the last kit, you're done now, sister..." Icefeather reassured, he nipped the sac and licked the kit, it looked exactly like Springheart, pale colored, except it had a white tail tip and white paws-she had the looks of their mother Goldenhaze. The other 4 were different and either had darker pelts or patterned pelts, the firstborn was a tom-he had the looks of his grandfather, his father Nettlestar, a dark brown tabby tom with tiny tufted ears and a thick coat, Springheart named him Tigerkit.
The second-born was a gray tabby she-cat with her stripes beautifully shaped on her tiny body, of course, they weren't as visible now but they would be as she grew-Springheart named her Featherkit, the third-born was another gray she-cat except she had darker grey flecks-barely visible on her body, she had inherited Speckledleaf's pattern-Springheart named her Ashkit, and the Fourth one had a pale brown colored coat-similar to his-and was skinner-which meant she must've been taller than her siblings- and Springheart named her Fernkit.
"It's a she-cat" he mewed, as he analyzed the last kit-the runt of the litter, but he felt something he couldn't explain from the tiny kit that he never felt with the rest of her siblings. "Her name will be Applekit" Springheart croaked, Icefeather made a face "Applekit? What kind of name is that?" Icefeather questioned, "A strong name, she might be a little bud now-but soon she will grow into an apple tree and grow little apples. The point is I have a feeling she'll make a difference" she mewed.
A wave of a presence bathed his tongue- and he had seen that Springheart had detected it too and panic had started to rise from her. Icefeather sat up in a defensive pose in front of his sister & her kits as he had realized that her shrieking had attracted someone familiar.
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"Springheart-you had them" he mewed, the cat finally appeared out of the bushes. It was a tom, a grey with darker flecked pattern pelt and sharp green eyes- Speckledleaf had appeared undetected, "You're over the border Mudhead" Icefeather hissed as he approached him, but Speckledleaf simply flicked an ear-that angered Icefeather. "Stop ignoring me and answer my question-why are you on FlintClan territory?" he hissed, Speckledleaf padded past him towards Springheart who hissed at him, Icefeather leaped into him causing them both to tumble onto the ground-Icefeather on top of Speckledleaf.
"You stay away from her and get off the territory!" Icefeather growled, Speckledleaf smirked "Or what? gonna call your daddy on me?" he sneered, Icefeather hissed at him "No I'll tell Dawnfleck of this, and I know damn well how much she hates you-she'll report it immediately to your leader" Icefeather snarled, he saw Speckledleaf tighten his jaw, "You FlintClan cats are impulsive..." he grumbled "I just wanted to see my kits is all-maybe even take one.." he mentioned, Icefeather dug his claws into his shoulders which caused him to hiss in pain " Just gotta keep him busy until the sun-high hunting patrol comes-they usually come to this area luckily" Icefeather thought.
A scent barely scathed his tongue for a second-someone he knew well-was now around and watching, no one else had detected it but him so he dug his claws deeper into his shoulders which caused him to shriek and kick him off. Icefeather who was weaker than him and surprised by his attack flew and landed on his back-groaning at the pain the hard ground had caused "Leave him alone!" Springheart shouted, Icefeather got up slowly to see Speckledleaf was coming towards him, claws sheathed.
But instead he turned to her and analyzed the kits, "Yes..." he purred "Perfection", he stepped closer to her and the kits-but Springheart didn't stop him she was shaking in fear. He nuzzled Tigerkit, then bit his scruff and raised him up "What're you doing?" she hissed "I want my son with me" he meowed through his thick fur, he then turned away from her as Tigerkit squeaked, Springheart chomped onto his thick, speckled tail and yanked him backwards-Speckledleaf unaware that she would attack slipped backwards and raised his head, yowling in pain-after realizing he let go of the kit mid-air.
It almost seem that Tigerkit was floating, till a quick blurred shape took him away, "Tigerkit!" Springheart wailed, Speckledleaf snarled and nicked her ear, "This is your fault!" he hissed, "No it's yours-I never wanted to have your kits! I never wanted to be with you at all!" she snarled back using her body to block him from the kits, Speckledleaf narrowed his eyes, trying to hide the pain "I never loved you, and never will!" she hissed, A gray scarred she-cat appeared from the bushes-her slit blue eyes glaring through his soul, Lightfang, the deputy of FlintClan had appeared with Tigerkit in her possesion.
She whipped her tail to the side and soon two warriors had leaped into Speckledleaf and held him down firmly, Lightfang simply padded over to Springheart and laid Tigerkit by his siblings gently-she raised her head and touched noses with Springheart "I was so worried, don't ever make me feel like that again" Lightfang mewed, Springheart chuckled "I was the one most worried, I thought my kit was going to be hurt!" she meowed, Icefeather rolled his eyes "Yeah I'm fine, Thanks for asking..." he muttered as he got up, Lightfang and Springheart had been friends since the day they were born, and even though he was older than Springheart-he was treated like the younger one.
"Cinderfall, Goosefang, & Streamheart-assess the situation, see if there are any more...remnants of MudClan around here" Lightfang instructed and the 3 warriors left, "Stripeflower & Needleleap, keep holding onto him" she meowed, the strong gray tom and his gray tabby mate were the ones holding Speckledleaf down, soon Lightfang leaned down towards Icefeather, Icefeather made a face of confusion "What is she doing?" he said in his head, but it struck him so suddenly when he reaized she wasn't leaning down towards him-she was bowing down.
Behind him was his father who was being guarded by two cats on both sides, One was Eaglepelt, a brown tom whos green eyes were shaped in pain as he saw Springheart with kits that weren't his, and on the other was the usual, impulsive guard of Nettlestar, Maplefang a reddish ginger tabby tom who's family didn't have a good reputation within FlintClan.
"Where is he?" Nettlestar meowed, Stripeflower and Needleleap got up-releasing Speckledleaf, who sat in anger, confusion, and embarrassment. "Springheart, my daughter..." Nettlestar rasped "Would you care to explain this disgusting situation?" he hissed slowly, Springheart trembled-all eyes were laid on her, wating for every word she had to speak.
"He...I..We..." Springheart stuttered, Nettlestar opened his closed eyes-showing ice chips of pain, "You were forced into this? He threatened to end your very life if going off with someone else?" he meowed, Springheart was shocked, Nettlestar coming from various generations of important cats, had the power of StarClan to read minds-however with limits-very high limits. "Why didn't you tell anybody? Are you this foolish to get yourself in this situation like this? You should've let me or your brother know!" Nettlestar scolded, closing his eyes once more. "I-I'm sorry..." she mewed, "Tell that to the half-clan kits nursing on you-their lives will not be easy because of your decision..." he mewed, "I will be announcing your betrayal to the clan" he growled, "What...?!" Springheart exclaimed.
"I have no choice but to do this-It seemed fine when you were with Eaglepelt, but now you have betrayed his trust in you, the clan's trust in you, and my trust in you" Nettlestar hissed, "The clan deserves to know about your betrayal. Of course I'll leave some things out-but other than that you can kiss your reputation and dignity good-bye!" he boomed, he turned to Speckledleaf "You digusting fiend, I have the power to end you with my very claws for causing the pain of my daughter and my clan-however we do not dwell with a waste of a filthy being of a cat like you" he sneered.
"Heh, you'll have to try better than that to affect me you fossil" he snorted "All I wanted to do is see my kits and take one of them-then thats when all you impulsive dumbasses came to 'rescue' your poor little princess Springheart" he grumbled, "Hey you better watch your damn mouth in the presence of Nettlestar!" Maplefang hissed, "Are you done with your ruined family reunion now? I'd like to be let go-like now..." Speckledleaf licked his paw and drew it over his ear and face-not a bit worried. Nettlestar tilted his head and cracked his neck-now he was really angry "I'd like some warriors help carry Springheart's kits back to camp-all of them" he growled, "Hey-!" Speckledleaf exclaimed but was slienced as he was sliced on the face by Stripeflower "Shut up and listen for once you imbicile!" she snarled, "Lightfang, you choose what you would like to do with this...thing, just get rid of his presence on my territory" he grumbled, and half of the patrol left including Springheart.
"Well, it seems your pitiful choice has its consequences..." Lightfang meowed maliciously, "Whatever you're going to do to me-I'll report it to Kestrelstar!" he snarled, he didn't like where this was going. "Well then maybe you should've place your paws on someone else's territory, and minded your business" she hissed in his face, "Aww that's too bad-it seemed as if you weren't the least worried in what would happen in the end? Where did that confidence go hmm?" Needleleap snarled, circling him. He's heard that Needleleap is one of the strongest warriors of the clan, and that his mate-Stripeflower- was also just as skilled, "If you're all done gloating, au revior!" he meowed he suddenly, and bursted out of the circle and ran as fast as he could.
"Ha, suckers..." he panted as he ran, he suddenly scented them but they weren't near him, he didn't care-just as long as he made it over the border they were to stop without reason. Then suddenly before he could cross the border, he was leaped on and his legs crumpled underneath him, the wind blew out of his chest-Lightfang was on top of him, and the rest of the patrol was around him.
"Well, Bonjour mon ami, it is nice to see you again!" she growled, she sheathed her claws-but didn't attack, instead she got off of him and signaled Needleleap. "You know what to do..." she meowed sternly, and she turned away, Needleleap looked down on him "Tsk tsk tsk, it seems your pitiful try of escaping failed. You should've never come here.." he growled as he raised his large long-clawed paw up.
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"Will he be okay?" a she-cat asked, she was white with ginger tipped ears, a striped ginger tail and a ginger spot on her back-this was the leader Kestrelstar of MudClan. "Dunno..." a gray speckled she-cat grumbled as she rubbed a light paste over a torn body, "You should be more worried, Dawnfleck" Kestrelstar meowed sternly "He's your littermate for StarClan's sake!", "Don't tell me how I should feel-because the pain he caused me is something you'd never understand" the speckled she-cat snarled, "He'll be fine-just extremely scarred. Deserved it if you ask me-running straight towards a patrol of FlintClan cats isn't very smart of him".
( PLEASE REVIEW AND CRITIQUE HOW GOOD THIS IS TO THE OLD ONE-WHICH I'LL KEEP POSTED. I'LL BE RE-DOING MOST OF THE CHAPTERS TOO! Thanks for reading 3 )
SHORTER VERSION(WITH SOME CONTEXT)
Springheart, a sun-colored tabby she-cat with amber eyes, is found under an oak tree within the forest on FlintClan territory at dawn. The quote "thick, pale-colored she-cat" hints to the fact that she is pregnant, and after reading her whining-she's pregnant with half-clan kits.
Her brother Icefeather, a pale brown tabby tom with blue eyes, appears and scolds her-he's angry because he thought they'd have normal lives as the leader's kits-but it turned out that he became a medicine cat, and she now has half-clan kits-as Nettlestar wished for them both to be warriors, especially him. Which is the only reason why he is treated with less attention or as the 'younger brother' when he is older than Springheart.
Springheart stresses out and starts to have her kits early and brings 5 kits into their terrible world(Oldest to youngest):
Tigerkit(Tom):
A thick-coated Hawkfrost with tufted ears, except he's much nicer.
Featherkit(She-Cat):
Literally both Silverstream and Feathertail, likes to tease Fernkit.
Ashkit(She-Cat):
A more tiggered version of Ashfur with amber eyes instead, Likes to fight Tigerkit all the time.
Fernkit(She-Cat):
A pale brown colored she-cat with green eyes, extremely shy & follows Featherkit around.
Applekit(She-Cat):
a blonde-colored she-cat with white-tipped paws and tail-tip, also with green eyes. Not shy-just quiet-and is the holy one StarClan blesses with strength.
After having them, the baby daddy(Speckledleaf) appears and wants to take Tigerkit, his only son and leave-but Icefeather attacks and provokes him because he knows he won't pay his sister for child support(just kidding he just distracts him so a FlintClan patrol can come and help since he's too weak to protect Springheart). Speckledleaf tries to take his son but Springheart noms on his tail and drags him back-while doing so Speckledleaf lets go of Tigerkit within the air so he could yowl in pain. Tigerkit floats for a while before falling and is caught by a 'blurred shape', Speckledleaf gets triggered and nicks Springheart's ear.
Springheart denies loving him-and Speckledleaf narrowed his eyes, trying to shield pain from her comment. Lightfang, Springheart's bestie appears with Tigerkit in her mouth-signals two cats to hold Speckledleaf down- and returns him with his siblings.
After a reunion, Nettlestar appears apparently leaving his clan without a leader to read his daughter's mind with his mind reading power and scolds her. After couple of threats to Speckledleaf(who acts cocky about it) Nettlestar orders half his patrol to help Springheart and her kits back leaving Speckledleaf with Lightfang's decision of hurting him or releasing him.
Speckledleaf runs away only to be captured again and attacked by Needleleap-it then cuts to MudClan where you see Kestrelstar, Dawnfleck, & the remains of Speckledleaf(he's still alive though). Reveals that Dawnfleck is the medicine cat and Speckledleaf's sister who shows no concern towards him(hint to a soon-to-be-story) and it ends.
(The End Thanks for reading .3.')